A Bad-Hearted Doctor is Unbearably Beautiful - Chapter 21

Right now, almost all the evidence points to Old Third Song. The surveillance footage, the last person the two victims saw, and their time of death all highly coincide with the time Old Third Song was there.

“Lin Xue, the entire apartment was searched. Did the suspect leave any clues?”

Lin Xue shook her head. “The scene was very clean.”

Old Third Song’s fingerprints were left at the entryway, but nothing was left inside the apartment?

Lu Xiao couldn’t wait to interrogate the scar-faced man.

But after his car flipped, the scar-faced man was still in a coma.

Lu Xiao felt like something was off.

Lu Xiao took a deep breath and chugged his coffee. He pulled a swivel chair from under the table, sat down, and crossed his legs.

“How’s the interrogation team doing? Did Old Third Song reveal anything?”

Balding Old Zhou from the interrogation team looked like he was saying, You can count on me, as he flipped open his notebook.

“Old Third Song said that three days before the incident, he went to Zhang Dalong and Liu Tingting’s apartments to ask for money, specifically regarding his unjust dismissal from the company.”

Lu Xiao frowned, interrupting him. “Asking for money? That doesn’t make sense, since his mother was already in the hospital.”

Lu Xiao said this with an unlit cigarette dangling loosely from the corner of his mouth, bobbing up and down.

He suddenly caught a glimpse of Shen Zhao’s grim stare from across the table.

Oh crap, I forgot I needed to maintain a good image.

I always revert to my old self when I start thinking about a case!

Lu Xiao immediately took the cigarette out of his mouth and quietly hid it under his butt, pretending nothing had happened.

Old Zhou continued with a smile, “I’ve fully implemented your ‘interrogate them hard’ instruction! Old Third Song has been very cooperative!”

“He said that half a month ago, while browsing job-hunting websites, he saw an anonymous post in the Ren’ai Hospital’s ‘Coworkers’ Circle’ claiming that Zhang Dalong was planning to embezzle the money and run.”

Shen Zhao and Lu Xiao were both a little confused at this point.

“What is a ‘Coworkers’ Circle’?” Lu Xiao asked.

Wang Deng whispered next to him, “It’s a place where people who used to or currently work at a company can post their complaints…”

“There’s something like that?”

Everyone had a speechless expression. Well, it was normal for a young master from a wealthy family not to know.

Old Zhou continued, “Old Third Song was furious and commented on the post. The two of them chatted online for a bit. After they hit it off, he gave the person his cell phone number and they kept in touch. This person kept encouraging him, in the tone of a coworker, to go find Zhang Dalong and Liu Tingting to get justice for himself.”

“Half a month ago?” Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes. The call telling Old Third Song to destroy the blood samples was also around that time.

It seemed very likely that these two mysterious individuals were one and the same person.

“So, the mysterious person Old Third Song says contacted him was actually someone to whom he gave his number willingly,” Lu Xiao mused.

“Brother Zhen, can you check if that post is still up?” Lu Xiao asked Zhang Zhen from the forensics team.

Zhang Zhen typed away on his computer. “The post was deleted a long time ago. This type of post can’t be traced back to its origin anymore.”

Lu Xiao: “Are people who can post in the Coworkers’ Circle definitely employees of the company?”

Wang Deng nodded. “Generally, only people who have been verified by other coworkers can enter and post in the circle.”

Lu Xiao: “Good. Brother Zhen, check all the employee files from the company’s establishment to now. Focus on former employees!”

Lu Xiao knocked on the table again with his hand. “Everyone else, keep adding!”

The scar-faced man still hadn’t woken up. Moreover, besides his appearance at the crime scene, seemingly looking for something, there was no other evidence connecting him to the deaths of the two victims.

Could it be a perfect crime?

The case seemed to have hit a dead end again. Everyone was deep in thought, trying to find a breakthrough. The atmosphere was a little tense.

“Excuse me, Officer Lu…”

Everyone looked over. They had never seen this handsome man before.

Shen Zhao looked very awkward under everyone’s scrutiny.

Lu Xiao almost dropped his coffee cup. “Teacher Shen, go ahead.”

“Wu Di said you didn’t reply to his messages, so he sent them to me. What he said is pretty important and also about the case.”

Speaking in front of a group of strangers, Shen Zhao’s voice was quiet and soft.

Lu Xiao felt that the Shen Zhao he had met before was always a cold, icy snake, occasionally spitting out his venom to bite people. He was not like this at all. Lu Xiao’s heart skipped a beat.

“Go ahead, it’s fine. They’re all my own people here.”

Shen Zhao’s ears turned red. He looked at his phone and said, “Wu Di said that while he was investigating Liu Tingting’s social circle, he contacted the delivery person who was the last to have contact with her. The delivery person delivered that bouquet of roses.”

“And, the delivery person said he ran into a man in a hoodie in the stairwell who was walking in a hurry and even bumped into him. That person could very well be the scar-faced man.”

“What?” Everyone looked surprised.

“So that means… the scar-faced man has been to Liu Tingting’s apartment. In that case, we need to go back and screen the surveillance footage at Zhang Dalong’s apartment again!”

The forensics department nodded.

Lu Xiao saw that the sky was darkening outside and ended the meeting.

“Alright, that’s all for today. When new leads come out, I’ll still need everyone’s help!”

As everyone left, they all gave Shen Zhao a few extra glances.

Meanwhile, a small group chat was buzzing with messages.

Group Name: The Group Without the Evil God

Old Zhou: [What’s going on? We have a new person on the team?]

Lin Xue: [A woman’s intuition says no. I feel like the look in Old Lu’s eyes… it’s not simple~]

Qin Sheng: […]

Old Zhou: [Old Qin, you know something? Tell us (dog face)(dog face)]

Zhang Zhen: [???]

Lin Xue: [Old Zhang, are you out of the loop again? (hand over mouth)]

Zhang Zhen: [What are you all talking about? (question mark)]

Old Zhou: [The one, the handsome guy with clear eyes and white teeth, the one who spoke last!]

Zhang Zhen: [!!!]

Lin Xue: […I give up.]

Qin Sheng: [Is it really okay for you all to gossip like this?]

Lin Xue: [I’ll bring my cat son over for you to play with for a day. Just tell us, Old Qin (pouty face)]

Qin Sheng: [You promise!!! I only met him once before. Old Lu said he was some kind of ‘academic partner.’ He’s a doctor from the military hospital, so he’s a half-colleague of mine. He treats the living, and I treat the dead.]

Old Zhou: [Tsk, that’s creepy. Who asked you about that?]

Lin Xue: [Hahahahahahahaha, academic partner? That’s hilarious. I can’t believe the Evil God would make something like that up!]

Zhang Zhen: [What do you mean? What is he if he’s not a partner?]

Lin Xue: [Zhang Zhen, why don’t you just leave the group?]

Old Zhou: [I second that.]

Qin Sheng: [+1]

Zhang Zhen: [???]