"Ha, this is really courting death. I feel sorry for the doctor." Qin Xiaoyu finally realized that Ding Yihu had brought this upon himself, and it wasn't the doctor's fault.
"After the hospital found out, they covered it up. First, if it's an accident, reporting it would make them responsible. Second, who knows what the deceased's background is? It's better to avoid trouble. If no one makes a fuss, they'll cremate the body first. Don't you understand?" As soon as the head nurse said this, Qin Xiaoyu understood that this was a way to destroy the evidence.
"What's the doctor's name?"
"Xiaoyu, to be honest, I really don't want to tell you. She's been transferred and has nothing to do with this place anymore. If you go looking for her, wouldn't that disrupt her life?" the head nurse said with difficulty.
"Sister, I'm here to save people too. We've known each other for so long, do you think I, Qin Xiaoyu, am a fool? If Qi Si is really as heinous as the rumors say, I wouldn't even give him a second glance!"
The head nurse knew Qin Xiaoyu's character well and knew she was upright, so she immediately hesitated after hearing what she said.
"This concerns that person's future, I'm in a difficult position too," the head nurse sighed, bowing her head. "Besides, Qi Si already has so much blood on his hands, what difference would one more make?"
"Sister, you're wrong to say that. He really only needed that one thing! You may have only heard of Qi Si's reputation. He wasn't that bad. He just didn't get proper guidance when he was young and went astray. Now he's a good husband and father, good to his wife and children. His youngest daughter was only a little over a year old, and he died so inexplicably. It's such a tragedy."
Qin Xiaoyu took the head nurse's hand and recounted the events of Qi's murder at the age of forty-three.
Hearing this, the head nurse felt a chill run down her spine and broke out in a cold sweat in the middle of summer.
"This person is quite pitiful. I was wondering why he was so nice to you, I thought he had ulterior motives, but it turns out he just treats you like a younger sister. That's rare. But even if you go to the doctor, they might not admit it. It's been so long, where are you going to find evidence?"
"Sister, give me the name, and I'll take care of the rest. I promise I won't make things difficult for her. If she wants to help, she can; if she doesn't, I'll just say it's not meant to be. I'm always a reasonable person, and she has no other choice. Don't worry, I won't force her."
Since Qin Xiaoyu had already said all that, the head nurse had no choice but to reveal the name. It turned out that the doctor had been transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital and had not been in contact with this place since leaving. It was estimated that he had some reservations and wanted to cut ties with this place completely.
Qin Xiaoyu and A Lei headed straight for the provincial capital. The doctor was still in the surgery department and happened to be on duty today.
They registered and waited in line.
When their number was finally called, Qin Xiaoyu and A Lei exchanged a glance and walked into the consultation room.
The doctor's surname was Liu. She was a fair-skinned woman in her thirties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and looked like a timid but upright person.
Such a person would never do anything outrageous in her life; meeting Ding Yihu was simply her bad luck.
Dr. Liu was very kind and asked Qin Xiaoyu about her symptoms carefully.
"I have a severe night cough," Qin Xiaoyu had already prepared.
"I listened to it, and there was no inflammation. It could be chronic pharyngitis." Dr. Liu was very responsible; she examined it for a long time before drawing a conclusion.
In the 1980s, small hospitals didn't have many advanced instruments. Patients relied on doctors' experience to make a diagnosis. They would write a stack of bills before even entering the room and go through all the instruments before the real treatment began.
"I want to get an IV drip," Qin Xiaoyu insisted.
“You don’t need an IV drip, I’ll prescribe some medicine for you,” Dr. Liu refused directly. Medical ethics were very high in the 1980s; medication wasn’t prescribed casually to patients.
"I want an IV drip! Also, I can't have penicillin, I'm allergic to it," Qin Xiaoyu said coldly.
When Dr. Liu heard the word "penicillin," her hand trembled, and she almost broke the pen nib. The nib pierced the paper, and a large patch of ink bleed out.
"You..." Dr. Liu was speechless. She raised her head and stared at Qin Xiaoyu with wide eyes, trying to read something from her face.
"If you can't get an IV, then don't prescribe any medicine." Qin Xiaoyu had achieved her goal and didn't press her further. They were in a public place with too many people, so it wasn't convenient to discuss things in detail. She didn't want to upset her.
"Prescribe the medicine..." Dr. Liu held the pen, his hand trembling as he wrote a page of astronomical figures. The pharmacy staff probably wouldn't have been able to recognize them.
She and A Lei went outside and waited in the shade of the trees outside the hospital building. Less than ten minutes later, Dr. Liu, who had changed into a white dress, hurried out.
She took a few steps, then remembered something and turned back to the bicycle shed. Soon, a 24-inch Phoenix women's bicycle was brought out. Back then, this was a luxury bike; you couldn't just buy it if you had money.
Perhaps due to her unstable mood, she rode her small bicycle erratically, wobbling from side to side.
A Lei quickly took a few steps forward, blocked her path, and firmly grabbed her handlebars.
Dr. Liu was startled and jumped off her bicycle. Qin Xiaoyu also arrived.
"Who are you people?" Dr. Liu had already guessed that things were not simple.
"Let's find a place to talk. Some things are just a thorn in your side, so it's better to say them out loud." Qin Xiaoyu had already spotted a cold drink shop nearby, but she quickly rejected it.
Nowadays, there aren't many places like coffee shops and teahouses; it's rare to find a quiet place where you can have a few words without being disturbed.
If we get down to business soon, and Dr. Liu gets agitated and someone calls the police, it will be difficult to approach her again.
"What do you want to talk about? Where do we want to talk about it?" Dr. Liu asked warily.
"There's a small garden over there, let's sit and talk for a bit." Qin Xiaoyu and A Lei controlled the bicycle, not pulling Dr. Liu along, as she was still hesitating whether to go with them.
"You'd better come over, otherwise we'll go directly to the hospital leadership, and you might be put in a difficult position too." Qin Xiaoyu's threat worked well, and Dr. Liu awkwardly followed.
During the day, the small garden was almost deserted, and the pavilion in the middle was empty. The three of them walked up to it.
"What exactly do you want?" Dr. Liu asked, trying to calm herself down.
Do you know about Qi Si?
"Qi Si? I know a little about him." Dr. Liu's voice lowered.
"He has now been sentenced to death in the first instance for intentional homicide. He is now accused of killing Ding Yihu. What do you think?"
"Intentional homicide? Death penalty? He's a gang leader, he's killed so many people, how could this be the only one?" Dr. Liu must have used this excuse to comfort herself countless times.
"That's the situation now. Of the three charges, two have been dropped, and the one that resulted in the conviction is for the intentional homicide of Ding Yihu," Qin Xiaoyu said with a wry smile.
Dr. Liu was also a victim; if it weren't for saving Qi Si, Qin Xiaoyu wouldn't have been able to put her through that ordeal.
"He didn't commit any other bloody crimes? No way. It's impossible, you're lying to me!" Dr. Liu didn't want to face it and kept shaking her head.
Qin Xiaoyu and A Lei stopped talking and sat silently opposite her, waiting for her to slowly sort out her thoughts.
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