Chapter 65
Li Qingyao said: "This kind of hospitalization certificate can be handed over to the class teacher, and no one will review it. If the parents have informed the teacher, the teacher will probably not look at it carefully. That means you can fool someone or forge it."
Chen Pu: "But according to what your classmates said, Xiang Siling was indeed ill for half a month."
“But she didn’t go to a regular hospital.”
The two looked at each other, and Chen Pu turned on his computer, found a district map from seven years ago, and projected the screen onto the whiteboard. Chen Pu had no idea how much information like this he had collected seven years ago, so now he could easily draw upon it.
He used a whiteboard marker to circle the location of the dormitory of the machinery factory where Xiang Siling's family lived at the time. Li Qingyao also went over, and the two of them searched one by one. There were 15 clinics within a radius of 5 kilometers, and they were all marked out.
Li Qingyao was stunned for a moment and said, "I remember Li Meiling seemed to have worked in a clinic."
Chen Pu immediately sat back in front of the computer and pulled up the files and transcripts related to Li Meiling.
"That's right." Chen Pu pointed at the screen - when Luo Hongmin just died, Li Meiling was subject to a background check by the police. She once mentioned that she graduated from a medical school and had worked in hospitals and clinics. But because it was just a routine inquiry and these things happened a long time ago and had nothing to do with the case, the police officer who was in charge of taking the statement at the time certainly did not ask for more detailed information.
"That happened at least 10 or 20 years ago," Li Qingyao said. "Li Meiling is missing. We need to find out which clinic she worked in. I'm afraid we'll have to visit and investigate again, which will take some time."
Chen Pu touched his chin with his right thumb and index finger, his eyes sharp. He said, "Don't bother. Li Meiling's mother is still alive. If you ask her about the past, she will definitely know."
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Li Meiling's parents had three children in total. Li Meiling was the youngest, with an older brother and an older sister. My brother works in another city, my father passed away due to illness a few years ago, and now my old mother lives with my sister's family.
Accompanied by the district police, Chen Pu and Li Qingyao knocked on the door of Li Meiling's sister's house. It was working hours, my sister and her family were not at home, the children were at school, and the old lady was the only one at home.
He was an old man in his seventies, with silver hair and a thin figure, but his clothes were clean and tidy. Although her face is full of wrinkles, you can still see the beautiful outline of her youth.
The sister had kept Li Meiling's disappearance a secret from their mother.
The police officer held the old lady's hand and said, "Grandma Zhao, how are you feeling lately?"
The old lady smiled and said, "Okay, okay. Xiao Liu, why did you come to see me today?"
The police officer said, "These two are from the District Public Security Bureau. They want to know something from you."
Li Qingyao smiled and said, "Hello, Grandma Zhao. My last name is Li. You can just call me Xiao Li. We are investigating a case involving an illegal clinic recently. As you know, those illegal clinics do a lot of harm to people. So I wanted to ask, do you remember the name of the clinic where Li Meiling worked when she was young?"
The old lady looked at her and said, "Wait a moment." She stood up and Li Qingyao hurriedly supported her, but she said no, waved Li Qingyao's hand away, and walked into the room alone.
After a while, she brought out a small shoe box. The police officer quickly stood up and took it, and put the shoe box on the coffee table.
The old lady put on her reading glasses and said gently, "I have kept all the ID cards of Meiling when she was a child and when she was young. She said she didn't want them anymore, but I couldn't bear to throw them away."
Li Qingyao and Chen Pu began to look through the things inside one by one, including primary school diploma, technical secondary school diploma, and nursing certificate. There was also a hospital work badge, which read Huawang Hospital. Li Qingyao had an impression of this hospital. She had heard of it when she was a child. It was a private hospital and was quite large at that time, but it later went bankrupt.
Chen Pu took out a labor contract, which was just a thin piece of paper and looked very informal. The two parties signing the contract were Li Meiling and "Yuan'an Clinic". The people who signed below are Li Meiling and a person named Sun Yuanan. The signing date was 2001, when Li Meiling was 22 years old.
"Do you remember how long Li Meiling worked in this clinic?"
"That was a long time ago. It was hard to find a job, and her education level was not enough to get into a regular hospital. It was probably seven or eight years."
Li Qingyao asked again: "Can you lend us these things? We will definitely not damage them and will return them to you after a while."
The local police officer also said: "Grandma Zhao, it's not easy for police officers to investigate cases. Can we support their work?"
Grandma Zhao nodded: "You can take it."
Li Qingyao chatted with the old man about some things that happened to Li Meiling in the past, then stood up and said goodbye. When Grandma Zhao saw them off to the door, she asked, "Did our Meiling do anything illegal?"
Li Qingyao glanced at Chen Pu. Chen Pu smiled and was about to cover up the past, but the old man said, "This daughter disowned me fifteen years ago. She is a bad student with bad intentions. She only wants to get something for nothing. When she was young, she thought we were useless. Later, when we refused to give her money, she broke off relations with us for fear of being dragged down by the old man. It was my fault that I didn't teach her well. She is the youngest and has been beautiful since she was a child. Her father, brothers and sisters, and I all spoiled her and spoiled her."
It was difficult to respond to this, so Li Qingyao and Chen Pu remained silent.
The old lady added, "I have long since forgotten this daughter. But if your investigation yields any results, good or bad, please let me know, okay?"
Looking at the old man's slightly red eyes, Chen Pu replied solemnly: "I promise you."
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Chen Pu and Li Qingyao returned to the map.
Whether it was twenty years ago or seven years ago, there was only one clinic called "Yuan'an Clinic" in Xiangcheng, and its name had never been changed. The owner of the clinic has always been Sun Yuanan, a practicing Western medicine physician. According to household registration records, Sun Yuanan is 53 years old this year. He was widowed at a young age and never remarried. He has a daughter named Sun Zhilan, 28 years old, who is an elementary school Chinese teacher.
Chen Pu circled Yuan'an Clinic on the map with a red pen. He threw the pen on the table, leaned against it and remained silent.
Li Qingyao also stared at the map.
Yuan'an Clinic is located in Chaoyang Home. Always there.
The dormitory of the machinery factory where Xiang Siling lives is about 1.5 kilometers away from Chaoyang Home. Yuan'an Clinic is less than 2 kilometers away from Xiang Siling's home.
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It was evening, and the streets and alleys of Chaoyang Home were filled with smoke and fragrance.
Yuan'an Clinic is located in Room 101-103, Unit 2, Building 3, Chaoyang Home. This building faces the street and the ground floor has been converted into a storefront. It has a long history and is regulated by default. The house is very old, but the clinic looks quite large when viewed from the outside. At this moment, there are vaguely two or three people receiving intravenous drips.
Chen Pu asked Li Qingyao: "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat first?"
Li Qingyao said: "I want to check it out first and don't want to wait any longer."
Chen Pu nodded, took out a small piece of chocolate from his pocket and handed it to her.
Li Qingyao, who had forgotten to control his sugar intake for a long time, shook his head: "I don't eat high-sugar foods."
Chen Pu tore open the package and said, "Pure dark chocolate, no sugar." After that, he took the half-exposed wrapping paper and stuffed the chocolate directly into her mouth.
Li Qingyao, who was force-fed, calmly chewed the chocolate and asked, "Why did you buy this?"
"I bought it a while ago to replenish my energy. I took it with me when I saw it when I went out this morning."
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