554: What you really think

Hearing Yan Qing speak, Wang Qing looked in her direction. With just that one glance, Yan Qing immediately shut up, not daring to say anything more.

Questioning the bond between a mother and her son is clearly irrational.

Yu Zhe took a deep breath: "It's not that we can't understand you, but aren't these methods a bit excessive? You said Su Yue was arrested, but Su Yue was disguised as Gao Xiang, and we believe that. According to what you said, we took the items to a testing facility for examination and were busy until yesterday before coming here. The facility there said the results should be available this afternoon. In just a few short days, A Qi, can't you wait?"

A Qi also remained silent upon hearing this.

His heart was naturally not made of stone, but he wasn't as certain as Yu Zhe and his wife that the person currently present was not Su Yue.

In A Qi's heart, the person currently present was absolutely Su Yue, after all, a person's fingerprints cannot be changed.

Just as he was about to say something else, he was suddenly interrupted. His phone rang.

"Hello? Mr. Zhang? What is it? Xiao Xiao is awake!? Okay... okay."

A Qi nodded, then suddenly paused, asking suspiciously, "You need all of us to go?"

"Alright, I'll bring everyone who's here."

Then he stood up and said, "You two, I still have some things to attend to. Once the test results are out, everything will be much clearer. I believe by then you won't blame me for making this choice. Yan Qing, let's go."

After A Qi left the detention center, he first returned to the Municipal Bureau, picked up Zhu Xiao, Yang Hua, and Xiao Ting, and then the five of them set off for the hospital.

Lu Luan had returned to Qingzhou, and Jin Tianqin was helping Xiang Shanmo deal with the drug dealers. The Special Task Force, which originally had ten people, now only had five remaining.

On the way to the hospital, they also stopped to buy a rather large fruit basket.

It took them a full two hours to get from the detention center to the hospital.

Upon reaching the ward door, A Qi first saw Zhang Zhiping.

Zhang Zhiping looked at A Qi, frowned, and asked, "Didn't... didn't they ask you to bring everyone? Just these few people?"

A Qi gave an awkward smile and said, "The situation is special. Right now, there are only five of us available."

Zhang Zhiping frowned even tighter and said, "I can't interfere with your Special Task Force's matters, but no matter what, Xiao Xiao hasn't fully recovered yet. Report good news, not bad, understand?"

A Qi nodded: "I know that."

He didn't say anything more and pushed the door open to enter the ward.

"We're here." A Qi said with a smile, placing the large fruit basket on the stand beside the hospital bed. However, the expression on Xiao Xiao's face seemed a bit off. She looked at A Qi and asked, "Didn't I ask everyone to come?"

A Qi explained, "Many things happened while you were hospitalized. The Special Task Force now only has five of us left."

Hearing A Qi's words, Xiao Xiao's expression became serious. She pondered for a moment, then quietly said, "So... Su Yue has succeeded now?"

Hearing this, the expressions of everyone in the Special Task Force changed.

A Qi frowned and asked, "What does that mean?"

But Xiao Xiao didn't pay attention to the surprise on everyone's faces and spoke directly again: "Zhong Qi is Su Yue!"

"Zhong Qi is actually Su Yue!" As soon as Xiao Xiao said this, everyone was stunned, and their faces immediately turned pale.

"You mean Zhong Qi... is Su Yue?" They asked, finding it hard to believe.

Xiao Xiao nodded affirmatively: "There's no mistake."

A Qi's heart was shaken, beyond words. If Zhong Qi was Su Yue, then who was the person in the detention center? Could it really be Gao Xiang?

His mood was complex, but he quickly calmed down to think: "Zhong Qi passed the fingerprint identification after all. If he were Su Yue, how could he not be identified? Maybe Xiao Xiao is just recovering from a serious illness and hasn't fully recovered yet."

Before A Qi could ask, Yan Qing had already jumped in: "Tang Dui, how do you know Zhong Qi is Su Yue? If Zhong Qi is Su Yue, how could he have such excellent medical skills?"

Xiao Xiao frowned, coughed lightly twice, and then explained, "What is Zhong Qi's identity? A fifth-year forensic science student at a medical university. It is indeed strange for Su Yue to possess such medical skills, but is it not strange for a fifth-year forensic science student to perform such a surgery? Regardless, this is Su Yue, you can't think about him using common sense."

Hearing this, A Qi's heart seemed to skip a beat. Indeed, Su Yue had already done too many unbelievable things – impersonating an invigilator, flying an airplane... which of these was in line with common sense?

But even so, was it too abnormal to suspect Zhong Qi was Su Yue based solely on this reason?

Xiao Xiao continued, "Su Yue's personality is such that no matter what identity he disguises himself as or what role he plays, he will always be the outstanding one, and he will act at the most critical moment. Think about the initial reason we decided on this plan. Although the idea was proposed by Gao Xiang, ultimately, it was Zhong Qi who specifically brought up the keyword 'corpse'..."

Everyone recalled the conversation in the Special Task Force office more than ten days ago. Indeed, this idea came about right after Zhong Qi said the word "corpse"!

In other words, all the traps they set were actually carried out according to Su Yue's ideas?

"But... is there any evidence to suspect him based solely on this?" A Qi asked awkwardly.

Xiao Xiao frowned. She had just woken up from a coma, where would she get evidence?

The reason she wanted everyone from the Special Task Force to be present this time was to confront Zhong Qi face-to-face, but things didn't go as planned.

Although she couldn't confront Zhong Qi in person, it was still good for A Qi and the others to be more vigilant.

Speaking of evidence, Xiao Xiao recalled the reason she started suspecting Zhong Qi, but it was a bit difficult to say out loud.

Could she say that in a daze on the operating table, she heard Su Yue's voice and Zhong Qi's voice overlap?

She knew very well that her feelings for Su Yue were unusual, but even so, she had to catch Su Yue!

Her mood at this moment was very complex. She wanted to catch Su Yue, yet she was also conflicted by this feeling... perhaps this was unrequited love.

However, speaking of evidence, Xiao Xiao wasn't entirely without it.

She looked at the low cabinet beside the hospital bed, where a button was placed.

She originally didn't remember where this button came from, but when thinking of the word "evidence," she suddenly remembered that this button was from Su Yue's jacket in the cave, wasn't it?

Although she was wearing Su Yue's clothes when she came out of the cave, the jacket was already missing a button!

However, a whole month had passed, and that suit was already tattered, she had thrown it away long ago.

But this button suddenly appeared after her surgery, which was enough to explain the problem.

However, before she could speak, A Qi's phone suddenly chimed.

He was originally carefully considering the possibilities Xiao Xiao mentioned, and the sudden text message sound made him pause.

He took out his phone and saw the message on the screen.

After seeing the text message, his already unpleasant expression became even worse.

It was a text message from the testing facility. The DNA match rate between Gao Xiang and Yu Zhe was as high as ninety-eight percent, confirming their parent-child relationship.

Seeing A Qi's expression, everyone was also a bit surprised.

"Qi Team, what's wrong?" A Qi was stunned for a moment, then said in a dry voice, "The one in the detention center... is not Su Yue..."

Hearing A Qi's words, everyone's eyes suddenly widened.

Everyone realized that since the person in the detention center was not Su Yue but the real Gao Xiang, then the real Su Yue... was Zhong Qi!

However, at this moment, Xiao Xiao didn't know what had happened. She just looked at A Qi and asked in surprise, "What happened?"

A Qi nodded: "Gao Xiang's fingerprint identification matched Su Yue's fingerprints, so..."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Hearing A Qi's words, Xiao Xiao suddenly coughed a few times.

A Qi immediately asked, "Are you alright?"

Xiao Xiao nodded, then disregarding everything else, immediately asked again, "Where is Zhong Qi now?"

However, as soon as she asked this question, she saw that the expressions on everyone's faces were not very good.

"What... you don't even know where Zhong Qi is?"

A Qi gritted his teeth and said, "Now is not the time to talk about this. Contact Lu Luan and ask for the contact information for the medical university! We must confirm Zhong Qi's whereabouts!"

Hearing A Qi say this, Yan Qing immediately took out her phone.

However, at this moment, Zhang Zhiping and Director Li pushed open the ward door and walked in.

Director Li walked up to Xiao Xiao with a smile and asked, "Xiao Xiao, how are you feeling now?"

Hearing A Qi's words just now, Xiao Xiao couldn't muster any enthusiasm, but facing the doctor's question at this moment, she still nodded. "I also have to thank Dr. Zhong for his skillful hands."

Director Li said sincerely, "I contacted Dr. Zhong before, and he said he would come this afternoon. Why haven't I seen him?"

Hearing this, A Qi immediately asked somewhat urgently, "You said Zhong Qi contacted you? Said he would come this afternoon?"

Director Li looked at A Qi suddenly asking these questions, was stunned for a moment, then nodded with an awkward smile.

A Qi let out a long sigh, suppressing his self-reproach, and asked again, "Then... what did you talk about?"

Director Li noticed A Qi's expression and felt a little apprehensive, thinking that the person from the Municipal Bureau had somewhat frightening eyes. But she had seen many medical disputes and was able to remain calm at this moment.

She said, "Dr. Zhong only said he would come to take a look this afternoon, around three or four o'clock. As for other specific details... he said he would discuss them when we met."

Hearing this, A Qi immediately thought of many things.

The fact that Su Yue could call indicates that he somehow found out about Xiao Xiao waking up.

Thinking this, A Qi let out a long sigh. He looked at Yan Qing and instructed, "Contact the detention center and release Gao Xiang."

"I..." Before A Qi could finish, his phone rang.

He glanced at the caller ID; it was Gao Xiang's parents. He felt a wave of dizziness in his heart.

But at this point, he could only face the difficulty. What else could he do if he didn't?

He temporarily left the ward and went out to answer the call.

Yan Qing also followed him out to contact the detention center.

Zhu Xiao, dragging Xiao Ting and Yang Hua, also went out the door. Only Xiao Xiao, Zhang Zhiping, and Director Li were left in the ward.

Zhang Zhiping frowned and asked Xiao Xiao, "What's wrong with them?"

Xiao Xiao sighed and said, "It's nothing." Zhang Zhiping understood upon hearing the sigh but didn't ask further.

However, Director Li awkwardly interjected and asked, "So, Dr. Zhong isn't coming today? Our hospital leaders want to talk to him about something."

Xiao Xiao glanced at her but didn't speak.

Zhang Zhiping politely said, "Let her rest, Director Li. You can just tell me if there's anything."

Director Li certainly didn't want to leave the ward, but there was nothing she could do at the moment. She could only give an awkward smile and nod, then followed Zhang Zhiping out.

Pushing open the ward door, she was surprised to see that everyone outside looked somewhat listless.

Especially A Qi, whose face was particularly grim at the moment.

Director Li didn't know what kind of immense pressure A Qi was currently under.

Gao Xiang's mother almost erupted with all her anger, especially after learning the fact that Gao Xiang was barely allowed to sleep. Although she didn't use foul language, she still made A Qi feel ashamed and indignant.

Director Li and Zhang Zhiping went to another room to talk about things, while Yan Qing, after explaining the situation to her colleagues at the detention center, returned to Xiao Xiao's ward and talked to her about some personal matters between girls.

Xiao Xiao's heart was incredibly complex. Although she had revealed Su Yue's identity, seeing A Qi's reaction, it seemed as if Su Yue had left once again.

She was talking to Yan Qing, but her mind was still conflicted.

On one hand, she regretted that Su Yue had escaped again, but on the other hand, she was somewhat happy that Su Yue hadn't been caught.

She herself was from the Municipal Bureau, and logically, she should arrest Su Yue.

But she also happened to have feelings for Su Yue, and emotionally, there was a hint of not wanting to arrest him.

However, considering that Su Yue was now living a life of fugitive obscurity, the idea of arresting him and then defending him arose in her heart.

Even if he was arrested, it didn't matter. Xiao Xiao firmed up her resolve; even if he was arrested, she would wait for him to get out.

Although her resolve was firm, she was still somewhat absent-minded when speaking.

Yan Qing thought that Xiao Xiao felt bad about exposing Su Yue and that's why she was so absent-minded.

She wanted to persuade Xiao Xiao, but for a moment, she didn't know how to start.

After a moment of silence in the conversation, Yan Qing suddenly asked, "You don't feel bad about exposing Su Yue, do you, Xiao Xiao... After all, he saved you twice..."

"I think..." Xiao Xiao interrupted her and said, "No."

Hearing Xiao Xiao's resolute answer, Yan Qing was a little surprised.

"Why?" However, this time Xiao Xiao didn't give an answer.

Only then did Yan Qing remember that Xiao Xiao was still in recovery, and might not like talking much.

She changed the subject and said some lighthearted things, then left the ward.