Li Ying accepted the forensic doctor's invitation to go to the morgue to examine the body.
Li Ying had seen dead people before and felt no discomfort about it. However, the fact that Tian Ai'ai's face had once appeared vividly in her life made her feel powerless.
"The deceased, Tian Aiai, was a 21-year-old woman, 1.59 meters tall and weighed 46 kilograms..." Master Xu recited Tian Aiai's information.
Li Ying helped check whether Tian Aiai had been abused before her death.
"The deceased had not been harmed before his death."
"The deceased's fingers were severely bent, indicating that the victim had struggled."
When Li Ying examined Tian Aixin's chest, she suddenly felt a sharp, throbbing pain in that area, as if her heart had been hollowed out.
"Based on the bloodstains on the deceased's chest, it can be determined that the heart was removed while the deceased was still alive."
What a cruel murderer, to remove the heart from a living person's body.
"Why would the murderer take her heart? How much hatred must he have felt!" Master Xu sighed as he continued monitoring. He finally determined that Tian Aiai died the night before last. Apart from a needle mark on the left side of her neck, she did not suffer any obvious external injuries.
"Could she use her heart for someone else?" Leng Ci boldly speculated.
Master Xu shook his head with a smile: "Kid, what are you thinking? I've lived most of my life and I've never seen anyone who can do a heart transplant. Although medical technology in China has made great strides, there is still no surgery that can perform a heart transplant."
After hearing what Master Xu said, Li Ying paused.
This reminded her of someone, Cao Xinqiao, who was dedicated to the research of heart disease and was very skilled in the field of coronary artery bypass grafting. He even proposed using animal hearts to replace human hearts. Is it possible to use the heart of a living person to replace another person's heart?
That's unlikely. This technology only matured somewhat in the late 21st century, and there have been very few successful cases.
It's impossible for Cao Xinqiao in the 1980s to have such superb medical skills to perform a heart transplant on a living person; the risks of such surgery are too great.
Li Ying rejected her own conjecture and, together with Master Xu, made the final determination based on the examination results of the body.
When they left, Leng Ci followed Li Ying back to the courtyard house.
Leng Ci habitually washes his hands first, a habit Li Ying finds quite admirable.
"Aunt Yang, there's an extra person in the house."
Aunt Yang came out, smiling, and said, "No problem, I just happened to make some extra dumplings today."
Li Ying patted Leng Ci on the shoulder: "This is Leng Ci, his apprentice whom he took in Shanghai."
Aunt Yang looked Leng Ci up and down, feeling that he looked familiar.
"This child looks familiar!"
Leng Ci frowned: "Grandma, have you seen me before?"
Aunt Yang thought about it carefully, then pointed at Leng Ci and said to Li Ying, "You know what, I think he looks a lot like the young lady from the family I used to live with."
Li Ying and Leng Ci exchanged a glance.
"Grandma, do you remember which young lady you stayed with before?"
Aunt Yang waved her hand: "I do remember, but that family is no longer here. The young lady's mother was a capable businesswoman, but the husband was a dissolute playboy. Later, for some reason, he went to jail, and the family fell into poverty. The young lady's mother then dismissed us servants. After that, I don't know what happened."
Aunt Yang was able to find the exact address of that family, but the people currently living in that courtyard house were not that family.
Leng Ci's newly kindled hope was extinguished, and he simply uttered an "oh."
Li Ying patted Leng Ci's shoulder: "Don't worry, Ci, you have to believe that maybe your mother is looking for you too, right?"
Leng Ci smiled and said, "Actually, I don't care whether she can find me or not. I just want to know if she is alive and if she is doing well."
Leng Ci survived only after encountering Leng Yan, so his pursuit in life is simply to live, and to live well.
Later, Leng Yan introduced him to Li Ying as her apprentice, and Li Ying then arranged for him to study forensic medicine based on his interests.
For him, this was already the best gift of life.
Countless orphans like him have died; he is already grateful to be alive.
Aunt Yang specially made an extra dish of braised pork.
"Aci, do you live with your master?"
Leng Ci nodded, thought for a moment, and cautiously asked, "Aunt Ying, could you let me stay here? I'll pay the rent. Master Xu's house is too crowded, and he has two children. If I say I don't want to stay there, he'll blame me. But now that I've met Aunt Ying, could you let me stay here?"
“Of course you can, but there’s one condition: you can’t mention the accommodation fee,” Li Ying said seriously.
"Okay, I won't mention it."
"I'll go tidy up your room right away." Aunt Yang likes having lots of people around, so she busied herself tidying up the guest room.
Chenchen turned to look at Leng Ci: "Brother Ci, can I ride a horse now?"
Leng Ci reached out and gently pinched Chenchen's cheek: "Of course, from now on, after I get off work, I'll play with Chenchen and let her ride my horse, okay?"
"Okay, it would be great if Brother Lengyi were here too." Chenchen was quite familiar with Lengyi.
Leng Ci smiled lightly, "Don't worry, Brother Ci will be even more heartwarming than Brother Leng Yi."
Chenchen chuckled.
That same day, Leng Ci moved into Li Ying's courtyard house.
Chi En heard that Li Ying's family had a new young man and also wanted to move into the courtyard house.
"You can't, you can't go to my courtyard house."
"Why? That young man is better at making you happy than I am?" Chi En asked, feeling frustrated.
"Chi En, Young Master Chi, you have a family, but Leng Ci doesn't. So stop making a scene with me."
Li Ying knew that Chi En just liked to joke around with her in such a disrespectful way.
"Okay, it seems I'm not as good-looking as Leng Ci."
Li Ying couldn't help but laugh.
"By the way, I went to see your grandma a few days ago. She said she wanted your distant cousin's niece to come here and do an internship with me. Where is she?"
"We haven't arrived yet." Chi En didn't really like these distant relatives.
"Dr. Li!"
Cao Xinping rushed into the clinic, her eyes red and swollen: "Please go see my brother, he's dying."
Li Ying asked in surprise, "What's going on?"
“My brother went to the river in the suburbs to look for leeches these past few days. I don’t know why, but he came back with his whole body swollen. You should go and take a look at him.”
“Allergic edema, it’s nothing serious.” Chi En was very knowledgeable about this, and carrying a medical kit, he followed Cao Xinping to the Cao family’s house.
Li Ying was stationed at the clinic.
A few hours later, Chi En returned carrying a medical kit.
"That Cao Xinping's brother is really something else. He was so excited at first, but he immediately deflated when he saw me. Comrade Li Ying, let me warn you, you should be careful of this guy. I think he has ulterior motives towards you." Chi En came back and started rambling on and on.
Li Ying frowned. Chi En's words made sense, because she could also sense that Cao Xinqiao treated her differently.
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