Chapter 111

"Notify me immediately if anything comes up."

At this moment, Yu Dazhang was inside a flower shop opposite the hospital.

This row of storefronts consisted only of flower shops and fruit shops; with heavy foot traffic, no one would notice him.

He had already calculated this last night.

From here to the emergency room on the fifth floor of the hospital, it would take about ten minutes.

That was assuming a slow, leisurely walk.

If he walked faster, he could cut at least two minutes off that time.

To find evidence, the emergency room was the key.

Why would they transfer the child during the emergency treatment process?

The only possibility Yu Dazhang could think of was this: they dared not tamper with the child inside the emergency room.

Although he knew nothing about medicine, he also knew that modern medicine relied heavily on medical equipment.

Certain equipment must be unsuitable for appearing in the emergency room.

So they had to transfer the child to a place possessing that equipment, tamper with them, and then send the child back.

Since they were changing locations, that place certainly would not be inside some department.

The reason was simple: since that equipment could not stand the light, placing it in other departments would also be a hidden danger.

The party involved in another case yesterday had said that from the moment she discovered her child was missing until the police arrived at the scene, the entire process took more than ten minutes.

This time frame was sufficient to get the child back to the emergency room; the only location fitting this route was the parking lot.

Yu Dazhang had also performed calculations on this last night.

The time taken was eleven minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

Now, the only thing he couldn't figure out was how they managed to transfer the child from the emergency room.

The surrounding walls were impossible; when the child entered the emergency room, the family members were definitely waiting outside.

Moreover, the emergency room was only that small; if there really were a secret door in the wall, it would not have escaped the police's inspection.

Since the four walls were impossible, then it could only be the ceiling or the floor.

There is a phrase: ascend to the sky and descend to the earth.

Last night, Yu Dazhang had walked thirty-two steps on both the sixth and fourth floors, using the process of elimination to determine whether his thoughts were accurate.

Directly above the emergency room was the Department of Internal Medicine for Digestive Diseases; with many patients and a noisy environment, it could be ruled out immediately.

Directly below was the nurses' lounge; this place was somewhat interesting.

No patients would come here, and the location of the lounge was very close to the pediatric ward.

Even if nurses came and went frequently, it would not attract the attention of outsiders.

As long as one was careful, pushing a person out from inside would not be discovered at all.

Yu Dazhang also noticed that this lounge actually had a double-door design.

It was precisely this point that made him certain there was definitely something fishy here.

Since he couldn't figure out how they transferred the person, he might as well find someone to stand guard here.

And Zhang Sen, who had a limp in one leg, was the best candidate.

Who would expect this genuine patient to be a police officer?

This time it was simpler; he didn't even need to pretend, just sit in the lobby.

Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, it was noon.

Inside a noodle shop opposite the hospital, Yu Dazhang sat by the window, eating noodles while making a phone call.

"Master, you haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll bring some over to you in a bit."

"Just take care of yourself," Lu Zhongxin on the other end of the line lowered his voice:

"We brought food with us before we arrived."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Dazhang called Zhang Sen again.

It turned out Zhang Sen had also brought his own food.

They had long planned for a long-term stakeout... he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

These old criminal investigators are still reliable.

Yu Dazhang had already performed a mental simulation.

When is it safest to commit a crime?

Naturally, it is right after the police have just closed the case.

The abandonment case he handled had just ended, and Xiao Liu Ying had been transferred to another hospital three days ago.

During this period, neither he nor the child's parents had visited this hospital again; even knowing it was a misdiagnosis, they hadn't caused trouble for this hospital.

They must have thought the liability waiver was effective. Plus, things had gone very smoothly for them before.

So, now was the moment their courage was at its peak.

Also, the fact that the families of three patients reported the case indirectly showed that this hospital was not only targeting children in abandonment cases.

Yu Dazhang even felt that what they were doing behind the scenes might be even more!

3:10 PM.

He had just strolled out of a fruit shop when he received a call from Zhang Sen.

"Two nurses pushed a bed out from the lounge."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhang immediately headed toward the hospital.

"Can you see the person on the bed clearly?"

Zhang Sen on the other end of the line fell silent for a few seconds, then said:

"Can't see the face, can't judge the gender, but judging from the build, it's definitely a child."

Please... bookmark... 6... 9... book.... bar....!

"Stay where you are, don't move." Yu Dazhang instructed:

"Your job is to be my eyes, you don't need to do anything else."

"Understood." After Zhang Sen finished speaking, he suddenly let out an "Hm?"

It was as if he had seen something that surprised him.

"What's wrong?" Yu Dazhang asked.

"Just now it seemed like..." Zhang Sen said in an uncertain tone:

"That child moved."

Bro, don't say "seemed like"... Yu Dazhang considered this very important.

If the child had been given an anesthetic, he couldn't possibly still be conscious.

Being wheeled out of bed obediently, yet occasionally able to move...

Could it be that a sedative was used?

With Yu Dazhang's medical knowledge, this was the only possibility he could think of.

"Take another careful look."

"Can't do it." Zhang Sen on the other end of the line said quickly:

"They're pushing the child into the elevator."

"Got it. In a bit a whole squad of colleagues will go find you. You two just hold your position where you are now. Contact me anytime if there's any situation." After Yu Dazhang finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

At this point he had already walked through the hospital's main entrance.

Estimating the time, he quickened his pace and headed toward the building ahead.

At the same time, he called Lu Zhongxin.

"Master, the person went down. Two nurses are pushing a transfer bed, and on the bed is a child, gender unknown."

"Understood." Lu Zhongxin's voice was still very low, sounding a bit muffled as well.

The environment inside the parking garage was very quiet. Yu Dazhang knew his master was afraid his voice would carry out of the car, so he was speaking in a hushed tone.

"You'll need to send another person out." He said while walking quickly:

"Zhang Sen from the Second Squad is in the fourth-floor lobby. Find an officer who knows him to go over and support him."

When staking out, Zhang Sen alone was enough, and the effect was also the best.

But in a while it might very well require the fourth floor to coordinate action. Zhang Sen, with his half-crippled leg, would be useless.

Therefore, at least one more person was needed.

He had already figured out this step last night.

Now that his master was the team leader, and the three people under him had all been brought over, a reasonable assignment naturally had to be made.

"You pulled Zhang Sen into this too?!" Lu Zhongxin asked in surprise, his tone carrying displeasure.

One could tell he felt his disciple was being a bit unscrupulous in order to crack the case.

You won't even let a sick person off the hook — is there anything you wouldn't do?

"This is also a move born of helplessness." Yu Dazhang explained:

"There are only so few people I trust, and this matter is too sensitive, so I could only put him through some inconvenience."

He also knew this wasn't entirely aboveboard, but for the sake of the case, there was no other choice.

Ending the call, Yu Dazhang happened to arrive at the elevator door.

Glancing at the time on his phone screen, he quickly calculated in his head.

It had taken a little over six minutes to walk from the fruit shop to here.

The pace was a bit fast.

After about half a minute, the elevator doors opened, and Yu Dazhang strode in.

After a moment's hesitation, he pressed the button for the seventh floor.

(End of this chapter)