Chapter 1124: Ghost Substitute, Going to the Hospital
Jiang Duo and the others expressed that they didn’t want to implicate their loved ones, and also decided to stay together. Although they were worried that that ghost thing might take them all down in one go, they heaved sighs of relief when they thought of Jiang Duo, the linchpin.
Just as Director Feng and Master Chi were about to leave the interrogation room, Xiong Luoying suddenly had to pee and said, “Officer Feng, I need to pee. Can I go to the washroom?”
With Feng Yuanlin’s permission, Xiong Luoying immediately asked Jiang Duo to go with him.
How could Jiang Duo be willing to watch a big man pee and smell it? However, thinking about his role these days, Jiang Duo was both smug and annoyed. He gritted his teeth and accompanied Xiong Luoying to the washroom.
Chi Shuyan and Feng Yuanlin left the interrogation room. Xiao Ningjin and Chang Hao suddenly remembered that they didn’t have Master Chi’s number at all. Chi Shuyan was stumped, before she curled her lip. With the pen and paper in the interrogation room, she wrote down her phone number and told them to look for her if anything happened.
Xiao Ningjin immediately nodded. “Okay, Master Chi, take care!”
After leaving the interrogation room, Chi Shuyan and Feng Yuanlin returned to the latter’s office and sat down. Feng Yuanlin poured a cup of water and placed it in front of Shuyan. “Shuyan, do you have anything to say?”
Chi Shuyan happened to be a bit thirsty, so she drank a cup of water to moisten her throat before she said, “Brother Feng, I still have time in the afternoon. Why don’t we go to the hospital first? I think the key is probably Shi Ran and Wei Panyang. There’s one more thing: If possible, I want to see Jin Ming and Fang Yinglong’s bodies.”
Feng Yuanlin agreed without thinking. Jin Ming and Fang Yinglong’s bodies happened to be in the hospital, which wasn’t far from the police station. The autopsies had just been carried out, and their families hadn’t been notified yet.
The two didn’t stay in the office for long. Feng Yuanlin drove Shuyan to the hospital’s morgue first.
Because Feng Yuanlin was personally leading the way, they breezed through the paperwork. After the hospital staff pulled out the two bodies, Chi Shuyan walked over and lifted the white cloth covering them.
She first looked at Jin Ming’s body and saw that only his face was bloated and his lips were blue. There was nothing unusual about the rest of his body. It was obvious that he had drowned to death in water.
When she looked at Fang Yinglong’s body, it was bloated all over, as if he had been immersed in water. Chi Shuyan stared at him seriously. At that moment, Feng Yuanlin said, “Shuyan, autopsies have been carried out on both bodies. The autopsy report for Jin Ming shows that he was maliciously pressed into the water and drowned to death. As for Fang Yinglong’s autopsy report, it’s a little strange. Based on the autopsy, he’s been dead for several days, but last night, Jiang Duo, Xiao Ningjin and the other boys said that they saw him and spoke to him. We also pulled up the surveillance footage, and we did see that he was still alive last night.”
Feng Yuanlin also knew that this matter couldn’t be explained with common sense, so he could only hope that Shuyan could see something.
Chi Shuyan took a few more looks and covered the bodies again with the white cloth. After thinking for a moment, she said, “Brother Feng, I do have a guess. Do you still remember what Xiao Ningjin said about Fang Yinglong fighting Jin Ming because he poured water on his back? That means that Fang Yinglong still had his own senses at that time. As for why there was always water on his back, I suspect that he was already been haunted by that thing then, and was likely possessed!”
Feng Yuanlin was alarmed.
Chi Shuyan continued, “It’s true that he was still alive last night, but since he was haunted by that thing, it means that he wasn’t far from death. That thing probably used Fang Yinglong’s body as a vessel for the time being.”
She was more curious about why this thing had chosen to haunt Fang Yinglong and not anyone else. Was it a coincidence, or was there another reason?
Moreover, she was now very sure that this thing was related to water.
Chi Shuyan was deep in thought, and Feng Yuanlin didn’t dare disturb her.
Not long after that, the two came out of the morgue. Chi Shuyan asked if Wei Panyang and Shi Ran were in this hospital.
Feng Yuanlin nodded and took her to see Wei Panyang, who was fine.
In the ward, apart from his pale face and even breathing, Wei Panyang was indeed fine. Father and Mother Wei were also there. The couple’s eyes were a bit red, especially Mother Wei, who looked like she had just been crying.
The police had notified Wei Panyang and Shi Ran’s families first.
Father and Mother Wei, who had some status in the capital, also knew Feng Yuanlin. Although they were a bit curious about Feng Yuanlin bringing a young lady over, they gave him face and answered all his questions, saying that the doctor had just come, and Panyang would wake up in a day or two.
Feng Yuanlin had long heard about this from the hospital and nodded.
Father and Mother Wei still wanted to ask about the murderer, but Feng Yuanlin prevaricated.
Chi Shuyan placed her hand on Wei Panyang’s pulse and confirmed that he was indeed fine. He would wake up in a day or two. If he was lucky, he would wake up today.
Before she left, she avoided Father and Mother Wei and quickly stuffed an Exorcism Talisman into Wei Panyang’s pocket for fear that the thing would haunt him again.
As for not doing it visibly, she didn’t want Father and Mother Wei to think too much and doubt her.
Chi Shuyan nodded at Brother Feng, and Feng Yuanlin also bade farewell to Father and Mother Wei.
They went to the ICU to take a look. Because it was the ICU, no one was allowed to enter rashly. Feng Yuanlin spoke with the attending doctor for a while before the latter reluctantly allowed them in.
Before going inside to take a look, Feng Yuanlin couldn’t help but ask about Shi Ran’s condition.
The attending physician’s surname was Li, and he was a middle-aged man in his forties. When he heard Feng Yuanlin’s question, he shook his head solemnly. “His condition isn’t good. Whether he can make it or not depends on him! The main thing is that his injuries are too serious and he lost too much blood!”
Feng Yuanlin thought of how, when he rushed to the club, he had seen that the man’s upper body had practically been turned into a hornet’s nest, and his guts had been spilling out. It was very ghastly. At that time, he thought that the other party was dead for sure. He didn’t expect Shi Ran to still be alive.
Feng Yuanlin also knew that among these brats, this person called Shi Ran should know the most. If he really died, there might be other ways to investigate, but if this matter dragged on, it would mean that the boys would be in danger for a while longer. Feng Yuanlin subconsciously looked at Shuyan and saw that her face was very calm, as if she wasn’t affected by the attending doctor’s words.
Feng Yuanlin couldn’t help but feel a little more hopeful, and said, “Shuyan, let’s go take a look first!”
Chi Shuyan nodded.
In the ICU, the two had to put on sterile protective suits. Father and Mother Shi, who were at the door, were sent away first.
When she entered the ICU, Chi Shuyan looked at the electrocardiogram, then at Shi Ran, who was lying on the bed and barely breathing, with all sorts of tubes stuck to his pale face.
She placed her hand on his pulse and could barely feel it. This wasn’t good. She looked at the electrocardiogram, which showed that Shi Ran’s heart was slowing down, and her face changed. If she hadn’t come today, he probably wouldn’t have lasted.