Chapter 94

Li Qingyao said: "This kind of hospitalization certificate can be handed over to the class teacher, and no one will review it. If the parents have informed the teacher, the teacher will probably not look at it carefully. That means you can fool someone or forge it."

Chen Pu: "But according to what your classmates said, Xiang Siling was indeed ill for half a month."

“But she didn’t go to a regular hospital.”

The two looked at each other, and Chen Pu turned on his computer, found a district map from seven years ago, and projected it onto the whiteboard. Chen Pu had collected a lot of information from seven years ago, so now he could easily pick it up.

He used a whiteboard marker to circle the location of the dormitory of the machinery factory where Xiang Siling's family lived at the time. Li Qingyao also went over, and the two of them searched one by one. There were 5 clinics within a radius of 15 kilometers, and they were all marked out.

Li Qingyao was stunned for a moment and said, "I remember Li Meiling seemed to have worked in a clinic."

Chen Pu immediately sat back in front of the computer and pulled up the files and transcripts related to Li Meiling.

"That's right." Chen Pu pointed at the screen. When Luo Hongmin just died, Li Meiling accepted the police's background check and mentioned that she graduated from a medical school and worked in hospitals and clinics. But because it was just a routine inquiry, these things happened a long time ago and had nothing to do with the case. Of course, the police who were responsible for recording the statement did not ask for more details.

"That happened at least 10 or 20 years ago," Li Qingyao said. "Li Meiling is missing. We need to find out which clinic she worked in. I'm afraid we'll have to visit and investigate again, which will take some time."

Chen Pu touched his chin with his right thumb and index finger, his eyes sharp. He said, "Don't bother. Li Meiling's mother is still alive. Ask the old lady about the past. She will definitely know."

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Li Meiling's parents had three children in total. Li Meiling is the youngest, with an older brother and an older sister. Her brother works in another city, and her father died of illness a few years ago. Now her mother lives with her sister's family.

Accompanied by the local police, Chen Pu and Li Qingyao knocked on the door of Li Meiling's sister's house. It was working hours, her sister's family was not at home, the children were in school, and only the old lady was at home.

He was an old man in his seventies, with silver hair and a thin body, but his clothes were neat and tidy. Although his face was full of wrinkles, one could still see the beautiful features of his youth.

The sister had kept Li Meiling's disappearance a secret from their mother.

The police officer held the old lady's hand and said, "Grandma Zhao, how are you feeling lately?"

The old lady smiled and said, "Okay, okay. Xiao Liu, why did you come to see me today?"

The police officer said, "These two are from the District Public Security Bureau. They want to know something from you."

Li Qingyao smiled and said, "Hello, Grandma Zhao. My last name is Li. You can just call me Xiao Li. We are investigating a case involving an illegal clinic recently. As you know, those illegal clinics do a lot of harm to people. So I wanted to ask, do you remember the name of the clinic where Li Meiling worked when she was young?"

The old lady looked at her and said, "Wait a moment." She stood up and Li Qingyao hurriedly supported her, but she said no, waved Li Qingyao's hand away, and walked into the room alone.

After a while, she brought out a small shoe box. The police officer quickly stood up and took it, and put the shoe box on the coffee table.

The old lady put on her reading glasses and said gently, "I have kept all the ID cards of Meiling when she was a child and when she was young. She said she didn't want them anymore, but I couldn't bear to throw them away."

Li Qingyao and Chen Pu began to look through the things in the box one by one. There were elementary school graduation certificates, technical secondary school graduation certificates, and nurse certificates. There was also a hospital work badge, which said Huawang Hospital. Li Qingyao had an impression of this hospital. She had heard of it when she was a child. It was a private hospital and was quite large at the time, but it later closed down.

Chen Pu took out a labor contract, which was only a thin piece of paper and looked very informal. The two parties to the contract were Li Meiling and the "Yuan'an Clinic". The signatures were Li Meiling and a man named Sun Yuan'an. The signing date was 2001, when Li Meiling was 22 years old.

"Do you remember how long Li Meiling worked in this clinic?"

"It's been quite a long time. It's hard to find a job, and her education level is not enough to get into a regular hospital. Maybe seven or eight years." Li Qingyao asked again: "Can you lend us these things? We will definitely not damage them, and we will return them to you after a while."

The local police officer also said: "Grandma Zhao, it's not easy for police officers to investigate cases. Can we support their work?"

Grandma Zhao nodded: "You can take it."

Li Qingyao chatted with the old lady about some things that happened to Li Meiling in the past, and then stood up to say goodbye. When Grandma Zhao saw them off to the door, she asked, "Did our Meiling do anything illegal?"

Li Qingyao glanced at Chen Pu. Chen Pu smiled and was about to cover up the past, but the old man said, "This daughter disowned me fifteen years ago. She is a bad student with bad intentions. She only wants to get something for nothing. When she was young, she thought we were useless. Later, when we refused to give her money, she broke off relations with us for fear of being dragged down by the old man. It was my fault that I didn't teach her well. She is the youngest and has been beautiful since she was a child. Her father, brothers and sisters, and I all spoiled her and spoiled her."

It was difficult to respond to this, so Li Qingyao and Chen Pu remained silent.

The old lady added, "I have long since forgotten this daughter. But if your investigation yields any results, good or bad, please let me know, okay?"

Looking at the old man's slightly red eyes, Chen Pu replied solemnly: "I promise you."

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Chen Pu and Li Qingyao returned to the map.

Whether it was 53 years ago or seven years ago, there was only one clinic in Xiangcheng called "Yuan'an Clinic", and it has never changed its name. The owner of the clinic has always been Sun Yuan'an, a practicing Western medicine doctor. According to household registration records, Sun Yuan'an is 28 years old this year. He was widowed when he was young and never remarried. He has a daughter named Sun Zhilan, years old, who is a primary school Chinese teacher.

Chen Pu circled Yuan'an Clinic on the map with a red pen. He threw the pen on the table and leaned against it in silence.

Li Qingyao also stared at the map.

Yuan'an Clinic is located in Chaoyang Home. It has always been there.

Xiang Siling's home is in a dormitory of a machinery factory, about 1.5 kilometers away from Chaoyang Home, and Yuan'an Clinic is less than 2 kilometers away from Xiang Siling's home.

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It was evening, and the streets and alleys of Chaoyang Home were filled with smoke and fragrance.

Yuan'an Clinic is located in Chaoyang Home Building 3, Unit 2, Room 101-103. This building is on the street, and the ground floor has been converted into a storefront. It has a long history and is compliant by default. The building is very old, but the clinic looks quite large when viewed from the outside. At this time, there are vaguely two or three people receiving intravenous drips.

Chen Pu asked Li Qingyao: "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat first?"

Li Qingyao said: "I want to check it out first and don't want to wait any longer."

Chen Pu nodded, took out a small piece of chocolate from his pocket and handed it to her.

Li Qingyao, who had forgotten to control his sugar intake for a long time, shook his head: "I don't eat high-sugar foods."

Chen Pu tore open the package and said, "Pure dark chocolate, no sugar." After that, he took the half-exposed wrapping paper and stuffed the chocolate directly into her mouth.

Li Qingyao, who was force-fed, calmly chewed the chocolate and asked, "Why did you buy this?"

"I bought it a while ago to replenish my energy. I took it with me when I saw it when I went out this morning."