"It will be dark in three and a half hours. Before it gets dark, we must investigate where Dr. Fang went before he disappeared!"
Chen Ge's attitude was resolute. He was with Lao Wu. Those who didn't know better might have thought that he was a policeman and Lao Wu was just the driver.
"The investigation must be done before dark? Do you have anything else to do at night?" Lao Wu asked in confusion while driving.
"This city is not safe at night."
"Xinhai is the city with the best security in Central and South China. Some business districts here are basically open for 20 hours, and it is known as the city that never sleeps." Old Wu held the steering wheel: "You young people should know these things better than me."
Chen Ge smiled and did not explain.
Twenty minutes later, they arrived at Xinhai Second Hospital.
There are eleven tertiary hospitals in Xinhai, among which the second hospital where Dr. Fang works ranks very high and is located in the most prosperous area of Xinhai.
"Hello, I want to inquire about someone." Chen Ge and Lao Wu, who was wearing police uniforms, asked the front desk of the hospital. The nurse on duty initially didn't want to talk to Chen Ge, but after seeing Lao Wu's uniform, her attitude became much better.
Accompanied by the nurse on duty, Chen Ge came to the otolaryngology department, where a doctor was examining the patient's body.
"Dr. Fang hasn't come to work for many days. I don't know the specific situation. The doctor there is named Zhao. He is Dr. Fang's colleague and friend. He should know some information." The nurse on duty left after saying this. Chen Ge
He and Lao Wu waited until Dr. Zhao finished examining the patient before entering the room.
"Which one of you is the patient?" Dr. Zhao is very busy. He hasn't had a good rest recently. He has heavy dark circles under his eyes and looks a little lackluster.
"We are not here to see a doctor." Chen Ge pointed to Old Wu beside him: "This is a frontline criminal police officer from the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Branch."
He did not say his identity, nor did he say that Old Wu was a police officer from the Hanjiang City Branch. The whole sentence was true, but it gave people the impression that they were both members of the Xinhai Criminal Investigation Team.
"Interpol?" Dr. Zhao realized the seriousness of the matter: "Are you here because of Dr. Fang?"
"It seems you do know something." Chen Ge sat on the chair, and the real policeman, Old Wu, stood guard at the door.
"The specific situation was told to the people at the police station yesterday. I didn't expect that your criminal police would come here today. Could it be that Dr. Fang has really..." Dr. Zhao did not go on, but what he wanted to express was clear to everyone present.
.
"Don't ask if you shouldn't ask. Just tell me the information you know." Chen Ge picked up the pen and paper on the table and prepared to record it. He gave off a very professional feeling.
"In the past few weeks, Dr. Fang's condition has been very poor. There was also a problem with the operation. More and more patients complained to him. This was almost impossible before. Dr. Fang is our best otolaryngology and head and neck department.
doctor."
"Does Dr. Fang's mental trance have something to do with the family?"
"I also met Lao Fang's family yesterday. His wife and daughter are both normal. They are very worried about him. By the way!" Dr. Zhao seemed to suddenly remember something: "I heard Lao Fang's wife say that Lao Fang often has a
People talk to themselves, saying they are coming, they are happy, they have come."
"Are they coming? Someone is secretly monitoring Dr. Fang?" Lao Wu closed the door of the department and walked over. He did not expect to encounter such a strange case when he followed Chen Ge to Xinhai.
"In the days before his disappearance, Lao Fang often stayed up all night and hid in the window with a knife. From time to time he would look out the window, as if someone was standing downstairs in their house. His wife and daughter were very scared.
Occasionally, I would look out the window, but there was no one outside." Dr. Zhao sighed: "Lao Fang's wife was going to hire a psychiatrist for him, but before the doctor could be hired, Lao Fang disappeared."
"Dr. Fang's wife and daughter didn't see anyone outside the window, right?" Chen Ge wanted to make sure.
"Lao Fang's wife didn't see anything, but his youngest daughter told people at the police station yesterday that there was a woman hiding in her home who was always laughing."
"The woman who keeps laughing?" Chen Ge narrowed his eyes and two words came to his mind - don't smile.
"People from the police station went to Lao Fang's house but did not find the woman. They thought that Lao Fang's daughter was under too much pressure and had hallucinations."
"The occurrence of hallucinations is also related to certain memories. They should think about it carefully." Chen Ge did not evaluate the police station's approach. He wanted to seize the time to find Dr. Fang now: "Dr. Zhao, you know the last person to see Dr. Fang.
Who is this person?"
"For the time being, it should be me." Dr. Zhao looked very haggard: "Lao Fang took half a month's leave, but a few days ago, before he finished his leave, he suddenly came to work. I can see his condition
It was okay, I thought he had recovered, so I didn’t think much about it, and even made an appointment with him to have a few drinks after work.”
"Dr. Fang disappeared from the hospital?"
"It looks like this for the time being. After work, Lao Fang didn't go back and locked himself in the room. I didn't know what he was doing. When I came to work the next day, I received the news that Lao Fang was missing.
Dr. Zhao regretted a little: "I wish I had paid more attention that day."
"You don't have to blame yourself, this has nothing to do with you." Chen Ge frowned and thought, thinking back to the first time he called Dr. Fang.
Dr. Fang also mentioned that he was being monitored by Buxiao. He also said that during the rectification of the hospital warehouse, he found a letter in the old warehouse. After opening it, it said that he should go to an abandoned hospital in the middle of the night. If he didn't go, he would be killed.
Something very bad happened (see Chapter 1007 for details).
"Dr. Zhao, was your hospital's warehouse renovated some time ago? Dr. Fang entered the old warehouse at that time, right?"
"How did you know?" Dr. Zhao was very surprised, but in his opinion, the warehouse rectification and Dr. Fang's disappearance were completely different things and could not be connected at all.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Recall carefully whether Dr. Fang's abnormality started when he entered the old warehouse." Chen Ge put down the pen in his hand and stuffed the note with certain records into it.
In your own pocket.
"It seems...it is indeed like this." Dr. Zhao's expression became even more surprised. The feeling Chen Ge gave him was completely different from the feeling when the police station police asked him yesterday: "After all, it is a criminal investigation, so it is very powerful."
"If it's convenient, can you take us to the old warehouse now?"
"Okay, it's about to be abandoned over there anyway." Dr. Zhao has a close relationship with Dr. Fang, and he is very happy to help.
After saying hello to another doctor, Dr. Zhao took Chen Ge and Lao Wu out of the hospital.
"The old warehouse is not in the hospital?" Chen Ge was a little confused.
"Our hospital moved a few years ago, and the old warehouse is still in its original location. It seems that there are only one or two independent departments left there."
Twenty minutes later, the three of them arrived at the original site of the hospital. After getting the key from the management office, they entered the old warehouse.
The place had just been cleaned and tidied up, the rows of shelves were empty, and there was almost nothing visible in the warehouse.
"When the warehouse was being renovated, which area was Dr. Fang responsible for?"
"It seems to be the innermost rooms." Dr. Zhao took out the key and opened the iron door leading to the depths of the warehouse: "Because the circuit was old, there were no lights inside, and the light was very dark. The nurses who were traveling with him did not dare to go in. It seemed that that day
Lao Fang went in alone."
"These warehouses are separated by iron doors. Who designed them in the first place?"
"have no idea."
The three of them entered the warehouse and found some things that were not likely to be used in a hospital, such as a set of shabby white wedding dresses, pairs of dusty shoes, etc.
In the dark room, just those old and worn-out shoes gave off a particularly spooky feeling.
"I don't know how these things appeared in the warehouse. The old man who first guarded the warehouse has passed away for a long time. This place is locked all year round. If the new director hadn't wanted to rectify the warehouse, no one would have known that they were in the warehouse of the hospital.
So many shoes." Dr. Zhao held the flashlight and keys, but he was also a little scared.
"There are various types of shoes, and the sizes are all different. Do you think there is a caregiver who likes to collect the shoes of dead people? He stole the shoes of all the deceased patients and stored them in the back of the warehouse?" Chen
Ge said minding his own business. He didn't notice that the expressions on Lao Wu and Dr. Zhao's faces were getting worse and worse.
"Your idea, to put it mildly, is a bit perverted." Dr. Zhao pointed to the surrounding shelves: "So many of the shoes on the shelves were worn by dead people? I find that the way you think about criminal investigations is different from ordinary people."
Old Wu touched his nose beside him. He originally wanted to speak, but after hearing what Dr. Zhao said, he suddenly didn't know how to speak.
Chen Ge, who was walking at the front, did not reply. He passed through two rows of shelves and suddenly stopped: "The shoes on the shelves in the first few rows are all neatly arranged, why are the shoes on this row of shelves the only ones that have fallen off?
Come down? Someone has fallen down here before!”
With his pupils narrowed, Chen Ge looked at the position where the shoe fell, roughly simulating the situation at that time.
"There was a person about the same height as me. He saw something at my feet. He was frightened and his body hit the shelf. His shoes spread out to both sides." Chen Ge has a very keen insight. He only relied on
The scattered position of the shoes inferred a lot of things: "The thing that frightened the victim should have suddenly appeared from behind him. When he turned around, he lost his balance and hit the shelf."
Chen Ge locked his eyes on a direction and walked towards it. His eyes scanned the shelves on both sides, and he soon made a discovery.
"What's this?"
There was a small paper ball hidden at the bottom of the shelf in an inconspicuous place. Chen Ge unfolded it, and there was only one line on it - Never enter the last warehouse!
"Dr. Zhao, do you think this is Dr. Fang's calligraphy?" Chen Ge handed the note to Dr. Zhao, who shook his head after reading it.
"It's not Dr. Fang's name, but it appears in the place where Dr. Fang had the accident. That means someone kindly reminded Dr. Fang before he came in, but unfortunately he didn't pay attention." Chen Ge took the note back. This is
He wanted to keep this very important clue for himself: "Dr. Zhao, can you still recall the people who entered the warehouse with Dr. Fang that day?"
"Can."
"Does any of them have the same handwriting as the words on the note?"
"It doesn't seem to be the case. The doctor's writing is rather sloppy and he is used to writing orders." Dr. Zhao confirmed repeatedly and finally said that the note was not written by Dr. Fang's companion.
"Aren't you from the hospital?" Chen Ge frowned. After a while, he suddenly asked: "If you want to enter the warehouse, you must first get the key from the management office. Could this note be from someone from the management office?"
For Dr. Fang personally?"
After finding no more clues in the old warehouse, Chen Ge took the note and hurried back to the management office.
After comparing the handwriting, Chen Ge found that the words on the note were very similar to those of a warehouse manager. The manager's surname was Chi, which was a rare surname.
"Excuse me, is Chiren here?" Chen Ge put away the note, looked at the photos of the staff on the wall, and asked loudly.
"Brother Ren asked for leave a few days ago, do you have anything to do with him?" The people in the management office also thought that Chen Ge and Lao Wu were from the Xinhai Criminal Investigation Team, so they had a very good attitude.
Hearing that Chiren had not come to work for several days, Chen Ge immediately had a bad feeling: "Can you tell me where Chiren lives? We want to go there in person and ask him some questions."
The person at the management office hesitated for a while, and then told Chen Ge the address of the apartment where Chiren rented.
"Brother Ren has a rather withdrawn personality and basically won't talk to strangers. Be prepared to be rejected." The person in the management office also smiled bitterly when he mentioned Chi Ren.
"Does he have any strange habits? Or has he done some strange things?"
"It's not surprising... By the way, Brother Ren obviously lives alone. He doesn't have any family, but occasionally he will talk to himself and utter some particularly scary words, such as eating hands, eating eyes, eating nose, etc.
"Wait." The person in the management office felt uncomfortable just mentioning these words: "I asked him once why he always said these things, and he told me that those horrible words were all the names of his family members."
"His family is quite strange." Chen Ge still had half a sentence left. He felt that there might be some connection between the family named Chi and Buxiao.
After getting useful clues, Chen Ge asked Dr. Zhao to go back first. He and Lao Wu came to the apartment building where Chiren rented.
They knocked on the door for a long time but no one opened the door. Finally, the landlord ran out and told them that Chiren had not been back for several days.
The landlord also revealed a very important piece of information to Chen Ge. When Chiren left the apartment building for the last time, he was carrying a large bag containing water and various foods. It was as if he had anticipated the danger and was going somewhere.
Same as taking refuge.
"If my guess is not wrong, Chiren wrote a note to Dr. Fang, trying to save Dr. Fang, but failed. He was worried about being retaliated by Buxiao, so he ran away overnight."
In Chen Ge's opinion, although this Chi Ren has a weird name, he should generally be a good person.
"If you want to find Dr. Fang, you still have to start with eating benevolence."