[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner":3,"chapter-the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-212":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Nation's Forensic Medical Examiner",{"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},2326907,4551,"Chapter 212: Unspecified Target","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-212",212,"\u003Cp>“Captain Hou, Wang Zhong and I need to leave. Director Liu is injured; we’re going to check on him.” Jiang Yuan found Hou Le at his home and explained the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a member of the disciplinary force, even though Jiang Yuan was not directly under Hou Le’s command, he couldn’t just leave without explanation—he had to give some notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Le, still buzzing from the case’s progress, blinked in surprise and turned to Jiang Yuan: “How did he get injured?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tire blew out. He rolled off a mountain.” Jiang Yuan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On a case?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Le frowned. Senior investigators from the provincial bureau spent their entire year chasing cases on the road; danger was inevitable. But when you dug into individual incidents, such things were never simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Le was a veteran detective captain; he was unfamiliar with the rapidly evolving methods of today’s young criminals, but he’d seen enough to be highly sensitive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were things Hou Le could have left unsaid, but considering Jiang Yuan had just helped him so much, he cleared his throat twice and said: “Jiang Yuan, was Director Liu alone on the case?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan paused. “I’m not entirely sure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm. For cops, getting injured isn’t unusual. Car accidents aren’t strange either. I’ve been in two myself. Our Longli County detective squad even hired drivers because detectives constantly drive while exhausted—it’s unavoidable. When the case takes you there, you can’t say, ‘I’ll sleep first, then go arrest him.’ And once you catch him, you can’t say, ‘I’ll sleep before heading back.’ So fatigue driving happens all the time…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Le droned on, watching Jiang Yuan’s expression closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing no sign of impatience, Hou Le continued: “But Director Liu is very experienced. Normally, driving on mountain roads shouldn’t put you in that kind of danger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan grunted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Provincial investigators work in secrecy. But if something goes wrong, it must be thoroughly investigated.” Hou Le felt he’d hinted enough and let Jiang Yuan go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan walked silently beside Wang Zhong, hurrying toward Qinghe City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, the system delivered the task settlement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Task completed: Find Liu Yiyi\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Task description: Locate Liu Yiyi, who was abducted by Li Weibin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Task reward: Forensic Clinical Medicine (LV3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a skill tied to his profession—useful for assessing injuries—and something Jiang Yuan had long awaited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In another setting, Jiang Yuan might have celebrated. Today, he simply had no mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, it was perfect—he could use it to examine Liu Jinghui’s injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinghe City First People’s Hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pre-registered car drove straight to the VIP ward building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up on the sixth floor, the blue-and-white corridor was empty, smelling pleasantly, like a luxury hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Liu’s room is pretty nice,” Wang Zhong mused, carefree. “Working at a hospital must be good. I heard doctors earn a lot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tiring, though.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can it be more tiring than ours?” Wang Zhong sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan recalled reading “The Great Doctor Ling Ran,” but couldn’t quite say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, in terms of danger, cops were definitely at greater risk—just look at Director Liu, overturned, still fighting for his life…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Yuan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui’s excited voice rang out as he waved with his uninjured arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan turned in surprise: Liu Jinghui’s face was wrapped in bandages like a war veteran, beaming like a hyperactive husky, held back only by a nurse who wouldn’t let him run over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Liu, why aren’t you resting?” Jiang Yuan hurried over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui shook his head. “I’ve lain still all day. It’s just a car accident. I’ve had worse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan remembered Hou Le had also mentioned multiple car accidents. He asked: “Are cops really that prone to car crashes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More dangerous on out-of-town assignments. Within the city, it’s fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How bad are your injuries?” Jiang Yuan asked, already scanning with his new skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately activated his newly acquired Forensic Clinical Medicine LV3—no delay, as if it had been made for this exact moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui said: “A couple weeks’ rest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A month,” the nurse interjected firmly. Seeing Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui knew each other, she added: “Don’t wander off. Stay within the ward area. I’ll get your medicine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it.” Liu Jinghui waved, watching the pretty nurse leave, then turned to Jiang Yuan with a grin. “The nurses here are all good-looking. Don’t waste the view.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you find the cause of the accident?” Jiang Yuan, sensing Liu Jinghui didn’t want to dwell on his injuries, pressed on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui glanced at him and asked: “What do you think caused it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan said: “If I were investigating, I’d start with the tires. If that yields nothing, I’d check the road and the scene. Only after ruling out human interference would I consider an accident.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui nodded. “Someone stabbed the tire.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan immediately felt a sharp surge of danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since nearly being ambushed from behind by a serial killer last time, Jiang Yuan had become hyper-aware of his safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected Liu Jinghui—big-browed, broad-faced—to be so reckless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Were you alone in the car?” Jiang Yuan used the respectful form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui said: “Two of us. The other one’s worse off—he’s in the next room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan nodded, hesitated, then asked: “Do you think the attacker targeted you personally, or the region?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was exactly the question Hou Le had raised earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui traveled all over the province, tangled in countless cases—some unsolved, some half-closed. In mystical terms, he’d accumulated too much karmic debt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even closed cases could leave suspects dissatisfied—or victims and families still angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Criminal cases were violent collisions of social tensions; it wasn’t unusual for those tensions to rebound onto investigators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from a case complexity standpoint, an attack targeting Liu Jinghui personally would be easier to solve and carry less fallout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the attacker targeted Zifeng Mountain instead, it meant targeting an undefined group—far harder to solve, and the motive would likely be unpleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui’s expression turned cold. “I was going to find a corpse. Just as I was getting close, the tire got punctured. No one else had even approached. This isn’t complicated—the simplest explanation is the correct one. Someone deliberately tried to stop me from finding that body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside them, Wang Zhong whispered: “If they do this, aren’t they just shouting ‘I did it’? Don’t they fear provoking you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They wanted to kill me,” Liu Jinghui growled. “If my driving hadn’t been good, I’d be at the bottom of the cliff.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan wasn’t sure if Liu Jinghui’s driving was truly that skilled—he hesitated slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui shrugged. “Don’t overthink it. If the enemy fears it, we must keep doing it. Tomorrow, I’m going straight to Zifeng Mountain Coal Mine to keep looking for the body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The nurse said you need to stay hospitalized for a month…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A month to heal. I don’t need my arms. I’ll bring them along.” Liu Jinghui waved dismissively. “This time, I’ll bring more people. Let’s play with this brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you know it’s just one person?” Jiang Yuan countered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui grinned, showing white teeth: “I didn’t even have my gun. If there’d been more of them, they could’ve just rushed me, cut me up, buried me—why bother stabbing the tire? It’s sloppy and leaves too much evidence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan fell silent. They’d climbed the hunting trails of Wu Long Mountain together. In remote, unmonitored wilderness, blood and tissue could be broken down by microbes—and if they sold the car on the grasslands, tracing it would be nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By contrast, a car accident involving Liu Jinghui would inevitably trigger an investigation. A tire punctured by a blade would almost certainly be spotted during the on-site inspection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So someone’s hiding at Zifeng Mountain Coal Mine—and they’ve killed people?” Jiang Yuan summarized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui’s expression grew serious. After a long pause, he said: “I can’t figure it out. But first, find the body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll come with you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need,” Liu Jinghui refused again. “Dirty work. You don’t need to be involved. I was planning to get familiar with the mine before bringing in dogs. Now I’ll just bring them directly. None of your business.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1358,"2026-06-20T18:55:02.212Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9de968cc447b9ec32381ad894743ad49f3817c84f0c6daebb397c00dbafc76f4","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-213","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-211",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-cover.jpg"]