Zhan Keying beside him also added, "It's because of you that Liu Yuning didn't sacrifice her life, you know?"
Speaking of her, He Qing said, "Sister Yuning, she's a good woman, the most righteous woman I've ever met. I didn't expect someone like her to sacrifice for criminal investigation, alas, perhaps it's fate!"
"Don't tell me this useless stuff. Strictly speaking, I shouldn't be interrogating you today! Do you know what this means?" I said sternly.
According to regulations, regarding relatives, even though He Qing and I were not related by blood, given our relationship, I should have stayed out of it. But this time I had already informed Director Zhang that this matter had to be handled by me personally.
Now that He Qing has become like this, I am more or less responsible. If I had paid more attention to his inner thoughts back then, perhaps he wouldn't have made so many mistakes.
We had been investigating the organization all along, not knowing that there was someone from within the organization right beside us. Over the years, He Qing must have spied on many of our secrets, leading to the failure of many of our arrest operations, and preventing us from getting close to the organization's members.
I thought He Qing seemed a bit moved. He smacked his lips and then said, "Actually, that bone powder was refined by me, but I didn't kill anyone. There's a master in your forensic department who often tampers with corpses. He and I both like bone powder art."
"Bone powder art? Forensic department? What are you talking about?"
Zhang Keying didn't quite understand what he meant, but a chill ran down my spine. Could it be...
I ran out of the interrogation room because it was Liu Yuning's autopsy day. The moment I rushed into the autopsy room, Xiao Dong and Xie Chuchu were standing together. Xiao Dong was holding a scalpel and was about to cut open Liu Yuning's throat!
"Stop!" I shouted. Xiao Dong and Xie Chuchu quickly looked over, both extremely surprised.
If I had been a second slower arriving at the autopsy room, that scalpel would have already cut through Liu Yuning's throat!
"What's wrong? Senior?" Xie Chuchu looked at me curiously.
By then, Xia Hou and Gao Mingqiang had also arrived at the autopsy room.
"Xiao Dong, did you contact He Qing before!"
"What are you talking about? Team Leader, I don't understand what you mean, you're...?"
"I just received a message from He Xin!" I walked up to Xiao Dong with my phone, pointing at the screen to show him.
Seeing the two IP addresses on it, Xiao Dong took a step back, "I did contact him, it's just..."
"Xiao Dong, I didn't expect it to be you. Have you been cooperating with He Qing all along? You told him a lot of important intelligence from our team, and then he notified the organization's people??" I glared at him sternly, my eyes almost spitting fire.
"I didn't!"
Although Xiao Dong vehemently denied it, the guilt on his face betrayed him.
"I just saw another message. In the past, you started working at the police station even earlier than Xie Chuchu. Unexpectedly, because of a word from Liu Yuning, you became her assistant instead. You've been holding a grudge over this, and now you've found an opportunity. You clearly know Liu Yuning isn't dead, yet you intend to dissect her!!"
"What?" Everyone looked at me in shock.
Gao Mingqiang even said, "Team Leader, what are you kidding? We all saw Team Leader Liu..."
"No, this is all an illusion, a false pretense you deliberately created to deceive everyone, but you couldn't escape my eyes. He Qing just told me that this person is in the forensic department!"
"Why do you believe a criminal's words?" Xiao Dong questioned, seeming to gain a little confidence by finding an excuse.
I let out a cold laugh. "Do you think it's just because of his words? I was wandering in the corridor. If it weren't for communicating with He Xin, and she investigated the information about your frequent contact, I wouldn't be so sure. If you didn't do it, how about we search your home now?"
As this was mentioned, Xiao Dong's expression indeed changed. He gritted his teeth and said, "I haven't broken the law, you have no right to do this!"
"Don't you? Every time you cut a piece from the deceased, although there are many corpses here, and if you tamper with them a bit no one will know, but if the surveillance is investigated in detail, you'll definitely find more traces!"
"Also, what you said to Liu Yuning last night, she heard it all!"
"What??" Xiao Dong's face changed completely at this moment. I yanked his hand, and behind me, Xia Hou said, "How could this be? Team Leader Liu was just..."
"In this world..." I stared into Xiao Dong's unfocused eyes, my arm tightening its grip. Xiao Dong was incessantly swallowing, clearly showing his increasing nervousness.
This is because when a person is nervous, the cerebral cortex is stimulated, increasing their metabolism and further stimulating saliva secretion.
But what I was about to say wasn't that. Seeing his actions, I continued, "There is a symptom called 'frozen disease'. Its characteristic is the gradual degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons control muscle activity, allowing people to move, speak, swallow, and breathe. Patients with frozen disease will experience gradual muscle atrophy and degeneration, manifesting as muscle weakness and paralysis, as well as speech, swallowing, and breathing disorders, eventually leading to respiratory failure and death. However... if during this process, the patient is suddenly awakened and kept warm, they will wake up again and live like a normal person. But this process is as if the person has already died, so many people believe the patient is dead."
As soon as I finished speaking, Liu Yuning's eyes fluttered open. Everyone present was startled, as if facing a mummy slowly walking out of a pyramid.
However, Liu Yuning was not a mummy; she had recovered from frozen disease.
I forcefully grabbed her arm and then hugged her tightly.
Xiao Dong, whom I still held, said with regret, "Team Leader, I didn't resent her because she prevented me from becoming the head of the forensic department. There are some things you haven't deduced!"
"Oh?" Liu Yuning sat up. I was still holding her tightly. At this moment, Xia Hou and Gao Mingqiang shielded us, and even Xie Chuchu became vigilant and said, "Xiao Dong, I didn't expect you to be like this!"
"Chuchu, I'm sorry. Perhaps I've failed your teachings over the years, but I'm not part of the organization. Don't worry, I'm just someone who was used by the organization!"