The clinic is small, with only four doctors and two nurses. Therefore, it can only treat some minor ailments with headaches and brain fever.
Gao Ying noticed that there was a photo on the wall, which was a photo of Charlene with a middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman. The three of them looked very close. They should be Charlene's parents, who are also the director of this clinic. The background of the photo is this clinic.
"Is your father not here?" It was Zhu Sunling who asked the question.
Charlene shook her head and said, "My dad has gone to see the doctor."
From Gao Ying's photos, although Charlene's father is middle-aged, he looks very energetic and well-maintained. On the contrary, the middle-aged woman, with a rather pale complexion, was obviously a patient.
Charlene also looked at the photo, sighed and said, "This is the last photo I took with my parents..."
"The last photo?" Gao Ying suddenly realized something. Of course he knew that if he continued to ask, he might poke the other person's wound, but he didn't want to let go of any clues, "Your mother..."
"Colorectal cancer..." She sighed, and said, "It was already at an advanced stage at that time. Although Dad is a doctor, he couldn't save Mom. Her hair in the photo is a wig. At that time, her body basically persisted due to chemotherapy. I can’t stop. I passed away not long after this photo was taken.”
Gao Ying sighed and said, "Sorry..."
Zhu Sunling looked at the photo carefully, and asked again: "Is it true that he died of colorectal cancer? After the death, did anything abnormal happen? After you finish answering, forget about the question I asked you."
Charlene immediately replied dully: "At that time, the hospital made a pathological diagnosis after the operation, and it was indeed colorectal cancer. There was nothing wrong with it. After my mother passed away, there was nothing abnormal, and the body was cremated soon."
It doesn't look like... anything out of the ordinary.
However, Zhu Sunling was still cautious and asked several targeted questions. Gao Ying also admired Zhu Sunling's thoughtfulness and prudence more and more. No wonder she was able to survive such a horrible exam until now. Sometimes, paying more attention to a detail during the exam may be the difference between life and death.
At this time, the back door opened, and a nurse came in and said, "Dr. Xia, a patient is here."
"I see." Charlene immediately stood up and said, "Then I will go to work first."
"Well...then we're leaving too."
When walking out of the clinic, Gao Ying looked back again.
So far, nothing amiss has been seen. Gao Ying didn't have a corresponding premonition either, but he still cared somewhat.
"Let's go first." Zhu Sunling said, "Let's go back first."
"go back?"
"Those bad boys have already saved us time. Let's go back now. By talking to our 'parents', we should be able to obtain more valuable information."
In fact, Zhu Sunling knew that even if he used the reward to enter one day in advance, he might not be able to obtain much information. The most fundamental reason why she used this reward was to show her importance and win over Gao Ying. As long as Gao Ying could be of one mind with her, it would definitely not be able to compare with her own manipulation of him through orders.
Gao Ying also thought that what she said was very reasonable, nodded, and said, "You are right, then, let's go back first."
... Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was dark.
Zhu Sunling began to receive text messages from delinquent teenagers one after another.
After dinner, Zhu Sunling came to Gao Ying's house next door. The Gao and Zhu families are obviously opposite neighbors in this exam scene, and they all know each other. And Zhu Sunling also quickly confirmed that they were set as childhood sweethearts.
"Sunling?" Gao Ying's mother laughed immediately after seeing Zhu Sunling: "Are you looking for Gao Ying?"
"Yes, Auntie."
Gao Ying immediately walked from the living room to the door and said, "Zhu Sunling, you are here."
Zhu Sunling walked up quickly and said, "I have something to talk to you about."
Next, the two went to the bedroom on the second floor.
Zhu Sunling handed her mobile phone to Gao Ying, which contained text messages from those bad boys.
"There is a person... never sent me a text message from the beginning to the end. That person is missing."
"What?" Gao Ying was taken aback, looking at the phone in his hand, "So he is..."
"Hmm... maybe dead."
After all, bad boys are not like Gao Ying and Zhu Sunling, they may be killed by the devil.
"But...it's not difficult to find them." Zhu Sunling was not too worried: "Those people obviously know us, and Dr. Charlene also knows them. After you find them, you can give them another order."
"Then why didn't you order them to find you in the first place?"
"I don't want to have too much direct contact with them. If these people are cursed to death and involve us, it will cause a lot of trouble." Zhu Sunling has already considered it very carefully: "So contacting them, the most important thing is to contact them." Better through some middlemen."
"Did you know from the beginning... those people might die?" Gao Ying suddenly thought of this: "Because they abused cats, so you just..."
"Are you going to say that they are not guilty of death, is my approach inappropriate?"
"No..." Gao Ying is not a holy mother, and at this time, he would not directly offend Zhu Sunling, "That's not what I meant."
As far as Zhu Sunling is concerned, she does have a certain bottom line in doing things, but there are no gangsters in this small town, so she can only find people with certain moral stains. For her, obtaining information at the least cost is the first priority.
Gao Ying looked at the mobile phone in front of him, and after a while, he said: "Then... what is certain is that there is a certain bad boy somewhere in the place mentioned in these text messages..."
"I know who it is."
"you know?"
"I made video calls with everyone on their mobile phones. Of course, they deleted the call records afterwards." Zhu Sunling continued: "As long as I can see the other person's face... I can continue to manipulate. Even through the mobile phone screen. Can."
"So... so..." Gao Ying immediately understood. Judging from the calendar, the current year is 2012, and mobile phones generally have video calling functions.
"That person is called Zhang Qiang. However, I asked everyone, and no one could answer me when, where, and how he disappeared. The only thing that is certain is... that person is indeed missing."
Zhang Qiang... Gao Ying then asked: "Did you give them any orders?"
"Yes. Whenever they think of something, or if they encounter something unusual, call me anytime."
Gao Ying felt that things were troublesome.
These people went to places where many people gathered in the town to ask for information, and soon, one person died.
However, it is unknown where that person disappeared. So are we going to check all the places tomorrow
Today is Saturday, and tomorrow is Sunday, but you can still check it out. Gao Ying and Zhu Sunling's identities in this world are also high school students, and they have to go to school on Monday.
Judging from the information sent by the text message, they couldn't see anything wrong with the information they asked.
"There's obviously a problem with their memory." Zhu Sunling was not entirely sure about the information delivered by the text message: "After all...they don't remember the time and place of Zhang Qiang's disappearance at all, so there is also a problem with the credibility of these information."
Gao Ying also admitted this, so...
"Now we are still protected from being killed by the curse. Now is our chance to investigate."
"Understood... What do you mean, we go to investigate tomorrow morning? And tell me..."
"Early morning?" Zhu Sunling shook her head and said, "Let's go now. It can be said that the devil is more likely to appear at night. Besides, our time is limited, and every second counts."
Gao Ying looked at the night sky and nodded immediately: "You are right, now is the best time."
In fact, Gao Ying also meant the same thing, but he respected Zhu Sunling's opinion.
It is night now, and the possibility of the devil appearing is higher, and Gao Ying and Zhu Sunling are currently protected and will not be in danger. In this way, it is appropriate to go now.
"Then let's split up." Zhu Sunling didn't even plan to go with Gao Ying: "In this way, the efficiency can be maximized."
"You... are really brave." Although Gao Ying knew that Zhu Sunling was not an ordinary girl, she was still impressed by her boldness.
However, he thought about it and said, "Let's go together. I think I can help you."
As a man's self-esteem, he doesn't want a girl to take risks alone. On the surface, it looks dangerous now, but Gao Ying thinks it would be too careless to take it lightly. The devil has all sorts of weird tricks. If Zhu Sunling's memory is tampered with, it will be meaningless.
(end of this chapter)