Chronicle of the 70s-Chapter 346 - 333: The Cause and Effect (First Update)

The three rushed to the hospital and from afar they could hear crying. Qin Xi and Qin Zhen directly shielded Qin Shouren as the three headed towards the crowd at the center of the hospital.

At this moment, the courtyard was packed three layers inside and three layers outside. Just as Qin Shouren approached, he saw a board covered with a white cloth lying on the ground in the center, clearly it was a deceased. His face changed immediately; with such hot weather, exposing a corpse in the heat could easily breed bacteria.

At this moment, someone shouted, "The Director is here."

The crowd turned their heads to look and swiftly made way, creating a path. Qin Xi, who was at the forefront, looked towards the direction of the voice; being quite tall, he could clearly see who had shouted despite their attempt to shrink back.

Li Jianqing followed shortly after, so Qin Xi signaled him, and Li Jianqing moved towards the back of that person.

The family members of the deceased were two men and a woman, both in their forties, and there was also a young man, seemingly only seventeen or eighteen years old, kneeling on the ground crying, while the older man and woman stood around the deceased, shouting and screaming. Hearing someone announce the arrival of the Director and seeing people approaching, the man strode forward ready to attack someone.

Qin Xi didn’t move but instead, shifted sideways, allowing Qin Zhen to grab the wrist of the man approaching and push him back. The man staggered but didn’t fall; Qin Zhen’s control of his strength was impeccable.

Seeing Qin Zhen’s appearance and his towering stature, the man paused then began shouting to the surroundings, "They are hitting people! The Director killed someone and they are hitting me, I can’t live like this!" The woman seeing the man shout also started crying out, "Help! God, open your eyes, there’s no justice left! They killed someone and now they are hitting us too!" and she began crying next to the corpse. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Qin Zhen, seeing everyone talking, scoffed and said, "Did any of you see me hitting him?" Just as everyone was about to speak, Qin Zhen coldly surveyed the surroundings and said, "Speak with evidence. If you dare to lie, wait for the police to arrive and say the same thing!"

Those who were going to cause a commotion fell silent upon hearing this, constantly shaking their hands, indicating they saw nothing. Qin Zhen nodded in satisfaction and turned to the trio asking, "What’s this about screaming that the hospital killed someone? Just last year, the state instituted new legislation, slandering someone can lead to imprisonment!"

Everyone was stunned on hearing this, the noise ceased, and all turned to Qin Zhen in astonishment. The boy kneeling on the ground stood up, staring coldly at Qin Zhen and pointed to the body on the ground, "My father died the day after his surgery, are you saying that’s fake?"

Qin Zhen’s expression turned serious: "The surgery conducted by the Director was extremely successful, but to die out of the blue today, this itself is very suspicious. Instead of thinking about filing a report and finding out the truth, lifting the body into the courtyard for exposure, is this your filial piety to your father?"

On hearing this, the boy’s eyes instantly reddened and turned towards the couple.

The couple hurried to explain: "Junjun, they are deceiving you! Your father was killed by them, and we did this fearing they might tamper with evidence. This man is the Director, we simple folks can’t fight against them."

At this moment, someone outside shouted, "They are oppressing us! Everyone, don’t just watch, we are just ordinary folks, can you bear to see one of us being bullied?"

Before he could finish, Li Jianqing grabbed the man’s collar and pushed him inside. It was a short man, who, caught off-guard and about to shout, saw the towering figure behind him and twisted, attempting to run. Li Jianqing caught him and pushed him into the middle of the crowd.

Qin Zhen scoffed at the man, "Was it you who killed this patient?"

The man was startled at first, his eyes widened, shouting, "It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me, you are framing me!"

Everyone was unclear about what had just happened, causing the scene to turn chaotic. Qin Xi then told Li Jianqing, "We suspect the patient was murdered, call the precinct’s criminal investigation department over."

Li Jianqing quickly strode with the man who came to report to the hospital’s office. The couple in the center heard and their faces changed. The man stepped aside and shouted, "So what if we call the police? Killed someone and don’t want to compensate, the police are in league with you, everyone, don’t trust them!"

Qin Xi pulled an infuriated Qin Zhen back, and coldly said, "We will know soon enough what happened when the police arrive. Don’t move the body; an examination will reveal everything. An apparently successful surgery yet the person died before noon, what exactly did you do?"

As two sharper individuals showed up, the couple panicked and didn’t know what to say. Qin Shouren directed everyone, "It’s too sunny in the center of this courtyard, move the body to a shaded area to prevent any damage."

Initially the couple was unwilling, but when the boy heard his father’s body might be damaged by the sun, he immediately agreed. The police also arrived shortly after.

A lot of spectators were curious and observed as the police arrived. Qin Shouren, as the Director, detailed the entire incident to the officers and hoped to move the body to the morgue in the basement, as the exposure was not good for the deceased and could affect the determination of the cause of death.

The police discussed with the deceased’s family, and only then did everyone find out that the deceased was the boy’s father and the two were the deceased’s biological siblings.

The person causing the agitation was a colleague of the couple, who came to create a disturbance.

The deceased was smoothly transported to the morgue in the basement, while Qin Shouren stayed at the hospital, and all doctors involved in the surgery were questioned.

Qin Xi told Qin Zhen to go back first, saying that he would stay here, and called Hu Zi to pick everyone up.

After seeing there wasn’t much else to do, Qin Zhen left with Li Jianqing.

By the time Qin Zhen returned, it was past three o’clock. He relayed Qin Xi’s instructions, then took his wife and children to the Lu Family’s place.

It happened that all three children were asleep, so no heart-wrenching farewell scenes occurred. Qin Zhen left first, followed by Li Jianqing and Leng Qing.

Soon, Hu Zi also arrived. When leaving, Qin Xi had not yet returned, Li Xianglu was a bit worried, but the old man assured her that with such an affair, if Qin Xi couldn’t handle it, then growing so tall was truly a waste.