Shen Qingqing knew the man was worried, and she gently hugged him. "It's okay, even if Mr. Gao isn't here, what can one woman do to me?"
She wasn't looking down on women, but there was a clear gap in martial prowess between her and Mrs. Gao.
Fu Jingshu smoothed her long hair. "Let's go back first."
They stood in the corridor talking, hand in hand, and entered the ward. Shen Qingqing took out the ledger she found and looked at it with him.
As they looked, both their expressions turned grim.
Cargo Manifest
Gender: Male.
Age: 35 years old.
No bad habits, no medical history, in good physical condition, suitable for cargo sale. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Gender: Female.
Age: 23 years old.
In good physical condition…
Shen Qingqing flipped through it roughly. This thin booklet contained over 80 pages of such information alone.
Each page had at least ten people!
A chilling suspicion arose in her heart. "If that's true, then Director Liu deserves to die!"
Fu Jingshu held her hand and said gravely, "I'll have someone look into these people's information."
The ledger had names and ages. Even without photos, it was enough for him to ascertain their identities. He immediately called Lin Mo.
As for the ledger, Shen Qingqing put it away and then went to see Dr. Gao.
If they really found out, then Dr. Gao would undoubtedly be the hero. Without the ledger he provided, no one would know that Director Liu dared to do such a thing.
He was brazenly audacious, treating human lives as cheap as grass.
Outside Dr. Gao's ward, just as she was about to enter, she heard an argument from inside. Mr. Gao's voice was laced with anger.
"Why are you injured and hospitalized, and you didn't tell me?"
"What good would it do to tell you?" Gao Qi's voice was very cold.
"I am your father!" Mr. Gao said painfully. "If you had just given me a call, I wouldn't have let you stay in the hospital alone!"
Gao Qi said coldly, "So you still remember."
Mr. Gao was furious. "Gao Qi, is that how you speak to your father?"
Gao Qi fell silent.
Shen Qingqing felt something was wrong and rushed in. She saw Mr. Gao's face full of worry, one hand propped on the bed, the other reaching out towards Gao Qi, but hesitating, as if afraid of hurting him.
Gao Qi was holding his forehead, his face contorted in pain.
Shen Qingqing immediately rushed over, took his hand away, first checked the wound, it hadn't split open, then asked, "How are you feeling?"
Gao Qi groaned and said, "My head hurts…"
Shen Qingqing's left hand moved down his neck to a pressure point and gently massaged it. This point could relieve pain and calm nervous and agitated emotions.
Indeed, under her comfort, the expression on Gao Qi's face gradually calmed down.
Mr. Gao let out a heavy sigh of relief. "Are you alright now?"
Shen Qingqing glanced at him, her eyes calm. "Mr. Gao, he is a patient right now."
How could one argue with a patient?
And so heatedly!
Mr. Gao's face showed shame. He lowered his head. "It's my fault. I lost my temper for a moment… I won't scold him anymore."
"You can leave," Gao Qi said, his voice and expression now calm. "I don't want to see you."
Mr. Gao hesitated.
Of course, he didn't want to leave. He was worried about his son, but his son's rejection was too obvious. No matter how worried he was, he couldn't stand being publicly rebuffed by his son in front of others.
"You rest well. I'll come to see you again when I have time."
As soon as he left, Gao Qi's stiffened back finally relaxed. It was as if he were a soldier just off the battlefield, all his strength draining away. He stared blankly at the sky.
Shen Qingqing pursed her lips. "I won't ask about your affairs. I came to see you this time to tell you some good news. I found the ledger."
"That's good. I hope you can make Director Liu receive the punishment he deserves as soon as possible."
Shen Qingqing couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you reveal this evidence before…"
Gao Qi gave a wry smile. "Do you think I haven't tried?"
But he had severed ties with his family, and Director Liu had influence in the hospital. What could an ordinary person like him do against Director Liu?
Most importantly…
"I don't know if you've noticed, but Director Liu has accomplices in the hospital."
Shen Qingqing thought of the vice dean's support for Director Liu at the professor selection meeting that day. "I had already anticipated it. If he didn't have support from behind, how could he have done something so heinous?"
Gao Qi hesitated for a moment. "I just don't know about the dean…"
Shen Qingqing hadn't seen the dean. She had been hospitalized for so long and had never seen him. Even at the professor selection meeting, the dean didn't seem to be present.
She frowned slightly, but then her expression quickly returned to normal.
"Leave this matter to me. You rest well. If there's any good news, I'll notify you immediately."
"Okay, thank you."
"Thank me for what?"
Gao Qi's face showed a look of shame and guilt. "You saw the ledger and must have guessed it. This guess is too frightening, and I dared not reveal it, fearing Director Liu's retaliation and the loss of the only evidence. This matter will ultimately have to be done by you."
Shen Qingqing patted his shoulder. "He is also holding my father-in-law captive. For my husband, I must rescue my father-in-law."
"No, I know. Even if this matter had nothing to do with you, if you knew about it, you would still intervene."
"You trust me that much?"
Shen Qingqing was a little taken aback, somewhat surprised.
Gao Qi just smiled. He couldn't really explain it, but it was an intuition. His intuition told him that if there was one person who could put an end to Director Liu.
It would be her.
"Good luck," he said.
"Mhm."
…
Lin Mo soon sent word.
More detailed family information about the people on the ledger was sent to Fu Jingshu's email, which Shen Qingqing read with him.
All of these people were patients under Director Liu's care.
Upon entering the hospital, they were diagnosed with infectious diseases and isolated.
She immediately contacted the families of these people. The first was the mother of a man named Pi Yuan. At first, the elderly mother was uncooperative, not wanting to reopen old wounds. Shen Qingqing eventually had to tell her the truth.
As soon as the elderly mother heard that her son might not be dead and was suffering somewhere, she immediately agreed to meet.
Upon meeting, Shen Qingqing realized how aged this elderly mother looked, even though she was only in her forties.
Her hair was completely white, and the fatigue and weariness of years were etched into the wrinkles on her face.
"Miss Shen?"
"Hello, Mrs. Pi."
Shen Qingqing unconsciously lowered her voice and asked her to sit down. The meeting place she chose this time was a teahouse, owned by Fu Jingshu.
Everyone here could be trusted.
Once they entered the private room, it was absolutely quiet and safe.
Shen Qingqing saw the anxiety and nervousness on Mrs. Pi's face and knew she must have many questions. She first explained her investigation and suspicions, and had to tell her the more brutal truth: "I don't know if your son is still alive. I am investigating now. If my suspicions are correct, then he…"