Chapter 115

Liu Tong put on a nonchalant look: "A doctor-patient dispute. The family insists on calling the police, so I'm just soothing their emotions a little."

"Isn't that the job of the Health Commission? If we're sending police, it should be the Public Order Brigade. Why did it fall to the Criminal Police Brigade?" Wu Shanqiu asked, puzzled.

"Because the family reported that their husband was murdered by a doctor..." Liu Tong said.

"Ah? They do that too?" Wu Shanqiu was stunned.

"The key is that they have reasons and evidence. Plus, the incident happened at Nancheng Hospital, and you two weren't there, so I had to seriously understand the situation." Liu Tong said slowly.

"Hmm? Nancheng Hospital is famous for its good management. It's said to be even stricter after the Zhu Ming'en incident last time. How could such a thing happen?" Qi Fei wondered.

Liu Tong said as if it were a casual remark: "Hmm, you're quite right. This happened around the time Zhu Ming'en entered the hospital. The patient died recently, so the family suspects someone did it on purpose. Of course, I also think it's a bit suspicious. It just so happens..."

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Qi Fei: "How about..."

But he was clearly no match for Liu Tong. He only heard him say with a smile that made it impossible to refuse: "You handled the Zhu Ming'en case; maybe it really is related? You have to believe in yourself. With your ability, you'd have no problem handling ten cases at once!"

"Sigh, Captain Liu, can't you give other comrades a chance to train?" Qi Fei resisted weakly, but still had no choice but to take the job. "Fine, send me the preliminary situation."

Liu Tong looked like he had succeeded and said as if returning a favor: "I'll treat you to a meal after we go to Jiangting Island?"

"Captain Liu, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat after you go there." Qi Fei smirked.

Wu Shanqiu leaned over and followed Qi Fei to ask Liu Tong: "Captain Liu, are you afraid of snakes?"

"As a criminal police officer, how could I be afraid of such things?" Liu Tong said confidently.

Wu Shanqiu giggled: "Hehe, that's good."

When they returned to Jiangting Island, they saw a headache-inducing scene as soon as they left the pier.

Under the clear, sunny sky, outside the high walls of the Golden Snake Immortal's house, it was already surrounded by all kinds of people, holding up mobile phones and cameras to film, and some even had selfie sticks set up for live streaming.

Qi Fei got out of the car, looked at these people from a distance, and scratched his head helplessly: "These people really come as soon as they smell something!"

A cordon had already been set up outside the wall. Although the police were trying their best to maintain order, these people who had come upon hearing the news wouldn't disperse no matter how they were chased away.

"I'm currently outside the Golden Snake Immortal's house. Everyone knows that the big celebrity Hong Mei, who was tortured and killed by a peer, was his disciple. Now, it's rumored that Huang Daqiu, who kept Hong Mei, died in the Golden Snake Immortal's house, which makes one have to suspect that the Golden Snake Immortal possesses supernatural evil arts..." A familiar figure appeared in Qi Fei's line of sight, excitedly live streaming.

"Sha Gou? Why is it you again?" Qi Fei turned off Sha Gou's phone and dragged him out of the crowd.

Sha Gou was suddenly interrupted, and his temper flared. He didn't care if Qi Fei was a policeman: "Aren't others live streaming too? Why turn mine off specifically?"

"This is a crime scene! What you are doing is interfering with the investigation!" Qi Fei said sternly, then took the megaphone from the police officer maintaining order at the scene and shouted at the crowd: "Everyone disperse! If you don't leave, we will treat this as obstruction of police investigation!"

After saying it a few times, the crowd finally dispersed in twos and threes. Sha Gou was also preparing to leave when Qi Fei grabbed him: "You, wait a moment."

Sha Gou said irritably: "Big brother, what do you want?"

"You're an internet celebrity, what are you doing running here?" Qi Fei's eyes were full of suspicion.

"The person who died is Huang Daqiu!" Sha Gou said without hesitation. "How many female celebrities in the circle were made famous by him? Dying so suddenly, isn't this a bombshell?"

"Who told you Huang Daqiu is dead?" Qi Fei frowned. This news was spreading too fast.

"Huh? Didn't the Golden Snake Immortal say so himself?" Sha Gou had the look that everyone should know.

"He only said he didn't kill anyone. When did he mention Huang Daqiu?"

"He just replied in the comments!" Sha Gou opened Weibo and brought it out to show Qi Fei.

It had to be these self-media outlets. It turned out that while they were returning to the police station, someone asked who died under the Golden Snake Immortal's post claiming he didn't kill anyone, and the Golden Snake Immortal replied that it was Huang Daqiu.

This was the reason why so many self-media outlets flocked here.

"Damn, is this Golden Snake Immortal crazy?" Qi Fei muttered.

"Yeah, that's what I thought too. Because I do paranormal stuff, I've been following the Golden Snake Immortal's account for many years. He hasn't posted a single update in at least five years. There were only legends about him in the world, and no one knew what he looked like. He really didn't make a sound, but when he did, he shocked everyone. Just today, he gained 100,000 followers. It's really enviable!"

"Enviable my foot. He is now an important suspect we are going all out to capture. If I give you 100,000 followers, are you willing to become a suspect?" Qi Fei retorted.

Sha Gou shrugged and made a face: "I was presumptuous, I was presumptuous."

"What else do you know about this Golden Snake Immortal?"

"I heard that this Golden Snake Immortal was originally just an ordinary islander with a middle school education. I don't know why he suddenly made his fortune over a dozen years ago. To tell you the truth, I came to this island last year, wanting to see if I could film a documentary about the Golden Snake Immortal, so I took the ferry to this Jiangting Island.

For this documentary, I went to knock on the Golden Snake Immortal's door quite abruptly. Ha, it was clear there was someone inside, but they just wouldn't open the door. The wall was built so high, there was no way to climb in."

"You wanted to trespass on private property?" Qi Fei squinted at him.

Sha Gou waved his hands quickly: "I was just saying. Look at this wall, how could anyone climb in? However... I'm a dedicated up-uploader, so I waited outside until dark, wanting to see if anyone would come out. The result was that he never left the house. He's really a homebody, even more so than my partner. But..." He deliberately dragged out the long sound.

Qi Fei slapped the back of his head hard: "Don't keep me in suspense. Human lives are at stake. Say what you have to say, spit it out!"

Sha Gou rubbed the back of his head and pouted: "It turns out he just doesn't open the door for people he doesn't know."

Qi Fei heard the mystery in this and said: "How do you know that only acquaintances can enter? Who did you see?"

Sha Gou shook his head: "I don't know that person."

"If you don't know them, how do you know they are an acquaintance of the Golden Snake Immortal?" Qi Fei was relentless.

Sha Gou shook his head and said: "How does that saying go? Familiar people, familiar doors, familiar paths."