S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 5 Chapter 92

Countdown from the Murderer 22 – True Face

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Under Eleven's unintentional reminder, the crowd used that killer's photo to try their luck in the mental hospital's patient data, and the result was that they really found him!

"Su Li." Jiang Ping read the killer's patient record, "Severe paranoia plus violent tendencies... It's a bit interesting, his case record is similar to Qian Yu's. Before entering the hospital they both attended private clinics."

"Did both of them go to Mark Fan?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"I don't know. There's nothing in Mark Fan's records, and the hospital's records don't mention Mark Fan, it seems like they're deliberately concealing it."

"Isn't this patient very dangerous?" Bai Yutang was puzzled, "Why would the mental hospital release him?

Jiang Ping shook his head, also expressing confusion, "I tried searching for the name 'Su Li', but couldn't find anything. I found a scanned image only through facial recognition and image search. There is no other information available!"

"What kind of mental hospital is this?" Bai Yutang asked Jiang Ping to investigate the background of this mental hospital.

"It's a research hospital. Several big pharmaceutical companies have projects, but the main direction is mental illness... er."

Before Jiang Ping finished speaking, a search result suddenly popped up on the screen.

"Wow!" Jiang Ping shouted, catching the attention of Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao.

The two of them moved over to take a look and saw that a picture popped up, it was a resume.

And the picture on the resume, was exactly that food delivery boy.

"His original name is Sun Xi, he was a nurse at the hospital, but he resigned." Jiang Ping used the same method to investigate the food delivery boy, and as luck would have it, he was also a member of the hospital staff.

"There's definitely something wrong with this hospital." Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao exchanged a look – It was necessary to check it out.

"Should we go to the hospital first or interrogate Wang Meiyun and Su Li first?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang for his opinion.

Bai Yutang thought for a moment, and whispered, "I kind of want to go to that hospital at night."

Zhan Zhao found it a bit exciting, "To catch the monster in the corner?"

Bai Yutang smiled, "It would be great if I could catch it, but I'm afraid it won't come out."

Zhan Zhao laughed.

At this time, the phone rang, there was good news from Luo Tian's side. They found the delivery box that was casually thrown away by the delivery boy, the forensics department has already taken it back to extract the fingerprints, and there will be news soon.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both very happy. If the fingerprint comparison was successful, then this former hospital nurse, Sun Xi, was the suspect who killed Mark Fan.

But right now, the crowd couldn't figure out what this nurse had to do with the pharmacist. Why could they find the pharmacist if they caught him?

Before Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went to the interrogation room, they asked Jiang Ping to check if there was any relationship between Sun Xi and Mark Fan.

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The second person that SCI had to interrogate today was Wang Meiyun.

Wang Chao and Zhang Long had already brought Wang Meiyun into the interrogation room.

Wang Meiyun sat calmly. After a night of tossing and turning yesterday, she probably didn't have a good rest either, and she looked a little haggard.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked into the interrogation room. They looked at the big celebrity who had recently appeared glamorous on television but was now sitting in the interrogation room without makeup, she appeared so ordinary.

The two also could not help but feel a little saddened. Why on earth would it come to this? Was it because those paintings compelled her?

They sat down opposite Wang Meiyun.

Zhan Zhao opened the folder in his hand and took out a few photos to show her.

These were the photos of Wang Meiyun's house, capturing those paintings, but of course, they were all fake paintings.

Sure enough, once the originally expressionless Wang Meiyun saw the photos, her expression changed. She looked confused, frowning as she looked at the photos, and then her breathing started to become rapid, as if her emotions were somewhat out of control.

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, feeling that something wasn't quite right, but still put away all the photos.

In the next room, through the glass, Zhao Jue also saw this scene. He stroked his chin and let out a "hmm".

Ma Han and Zhao Hu both glanced at him, but Zhao Jue didn't say anything after that.

After waiting for a while, Wang Meiyun seemed to have stabilised a little.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao nodded slightly, signalling – It should be fine.

Bai Yutang took out Sun Xi's photo and showed it to her.

Wang Meiyun glanced at it and shook her head, saying that she hadn't seen this person before.

"Then how about this one?" Bai Yutang took out Sun Xi's resume. In this photo, Sun Xi was wearing the clothes of a nurse.

Wang Meiyun froze slightly, seemingly remembering something, then nodded, "I may have seen them..."

"Have you been to this hospital?" Bai Yutang took out a picture of the exterior of that mental hospital and showed it to Wang Meiyun.

Wang Meiyun sighed, "My older sister has stayed there."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both froze, remembering that Wang Meiyun's older sister what more or less connected to this case.

"Your older sister, Fang Qing?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Is she the original owner of your first Flower Vine J painting?"

Wang Meiyun nodded, "She had problems with her mental condition for a while before and was hospitalised for a while. I went to see her twice, and it seems like I've seen this nurse."

Bai Yutang took out the picture of the assassin Su Li and asked her, "This person, was it Mark Fan who introduced him to you?"

Wang Meiyun nodded, "This is the messenger."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also remembered that Wang Meiyun's mother had said before that she had seen Wang Meiyun call this person 'messenger'.

"What does that mean?" Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, "Where was the messenger sent from?"

Wang Meiyun said faintly, "Another world."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao both looked at her, which meant – Could you be more specific?

Wang Meiyun turned her head, looked at the empty wall next to her, and said to herself, "You wouldn't understand."

Bai Yutang felt that this person didn't look too genuine either, so he turned his face to look at Zhan Zhao – Cat, is she under the influence of something?

Zhan Zhao had thought so before, but now he felt that Wang Meiyun's condition was more complicated.

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao took out the photo of the hidden safe that had been opened in Wang Meiyun's house again and showed it to her.

"What was hidden in this safe?"

Wang Meiyun stared at that photo for a while before suddenly screaming.

Her voice startled both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and the microphone in front of the one-way mirror next to them directly broke, startling Zhao Hu, who was drinking milk tea, so much so that his milk tea spewed out of his nose.

On the side, Ma Han disgustedly gave him a napkin.

Zhao Jue covered his ears and ran out.

Gongsun and Ma Xin in the forensic room also heard the commotion and both came out to have a look.

In the interrogation room, Wang Meiyun looked like she was greatly stimulated, as if a switch had been flipped, and that scream was heartbreaking.

Bai Yutang pointed at Wang Meiyun to Zhan Zhao – Is she crazy?

Zhan Zhao looked at Wang Meiyun, who was screaming and rolling on the ground, but his expression was a bit complicated.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Ma Xin opened the door and stood in the doorway with a medicine box, as if asking – Do you want to sedate her?

Bai Yutang also thought that Wang Meiyun might need it. Her voice was hoarse, was it okay to keep screaming like that?

Zhan Zhao, however, waved his hand at Ma Xin, signalling – No need.

Ma Xin then retreated, but before she closed the door, Zhan Zhao said, "Help me get two bottles of water."

Ma Xin was a little confused, but still went out and grabbed two bottles of mineral water.

Zhan Zhao gestured for Bai Yutang to sit down and sat down himself. He opened the water and took a sip, then raised his hand to look at his watch.

Wang Meiyun was still struggling and screaming on the ground, looking extremely distressed.

This screaming had already attracted the attention of the entire floor, even the floors above and below them had heard the commotion and were asking what was going on with SCI? Did they capture a siren?

Bai Yutang saw the expression on Zhan Zhao's face, so he also endured the ear-piercing screams and sat down.

Zhan Zhao continued to drink water.

At this time, Wang Meiyun's screaming was suddenly interrupted. She coughed twice and clambered to her feet.

Zhan Zhao opened a bottle of water and handed it to her.

Wang Meiyun seemed to have dried out her throat from shouting and started coughing. And ever since she saw Zhan Zhao start drinking water, she felt that her throat was itchy and she couldn't shout anymore.

Wang Meiyun took the water that Zhan Zhao handed her and drank two mouthfuls before she eased up.

Bai Yutang watched her actions and felt that one of her remarks was correct, she was indeed following the acting path.

Next door, Zhao Hu felt like he already had tinnitus, pressing his ears and asking, "So did she do it on purpose just now? Was it an act?"

Ma Han nodded and looked at Zhao Jue who ran back with his ears covered.

Zhao Jue shook his head in disgust, "Who taught her to act crazy like that..."

Ma Han remembered something, "She acted as a mental patient in a previous TV series, maybe it's an acting skill that she practised back then."

Zhao Hu and Zhao Jue both looked at Ma Han curiously – You actually watched the TV show she acted in? Does Jiayi know?

Ma Han glanced at the two gossiping people, "Jiayi lost an award to her before. She's been complaining at home every day... even watched that drama series again, saying what acting skills? It's all fake!"

Zhao Hu and Zhao Jue could both imagine Chen Jiayi's upset appearance.

Zhao Hu was quite curious and asked Zhao Jue, "Then how can you tell she's pretending to be crazy?"

Zhao Jue somewhat disgustedly pointed at Wang Meiyun who was trying to drink water, "The nature of this acting is too strong. The big star is right, her acting skills are average, very artificial."

Ma Han took out his cell phone and sent this comment from Zhao Jue to Jiayi.

Jiayi instantly replied with a large heart plus a flying kiss.

Zhao Hu and Zhao Jue both looked at Ma Han – Oh! So you're like this Xiao Ma Ge!

In the interrogation room, Wang Meiyun felt that she wasn't quite on top of her game, and her throat was itchy no matter how much water she drank.

Feeling uncomfortable, she asked Zhan Zhao, "What's going on?"

Zhan Zhao picked up the mineral water bottle and took two sips for himself.

Strangely enough, as she watched Zhan Zhao drink the water, Wang Meiyun suddenly felt that her throat wasn't itchy anymore.

She reached out and touched her neck, frowning in confusion.

"It's not that simple to pretend to be crazy." Zhan Zhao said, "Trying to escape your guilt by pretending to be crazy won't work."

Wang Meiyun froze.

Zhan Zhao reminded her, "Once you enter the stage of psychiatric evaluation, there will be many professional doctors like me to determine if you are sick or not. Even if you are the queen of the cinema, you won't be able to last more than three minutes before you will be exposed."

Wang Meiyun sat there dejectedly.

After a while, she slowly raised her head. At this time, her expression looked completely different. She sneered and looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and her eyes had an inexplicable, eerie feeling.

"Shit!"

In the next room, Zhao Hu couldn't help but say, "This woman is a bit scary!"

Bai Yutang also frowned – This atmosphere was completely different from before.

Zhan Zhao's expression also grew serious. He originally felt that Wang Meiyun's transformation might have something to do with being subjected to a series of psychological suggestions, but now it seems that...

"Hehe."

When Ma Han and Zhao Hu heard the cold laughter, they both turned their heads to look at Zhao Jue who was standing between the two of them.

The corner of Zhao Jue's mouth slightly picked up an arc, "This is her true face... She is not bewitched by evil, but attracted to evil."

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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: March 23, 2024 by Angel

Edited: August 13, 2024 by Angel