On Sunday morning, Lin Jie, who was at home studying the latest dissection report of the experimental monkey's skull and brain, was greeted by two unexpected visitors.

The visitors were Kong Mingqing and one of his colleagues.

Kong Mingqing took a glass of water handed to him by Zhang Xiaoxiao, drank it in one gulp, and pointed at his colleague to introduce, "Lin Jie, this is my colleague, Gao Quan, he is a portrait expert!"

"We are now taking over the investigation of the fraud case involving your teacher's wedding gift money yesterday, and we need your help."

Lin Jie sat opposite the two and asked suspiciously: "Brother Kong, aren't you a detective? You usually solve criminal cases like murder, why is this gift money case under your jurisdiction?"

Kong Mingqing explained: "This case has a high value and significant social impact."

"You understand, the people who attended the wedding yesterday, they are all individuals with some status and influence."

"Such a highly influential big case can fall under our city's criminal investigation team's responsibility."

"Lin Jie, even the leadership has instructed us to solve the case within a deadline."

He rubbed his face vigorously to make himself more awake, and continued, "My colleagues and I, since taking over this case yesterday afternoon, have been continuously chasing the clues for solving it, without even a moment's rest."

Lin Jie could clearly see the fatigue on Kong Mingqing's face, along with bloodshot eyes.

"I don't know, how can I help?"

Gao Quan took over the conversation and said, "Dr. Lin, we have collected quite a bit of surveillance video, and can currently confirm that at least four people are involved in this incident, two men and two women."

"While reviewing the surveillance footage, we found that these individuals have a strong anti-detection awareness."

"When facing cameras, they frequently use tactics like keeping their heads down, covering with mobile phones, using hands to cover their faces, long hair, and other people obstructing their appearance."

"This makes it difficult for us to capture their features from the surveillance video."

Kong Mingqing coldly smiled and said, "However, even they made a slip."

"We still found clear photos of two of them, thanks to many people's selfie habits."

"Lin Jie, through the surveillance video, we found a number of people taking selfies in the hotel lobby, and finally found clear facial photos of those two who impersonated bank employees."

Gao Quan took out a laptop from his briefcase.

He opened the computer and displayed the facial photos of a young man and woman to Lin Jie.

After scanning for a couple of seconds, Lin Jie shook his head and said, "Brother Kong, I don't recognize these two. I can't help you with that."

Kong Mingqing said solemnly: "These individuals have such a strong anti-detection awareness, we suspect that they may have criminal records."

"But after comparing with the database, we did not find their information in the police archival system."

"We suspect that they might have undergone facial surgery."

"In this area, Lin Jie, you are an expert, take a look."

Hearing this, Lin Jie once again focused his attention on the portraits of these two people.

These two portraits, at first glance, were quite pleasing to the eye.

The man was masculine and handsome, the woman quite delicate, not resembling hateful criminals at all.

But when Lin Jie analyzed closely with a professional and cautious eye, he noticed many inconsistencies in their facial features.

"These two have indeed undergone significant facial alterations."

Lin Jie confirmed and asked, "Brother Kong, do you hope to restore their original faces?"

Kong Mingqing eagerly asked, "Lin Jie, can you do it?"

"If you can, that would be fantastic, you'd really be helping us out tremendously."

Lin Jie pondered for a moment and said, "I can give it a try!"

He seemed to have found an interesting and challenging game, his face full of eagerness to try.

Lin Jie took the two into his study.

Let Gao Ming transmit the portrait of the woman onto his computer, and Lin Jie then displayed the portrait on a large screen on the wall.

This screen was a full seventy inches, recently replaced.

It was used by Lin Jie to study and analyze the correlation between the cerebrovascular system and brain tissue.

It must be said, the resolution of smartphone cameras nowadays is quite impressive.

The extracted facial images, when enlarged onto a seventy-inch display, were still quite clear.

Lin Jie focused on the subtle surgical scars on the person's face, analyzing the technique of the main surgeon.

This was akin to a reverse engineering process.

Lin Jie's first task was to analyze the surgical traces on this person's face to discern the main surgeon's skill level, knife habits, and artistic taste...

Then, he would put himself in this person's position, simulating the entire surgical process.

At this moment, multiple dynamic simulation images emerged in Lin Jie's mind, with several identical faces changing with each cut towards different appearances...

Gao Quan had already opened a facial morphing software on the computer, calling up the suspect female's 3D facial model.

This 3D model could be modified in real-time based on Lin Jie's description!

At this moment, seeing Lin Jie lost in thought, Gao Quan and Kong Mingqing dared not urge him, even controlled themselves not to make any extra noise, fearing they might disrupt Lin Jie's thinking…

After more than half an hour, Lin Jie, who had made some progress, came to Gao Quan and looked at the 3D facial graphics on the laptop screen. He said softly, "Remove the double eyelids, elongate the eye corners by about 0.2 centimeters..."

"Lower the bridge of the nose by about 0.3 centimeters, compress the nasal septum some more, and the nostrils..."

"This spot should have had a rather large mole or common wart removed."

"Oh yes, common warts are what we usually call warts."

"The jawbone, expand it, a bit wider... and then, retract it slightly..."

After Lin Jie's guidance, nearly an hour later, a facial image vastly different from the selfie was fixed on the display screen.

The earlier image could score 7.5 points in appearance, while this one could score at most 5 points.

Adding a bit of vicious glare to it, hmm, it had quite a criminal look.

Lin Jie examined it for a while and said satisfactorily, "That's more or less it."

Kong Mingqing compared the two photos carefully and couldn't help but curse, "Damn, this really is a case of drastic transformation."

"When I have money, I'll let my wife have some work done as well. It'll be nice to change things up at night!"

Gao Quan chuckled, "Captain Kong, watch out that when your wife gets prettier, she might swap you out instead."

"Stop with the nonsense!"

Kong Mingqing patted Gao Quan's shoulder and ordered, "Quickly send this photo over to Xiaoma."

"Let her run another comparison in the system."

"Lin Jie, let's continue reconstructing the facial features of the second suspect."

Another hour passed, as the second person's face was about to be finalized, Kong Mingqing received a call.

"Did you find out?"

"Are you sure?"

"Great! The second image is almost ready, hold on."

After hanging up, Kong Mingqing hollered excitedly, "Lin Jie, you're something else. It took just a little over an hour to match it, truly remarkable."

He punched the air forcefully and said, "Finding out about the other party's details makes things easier."

"This person has no more secrets from us, and we could estimate their hiding place through behavior analysis."

"Lin Jie, there's a good chance you can recover the wedding gift money for your professor."

With the case having a major breakthrough, a relaxed Kong Mingqing couldn't resist joking, "Your professor is quite impressive, receiving millions in gift money just for his son's wedding."

"If he were to go for a second or third marriage himself, wouldn't he be rolling in profit..."

As the two were leaving, Lin Jie saw An Kemeng waiting for him in the living room.

When Lin Jie returned, An Kemeng stood up from the sofa, a bit nervously saying, "Brother Jie, I'm here for your examination."

Lin Jie noticed the time; it was already 1:30 PM, and remembered his appointment with Academician Mu at three o'clock. He said, "I have an appointment at three, there's not enough time."

"I'll handle your examination after I return."

Just as Lin Jie was about to head out, Zhang Xiaoxiao became a bit anxious and said, "Ah Jie, haven't you eaten lunch yet?"

"No need to worry, my appointment is for afternoon tea in the south. I remember southern afternoon tea offers various pastries and snacks, so I won't go hungry."

Upon hearing this, An Kemeng's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly grabbed Lin Jie's arm, speaking sweetly, "Brother Jie, can I go with you? You can examine me on the way!"

Lin Jie refused, "Stay at home; I should be back by dinner time."

"Brother Jie, it's very stressful to have an examination hanging over my head. The sooner it's over, the sooner I can relax."

At this moment, An Kemeng's stomach gurgled loudly.

Her face turned red, and she spoke shyly, "Brother Jie, I didn't eat breakfast well because I was preparing for today's examination."

"I didn't eat lunch either, hoping to have lunch with you."

"Brother Jie, I want to go with you for afternoon tea too."

An Kemeng firmly grasped Lin Jie's sleeves, clearly unwilling to let go without agreement.

Lin Jie felt a bit helpless.

He thought, considering the person had arranged to meet him over afternoon tea, the matter shouldn't be too private. Bringing this little girl wouldn't hurt.

Thinking of this, Lin Jie warned, "You can come along, but you're only allowed to eat and not interrupt our conversation."

An Kemeng laughed, "With delicious food, I wouldn't be interested in listening to your conversation."

Lin Jie snorted, "Hope you still have an appetite after the examination."

After saying this, Lin Jie shook off An Kemeng's hand and turned to go upstairs.

"Brother Jie, aren't we going out?" An Kemeng called out in confusion.

Lin Jie turned back and snorted at her, "I specially prepared a ruler for slapping palms in the study; I'm going to fetch it right now."

Seeing An Kemeng's somewhat fearful expression, Lin Jie said triumphantly, "I'm optimistic that this ruler will come in handy today, very handy indeed..."

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