Chapter 2276: Chapter 2277: The Killer is Nearby
“Which part?”
“You’re right to investigate in that direction—the closer you get to the truth, the more panicked the murderer becos and the more they try to hinder your investigation,” Yuluo declared.
“In other words, such a vicious incident is sufficient to indicate that your investigation is very close to the truth—you should understand what I an.”
“Understood.”
“Is there anything else? If not, I need to get busy.”
“Team Leader Qiu, it’s tough working so soon after the holiday.”
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“What work,” Yuluo said irritably.
“My mom made go shopping with her, and I couldn’t even refuse. It’s driving crazy.”
“There’s nothing I can do to help there, bye.”
Lin Yi didn’t continue chatting with Yuluo; after hanging up the phone, he found a secluded corner to sit down.
Yuluo’s words had given him a wake-up call.
Such an incident was indeed enough to show that the investigation carried out by Li Xianghui and Ling Han was very close to the truth, or else the other party wouldn’t have taken such a risky step.
Though both of them held significant positions, which might not an much in a city like Zhong Hai, they still had a certain social status—surely the other party wouldn’t do such a thing unless absolutely necessary.
Lin Yi recollected the conversation with Li Xianghui.
A major discovery had been made in Ma Dehong’s case—Wang i Jia had given the leftover dicine Ma Dehong had to a prisoner nad Sun Xueqiang.
A few days later, he had suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
But afterward, Wang i Jia switched to a new batch of dicine and hasn’t encountered any problems since eating them.
The dicine was the sa as before, Betalek from the sa manufacturer, only with a newer production date.
But even so, there should be no difference between the new and old dicine and certainly no issue of them being expired.
Maybe there was a real possibility that the dicine given to Ma Dehong was indeed problematic.
But whether his guess was accurate couldn’t be arbitrarily concluded; it required further investigation.
Ring, ring, ring—
At that mont, Lin Yi’s phone rang, and it was Li Chuhan calling.
“Xin Xin bought the food; let’s eat first.”
“Okay, I’ll co over now.”
Unable to make head or tail of the case, Lin Yi decided to relax a bit, and then he headed to Inpatient Departnt Eight.
When he reached Li Chuhan’s break room, he saw Qiao Xin had bought four dishes and three cups of milk tea, quite a feast.
“Lin Bro, you don’t have to worry. Sister Li just called the head of ICU, and that patient nad Li Xianghui is doing quite fine.”
“I just asked about that too. If he recovers well, he might be able to be discharged tonight,” Lin Yi said.
“But, I still feel there are many perplexing aspects of this case that need more thought.”
Hearing this, Qiao Xin’s eyes lit up, “Quickly, Lin Bro, tell what’s bothering you, I’ll help you analyze.”
Lin Yi knew that Qiao Xin was a die-hard Detective Conan fan, so he didn’t keep anything from her and decided to indulge her hobby.
However, he kept so special details from the case to himself, though it didn’t hinder her from analyzing.
“My goodness, this case is really complex,” Qiao Xin exclaid after hearing it.
“Exactly why I’m stuck, you being a ten-year Conan fan, quickly help figure out what’s going on.”
“I may be a fan, but this case is indeed complex; my brain is a bit inadequate.”
“It’s nothing,” Lin Yi remarked sarcastically. “I had you pegged as the hope of the entire village, and it turns out you don’t know anything.”
“Hey, Lin Bro, you can’t say that,” Qiao Xin said mysteriously.
“You know, I’ve seen a few cases like this in Conan, which might give you so hints.”
“What hints? Tell .”
“Actually, cases like this often have very simple truths; we just overthink things. Maybe the murderer is right beside us, and we just haven’t noticed.”
“What kind of reasoning is that?” Lin Yi said, chuckling.
“Reality and comics are still different; you can’t completely bring them together.”
“Yeah, I know that, just thought to give you a heads-up; it might be useful.”
“Alright, I’ll think more about that,” Lin Yi called out, “Let’s eat first, forget these troubles.”
“Okay!”
Ring, ring, ring—
Just then, Lin Yi’s phone rang again; it was Ning Che calling.
“Where are you?” Ning Che asked straightforwardly as soon as the call connected.
“At the hospital.”
“Wait for there; I’ll be there soon.”
“You’re in Zhong Hai?”
“I’ve been in Shianggang these past few days, investigating that pharmaceutical company. Things are almost settled, and I was planning to go back to Yanjing, but Yuluo told sothing happened on your end, and since I’m free, I thought I’d co over.”
“Alright, do you need soone to pick you up?”
“No need, I’ll call you when I get there, and we can et up.”
“Okay.”
After a brief chat, Lin Yi hung up and then the three of them ate together.
During the al, Qiao Xin kept chattering incessantly, helping Lin Yi analyze the case from different perspectives.
However, Lin Yi didn’t take it to heart, as Qiao Xin’s analysis had many aspects that were unreliable and didn’t fit in the case.
After their al, Lin Yi, having nothing better to do, went to the ward to see if Li Xianghui’s family needed any help.
When Lin Yi arrived at the ward, he found that Ling Han was also there, speaking with Li Xianghui’s wife.
“Why are you here? Weren’t you supposed to be resting at ho?”
“I can’t sit still at ho, and it’s not a serious illness,” Ling Han replied.
“After such a big incident, I want to catch the culprit driver quickly.”
“You’re injured like this; leave this worrying to others,” Lin Yi said.
“I’ll call you when we catch the driver.”
“Is there any progress? Any leads?”
“Not yet; still pretty clueless.”
Ling Han sighed, a look of disappointnt crossing his face.
“Is there anything I can do to help?”
“Don’t worry about it; if there’s help needed, it doesn’t need to co from you.”
“Then I’ll stay here with your sister-in-law for a while. If you need help, just call ,” Ling Han said with a smile.
“Can’t help much with other things, but analyzing the case, I can do that.”
“Sure, stay with sister-in-law then.”
After talking with Ling Han, Lin Yi reassured Li Xianghui’s wife a bit and then left.
Not long after, Lin Yi received a call from Ning Che, asking for his exact location, ready to co and find him.
At the sa ti, Gu Yiran arrived at the hospital and found Lin Yi.
“The lab results are out.”
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