Xiao Lou took the elevator back to the General Surgery Department ward on the 7th floor.
It was already 1:30 PM. He hadn't slept all night, worried about Yu Hanjiang's condition, only managing a short nap sitting by the bed. After waking up this morning, he first went on rounds with the doctors from the General Surgery Department, then went to the Endocrinology Department for a consultation with Lao Mo, and then went to the Pediatrics Department, Hematology Department, and Rheumatology and Immunology Department to find other teammates. He'd been busy until now, barely having time to breathe, and hadn't even had a sip of water.
Xiao Lou was panting heavily and his mouth was dry. After entering the duty room, he immediately found a disposable cup and poured himself some water to drink.
As he was drinking, Yu Hanjiang's voice suddenly rang in his mind: " Xiao Lou, come to my ward."
Xiao Lou thought Yu Hanjiang wasn't feeling well, so he quickly put down his water glass and turned to the VIP Ward.
The VIP Ward was spacious, and Yu Hanjiang was leaning against the headboard, intently reading documents. Warm sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating the man's face and making his profile appear even more handsome and rugged.
Yu Hanjiang's expression was calm, and the data on the monitor was all normal. Xiao Lou was slightly relieved and walked to his bedside to ask, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell, or has there been a lead in the case?"
Yu Hanjiang looked up at Xiao Lou, his gaze very gentle: "Neither."
Xiao Lou asked in confusion, "Then why did you call me here?"
Yu Hanjiang simply said, "Let's eat."
He stretched out his long arm and took a delicate bento box from the bedside table next to him. Then he set up the small table on the hospital bed, placed the bento box on it, and said in a low voice, "You've been busy all morning and haven't had lunch yet. I ordered takeout for you using my phone."
Xiao Lou hadn't even eaten breakfast, let alone lunch, and was indeed starving.
Xiao Lou sat on the edge of the bed, took the chopsticks handed to him, opened the lunchbox and saw that it contained stir-fried snow peas, shredded pork with garlic sauce, braised chicken wings, and a pumpkin soup. It was a very generous meal with a good mix of meat and vegetables, and all of them were his favorite dishes.
Looking at the steaming hot lunch, Xiao Lou felt a warmth in her heart and said softly, "Thank you. How did you manage to have lunch?"
Yu Hanjiang said, "I just had surgery and can't eat yet. Nurse gave me IV fluids, so I don't feel hungry."
Xiao Lou nodded: "After the surgery, you really have to wait for your gastrointestinal function to recover before you can eat... So, shall I eat first?"
Yu Hanjiang smiled slightly: "Yes, eat quickly, the food is still hot."
A delicious-smelling lunch was laid out in front of him. Xiao Lou was indeed very hungry, so he picked up his lunchbox and began to eat. Yu Hanjiang noticed that Xiao Lou ate very gracefully, and it was a pleasure to watch him chew his food.
Under Yu Hanjiang's gentle gaze, Xiao Lou's ears burned slightly. She quickly finished her lunch and changed the subject, saying, " Teacher Qu is pregnant, you should know that, right?"
"Yes, I can sense your conversation with Long Sen. "
"This time, our team has become a combination of the elderly, children, the sick, the disabled, and pregnant women. What do you think will happen next?" Xiao Lou sighed softly, looking quite helpless.
Sensing Xiao Lou's near-collapse, Yu Hanjiang whispered words of comfort: "Don't worry, the situation of our teammates is indeed not optimistic, but we still have CEO Shao. Don't forget, his bug king card can regenerate severed limbs. As long as we find CEO Shao, Long Sen's severed leg can be healed, my surgical wound can be healed, and all of us can immediately regain our mobility."
The Bug King Card can only treat external injuries. It can't cure conditions like Liu Qiao's blood disease, Teacher Qu's immune disease, or Lao Mo's intestinal obstruction.
Ye Qi's pneumonia has been brought under control. Although he is now 7 years old, his mobility is not affected. Today, after seeing Xiao Lou in the Pediatrics Department ward, little Ye Qi ran over, jumping and hopping, full of energy.
Once Shao Qingge is found, at least Yu Hanjiang, Long Sen, Xiao Lou, and Ye Qi will be able to move around freely. Even if Qu Wanyue delays her surgery, she can still move around even at two months of pregnancy.
The biggest fear right now is that something might happen to Shao Qingge and he won't be able to use the card.
When Xiao Lou entered the secret room, he checked his pockets and found no card holders. However, he could activate and use his cards directly when no one else was around. This time, everyone's card holders were invisible and could not be transferred to teammates.
Therefore, Shao Qingge's card can only be activated by Shao Qingge himself.
We must find CEO Shao and have him use the Bug King Card to heal the external injuries of several teammates in order to deal with any unforeseen circumstances that may arise.
Thinking of this, Xiao Lou got up and went to the window, opened it, summoned Li Qingzhao inside, and used the skill "Who Sends a Letter from the Clouds" to send a letter to Shao Qingge, informing him to stay awake at midnight tonight and accept Xiao Lou's Peach Blossom Spring Teleportation.
However, the pigeon had barely flown away when it returned to Xiao Lou's hands in less than a minute.
—The recipient cannot receive the letter.
Upon seeing this notification, Xiao Lou couldn't help but worry: " CEO Shao can't receive emails, how could this be?"
There are two situations in which the letter cannot be received. The first is that the recipient is in a completely closed environment, and Li Qingzhao's carrier pigeon cannot fly in at all. The second is that the recipient has lost consciousness and is unable to receive or read the letter.
Recalling the scene of Yu Hanjiang being rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment last night, Xiao Lou felt a sudden chill run down his spine: " Could something have happened to CEO Shao?! Is he in a coma right now?"
Yu Hanjiang said with a stern face, "That's possible."
Apart from Xiao Lou, who is a doctor and can move freely, all the other teammates are patients.
Xiao Lou had long suspected that the Guardian wouldn't be so kind as to let Shao Qingge become a wealthy boss. In the confined room with the hospital setting, it was highly likely that Shao Qingge had contracted a serious illness and lost consciousness. Otherwise, given that Shao Qingge possessed the [ Qin Guan ] card, allowing him to establish a Telepathic Connection with Ye Qi at any time, there was no reason for him not to contact Ye Qi after a whole morning.
Xiao Lou grew increasingly anxious: " What if CEO Shao ends up like you, needing to be rushed to the emergency room?"
Yu Hanjiang frowned: "Check again, see if you can find his medical records."
Around 10 a.m., Xiao Lou checked Shao Qingge's medical record in the doctor's office in the operating room, but there was no record at the time; now, three hours have passed, and perhaps Shao Qingge was hospitalized during this period?
Thinking of this, Xiao Lou hurriedly turned around and went back to his duty room, turned on his computer, and logged into the Hospital employee system.
He brought up the medical record lookup interface again and entered the patient's name: Shao Qingge.
No records were found.
Xiao Lou was feeling down. Yu Hanjiang whispered in his mind, " CEO Shao shouldn't have had an accident before even seeing us. I think he's probably just temporarily unconscious and can't receive letters or contact us with cards. Since the setting of this escape room is in a hospital, I believe he'll come to the hospital to meet us soon."
Normally, saying someone will soon be in a hospital feels like a curse. But at this moment, Xiao Lou would rather CEO Shao arrive at the hospital as soon as possible. At least within this hospital, he could freely enter and exit all the wards and keep a close eye on CEO Shao's safety. Outside the hospital, Xiao Lou was truly powerless to help.
He paused for a moment, then turned back to VIP Ward and looked at Yu Hanjiang, asking, "Have you made any progress on the case you're investigating?"
Yu Hanjiang handed the documents to Xiao Lou and briefly introduced the case: "The deceased, Cheng Shaoyu, was 28 years old and the eldest son of wealthy businessman Cheng Jianqiang. The Cheng family has been in the clothing business for generations, creating their own clothing brand and owning many shopping malls with assets exceeding 10 billion. Cheng Shaoyu is currently the general manager of the sales department of the Cheng Group. The person who reported this case was a worker at a landfill who found a severed human hand at the landfill."
Xiao Lou was startled: "The dismemberment case you mentioned... could it be that... the bodies haven't all been found yet?"
Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Only severed hands and feet were found at the landfill. Genetic testing confirmed that the body belonged to Cheng Shaoyu. The rest of the body has not yet been found. After checking his social relationships and personal assets, we concluded that Cheng Shaoyu had no romantic entanglements, no debt disputes, and his colleagues all spoke highly of him. He didn't seem to have any deep-seated hatred towards anyone."
Xiao Lou listened with trepidation: "Have you identified a suspect?"
Yu Hanjiang said, "Currently, the prime suspect is Cheng Shaofeng, 26 years old, the deceased's half-brother. We suspect him because Old Master Cheng's health has been deteriorating in the past two years, but he did not leave a will, and the heirs are still uncertain. If Cheng Shaofeng killed his brother, all of the Cheng family's assets would be his, and he would have a strong motive to commit the crime."
Xiao Lou recalled Yu Hanjiang's experience last night: "You were shot when you went to Cheng Shaofeng's house to investigate?"
Yu Hanjiang said with a grim face, "That's right. I went to his villa and was shot by someone hiding in the shadows as soon as I entered the yard. This case is more complicated than I thought. This morning, my colleagues from the Police Station came back and told me that the suspect, Cheng Shaofeng, has disappeared, and Grandpa Cheng is unconscious. We haven't been able to find any other clues yet."
Only a psychopath or someone with deep-seated hatred would dismember a victim's body.
Cheng Shaoyu's body was found in a garbage dump. What is the relationship between the murderer and Cheng Shaoyu? Why did his younger brother, the prime suspect, suddenly disappear? Everyone was forced into the hospital; will more deaths occur there next?
Xiao Lou couldn't figure it out, so he told Yu Hanjiang to rest first.
The most urgent task at present is to find Shao Qingge.
Unable to find any information about CEO Shao, Xiao Lou remained uneasy.
In the afternoon, Xiao Lou visited several wards to check on his teammates.
Ye Qi was called back to the room by Nurse to get an injection. Liu Qiao was resting in bed. Qu Wanyue and Long Sen's emotions had stabilized. Old Mo's anesthesia had worn off, and after waking up, his wound hurt, and he couldn't move while lying in bed...
After visiting several elderly, young, sick, and disabled teammates, Xiao Lou returned to the duty room and checked Shao Qingge's information again.
Still can't find it.
Xiao Lou's on-call phone rang again; the hospital's various consultation calls were driving him crazy. He not only had to keep an eye on his teammates' conditions, but also fulfill his duties as the chief surgical resident. If other departments called for consultations, he had to get there as soon as possible.
Xiao Lou was spinning around like a top, extremely busy.
He worked until dark before returning to the general surgery ward. The combined physical and mental exhaustion made Xiao Lou's steps unusually heavy, and he longed to collapse and sleep. But he dared not sleep, and could only force himself to stay awake and type Shao Qingge's name into the computer again.
He thought he would find nothing again, but when he clicked refresh, a new case suddenly appeared in the window.
Xiao Lou's eyes suddenly lit up, and she immediately tapped the medical record with trembling fingers—
Shao Qingge, male, 31 years old. Admission diagnosis: acute myocardial infarction. He was unconscious upon admission and was admitted to the Cardiovascular Surgery Department ICU of our hospital for treatment. Past medical history: 80% stenosis of the left anterior descending and circumflex coronary arteries, and 85% stenosis of the right dextrorotatory coronary artery…
Lines of black text flared across the computer screen, stinging Xiao Lou's eyes and causing them to sting.
CEO Shao's situation is the most serious of all!
The patient suffered an acute myocardial infarction and was immediately transferred to the ICU. The three major coronary arteries were narrowed by more than 75%, which indicated a need for surgery. The patient required stent placement or coronary artery bypass grafting. Otherwise, the massive ischemic necrosis of myocardial cells would be very difficult to save.
Xiao Lou carefully examined CEO Shao's medical records, becoming increasingly alarmed with each reading.
Yu Hanjiang's voice echoed in his mind: "Go check on him. CEO Shao is unconscious. Besides, even his bug king card can't save him from a heart attack. He can only rely on the hospital doctors."
Xiao Lou immediately stood up, took a deep breath, and turned to head towards the Cardiovascular Surgery Department.
If he remembered correctly, the Cardiovascular Surgery Department was located on the 8th floor, above the General Surgery Department.
Xiao Lou didn't want to waste time waiting for the elevator, so he went straight through the staff entrance. He took long strides, skipping two steps at a time, and quickly climbed to the 8th floor.
It's 8 PM now, and family visits are prohibited in the ward; it's practically closed off. However, Xiao Lou is the chief resident of surgery and has an access card, so he can directly open the doors to all the surgical departments.
He swiped his card to open the door and strode to the nurse's desk. The nurse recognized him and greeted him, "Dr. Xiao."
Xiao Lou asked directly, "Did the cardiac surgery ICU just admit a patient named Shao Qingge?"
Nurse nodded: "That's right, it was delivered less than ten minutes ago."
Xiao Lou said, "I'd like to know more about this patient's condition. Could you tell me who his attending physician is...?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a deep voice sounded from behind him: "It's me."
Xiao Lou turned around—the instant she met those eyes, she felt as if all the blood in her body had frozen, and she stood there, unable to move even a finger.
The man in front of Xiao Lou was half a head taller than him and wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses.
He adjusted his glasses, a smile playing on his lips.
This smile gradually overlapped completely with the smile in my memory—
Red Heart 2 Secret Room, Rose Funeral.
The story card for a perfect completion replays the entire case. Surgeon Zhao Sen kills his wife, places her on a bed of roses, then chops up his cousin's body and stuffs it into a suitcase.
As the man dragged his suitcase out of the villa, he stopped at the door and gave the security camera a strange smile.
At that moment, Zhao Sen stood in front of Xiao Lou, smiling at him.
The familiar smile sent chills down Xiao Lou's spine!
A chill ran down Xiao Lou's spine, and his scalp felt like it was about to explode. After all, he had witnessed firsthand the bloody scene of Zhao Sen murdering his wife and dismembering his cousin's body.
That was the first case he experienced alone after arriving at Card World, and he was deeply impressed by the "double killer".
Seeing Xiao Lou's stiff body, Zhao Sen smiled slightly and said, "Dr. Xiao, don't worry, I am Shao Qingge's attending physician. Once the patient is in my care, I will definitely take good care of him."
Xiao Lou: "........."