515: The ultimate performance

She reacted almost immediately, realizing how "Yang Qing" planned to escape.

But it was too late; by the time a look of surprise appeared in her eyes, Su Yue's hand was already on the back of her neck.

Afterward, Su Yue left Xiao Xiao, who had also been made up with makeup, inside the cave, and he went out first.

He put on the jacket that was stained with snake blood from Xiao Xiao, left his own suit jacket on Xiao Xiao, and then, feigning extreme weakness, was led out of the cave entrance by the rescue team.

This was a huge risk, but it was also the only way.

Su Yue had utilized everything he had at hand to the extreme!

The chaotic scene, the lingering risk of explosion in the cave, coupled with the unimaginable act of changing faces inside the cave, under Xiao Xiao's gaze... Even though the risk was great, Su Yue still managed it!

Su Yue remembered the way in, so naturally he knew when the ambulance would be out of sight of Lingtian Mountain.

In his mind, the map constructed by his Mind Palace showed the car's location as if by GPS.

When he felt the ambulance had turned two corners, he opened his eyes.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw two nurses and a doctor sitting next to him.

As he assessed his surroundings, the doctor's voice came over: "You're awake?"

Su Yue smiled, turned over, and sat up.

"Young man, you shouldn't sit up right now. Although you seem fine, it's best to have a check-up at the hospital..."

Su Yue nodded, but he didn't lie back down. Instead, he took the handcuff key out of his mouth.

Seeing this, the doctor was a bit surprised, then he said: "You really worked hard, Comrade Xiao Tang."

He watched "Xiao Xiao" take out the key, unlock the handcuffs, and then set the box aside.

But "Xiao Xiao" still didn't lie down. Under everyone's watchful eyes, she pulled down the zipper of her jacket.

"Comrade, you should be careful to keep warm," the doctor said. "I think it's better if you don't take off your jacket."

"Thank you, Doctor." As soon as this sentence came out, the expression on the doctor's face changed drastically.

A man? Wearing women's clothes? Huh? He felt his mind go blank; this shock was a bit too much for him, being over fifty years old.

The doctor wasn't the only one stunned by this low baritone voice; the two nurses' eyes widened as well.

And after taking off the jacket, Su Yue spoke again: "I need to use the restroom."

The doctor was still in a daze, but when he heard Su Yue speak again, he snapped back to reality. "Okay... Xiao Wang, stop the car!"

The ambulance driver heard this shout, immediately turned his head to look, and then hit the brakes.

As he got out of the car, Su Yue passed by them and took everyone's mobile phones.

Then, as Su Yue walked towards the mountain, he heard the doctor's voice behind him: "Xiao... Xiao Tang, you don't need to carry those two boxes, no one here will touch them."

Su Yue turned his head and nodded, then continued to walk into the dense forest and disappeared.

...

On the other side, at the foot of Lingtian Mountain. After A Qi sped up the mountain road, the car speed immediately soared to a hundred miles per hour.

However, he stopped just as quickly; after only two turns, he slammed on the brakes.

He saw the ambulance parked by the side of the road and several medical staff chatting by the car.

Seeing the bewildered look on their faces, A Qi felt a surge of frustration.

After calming down slightly, he asked, "Where is that person?" The doctor pointed to the mountain forest and said, "He went to use the restroom."

By this time, A Qi had already seen the handcuffs and the blood-stained jacket lying on the ground.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and after steadying his breathing, asked again, "What about those two boxes?"

The doctor was stunned for a moment: "That 'young man' is carrying them. Maybe he's afraid we'll touch them? A very responsible young man."

Inside the ambulance, Xiao Xiao slowly woke up.

She felt the bumping of the vehicle, and the light was a bit harsh. A thought flashed through her mind: "Did I escape?"

She suddenly opened her eyes, quickly assessed the situation before her, then sat up and looked at the doctor beside her, asking urgently, "Where is the other person? How is that Ye Qing?"

Recalling the last scene in the cave, her heart couldn't help but tighten; she had actually seen another face exactly like her own!

She was about to say, "Ye Qing is Su Yue," but considering the sensitivity of Su Yue's case, she changed her words just as they reached her mouth: "That Ye Qing disguised himself as me! Don't let him run away!"

Xiao Xiao, just having woken up, seemed a bit tired, and the feeling of dizziness in her head had not yet dissipated.

At this moment, she noticed that the expression on the doctor's face was somewhat strange, as if he had seen something shocking.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Xiao's heart sank. "What happened?"

The doctor cleared his throat and slowly began, "Captain, Kang Team and Xiang Team also thought of this before, but it was too late. That person escaped."

"Also..." He hesitated, which made Xiao Xiao even more anxious.

"Also what?" she pressed.

The doctor seemed to find it difficult to speak, but finally said, "Captain, you don't know the situation with your own face, do you?" He handed Xiao Xiao a small mirror.

Xiao Xiao was startled, then opened the mirror and looked at her face.

The image in the mirror stunned her—this was clearly that Ye Qing, the person Su Yue had disguised himself as!

Although the doctor had already learned the situation from A Qi, hearing a person who looked like a man speak with such a pleasant female voice still felt strange.

Xiao Xiao's eyes became vacant. She tried hard to calm her breathing and carefully recalled what exactly had happened.

She realized that the flaws she had exposed were far too many. Recalling Su Yue's words, she couldn't help but feel a chill.

"You can catch me when you get out, and then you can confirm my identity."

"I cut your hair, sorry."

"Get some rest early, relax."

"You can sleep a little longer..."

"If something happens to you, I don't want to go crazy in this dark, confined space by myself."

Su Yue used words and almost hypnotic persuasion to make her lower her guard.

Because Su Yue was always by her side, she subconsciously regarded herself and Su Yue as sharing a common fate.

Under this premise, although she knew she should remain vigilant, she had subconsciously judged Su Yue to be harmless.

Therefore, after she fell asleep, Su Yue had a lot of opportunities to act!

Her hair being cut, the camping light being extinguished... all of this pointed to the problem!

Moreover, he deliberately didn't mention the mobile phone issue at first, leading her into a blind spot!

Xiao Xiao's brain was filled with a sense of shock.

Called by the doctor, she returned from her memories to reality.

"Captain? Captain?" the doctor asked.

"What is it?" She looked at the doctor.

"You should lie down and rest for a while longer. The symptoms of shock on your body haven't disappeared yet."

Xiao Xiao nodded and lay back down on the hospital bed.

She thought again about what Su Yue had said about his background...

She felt some doubt: "Was all of that true or false?"

As she thought, she fell into a deep sleep again.

...

Xiao Xiao was sent to the hospital.

After failing to apprehend Mr. Wang, A Qi returned to the mountainside of Cuifeng Mountain to assist Xiang Haitian with the follow-up work.

The rescue team cooperated with relevant departments to clear the explosives inside the cave, working until sunset to complete the finishing touches.

The celadon crouching sheep was sent back to the archaeological site outside Guangrao Village.

Tantai Le, the Deputy Director of the Cultural Relics Bureau, solemnly stated before the media that she believed the comrades of the Municipal Bureau would definitely find the cultural relic and return it.

But before this, when she saw Xiang Haitian arrive at the archaeological site with the cultural relic, she almost went weak at the knees and knelt down.

The handling of this incident was swift, with the case solved within three days. The Guangzhou Municipal Bureau received widespread praise online.

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Netizens praised Xiao Xiao as the "Most Beautiful Officer Si," and this news remained on Weibo's trending topics for several days.

However, within the Municipal Bureau, the situation was not as celebratory as rumored outside.

Although the case was solved, learning that Ye Qing was Su Yue when understanding the details of the incident dealt a heavy blow to everyone in the Municipal Bureau.

This made everyone involved in this case and Su Yue's case feel disgraced.

What made them feel the problem was even more serious was that Su Yue had disappeared again, taking ten million yuan with him.

...

October 30th, Southern Medical University.

This day was the most disliked class for forensic science students – Forensic Anatomy.

Even after five years of study and practice, they still felt nauseous when facing real corpses.

Forensic science is one of the most balanced majors in medical universities in terms of male and female ratio.

However, even so, most of the female students in this major were transferred here after complying with adjustments.

They didn't necessarily like this major, and even during these five years of undergraduate study, many chose to change majors.

But they had never seen a student transfer in during their fifth year.

It was said that the dean specially approved it and it cost a lot of money.

"Did you see? That handsome guy..."

"Our new transfer student!"

"Yeah, he transferred in during his fifth year, and I heard through the grapevine that it cost a lot of money."

During the anatomy lab class, a few female students were whispering.

"Don't look down on him just because he transferred from outside, his technique and knife skills are so steady, even our teacher praised him!"

"What's his name?"

"His name is Zhong Qi!"

"Zhong Qi?" a girl said softly, "That name sounds nice."

"Looking at his demeanor, his family must be rich, he's really stylish..." Other girls also started discussing, their words revealing a desire to get closer.

The teachers on the podium didn't pay attention to their discussions.

During this brief chat, the goal and process of the anatomy lab experiment had already concluded.

It was predictable that these girls would soon walk towards Zhong Qi's group and ask about his experimental methods.

Although they called it an experiment, it was essentially operating on a corpse.

Each group consisted of five people, and each group was assigned one corpse. Even so, Southern Medical University could be considered quite generous in how it treated its students.

Generally speaking, in a normal medical university's anatomy class, there was usually only one corpse for an entire class. More medical universities even only used specimens for teaching.

"Alright, let's begin," the teacher said, and the students started to move.

However, many found it difficult to start.

The goal of this experiment was to open the chest, and the final experiment report needed to include the weight of the heart.

Although they had rich theoretical knowledge, they still found it difficult to perform the actual operation.

Even after seeing corpses multiple times, and even watching relevant videos, actually doing it themselves was still a challenge.

However, this wasn't their first anatomy class, someone would always start first.

Zhong Qi had already picked up the scalpel at this point.

The corpse in front of him was relatively fresh, but rigor mortis had already set in.

The pale rigor mortis was like an eye without a pupil growing on the face, staring at people, and the scene was a bit terrifying.

Moreover, there were subtle patterns on the corpse's face, which was because the deceased's right cheek was pressed against the floor before death, causing blood to be unable to circulate and thus preventing rigor mortis from forming.

This type of pattern has high evidentiary value in forensic medicine.

Zhong Qi stopped thinking about it, he picked up the scalpel and began the Y-shaped incision.

His technique was skilled and steady, every movement flowed like water.

Even the teacher was stunned, this was no longer something that could be described as genius, it was as if he was born for anatomy!

Not only was the teacher amazed, but the girls who were already paying attention to Zhong Qi also couldn't help but open their mouths when they saw his dissection operation.

Although they were all wearing masks, their surprise could still be seen from the angle of their jawbones.

However, for the forensic science students, this scene was nothing new.

"The exciting part is yet to come," a voice came from somewhere.

The students, regardless of gender, became more focused.

For them, this was almost a live demonstration, so it was certainly worth paying attention to.

The Y-shaped incision was pale and clean, with not a drop of blood flowing out.

At this moment, Zhong Qi took out forceps with his left hand and clamped the junction of the left side of the Y-shaped incision.

Then, he used the scalpel with extraordinary skill to separate the subcutaneous tissue and bone... His strength was just right, the angle was incredibly steady, and his hand didn't tremble at all, as if he were effortlessly cutting cream on a cake.

The corpse shook back and forth on the experimental table with each exertion of force from the scalpel... If it weren't for the fact that everyone present were forensic science students who had "weathered many storms," someone would have probably screamed and run out long ago.

However, the students knew that the truly horrifying things were far from over.

Zhong Qi separated all three sides of the Y-shaped incision and then flipped it over onto the deceased's face, revealing the remaining skeleton and the faintly visible muscles beneath the skeleton.

Then, he used the scalpel to cut the ribs on both the left and right sides, separating them. He then lifted the sternum, used the knife to peel the bone from the mediastinum, exposing the chest cavity, and finally lifted that large piece of bone like a lid... Thus, the internal organs were clearly visible.

The heart is located below the lungs; to remove the heart, the lungs must be cut first.

And Zhong Qi's movements were still incredibly swift, as skilled as an old hand who had been immersed in this field for many years.

He quickly removed the left lung, and the final step was to remove the heart.

At this point, some students had already lowered their heads; although they were forensic science students, it didn't mean that everyone would follow this path.

Some had even left the laboratory, and the teacher didn't say much.

After all, this line of work isn't something everyone can do; ultimately, it still requires a certain degree of talent.

The teacher's gaze was always focused on Zhong Qi's movements.

At this moment, Zhong Qi reached out and grabbed the heart, then lifted it up. The feel... was somewhat unique and unforgettable.

But Zhong Qi wasn't willing to carefully feel what the texture was like, he immediately used the scalpel to cut the connection between the heart and the large blood vessels...

And this time, blood finally flowed out, looking a bit sticky... very disgusting.

However, for forensic science students, this was already a common sight.

After cutting the large blood vessels, the subsequent work became much simpler.

Even ordinary people know that the human body has eight large blood vessels and some veins.

After removing the heart, Zhong Qi weighed it and placed it in a container.

He completed this entire set of movements in just ten minutes! Including some strenuous bone cutting, it only took ten minutes!

Even faster and steadier than the teacher!

"Clap, clap, clap..." The teacher couldn't help but applaud!

The applause was purely from sincere praise and amazement!

However, he quickly stopped applauding and coughed slightly twice to cover up his loss of composure.

Then he said, "Students, do you see? This is our role model! Seeing this, why aren't you getting started quickly?! How big is the gap?! Go and do it!"

And just at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the laboratory door.

Several people walked into the laboratory, and one of them asked, "Student, your name is Zhong Qi, right?"

Zhong Qi nodded, confirming his identity.

Seeing Zhong Qi nod and confirm, the person continued, "I'm Cui Jia from the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau. We currently need an intern forensic doctor. Are you interested in trying it out?"

Zhong Qi was stunned, then said, "But I haven't finished all my courses yet..."

Cui Jia shook his head, interrupting him, and continued, "It doesn't matter, as long as your hands are steady. I can teach you the other parts."

In this situation, Zhong Qi naturally had no reason to refuse this rare opportunity. It could even be said that he had been preparing for this day for over half a month! Zhong Qi... was of course Su Yue.

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