Special Case Investigation Team

Chapter 5 Drug Poisoning Case (4)

TLator: kiwii

Editor: velle

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Cheng Jin went to their office with them. From the outside, it looked like they were in a military area. After going through multiple checkpoints, they entered the office. There were many people in the hall, and it was divided into several areas. Everyone looked very busy walking around. Bu Huan took Cheng Jin to an empty seat and asked him to sit down first.

Wei Qing walked away and entered an office: "Chief Xie, Cheng Jin is here."
 
Xie Ming nodded and asked him, "What do you think of Cheng Jin?"
 
"Talented, but too casual."
(velle: I believe the ‘casual’ is referring to the care for human feelings or people in general, like not being serious for his job and work.)

"In your eyes, is there anyone who is not casual?" Xie Ming smiled, "Cheng Jin is a very 'practical' person; he is naturally casual in front of casual people; if Bu Huan hadn't gone with you, you would have seen him as serious as you."
 
Wei Qing was silent.
 
Xie Ming said, "Let's go; let's have a meeting when everyone is here."
 
There were dozens of people sitting or standing in the conference room. This was the first time Cheng Jin had seen so many people gathered together for a case. He thought it might not be easy to handle things if there were too many people. He didn’t know why he had come here.
 
Xie Ming stood at the front, waited for everyone to get the distributed materials, and said, "Wei Qing, tell us what we know about the drug poisoning case now."
 
Wei Qing held a stack of materials and began to talk about them. Cheng Jin watched Bu Huan next to him start flipping through the papers in his hand boredly and then looked at Yang Simi with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking. Cheng Jin really felt that he had come to the wrong place, but he still cheered up and looked carefully at the information in my hand.
 
The current situation is that five victims were found; two of them died. In addition to Zhou Hai, who had the accident, another victim, Song Qiyuan, died last night. Song Qiyuan was an intern at Huiren Hospital, and he also suffered from stomach problems and took poisonous stomach medicine. Except for the first victim, Liu Chang, who said he took cold medicine, the other people were all poisoned by the same stomach medicine; the poisonous one in the stomach medicine was random, and all the victims were poisoned first and then later. The rest of the drug test results are free of any toxins.
 
All relevant staff members of Huiren Hospital were questioned last night, but no one was found to be obviously suspicious. The medicines in the hospital are mainly stomach medicines that are still under inspection. Zhou Hai, who was first poisoned by stomach medicines, bought the medicines on October 15th, while four days ago, Liu Chang bought cold medicines on October 11th. Finally, after weighing, it was decided to take back the cold medicine and stomach medicine sold after October 11 at Huiren Hospital, and the test is still in progress.
 
Now the main conclusions are, first, whether Liu Chang was really poisoned, because so far no one has been poisoned by cold medicine, and the toxin contained in Liu Chang's body at that time did not reach the lethal dose, so now it is suspected that Liu Chang is not a victim. Second, three of the four victims of gastric drug poisoning were prescribed medicines by Dr. Si Buming. Si Buming himself did not find any problems; maybe someone framed him, and he is investigating whether there are any suspicious persons according to his interpersonal relationship. Third, Song Qiyuan, who died, was the nephew of a high-ranking official. It is suspected that someone may be taking revenge on this high-ranking official, and this clue is still in progress. Fourth, the toxin is not in the hospital. There is no hospital or laboratory that has lost this toxin. We are investigating whether someone illegally sold it on the black market.
(kiwii: in English tlation, Dr. Si Buming, or Si bo ming司卜明 is tlated as spoming, which is quite weird, so I chose Si Buming and if there's still any mistake, I'll edit it later.)
 
After Wei Qing finished speaking, Xie Ming asked everyone to express their opinions on the case. They had already discussed it a few hours ago, and so far no new clues have come out. At this time, no one has expressed new opinions.
 
Xie Ming looked at Cheng Jin and said, "Cheng Jin, you were the first to discover and notice this case; what do you think?" Everyone looked at Cheng Jin, and Yang Simi also turned his head to look at him.
 
Cheng Jin was a little puzzled—could this be regarded as a slap in the face? Or do you particularly appreciate yourself? This probability is approximately negligible.
 
Cheng Jin stood up and said calmly, "Hello everyone, my opinion may be a little different: I think the poisoning was done in two stages. The first was cold medicine. The poisoner was doing an experiment to test the lethal dose of the toxin, so Liu Chang did not die from the poisoning. The second time was stomach medicine. This time, the poisoner increased the dose. I think his target was in this batch, a specific person who would buy stomach medicine during this period. The poisoner must be a person in the hospital who has access to medicines. This person has medical knowledge and may be able to purify the toxin himself. Although there are no hospitals or laboratories where toxins have been stolen, you can check the trial records of relevant experimental equipment. For the time being, that's all I can think of; please don't laugh at me."
 
Everyone was quiet for a few seconds, and then Xie Ming smiled: "That's very good; you can check in this direction. If you have any comments or questions, you can ask him."
 
Cheng Jin frowned. Do you still want to ask questions?
 
A very young boy stood up and asked, "Do you think it has nothing to do with Si Buming?"
 
Cheng Jin suspected that the boy was underage, and the Ministry of Security employed child labour. He replied: I don't think he's the murderer; the only relationship between him and the poisoner is that he was framed by the poisoner; it may not have been intentional to frame him, but incidentally, this time the target of the poisoner was not him. If Si Buming is also the target or one of the targets of the poisoner, then Si Buming will become the next victim or one of the next batch of victims. The poisoner is a ruthless person with clear goals, and he knows what he is doing."
 
"You convinced me. Cheng Jin, you are very powerful." The boy introduced himself: "I am You Duo."
 
Cheng Jin smiled: "Hello, thank you." You Duo was the first person to agree with him after he came here. Did anyone really tell them about himself before? Was it Xie Ming? How did he know himself? But it is very simple for the Ministry of Security to investigate a person.
 
A young and icy man also stood up; he was not as serious as Wei Qing, nor was he "defiant" like Yang Simi; he was indifferent and repulsed thousands of miles away. He said: "Do you think the poisoner's poisoning is not random but targeted, and the target is likely to be multiple people?"
 
"Why not? With your efficiency, no one with suspicious behaviour has been detected so far, which shows that this person was a law-abiding and good citizen before the poisoning. He was never late for work or school and followed the rules for everything. He is a person who does not attract attention or is often ignored, and now he is almost crazy; presumably something has happened to him recently; he is now starting to hate some people, and he will even develop to hate everyone; he may lose his mind, but his IQ is not reduced; he is well planned; he is a very smart man; he has entered a state of despair and excitement. He knows he can't turn back, and he won't stop. He will just do whatever it takes to clear his goal until the final goal is achieved."
 
The young, cold man nodded: "I agree with your point of view; I have been a doctor, and I have come into contact with such people." After he finished speaking, he hesitated and then said, "Cheng Jin, I am Han Bin."
 
Cheng Jin smiled.
 
Xie Ming saw that no one got up to comment again, so he asked Cheng Jin, "Cheng Jin, do you have anything else to add?"
 
Cheng Jin thought for a while and said, "I think that if there are no new clues, we can find out who is related to Song Qiyuan. He was the only one who died in the second poisoning, and he was not a patient in the hospital. He was an intern; he and the poisoner must have known each other. He must be the target of the poisoner."
 
Xie Ming thought about it and said, "This is an investigation direction. In this way, you will be in charge of the investigation in this area. If you need anything, the people here will cooperate with you."
 
Cheng Jin agreed, although he didn't think the people here would cooperate with him very much.
 
Xie Ming assigned a desk to Cheng Jin, right next to Yang Simi. Yang Simi's desk was as empty as his, and Cheng Jin wondered if going to work was just a daze for Yang Simi. Cheng Jin asked Yang Simi, all the time in silence, "What are you thinking?"
 
Yang Simi looked at him and said, "Maybe he is my kind."
 
Cheng Jin understood; he was talking about the poisoner. Cheng Jin looked around, but no one noticed what Yang Simi was saying. He lowered his voice and said, "No, of course not; he is a failure in life; now he chooses to vent his anger on others. You are different from him; you just don't know what you want, and you just can't develop feelings for people. He has accumulated disappointment into hatred for people. And you can't be like him; I don't want you to be the one I catch one day."
 
Yang Simi looked at him, blinked his eyes very slowly, and finally he said, "Okay, I'm not like him."
 
"...Simi, ok...very good." Cheng Jin smiled. Yang Simi promised that he would always abide by the moral norms of normal people. From now on, he will regard Yang Simi as his own responsibility. If you dare to trust me, I will never let you down.
(kiwii: that's it, my fav line (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

Bu Huan walked over slowly and asked, "Where do you plan to start? I'll help."
 
Cheng Jin looked back at him and smiled, saying, "Thank you. Is there a list of people in the hospital? Have you classified them?"
 
Bu Huan went to fetch a large stack of materials, "There are 15 interns in this hospital with Song Qiyuan. They are all classmates at the same level at the medical university, and they all know each other. Many doctors at Huiren Hospital also work at the medical university as teachers. Si Buming is a professor at the Medical University."
 
Cheng Jin asked, "Who are the people who are relatively close to Si Buming and Song Qiyuan?"
 
 
You Duo also came over: "Mainly there are 5 of them; all of them are in the professional courses of Bu Ming, and there is no one who has a good relationship with Song Qiyuan. Song Qiyuan doesn't live in the dormitory; he has been living outside alone and is not very close with his classmates."
 
Cheng Jin asked, "Is there anyone here who is proficient in computers?"
 
Bu Huan patted You Duo: "This is an all-rounder, proficient in physics, chemistry, biology, and computers."
 
You Duo was a little embarrassed: "No, Xiao An is better at computers; I'll call her." He said and ran away.
 
Cheng Jin smiled: "Right now those doctors and intern students are all in school, right?"
 
"Yes, they are all within our monitoring range."
 
Monitoring? Cheng Jin didn't expect this; it seems that a lot of manpower and material resources were used this time.
 
You Duo quickly brought over a girl who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old like him, "This is Xiao An."
 
"Okay, Xiao An, do you have time to go to the Medical University with us?" Cheng Jin asked.
 
"No problem, Chief Xie said that we will do our best to assist you." Xiao An smiled.
 
You Duo immediately said, "I will go too."
 
Cheng Jin asked Bu Huan, "Can they all go?"
 
Bu Huan said with a smile, "Now you have the final say."
 
Cheng Jin waved to Han Bin in the distance, and Han Bin walked over through the crowd. Cheng Jin asked him, "Are you free? We are going to the medical university. You said you were a doctor, so I think you'll have a better conversation with them."
 
Han Bin nodded in agreement.