[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi":3,"chapter-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-95":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 2014: I Am the King of Criminal Investigation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315951,4529,"Chapter 95: Don","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-95",95,"\u003Cp>“I don’t know,” the nurse replied coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether the hospital has advertising or promotional activities is not within our duties as nurses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falsehood… Yu Dazhang immediately sensed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she was avoiding the core issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just asked specifically: Were there any promotions in pediatrics?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she dragged in the entire hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, if the hospital had promotions, how could the nurses not know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looks like she’s annoyed with me… Yu Dazhang didn’t dwell on it, assuming she was simply irritated by his questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the nurse turned and walked away right after speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, she gave Yu Dazhang a side-eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way to the surveillance room, Ma Jian asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think the hospital has problems?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Yu Dazhang quickly denied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m just curious why that couple chose this hospital in the first place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, knowing this wouldn’t help much with the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they needed to do now was find the child’s parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yu Dazhang had a professional habit: intense curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the kind that chases gossip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a strong desire to understand anything illogical during an investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s one reason he often uncovers new leads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like going to a restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary people, if the food tastes bad, might just avoid it next time, or complain to the owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yu Dazhang would think one step further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is it so bad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re running a business, don’t you know how good your own cooking is?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not just Yu Dazhang—many veteran detectives have this professional habit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From the questions you asked, I thought you were going to investigate the hospital,” Ma Jian said jokingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible,” Yu Dazhang replied with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The hospital reported the case—no one investigates the reporter right away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even private hospitals are Grade 3A; their rank speaks for itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there were problems, Yu Dazhang, a low-ranking detective, couldn’t touch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they spoke, they arrived at the hospital’s surveillance room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After showing their credentials, they retrieved yesterday’s pediatric surveillance footage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They located the couple’s images, then extracted and saved them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, they obtained the couple’s identity information from hospital staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not locals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yu Dazhang saw that both the husband and wife were from outside the city, he was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They traveled all the way to Songkou to treat their child—and chose a private Grade 3A hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, they came here specifically for this hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they only cared about Songkou’s medical standards, they’d have picked a public hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary people would do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much private hospitals advertise, the best doctors are still in public hospitals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not that private hospitals are bad—just comparatively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, private hospitals also have many excellent doctors, and their equipment is often more advanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was clear: this couple chose the private hospital for reasons other than medical quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang then checked the child’s admission date.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two weeks ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was going to be tough… Yu Dazhang and Ma Jian both sensed the difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not locals meant the couple wouldn’t return to their hometown anytime soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d planned to ask the local police station for help—but now that was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they weren’t home, the officers sent there couldn’t do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d kept the child hospitalized for half a month before abandoning him—this meant they’d originally intended to cure him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ran away, most likely because they ran out of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two options remained: 1, check the network system for hotel registration records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they used their ID cards to check in, they could immediately find which hotel they stayed at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2, stake out the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their original intent was to cure the child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they probably wouldn’t completely abandon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discussion, they decided: Ma Jian would check the registration records; Yu Dazhang would stay at the hospital to stake out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone might ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t an investigation supposed to require at least two people?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patrols require at least two, but officers can split up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you took that literally, you’d need two people holding hands just to go to the bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not that rigid—as long as legality and coordination are ensured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They must maintain communication to ensure timely information sharing and coordinated action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please… collect… 6…9…books…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the kind where two people are inseparable everywhere they go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And splitting up is entirely different from acting independently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ma Jian left, Yu Dazhang returned to pediatrics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After asking the nurses, he entered the room where the abandoned child lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the foot of the bed, a cardboard sign listed the patient’s information:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Ying, female, six years old, pediatric encephalitis…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child lay under the blanket, only her head exposed, eyes closed, breathing calmly, face pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang suddenly felt a tightness in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to the bedside and sat down slowly, afraid of making noise and waking her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a very beautiful little girl, with delicate features, clear eyes, and skin as white and smooth as porcelain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that sweet, innocent face carried a sickly pallor that stirred pity and sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang scanned the child’s entire body and felt her sleeping posture was odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was lying on her back, yet seemed to be holding something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That posture only occurs when lying on one’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hesitating, he decided to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, Yu Dazhang gently lifted the blanket—softly, without sound, without touching the child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he fully uncovered her, he saw the little girl clutching a photo frame to her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in sleep, she held it tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering the frame had glass… Yu Dazhang reached to pull it from her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she rolled over and crushed the glass, she could get hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pinched one corner of the frame with two fingers and slowly pulled…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wouldn’t budge—the girl seemed to sense it, and clutched the frame even tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, almost inaudible sound echoed in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She woke up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly pulled his hand back and lowered the blanket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl named Liu Ying slowly opened her eyes, looked at the unfamiliar man, and asked in a soft voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle, who are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should call me big brother… Yu Dazhang offered what he thought was a gentle, kind smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m a police officer, here to help you find your mom and dad. Do you know where they went?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know,” the girl’s eyes held a flicker of confusion, but quickly hardened with determination:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad told me to be strong when he left… I knew he was saying goodbye. I saw him cry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Xiao Ying’s fault… my illness has burdened Dad and Mom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle Policeman, please… please don’t go look for them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t want to see them cry anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, the little girl stared fixedly at Yu Dazhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From her gaze, it was clear how desperately she longed for her parents to come and be with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, she still spoke words that contradicted her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is really tough… Yu Dazhang felt deeply uneasy under the little girl’s stare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t have money, then don’t have it—why run away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1197,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e0778e347dcc89669f23e3f30535f15b6318ddc1b201156cbf340f08c61a0e33","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-96","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-94",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]