Special Forces Medic-Chapter 627 - 589: Bottom of the Cave

"I'll ask you again, does Xiao Lin's disappearance have anything to do with you?"

Mu Rongyun thought for a moment, nodding and shaking his head. "You could say it's related, but you could also say it's not."

"Do you want me to hit you again?" Hua Qingyi shouted impatiently. It was close to noon, and the body on the side emitted a strange smell. The people from the department hadn't arrived yet, so they had to endure the stench of the corpse baking under the scorching sun. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Mu Rongyun was already used to such smells. To him, the stench of a corpse buried for just a few days was something he had become completely immune to, but to someone with Hua Qingyi's sensitive nose, it was torturous.

"The young master is indeed a young master. Don't you Dragon Soul guys encounter dead bodies on your missions?" Mu Rongyun sarcastically asked Hua Qingyi, but he didn't seem to expect an answer. "The ones who killed Ah San and Wang Canghai were assassins sent by 'Black Crow.' This person is known in the West as the Texas Chainsaw. Do you know what that means?"

"This person takes inspiration from that movie, and dismemberment is their trademark."

"'Black Crow'?" Hua Qingyi whispered, referring to another regional assassin organization from the West. "As far as I know, 'Black Crow' doesn't cross territories for any reason."

"Every organization has a few exceptional individuals. Can you manage them all?" Compared to someone righteous like Hua Qingyi, Mu Rongyun felt he was much more mature.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Exactly what you heard." Mu Rongyun was unfazed by Hua Qingyi's outburst. "I don't know where Xiao Lin went. Wu Shuang was right. Instead of futilely confronting me here, it's more meaningful to earnestly search for clues."

Hua Qingyi snorted at Mu Rongyun. Calming down, he felt he had been impulsive. "It's best if you have nothing to do with this, otherwise I won't let it rest, no matter what your relationship with Xiao Lin is." He said as he stood up. The sunlight was now abundant, making the visibility far better than at night.

The train of thought that Wu Shuang had interrupted returned to his mind. Hua Qingyi stood in the position he had stood before, slightly off because it was already occupied by a corpse. He always felt that the brick factory's owner built the place not to profit, but for some other odd purpose, particularly the outhouse that seemed more like an ornament there.

Thinking from another perspective, if I were a brick kiln owner, after building employee dormitories, would I place the toilets so far from the dorms?

Moreover, the dormitory is close to that standalone building, a work area and a living area are adjacent, yet the bathroom is built a seven to eight-minute walk away. For lazy people, this management isn't just inhumane; it's not a good excuse for slacking off. As the boss, he wouldn't be that foolish.

Secondly, the outhouse is next to a flowing river. Building an underground water pipe to the dormitory from here would actually be convenient. Why did the owner choose the long route, directing the water pipe to the standalone factory building, and then from the building extending another pipe to the dormitory?

Hua Qingyi stood in place, his gaze shifting repeatedly between the outhouse and the river. As he thought deeper, he took a step. Though Mu Rongyun was sitting by Wu Shuang and didn't move, he was also observing Hua Qingyi's actions.

Even if he stood there like a wooden post, not knowing what to do, he trusted that Hua Qingyi wasn't the type to act without thinking. From the first time he and Wu Shuang entered this area, he sensed a difference. Watching the change in Hua Qingyi's demeanor, there was a certain gloom in his eyes.

The reason Hua Qingyi took action was because he still didn't believe that outhouse was merely for physiological needs. By pacing out his steps, he calculated the distance from the dormitory to the edge of the outhouse, which was over ten meters.

Standing at the edge, the pit was about two meters deep, roughly the height of a room, constructed with blue bricks and cement, with a bamboo ladder placed on the side.

Perhaps discarded during the construction here, several steps had broken, and the bamboo felt soft to the touch. After being weatherbeaten for years, even the most resilient materials can't withstand nature's elimination.

He set the bamboo down, and the hollow sound made Hua Qingyi emit a sound of curiosity. He grabbed the bamboo and jumped down. The ground was a cement-infused foundation. He tried stepping on every spot, finding nothing out of the ordinary. Hua Qingyi frowned, toeing each section bit by bit, confirming there was no mechanism within this foundation.

What reason would there be to construct a hollow pit? This ground was naturally formed, yet the foundation underneath was hollowed out. Thinking of this, Hua Qingyi attempted to feel for something on the arcuate walls.

"Hey, what are you doing down there? Wu Shuang has woken up." Mu Rongyun stood on the side, looking down at Hua Qingyi's somewhat ridiculous appearance.

"It's hollow down here." Hua Qingyi ignored Mu Rongyun, continuing to feel along every blue brick. Hearing the noise behind him, Mu Rongyun followed suit and jumped down, creating a resonant echo in the pit. Mu Rongyun looked at Hua Qingyi quizzically. "Don't tell me you don't know what's happening here?"

"I don't!" When Mu Rongyun jumped down, his surprise wasn't on the same level as Hua Qingyi's. This brick kiln was indeed beyond his usual knowledge. If not for Ah San, he wouldn't have come to this place—it was purely coincidental.

"Hmph, aren't you one of them? How could you not know?" Hua Qingyi's fingers brushed past each crevice, hoping to find something.

Mu Rongyun merely chuckled twice, not answering Hua Qingyi's question. After the two silently examined this wall, they gave up. It was just a pit; apart from the hollow foundation, there was nothing suspicious.

Wu Shuang, unable to move, lay on the ground, using Mu Rongyun's coat as a mat. She turned her head to the spot where Mu Rongyun had disappeared, finding solace only when she saw two heads emerge, and then she gazed upwards at the sky.

"Did you discover anything?" she asked Hua Qingyi.

"Well, the bottom of the pit is…"

"Nothing, it's just a normal outhouse pit." Mu Rongyun glared at Hua Qingyi, his eyes filled with disdain.

"Liar."

"The people from the department will be here soon. You'll need to return with them." Being caught was being caught, and the result would be the same. Wu Shuang definitely couldn't stay. Her injuries needed treatment.

"I didn't plan to go back." Wu Shuang seemed to have anticipated this outcome, naturally rejecting Mu Rongyun's suggestion, trying to sit up from the ground but was held down by Hua Qingyi. "Since when did you two become so in sync?" It was a joking remark. Wu Shuang didn't think much of it.

"I also think that this person is right. You staying here won't be of any help." Hua Qingyi nearly added that she'd be a hindrance, but after receiving a glare from Mu Rongyun, he swallowed the second half of his sentence. He wasn't truly afraid of him, but there was no need to say it.

"I'm fine. It's not internal injuries, just surface wounds." Wu Shuang stubbornly shook off Hua Qingyi's hands and sat up from the ground. A slight movement made her wound tear a bit.

"Being tough is pointless."

"Is there something wrong with that outhouse?" Wu Shuang shifted her gaze to Hua Qingyi. "Don't say there isn't—you both went down there, so there must be an issue."

"The foundation is hollow," Mu Rongyun answered Wu Shuang's question first.

"So there's a secret passage here?" Hearing this made Wu Shuang excited; she knew there was an issue here.

"It's just hollow, no secret doors."

"How could that be? Did you miss something?" Wu Shuang, unconvinced, stood up.

"Wu Team, Wu Team!" Two cars arrived simultaneously, stopping by Mu Rongyun's vehicle. Xiao Sun leaped out from the car, a grin spreading from ear to ear.

"Why did you come too?"

"Of course I had to come. With such great news, how could I not report immediately to our captain? You have to treat us, and it better be a full course." Xiao Sun chattered on without stopping, her words like pouring rain.

"What's there to celebrate?" Wu Shuang felt awkward, confused by Xiao Sun's words.

"This is the appointment notification just released from the city committee this morning." Xiao Sun proudly handed over the document to Wu Shuang.

"Deputy Director?" Wu Shuang didn't understand the red-lettered document, but Hua Qingyi knew, and Mu Rongyun glanced at Hua Qingyi.

"You're pushing her to a dead end." Mu Rongyun walked over to Hua Qingyi, speaking in a low voice near his ear.

"I'm not the one doing that." Hua Qingyi shrugged. "This has been decided by those above, nothing to do with me." The old man worked fast. Suggesting the transfer of the case where Tang Xiaoxia used illegal drugs in an attempted murder had exceeded his expectations.

"What is it? Let me see." Hua Qingyi pretended not to know, running over to Wu Shuang, putting on an act of surprise as he snatched the document from her hands. "Wow, it's really a red-letter document, congratulating you on being appointed Deputy Director of the City Police Department. That's not just a three-level jump."

"Stop joking, how could I possibly do this job?" Wu Shuang was embarrassed, feeling inexplicably confused by Xiao Sun's words.

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