Chapter 410 — You're Welcome
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An organ-trafficking ring? Could it be connected in some way to these six kidney-harvesting cases? Only now did Qiu Lingshan begin to feel, dimly, that the massacre of Liu Bojia's family seemed to be tied to the kidney cases.
"Liu Bojia still hasn't woken up. He's on a ventilator around the clock keeping him alive. The doctors say the moment they take him off it, he's gone..." Liu Wangli heaved a sigh, shook his head with a bitter smile. The implication was clear: there was no point in trying anymore.
Qiu Lingshan frowned, but there was nothing at all she could do. She knew the situation with Liu Bojia well enough; she had always hoped for a miracle, even if only a moment of lucidity, enough for him to give the police some clue. But no miracle came.
Before the attack on Liu Bojia, he had kept silent every day, as though in great fear of something. If pressed too hard, he would tell Qiu Lingshan and the others that his whole family was dead, that he had suffered enough, that he did not want to die, and would beg Qiu Lingshan to let him be.
At the time, since Liu Bojia's injuries were still unhealed and he remained in the hospital, Qiu Lingshan had not been in too much of a hurry; she figured that once he was discharged, a firmer psychological approach would surely get something out of him. But then the unexpected happened.
"Beep, beep..." Wei Zhao honked the horn twice, thinking to himself, what's this Miss Song blocking the hospital entrance for? Does she expect anyone to get a car through here?
The other cars spotted Qiu Lingshan and Liu Wangli standing at the hospital entrance in full police uniform, along with a crowd of ** inspecting something, and one by one they detoured to enter through the back entrance. Only Wei Zhao dared to lay on the horn.
"What's all the honking? Can't you take the back way in?" Qiu Lingshan was irritated — she had been turning the case over in her mind when a car horn shattered her train of thought, and she couldn't help but scowl.
"You think everyone got into the police force through the back door, like you?" Wei Zhao curled his lip and jeered.
Only now did Qiu Lingshan realize that the one honking was Wei Zhao himself. Hearing his words, she was so furious her face went white. "What did you say? Who are you saying got in through the back door?"
"Whoever did it knows." Wei Zhao curled his lip again. "Step aside. I've got things to do — no time to dawdle with you!"
With that, Wei Zhao started the engine, intending to drive into the hospital.
"Wait!" Qiu Lingshan suddenly planted herself in front of his car, blocking his way. The more eager Wei Zhao was to leave, the less she wanted to let him get his way. "I need you for something!"
"..." Wei Zhao slammed on the brakes, and the car jerked to a stop again. He was nearly speechless. "Look, silly girl, even if you've got the lowest case-closure rate in the whole force, that's no reason to go committing suicide. If you want me to run you over, at least find somewhere deserted and do it on the quiet. Pulling this staged-crash stunt right in front of all your subordinates — even if I did kill you, I'd never be able to explain it!"
"You..." Qiu Lingshan was livid, her silvery teeth clenched tight, glaring at Wei Zhao. "Call me a silly girl one more time, or say again that I got into the police force through the back door, and I won't be so polite!"
"Oh? So you've been so polite to me all this time?" Wei Zhao grinned. "Well then, I'd love to see what impolite looks like. By all means, don't hold back."
"Ahem... Captain Song..." Liu Wangli couldn't bear to watch any longer. Qiu Lingshan bickering with Wei Zhao in front of so many of her subordinates — what would people think?