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Chapter 289 - 256: Who is the Killer?

Chapter 289: Chapter 256: Who is the Killer?

Unlike the death of Old Sun at Xiaoya’s place,

the surveillance in Room 9 was complete, enough to prove Xiaoya’s innocence.

But things were awkward for Jiang Xiao.

His reasoning... or rather, his conjecture, seemed to have no problems.

However, it turned out that the director was not the murderer.

And Jiang Xiao had fulfilled all the conditions necessary to commit the crime.

Especially the fingerprints, Jiang Xiao’s fists had left a deep imprint on those two people’s bodies.

Once detected, that would really mean "mud in one’s crotch, it’s not shit but it might as well be."

At this time, some patients had volunteered to take Jiang Xiao and Yang Tao, these two murderers, ah, no, currently they should be called two suspects, to have their fingerprints tested.

Yang Tao hurriedly tried to explain a few sentences, but this only led to more suspicions.

The three essentials of a crime.

Character, time, place.

The evidence that has emerged almost pins the murderer’s label squarely on Jiang Xiao’s forehead.

No way to clear his name...

What would happen if he were "confirmed" to be the murderer?

Jiang Xiao frowned, pondering whether he should act a bit more violently and just kill all these people?

Yet, he also found it very interesting...

After all, as a morally sound socialist youth, Jiang Xiao knew that violent murder was unacceptable.

Since the perpetrator was able to kill the director’s wife and the chef undetected, there must be some clues left.

In Qingshan Mental Hospital there was a serial psychopathic murderer.

Named Old Huai.

His method of murder was ingenious, his criminal logic meticulous.

Even the plethora of psychopaths in Qingshan thought that Old Huai, this psychopath, was too much of a psychopath.

Hmm.

It should be mentioned that Jiang Xiao, after all, grew up listening to Old Huai’s stories.

At this thought, Jiang Xiao turned his gaze to Xiaoqin.

Could it be her?

But it didn’t quite seem like it.

After all, when Xiaoqin left the cafeteria, both Jiang Xiao and Yang Tao were watching.

And surveillance could prove it.

After leaving the cafeteria, Xiaoqin never went back.

Hmm?

"Since that’s the case, I’m curious about something. They say Yang Tao and I were the last to enter the cafeteria, so who discovered these two bodies?"

"It was me," Doctor Qin Shou truthfully said.

There was a minor surgery at lunchtime; he couldn’t make it for the meal and only came to the cafeteria after the surgery was done, only to find the two people already lifeless.

"This is something Xiaoqin can confirm, it was because of the suddenness of the surgery that I called her to the ward."

Jiang Xiao nodded; no wonder Nurse Xiaoqin was rushing to the inpatient department with a lunch box in a hurry.

If Doctor Qin explained this way, it was also reasonable. Even if there was suspicion, it wasn’t as much as on him and Yang Tao.

"From when we left, how long was it when you found the bodies?"

The surrounding patients were already slightly discontent.

With both the stolen goods and evidence at hand, they just wanted the murderer punished quickly, not interested in his ramblings.

Doctor Qin Shou, on the other hand, seriously began to recall.

Because he and Xiaoqin thought the same, how could this rich guy make such a rookie mistake?

As everyone knows, if a rich person wants to kill an ordinary person, there are dozens of ways just with a flick of an eye, why bother doing it themselves?

Or rather, real rich people are too disdainful to entangle themselves with ordinary people.

Possible, but unnecessary.

"According to the surveillance, there was about an hour between the time you left and when I arrived at the cafeteria."

Dr. Qin thought for a moment and then continued,

"But the time of death for the body was within half an hour of you leaving."

Jiang Xiao was noncommittal about Dr. Qin Shou’s words, as he wasn’t a forensic expert and didn’t understand that field at all.

"I guess," said someone who fancied himself a smart aleck, "it must have been the hospital director’s wife and the chef’s affair getting caught by this guy. The adulterous couple, worried about their affair being exposed, took action and ended up being killed in self-defense."

How should I put it—crude, but plausible.

Time, characters, location...

"Ah, since it’s happened, let’s just deal with the body quickly, it’s quite frightening to look at."

A woman not in a patient’s uniform said this, pulling a little boy and planning to return to the inpatient department.

A man not in a patient’s uniform standing beside her also echoed the woman’s words.

"Yes, though the weather has recently cooled down a lot, leaving a body here... it will eventually stink, better to hurry up and have the police come to take the person away."

"Laughable, none of you are professional forensic experts or detectives, and yet you keep on discussing?"

Ah, this...

Dr. Qin Shou’s face turned red, as his estimation of the time of death was indeed a bit out of his expertise.

Jiang Xiao, on the other hand, didn’t care at all.

He wasn’t scared of the police.

After all, as the saying goes: "If I can’t beat them, can’t I still run away?"

Even if he were caught by the police, as long as they didn’t execute him on the spot, it was fine.

Anyway, he was supposed to leave this world in a day and a half, but as for Yang Tao...

This big sister might end up taking the blame.

That was also the reason Jiang Xiao actually hadn’t resorted to violence—Yang Tao was inherently not bad and didn’t deserve such misfortune.

Jiang Xiao’s gaze returned to Xiao Qin.

Time, characters, location.

The problem returned to the beginning.

There were a total of five people, and two victims had died.

And he and Yang Tao definitely hadn’t killed anyone.

Even if this nurse looked innocent, he had reasons to suspect she had employed some clandestine method.

Being stared at by Brother Fu, Xiao Qin unconsciously moved aside, feeling uneasy.

"Xiao Qin, when you were in the cafeteria, did you notice the presence of the hospital director’s wife?"

Xiao Qin shook her head, indicating she knew nothing and was very innocent; the surveillance could prove it.

"Okay then, let’s change the way we ask, have you ever talked to this chef?"

"No, I just finished serving my meal and then..."

Xiao Qin paused, then scratched her head, hesitantly adding,

"Oh? If you’re talking about chatting, there really was..."

"Because of my busy work, I always chat with the bald uncle while serving meals, and he would serve me a bit more."

"What did you talk about?"

"Nothing much, just that when I was leaving, he took several sugar cubes I had brought, saying he was exhausted, and tired of eating the same greasy, salty canteen food every day, and wanted something sweet; he often asked me to bring him little snacks before."

Hehehe~

Everyone around showed a knowing look.

What greasy, salty food?

"It’s the ’exhausted’ part that’s the truth, huh~"

Being squeezed by the hospital director’s wife from early morning until late, even an iron body couldn’t endure it.

Wait a second?

Sugar cubes?!

Suddenly.

Xiao Qin’s eyes widened, seemingly realizing a serious issue.

"Damn, I think I know who the killer is..."