Chapter 271 The result cannot be changed
Xia Lili's heart tightened and she quickly ran towards the entrance of Yunze Park.
When she arrived at the sycamore forest in the park, she happened to see medical staff carrying a stretcher into the car.
The largest sycamore tree had collapsed to the ground, along with a wheelchair lying on its side and a pool of blood.
Xia Lili's heart skipped a beat, and with her super clear vision she saw that the person lying on the stretcher was none other than Mr. Shen Molin.
Shen Molin was lying on a stretcher with a bloody head, but he looked peaceful as if he was sleeping.
Xia Lili was struck by lightning when she saw this scene, and she stood there dumbfounded: "Why..."
"Why is this happening?"
Shen Molin clearly agreed this morning and said he would be at home in the afternoon?
This was the first time she faced such a situation. The person who was unlucky cooperated after being told of his fate, but in the end he still could not escape the fate of death.
Was it a deliberate murder?
Xia Lili felt deeply guilty. Even if she had arrived ten minutes earlier, such a tragedy would not have happened.
Ten minutes earlier...
Xia Lili suddenly thought of the phone call she received when she was about to arrive at Yunze Park.
Was it someone calling her in Shen Molin's name to stall for time, or...
Mr. Shen’s own arrangement?
Thinking of the receipt with "Thank you" written on it, Xia Lili's mind went blank.
The ambulance was already speeding away from Yunze Park.
Xia Lili took out her cell phone and called Li Qihan.
"Captain Li, something happened..."
“This time someone died.”
Li Qihan could tell that something was wrong with Xia Lili's tone.
"Don't worry, tell me what's going on first."
Xia Lili clenched her fists tightly and told Li Qihan everything that had happened to Shen Molin these days.
Li Qihan asked after hearing this: "Which hospital is the ambulance that came to pick up Mr. Shen from?"
Xia Lili quickly replied, "People's Hospital."
Li Qihan slowed down his tone and said, "I'll go over now. We'll meet at the People's Hospital."
"Uh-huh."
Xia Lili hung up the phone and was about to go to the parking lot to ride her electric scooter when she saw three people in fluorescent vests and work clothes setting up barriers to surround the fallen tree next to the sycamore tree where Mr. Shen often stayed.
A man was directing them: "Hurry up, surround them quickly."
The voice sounded familiar, and Xia Lili immediately recognized it as the administrator she had spoken to on the phone.
Xia Lili's eyes darkened. The management office must hold someone accountable for this matter.
They had to rush to the People's Hospital right now. Xia Lili memorized the man's appearance and then immediately rode her bike to the People's Hospital.
People's Hospital.
Xia Lili hurried to the gate of the People's Hospital and ran into Li Qihan who had just parked his car.
His neat police uniform was particularly eye-catching in the sunlight, but there was an unbreakable solemnity between his brows.
"Captain Li..." Xia Lili's voice trembled. "I bear a great responsibility for this incident. I clearly foresaw that Mr. Shen would be hit by the tree, but I thought it was just an accident, not murder... I should have reported this unfortunate incident to you sooner. And the park management office..."
Li Qihan raised his hand to stop her from continuing, looking directly at her with his deep eyes: "It's not your fault."
"Mr. Shen clearly said he wouldn't go to the park this afternoon, but he showed up there anyway. This is strange in itself."
He gently pressed Xia Lili's trembling shoulders and patted her back twice soothingly, as if coaxing a frightened animal: "Don't take the responsibility on yourself."
"It's too early to draw a conclusion now. Perhaps there's something else going on. In any case, you can't be blamed for this."
Li Qihan softened his voice now, speaking with exceptional patience: "You can foresee misfortune, but you are not a god. No one has the right to expect you to be thorough in everything."
Perhaps realizing he'd said too much today, Li Qihan pursed his lips after finishing his last sentence, distanced himself from Xia Lili, and returned to his usual cold tone: "Let's go and check out the situation first."
Xia Lili followed him to the emergency room, and the glaring words "in surgery" made her heart tighten.
At this moment, Li Qihan's cell phone suddenly vibrated, which seemed particularly abrupt in the silent corridor.
He took out his cell phone, and the cold light of the screen reflected on his angular face.
Xia Lili clearly saw his brows twisted into a knot in an instant, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes, which were always as calm as water.
"Lili." He suddenly spoke, his voice a little lower than usual, and handed the phone to her. "Have you seen the surveillance video of Wutonglin?"
Xia Lili was stunned and shook her head subconsciously: "I was too anxious at the time and didn't pay attention..."
Li Qihan sighed softly and tapped the screen with his finger: "After reading this, maybe you will understand."
His tone suddenly became somewhat helpless. "Officer Xiao Xia, who's usually so clever, how come you even forgot something as basic as checking the surveillance footage today?"
Xia Lili felt her ears burning and she scratched her head embarrassedly.
The surveillance footage on the screen began to play, and her curiosity was instantly aroused. She stared at the small screen with her almond-shaped eyes without blinking.
The surveillance footage clearly shows the scene at exactly three o'clock in the afternoon.
In the sycamore forest, the bodyguard pushed Mr. Shen under a tree as usual, then sat on a bench and started browsing his phone.
Suddenly, the leaves of the sycamore tree in the picture began to shake violently - the wind was blowing.
Mr. Shen in the wheelchair seemed to realize something and slowly raised his head.
He gazed at the largest sycamore tree, his eyes so gentle as if he was looking at his long-lost lover.
The next second, the thick tree trunk fell towards him without warning.
Xia Lili's pupils suddenly contracted.
At the moment the sycamore tree fell, she noticed the subtle changes in Mr. Shen's facial muscles.
The corners of his mouth turned up, and tiny lines appeared at the corners of his eyes. It was a smile that came from the heart and was almost happy.
"This is..." Xia Lili's voice trembled a little, "Duchenne smile."
She had learned in the police academy's micro-expression analysis class that this kind of smile that engaged the orbicularis oculi muscle could not be faked.
The old man's relaxed brows and facial features in the picture all reveal a sense of relief.
Xia Lili suddenly looked up at Li Qihan, her voice so soft that it was almost inaudible: "Mr. Shen...did he volunteer?"
Li Qihan's eyes were as deep as ink, and he nodded gently. "The phone call I made to you at the convenience store at the critical moment, and the thank you on the receipt, all prove this."
"He anticipated that you would be worried about him, so he deliberately had the convenience store clerk make another call to delay you."
Xia Lili frowned, and replayed the content of the reporter's report in the hallucination in her mind - Shen Molin suffered from various chronic diseases in his later years, but still insisted on undergoing surgery and treatment again and again.
"Since you've already lost the will to live..." Xia Lili asked in confusion, "Why are you still enduring those painful treatments? And taking those astronomically expensive life-extending drugs?"
Before he finished speaking, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded in the hospital corridor.
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