gentry

Chapter 62 The Disappearing Patient

In the corridor of the inpatient department of Beiqiao Mental Hospital, Luo Fei, Qin Xiaoman and Benjamin walked behind the hospital doctor Han Ningsheng in a white coat.Several people passed through several layers of iron fence doors and came to the ward area.In the surrounding wards, patients stretched out their hands to several people from time to time.Xiaoman nervously watched the dull or silly faces staring at her like that, always feeling uncomfortable.

Luo Fei, who was looking around, looked at Xiaoman at this time, and couldn't help teasing: "What? Detective Qin is also afraid sometimes?"

Xiaoman gave Luo Fei a blank look: "Nonsense!"

"Nonsense!" At this time, a patient at the door next to him also imitated Xiaoman and said.

Xiaoman was frightened by the sound and jumped to the side, and was supported by Benjamin.

"It's okay, this is just an ordinary ward, there is no danger." Benjamin said comfortingly.

"Mr. Forensic Doctor is right." Han Ningsheng, who was leading the way, looked back at the three of them, "I'm really impressed with the person you mentioned. When she was delivered, her eardrum was punctured, and the damage was serious. It doesn't work."

"Now, how is she recovering?" Xiaoman asked after Han Ningsheng followed closely.

"Are you asking about the ears or the spirit?" Han Ningsheng said indifferently.

"I want to know." Xiaoman said immediately.

Han Ningsheng sighed: "Ear, it should be completely useless. As for the mental state, it is still like a little white rabbit, especially afraid of trouble."

Afterwards, the four of them turned into the corridor on the right, and the surrounding gradually became quieter.

"Did the victim's eardrum undergo a medical appraisal? Maybe there is a possibility of repair." Benjamin asked.

"When this person was sent in, Inspector Ouyang from your patrol room repeatedly emphasized that it must be protected and kept secret, so we invited several of the best ear doctors in Shanghai to see her, and they all said that the treatment Not good." Han Ningsheng shrugged after finishing speaking.

Luo Fei stopped suddenly at this moment, and started a series of cross-examinations: "The best ear doctors? How many? Are they all registered?"

Han Ningsheng scratched his head and thought about it carefully: "I don't remember clearly. After all, it has been so many years, and the register may be hard to find, but I remember there are at least three or more, maybe four, maybe five."

"Luo Fei, you doubt..."

"That's right." Luo Fei immediately nodded towards Xiaoman, "Pretending to be an ear doctor is the best way for the murderer to get in touch with this victim."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Han Ningsheng looked suspicious: "What murderer? What victim?"

"Inspector Ouyang didn't tell you?" Xiaoman looked at Han Ningsheng strangely.

Han Ningsheng shook his head blankly: "No, Inspector Ouyang was very mysterious when he handed over this patient to us, and he hardly spoke to us, but Inspector Ouyang had the approval from the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, so we accepted her."

Afterwards, Han Ningsheng brought the three of them to a small meeting room.

As soon as Luo Fei, Qin Xiaoman and Benjamin entered the door, they saw a long-haired woman lying on the table. They didn't feel anyone coming in and approaching her.

Han Ningsheng put his hands into his white coat, walked up to the woman, turned to the three of them helplessly and said, "She is An Ping, you can ask whatever you want, but I don't think I can ask anything."

After Han Ningsheng finished speaking, he patted the shoulder of the long-haired woman lightly.An Ping raised her head slowly, and saw three strangers standing in front of her staring at her. She was terrified, and then screamed and straightened up, fell to the ground, and curled up into a ball.

The three of them exchanged glances, and were a little surprised by An Ping's state.

So, as a girl, Xiaoman first walked over slowly, came to Anping's side, bent down to let Anping see her face: "Miss An, we are here to help you..."

"Xiaoman." Benjamin interrupted Xiaoman's words, "She can't hear, she writes."

Xiaoman then took out his notebook and wrote on it: We are police detectives, are you Wang Xueru?Then tore it off and handed it to An Ping.

Han Ningsheng looked at the note and nodded suddenly: "So her name is Wang Xueru."

"Don't be afraid, we are from the police station." Xiaoman said again looking at An Ping's face.

To Xiaoman's surprise, the long-haired woman in front of her took the paper and read it, then suddenly tore off the paper, and then stuffed the scraps of paper into her mouth.

Seeing this, Han Ningsheng, who was experienced, grabbed her hands and began to pull the confetti out of his mouth.

After An Ping spat out the scraps of paper, she immediately lay down on the table and began to cry.Han Ningsheng reached out and grabbed An Ping's arm, trying to make An Ping sit up.However, An Ping kept struggling, but refused to raise her head.

"Don't move! Doctor Han, just grab her hand like this!"

Luo Fei stopped Han Ningsheng, and slowly approached Anping, knelt down to observe her hands, lifted her long hair, and looked at her ears.Then he nodded to Han Ningsheng: "OK, let her go."

"Luo Fei, did you find anything?" Xiaoman immediately leaned over and asked.

Luo Fei didn't answer Xiaoman first, but stared at Han Ningsheng closely, and said with a sneer, "Doctor Han, where is the real Wang Xueru?"

Han Ningsheng was taken aback, and looked at Luo Fei inexplicably: "She is the woman that Inspector Ouyang sent to recuperate five years ago."

Luo Fei shook his head: "This woman has a deep mark on her ring finger, which is caused by wearing a ring for a long time. But the real Wang Xueru is not only unmarried, but doesn't even have a boyfriend. How could there be a ring mark on her hand?"

Han Ningsheng hastily explained: "Mr. Luo should have never seen Wang Xueru's hand, right? Could the imprint on her hand be an ancestral ring, not a wedding ring?"

"Don't worry." Luo Fei waved his hand with a sneer, and stretched out two fingers, "Let's hear the second doubt. Almost all female patients in mental hospitals have short hair, which can avoid the potential threat of self-harm with long hair, but why does this patient But with long hair? When I lifted her hair, I knew."

Luo Fei walked to the side of the woman curled up at the table, pointed to her side face and said, "Because the real Wang Xueru wears earrings and has pierced ears, and although this patient's earlobe also has an obvious earlobe However, there are many stab wounds around the ear piercing. It should be that the ear piercing was forcibly pierced against her unwillingness, but she did not expect to leave the stab wound marks, so the purpose of you letting this patient grow long hair , just to cover her earlobes."

Han Ningsheng nodded thoughtfully: "Could it be that she pierced her ears when she was sick? You know that patients are often unconscious when they are sick, and they will do a lot of incredible things."

Luo Fei put his hands behind his back and approached Han Ningsheng with a helpless face: "It's incredible that Dr. Han is so sophistry. But it also makes me sure of one thing, that is, you, Han Ningsheng, must have a great relationship with Wang Xueru's whereabouts."

Han Ningsheng unknowingly took a step back: "Mr. Luo, I'm just proposing some possibilities. You can't guarantee that these things will never happen, can you?"

"If there is one coincidence, I will go to research. If there are two coincidences, I don't really believe it is a coincidence." Luo Fei immediately raised three fingers, "And when there are three coincidences, it is really not a coincidence. gone."

Han Ningsheng's eyelids trembled slightly: "Three?"

"Did this woman accidentally put on the wrong clothes?" Luo Fei asked.

Han Ningsheng was taken aback: "Clothes?"

"There is a number on her chest, 17081501. Dr. Han should know the meaning of this number, right?" Luo Fei's tone turned into a persuasive question.

At this time, Han Ningsheng just stood there, gritted his teeth and stared at Luo Fei, without making a sound.

"One seven, it shouldn't mean [-], it's too long ago. Then what does this one seven mean? I remembered that when I came in just now, all the patient numbers I saw along the way started with nine. There are ones starting with six, and ones starting with zero and eight. But none of them are over twenty."

"Twenty?" Benjamin couldn't help frowning when he heard this. "I know this. This mental hospital has only been established for 19 years, and next year it will be 20 years old."

"What Benjamin said is very important." Luo Fei nodded to Benjamin, and then said to Xiaoman with a smile, "Xiaoman, since you like to reason, do you see anything from these clothes numbers? "

Qin Xiaoman bit her lip and glared at Luo Fei: "Hey, didn't I mistake dog hair and cat hair? Why did you mention it when you got the chance?"

"The clothes numbers here all have eight digits. Among them, the third and fourth digits do not exceed twelve, and the fifth and sixth digits do not exceed 31. What does that mean?" Luo Fei reminded again.

Only then did Qin Xiaoman suddenly realize: "I see, the third and fourth digits are months, so there are no more than twelve. The fifth and sixth digits are dates, so there are no more than 31."

Luo Fei nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, Xiaoman, you're not too stupid."

"Not too stupid?" Xiaoman curled her lips, "...Is this a compliment to me?"

"Isn't it a boast?" Luo Fei smiled slightly and continued to reason, "Now we know that the third and fourth digits of the number are the month, and the fifth and sixth digits are the date. I speculate that the seventh and eighth digits may be the number of people admitted to the hospital on that day. So what are number one and number two?"

"Year!" Xiaoman blurted out.

"That's right, the difference is the year." Luo Fei snapped his fingers, "So I said that this female patient's number starts with 1912, which makes me feel very strange, it can't be 1913, and the age doesn't match. But as long as When we look at the other numbers here, it is easy to find that the beginning of all the numbers is not greater than 1914, indicating that the year is arranged in another form, just like the current Republic of China, [-] is the first year of the Republic of China, [-] is called the second year of the Republic of China, [-] is the third year of the Republic of China, and so on.”

Benjamin hugged his shoulders and looked at Luo Fei suspiciously: "You mean if the patient admitted next year will be numbered 20? This year it will be 19?"

Luo Fei pointed to the number on the woman's hospital gown and said: "This female patient's number is [-], which means she was admitted to the hospital the year before last. But the real Wang Xueru came in five years ago, the first two of the number It should be one or four."

"Han Ningsheng, where is the real Wang Xueru?!" Qin Xiaoman asked Han Ningsheng sharply
Han Ningsheng suddenly lowered his head weakly: "Miss An, she...she died of illness two years ago."

Luo Fei sneered: "I don't believe it."

(End of this chapter)