190 BLOODY WEDDING PART 5 (1/2)

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”Wait, to kill a person with air embolism you need a sufficient quantity of air; around 100 ml to kill an adult. The syringes we usually come across are only 2-5 ml. How did the killer pull it off?” Xue Lin was confused.

Inspector Han helplessly answered, ”The forensic doctor said that the lethal dose for humans was considered theoretically between 3 and 5 ml per kg. And, as you said that 300-500 ml of gas introduced at a rate of 100 ml per second would prove fatal.”

”I also said that the amount of arterial gas embolism that causes symptoms depends on location — 2 ml of air in the cerebral circulation can be fatal, while 0.5 ml of air into a coronary artery can cause cardiac arrest,” a man said from the doorway.

He was a tall and handsome man. His brown eyes were reflecting in the light. He was wearing a lab coat, white shirt and black pants. Just by looking at him Xue Lin could tell that he was the forensic doctor.

He stepped closer and looked at Xue Lin. She could smell the odor of blood and medicine coming from his body.

He opened his mouth and said, ”Little knowledge is a dangerous thing, miss.”

”You are right. Thank you for the information,” Xue Lin was always open about someone pointing at her mistakes. She thought of it as her blessing. ”So, you are saying that it's possible to kill with a syringe.”

”Quickly and painlessly. It takes seconds to kill a person without getting any reaction,” he confirmed.

”Why didn't you tell me before? Did you know that you wasted our precious time?” Inspector Han chided him.

The doctor scratched his head. ”I thought I told you. Maybe I was talking to myself so frequently that I had a feeling I told you.”

Inspector Han sighed loudly. He introduced him to Xue Lin, ”He is Dr. Yuren. As you can see, this guy is a genius in many aspects but he is an air-head when it comes to communicating with people.”

”And Yuren,” he introduced her to Dr. Yuren, ”This is Xue Lin. She is the victims' relative.”

”Just relative? I thought you two were close since you were closing the door,” Dr. Yuren stated.

”I know her for three years. What are you here for?” Inspector Han didn't want to disclose any information about her and so he changed the subject.

”I came to give you the reports of the dead bodies. I wanted to wait but I thought you might want to see the reports as soon as possible.” Dr. Yuren handed the reports to the inspector.

Inspector Han took the papers and unpinned the papers. He looked at them one by one and frowned deeply. ”They died at the same time… how?”

Inspector Han explained, ”It could be but when we searched for shoe prints, aside from you, your husband, cousins and uncles, there was only one pair of shoe prints around the victims. Those shoe prints were of a man. The size is 44.”

Xue Lin pondered, ”That means that the man is tall. I thought that the killer was a woman since the killing process was indirect.”