Chapter 145: Chain medical examination centers should be quite reliable...
Guan Xia and her group sat in two cars.
Wang Yu, Qi Bai and Lu Tingfeng went to the Nanping Branch, trying to find missing persons in the entire Shangshuang City in the years before and after the disappearance of Ning Xin and her daughter, to see if there was any overlap in their behavioral trajectory with Ning Ping'an.
Guan Xia, Ji An and Jiang Yingyao went to check Ning Ping'an's social relations.
They said they were investigating Ning Ping'an's social relationships, but in fact, Ning Ping'an was only four years old, so there was nothing to investigate. The focus was on investigating Ning Ping'an's movements from birth to his disappearance, and whether there were any abnormal behaviors among those close to him.
At first, Lu Tingfeng had a lot of objections to this grouping. He was very straightforward and said that he had always been curious about Guan Xia and wanted to experience up close how Guan Xia discovered clues.
In the end, his objections were skillfully suppressed by Ji An, and he reluctantly exchanged cars with Jiang Yingyao.
Guan Xia looked at his back and said with a hint of amusement, "Isn't Lu Tingfeng about the same age as Xu Nian? I remember them being childhood friends and college classmates. How come their personalities are so different? One is so steady, like a robot, and I haven't seen him lose his temper in the months we've known each other, while the other is so outgoing. How did they get along?"
"Maybe that's what complementarity is all about," Jiang Yingyao said as he buckled his seatbelt in the passenger seat. "Before Lu Tingfeng left, Director Ren said, Xu Nian finally became a bit more lively. But once Lu Tingfeng left, Captain Xu went back to spending time between home and the branch office."
Jiang Yingyao paused here, suddenly glanced at Guan Xia in the rearview mirror, and said with a smile, "But he's been getting a lot more attention lately. It's true that young people should make more friends."
Guan Xia had a feeling Jiang Yingyao was talking about something else, but she didn't bother to think about it. She looked at Ji An and asked, "Sister Ji, where should we start? Should we start with the live-in nanny Ning Ping'an interacted with the most?"
Ji An restarted the car and casually said, "Let's go to Ning Xin's house first. If Ning Ping'an's disappearance is really like Zhong Xiaoyu said, and someone is targeting her organs, then the hospital must be involved. I remember Ning Xin told me that after she brought Ning Ping'an home, she prepared several large boxes specifically for her. Whether it was vaccination records, medical records, or physical examination forms, they all had separate boxes for storage."
Guan Xia thought for a moment and said, "Given Ning Xin's financial situation and her medical experience since childhood, it's unlikely that she would come into contact with unlicensed, unlicensed doctors. Sister Ji, is there a possibility that Ning Ping'an's information was leaked by someone close to her who had access to her biological samples?"
Guan Xia didn't quite believe that a regular hospital would engage in organ trading. After all, there were so many patients that they didn't get enough sleep every day. As soon as they got to work, there would be countless pairs of eyes staring at them, making it difficult to do things perfectly.
Ji An said, "It's possible, but based on the previous investigation, the financial situation of those around Ning Xin who had close contact with Ning Ping'an didn't show any significant fluctuations before and after her disappearance. However, we can't rule out the possibility that there are omissions. Now that the case has been reopened, let's investigate every possible direction."
Guan Xia originally thought that based on Ning Xin's substantial assets, she must live in the city center. However, Ji An drove further and further away, and finally stopped the car at the gate of an old residential area.
Although the community is very old, there are many cars parked at the entrance and inside the community. Guan Xia and her friends searched for a while before they found an empty parking space.
Guan Xia got out of the car and began to look around as usual. She found that although the community was a bit old, it did not look shabby. The greening was particularly good. Some of the trees were so big that they could not even hug a person, which showed that they were obviously old.
Noticing Guan Xia's actions, Ji An smiled and said, "I didn't expect Ning Xin to live here? Actually, this is the house her grandmother lived in when she was still alive. Maybe it's because of the good landscaping. Ning Xin told me that whenever she lived here as a child, her health would improve a little. So before she graduated from college, she would live with her grandmother every winter and summer vacation. When her grandmother passed away, she simply left the house to her."
It can be seen that Ji An must have been here many times. When he looked around, his expression was a little nostalgic.
Jiang Yingyao's attention was elsewhere. He suddenly spoke up, "Old neighborhoods mean the roads are more interconnected, and the security and property management are not in place. I looked when I entered the neighborhood just now, and there were no access control at the entrances and exits, and no obvious surveillance cameras. If someone was deliberately following us, it would be very easy."
Following Jiang Yingyao's words, Guan Xia suddenly remembered the other criminal suspect whose exact identity was still unknown. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Although the management may not be in place, there are enough people living here. The surveillance cameras in the corridors and some small roads may not be maintained frequently, but the surveillance cameras on some main roads must be functioning normally. If Geng Jing and that woman really followed Ning Xin and her daughter for a long time, it would be difficult for them to completely avoid surveillance. If we have extra time, we can check at night and maybe we can find something."
Jiang Yingyao said, "We are here to help our colleagues in Shangshuang City investigate a case, not our own. Please leave some work for them."
Guan Xia finally realized that almost every previous case had consumed a large amount of time on surveillance video, but this time, that was no longer necessary, and she felt a little uncomfortable with it.
As he was talking, he followed Ji An into a building, climbed to the fourth floor and opened the door. Without thinking, Ji An walked into a bedroom as if he was familiar with the place and came out carrying a box.
Guan Xia was a little surprised, "Sister Ji, do you still have the key to Ning Xin's house?"
Ji An hummed, "Ning Xin's parents gave it to me. Knowing I resigned to investigate Ning Xin's case, her parents drove over overnight. It's a spare key. I've been coming back from time to time over the past few years to see if I can find any clues that I've missed."
After explaining a few words, Ji An placed the box on the coffee table in the living room.
Although Ning Xin and her daughter's whereabouts had been unknown for five years, there was not much dust in the room they lived in, and it was obvious that someone came to clean it from time to time.
After opening the box, Ji An simply divided the thick stack of information and said, "It's all here. Let's look at it separately. If we find anything suspicious, we can discuss it together."
Guan Xia and Jiang Yingyao each took a stack, found a comfortable position to sit on the sofa, and looked completely focused.
It can be seen from the pile of reports and medical records in her hand that Ning Xin took very good care of Ning Ping'an. Perhaps it was because of this excessive care, lack of exercise and training of her resistance to bacteria and viruses, that she fell ill every other day.
Guan Xia only flipped through a few pages and found that Ning Ping'an had to go to the hospital for a check-up almost every few months. Sometimes it was because of a cold, and sometimes it was because of gastrointestinal problems. No wonder Ning Ping'an was only four years old, but he had filled a quarter of a large cardboard box that could hold a computer.
This took more than an hour, and Guan Xia read it almost word for word, but didn't find anything special.
Guan Xia put down what she was holding, rubbed her neck and was about to speak, but when she looked up, she found that Ji An's expression was a little strange.
There are doubts, hesitations and a bit of uncertainty.
Seeing that Ji An was obviously lost in thought, Guan Xia swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth and simply stood up and leaned over to take a look.
It was a fairly detailed medical examination report, signed by a medical examination center called Kangjian.
Guan Xia looked around but couldn't see anything wrong. After hesitating for a few seconds, she couldn't help but ask, "Sister Ji, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with this medical examination center?"
Ji An thought for a few seconds before coming back to his senses. He didn't speak immediately. Instead, he flipped through the papers in his hand and read several pages before saying, "It's not that there's a problem with the medical examination center, but the two examinations were too close in time. However, there's nothing unusual in the medical examination reports. I can't understand why Ning Xin would give Ning Ping'an two medical examinations in just one month."
"Perhaps some items in the previous examination weren't comprehensive enough," Guan Xia thought for a moment and said, "So, just in case, Ning Xin took Ning Ping'an to another place for another physical examination?"
Guan Xia took the physical examination report from Ji An's hand and placed the two copies on the coffee table for comparison. There were indeed some differences in some items, but according to the normal value range at the back, Ning Ping'an was still a healthy baby overall except for a few slightly low values.
While Guan Xia was studying the two medical examination reports, Ji An found all the other reports and spread them out beside them one by one. He then said, "Look, these are the hospitals Ning Xin often goes to. Since Ning Ping'an was brought home at the age of one year and two months, they have never changed. Only this one is different. From what I know about Ning Xin, she rarely changes things in her daily life for safety reasons. From small things like daily necessities to big things like places she often visits. Unless someone close or trustworthy recommends it to her, she will not easily try it."
After Ji An's explanation, Guan Xia also keenly sensed something subtle. "Are you suspecting that there's something wrong with this medical examination center, or perhaps with the person who introduced her there?"
Ji An shook his head. "It's hard to say right now. I just feel like there's something fishy going on."
Jiang Yingyao acted quickly. While Guan Xia and Ji An were discussing, he took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the place on the physical examination report with the full name of the physical examination center. He then sent it to the group and specifically tagged Wang Yu, asking her to pay special attention to it when checking the missing persons in Shangshuang City.
Guan Xia squatted and studied the medical examination report for a while. Only when her legs became numb did she stand up, holding onto the coffee table. She asked curiously, "Sister Ji, have you heard of this medical examination center? Have you ever been there?"
Ji An helped Guan Xia up and recalled, "I haven't been there, but I've heard of it. It's been in use for a while. I first heard about it when I was just joining the criminal police team, around 2016 or 2017. I remember hearing from my colleagues that there was a new chain of medical examination centers in the city. They were very cheap, and they all had family members go for medical examinations. If the branch didn't hold the unified medical examination every year, they would have gone with their families."
Guan Xia was a little surprised, "Chain?"
Ji An said: "It seems to be chained."
Guan Xia simply took out her phone and said, "Let me check."
The query interface jumped quickly. Guan Xia looked at the introduction and found that this medical examination center called Kangjian was indeed a chain. As of now, there were 7 branches opened throughout the entire Ningyun Province, and there were branches in several larger cities with relatively large populations.
Guan Xia read the information in a low voice, then hesitantly said, "It's a chain of medical examination centers, so they should be quite reliable. I see the oldest one listed opened in 1998."
Guan Xia thought about it and felt that the possibility that the entire medical examination center was a criminal den was very small.
Ji An did not express his opinion immediately. He frowned and thought for a long time before saying, "Let's check whether there is any problem with this medical examination center called Kangjian."
After a brief discussion about the newly discovered clues, Guan Xia and the others returned the retrieved information to its original place. As Ji An put the box back and entered the bedroom, Guan Xia's cell phone, which was placed on the coffee table, rang.
Not only Guan Xia's phone rang, but Jiang Yingyao and Ji An's phones also rang at the same time. The three of them immediately realized that someone else had made a discovery.
Sure enough, as soon as Guan Xia opened her phone, she saw a message from Qi Bai. When they were following Geng Jing separately today, they were surprised to find that the owner of a small supermarket where Geng Jing stopped to buy cigarettes looked similar to the description of another female criminal suspect Guan Xia had heard yesterday.
They sent another team to investigate the middle-aged woman.
Guan Xia suddenly felt that every time he went out to investigate a case, it went smoothly, and this time was no exception.
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