“Who’s Director Li?” Zhang Xiaolong’s curious voice sounded.

“The spouse of Vice Captain Jiang of Yongchuan Second Division. She’s a neurosurgeon.” And the girl who locked me up for 2 days…

Lin Chen glanced again on the police officer, put the letter on the desk, copied down the order variety of the courier envelope, and stated, “Name a colleague from the forensic division and see if they’ll extract fingerprints.” After talking, he handed the envelope to Zhang Xiaolong. “Test the recipient of the courier quantity and ask them to determine the sender. Additionally, look as much as see who’s the proprietor of this quantity.”

Zhang Xiaolong was a bit confused. “Is one thing unsuitable, Guide Lin? What is that this hostage-taking incident?”

Lin Chen couldn’t clarify all of the ins and outs of what went down given the time, so he might solely reply, “I hope nothing will occur.”

The duties he assigned had been easy sufficient. Even with out the assistance of others, Comrade Zhang Xiaolong accomplished most of them earlier than getting off work.

“Guide Lin, this individual is actually bizarre. It’s a must to watch out.”

The police officer handed over the outcomes. Lin Chen took the knowledge in hand, learn it rigorously, and frowned involuntarily.

He nodded to the police officer and thanked her, then folded the paper and stuffed it in his pocket as he headed out.

Zhang Xiaolong known as to him, “Guide Lin, are you going out to work by your self? Would you like somebody to accompany you?”

Lin Chen appeared round. Usually, Xing Conglian would most likely have gone to the car parking zone and pushed the Jeep round, however now, there have been solely cops packing up and on the point of get off work. He stated, “No, I’m comparatively free, so I don’t thoughts going alone.”

Though he stated this, with out a full-time driver and the chatter of others, it was certainly a bit boring.

He was strolling alongside the new avenue to the overwhelming sounds of cicadas and the noise from the site visitors. After strolling for some time, he sat down on a bench after which known as the quantity.

About half an hour later, a younger man carrying a cap received off the bus cease throughout the street and hurriedly ran right into a snack bar.

Lin Chen noticed that the opposite occasion was in search of somebody calmly at first after which grew to become anxious. He stopped a clerk, as if asking some questions. After discovering nothing, he rushed out of the shop and began making a name.

Lin Chen felt his telephone, which he had positioned on the bench, begin to vibrate. He appeared on the younger man throughout the street, picked up the telephone, and pressed reply.

“The place are you?” A younger man’s voice got here from the opposite finish.

Lin Chen didn’t communicate and as a substitute stood up.

The second he stood up, the younger man appeared over. Seeing the signal of the opposite occasion speeding in direction of the facet of the street, Lin Chen calmly stated, “I’ll come over. Go into the shop and discover a seat by a window.”

After he completed talking, he hung up. The younger man was at a loss for a second, however he obediently adopted his directions. He circled and walked again into the store.

The place he selected was near Hongjing No. 3 Excessive College. It was simply after faculty, so there have been many college students within the store coming to fill their stomachs after class. When he entered the shop, the younger man was wiping the desk with some disinfectant wipes he had carried with him. The second he noticed him, the younger man subconsciously needed to face up, however Lin Chen pressed on his shoulder and sat down reverse of him.

At the start, they didn’t communicate. Lin Chen simply rigorously appeared on the look of the individual in entrance of him.

Though he had already seen the picture of the opposite occasion from the knowledge Zhang Xiaolong handed over, the sensation of assembly one another in individual was completely different in spite of everything. The younger man’s cap was positioned on the desk. He had a crew reduce and was carrying black-rimmed glasses. How might he describe the gaze beneath the glasses? It was utterly completely different from each reporter he had seen. There was no shrewd look in his eyes attempting to discover every little thing. Quite the opposite, he was extra like a highschool pupil who had simply walked out of Hongjing No. 3 Excessive College. He had clear eyes with a wierd dedication.

“Please introduce your self,” Lin Chen stated to the younger man. He put his hand on the desk and felt barely moist from the again of his fingers. When he appeared down, he discovered that the younger man had truly wiped down his facet of the desk as properly.

“Howdy, Guide Lin. I’m a reporter from the Hongjing Night Information. I do know that you simply dealt with that hostage-taking scenario in Yongchuan Second Individuals’s Hospital two days in the past. I wish to report a clue to you.”

The opposite occasion spoke proficiently, as if he had recited these traces many instances.

“Please inform.”

“You’re at risk proper now.” The younger man leaned ahead barely and lowered his voice.

Lin Chen didn’t have a lot response to this. “I want to hear the small print.”

Simply because the younger man was about to talk, a waiter within the store occurred to return over.

“Two servings of clam soup.” He raised his head and requested the younger man, “Is it okay if it’s barely spicy?”

The younger man was greatly surprised and nodded blankly. The waiter then turned and left. Most likely as a result of the younger man felt that his perspective was too impolite simply now, it solely made the younger man extra anxious. “Now Zhourui Pharmaceutical has joined forces with main media to hype you as a assassin of the mentally ailing. Why don’t you already know something!”

Lin Chen sighed. He couldn’t clarify to the opposite occasion how he had been dwelling a lifetime of imprisonment for the previous two days, a lot in order that he actually didn’t know something concerning the progress of the hostage-taking case.

“It appears that evidently you already know much more concerning the case than me. Are you able to speak about it?”

The younger man swallowed and plucked up his braveness. “The title of the deceased who was killed by you is Li Ming. He’s a deputy director of Zhourui Pharmaceutical who’s answerable for submitting new medication for assessment.”

“New medication?”

“Sure. The rationale why they needed to kill Director Li is as a result of Director Li is without doubt one of the medical consultants answerable for drug advertising approval on the Drug Analysis Middle of the State Meals and Drug Administration. All consultants have handed the approval apart from Director Li, who despatched a rejection letter.”

It wasn’t till this second that Lin Chen was startled. This case was merely unbelievable. “You imply, it’s as a result of Director Li tied up the approval of this new drug that Zhourui Pharmaceutical is about to advertise to the market, so they’re attempting to kill her?”

The younger man nodded solemnly. “Right.”

“No matter whether or not Zhourui Pharmaceutical’s motives for homicide are established or not, there may be a good larger query: Why didn’t Zhourui Pharmaceutical select a extra secretive manner of killing Director Li however as a substitute selected a supervisor pretending to be mentally ailing to kill her? Are they not afraid they are going to be listed as suspects?”

“As a result of regardless of how Director Li dies, so long as the police examine, Zhourui Pharmaceutical shall be a chief suspect. As a substitute of being suspected secretly, it’s higher to simply leap out. Furthermore, the deceased Li Ming did have a historical past of psychological sickness. In case you hadn’t shot him useless, he’s very prone to be recognized as having a sudden psychological dysfunction… And the explanation for his sudden psychological dysfunction is, after all, as a result of Director Li rejected the brand new drug approval that he was answerable for, thus placing him beneath immense stress at work, which might lead him to kill Director Li due to this. Zhourui Pharmaceutical has organized a sequence of proof. After the demise of Director Li, these items will regularly present up in entrance of the media and the police. Though it’s not foolproof, you need to be very clear that sudden psychological dysfunction is tough to clarify. If there’s a psychiatrist that may be purchased by them through the judicial appraisal course of, the success fee of this matter could be larger than 95%. And…” The younger man paused earlier than persevering with, “This may even be an instance to all different events who dare hinder the launch of this new drug, as they’ll assume twice about their security.”

The within story described by the younger man was too surprising. Lin Chen immediately regretted selecting to speak to him about these bloody shady issues inside a snack bar. He thought rigorously concerning the risk that the younger man had informed him. The truth is, remembering the ultimate, decisive gaze of the deceased, if he hadn’t shot first, Mrs. Jiang would’ve died. Even so, he nonetheless thought there was one thing unsuitable with this. “That is too daring, and the price just isn’t proportional to the profit. I’m not satisfied.”

“However it’s! Guide Lin, you haven’t any concept how a lot cash is invested within the analysis and improvement of latest medication. That’s billions of {dollars} and tens of billions of income. There is no such thing as a profitable pharmaceutical firm that doesn’t step on human life. Have you learnt how many individuals have died as a result of adversarial drug reactions? Do you assume these pharmaceutical firms are socially accountable? They by no means are!”

The younger man’s tone was heavy and impassioned. Lin Chen knew properly that he was attempting to influence him, and he carried the eagerness that was distinctive to the younger who hadn’t been smoothed by the world.

Lin Chen had examined this younger man for some time. He was punctual, well-educated, and didn’t appear to be scheming. From the underside of his coronary heart, he was prepared to imagine the younger man who had simply appeared out of nowhere and given him a really unusual clue. However essentially the most vital query that wanted to be requested was, “How have you learnt?”

“I discovered it,” the younger man replied with out hesitation.

Lin Chen was a bit disillusioned to listen to the younger man’s reply.

At this second, the waiter got here by to serve the clam soup. Lin Chen took out 50 yuan from his pocket and handed it to him, then stood up from the desk and ready to go away.

“The place are you going?!”

The younger man raised his voice and grabbed him.

“You understand, the premise of cooperation is belief. I’m sorry, however you don’t belief me, so I’m leaving.”

“Isn’t it sufficient belief that I got here to see you?”

Lin Chen appeared on the regularly empty faculty throughout the road and requested, “Was this retailer open once you went to high school right here?”

The younger man’s pupils immediately shrank. “You investigated me?”

“As a result of I dwell fairly cautiously, Mr. Duan Yang.”

Lin Chen didn’t know what the younger man in entrance of him was pondering. He got here to him pretending to be a reporter from the Hongjing Night Information. Wouldn’t this identification be revealed by the police as soon as they checked? Though he needed to go away, the disgrace and ache within the younger man’s eyes at this second pressured him to sit down down in entrance of him once more.

“You’re not a reporter for the Hongjing Night Information, so don’t say that there aren’t any lies on this matter. To be sincere, how did you even learn about this matter?”

The younger man pursed his lips and eventually made up his thoughts. “The rationale why Director Li despatched the rejection letter is exactly as a result of I despatched her an nameless letter. The truth is, I despatched an nameless letter to all of the consultants answerable for the approval course of. Solely Director Li believed me, so I can’t bear to see what may occur to her.”

“I don’t imagine you.” Lin Chen had reviewed this younger man’s file. He resolutely stated, “You’re only a veterinarian in a pet store. Why have you learnt such inside info?”

“As a result of that type of drug wasn’t developed by Zhourui. The true discoverer was my instructor. They simply stole my instructor’s unfinished analysis consequence. My instructor is Duan Wanshan, and he has been engaged within the medical remedy of the Dana Area. You’ll be able to search any official web site of any main overseas media and discover studies on him. I’m not mendacity!”