Chapter 51 Chapter 51 "We are brothers! Let's write together!"...
The car arrived near the gland research laboratory.
This place is quite remote and in the suburbs. Fortunately, Gong Wen sent me a text message, otherwise it would have been difficult to find it by relying on navigation alone.
Pei Shuyu walked in and showed his ID card to the front desk to prove his identity. The front desk immediately made an internal call.
Not long after, a man in a white coat walked out quickly.
"Hello, I'm Zhao Liang. Gong Wen has already greeted me. I'll take you to the lab." He said as he pulled out a few white coats and masks from a nearby compartment and handed them over. "The lab has been left in its original condition since the fire. To assist with the investigation, it hasn't been cleaned up yet, so it's quite dusty inside. You'll need these."
Several people quickly put on their white coats and followed Zhao Liang into the depths of the corridor.
The fire scene was at the end of the corridor. As they pushed open the door, a cloud of dust rushed in their faces, and several people took a step back simultaneously. Pei Shuyu raised his hand and waved it in the air twice, trying to disperse the dust particles, but it had little effect.
"No one dared to go in when the fire started, and the data couldn't be rescued," Zhao Liang explained at the door. "Take your time to look."
Zhao Liang completed his mission, gave a few instructions, and then left. After all, there wasn't much here worth staying for except for the burned equipment and the ashes on the ground.
Pei Shuyu frowned as he walked into the lab, his feet treading on a flurry of debris, making a subtle crunching sound. All the equipment had been burned beyond recognition, leaving no trace of fingerprints or footprints. It was impossible for them to remain.
He walked around inside a few times and asked Fu Zhouxing to take photos to record it.
"Don't you feel that this place is cool even without air conditioning?" Xiao Qingyang suddenly asked, "How could a fire start in a place like this?"
Pei Shuyu looked up at the words. Indeed, there was only one socket in the entire lab, and the circuits were all new, so the possibility of spontaneous combustion was extremely low.
"It might be intentional." Fu Zhouxing put away the camera. "We've finished filming. Let's go ask Zhao Liang."
Pei Shuyu nodded and his eyes left the table that had been burned black.
They then retrieved the laboratory's entry and exit records, which any formal institution would have. Pei Shuyu quickly scanned the list, his gaze fixed on the last row—Meng He.
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Since this laboratory was abandoned, the laboratory upstairs has been cleared out and all the staff are crowded here to record data.
Meng He was writing comments on Omega's physical examination report when he heard someone calling him at the door.
"Meng He!"
He stopped writing and looked towards the door, then stood up in shock and put on his glasses. "Who are you? Pei Shuyu!"
Zhao Liang looked around and asked, "Do you two know each other?"
"I know him, I know him." Meng He took Pei Shuyu's hand and walked inside. "Shuyu, why are you here?"
"I have some work to do, but I didn't expect you to work here by chance."
He and Meng He had known each other for several years, chatting occasionally and greeting each other on holidays. However, he had never asked about the other's specific work, and he had never expected to meet today.
Pei Shuyu found a stool to sit down on, intending to ask Meng He if there was anything unusual on his shift that day, or if anyone else had been here and behaved strangely.
Pei Shuyu was considering how to start asking about the fire when he noticed Meng He kept glancing behind him.
"What's wrong?" Pei Shuyu asked.
Meng He said "oh" with a hint of inquiry, "Nothing, I just didn't see your guy. Why? He didn't come with you."
Zhao Liang didn't know the origin of this and didn't understand.
But the other two present understood.
"Let's go out and take a look..." Fu Zhouxing found a reason and pulled Xiao Qingyang away.
Pei Shuyu nodded, then calmly answered Meng He's doubts, "We broke up a long time ago."
"Stop bragging. Are you two arguing again? Wasn't it the same thing last time..." Meng He didn't believe it. He pulled over the medical examination report, pressed the ballpoint pen and continued writing.
"We really broke up... Let's not talk about this. What are you writing?" Pei Shuyu changed the subject in time and pointed to the physical examination form.
He wanted Meng He to focus on other things, otherwise if he really started gossiping, they might chat all night long.
Speaking of the physical examination form, Meng He slumped over the table with a sad face. "It's so sad to talk about it... Last month, for some unknown reason, a fire broke out in the lab and burned the entire lab to the ground. I happened to be on duty that day! Do you understand? Now all the physical examination forms need to be rewritten!"
Pei Shuyu didn't know how to comfort him, so he patted his shoulder. "Don't be sad, just write quickly."
Suddenly, Meng He sat up in shock from his near-death illness, quickly regained his composure, and shoved a stack of papers into Pei Shuyu's hands. "Hey! I remember you studied medicine in college, too. Come help me write this!"
Seeing Pei Shuyu still hesitant, he immediately added: "We're brothers! Let's write together!"
Pei Shuyu: ...
By the time the two were halfway through their writing, Fu Zhouxing had already finished touring the entire institute. Returning to find them hard at work, he sat down beside them, took a medical form, and asked jokingly, "Why are you still taking private jobs? How much is one?"
Pei Shuyu finished writing the last piece and looked at Meng He with a bit of resentment, "Where's my salary?"
Meng He put away the data sheet and chuckled twice, "Thanks, brother!" After sorting out the information and sealing it all away, he finally remembered to ask, "By the way, what work are you doing here?"
Finally, we get down to business.
Pei Shuyu stood up and stretched his muscles before casually asking, "It's somewhat related to your fire. How much do you know?"
Meng He thought for a moment and said, "Hmm, I'm not sure."
At noon, people from the laboratory left one after another.
Pei Shuyu asked Fu Zhouxing to take out the information, and he spread it out in front of Meng He.
"The conditions in your laboratory rule out the possibility of spontaneous combustion, as well as aging circuits. I noticed the damage on the table is far greater than anywhere else, so it's likely the source of the fire. I suspect it was caused by human error."
"What? This bastard! Don't let me catch him!" Meng He was indignant.
"So are you sure you were the only one on duty that day?"
"Yes!" Meng He answered affirmatively with excitement.
Only after he finished speaking did he realize that the atmosphere was not right.
Of the four people present, except for him, the eyes of the other three were fixed on him.
Except for Pei Shuyu who was a little more restrained, the expressions and eyes of the other two seemed to say: You are the arsonist.
"No way! You doubt me!?" Meng He couldn't believe it and stood up. "Pei Shuyu, you doubt me too?"
Pei Shuyu didn't really want to say this, but after all, it involved the lives of so many omegas.
Before coming here, he had considered countless possibilities. Was it possible that the arsonist and the person who removed the glands were the same person, and once they had obtained the omega information, they could target them and commit crimes.
As for setting fire to the data, it was because we were afraid that they would discover the pattern.
That explains it.
Unexpectedly, the investigation was finally traced back to Meng He.
"Meng He, this matter is no small matter. Let me ask you again, are you sure you were the only one in the lab that day and there were no other suspicious people? Or did you see anyone suspicious?"
Meng He was so angry that his face turned red. "No! It's just me! You can doubt me if you want! Well, I have to get busy now, so please do as you please."
This is already an expulsion.
Xiao Qingyang clicked his tongue and said, "Why are you so uncooperative?" Seeing this, he was about to step forward to argue, but Fu Zhouxing twisted his arm.
Pei Shuyu sighed and gestured to Fu Zhouxing and Xiao Qingyang, asking them to shut up.
Then he said to Meng He, "Then I won't bother you anymore. We can talk again when we have time."
This trip was almost in vain.
Pei Shuyu walked out of the lab. It was midday, the sun blazing down on his head. He looked at the information and suddenly thought, "Let's go to the gland specialist hospital."
At the same time, Fu Zhouxing also received the information of all the staff in the Department of Prostate Surgery, and he synchronized it to four groups of people.
Pei Shuyu thought that the sooner the investigation was completed, the sooner the case would be closed. Time waits for no one, and who can guarantee when this pervert will commit another crime? Xiao Qingyang repeatedly cried out in pain, "Please, go have lunch first... I only had toast and fried eggs this morning!"
After hearing what he said, Pei Shuyu also reacted, "I am a little hungry."
Xiao Qingyang's eyes lit up, and hope rekindled, "Right, right."
"Well," Pei Shuyu opened the car door and got in, entering the hospital's address. "Let's go. We can eat inside the hospital."
Xiao Qingyang:...?
"Are you still human? You're abusing your colleagues!"
Unexpectedly, Fu Zhouxing is even worse than Pei Shuyu.
Fu Zhouxing, who was watching from the sidelines, opened the door of the main cab and raised his chin towards Xiao Qingyang, "You drive."
"Why?"
"Aren't you hungry? You won't be hungry if you concentrate on driving."
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The gland specialist hospital is located in the city center with convenient transportation. The location has obviously been carefully considered to facilitate patients' treatment.
After a quick lunch, the three of them headed straight for the dean's office. Gong Wen was already waiting at the door.
Pei Shuyu explained his purpose to the dean, emphasizing that the murderer's method was professional and he most likely had a medical background.
"I understand that you want to solve the case as soon as possible, but if you rashly suspect that it is a doctor from our hospital and the news gets out, it will have a great impact on the hospital's reputation..." The dean looked embarrassed.
Fu Zhouxing handed over the files at the appropriate time.
Pei Shuyu pushed the file over and said, "Dean, please take a look at the information first. We are here for a reason. You are right. There are many hospitals and professional doctors in Hong Kong. But how could it be such a coincidence that all the deceased had physical examinations in your hospital. Including the omega who is still lying in the bed in your hospital and has become a vegetable."
The dean was stunned at first, then hesitantly opened the file bag. The many coils of white string unraveled as he moved, revealing the information inside. It clearly recorded the details of each deceased individual, including where they went, what they did, and what they talked about.
The dean put on his glasses and carefully looked through the documents in the file bag. His expression grew more serious the more he looked. He finally took off his glasses and rubbed his brow. "If such a murderer really exists... our hospital will never shield him."
"Thank you for your cooperation," Pei Shuyu said, taking the information back and asking Fu Zhouxing to keep it. "Please check the duty records of these personnel for the past month."
The dean logged into the system to export data, and Pei Shuyu filtered it according to the date of the fire - but found that everyone had a duty record on that day and their attendance was complete.
"How could this happen?" Xiao Qingyang couldn't help but speak out.
Fu Zhouxing also frowned slightly.
Is the direction wrong?
The dean shut down the system and spoke in a more relaxed tone, "It seems that this person is definitely not from our hospital. I think everyone can rest assured now, right?"
"Sorry to bother you." Pei Shuyu nodded and said goodbye.
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The clue was interrupted again.
The four of them walked out of the administrative building and were silent for a while.
"Could the murderer have an accomplice? Or have we missed someone?" Xiao Qingyang muttered to himself. "But I think there's definitely something fishy about that Meng He!" Xiao Qingyang ran over to Pei Shuyu and said.
"It's not him." Gong Wen, who had been silent all the time, interrupted their conversation, still keeping a smile on his face, giving Xiao Qingyang the feeling of a smiling tiger.
"Why are you sure it wasn't him? He was the only one on duty that day, and he was the only suspect." Fu Zhouxing interrupted the topic.
"..." Gong Wen looked at them with a strange look. "Who said he was alone? I went to see him that day..."
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The author has something to say: It is not a difficult case to reason
Because the author himself can't come up with a complicated plot.
I will try to finish writing this case as soon as possible.
Damn JJ, why did you send away my saved drafts again [burst into tears] It’s so annoying!
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