Chapter 753: Lots of Fun in the Sanatorium 38

"What about you?" Chu Ling asked again.

Shen Yan: "Go look at that corpse."

"Look at a corpse? Isn't that the one you killed? What's there to see?"

Chu Ling didn't understand.

"Isn't that unnecessary?"

"Check the other wound."

Jin Chen said in a low voice.

"Last night I only broke her neck."

"But today she has another wound on her abdomen, which wasn't there last night."

Chu Ling realized, "You think this person didn't die directly last night, but later got into a conflict with someone."

"It's obvious at a glance."

Chu Ling really wasn't used to Jin Chen being so normal.

Clearly they had known each other before.

He asked Jin Chen, "Do you think Jiang Qiu could be the traitor?"

Chu Ling knew the four members of the Tea Spirit Organization were all rescued by Jin Chen when they were on the brink of death.

It was he who gave them a second life.

So they are loyal.

Jin Chen lowered his eyes and did not answer directly.

He only gave one sentence.

"Seeing isn't necessarily believing."

Chu Ling didn't understand the meaning, was about to ask again, but saw the two of them already walking away side by side.

"Seeing isn't necessarily believing..."

He murmured the repetition, looked out, and saw only the nearby beach.

He hated guessing word games the most.

Chu Ling was speechless.

——

Basement.

Usually no one comes to this place, and today, with a corpse present, hardly anyone enters.

As soon as Shen Yan entered, he toggled his watch to shield the surveillance below.

【0731, replace surveillance.】

Shielding too long would still raise suspicion; Jin Chen quietly had 0731 strengthen its defenses.

【All right, Host, yeah, there's a lifeform following behind.】

Jin Chen grunted in acknowledgment, already noticing.

He gestured to Shen Yan ahead.

Shen Yan's eyes shifted slightly, he looked toward the door, and deliberately tapped the freezer storing the corpse.

Sure enough, the person following immediately became alert and slipped away a few seconds later.

Jin Chen caught that familiar silhouette.

"It's Jiang Qiu..."

"What is he following us for?"

The two exchanged a glance, but still decided to examine the corpse first.

The freezer opened; Shen Yan used the dean's authority he had previously obtained to undo the reinforced seal.

The corpse, already frosted with a thin layer of white ice, was revealed.

Shen Yan took a scalpel from his pocket and cut open the newly covered membrane on the corpse's surface.

The abdominal wound had been cleaned, as if done deliberately.

Jin Chen pressed the wound; its edge bore a burn mark resembling a blooming flower, his brow full of puzzlement.

"How is it Jiang Qiu again."

In the Tea Spirit Organization, each member has a different killing method; as a magician, Jiang Qiu's most famous method is to brand the corpse with a fireworks mark.

Shen Yan spoke calmly, observed the corpse, and gave a conclusion.

"This is a postmortem injury, inflicted about two hours after death; rigor mortis has now fully set."

"That makes it even stranger."

"So why would Jiang Qiu, an hour after the corpse's death, run over to stab her and then leave his own signature?"

Shen Yan observed the corpse's neck and suddenly noticed the peculiarity of the bruise's position.

"Ah Chen, this neck‑twisting technique is unique; could your teammates recognize it as yours?"

Jin Chen was slightly startled; last night time was tight, and he was anxious to kill the person, so his strike was pure muscle memory.

"It's… my right hand was once injured in an experiment gone wrong; my dominant hand is the left."

He lowered his head to glance at both hands: "Jiang Qiu can tell this was my kill."

"He is… trying to cover up my killing traces?"

After all, once the person's hair fell loose, the first thing noticed was the abdominal wound, not the neck.

Shen Yan became even more confused.

He had just begun to wonder if Jiang Qiu might have regained his memory, but before he could speak, his watch trembled.

There is pulse signal interference.

As he held Jin Chen's hand, Shen Yan suddenly shifted his tone, "I actually think it's not to cover up the murder traces, but a provocation from the betrayer."

Jin Chen was only bewildered for half a second, then he replied, "This possibility is very high."

【I rely on Host! Someone's eavesdropping! Scared the hell out of me!】

0731 indicated that it was thinking!

He put that layer of membrane back in place and patted Shen Yan's hand.

"Go confront Jiang Qiu."

【That person turned off the eavesdropping again! I traced it to the nurse's rest room!】

The two were extremely in sync; after leaving the basement, they went to find Jiang Qiu.

Jiang Qiu was squatting on the beach, building a sandcastle.

Then Jin Chen grabbed him by the collar and dragged him toward the small grove.

"Ow ow! Hey! Who dares to bully this poor Daoist!"

Jiang Qiu kept trying to break free, but Jin Chen's strength was simply too great; he couldn't break free at all.

Shen Yan sent away the Nurse Team that wanted to follow.

"With me here, nothing will happen."

"Okay, okay, Doctor Shen!"

The Nurse Team continued to slack off.

In the grove, Jin Chen grabbed Jiang Qiu and threw a punch at him.

"What are you doing!" Jiang Qiu exclaimed in shock.

"Traitor!"

Jin Chen roared angrily.

"I saved you from the pile of corpses, and this is how you repay me!"

Another punch came.

Jiang Qiu barely dodged, staring at Jin Chen in disbelief, "You suspect me?"

He didn't pretend either.

"You kept promising me you'd serve me for life, yet you took the fruits of our hard work and gave them to Sheng Jiping!"

Jin Chen's face turned red with anger; he rushed over, shifted his gaze slightly, glanced sideways behind, and made a hand signal.

Someone was following.

After all, they were teammates who had fought side by side for years; Jiang Qiu almost instantly understood.

Thus shock turned into anger.

Without further words, they went straight to fighting.

Shen Yan occasionally helped out a bit.

Seeing that Jiang Qiu was about to lose, Jin Chen deliberately left an opening, covered his struck chest, and retreated a few steps.

Jiang Qiu thus escaped.

Shen Yan supported Jin Chen, feeling somewhat worried; these two really went all out in their fight.

"How is it?"

There were even scars on the neck.

"It's fine, it'll be better soon."

Jin Chen held him and rubbed him to comfort.

"Honey, you said the person in the dark, why must you make us suspect Jiang Qiu?"

The two embraced while whispering; the person lurking in the dark had also left.

"It can only be because… the person we first suspected was right."

Shen Yan is so clever; he figured it out in just a few steps.

Jin Chen opened his hand; in his palm was the note Jiang Qiu had just slipped him.

"Sheng Jiping's people suspect you and Bai Wenran."

Shen Yan murmured, "No wonder Wang Bai and Song Hei went to Bai Wenran's place."

Meanwhile.

After Chu Ling finished contacting the boatman and returned, just as he was about to go back to the physician's office to handle information, he saw Shangguan Hao being taken away by Qiao Qing.

Now, no member of the Tea Spirit Organization can suffer any further accidents.

He quickly followed up, hiding behind the door to watch.

"What are you doing! Let go of me quickly!"

The Huakui Young Master bit his hand, afraid to cry.

I'm just a Huakui who has nothing; even if you bind me, it's useless ah...