Card Room Chapter 314

Chapter 314

That afternoon, Xiao Lou stayed in Yu Hanjiang’s ward and the two of them checked information and a.n.a.lyzed the case together .

The attending doctor had organized the death case reports and Xiao Lou found them in the medical record query system . Chen Yuqing of the pediatric department died of a sudden heart attack and Qi Zhaoming of the orthopedic surgery department died of postoperative complications . There were clear and complete records of the treatment process . On the surface, both of them died in accidents .

Qi Zhaoming’s informed consent form was signed by himself without any family members . The little girl Chen Yuqing’s surgery consent form was signed by her mother . Her mother’s name was Chen Yehua .

Yu Hanjiang called his police colleagues to find out the information of Qi Zhaoming, Chen Yuqing and her mother Chen Yehua as soon as possible . His colleagues quickly sent an e-mail of the information to Yu Hanjiang .

Qi Zhaoming dropped out of school after graduating from middle school . He currently had no formal job and had a 60 square meter house in the suburbs . When he was 10 years old, his parents fell to their deaths during an argument . Qi Zhaoming was raised by his grandmother who pa.s.sed away 10 years ago . In this world, he no longer had any relatives .

Chen Yuqing was studying in first grade of primary school and was excellent in both character and learning . She was just named one of the top three students this year . Her mother Chen Yehua was an ill.u.s.trator and her father was unknown . Chen Yehua had been living with her mother and was a child of a single parent family .

Xiao Lou saw these two doc.u.ments and couldn’t help wondering, “The cost of orthopedic surgery isn’t low . Qi Zhaoming graduated from middle school and has no formal job . His income should be very low . How could he afford the expensive surgery and treatment costs?”

Yu Hanjiang frowned and sent his colleagues another message: Help me check the bank records of Qi Zhaoming, Liu Renyuan and Chen Yehua .

Since Group Leader Yu was investigating the dismembered corpse case, his colleagues were very cooperative with his requests . It took less than an hour for them to send the bank records of the three people to Yu Hanjiang . Yu Hanjiang took a closer look and found many things wrong in the statements .

Liu Renyuan was a security guard . His bank card received a monthly income which was displayed as ‘Jincui Community Security Salary’ . This was consistent with his ident.i.ty . His consumption records were rather messy . He spent his money on tobacco, alcohol, food, cheap clothes…

Liu Renyuan spent money lavishly and barely made ends meet every month . However, on November 1st last year, he had just gotten paid his salary when on the next day, he went to the mall to buy a pair of limited edition sneakers . He instantly spent an entire month’s salary .

Liu Renyuan’s previous consumption records showed that he normally bought shoes worth around 200 yuan . How could he suddenly decide to buy limited edition brand name shoes worth more than 4,000 yuan? For a rich person, it was normal to buy limited edition bags and shoes but Liu Renyuan’s consumption record seemed a bit weird .

In the past, most of his salary of around 4,000 yuan was used to buy tobacco and alcohol . He only bought clothes once or twice a year . Obviously, his demand for clothes wasn’t very high . Suddenly spending a whole month’s salary to buy a pair of shoes in November last year wasn’t in line with his lifestyle habit, unless he suddenly had a source of high income . However, there was no record of a large cash inflow into his bank card .

If he spent a month’s salary on shoes how did he eat or drink for the entire month?

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou glanced at each other and continued to look it over doubtfully .

Qi Zhaoming’s bank card statements were even stranger . It only had a balance of less than 100 yuan . Moreover, this balance of 100 hadn’t changed in the past three years . His bank card didn’t have records of deposits, withdrawals or any consumption . The three year old bank card’s turnover was almost blank .

He only had this bank card and didn’t withdraw money from his card or deposit money in the card . This showed that he usually spent in cash . His monthly rent and living expenses were all in cash . Then where did he get so much cash?

Chen Yehua was an ill.u.s.trator by profession and her monthly income was fixed at around 20,000 yuan a month . The expenses of the mother and daughter were around 50% of the income and the rest was deposited . However, last month, she suddenly withdrew 200,000 yuan cash from her bank card in one lump sum, taking out all her savings of the last few years .

All three people had something odd with their bank accounts .

Xiao Lou frowned . “Liu Renyuan suddenly bought expensive limited edition sneakers, which is different from his usual living habits . In the next few months, he has several records of buying high-priced red wine . It feels like he won the lottery . ”

“Qi Zhaoming has no bank card flow and uses cash for his living expenses . Either he has a temporary job that pays in cash or he has a problem with his income and doesn’t want to use a bank account . It is all face-to-face cash transactions . ” Yu Hanjiang paused before adding, “We also need to carefully investigate where the 200,000 yuan that Chen Yehua suddenly withdrew went . ”

At present, they didn’t know the reason for the strange accounting records of the three people but it proved that they locked onto the right targets to investigate . All three people should have some connection to the case .

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The afternoon pa.s.sed very quickly . Xiao Lou took a few more consultations and by the time it was finished, it was already 8 o’clock . On the way back to the general surgery ward, Xiao Lou went to the ICU of the cardiac surgery department to check on Chief Shao .

Shao Qingge still hadn’t woken up .

Xiao Lou endured his psychological discomfort and asked Zhao Sen, “Has Shao Qingge’s situation improved?”

“His myocardial enzymes have dropped a bit, his blood pota.s.sium is normal today and his heart function is slowly recovering . ” Zhao Sen pushed up his gla.s.ses and glanced at Xiao Lou thoughtfully . “Dr Xiao, you really care about this friend . ”

Xiao Lou thought, ‘He is in your hands . If I don’t always pay attention then what if you dismember him?!’

Still, Xiao Lou maintained a polite smile on the surface and explained, “I grew up with Shao Qingge and we are very good friends . Since he is staying in our hospital, I naturally have to care more . By the way, when will his surgery be performed?”

Zhao Sen flipped through the medical records . “I will talk about it when he wakes up . ”

Xiao Lou spoke seriously . “You must notify me when he wakes up . I will come to see him as soon as possible . ”

Zhao Sen smiled . “Of course . ”

Xiao Lou asked casually, “Dr Zhao, are you on the night s.h.i.+ft tonight?”

“No, I will go off work later . ”

Xiao Lou was slightly relieved . He didn’t want to run into Zhao Sen when going to the morgue tonight . Last night, that face was only 10 centimeters away from him and Xiao Lou still got the chills when he thought about it .

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At midnight, the card skills refreshed and Xiao Lou used the Peach Blossom Spring to summon his teammates again .

Long Sen made inquiries in his department all afternoon and reported the results to Yu Hanjiang . “The deceased Qi Zhaoming had an arrogant personality . He never took the initiative to speak to other patients during the hospitalization . He only watched videos on his mobile phone every day . He stayed in the hospital for a week and no one came to visit him . The old lady in the bed next door asked him what he did and he replied that he worked in a bar . ”

The police couldn’t find his work information . There was no formal labor contract to work in a bar so it was hard to get official information . Yu Hanjiang frowned and asked, “Bar? What exactly did he do?”

“He didn’t mention it . ” Long Sen scratched his head . “I heard from someone in the ward that Qi Zhaoming looked quite rich . He was in good spirits a few days ago and ordered expensive takeout every day . His watch was also a famous brand . He was very handsome and the patients privately guessed that he was a host at the bar . ”

Ye Qi was taken aback for a moment . Host? What does that mean? Is it very profitable?”

Long Sen touched his nose and looked at the 7 year old little Ye Qi . “A child shouldn’t have heard of it? A host is a man who sells his body . He can sell his body to rich women of course . He can also… cough, serve men . ”

“……” Ye Qi’s face turned red . This topic was too dirty and he was too embarra.s.sed to continue asking .

Ordinary waiters at a bar definitely couldn’t afford to wear famous brand name watches . Working in a bar and being handsome and rich was indeed easy to make people think of some type of gray area job .

Yu Hanjiang didn’t think it was that simple .

Xiao Lou glanced at Ye Qi and asked, “Did you find any clues about Chen Yuqing?”

Ye Qi cleared his throat with a cough and spoke solemnly . “Chen Yuqing often told the children that her mother is a very good ill.u.s.trator . A little boy asked her who her father is and she said she had no father . The little boy said that everyone should have a father and Chen Yuqing became angry . The two of them started fighting because of this until they were coaxed by the nurses . ”

The children in the pediatric department were noisy every day and cried loudly during the injection . Ye Qi spent one day in the pediatric department and felt like his head was going to explode . “Chen Yuqing’s mother is very gentle . I heard that every time she buys fruits, she will buy more for the other children . Everyone really likes her . The little girl next to me said that she saw Aunt Chen secretly crying in the bathroom yesterday . I think the key to Chen Yuqing’s plot line should be her father . Who is he?”

Xiao Lou agreed . “Yes, Chen Yuqing’s household registration only includes her mother . She is part of a single parent family and follows her mother’s surname . There is no record of her father . My guess is that she is an illegitimate child . We will continue to investigate . ”

The deceased in Qu Wanyue and Old Mo’s wards had been ruled out and n.o.body died in Liu Qiao’s hematology department today .

Yu Hanjiang also told his teammates the clues he found . The biggest doubts at the moment were the strange bank account records of the three people and the surgical marks on Liu Renyuan’s corpse .

After the meeting, Xiao Lou asked Liu Qiao to put on a nurse’s unifrom again to visit the morgue . Yu Hanjiang wasn’t at ease and also wanted to follow . Xiao Lou was worried . “You just had an operation . What if the wound opens or becomes infected? It will be painful to re-st.i.tch it . I’ll use the mind connection to inform you whenever I find clues . ”

“My wound is fine . I want to see their corpses with my own eyes . ” Yu Hanjiang paused and suggested, “Xiao Liu has the Thumbelina card . Make me smaller and put me in your coat pocket . ”

Seeing his firm eyes, Xiao Lou had to compromise . “Okay, I will take you if you become smaller . ”

“Yes . ” Yu Hanjiang’s gaze was gentle . “I will be more at ease following you . ”

He was simply uneasy staying in the ward alone while Xiao Lou did such dangerous work . The fear that Xiao Lou felt yesterday while facing Zhao Sen at close range had been transmitted to him and Yu Hanjiang had been going crazy with worry . Therefore, he decided that he had to go with them tonight .

Liu Qiao activated the Thumbelina card and handed it to Xiao Lou, letting Xiao Lou use it .

Xiao Lou used the card skill so that Yu Hanjiang turned into a small version of himself . The reduced version of Yu Hanjiang in a blue and white checkered hospital gown looked very cute . Xiao Lou carefully picked up Yu Hanjiang and placed him in the chest pocket of his white coat .

Yu Hanjiang lay on the edge of Xiao Lou’s pocket and poked out his head . “Let’s go . ”

Xiao Lou took Yu Hanjiang and Liu Qiao to the door of the morgue .

There was a big iron lock hung outside the door which should’ve been put there by Zhao Sen last night . Fortunately, the ‘key’ card he got in 3 of Hearts could still be used a number of times . Xiao Lou used the key to open the lock and gently closed the door after entering .

The morgue was a closed s.p.a.ce located underground . There were no windows and if the door was closed, the light inside couldn’t be seen from outside . Liu Qiao turned on the light . Xiao Lou’s eyes scanned the surrounding area and he found there were more corpses in the morgue . They were the patients who died in the hospital today .

Xiao Lou walked over and first opened the drawer that said ‘Chen Yuqing . ’

A chill came . The 7 year old girl was as pale as paper, her eyes tightly closed . Xiao Lou lifted the white cloth covering the corpse and after careful examination, he found that she didn’t have any surgical scars .

Yu Hanjiang was observing from Xiao Lou’s pocket and he couldn’t help frowning when he saw this . “Chen Yuqing has no traces of surgery on her body, indicating that she never had an organ transplant . Then why did her mother suddenly withdraw so much money?”

Xiao Lou said, “It seems we have to ask her mother in person . ”

He proceeded to open the drawer where Liu Renyuan was stored .

This was the suspicious corpse found last night . Xiao Lou had already checked it . Tonight was just for further autopsy and confirmation . He asked Liu Qiao to turn the body over, picked up a scalpel and made a quick cut along the wound at the back…

The kidney on the right was gone .

The location of the kidney was empty and the rib bone was also cut off .

Xiao Lou took a deep breath and calmly explained, “Liu Renyuan’s kidney was artificially removed and the operation wasn’t done well . The treatment of the blood vessels and ureters aren’t up to professional standards . There are multiple blood vessel injuries caused by operation . When the 12th rib was removed, the pleura was damaged . There are also traces of st.i.tching . ”

Yu Hanjiang asked in a low voice, “According to your judgment, was the operation done by an amateur?”

Xiao Lou nodded . “A specialist professor in urology wouldn’t do it like this . This feels more like a clinically inexperienced intern… although the skin st.i.tching was done beautifully . ”

Liu Qiao questioned it . “On the surface, the skin st.i.tching was indeed perfect . However, after opening the incision, the processing inside was messy . Professor Xiao, do you mean the kidney removal and the st.i.tching aren’t done by the same person?”

“Not necessarily . ” Xiao Lou explained as he st.i.tched up the incision . “The skin suture is very good . In practice, ordinary medical students who practice on a model for two weeks can sew well . However, professional kidney separation and removal surgery requires years of clinical experience . The results can only prove that the one who performed the kidney removal on Liu Renyuan wasn’t a professional urologist and nephrologist . It might be a doctor from other departments or an inexperienced surgeon who hasn’t performed kidney surgery in a major hospital . ”

Xiao Lou carefully st.i.tched up Liu Renyuan’s body . Immediately afterward, he opened the freezer with ‘Qi Zhaoming’ written on it .

Another corpse was pulled out .

Qi Zhaoming had just finished lumbar surgery yesterday and there were obvious sutures near the fourth lumbar vertebra . However, no traces of surgery were found on the abdomen and waist which were common for kidney surgery .

Xiao Lou cut open the st.i.tches from yesterday’s surgery and carefully explored the surgical site .

An artificial intervertebral disc was inserted between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae of the deceased . This was a surgery performed by the orthopedic surgery department yesterday . Xiao Lou looked at the detailed surgery records and found nothing suspicious .

Immediately afterward, Xiao Lou quickly dissected the deceased’s abdomen, and waist and found that the liver, gallbladder, kidneys and other organs were all intact .

Yu Hanjiang couldn’t help being confused when he saw the results of Xiao Lou’s autopsy .

Liu Renyuan’s kidney was missing but there was no relevant record in his case file . This was very suspicious . However, Chen Yuqing and Qi Zhaoming who died in the hospital this morning didn’t have any organs missing . The cause of death also wasn’t found to be abnormal after an autopsy .

What did these two people have to do with the case they were investigating?