[Chapter 333: Hiding the Corpse]
It was hot in July, and refrigerated coffins were not yet popular for those who buried their dead late.
In order to prevent Tang Wan's body from stinking at the funeral, the Tang family found ice cubes to use.
Even so, it couldn't be delayed for too long.
So on the third day after Tang Wan's death, the funeral was hastily held, and some guests were invited casually.
Ye Qingyue was in the First Hospital's condolence team, burning incense for Tang Wan and looking at her face.
Standing beside the coffin, seeing the young woman's blue and silent face, Ye Qingyue was silent for a moment, and let the system quietly take Tang Wan's blood.
"Are you Xiaowan's colleagues?"
At this time, a middle-aged woman who looked somewhat similar to Tang Wan came over. It was Tang's mother.
Having lost her only child in middle age, Tang's mother looked haggard. She no longer had the grace of a wealthy lady in the past, but only sadness. She said a few words to Ye Qingyue and the others, thanking them for coming, and then stood beside Tang Wan's coffin and reached out to touch Tang Wan's already dry hair.
"How could you bear to leave your mother alone..."
Tang's mother cried softly.
After a while, a hand stretched out to her and handed her a handkerchief.
Tang's mother was startled, and after taking the handkerchief, she saw Ye Qingyue, who had handed her the handkerchief, was about to leave.
She thought of the complaints that Tang Wan and her husband usually made at home.
Especially Tang Wan, who said a lot of bad things about Ye Qingyue, thinking that she was young and arrogant, and always targeting herself.
But the only thing Tang Wan never scolded was Ye Qingyue's medical skills.
Even she couldn't lie against her conscience about this matter, but because she hated Ye Qingyue, she would not admit directly that Ye Qingyue's medical skills were good.
Tang's mother knew her daughter's character very well. The child who had been the first since childhood was more proud than anyone else. If she couldn't find fault with a person in some aspects, it proved that the person was indeed capable.
These days, Tang's mother was deeply troubled by a doubt.
But her husband and relatives all said that she was crazy and delusional because of her daughter's death, and no one believed her.
Seeing Ye Qingyue and thinking of his superb medical skills, Tang's mother asked inexplicably: "Doctor Ye, do you think my Xiaowan really died suddenly? Is there no other possibility?"
Ye Qingyue was about to leave, but when she heard what Tang's mother said, she paused.
She turned to look at Tang's mother and asked, "Why do you say that?"
The system had just collected Tang Wan's blood, and the analysis results were not out yet.
But looking at Tang's mother's expression, it seemed that she had clues.
"I... I just... maybe I'm overthinking it."
Tang's mother wanted to say something, but the words of her husband and relatives in the past few days made her fall into self-doubt, and in the end she said nothing.
Seeing that she was sad, Ye Qingyue didn't ask any more questions and could only leave.
Whether Tang Wan's death was man-made or not, she would know when the blood test results came out.
...
The Eighth Hospital.
"Discharge? How can you do that!"
The nurse looked at the patient with bandages wrapped around his face and couldn't help but say, "Patient Zhuo Shengli, you just finished surgery two days ago. You have to stay in the hospital for observation to prevent inflammation of the wound. If you are discharged rashly, what if the wound gets worse?"
The man called Zhuo Shengli, who was actually Huo Ze, said in a hoarse and rough voice caused by smoke, "I have no money."
The nurse was stunned for a moment, and finally didn't know what to say. She could only say, "Okay, I'll ask the doctor. You can only be discharged after they
approve the note." Soon, the nurse came back and took the doctor's note to discharge Huo Ze. She reminded him, "If you feel unwell, such as swelling and pain in the wound, you must come to the hospital immediately. Do you understand?"
"Yeah."
Huo Ze reached out and took the discharge slip.
His hands were also wrapped with bandages.
Previously, he had an argument with Song Qi at Huo's house, and Song Qi cut off a part of his little finger. Huo Ze did not take his finger away, but stayed to mislead the police.
He wanted the police to think that the dead person might be him, so that they could focus more on finding Song Qi.
In order to prevent anyone from noticing his wounds, Huo Ze deliberately smashed his little finger when setting the fire, so that people could not see the knife wounds, leaving only burns, making people mistakenly think that it was caused by a fire.
Now, his throat has also been hurt by the thick smoke, and it is no longer the same as before. It can be said that there is no trace of Huo Ze on his body.
After leaving the hospital, Huo Ze rushed to Tang Wan's old house as soon as possible.
It was a lie to tell the nurse that he had no money.
In order to avoid the current situation, he hid some cash in various places that the Huo family was not familiar with. Although the amount was not much, it would allow him to disguise himself and go to other places and be safe for a while.
Tang Wan's old house was one of the places where the money was hidden.
He entered the old house away from the eyes and ears of others, not only to take the money, but also to clean up the traces. When he
dragged the two bodies in that day and changed his identity in a hurry, he didn't pay attention to whether he left any traces.
From Song Qi, Huo Ze learned that the Huo family had sent people to follow him a long time ago, and perhaps this old house was not a hidden place.
Huo Ze was worried that the Huo family would find out about the problem, so he was discharged from the hospital early and came to clean up the bloodstains left in the house.
It's better to delay it for a while.
Huo Ze cleaned up the things in the house. Since there was no place to throw them, he had to put them all in the basement.
In the basement, there were two corpses that were already emitting a slight stench.
This basement was the same as the one in his house. They were sealed after people moved in. He secretly pried open the sealed bricks without telling Tang Wan and reused them.
There were some broken items left in it from a long time ago, and there happened to be a large vat.
Huo Ze stuffed the two corpses into the large vat, and poured the herbs into it like garbage. He also took the shovel against the wall, dug the soil from the basement, and buried it in the large vat to prevent the corpses from emitting a stench too easily. Although it might not be smelled by people outside, it was still better to be cautious.
Huo Ze filled the vat with soil and covered it with the rotten wooden cover. He left without cleaning up the scene.
He covered up the traces of the basement. He was afraid that even if the Tang family came by themselves, they would not know that the basement of the old house had been reopened and the body was hidden there.
After doing all this, he carefully wiped off the dirt on his body before leaving and taking a detour back to Zhuo Shengli's house.
Zhuo Shengli's house was made of bricks and tiles. He only burned the master bedroom that day, and the fire was quickly put out. Although the master bedroom could not be lived in, the others could still be used. When
the neighbors saw him on the way, they came forward to express their condolences. When they heard that he was discharged early because he had no money, they couldn't help but sigh.
After Huo Ze returned to Zhuo Shengli's house, some neighbors brought him some food. He said thank you, but when he returned to the house, he threw the steamed buns and sweet potatoes aside.
These people are so idle that they disturbed his rest just for such a small matter!
No, maybe they just came to see his injuries to borrow these worthless food? As a bargaining chip?
Ha!
...
When Ye Qingyue left Tang Wan's funeral and was about to reach the hospital, the system's voice rang in her mind -
"Tang Wan's blood sample test results are out."