After Li Ying waited until her son Chenchen's fever subsided a bit, she asked Leng Yi to call Yang Mei and ask her mother to help watch over him. At this moment, Xiang Mingren arrived.
Li Ying led Xiang Ming to Aunt Zhang's village.
It was a small village. When they arrived at Aunt Zhang's house, Aunt Zhang was just about to look for Li Ying.
“Li girl, you’re absolutely right. My grandson also had a high fever, but he’s much better after taking the medicine you gave him.”
"Aunt Zhang, go find the person in charge of your village now, so that we can ask the police officer to question him."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Li Ying went in first to check on Aunt Zhang's grandson. After confirming that the situation wasn't as bad as she thought, she prescribed some medicine and gave it to Aunt Zhang's daughter-in-law.
Aunt Zhang has already called the village chief.
The village chief was terrified when he saw Xiang Ming: "Officer Xiang, what brings you to the village?"
Xiang Ming explained the details, and the village chief led Xiang Ming and Li Ying to the neighboring courtyard.
"Six months ago, a very strange person suddenly came. He only had half a face, and that half of his face was badly burned. He said he came from his hometown and wanted to find a place to stay here. I felt sorry for him, so I agreed. It just so happened that this family wanted to rent out a room, so I rented it to him for 150 yuan a month. Don't be fooled by his burned face, he was very generous and paid six months' rent in one go."
Several people arrived at the gate, and the village chief knocked on the door. After knocking for a long time, he discovered that the door was locked from the outside.
"No one's home, they must have gone out to buy things."
Li Ying looked through the openwork gate and saw that the courtyard was full of grass, with only one narrow path for passage. Anyone who didn't know better would think it was an abandoned house.
"Look at him, isn't he strange? When other people move in, they clean up the weeds, but he's different. Not only does he not tidy up, he's planted even more flowers and plants in his yard. He's also piled up some oddly shaped stones. I really don't understand." The village chief shook his head and sighed, completely baffled as to what this man was trying to do.
"Uncle Village Chief, do you know his name?"
"He gave the village the name Liang Jin."
Liang Jin?
Li Ying didn't remember this person's name, so it shouldn't be someone she knew.
"Village Chief Yu, when this person returns, have him go to the police station to register his information."
"Okay, I'll let him know."
Xiang Ming and Li Ying waited in vain, so they had no choice but to go back first.
"You think there's something wrong with that courtyard?"
“The yard itself is fine; the problem lies with those stones,” Li Ying told Xiang Ming. “Could you find a geologist?”
"A geological expert? Oh right, Professor Ye is currently in Shanghai."
Old Master Ye?
Li Ying remembered; it was Tang Qiao's husband, Ye Jingchi's adoptive father, a geological expert who was always out exploring geology.
When Li Ying returned to the clinic, it was quite a coincidence that Tang Qiao and Ye Chengyi were both inside.
They came to see Chenchen, and when they learned that Chenchen was sick, they stayed to take care of the child with Yang Mei.
Ye Chengyi was in his fifties, dressed simply, and his sun-baked face looked very old.
"Yingying, you're back? Come, let me introduce you. This is your father-in-law, Ye Chengyi." Tang Qiao pulled Li Ying aside and introduced Ye Chengyi.
"Hello, Uncle Ye." Li Ying did not address him as her father-in-law.
Tang Qiao was very embarrassed.
Yang Mei glared at Li Ying; sometimes, this child was just too straightforward.
Ye Chengyi laughed heartily: "Call me whatever you want. I, your father-in-law, have never shown my face from my son's wedding to my daughter-in-law's childbirth. I am not qualified to be your father-in-law."
Yang Mei immediately smiled and said, "This girl is just spoiled by me."
"No, no, no, Sister Yang, your daughter is very well-mannered. It is our Ye family that has let you and your daughter down."
"Alright, you two stop apologizing to each other."
Tang Qiao sat down, put her arm around Chenchen, and said to Li Ying, "Yingying, I'd like to invite Chenchen to stay at our house for a few days. What do you think?"
Their family will not be able to return to Tongcheng for some time.
“Okay.” Li Ying didn’t refuse and readily agreed.
Tang Qiao was very happy and cupped Chenchen's cheeks in her hands: "Chenchen, let's go back with Grandma, okay?"
"good."
Without hesitation, Li Ying told Ye Chengyi about what had happened recently.
"Is that really true? Come on, let's go take a look." Ye Chengyi was so fascinated by geology that he wouldn't miss any opportunity.
"Let's rest for a bit, and go again this afternoon."
"Why wait until this afternoon? Let's go now. Where's that Officer Xiang you mentioned? Call him. Since we've found something suspicious, we don't need to notify the residents. Just break in."
That's perfectly acceptable; if there's a problem with those stones, an inspection can be mandated.
Xiang Ming and Li Ying led Ye Chengyi to this courtyard.
The village chief ran over in a panic.
"Where is Village Chief Yu?" Xiang Ming pressed.
"It's strange, he went out for a whole day and I don't know where he went or why he didn't come back."
"I think he discovered it, so he hid."
Xiang Ming then asked, "Does this house have a spare key?"
"No, the lock was provided by the resident; we don't have the key."
"Then let's smash it open."
The village chief called over several strong men who broke open the door lock.
Ye Chengyi said to everyone, "None of you should go in. I'll go in and take a look first."
Li Ying wanted to go with them, but was refused.
Ye Chengyi took his tools and followed the path to the artificial hill made of the other party's stones.
Through the artificial hill, Ye Chengyi discovered a very suspicious stone and quickly retreated.
"Officer Xiang, quickly notify people to cordon off this area. Village Chief Yu, have the people around here move out first. There's a stone here containing toxic substances and a strong radioactive source. All the flowers and plants in the yard have been irradiated. But there's one thing I don't understand: how come these plants haven't died?" Ye Chengyi frowned, but couldn't hide his excitement.
This is a challenge for a geology enthusiast like him.
Xiang Ming and Village Chief Yu complied.
The villagers were relocated to other places, and the entire courtyard was placed under guard.
Ye Chengyi first took some grass back for testing, and sure enough, a small amount of radioactive material was extracted from these grasses.
To determine the harm these substances might cause to the human body, Ye Chengyi decisively removed his gloves and pinched a small amount of the substance between his fingers.
"This is a meteorite remnant. It contains a very strong radioactive source that can weaken a person's immune function. If it comes into contact with other toxins, it can kill them instantly."
Ye Chengyi excitedly rushed out of the laboratory, but the thought that if he rushed out like that and the radioactive source was released, it would hurt many people.
He told the people outside the laboratory about his experimental results through the doors and windows, and then said to them, "Go find professional medical staff to isolate me and take me to the hospital."
When Li Ying received the news, she was also very excited. This discovery proved that Tang Long's death was related to the person with half of his face burned.
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