Chapter 45 Red Leaves 06
There was a lot of noise around her, as if someone was walking back and forth, or talking urgently about something, but Luo Siwei couldn't hear clearly. She was very sleepy and just wanted to have a good sleep.
Fortunately, she didn't have any dreams this time. Luo Siwei felt that she hadn't slept so soundly in a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, she finally regained consciousness.
Luo Siwei opened her eyes and saw a white ceiling. It was an unfamiliar room with white lights on.
The room was very quiet, with only a regular dripping sound. She was a little dazed for a moment, and felt something touching her face, and reached out to take it off.
Someone held her hand down, and then a man's voice came: "Don't move. Be careful of your blood."
Luo Si turned her head slightly and saw Chi Li sitting on the chair at the head of the bed, his eyelashes drooping as he looked down at her.
Luo Siwei stared at him intently, stunned for a moment before realizing she was in the hospital. An IV line was threaded through her hand, and an oxygen mask was on her face.
She asked, "Captain Chi, why are you here?"
Seeing that she had regained consciousness, Chi Li withdrew his hand. He was wearing a simple white shirt and looked clean and aloof.
Chi Li said: "I'm off work and came to visit the wounded."
Luo Siwei remembered that she seemed to have fainted just after getting out of the well, and hurriedly turned around to look for her phone: "What time is it?"
Chi Li seemed to know what she was thinking and handed her the phone: "It's seven o'clock in the evening. You have been unconscious for eight hours."
Luo Siwei held her phone in her hand, checking the time and the messages on it. She had no recollection of how she got here. Then she asked anxiously, "Where's Lan An'an? Is she okay?"
Chi Li replied: "She was rescued in time and did not need to be hospitalized. She went home to rest after oxygen therapy."
Luo Siwei asked, "Where's Ni Xiang?"
"I've had a physical examination and the poisoning is not serious."
After hearing these two pieces of news, Luo Siwei felt relieved.
Chi Li looked at her with a strange expression. His voice was slightly cold and a little angry: "Luo Siwei, have you never considered yourself?"
Luo Siwei's heart suddenly clenched. After he reminded her, she finally realized this. She sat up from the bed and asked, "Captain Chi, I won't be demoted, right?"
Chi Li was choked: "No."
Luo Siwei breathed a sigh of relief, but when she looked up and saw Chi Li's expression, she felt that she seemed to have overlooked something...
She suddenly realized that this was a single special care ward with an indoor bathroom, so it must be very expensive. Could it be that the medical expenses were too expensive and Captain Chi felt bad about paying for it?
Last time, someone was injured in the Third Precinct, and Old Han paid two thousand yuan for medical expenses. He felt heartbroken for a long time, and only stopped complaining about it after the reimbursement was received.
Thinking of this, she asked guiltily, "Then...are the medical bills too high? How did you pay for them?"
"The Municipal Bureau has a special account that can handle this situation. Your Alipay is useless." Chi Li said this, staring at Luo Siwei, and led to the main topic, "You took people to such a dangerous place today..."
So it was because of this...
Luo Siwei's attitude was very good. He quickly bowed his head and apologized: "Captain Chi, I know I was wrong. I will pay attention next time and wait for your reply before taking any action."
Chi Li frowned and looked at her: "Do you know that if you were sent to the hospital a little later, you might..."
Luo Siwei continued to give in: "I'm fine now, and I feel pretty good. Leader, please give me a chance to redeem myself. I will investigate this case thoroughly."
Seeing her attitude of "help me up, I can still roll up again", Chi Li felt that he was talking to a deaf person during this conversation...
How could anyone not think about themselves at all?
Lan Anan woke up on the way to the hospital at noon. She was clearly the one in the more serious condition. When she came up from the well, she gave him a coded number as if it was her last will and testament.
On the way to the hospital, he was driving with cold sweat on his palms. After arriving at the hospital, the doctor sent him directly into the hyperbaric oxygen chamber for several hours of treatment.
Now that she'd just woken up, she didn't care about herself anymore. Was it that in her heart, there was no personal safety, only cases and work?
Chi Li looked at her and said, "Luo Siwei, do you know where you went wrong?" Without waiting for Luo Siwei to answer, he continued, "It has already happened, and saying anything more will not help. What I want to tell you is that a leader is someone who helps you solve problems. Each of us has times when our abilities fall short. I hope that when you encounter problems that you cannot solve, you can think of me and contact me in time."
He paused and said, "I will help you."
Luo Siwei lowered her head. This was not the criticism she expected, but it allowed her to think calmly.
She had always been alone, so she developed the habit of making her own decisions. She was not used to asking for help, but today's matter was beyond her ability to solve. Chi Li's words made her think.
Seeing that Luo Siwei's face had not yet recovered, Chi Li pointed to the clips on the bedside and said, "Those are your medical records and report sheets. We'll see the test results tomorrow morning and decide when to be discharged."
Luo Siwei said, "Thank you."
Neither of them spoke for a while, and the somewhat empty ward fell silent.
Suddenly, Luo Siwei's stomach rumbled.
Chi Li asked her: "Are you hungry?"
Captain Luo lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly: "Yes, a little."
Seeing her like this, Chi Li stood up and said, "What do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you."
Luo Siwei said, "Fish McFish!" She is not picky about food and is easy to feed.
Before Chi Li reached the door, Luo Siwei thought of the case again and asked, "By the way, Captain Chi, how is the salvage going?"
"The municipal bureau added more personnel this afternoon, and the province sent in more professional equipment. We've dug a simple foundation next to the well, and the work is now complete." Chi Li pointed to a folder on the table that contained the latest summary of the situation. "Five unidentified bodies were found in that well. The case has been reported, and the leadership said it will be handled as a key case."
After Chi Li left, Luo Siwei finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was still a little dizzy, so she closed her eyes and rested for a while. Then she recalled the dream. The scene in the snow had never existed in her memory before.
After the danger that year, she woke up in the hospital. Later, the police officer who came to inquire about her told her that she was rescued by the police operation.
A police officer died in the case. She once asked the officer in charge of the case to contact the victim's family to express her gratitude, but the officer said that his superiors and the family had rejected her request.
Because of the head injury and overstimulation, her memories of that period were scattered and she couldn't remember many things. She was stunned for a long time when she saw Mu Yuexin coming to visit her.
From then on, she began to fear the men she met in life and dared not be in the same room with unfamiliar men.
Later, she stayed in the hospital for a while and gradually recovered after psychological treatment.
After the infusion was over, she rang the bell to call the nurse to remove the needle and take off the oxygen mask. She looked down and found a pair of new women's slippers on the ground. Luo Siwei no longer felt dizzy and got up to go to the bathroom.
Lying back on the hospital bed, she wondered whether those scenes were real or a dream.
Just thinking about this, my head started to hurt. The back of my head felt like it was going to split open, and my temples were throbbing.
This situation has happened in the past, and Luo Siwei has some experience in dealing with it. At this time, don't fight with your own thinking. Do something else and think about other things, and you will gradually recover.
Luo Siwei remembered again that when she was pulled out of the well, she was held in someone's arms. Chi Li just told her that he didn't use her Alipay, so could the person who held her before be Chi Li?
It’s so embarrassing… Luo Siwei turned over and buried her head in the quilt.
There was one more embarrassing thing happening in front of Chi Li, and she felt that she might as well just faint after coming up.
After lying down for a while, Luo Siwei got up and thought, I should take a look at the case.
She looked up to get the case files on the table, and saw some daily necessities, towels, cups, and straws neatly placed on the bedside table.
The hospital's nursing staff naturally wouldn't be so considerate. These things must have been bought by colleagues. Luo Siwei felt warm in her heart and opened her phone to report her safety in the work group.
Soon, the team members responded one after another, saying they would treat her to a meal after she was discharged from the hospital. The group then began to discuss whether to go for hot pot or barbecue.
The mention of delicious food made Luo Siwei even hungrier.
Fortunately, Chi Li didn't keep her waiting for too long. He came back soon, put the plastic bag on the small table beside him, rummaged through the Filet-O-Fish inside and handed it to Luo Siwei.
I also brought her some drinks and snacks and placed them aside.
Luo Siwei was really hungry, so she took the burger, tore open the package and started to bite into it.
Chi Li also took out a chicken roll from the bag.
Luo Siwei noticed: "Captain Chi, that's from KFC, right?"
Chi Li hummed: "The two houses are across from each other, and I don't like eating McDonald's."
It turned out that Chi Li hadn't eaten yet either. It turned out that the Filet-O-Fish was sold specially for her. Luo Siwei was a little apologetic. She bit her hamburger, raised her head and said to Chi Li vaguely: "Captain Chi, I'm fine. If you are busy, go back first."
Chi Li asked: "Do you have anyone to sleep with you?"
Luo Siwei shook his head: "I can do it alone."
"The doctor said that tonight is still an observation period." Chi Li pointed to the laptop in his schoolbag. "I have to stay up all night to write a report. Do you mind if I stay here?"
Luo Siwei hesitated for a moment before realizing that Chi Li wanted to keep her company.
She thought back to several of her past hospital stays.
When she was in college, she was injured and hospitalized. It was during the Chinese New Year, so her teacher visited her once and then went back home. The one who took care of her the most was her best friend, Mu Yuexin. However, Mu Yuexin also had her own things to do and could only come during the day.
Her wound had just been sutured, so turning over was difficult, but she didn't like asking for help. Later, as soon as she could move a little, she went to get checked herself.
At that time, the ward she was staying in was a four-person room. The other patients had their families accompanying them, but she was all alone.
The aunt next door couldn't bear to see this anymore and asked, "Little girl, where are your family members? You are so badly injured, how come no one is there to accompany you?"
She smiled and said, "They are busy with work, I can do it alone."
In fact, at that time, she was particularly envious when she saw other family members chatting with patients, helping to get medicine, and busying around getting meals.
During her years of work, she was injured several times, but she didn't want to trouble her colleagues and leaders, so she stayed in the hospital alone.
Now, Chi Li said he would stay with her, and Luo Siwei suddenly felt something warm surging in her chest. This happiness came a little suddenly, making her feel a little at a loss. Her eyes were sore, and the fish in her hand suddenly choked her throat.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Chi Li thought she felt that there was a difference between men and women. He began to explain: "After all, you suffered a work-related injury. The doctor said that you need to be observed tonight. Otherwise, I will ask..." He was about to arrange for a female police officer to come over.
Luo Siwei quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "No."
Chi Li didn't react: "No what?"
Luo Siwei changed to a more ladylike way of eating and took a small bite: "I don't mind."
Then she lowered her head and repeated her meaning in a low voice: "I don't mind. If you are sleepy, you can ask the nurse to rent a sofa bed..."
After saying this, Luo Siwei felt her face flush. This was the first time she had been in the same room with a man for such a long time. She was quite happy that someone was staying with her.
Thinking of this, she turned her attention back to the case.
Luo Siwei changed her position and curled up on the white hospital bed. She picked up the documents on the table with her left hand and looked through them, while continuing to nibble on the Filet-O-Fish that Chi Li bought.
After working as a criminal police officer for so many years, she has become accustomed to eating while looking at pictures of corpses.
The photos taken by Ni Xiang and Lan Anan have been printed out, and the excavation and salvage of the subsequent bodies have also been recorded one by one.
Luo Siwei looked carefully at the case file in his hand.
The five bodies were stacked on top of each other, and the three bottom bodies were almost completely buried in the mud. The forensic doctor conducted a basic examination of the bones.
The medical examiner gave an approximate range for the deceased's age and time of death and numbered the bodies in the order in which they were discovered.
Corpse No. 1 is a male, about 50 years old, who died a year ago. Judging from the bloodstains on his clothes, he was stabbed in the chest and abdomen, and then lost a lot of blood.
Because his remains were the most complete, the forensic doctor drew a simulation of the body. It was a middle-aged man who looked slightly fat.
Body No. 2, a male approximately 55 years old, died three years ago. His remains were essentially skeletonized, having been strangled into a coma. Most horrifyingly, the victim's fractures from being thrown into the well showed signs of life, suggesting he was thrown alive. The victim was tall with short hair, and the forensic doctor also performed a simulated portrait reconstruction.
Corpse No. 3 is a male. The extra tibia belongs to him. The age of the corpse when he died was between 75 and 80 years old, four years ago. The corpse has completely turned into bones, the bones are incomplete, and the cause of death is unknown.
Corpse No. 4, the one whose skull Luo Siwei discovered, was a female, about 40 years old, and had died four to five years ago. The body had completely turned to skeletons, and an obvious fracture was found at the back of the skull. What was somewhat strange was that there was a gold bracelet on the wrist of the corpse, which had turned to bones.
The body also had some unique features: a few fractures on the sternum. The medical examiner noted that these minor fractures were usually caused by emergency resuscitation, a type of injury left behind during CPR.
Body No. 5, a female, about 85 years old, had her bones almost completely buried in mud. Later, staff members completely fished out the mud and were able to piece together a rough outline of the body. The cause of death was also unknown, and the time of death was six years ago.
At present, the identities of the five bodies have not been confirmed, but based on their blood types, clothing, and year of death, it can be judged that there is no obvious relationship between the deceased. They are not siblings or mother and son.
Except for the two elderly bodies whose cause of death could not be determined, the other three bodies showed obvious signs of homicide. This was undoubtedly a homicide case.
Luo Siwei analyzed the known conditions. Due to the special location of the body, the murderer must have a car, otherwise he would not have been able to transport the body and throw it into the deep well.
She tried to find a pattern in the data, and she noticed that three of the victims were relatively young, while the other two were relatively old. Generally, in serial murder cases, the ratio of elderly and middle-aged victims is lower than that of young women. However, in this case, there were two elderly people, and the rest were middle-aged.
She also analyzed the deceased based on gender and found that there were three men and two women, with the male ratio slightly higher.
The death time is one year, three years, four years, five years, and six years, almost one person dies every other year.
People kept throwing corpses into the well, and the corpses gradually accumulated, turning the well into a veritable man-eating well.
Understanding the basic situation is like finishing the answer to a difficult question. All that remains is to find the murderer among the vast crowd.
The case spanned a very long period of time, had few clues, and was extremely difficult to solve.
It is not a good thing for the police or ordinary people that there is such a brutal killer at large in the city.
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