Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Entertaining Guests
Since he was born, Xu Hui has never seen his parents' smiling faces.
She was born when her family was at its poorest. The family’s daily ration was only a bowl of rice noodles, and they had no food to eat after the previous one.
My mother had an unexpected pregnancy and had not intended to give birth to her. She even went to the pharmacy to buy abortion drugs.
However, the medicine had no effect and Xu Hui was born anyway.
Her arrival was not planned. She was an ordinary-looking girl and no one took her seriously.
In comparison, my brother seems to be very popular and everyone in the family likes him.
Xu Hui often lay by the window and secretly watched them.
They were laughing and talking inside the house, while she was outside facing the cold wind.
Xu Hui often sneaked into the house to look at the mirror that was so precious to his mother.
When she looked at herself in the mirror, she would always think, “I wish I were her brother.”
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"I want to help Dara. Dara's fate is tragic. He wasn't born crazy, he was driven crazy. His family treated him very badly, and he can't hold on any longer!"
Wu Yuanqing reminded him, "Dara was allowed to leave the hospital because his behavior was under control. You said he was about to collapse?"
"He's faking it!" Xu Hui insisted. "It's all fake. He's actually been getting quieter and quieter, and he's terrified to go home. Before going home, he asked me for a way to avoid leaving. He could just hit someone and be kept, but if he did, he'd be forced to take a lot of strange medication, and that method wouldn't completely solve the problem. So I promised him I'd help him out."
"You mean burning his entire family to death?"
Xu Hui said: "This is not my idea, this is Dara's idea."
Before Xu Hui was admitted to the intensive care unit, Dara and Xu Hui often appeared in the small courtyard of the mental hospital.
They hid in a corner and discussed their family affairs. Dara became more and more dazed. He said that as long as he closed his eyes, he could see his father walking towards him with a stick.
He asked his mother for help, but his mother refused to pay attention to him and instead handed a knife to his father.
Xu Hui said: "If they don't die, Dara will die. Dara is my friend, he can't die. And..."
Wu Yuanqing looked at her silently.
Xu Hui licked his dry lower lip and said, "Although I can't go back, I have to let him go home."
Wu Yuanqing couldn't understand, "You killed his family, is this going home?"
Xu Hui said, "He went back."
"He won't have any family anymore."
Xu Hui emphasized, "But he went home."
Wu Yuanqing: “…”
Sang Baiyu tugged at Wu Yuanqing, "Uncle, she is still a patient."
Since you are a patient, you cannot think in the same way as ordinary people.
Wu Yuanqing also knew this, but five lives were lost at Xu Hui's hands, and he couldn't treat this as an ordinary case.
"Xu Hui, tell me about your plan. Is Dara's death part of it?"
Xu Hui was stunned. "What did you say?"
Wu Yuanqing said: "Dara also died in that fire."
Xu Hui fell into silence.
She lowered her head slightly and remained motionless.
Wu Yuanqing asked: "What exactly is your plan? What time did you go to Dara's house? What did you do after you got there?"
Xu Hui seemed to have lost his soul. He just sat there motionless, as if he no longer belonged to this world.
Wu Yuanqing secretly said "bad".
It seems that Xu Hui was not lying. She and Dara were indeed good friends. He should have waited until Xu Hui finished explaining himself before mentioning Dara's death.
It seems that Darla knew there would be a fire and he should have been able to hide, but he didn't, and he was locked up.
Why were you locked up?
Is it abuse or saving lives?
Wu Yuanqing's common sense awakened Xu Hui.
Sang Baiyu looked at it for a while, then suddenly said, "Dara was locked in the space behind the wardrobe, so he couldn't escape. Someone else killed him."
Xu Hui's eyes regained some luster, and she looked at Sang Baiyu fiercely, "Who hurt him? I'm going to kill him!"
Sang Baiyu said, "We don't know either. Sister, you have been refusing to cooperate with us. What should we do?"
Xu Hui immediately said, "We've agreed. I'll give him a signal and knock on his window. If he hears me knock five times, it means I'm going to set the fire. He was the one who suggested setting the fire. He said he wanted to burn everything down."
Sang Baiyu asked, "Did Dara really tell you that he was abused?"
"Of course it's him!" Xu Hui said, "I won't believe what others say. I never believe Zhu Que!"
Wu Yuanqing sensitively grasped the key point, "Zhu Que? Why mention him?"
Xu Hui sneered, "He's so annoying. Petty, arrogant, and calculating. I've never met anyone more annoying than him."
Sang Baiyu looked at Wu Yuanqing.
Wu Yuanqing got to know all the staff of the mental hospital. He Li and Wang Miaoyu both had a good impression of Zhu Que, saying that he was down-to-earth and hardworking.
This was the first time he had heard such an evaluation from Xu Hui.
Xu Hui lamented, "But Dara trusts him very much. They often spend time together. I warned Dara, but he didn't believe me. Or maybe he was too kind and didn't have the heart to dampen Zhu Que's enthusiasm. Alas, pitiful."
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At the police station, Sang Baiyu saw five more bodies.
The forensic doctor has examined them, but it seems that his skills are poor and he did not examine them thoroughly.
The police station really needs a competent forensic doctor.
The forensic doctor no longer wants to continue the examination.
An ordinary corpse would be fine, but this charred corpse is not so easy to examine. The skin is so hard that it is difficult to cut, and it smells very strange.
If Wu Yuanqing hadn't insisted on giving him a result, he might have turned around and ran away.
Sang Baiyu looked at each corpse for a long time.
Fang Xiaoman drove Chi Xi away because she was worried that Chi Xi would discover that Sang Baiyu had an extraordinary sense of smell.
The forensic doctor yawned lazily. "Is there something wrong with the detective from China? How dare he let such a young child in here?"
Sang Baiyu asked politely, "Uncle Forensic Doctor, were they all burned to death?"
The forensic doctor seemed to like Sang Baiyu very much. He smiled and said, "Of course they were burned to death. How else could they die?"
Sang Baiyu said, "But the mouths and noses of two of the bodies were clean. If they were burned to death, they would have inhaled dust."
The forensic doctor was stunned.
Fang Xiaoman asked: "What's the reason for this?"
Sang Baiyu said, "I saw it on TV. If the deceased died before the fire, he would not be breathing, so his mouth and nose would be clean."
"That makes sense," Fang Xiaoman looked at the corpses. "Did anyone among them die before the fire?"
Sang Baiyu nodded. "I wonder if they have other injuries on their bodies. Maybe someone killed them first and then threw them into the fire?"
Fang Xiaoman said: "Xu Hui? Why did she do this?"
"Make sure everyone dies?"
The medical examiner became increasingly irritated. "Wait a minute, you two have been talking to yourselves. What do you mean they died before the fire? I'm the medical examiner. They were burned to death."
Two children actually discussed the cause of death. This was a blasphemy to his profession! He would never allow them to challenge his authority!
Sang Baiyu walked over to the forensic doctor and smelled it.
The forensic doctor stepped back cautiously, "What are you doing?"
Sang Baiyu said, "Uncle, you met different women yesterday, the day before yesterday, and the day before yesterday. They all had completely different scents. Didn't your wife smell it?"
The forensic doctor was stunned.
Fang Xiaoman said: "He's cheating. Let's go tell his wife."
Forensic doctor: "Don't slander me!"
"Okay," Sang Baiyu said, "He smells strongly of fried chicken. He's from the most famous fried chicken shop in Longxinggang. His place is nearby. Let's go check it out."
Forensic doctor: “…Let’s talk more!”
Under Sang Baiyu's "suggestion", the forensic doctor had to re-examine the body.
As soon as he put down the knife, he couldn't help but look up at Sang Baiyu, "Are you sure you want to keep it a secret?"
Sang Baiyu nodded with a smile.
Medical examiner: "You really won't tell my wife?"
Sang Baiyu nodded again.
Fang Xiaoman was not very happy.
A forensic doctor is having an affair outside, why should we help him conceal it?
Autopsy is his job, so is it reasonable for him not to do his job well?
The forensic doctor then continued to operate.
Sang Baiyu said: "It would be best to find out whether they took any medications, such as sleeping pills or poison, before they died."
Forensic doctor: "...We have to wait in line for the test, and it may not be able to detect it."
The little girl knows a lot.
About ten minutes later, the forensic doctor took out Ricardo's internal organs, and Wu Yuanqing also arrived.
He glanced at the forensic doctor and asked in surprise, "Are you really working?"
Forensic doctor: "...This is my duty."
Wu Yuanqing: "Oh, I thought you would pretend to be stupid and wait until the end of the shift."
Chi Xi was secretly happy on the side.
The forensic doctor was in his forties and was repeatedly laughed at by little kids. He was so angry that he put down his scalpel and wanted to curse, but when he turned around, he saw Sang Baiyu's innocent smile. At that moment, he began to believe in the witch in the fairy tale.
Yes, there really are witches.
The forensic doctor could only continue to perform the autopsy tirelessly.
Sang Baiyu stood in front of Ricardo's removed internal organs. All the internal organs would be stored together.
Wu Yuanqing walked over and took a glance. This was definitely a scene that would give a ten-year-old child a nightmare, so Sang Baiyu insisted on moving forward.
Wu Yuanqing asked, "Did you ask him to do a drug test?"
Ninglan's poison detection technology is not as good as China's, and China's current technology is not very good either.
Sang Baiyu whispered, "Ricardo ate some kind of poison before he died."
"Did you find out?"
"I smelled it," Sang Baiyu touched the tip of his nose. "Ricardo's mouth and nose are clean. He ate poison. The same thing happened to Dara's brother."
Wu Yuanqing said: "It seems that finding a reliable forensic doctor is a top priority."
Sang Baiyu said, "Your notebook marked the locations of five bodies. Two of them were very close together. Judging from their location, they should be in the living room."
Wu Yuanqing nodded, "Ricardo and the youngest son."
"It just so happens that the mouths and noses of these two people are clean. I think they may have been poisoned."
Wu Yuanqing said, "If they were poisoned, and they died in the living room, sitting in front of the coffee table, then...were they entertaining someone before they died?"
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