Chapter 1187: Chapter 1186: Morgue Security Guards in Trouble
After escorting Liu Lingxiu back to Daqing Supermarket, it was already past eight in the evening, and Ye Qiu first returned to Peach Blossom Spring Villa.
Upon returning to the villa’s first floor, he didn’t see his parents or sister. Upstairs in the room, Xia Jing lay on the bed, still in a state of suspended animation.
Originally, Ye Qiu wanted to take her to a hotel, but there were too many people there, and the hotel staff would be curious about him carrying someone like that, which would only cause more trouble.
Descending from upstairs, until ten o’clock in the evening, Ye Qiu took a bath, then got in the car and drove towards the Affiliated Hospital.
According to Ye Qiu’s guess, the Witch Gu culprit behind all this would appear tonight.
So now he had to wait.
After parking the car, Ye Qiu did not get out of it.
Now that Ma Bing had been reassigned to guard the Morgue, other security guards were in place here. Those guards saw Ma Bing, who had transformed from an ordinary contract guard into a permanent one, which was certainly different.
They were very enthusiastic.
However, Ye Qiu waited in the car and didn’t pay attention to those guards.
Until the late hours of midnight, Ye Qiu was still waiting in the car.
...
"Senior brother, are we making a move tonight?"
The middle-aged man inquired.
"Make a move."
The ghastly looking, emaciated old man with sunken eyes replied.
The two quietly approached the Affiliated Hospital. At this time, although ambulances still occasionally came and went at the hospital at night, and some patients were rushed for emergency treatment,
it was far less crowded than during the day. Fewer doctors and nurses were around; most were resting, leaving only those on night duty.
They were already very familiar with the Morgue. According to their intel, Xia Jing’s body was now placed in the Morgue’s room number one.
However, to determine exactly which freezer it was in, they still had to check.
The fourth-floor Morgue had a total of eight rooms, partly containing newly deceased patients and others that had been unclaimed for a long time, now preserved in freezers.
Apart from Ma Bing, who was the only guard watching the Morgue, there were four other security guards who took turns watching.
On the fourth floor, there was also an office where these guards could rest.
They could occasionally sit, have a cup of tea, as watching over was quite tiring.
At this moment, Ma Bing and two other guards were chatting, while the other two guards went out to patrol.
Every morgue room needed to be checked, since occasional incidents like power outages could cause the ice to melt, potentially leading to the bodies rotting inside.
The two guards sitting with Ma Bing had worked there for many years and had seen every kind of body, even some disgusting ones from car accident fatalities.
However, they had grown indifferent to it all.
Ma Bing, being new, would initially feel nauseated at first sight.
"Brother Ma, I’m a bit envious of you, getting transferred here just because you know Dr. Ye."
"Haven’t you two been working here all along?"
Ma Bing asked.
The two indeed had worked a long time, but they had to use considerable resources and connections to get the position.
Of course, aside from the good salary and benefits with a guaranteed position, they also had extra income from the belongings of the deceased that often ended up in their hands, which they would then sell off.
Of course, Ma Bing, just starting, was unaware they even profited from the dead.
"Just a word from Dr. Ye and you got the job, unlike us who had to beg many people and spend a lot of money to get in," said one guard.
Ma Bing hadn’t expected it to be like this. He had only heard about the permanent position and stable job and agreed.
He didn’t realize it was such a good job.
However, he always felt an unexplained chill inside the Morgue, one that penetrated his heart whether inside or in the hallway outside.
The three chatted, drinking tea and munching peanuts, and noticed that the other two guards had been out for quite a long time without returning.
The two guards thought it a bit strange.
"Where are Little Liu and Little Li? How come they haven’t returned after so long?"
"Let’s go out and take a look."
Ma Bing suggested.
Grabbing flashlights, they immediately stepped out from the office.
Just stepping outside, they felt the chill emanating from the Morgue.
Of course, the lights were on in the fourth-floor hallways, and surveillance cameras were installed. They were just going out to find where the two had gone.
Could they be slacking off?
After all, the previous incident of body theft left quite an impact.
Ma Bing and the other two security guards took a lap around the hallway but saw no sign of the two guards.
The three grew even more puzzled. Ma Bing took out a walkie-talkie, calling out, "Brother Liu, Brother Liu, where are you?"
Ma Bing called several times, but there was no response from the two.
Had something happened to them?
Ma Bing and the other two guards immediately became nervous, directing one guard to check the surveillance footage for their whereabouts, while Ma Bing and another guard headed towards one of the morgue rooms.
Upon entering, they found the temperature inside even colder.
The room was constantly at minus eight degrees or so, so even wearing coats, Ma Bing and the other guard found it unbearable inside.
They turned on the lights and found all the freezers in order, and didn’t see any sign of the two guards either.
After checking that morgue room, they moved to another, entering it to find nothing again.
Up to the seventh room, as Ma Bing and the guards prepared to enter, the guard who had checked the surveillance returned, saying, "I just saw in the surveillance room that Brother Liu and the other went into Morgue Room Five."
Morgue Room Five?
Ma Bing and the other guard had just entered there, but saw nothing!
How was that possible?
"You didn’t see wrong?"
"Definitely not, I checked it many times. I only saw them going in but never saw them coming out," the security guard said.
Ma Bing and the other guard felt a sense of fear and trepidation upon hearing this.
But now, Ma Bing and the two other guards had to muster the courage to go in.
After all, Ma Bing, being a former soldier, had much more courage than these two. Though he had only recently started working at the Morgue, upon hearing his colleagues were in trouble, he and the guards immediately returned to Morgue Room Five.
Upon returning to Morgue Room Five, opening the door and turning on the lights, an even colder chill of death greeted them.