S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 3 Chapter 115

Mad Doctor Murderer 10 – Prank

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Chen Keqing and the two female friends went to the hospital for a full physical examination and there was no sign of poisoning, but they might have some difficulty with eating or other things in the near future.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang waited at the police station, and the three girls were picked up by Luo Tian and the others to be questioned about the situation.

It would be logical that after such an experience, these girls should be very scared and hope that the police will hurry up and find the murderer who scared them.

But Chen Keqing and the girls didn't seem to be.

Chen Keqing, in particular, was very impatient and said she wanted to go home and sleep.

The other two girls seemed to listen to her, and they echoed whatever Chen Keqing said.

Naturally, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were not easy to deceive. They were already suspicious of Chen Keqing, and when they saw this, they guessed that she must be hiding something.

"Have you encountered this kind of prank before?" Zhan Zhao asked Chen Keqing.

Chen Keqing shook her head, "No."

"Then why doesn't it seem to surprise you at all?" Bai Yutang asked, "Aren't you scared?"

"Scared?" Chen Keqing smiled, "Officer Bai, all three of us are medical students. Right! It was a bit disgusting at first, but there's actually no difference between human flesh and pork in terms of composition, so if you eat it, just eat it, we doctors have strong nerves."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly and winked at Bai Yutang – you hear that, cleanliness and all that is just a floating cloud!

Bai Yutang was speechless, and then asked, "Did you offend anyone? Although human flesh and pork have the same ingredients, there is still a difference between a dead person and a dead pig."

Chen Keqing looked at the two people around her, and with a twinkle in her eye, she raised an eyebrow, "Yes! I have my suspect, it's your police station's forensic pathologist Ma Xin!"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao froze and looked at each other, puzzled, "Ma Xin?"

“That’s right! Firstly, she is a forensic pathologist and has access to body parts. Secondly, she has a problem with us." Chen Keqing replied, "So officer, should you arrest her immediately and bring her back for questioning?"

Bai Yutang frowned, she was playing a trick, while Zhan Zhao smiled, "What kind of problem is it?"

Chen Keqing shrugged, "It's just that we don't like each other and friction happens from time to time, she is very bold as you know!"

"I heard that you once had the same teacher, named Hao, who later died in a plane crash.” Zhan Zhao changed his words.

Chen Keqing frowned slightly, and the two girls around her looked at each other, then looked at her a little nervously.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were so sharp that they could tell at a glance that these three girls cared a lot about Teacher Hao's plane crash.

"Call Ma Xin to come, right?" Zhan Zhao took out his phone.

"Ugh, forget it." Chen Keqing stopped, "What I just said was angry words, it's not possible that it was her after not seeing her for all those years."

"Angry words mean false accusations?" Bai Yutang didn't let this go, “Giving a false testimony is a very serious crime."

“I’ve been drinking too much and am talking nonsense, okay?" Chen Keqing's brutal nature came to the forefront and she argued, "I've just been stimulated, can’t you have some compassion?!"

"But you just said that doctors' nerves are strong." Zhan Zhao's smile narrowed, "Or are you hiding something?"

"No." Chen Keqing hurriedly shook her head.

Zhan Zhao took out the arrow that had shot Chen Kefeng earlier and placed it on the table.

The moment the arrow was placed on the table, Zhan Zhao saw Chen Keqing's face change, while the faces of the two girls beside her could even be described as miserably pale.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang confirmed that these people knew where the arrow came from, they just refused to say anything. During this conversation, Zhan Zhao did not talk about Lan Qi, as he did not want the other party to have too much information.

"My head hurts so much..." At this time, Chen Keqing pretended to be sick, "I have to work tomorrow, I can't stay up late! Officer ah, we are the victims, why are you guys acting like you are interrogating us?"

"That's right!" The other two girls also started complaining.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both laughed, they wanted to cover it up, but this time there was not much room to ask, so they let them go back first.

"This is my business card." Bai Yutang handed over three business cards, "If you guys think of anything, or if you find anything or are in danger, call this number."

"Can I ask you out if it's not business?" The three girls asked him with a smirk.

Bai Yutang pointed to the ring on his left middle finger and told them to hurry home.

The three girls walked away, and although they still had smiles on their faces. Zhan Zhao shook his head as he watched them running away. When they went out, they ran into Luo Tian and Ma Xin, who was yawning and holding Luo Tian and pouting about being hungry.

The crowd met and Chen Keqing and the others looked a little embarrassed as Luo Tian went to buy food for Ma Xin, just in time to send the three of them down.

"What do they have to do with what happened back then?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao as the elevator door closed.

Zhan Zhao nodded. Jiang Ping had already found out about the three and sent the information over. Seeing Ma Xin yawning, he grabbed a packet of coffee and gave it to her.

"Xin Xin, aren't you supposed to be at home?" Bai Yutang frowned.

"Oh, Gongsun just called to tell me about that prank, I couldn't help it, it was too funny so I made it over to work overtime." Ma Xin waved the instant coffee in her hand, "Who did that? Adding tongue to rice, it's so mean."

"By the way, you know all three of them?" Zhan Zhao asked curiously.

"Yes, I didn't say this, but the three girls always tried to mess with me before, just the three of them." Ma Xin then yawned. "To be honest, when I heard that someone was playing a prank like that, I almost fell over laughing at home."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at her helplessly.

Ma Xin hurriedly covered her mouth, "I know, I know, police officers should be fair and upright." She said this while the smile at the corner of her mouth continued to look happy.

"Apart from Chen Keqing, one is called Xue Qin and the other is Yu Xiaofeng, can you comment on them?" Zhan Zhao asked Ma Xin, “You have basically commented on Chen Keqing before and I've gotten to know her a bit, but the other two seem to listen to her, don't they?"

“En, that's right, Chen Keqing is the boss because her family is very well off, so she grew up acting like the boss and likes people to listen to her." Ma Xin thought for a moment, "I only know their general situation. Xue Qin got slightly better grades, not as unreliable as Chen Keqing, but I heard she switched to psychology afterwards."

"Oh?" Zhan Zhao was interested in this change, "Switching from clinical medicine to psychology? You'd have to study all over again! It takes five years to study medicine, wouldn't it be a shame to give up on a master's degree?"

"Well, I don't know exactly." Ma Xin shrugged, "You're an authority on psychology, have you heard of her? Maybe she studied social psychology for a year or two and then switched to charity work or something? Or educational psychology to do early childhood training or something... She is considered the better-hearted of the three, but has little initiative and is used to being called on by Chen Keqing."

"What about the other one, Yu Xiaofeng?" Zhan Zhao then asked.

"Yu Xiaofeng is quite pretty and loves the limelight. I can’t say how bad she is, but she's a snob and loves vanity." Ma Xin thought about it, "I'm not really sure what happened to her afterwards, but it seems that she is not a doctor."

“Basically, if you study medicine, you will be a doctor, right? Except for those like you who switched to forensic medicine?" Bai Yutang asked.

"That's right, otherwise what else can you do? That's the difference between arts and science students, those who study physics can't do chemistry, but those who study English can do Chinese!" Ma Xin wrinkled her nose, "But girls in science and technology are better at finding boyfriends, because boys have more resources than girls!"

"You were one of the four school flowers back in the day, so there should have been many people chasing after you, right?" Zhan Zhao was suddenly interested, "Did you have any emotional disputes with them at that time?"

"Not at all." Ma Xin shook her head boldly, "I'm demanding, you know I'm only cute for older men, those youngsters at school are not mature enough."

"So are there any emotional disputes between the three of them?" Zhan Zhao seemed to be very interested in those three girls.

Ma Xin frowned and thought for half a day, "Well... I really didn't notice any, I don't pay much attention to this, ah, but I keep the Q group of my original classmates, so I can go and gossip a bit. The three of them are also considered popular figures, and my classmates probably know a lot."

"Very good!" Zhan Zhao took Ma Xin's instant coffee and cup and made her a cup, "Give me the results of the gossip as soon as possible!"

Ma Xin nodded, took the cup, and barged into the forensic room. Gongsun was busy and said, "Xin Xin, help me check the DNA of the tongues."

"A lot of shredded tongues." Ma Xin was a little worried, "And it's in vomit, there will be bile and mucus from the stomach, it may not be possible to test it all."

"Try your best. I've already done the finger and toe, and guess what?"

"What?” Ma Xin blinked.

Gongsun took out several DNA data sheets and compared them, showing them to Ma Xin, "The skin on that super-patchwork corpse we found last time all correspond to the fingertips and toes!"

Ma Xin was startled, "Huh?! That means that the one who scared the three of them was the same Dr. K who made the corpse?"

"Dr. K?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who had come to the door to spy on the results, heard the name and couldn't help but be curious.

"The nickname we gave him." Gongsun said, "K is the beginning letter of killer."

"There was formalin residue on the fingers and toes." Gongsun told Zhan Zhao, "It's all been treated with antiseptic, the same as the skin."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both nodded – was it really just a prank?

'Ding', the elevator door at the stairway opened and footsteps came through.

"This footstep sound?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang pricked up their ears.

At the same time, the door was pushed open and Bai Jintang walked in with a box. Seeing everyone there, he frowned, "Your work time rate and economic return rate are too disproportionate, it's simply cheap labour!"

The crowd looked at him with contempt, "Ideals, ideals! Hobby, hobby!"

Bai Jintang was silent for a moment, "Your ideals and hobbies are also too different from those of normal people!"

"What are you talking about?" Gongsun took the box and opened it. Seeing that inside was his favourite mac and cheese, he smiled, cupped his chin and asked, "Do you have a problem with my ideals and hobbies?"

"Nope." Bai Jintang immediately shook his head without principle, "You're right about everything!"

At the door, there was another knock and Luo Tian walked in with a hot dog from the kiosk downstairs that Ma Xin loved, "Xin Xin, hot dog."

Ma Xin went over to take it and took a bite as Luo Tian poured her tea, "Is it enough to eat? A little after three o'clock there will be small wontons for sale."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang watched from the sidelines, narrowing their eyes – both pairs were so in love!

"Ahem." Bai Yutang coughed, suddenly feeling as if he had been dragging Zhan Zhao to work and hadn't relaxed for a long time. He really should find a chance to take a holiday and rest.

“Everyone was sent away?" Zhan Zhao didn't care too much and asked Luo Tian.

“En, three separate taxis were called, going in the same direction." Luo Tian was still very attentive and told Zhan Zhao the details that he noticed.

"Oh?" Zhan Zhao found it interesting, "The same direction? Usually three people would take the same car and get off at different places, right? Or do they live a long way apart?"

"Well... this kind of thing is standard profiling practice." Ma Xin shook her head, “Best friends are basically stuck together and inseparable. It’s so late, what's the harm in staying together in the nearest house?"

"They were still eating and bar-hopping together before." Zhan Zhao said, "There's something deliberately evasive about it. Afraid we'll find something in common?"

"It's indeed suspicious." Bai Yutang saw that it was getting late, so he said, "We should sleep, let's go home and rest first, we'll talk about it in the morning."

The crowd nodded and dispersed. Gongsun and Ma Xin had to clean up a bit more, while Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao left first. When they returned home, it was nearly midnight.

As soon as Zhan Zhao leaned back on the bed, he was too lazy to move.

Bai Yutang laid down next to him, "Cat, are you tired?"

"Not too tired." Zhan Zhao felt something furry bumping him twice, and when he looked back, he saw that it was the little lion and Lu Ban.

"You two were woken up by us?" Zhan Zhao reached out and hugged them with.

Bai Yutang looked at him with his chin propped up, "I think we should rest for a while."

"Indeed, if we don't rest, I guess we're going to be overly fatigued and it will affect our working condition." Zhan Zhao agreed and winked at Bai Yutang, "When this case is over, let's throw away our phones, go on a trip, and play with them for a month!"

"Meow..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had reached a deal and were planning where to go when they heard a cat meow.

Both of them looked at Lisbon, who was playing with the little one's ears on his back, and it didn't seem like they were meowing...

“No way?" Bai Yutang looked at the sky, “Is it the phone again?"

"It's a text message, huh? To say good night?” Zhan Zhao got under the covers, "Don't let it be Bao Sir, I want to sleep."

Bai Yutang reached out and fished his phone out of his jacket pocket, and there was indeed a text message.

When he opened it, he saw an unfamiliar number, which read – I have something to tell you, can we meet alone? I'm scared now, can you protect me if I tell you?

It was signed – Xue Qin.

"Cat." Bai Yutang called out.

Although Zhan Zhao was sleepy, he still heard the seriousness within Bai Yutang's voice and came over to look, "Xue Qin? Ma Xin said she was the more proper one, perhaps she wants to confess. Ask her where she is, we'll go right away!"

Bai Yutang texted back, asking – Where are you? We'll be right there.

A few moments later, an address came back, which was the same as the one Jiang Ping had found; Xue Qin's home address.

When Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao had also gotten up, he said, "Cat, why don't I go and fetch her?"

"No, I'd rather go with you, I don't feel at ease when you're alone." Zhan Zhao quickly put on his jacket, not remembering that he was sleepy, and went downstairs with Bai Yutang, going out just in time for Bai Jintang and Gongsun to return.

"Going out again, huh?" Bai Jintang frowned, "World peace doesn't depend on you two alone, why are you even putting your lives on the line?"

"That, the situation is urgent, let's talk about it when we get back." Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang got into the car and drove away.

Bai Jintang looked at the sky. Gongsun knew he felt sorry for his brother, so he reached out and tugged on his tie to pull him into the house.

Bai Yutang drove Zhan Zhao to the location Xue Qin had given, a high-end residential building in the city. She lived on the twelfth floor. When the two of them got out of the elevator, they saw the door of Xue Qin's house open and immediately had a bad feeling. Xue Qin is a woman and she is currently in such a scared state, would she wait for them with the door open?

Zhan Zhao was about to walk forward when suddenly, Bai Yutang pulled him back.

Zhan Zhao was stunned, only to see Bai Yutang reach out and point to the strip of light at the crack of the door... only to see a dark shadow shifting inside – there was someone inside the house!

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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: September 1, 2022 by Angel

Edited: September 27, 2022 by Angel