Chapter 1086 - My Patients Respect Me a Lot 2 in 1 (1/2)

It took Wen Qing a long time before she slowly returned to normal. She took a few deep breaths and gave Chen Ge some affirmative nods.

“After this, we will go to the tenth floor. I believe then we will find out what the landlord’s real secret is. After everything is revealed, it will be about time we leave this building.”

Xiang Nuan and the monster from the cursed hospital had all disappeared. Chen Ge did not wish to stay there for too long. He was worried that he might miss out on some things. Ten minutes later, the group met at the entrance to the stairwell that connected the ninth and tenth floors. They had searched through all six rooms but come up with nothing.

“The last secret of this apartment should be hidden on the tenth floor. We should be ready. Who knows what we’ll face?”

When Chen Ge said that, his eyes scanned over Doctor Li and Big Head. Doctor Li and Big Head carried black, opaque bags that contained lock-picking items. The two of them stood close together. Their eyes darted about, and they did not dare look Chen Ge in the eye. They seemed to have formulated a plan of their own behind Chen Ge’s back.

Are they finally going to make their move?

As if he did not notice anything, Chen Ge’s tone and expression did not change much. However, he no longer walked at the front of the group and made sure that Doctor Li and Big Head always stayed in his sight. He walked together with Xiao Sun and Wen Qing. As they went up the stairs, Chen Ge even purposely held back Qu Yin to ask him some unimportant questions.

During the temporarily break, these few tenants were supposed to search different rooms on the ninth floor, but when they returned, Doctor Li and Big Head returned alongside Qu Yin and his wife. These four’s patience toward Chen Ge appeared to have reached its limit. When they came to the tenth floor, the group did not take that long to pry open the door to Room 1006. They had gotten quite good at this after repeating it so many times that night. After the front door fell open, a light scent of decay floated out from inside the room. It smelled like something had been out in the open for too long and had gotten spoilt.

“Normally, only the landlord will come to this floor. The tenth floor is not open for tenants.” Qu Yin held his nose. For Chen Ge, this was no smellier than the other scents in the apartment. The tenants, though, found the smell revolting. Strangely enough, the tenants did not seem to be able to smell the actual stench that Chen Ge found revolting.

The furnishing of Room 1006 was at the bare minimum. The floor was filled with puddles of water and dirty stains. Following that trail of the stench, the group entered the room. They noticed that other than a ton of big freezers, there was basically nothing else inside Room 1006.

“There won’t be a dead body kept inside a freezer, will there?” Wen Qing tried to hide behind Chen Ge but was pulled out to stand before him.

“Do not wander away from my sight. Even though dead bodies are scary, at least you know for sure that they pose no threat to you. I cannot say the same for the others in our company.” Chen Ge walked to open a random freezer. It was filled to the brim with rotten vegetables and meat and a big bucket of ice. “Why did the landlord need to prepare so many food items?”

The group split up to open the rest of the freezers. There was nothing scary. The first few freezers were all stocked with food. The last freezer had various rotten meat and produce littered around it.

Inside the freezer were several bags of medicine. Chen Ge took one of the bags out from the freezer. He opened one of them, took out a bottle, and studied it closer.

“This kind of drugs will spoil easily after being exposed to the freezing agent inside the freezer. The medicinal effect will be greatly affected. The landlord possesses a lot of these medicine bottles, so it means that he knew this medicine very well. He would not have made the rookie mistake of using the freezer to store them. Other than that, take a look at the meat that’s littered around this freezer. The person who did this probably just wanted to find a space to deposit these extra drugs.”

“After the landlord died, it must be the killer who possesses the keys. Do you mean that the killer has been to this place already?” Doctor Li carried a black, opaque bag and sidled up to Chen Ge.

“I did not say that.” Chen Ge gave Doctor Li a side glance. “By the way, you have such a lucrative career, and compared to the rest of the society, a doctor’s income should be quite high. why would you stay in a place like this?”

“I have gotten used to living here,” Doctor Li replied lightly.

“What is it that you have gotten used to? The dirtiness, the horrid nature of the building, or the lack of management around this place?”

“I have gotten used to the air here. I feel comfortable living here, and I am too lazy to find a new place to move to.” Doctor Li closed the freezer. “Come on, let’s go to the next room to take a look.”

He held the black bag away from Chen Ge but purposely walked past the latter. Chen Ge carried his backpack, but his eyes did not stay on Doctor Li. Instead, he tilted his head to study Qu Yin, who looked surprisingly nervous.

“And what are you looking at?”

“Nothing.” Qu Yin held his hand over his stomach. He then followed Doctor Li and Big Head out of the room.

Xiao Sun was about to follow them, but he was given a tug by Chen Ge. “I want to ask you a question.”

“Go ahead.” Xiao Sun was still analyzing who the killer was. His brows were creased in deep contemplation.

“When the electrician was killed, did you hear something that he said before he died?”

“I did not hear much, but I have a feeling the electrician seemed to know Auntie Ding and Doctor Ding. They appeared to share a relationship that is deeper than mere neighbors.” Xiao Sun was honestly quite an observant young man, but unfortunately, his way of thinking was too narrow.

“They had a close relationship, but Auntie Ding and Doctor Li insisted on killing him. Why do you think that’s the case?”

“Because they wanted to silence him?”

“Indeed. The electrician is a crazy man that likes to torture those weaker than him, Auntie Ding is a human trafficker that is mentally ill, but the biggest problem here is Doctor Li because he is the one who is the mastermind behind everything.” Chen Ge suddenly revealed all the information. It required some time for the poor young man to digest.

“When did you find out about all this, and why did you only tell me about them now? What is it that you are up to?” He had been following the real killers to search for the killer. They had gone through the entire building. Just the thought of it caused Xiao Sun to shiver. Now he truly had trust issues. He was not going to trust anyone anymore.

“Everyone has their own secret, and you are no exception, but some people’s secrets will not harm others, while other people’s secrets are built on the basis of harming other people.” Chen Ge patted Xiao Sun lightly on his shoulder. “Humanity is the most complicated concept in the world. As an individual with your own unique ability to think and freedom to choose, I am not going to force you into making any decision, but I hope that you will sincerely consider what you should do next.”

Xiao Sun’s appearance behind Xiang Nuan’s world behind the door proved that there was something wrong with the young man, but he was not assimilated by the darkness of the world. The darkness did not corrupt him. It was probably due to his incorruptibility that he had mysteriously disappeared outside the door. Chen Ge believed that Xiao Sun was someone that he could have on his side, so along the way, he had been observing Xiao Sun. It was difficult to gain Chen Ge’s confidence behind the door because Chen Ge was someone who had difficulty trusting others in nature, but there was something good about him, and that was once he had truly placed his trust in someone, the trust would not be so easily shaken.

“No matter what happens next, the thing that you need to do is make sure that you protect yourself and try not to say things that will make yourself a target anymore.”

Before this, Xiao Sun was just a stranger to Chen Ge. The latter did not mind whether Xiao Sun lived or died. At most, he would only come to his rescue verbally if needed. But now that Chen Ge wanted Xiao Sun as a partner, he naturally needed to warn Xiao Sun from ‘running his mouth’ and getting himself into trouble. After hearing what Chen Ge had to say, Xiao Sun nodded subconsciously even though he still looked as befuddled as ever.

Suddenly, Big Head’s scream came from the corridor. Chen Ge walked out from Room 1006 and saw Big Head sitting in the corridor. He had his hands covering his stomach, and blood was leaking out through his bandage. Big Head’s injury was deteriorating. Doctor Li had suggested that he go back to his room to rest, but Big Head had refused to leave Doctor Li’s side as if he knew what was about to happen. He wanted to stay to help Doctor Li as much as he could.