191: Chapter 189: Encounter with the ‘Female Thief’ Again 191: Chapter 189: Encounter with the ‘Female Thief’ Again Linhai Hospital, adjacent to the West District Public Security Bureau, also serves as the government-designated emergency trauma center.
Outside the advanced nursing room 303, two police officers quickly stood up to greet their arrival, “Captain Song.”
“How’s the patient?” Song Qingyu inquired.
“Captain Song, the patient is still resting.
We checked this morning, and everything was exceptionally normal.
The patient’s recovery ability is very strong,” one officer immediately replied.
Song Qingyu nodded, then opened the door with Tangyu and entered.
Upon entering the room, Song Qingyu’s eyebrows furrowed deeply, and she turned to the two officers, demanding, “Where is the person?”
Alarmed by Song Qingyu’s outburst, the two officers jolted and their faces froze in confusion.
They exchanged bewildered glances, and upon looking again into the room, they found it empty.
Their faces drained of color, one exclaimed anxiously, “How could this happen?
We’ve been watching the entire time and haven’t seen anyone leave.
Moreover, this morning we confirmed that the patient was still in bed, not even opening his eyes.
How could he just disappear?”
“Exactly, Captain Song, we haven’t stepped away at all.
It’s impossible.
How could the person vanish?” another officer added.
The two searched the room and quickly confirmed that no one was there.
Finally, they approached the window and said, “Captain Song, the window is open.
The patient must have escaped through here.”
Song Qingyu snorted lightly, “I am well aware.
I saw it already.
No need to state the obvious.
Anyway, this isn’t your fault.
Hurry up and start the search.”
The two officers had no choice but to leave quickly.
After touching the bed and looking out the window, a glint crossed Tangyu’s eyes, and with a light laugh, he said, “The bed has already cooled down.
This is the eighteenth floor; the person must have left about an hour ago.
There’s no use in searching.
With those skills, you’ll have a hard time finding them.” This person really is quite odd.
It seems he holds some secrets unknown to others.
Song Qingyu also shook her head, “This person is indeed strange.
Suffering such severe injuries and yet having the strength to escape.
Could he possibly be a wanted criminal as well?
No, I must look into this when I get back.”
Unable to find the person, Song Qingyu could only return to the police station with Tangyu.
Song Qingyu brought Tangyu straight to the confidential archives room, where she took out several types of drugs, five different kinds in total.
“These are the ones,” Song Qingyu said.
Tangyu began examining the drugs, his brow furrowing slightly, “The toxicity of these drugs is stronger with each iteration.
Apart from their potency, there seems to be an even more violent medicinal property.
It’s clear they are experimenting with poisons, but what could the purpose be?
There are countless deadly poisons in the world, and among the ten ‘Holy Scriptures’ of the Poison Scripture, each is considered the essence of poisons, capable of killing invisibly.
Even the most formidable individuals can be poisoned to death with ease.
If the intention was to poison someone, there would be no need to put it in drugs, right?
Plus, the poisoning is so slow; without consuming large amounts, it wouldn’t even be fatal.
What in the world could the purpose be?”
This question indeed left Tangyu tangled in thought.
For money?
Impossible.
If the Yin Medical Sect was truly behind this, they would likely deem such petty cash insignificant.
With the capabilities of the Yin Medical Sect, even controlling a large conglomerate wouldn’t be an issue.
Besides, the victims of these drugs are generally ordinary people.
Tangyu shook his head, “The Yin Medical Sect has always been unfathomable.
If their motives were so easily guessed, they wouldn’t be known as the Yin Medical Sect.
It seems that we must conduct a thorough investigation.”
After taking a sample of each, Tangyu gathered them up to analyze them more carefully later.
“Here are the files on those people; take a look,” Song Qingyu handed Tangyu several files, which he examined before returning to Song Qingyu.
“Alright, I’ve memorized them.
I will investigate this matter as quickly as possible.
I’m leaving now,” Tangyu announced.
“Hmm, let me see you out,” Song Qingyu offered.
Tangyu had become a regular visitor to the West District Public Security Bureau.
Though this was only his second visit, most of the staff recognized him and were aware of his close relationship with Captain Song Qingyu.
In fact, there were even some rumors circulating about them.
“Let go of me, let me go!
I’ve been wronged; I didn’t steal that wallet.
I’ve told you multiple times; it was that person who framed me.
Why don’t you understand?” Just as they walked out, they heard a girl’s voice.
At the sound of this voice, Tangyu lifted his gaze to see that the speaker was the same girl he had encountered the previous day at the restaurant, the ‘petty thief’.
How did this petty thief get caught again?
The beauty saw Tangyu and immediately implored as if clutching at a lifeline, “Handsome hero, save me!
I’ve been framed.
They’ve arrested the wrong person.”
Song Qingyu’s gaze also fell on the pretty ‘thief’, her eyebrows slightly raising.
Despite her beauty and youthful charm, she looked so innocent, hardly fitting the profile of a thief.
“What’s going on?” Song Qingyu asked the two officers who were detaining the pretty ‘thief’.
“Officer Song, here is what happened: This woman picked someone’s pocket and got caught by the victim on the spot.
We were just patrolling nearby, so we brought her in.
The victim followed us to provide a statement,” a police officer said.
“I didn’t do it, I’ve really been framed, it was that person who set me up.
Heroic handsome man, you must believe me, please help me quickly,” the beauty retorted, pleadingly fixing her gaze on Tangyu.
“Tangyu, do you know her?” Song Qingyu asked.
Tangyu replied, “Can’t say I know her, I’ve seen her once.
She is likely to have been framed.”
“Yes, yes, I’ve been framed, I knew you would understand me,” the beauty said, nodding immediately, a flicker of unusual light in her eyes.
Last time he didn’t believe her, but this time he seemed so sure, even speaking on her behalf.
Naturally, she felt somewhat grateful in her heart.
“Is the situation clear?” Song Qingyu asked, willing to trust Tangyu.
“Officer Song, the situation is quite clear.
The stolen goods were caught on her, and there were several witnesses at the scene.
We also brought back the evidence; this is the wallet found on her.
Moreover, according to an informant, she has a criminal record, so there shouldn’t be a mistake about this case,” another officer explained, producing a wallet from a bag and handing it to Song Qingyu.
“This is simple then; just do a fingerprint test.
If her prints aren’t on it, then she has definitely been framed.
Sometimes, seeing isn’t believing.
She doesn’t look like a thief to me.
We must clarify everything before making a judgment, we can’t wrongfully accuse anyone,” Song Qingyu said, giving Tangyu face.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t bother with such minor cases.
“Ok, Song Qing, we will definitely investigate this thoroughly,” the officer nodded in agreement.
However, the beauty shook her head and said, “Captain Song, fingerprint testing is useless, my fingerprints are on it.
I told you I’ve been framed, I was just picking it up to help someone who dropped the wallet.
I never expected it to end up in my bag later; they are framing me.”
“Oh, then tell me why someone would frame you?” Song Qingyu inquired.
“I don’t know that, maybe because they’re infatuated with my beauty and were harshly rejected by me, so they harbored a grudge.
There can be many reasons.
How could I possibly know?
But I’m definitely being wronged.
Tangyu handsome, I know you’re a good person, you saved me once before, you have to help me this time no matter what, you know I’m being framed,” the beauty pleaded.
“I believe,” Tangyu nodded, words can lie, but the eyes and heart can’t.
Of course, skilled people can deceive even with their eyes, but this young beauty clearly lacked that ability.
Tangyu could still discern whether she was lying.
Song Qingyu cast a surreptitious glance at Tangyu, wondering how this guy always managed to get entangled with beautiful women.
And why did he seem like a different person around them?
Just believing her because of a few words?
At that moment, another police officer walked in with a man in his thirties.
“Are you the victim?” Song Qingyu looked at the man and asked.
The man glared at Song Qingyu before nodding, “Yes, I’m the victim.
She stole my wallet, many people saw it.”
“Humph, you bastard framing me, I didn’t steal your wallet, it was you who set me up,” the beauty snorted, glaring at the man with a hint of anger on her face.
“Humph, now you play the victim?
Don’t think you can twist right and wrong just because you’re pretty.
No matter how beautiful, who says pretty girls can’t be thieves?
Plenty of them would do anything for money.
You got caught red-handed; what else do you have to say,” the man retorted.
Looking sharply at the man, Song Qingyu’s gaze was ice-cold as she pressed, “Are you really sure that she stole your wallet?”
The man was briefly taken aback by Song Qingyu’s questioning but quickly regained his composure and said, “Absolutely, I caught her stealing my wallet right then and there.
Plus, there were lots of witnesses at the scene.
These two officers have already questioned them; they should be the clearest about it.”
Song Qingyu was beginning to feel a headache; this case might be more troublesome than it seemed.
Even if she believed the beauty had been framed, with the evidence caught on her and witnesses corroborating the story, not to mention her fingerprints on the wallet, everything was decidedly not in the woman’s favor.
If nothing unexpected happened, such a minor case would usually lead to a straightforward decision.
At most, it could mean a detention of fifteen days.
The impact on her reputation, though, was a whole other issue.
Tangyu’s lips curved into a slight smile as his gaze swept over the so-called victim.
Struck by Tangyu’s piercing look, the victim felt as if a sharp knife were thrust into his heart, an exceptionally uncomfortable feeling.
His eyes flickered, dodging to one side.
“Are you absolutely sure you caught her stealing your wallet?
And then you apprehended her?” Tangyu asked.
The victim was momentarily startled—why were these two officers insisting on this line of questioning?
Could they be biased toward the woman?
Nevertheless, he felt confident there were no gaps in his story, no chance of a slip-up.
“Yes, I’m very sure, and there are many witnesses at the scene.
You can ask anyone,” he insisted with certainty.