S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 3 Chapter 110

Mad Doctor Murderer 05 – Hospital

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Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were driving to go meet that Lan Xi together when the phone rang. It was Bao Zheng calling.

Bai Yutang frowned as Zhan Zhao picked up and asked, "Bao Sir?"

"The case of Chen Kefeng's attack, did you stumble upon it?" Bao Zheng asked.

"Yes." Zhan Zhao nodded and asked Bao Zheng, "What's wrong? Have Ai Hu and the others taken over the case yet?"

"SCI hasn't had much to do lately, so you guys can investigate this case." Bao Zheng said, "Ai Hu and the others have been too busy lately, so they have asked for support."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other and asked Bao Zheng in an odd tone, "Oh? We're investigating? Will it cross the line? Will it affect SCI's reputation? Will it not make things difficult for Bao Sir..."

"You two don't give me the benefit of the doubt!" Bao Zheng yelled viciously, "Together with the previous case of Qin Tian, this is already the second time that someone from your brother's company was murdered. Although he was lucky not to die, the public opinion is quite sensational. You guys hurry up and solve the case, or you will be sent to clean toilets"

"So, both cases are ours?" Bai Yutang was a little excited.

“En." Bao Zheng agreed, "And ah, you guys should investigate the case of the weird patchwork corpse too, Gongsun is staring at the corpse and drooling. Anyway, the weather is starting to heat up and those criminals are getting active."

"Not a problem." Bai Yutang agreed, and Zhan Zhao. He and Bai Yutang looked at each other with a smile – there was finally something to do!

"Yutang, let's wait before we go find Lan Xi." Zhan Zhao suddenly said, "Let's go to the hospital first."

"You mean to check on Chen Kefeng's condition?" Bai Yutang asked.

"En, I took a look at Chen Kefeng just now. The injury to the shoulder on the left side of his chest, looking at the bleeding, his condition should not be life-threatening..." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "I was thinking that we should bring Chen Yu with us when we look for Lan Xi, it would be a little more convenient."

"Oh... the beauty plan ah." Bai Yutang immediately understood, "Cat, it's well thought out."

After saying that, the two turned around and drove to the hospital first. The two wanted to ask Chen Kefeng if he knew the identity of the attacker, after all, it was a first-hand clue.

Besides, someone who would make such an attack so calmly didn't seem like a novice, she felt very calm and confident! So the two suspected that she was, presumably, not a first-time killer, or perhaps she was at a professional level.

This hospital where Chen Kefeng was given first aid was the one where Yang Fan was located. When Zhan Zhao and the others arrived at the door of the operating theatre, they found Zhao Hu, Ma Xin and Luo Tian there. The other band members and managers were all waiting anxiously at the door.

"How's the situation?" Zhan Zhao ran over and asked Zhao Hu.

Zhao Hu shrugged, “Yang Fan just took a look at it and said that it's definitely not fatal, but the surgery is still in progress. It's said that the crossbow arrow has a barb on it and it will take some effort to take it out, plus it might be poisoned... that would be dangerous!"

"What era is it that this type of attack is still being used?" Bai Yutang frowned, but in his heart he became more aware – Crossbow arrows and poison? Could it really have something to do with Lan Xi?

When Zhan Zhao saw Ma Xin waiting with Chen Yu and Qi Le, he went over and asked, "Xin Xin, what brings you here?"

Ma Xin pointed at Zhao Hu, "It's all his fault, he didn't speak clearly, I thought Xiao Yu had been injured and ran over here because I was scared to death."

"Oh..." Zhan Zhao nodded and took a glance at the three girls standing together, realizing that these were the legendary ‘girlfriends' and thinking that it was better to avoid them as they had extraordinary fighting skills.

However, judging from the relatively relaxed look on Chen Yu's face, she really did not like Chen Kefeng.

When Bai Yutang looked at his watch, he saw that it was not very early, so he winked at Zhan Zhao – Why don't we take Chen Yu away first?

Zhan Zhao was a bit helpless – It feels very impersonal!

While he was hesitating, he saw Yang Fan rush over to the two of them and make a face at the crowd, "The tigress is here!"

The crowd was stunned, what tigress?

As they were wondering, they saw a young female doctor in a white coat running over from the corridor in a blaze of glory. She caught sight of Chen Kefeng's agent and came over and grabbed him by the collar, "Who hurt my brother? You're all dead people, aren't you? You were shot at inside the building, how come you weren't the one who got shot! Why was it him? How do you do things?"

The crowd frowned – so fierce.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, who looked at Qi Le, who whispered, "She's Chen Kefeng's sister, Chen Keqing."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, showing understanding. She was probably protective of her brother, so she was a bit grumpy.

"Young Master Chen is fine." That agent hurriedly explained, "The doctor said it didn't injure his heart."

"Heart?" Chen Keqing's face went white and her eyes widened. Zhan Zhao was interested in reading her face – This woman was actually quite good looking, the Chen family siblings were all outstanding looking, but the older sister was a bit fierce looking. She should be of a more savage disposition, and quite arrogant.

As Zhan Zhao was sizing her up, he saw that Chen Keqing had seen Yang Fan and her tone eased up a little, asking, "Doctor Yang, what are the specific details?"

Yang Fan said, "Oh, no internal organs were hurt, just puncture wounds, and the arrow is being removed now."

"Arrow?" Chen Keqing froze, and the flash of strangeness in her eyes was accurately caught by Zhan Zhao – well, there seemed to be some kind of story here.

"What arrow?" Chen Keqing asked as she came back to her senses.

"He was shot by a crossbow." Qi Le answered her question, “Hit by an arrow."

Chen Keqing's face instantly turned ugly, then she looked back at Qi Le and the others viciously, "It's all because of hanging out with you guys. I don't know what the hell got into his head to join some band." With that, she gave Chen Yu a cross look, "You don't leave the exquisite food of the mountains and sea to eat some worthless crap."

Chen Yu ground her teeth and grabbed Qi Le who was on fire at the side, signalling – forget it, this is not the time to argue.

"Who's operating on him?" Chen Keqing glared at the agent.

The agent shrank his neck, thinking to himself that she was really a tigress!

Just as everyone was shocked at the terrible temper of this young lady, someone suddenly spoke up quietly, "I thought the roar sounded familiar, but it was you, you're still hysterical at your age? Did you come in through the back door? How many medical malpractices do you have a year?"

The crowd took a deep breath when they heard Ma Xin speaking. She hadn't finished, and slowly continued, "Don't open your mouth and say others are rotten, those who are rotten know who is rotten, others are naive, and you are rotten in your bones."

Zhan Zhao winked at Bai Yutang – good eloquence!

Luo Tian also looked at Ma Xin beside him with some confusion, and Qi Le nodded at Ma Xin, well said!

Zhan Zhao heard something else. Ma Xin seemed to know Chen Keqing and knew a lot about her, was she a classmate?

Chen Keqing was so angry that her face turned pale, and after staring at Ma Xin for a while, she suddenly froze, "You... you are Ma Xin?"

Ma Xin sneered, "Don't yell, I know best how many moves you have, and any doctor would be better than you."

"You..." Chen Keqing choked on a sentence that could not come out of her throat, and could only hold her breath.

Ma Xin smiled and looked away.

Zhan Zhao gently tugged on Bai Yutang and winked at him – Look! The girls are fighting!

Bai Yutang couldn't laugh or cry and looked at the sky, feeling that the scene was a bit chaotic.

Yang Fan asked Ma Xin, "You know each other?"

“En, we used to be together as medical graduate students, but then I transferred to the forensics department with Gongsun." Ma Xin replied.

Chen Keqing gave Ma Xin a very unpleasant look, clutching her arms as she waited on the side, seemingly furious.

Ma Xin went over to block Chen Yu and Qi Le and looked back at Chen Keqing, as if she wasn't happy with her.

Zhan Zhao was somewhat interested in this Chen Keqing, she seemed to know some key clues, at least... the information about the crossbow arrow  startled her.

Ma Xin was waiting when she felt someone gently knock on her shoulder, and when she turned around, she saw Zhan Zhao raise an eyebrow at her.

Ma Xin understood and followed Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, walking to the stairwell to the side.

“Does she have a grudge against you?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

Ma Xin shrugged slightly, "It can't be called a grudge. We were in the same class when we were studying at the medical university. At that time we were called the four beauties of the medical university..."

After Ma Xin finished speaking, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked impressed, so Ma Xin stomped her foot, “Underestimating me!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang hurriedly shook their heads, "No! You're a beautiful woman!"

"Then what?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Is there anything special about her?"

"Special?" Ma Xin nodded seriously, "Especially annoying! I don't know the three of them very well. The three of them used to try to get me into trouble, but I was so well liked that it didn't bother me every time. Chen Keqing is obsessed with being famous, she's a beautiful doctor, relies on her family's money for publicity, and likes to hook up with guys, so her personal life is quite messy. In addition, don't go to her for surgery, her craftsmanship is not as good as that of a cobbler. I had my heart set on Gongsun, and then I came to join the wise monarch! I didn't expect her to actually graduate." 

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt a little amused.

"When I said something about a crossbow and arrow just now, she seemed to react a little!" Zhan Zhao asked Ma Xin, “Did you notice it?"

Ma Xin thought about it and shook her head, "I didn't notice, well, I don't know her, but you guys can go ask her tutor."

"Tutor?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were puzzled.

“En, they should have just graduated from graduate school, same as me. Their tutor is very nice, and she's still sad that I didn't take her subject." Ma Xin said, flipping through the phone book, "Well... but it's been two or three years since I've been in touch. I’ll call her and ask her out for dinner."

Ma Xin smiled and dialled the number. When it connected, she made a small gesture to the two men, leaned to one side and called out sweetly, "Teacher Hao~"

However, Ma Xin stopped speaking after she called out and froze in place as she heard what seemed to be someone talking on the other end of the phone.

"Really?" After a long time, Ma Xin asked incredulously, "How could..."

Finally, the call ended.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang saw that Ma Xin's expression was different, so they went over and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The phone call went to her office, it was her colleague who answered it, saying that Teacher Hao died three years ago..." Ma Xin frowned, “Died in a plane crash... "

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang opened their mouths, wanting to comfort Ma Xin, but seeing her face filled with regret and sadness, they could not say anything, so they reached out and patted her shoulder.

"I changed subjects at the time of my postgraduate examination, but she still chased me and beat me up. I angered her by defecting to the wise monarch, and she was still alive and kicking at that time. Later, I heard that she went abroad for a trip, and after a break and forgetting to contact her, I did not expect..."

"Things in this world are unpredictable." Zhan Zhao comforted Ma Xin while waving to Luo Tian in the distance.

Luo Tian walked over and, seeing Ma Xin's sadness, sat with her to comfort her.

In the distance, Chen Keqing seemed to see it and frowned with an unknown meaning, her eyes meeting Zhan Zhao's exactly at that moment, and he smiled faintly.

Bai Yutang asked in a low voice, "Cat, what did you find out?"

"Well, how can I put it." Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "There's a kind of, mountain rain is coming and the wind is filling the building, bad feeling."

As soon as the words left his mouth, the lights above the operating room went out and the doctor walked out.

"How is he?" The crowd asked the doctor.

“He's fine." The doctor handed the removed arrow to the police, and the crowd couldn't help but frown, wondering how much the person who shot the arrow must hate Chen Kefeng. The tip of the arrow was about three inches long with barbs, which were thin and dense. There was still flesh and blood on it, so he must have suffered a lot the moment it was taken out.

"This kind of arrow is rare." Zhan Zhao took the bag containing the arrow and exchanged a glance with Bai Yutang – It would be a good idea to check the source.

"The patient has woken up, you can ask any questions you have, in any case, it was considered lucky this time." The doctor finished his explanation and left.

Qi Le and the others went in to console him, after all, they were members of the group and had bonded after being together for a long time.

Bai Yutang walked in with the bag, wanting to ask for details.

Zhan Zhao followed behind, subconsciously glancing to the side at Chen Keqing again. He saw her with a disoriented look on her face, her eyes dully, or rather deadly, staring at the bag with the arrow in Bai Yutang's hand – To be precise, she was looking at the crossbow arrow in horror.

Zhan Zhao walked into the ward and raised the corner of his mouth – interesting!

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Translator Notes

Please feel free to comment any mistakes I made so I can improve and do better as I go through the book.

Translated: August 16/17, 2022 by Angel

Edited: September 13, 2022 by Angel