The river at ten o'clock at night presented two completely different aspects: one was to let go, start seeking pleasure and enjoy life; the other was to rest early, washing away the fatigue from the city's fast pace and high pressure.
Ping An said it was a city phenomenon.
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Fei Keqing said it was consumer culture.
Gao Xiaofei said, does this have anything to do with me?
Old Gao Da had not yet regained consciousness, but the gradually stabilizing various data indicated that he was getting further away from death.
Gao Xiaofei and Ping An, relieved, repeatedly instructed Lai Xiang, who was left to protect Gao Da, and then rushed to the wind power residential area.
This night, most of the residents in the wind power residential area were destined to be sleepless – one was beaten to death during the day, and one was taken to the hospital. At night, they were still restless. According to the community police officer who was familiar with the residents, a mummy-wrapped corpse was found in the top-floor duplex apartment of Building B, Unit 2...
"Watch out for the dust, you! Don't leave footprints!"
"Where's the tech team? Come take a picture!"
"Why are you holding your nose? Afraid of the smell! If you're afraid, get lost!"
In a simply decorated duplex apartment next to Jiao Zi's house, on the top floor of Building B, Unit 2. Cheng Jian, captain of the criminal investigation detachment of the River City Public Security Bureau, who rushed over after receiving the news, frowned at a "mummy" placed in the center of the master bedroom on the first floor.
"Boss, how many days do you think this person has been dead? Even though it's wrapped like this, why does it still smell so bad? Strangely, only this bedroom smells, and no other place does. The residents in this building haven't noticed anything!" said a young police officer under Cheng Jian.
"According to intelligence from the municipal bureau, based on the content of the discovered wristband video, the deceased should be an old man, and the time of death was June 28th!" Cheng Jian said somewhat annoyedly, "There haven't been any murder cases for several years, and this year is truly strange, with so many people dying in such a broken-down residential area!"
"No kidding, the housing prices in this residential area have fallen by a full 30%. Team Leader Gao just bought a house here, and now he's lost a lot of money, tens of thousands of dollars. Did you hear? Team Leader Gao even borrowed hundreds of thousands to buy a house here. I don't know if he'll be able to get it back! Well, if I were someone who lent him money, I'd probably smash my head against the entrance of the residential area..." The young police officer chattered on, completely unaware of Cheng Jian's constant winks.
"Team Leader Gao, Teacher Ping An, you're here. It's so late, have you eaten!" Seeing that his winks were ineffective, Cheng Jian decisively interrupted the foolish remark.
At this moment, Gao Xiaofei had a look of "I'm not happy, don't provoke me." When he heard Cheng Jian's words, he replied with a thick nasal voice. Well, this is Gao Xiaofei. When he's happy, he never puts his rank in his eyes and can be brothers with a auxiliary police officer. When he's unhappy, humph!
Ping An didn't take it seriously at all, or perhaps he didn't hear those words at all. At this moment, he was staring at the "mummy" without saying a word.
Cheng Jian, who had come from the municipal bureau in the afternoon to deliver materials, had heard about Gao Xiaofei dealing with a few old guys in the training room a while ago. He cautiously began to report.
"There were no other findings in the room. The lock was intact. The body – you told us not to move it on the phone before you arrived, so we didn't touch it!" Cheng Jian said. As for other aspects, it was the smell. No other rooms smelled, but as soon as you entered this bedroom, there was the stench of decay...
After listening to the report, Gao Xiaofei didn't speak in a hurry, but looked at Ping An.
After walking around the "mummy" once, Ping An nodded at Gao Xiaofei.
"Dismiss the irrelevant personnel, bring in the forensic doctor!" Gao Xiaofei waved his hand.
After the Shu Gang and Shu Ping siblings were apprehended, Gao Xiaofei and Ping An unanimously believed that there were other masterminds behind them. Shu Gang would rather die than protect the person he was protecting. When Shu Ping was arrested, in a state of emotional breakdown, she vaguely said something. It was all about her feeling sorry for her brother's suffering and knowing that he killed someone for Wang Huan'an, but Wang Huan'an was not killed by Shu Gang. Her brother didn't say anything else, and she couldn't ask.
"The person Shu Gang wants to protect must be the murderer of this person! Or, the murder itself," Ping An suddenly said. "It's been dozens of days since June 28th. I hope the body hasn't decomposed beyond recognition. By the way, whose name is this house registered under?"
"Don't be surprised, I just saw it!" Gao Xiaofei picked up a booklet and pointed to a name. "This is actually Wang Huan'an's house! That woman actually has two houses in this residential area."
"Why is it her?" Ping An's pupils suddenly contracted, as if this news was very shocking.
The forensic doctor, who had been waiting for a long time, impatiently nudged Ping An. It was work that should have been done back at the office, but now they had to come to the scene. Not only that, but they had to wait, wait and wait for an hour. It was almost 11 p.m. when they were finally allowed to start.
It had to be said that the forensic doctor's technique was indeed exquisite.
As if unwrapping a zongzi, he slowly peeled back the white cotton cloth wrapped around the body, and then pointed to the inner layers of wrapping, saying, "The body was wrapped twice. The inner layer is waterproof cloth, and the outer layer is ordinary cotton cloth."
"Even with this method, the smell of the corpse wouldn't spread outside?" Cheng Jian always felt that the smell of the corpse was a clue, but he couldn't grasp the key point.
"No, these wrappings can effectively isolate the stench, but they won't work for long," the forensic doctor said. "This room is very dry, and the outside temperature is high. It's like a desert environment. If the body isn't found in time, after a while, it will likely turn into a mummified corpse!"
While the forensic doctor was busy, Ping An carefully observed the apartment. It was the same as Jiao Zi's house next door, with a spacious living room and reasonably distributed rooms. What was different was that the entire second floor had been opened up, with a row of cabinets against the wall. Ping An opened one and found a set of surgical instruments. He opened another and found various syringes. The ceiling lights were also different. Nine spotlight-style independent lamps were gathered together like petals. If you didn't pay attention, you would think it was a light in an operating room.
"Add a bed, and this place can perform surgery!" Ping An rubbed his prickly beard and said to Gao Xiaofei, "Did the deceased retire and have nothing to do, so he conducted medical research alone at home?"
"Perhaps it's a decorative style!" Gao Xiaofei squinted and looked at the lights.
"Have you ever seen anyone decorate their home like an operating room?" Ping An said with a wry smile.
Gao Xiaofei smiled and shook his head, casually opening a cabinet. Unfortunately, there was nothing inside. However, he seemed to have discovered something and touched the partition inside the cabinet.
"Ping An, look here. This cabinet was probably where something was before. It was moved out in the last few days!" Gao Xiaofei showed Ping An, rubbing the partition inside the cabinet with his finger, and found no dust on his fingertips.
"Open them all and have a look!" Seeing this, Ping An opened the other cabinets without hesitation.
As expected, among the 6 sets of cabinets against the wall, three were empty, and the remaining three were filled with medical equipment, from scalpels to oxygen machines, and even a portable electrocardiogram monitor. "With this setup, did he really perform surgery on someone at home?" Ping An said somewhat doubtfully, looking at the various medical instruments. Do we have any information about the deceased?
"According to the resident information registered by the property management, the deceased is named Fang Xin. We found his ID card at his home. According to the information on the ID card, his name is indeed Fang Xin, he is 66 years old, and he is a senior physician at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanhe University School of Medicine!" Cheng Jian, who hurried upstairs, said, holding a stack of documents. "Although the body has some corrosion, because the time is not too long, judging from the face, it is Fang Xin. Of course, the forensic doctor will conduct an identification later to prove his identity legally."
"He really is a doctor!" Ping An looked at the cabinets that hadn't been closed yet and said, "Did he tell the property management that he planned to open a small clinic or something here?"
"The country strictly manages private medical practice! Moreover, well, he is a plastic surgeon. If he performs surgery privately, he will bear legal responsibility!" Cheng Jian said.
"What? Plastic surgery department? He's a plastic surgeon?" Ping An asked in surprise.
"Yes, according to the neighbors, the plastic surgery department of the hospital he served is also a flagship department. And he sometimes recommends good plastic surgeons to his neighbors, such as double eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, etc. Several neighbors can testify!" Cheng Jian said.
"Please ask the forensic doctor downstairs to come up and see if this pile upstairs can support performing surgery," Ping An said after thinking for a moment.
Cheng Jian seemed unable to keep up with Ping An's pace, but he was still obedient and went downstairs.
Soon, the stout old forensic doctor came upstairs, panting.
"What scene do I need to look at? I'm a forensic doctor, what scene do I need to look at? You young police officers are becoming more and more unruly!" the forensic doctor grumbled.
Although he spoke reluctantly, the old forensic doctor looked at the scene very seriously. He first looked at the open cabinets, took out a few instruments to examine them, and then looked at the empty cabinets, not only touching them with his fingers but also smelling them.
"A complete set of surgical equipment..."
"Just no medicine!"
"See the plastic sheeting hanging on the wall over there? It's essential for setting up a sterile room."
"Although it's simple, it can be used as a standard operating room!"
"Tsk, tsk, look at this set of latches here. They are not ordinary latches, but are used for special refrigerators, used to store blood plasma and organs."
After looking around, the old forensic doctor finally took off his mask and said to Ping An, "I know what you're thinking, the body wrapped like a mummy downstairs is Fang Xin. He was my teacher in college, so I know him very well. If you ask me if it's possible to perform surgery on people here, I can tell you clearly that it is possible, almost all types of surgical operations can be performed..."
"Oh my, it's Teacher Dong. I heard you haven't been out much in recent years. Why are you here in person today?" Ping An recognized the old forensic doctor as Dong, the most senior forensic doctor in the River City Public Security Bureau.
"I'm afraid the children will be embarrassed if I come!" said Forensic Doctor Dong. "Fang Xin is a famous plastic surgeon in the province. He died under unclear circumstances, and he has a set of medical equipment at home that cannot be bought on the market. If you tell me he was doing plastic surgery for others privately at home, I would believe it!"
As expected of an old fox, Ping An's thoughts were almost seen through by the other party.
"The equipment with a straw behind you cannot be bought through normal channels!"
"Even this set of scalpels is impossible to buy!"
Forensic Doctor Dong, while inventorying various medical equipment, subtly guided Ping An.
"Xiaofei, pack and archive all the equipment and instruments here, and then trace their origin to see how Fang Xin obtained them!" Ping An looked up at the "operating table" lamp above his head. "Something must have happened here, or something is about to happen. What Shu Gang protected with his life is definitely not just an ordinary murder case! What is the relationship between this apartment and Wang Huan'an? Is her death also related to this apartment?"
"As expected, the peeping murder case was just an appetizer. What's more confusing is yet to come," Ping An said. "I really don't know what kind of big fish will be caught this time!"
As the work on the first floor neared completion, when Ping An and Gao Xiaofei came downstairs, Forensic Doctor Dong was packing up. The body had also been put into a bag.
"There's nothing bizarre. The deceased died of mechanical asphyxiation, strangled to death. Don't you have the video? Yes, that's how he died in the video!" Forensic Doctor Dong said. "As for the second floor, I won't mention it. There's nothing strange on the first floor either. However, I smelled disinfectant in the other rooms, but not in the bedroom where the body was placed!"
Hearing what Forensic Doctor Dong said, Ping An ran to the adjacent room and smelled it forcefully. Indeed, he smelled a hint of disinfectant.
"This killer is interesting. Why disinfect other rooms instead of the room where the corpse is?" Cheng Jian said casually.
"Perhaps, there were more important things in these rooms than the corpse!" Ping An looked through the rooms on the first floor and found that these rooms were furnished with simple furniture and there was nothing unusual.
"By the way, did the surveillance camera at the entrance capture anything?" Gao Xiaofei asked Cheng Jian while Ping An was in a daze in a few rooms.
"Nothing. The camera at the entrance of this house is a decoy. There are cameras at the unit door and in the stairwell. We are extracting the data now," Cheng Jian said.
"Shu Gang lives in this unit. He probably comes here often!" Gao Xiaofei said. "Why aren't there surveillance cameras in the stairwell? It was the same when we were pursuing Shu Gang. If there were cameras in the stairwell, then we would know everything by looking at the cameras."
After studying the rooms, Ping An looked at the time on his phone and found it was already five in the morning. The previous day's operation, Gao Da's situation was uncertain, and the newly discovered murder case made him as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood. At this moment, he saw the time, and a wave of sleepiness hit him, his body feeling weak.
"Let's leave it at that for now! Xiaofei, give me your house key, I'm so sleepy, I'll go to your place to sleep for a while!" Ping An said, yawning.
"Let's go together, I can't either. We'll talk about anything during the day!" Gao Xiaofei stretched, grabbed Ping An, and left the scene.
Ping An finally returned home, dozing off, because as soon as he entered Gao Xiaofei's house, he saw Fei Keqing doing fitness exercises in the living room in shorts.
When people are extremely tired, they can't sleep. Especially after hearing from Fei Keqing that Old Gao Da was completely out of danger, he felt like a deflated balloon. He politely declined Gao Xiaofei's perfunctory invitation, and gave Cheng Jian a rare opportunity for close contact – he dozed off the whole way and drove home in Cheng Jian's broken car.
The house was as peaceful as ever. Of course, if Ping An hadn't seen Su Tang doing aerobics in shorts in the living room, it would have been a warm and beautiful morning, especially suitable for sleeping in.
Ping An finally returned home, dozing off, because as soon as he entered Gao Xiaofei's house, he saw Fei Keqing doing fitness exercises in the living room in shorts.
When people are extremely tired, they can't sleep. Especially after hearing from Fei Keqing that Old Gao Da was completely out of danger, he felt like a deflated balloon. He politely declined Gao Xiaofei's perfunctory invitation, and gave Cheng Jian a rare opportunity for close contact – he dozed off the whole way and drove home in Cheng Jian's broken car.
Since taking over this case, Ping An's sleep quality has been continuously declining. Before, he could think of someone and fall asleep sweetly. But now, he still thinks of someone and refuses to sleep. Logically, he, in his thirties, shouldn't be someone who goes mad for love, but why does it always make people worry?
I don't know how Quiet is doing in another city. It's always difficult to explain things over the phone. Should I go and see him? But the current case finally has some substance. If the truth isn't clarified in one go, it will be troublesome to leave time for the culprit to set up obstacles.
Speaking of cases, who killed Wang Huan'an? Is Wang Huan'an's death related to Fang Xin's death? Would the deceased perform plastic surgery at home? Who would he perform surgery on? Oh, wait, why would he perform plastic surgery on someone? Does this case require it...
Lying on the bed, Ping An couldn't sleep. Every detail of the case wrapped around him like a plastic bag. He really wanted to relax his mind and try to think about something else – Fei Keqing's aerobics were quite well-endowed, which was a bargain for that bastard Gao Xiaofei. When did Su Tang, that little girl, start dancing too? When I came in just now, if I hadn't looked carefully, I would have thought I was still at Gao Xiaofei's house – speaking of which, Su Tang dances quite well, but there's not much to see. If she were slightly packaged – wouldn't that be like seeing another Fei Keqing at home – wait, another – this one?
"Why are both these murders strangulations..." muttering to himself, Ping An finally fell into a deep sleep.
There's nothing more comfortable than a good night's sleep. All sorts of cases, all sorts of love. When Ping An woke up yawning, he felt comfortable all over. He stretched his body forcefully, and could even hear his bones creaking. It felt great.
Ignoring the phone on the bedside table showing seven or eight missed calls, before, when he skipped work, he, as the director, still needed to pretend. Now that Fei Keqing is here, he doesn't need to do anything himself. As for the missed calls, they are probably from Fei Keqing. That crazy woman's morning temper is unusually bad. If she receives a call from her boss in the morning, she will definitely not be in a good mood. She can't greet the beautiful morning without finding a scapegoat to vent on. Ping An naturally didn't want to be that scapegoat. Now there's Gao Xiaofei, right? Go deal with him.
After washing up, Ping An went to the living room. Well, not bad, his good apprentice had grown recently and knew how to make breakfast for his master.
Ping An nodded with satisfaction looking at the burnt scrambled eggs on the white porcelain plate on the dining table. It's cooked, it's cooked.
After a tasteless breakfast, Su Tang, who had dressed up, came downstairs.
"Master, didn't we say yesterday that we were going to see Grandpa Gao today? Why are you still sleeping in! Hurry up and change!" The little girl pouted and reprimanded her master on the stairs, not respecting his status.
"You're wearing lipstick to see a patient? That's too much!" Ping An casually glanced and knew what "illegal" enhancements his disciple had made.
"Oh, by the way, my godmother called and told you to go to the unit today. There's a big job, and the higher-ups specifically want you to be in charge," Su Tang knew how to deal with Ping An, picking out what bothered him the most.
Indeed, as soon as he heard about work, Ping An's head started to hurt again.
"Let's go, let's go, oh my, I'm busy all the time." No longer interested in Su Tang, Ping An casually put on some ordinary clothes and quickly left home.
These days, Hei Dou has been protecting Gao Da at the hospital, so no one was driving.
Ping An stood in his own yard, looked up at the dazzling sun, and suddenly wanted to ride his old companion.
"If I had known you were riding a motorcycle, I wouldn't have worn a skirt," Su Tang said, very displeased, watching her master push out the motorcycle.
Ping An naturally wouldn't take Su Tang's complaints seriously. After starting the motorcycle, he glanced at Su Tang. She obediently got on. Releasing the brake and revving the throttle, the motorcycle headed towards the hospital under the morning sun.
Lying on the hospital bed, Gao Da greedily watched the voluptuous female nurse... No, he greedily drank the plain water fed to him by a voluptuous nurse with a spoon.
"Grandpa, drink slowly. How about some dumpling soup at noon?" The female nurse was diligent and conscientious, carefully caring for Gao Da, who was tied up like a zongzi.
"You're too kind, too kind. Thank you, young lady," Gao Da said shyly.
"Come on, sister, you go busy, I'll feed him the rest of the water." At 5 a.m. this morning, Gao Da, who had been in a deep sleep, finally woke up. Hei Dou, who had always been straightforward in his actions, was naturally overjoyed. Before he could say anything caring, he saw the female nurse feeding him water, and then, with a dark face, he replaced the female nurse.
"Hospitalization costs money! If she's feeding him, what are you doing!" Gao Da said, gritting his teeth fiercely, even though he was awake.
"Can't you have some elder's demeanor!" Hei Dou said with a wry smile. "Alright, you rest first. Ping An instructed me to notify him immediately when you woke up. Gao Xiaofei will probably come too. Try to recall what you experienced and what you found."
"I know. I was already awake when you guys were moving me out of the hallway. I just didn't have the strength. I didn't dare to sleep. I lost too much blood. If I slept, I wouldn't wake up," Gao Da sighed and said, "Ten years in the army, fought wars abroad. Now that I'm old, I've even endured torture."
"Was it Shu Gang?" Hei Dou looked at Gao Da with some heartache.
"It was that coward. By the way, is that coward completely dead?" Gao Da asked.
"He's dead. The police shot him dead, and his head exploded..." Hei Dou said.
"He died at the wrong time. Otherwise, if I say it, I'm afraid Ping An and Xiaofei won't believe it!" Gao Da said with some worry.