Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 545 Memories
It turned out that their leader had arrived.

This was what Liao Xiaomei was thinking, but when she saw the appearance of the person who came in first, her mouth opened unconsciously.

"Li Yancheng, why is it you?"

Hearing that his wife knew the person who came in, Fu Botao turned his head to look at his wife in surprise, and then his gaze fell on Li Yancheng.

At first glance, he couldn't tell how old the man called Director Li by Captain Cheng was.

Judging from his appearance, he looks no more than thirty years old. However, the look in his eyes and the aura he exudes do not seem like those of a thirty-year-old young man.

A total of two people came in. The one walking behind them was the one they had just seen. He was Director Dong of the Dianhai Branch.

Captain Cheng put Director Dong at the end when addressing him, which means that Director Li is more important.

But Director Dong is already the head of the Dianhai Branch. He can’t think of anyone else who is more important than him except the leaders of the Municipal Bureau.

The leader of the Municipal Bureau? Are you kidding me? You are so young and you are the leader of the Municipal Bureau?

Fu Botao, who has been working in a large subsidiary enterprise like Beijing Iron and Steel, is very aware of the fact that seniority is important within the system.

What does seniority represent? It represents age.

Pointing to a young man in his twenties or thirties and introducing him as a senior something or other, it sounds like bullshit. Senior what? Senior parasite?
While Fu Botao was stunned, Li Yancheng had already smiled and nodded to the surprised Liao Xiaomei.

"Doctor Liao, long time no see."

"Hello...long time no see." Liao Xiaomei said blankly: "Li Yancheng, why are you here?"

The woman was so shocked that she didn't react at all to what was going on.

Her husband beside her had recovered by now. Seeing that she was still calling her name, he quickly bent his elbow and touched her.

When Liao Xiaomei felt her husband touching her, she was about to ask him why he was touching her when Director Dong, who came in behind Li Yancheng, stepped forward and introduced himself.

"Doctor Liao, Director Li is now the deputy director of our city bureau in charge of criminal investigation."

Deputy Director of the Municipal Bureau!!!
Although he was sure that he was right, Fu Botao still couldn't hide the surprise on his face after getting the affirmative answer.

Liao Xiaomei had a similar expression to her husband, except that she spoke.

"You...you are now...now you have actually...actually been transferred to the Public Security Bureau? And you have become a leader!"

Li Yancheng did not answer Liao Xiaomei's question. He just smiled and raised his hand and pressed it down: "Sit down, Doctor Liao, and this is... your wife, right? Everyone, sit down, let's sit down and talk."

"Uh……"

When her current husband was mentioned, Liao Xiaomei blushed slightly and introduced him, "He is my husband, Fu Botao. Botao, this is my former colleague at the First Hospital. He was transferred quite early, yes... I remember you were transferred in the 19th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, right?"

She asked the last question while looking at Li Yancheng.

"Doctor Liao has a good memory. I left the hospital in the 19th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China."

Li Yancheng smiled and nodded, then extended his right hand to Fu Botao.

"Hello, I'm so sorry to ask you to come here to cooperate with our work on such a festive day."

"Hello, Chief Li, it's nothing, it's nothing, it's my duty to cooperate with the police."

Seeing that Li Yancheng took the initiative to shake hands with him, Fu Botao, who had just sat down on the chair, hurriedly stood up again and shook hands with both hands.

After sitting down again, Li Yancheng's eyes fell on Liao Xiaomei.

"Doctor Liao, if you look at me like that, be careful that your husband will get jealous."

Liao Xiaomei just stared at Li Yancheng for a long time. How to put it? It was a bit rude of her to look at him like that.

However, since the person involved said it in a joking tone, everyone laughed and the matter was over.

Liao Xiaomei explained a little embarrassedly: "I'm just a little surprised, Li...it's been more than ten years, and Director Li, you haven't changed much at all."

"Not really. I'm already 40, and my face has wrinkles. I can't compare to the energy I had a dozen years ago."

……

After a few pleasantries, Li Yancheng got straight to the point.

"Doctor Liao, do you know why we asked you to come here?"

"I know." Liao Xiaomei nodded: "Captain Cheng said when he found my house that he wanted to ask me about a patient's condition.

I have read the medical record and it was indeed written by me. If nothing unexpected happens, I should have been the one who treated that patient.

but……"

At this point, Liao Xiaomei seemed a little hesitant and didn't say anything further for a long time.

"But what? Doctor Liao, please feel free to tell me."

"Director Li, it's been almost five months now. Jinggang Hospital is still quite busy. After I was transferred here, I worked in the surgery department. I saw more than ten patients every day on average. I really have no impression of the patient with the broken ribs."

It is normal to have no impression. It would be abnormal if she could still remember an ordinary patient she had seen five months ago.

If she could remember this, it's more likely that she had hyperthymesia.

It doesn’t matter if she has no impression, Li Yancheng will guide her to recall it bit by bit.

"How about this, Doctor Liao? I'll tell you a little bit about that person's basic characteristics first, and then you can recall them. What do you think?"

"Can"

"First, let me clarify the gender. It's a man, about 1.7 meters tall, neither fat nor thin, and should be quite strong. This man has practiced boxing before.

She’s probably in her 50s or 60s, but that’s not the main point…”

As Li Yancheng continued to talk, Liao Xiaomei fell into memories.

"Director Li, please have a cigarette."

At the right time, Fu Botao stood up and handed over the cigarette.

Seeing that he handed over a Blue Peony with a filter, Li Yancheng hesitated for a moment, but still took the cigarette in his hand, but did not light it, and just put it on the table.

He is still not used to smoking cigarettes given by strangers.

But if he didn't take the cigarette, he believed that Director Dong and Captain Cheng would not take it either. They were obviously smokers, but it would not look good if they didn't take the cigarettes handed to them.

They still have something to ask of someone else's daughter-in-law.

Guan Weidong, who was sitting diagonally behind Li Yancheng, saw that his leader put the cigarette on the table without lighting it, and he knew what was going on. While Fu Botao was passing cigarettes to other people, he quickly replaced the cigarette on the table and took out a kerosene lighter to help light it.

"Director Li... Director Li..." At this moment, Liao Xiaomei spoke.

"Did you remember anything?"

Seeing a thoughtful expression on her face, Li Yancheng was shocked and asked hurriedly.

"I recalled carefully, and I seem to have some impression of the person you mentioned, but...but the age of that person I remember does not match what you said."

"Age is not important. How old is the person you remember? I see that person's age is not recorded in your medical records."

The medical records at that time were not written in a standardized manner, and some even had no medical records, let alone real names. It was because of this that the Dianhai criminal police went to the address registered on the medical record and found that there was no such person.

However, we can learn something from the address left by that person. The path at the address he left was renamed fourteen years ago. Except for the old residents living nearby who are still used to using the old road name, everyone else had already changed it.

And that person who could tell the name of the old street, could he be an old resident nearby?

In short, while Liao Xiaomei was being questioned here, comrades from the Criminal Police Team of the Dianhai Branch and the General Team did not give up their investigation in the vicinity.

"From the fragments I just recalled, I felt that the man was no more than 40 years old..."

"How much? Forty? At most?"

To be honest, Li Yancheng was shocked when he heard what Liao Xiaomei said, because the age she said was quite different from what Qi Feng and Hu Rui said.

Liao Xiaomei nodded affirmatively and explained, "Director Li, your hint just now actually didn't help me recall much. It was mainly because that person's situation was a bit special that I was able to remember it. Also, this person was the only patient with broken ribs that I treated in the past two years."

"What special method?"

"White hair. He looked only about 40 years old, but his hair was already mostly gray. These things actually made a very ordinary impression on me. The thing that left the deepest impression on me was the sound of his voice. It always gave me a feeling of being pretentious, as if..."

"Deliberately, deliberately speaking like that, a bit of disguise."

Before Liao Xiaomei could finish her words, Li Yancheng spoke first.

"Yes, yes, it's just like you said, very deliberate."

"What did he look like? Can you recall what he looked like?"

"No," Liao Xiaomei shook her head and said, "It's been too long. I really can't remember what he looks like."

"Huh..." Li Yancheng let out a long breath. He knew that this person must be very good at disguise, otherwise, they would not have been able to find this person after many large-scale investigations.

The way he disguises himself must be reassuring.

What kind of person would make others feel very reassured? Li Yancheng was puzzled that he could be ruled out after multiple investigations.

Director Dong and Captain Cheng of the Dianhai Branch also felt confused.

I clearly felt that this person was right in front of me, but there was like a layer of glass between us. I could see him but couldn't touch him.

"Doctor Liao, I have a method that can help you recall in detail what the person you saw that day looked like. It will not cause any harm to your body. You may feel weak for a few minutes or even more than ten minutes after the questioning. But once it passes, it will not affect your life, and it will not cause any harm to you.

I wonder if you are willing to accept this method, Doctor Liao? We have invited a teacher from the Academy of Fine Arts to come over and ask him to draw a portrait based on your description of that person. "

???

Both Liao Xiaomei and her husband were stunned.

Help with memory?

What the hell is this?

It is said that the unknown is the most frightening. After Liao Xiaomei looked at her husband beside her in surprise, she wanted to reject Li Yancheng's proposal, but for some reason, when she saw those bright eyes, the words of rejection turned into willingness to cooperate.

Hearing that his wife actually agreed, Fu Botao was slightly stunned and turned his head to look at his wife.

Upon closer look, he discovered that her gaze was fixed on the face of Deputy Director Li opposite him. This was nothing. It was a matter of basic courtesy to look at the other person when talking to them.

He was a little confused. When they looked at each other just now, he clearly saw the rejection in his wife's eyes, but why did the words she said change?

Thinking of this, he glanced at Deputy Director Li opposite him calmly, and asked before Li Yancheng could speak: "Director Li, can I accompany my wife?"

"I'm really sorry, but I'm afraid that's not possible, Comrade Fu Botao. What I can promise you is that within an hour at most, Dr. Liao will be able to appear in front of you safely, and you and your wife can go home together, but you can't be by her side while we question her next.

In addition, everything you heard here today, you must not mention it to anyone outside this door, otherwise, we have the right to hold you accountable for leaking the information."

Unlike when he was speaking just now with a smile on his face, this time Li Yancheng was very serious, and the aura he exuded was completely different from before.

The tremendous pressure that came towards him made Fu Botao feel that it was difficult to breathe, and he nodded involuntarily.

"Don't worry, Director Li. Once I leave this door, I will forget everything I heard today."

"Thank you." A smile suddenly appeared on Li Yancheng's serious face.

His smile instantly dissipated the low pressure in the small conference room.

"Boss, please arrange for two female comrades to come over. Please ask Doctor Liao to wait in another office. The teacher from the Academy of Fine Arts should be here soon. Once the teacher arrives, we will start."

"Okay, Director Li."

Without waiting for Director Dong to speak, after hearing Li Yancheng's words, Captain Cheng stood up and walked out of the small conference room to arrange people.

"Doctor Liao, you and our two female comrades can go to another office to rest for a while. Once the teacher arrives, we will start. Don't be nervous. Although some special methods are used in the interrogation, you will be awake throughout the whole process and will know exactly what happened afterwards.

But like I said just now, when you leave here, everything you heard today and everything that happened must be kept to yourself.

This is actually a protection for you. The suspect we are looking for now is extremely vicious. If he knew that you could still remember his appearance after such a long time, there is no guarantee that he would not cause trouble for you.

Of course, we are doing our best to catch him now, so you don't have to worry too much. And you can rest assured that we will keep it strictly confidential and won't let anyone know about this matter if you come here to cooperate with us today."

Li Yancheng had to make the matter sound more serious, otherwise he bet that the couple would tell others about it when they got to work and show off their unique experience.

……

Ten minutes later, the teacher from the Academy of Fine Arts who had cooperated with the Criminal Investigation Team many times to draw simulated portraits of suspects was sent over, and Li Yancheng began to use his special technique on Liao Xiaomei.

After half an hour, the questioning ended.

Because he had helped the Criminal Investigation Corps many times, the teacher had become very skilled in drawing by listening to oral instructions. As the questioning ended, he stopped writing.

After the somewhat weak Liao Xiaomei's identification, the portrait was at least 60% to 70% similar to the patient with broken ribs in her memory that had just been dug out, which was already very good.

With this portrait, plus the height, body shape, and the special feature of a young-looking man with gray hair, we can say that we are following the map.

If we still can't find it, then something strange is going on.

Just as this portrait was just coming out, the arrogant criminal had not yet realized that the police were about to get to him.

"Director Li..."

"Ok?"

Li Yancheng had just given the order for Liao Xiaomei to rest here for a while. The feeling of weakness in her body would soon disappear, and she would be able to move freely after that. He was about to leave the office, leaving the two female police officers to take care of her. But before he reached the door, he was stopped.

There was a hint of fear in Liao Xiaomei's eyes as she looked at Li Yancheng.

She never imagined that this former colleague had this unique skill, which was to control people's thoughts, so that even though they knew what they were thinking and saying, they were unable to control their own brains.

No wonder he was transferred to work in the Social Affairs Bureau back then. This can be considered as making the best use of his talents.

Suppressing the fear in her heart, she weakly called out to Li Yancheng who was about to leave, and told him about the strange thing that came to her mind when she had uncontrollable memories just now.

"What's wrong, Doctor Liao?"

"When you gave me the acupuncture needle just now and asked me to recall, I remembered something a little different."

"What's different?"

The main purpose of giving Liao Xiaomei an acupuncture just now was to let her recall the appearance of that person. The time was just enough and there was no chance to ask other questions. Now that she took the initiative to bring it up, she remembered some things again. Li Yancheng felt his eyes brighten up and asked quickly.

"The smell of that person."

"What's with his smell? Is it unique?"

"It's not unique, but the smell of soap is very strong, whether it's on his clothes or on his body. You should also know that the smell of disinfectant is everywhere in the hospital, so any other smell will be very obvious.

The strong smell of soap on this person seems to be trying to suppress another smell on him, and that smell... I feel like it smells like a toilet."

"The smell in the toilet?" Li Yancheng repeated the words in some surprise.

As soon as he finished repeating it, he thought of something.

"They are the ones who take out the shit, or clean the public toilets."

Nowadays, public toilets are basically dry toilets, which need to be cleaned every day. But that stuff is top-quality fertilizer, and not everyone can get it if they want it. You need a feces ticket.

One manure ticket represents a large bucket. Hand the manure ticket to the staff in charge of management, and they will arrange people to deliver it to you in order. In some places, you can find a car to pull it yourself.

There is no need to mention the cleaning of public toilets.

(End of this chapter)