The Devil is Lurking By Your Side

In the emergency department of the People's Hospital, a nurse kept her head calm and looked up at the wall clock on the wall of the emergency department. I saw the hour hand on the wall clock ticking lightly, and it was slowly moving forward until the hour hand on the wall clock pointed to 8.30, but Dr. Lin was still nowhere to be seen.

The nurse frowned. She raised her hand and glanced at the watch she was wearing. She saw that the time on the watch was the same as on the wall clock.

She muttered in her heart: "This is already 8.30. Why hasn't Dr. Lin come in yet?"

So, she turned the doorknob open, stepped out of the emergency department, looked at the patients who were sitting outside the door and took the patient's number, smiled slightly, and said softly: "Sorry, let you wait a long time. Yes, the doctor hasn't come in yet, I'll check it out."

Although the voice was soft, it could not extinguish the anger that was gradually rising in the patient's heart.

They came to the hospital very early to line up for registration, but the doctor hasn't come in yet, so when do they have to wait?

One of the male patients couldn't help it at first. He shouted, "It's 8.30 already. I've been waiting in line for registration since 7 o'clock, but now you tell me that there is no doctor? Your hospital Was it just like this for abandoning the patient? Where did the doctor go? Do you pretend to be sick at home and not come to work?"

Facing the patient's noise, the nurse still smiled and said comfortingly: "This gentleman, stay calm and not irritable. I will check to see if something goes wrong with the doctor on the way. I'll be back soon to let you know."

The male patient was still waiting to make a noise. A woman sitting next to him quickly pulled his long sleeves. After saying a few words in his ear, he sat down again, still wearing a pair of faces on his face. An angry look, but he didn't say more.

The nurse hurriedly turned around, reduced her smile, and hurried to the front desk of the hospital with a dark face, and said to a nurse on the front desk: "Xiao Rong, did Dr. Lin come to work today?"

When Xiao Rong saw that it was her, she knew that she was from the emergency department, so she quickly said, "I'll check it."

About 2 minutes later, Xiao Rong pushed the computer screen to the nurse, pointed to Lin Shengchuan's clock-in record, and said, "I'm afraid Dr. Lin hasn't arrived yet. You see, he hasn't clocked in to work yet."

The nurse frowned and glanced at the screen, then nodded to Xiao Rong, "Thank you."

She turned and left the front desk, walked to a corner of the hospital lobby, took out the mobile phone she carried with her, found Lin Shengchuan's mobile phone number, and called the other party.

I only heard the "beep" sound from the opposite side, but no one answered. The nurse glanced at the phone screen and saw that she had dialed the wrong number, so she called Lin Shengchuan a second time.

However, there was still a beep on the other side of the phone, and Dr. Lin still did not answer the call.

"Isn't it because I slept unconsciously?" The nurse thought to herself, and threw the phone back into her trouser pocket.

When she remembered the patients waiting in line in the emergency department, she walked quickly to the office of the head nurse of the hospital, knocked on the door, and stood by the door for a while.

After hearing an answer from the inside, she twisted the doorknob and walked in.

The head nurse was immersed in the pile of documents spread out on the table. Seeing that she had come in, he removed the reading glasses on his face and asked, "Xiaojuan, what's the matter?"

"Dr. Liu, Dr. Lin did not come to work today. I called him twice, but no one answered and I don’t know where he went. Many patients have already arrived outside the emergency department. Everyone is waiting in line, you See if it is necessary to temporarily arrange another doctor to replace Dr. Lin?" Xiaojuan said with lowered eyes.

In the hospital, it is common for doctors to suddenly not show up. At this time, the head nurse has to communicate with the dean so that they can quickly find another doctor to replace.

"Well, I'll make arrangements now." The head nurse nodded and said.

After Xiaojuan said ‘thank you’, she quit the head nurse’s office and returned to the emergency department.

***

At 12.30 noon, the hospital’s cafeteria was filled with medical staff one after another. Everyone took advantage of the lunch time to come down to the cafeteria for a full meal.

In the corner of the canteen, several doctors are sitting together, talking while eating as usual. Since Liang Chengyuan's death, they have lost a colleague who had dinner appointments, so they looked a little depressed.

After Wu Minghao bowed his head and took a sip of the soup, he asked the glutinous rice **** opposite to him, "Old Tang, where is Brother Sheng Chuan? Didn't he come to work today?"

Tangyuan put a mouthful of rice into his mouth and said vaguely: "I don't know, he didn't tell me."

At this time, Yan Huanren, who was sitting on Wu Minghao's right hand, said: "After we drank with him on Friday, we watched him go home. Don't tell me he is sick."

Tangyuan glanced at Yan Huanren and said, "He drank too much on Friday. I asked him to find a driver, and he said no, so I ignored him."

Wu Minghao frowned and said, "He is drunk, and you still let him drive home by himself? Are you still friends?"

Tangyuan exclaimed: "No, I helped him, but this guy shook my hand. I think he is very energetic, so I think he should be fine, so just let it go."

"He is driving while drunk, it's very dangerous. You see, he didn't come to work today, maybe something happened." Wu Minghao said.

"Don't crow's mouth!" shouted the glutinous rice balls.

I don't know why, he suddenly felt a little wrong, and faintly linked the fact that Lin Shengchuan did not come to work with the murder of Liang Chengyuan.

Yan Huanren, who was sitting on the side, said, "Why don't you give him a call?"

Tangyuan nodded, then took out his cell phone and called Lin Shengchuan. However, after only a few beeps on the other side, it switched to a mechanical female voice: "The call you dialed is temporarily unavailable..."

He frowned and pressed the hang button, then dialed again, but there was still no one on the other side.

Tangyuan put his phone on the table and said to everyone, "He doesn't answer the phone."

Yan Huanren's expression changed, and he suddenly remembered Liang Chengyuan's undetected murder case, and said with a trembling voice, "He... Isn't he really going to have an accident?"

At this time, after Wu Minghao listened to Yan Huanren's words, he also became frightened. He said, "Why don't we go to his house after work?"

"No need?" Tangyuan said hesitantly.

"Anyway, I get off work on time today, I'll go and see." Wu Minghao said, and then pushed the plate in front of him, losing his appetite.

To be honest, since the murder of Liang Chengyuan, the medical staff working in the hospital have felt uneasy, especially the doctors.

They always feel that the murderer just wants to deal with the doctor, not the other medical staff.

"I'll go with you!" Yan Huanren said.

"Yeah." Wu Minghao nodded.

The doctors who were sitting around lost their appetite for a while. After they packed up the plates, they left the canteen together.

***

In the evening, Wu Minghao sat in the dressing room, waiting for Yan Huanren to change his uniform. He kept looking at the time on the watch, the hour hand pointed at 6.45 minutes.

He urged: "Old Yan, hurry up, it's all delayed!"

"Well, don't rush me!" Yan Huanren exclaimed.

After the two changed their clothes, Wu Minghao took out the key and said, "I'll drive, and I'll take you home later. I will pick you up tomorrow morning and we will go to work together."

Yan Huanren nodded and agreed.

Wu Minghao drove the car and drove well into Lin Shengchuan's community. He turned left and right, and came to a villa, then turned off the car.

When the two of them looked into the villa from the car, they saw that Lin Shengchuan’s car was parked in the courtyard, but the door of the villa’s lobby was closed. The lights are on.

It seems that Lin Shengchuan is at home.

"Let's go down." Wu Minghao said.

"Good." Yan Huanren replied.

The two walked out of the car together, Wu Minghao came to the iron gate of the villa, looked down and saw that the automatic iron gate had not been closed properly. He frowned and said, "Why doesn't he lock the door?"

After saying this, he walked into the courtyard of the villa first, and Yan Huanren followed behind him.

When the two walked a few steps, they glanced at the tires of the car lying aside.

"Good guy! He didn't come to work because his car had a flat tire! He didn't answer the phone. Is this trying to be lazy and staying at home?" Wu Minghao couldn't help yelling.

Yan Huanren pointed to the rear tires of Lin Shengchuan's car and said, "It really is, you see, didn't he put on a spare tire?"

Wu Minghao walked to the entrance of the hall. He immediately smelled a peculiar smell on the tip of his nose. He turned his head and looked around, but he did not see that Lin Shengchuan had any pets.

So, what exactly is this unpleasant smell?

Wu Minghao turned his head and glanced at Yan Huanren, and asked, "Did you smell it?"

When he looked at Yan Huanren's eyes, he saw huge fear in his eyes. When Wu Minghao saw his appearance, his head buzzed, and fear came out in his heart.

The peculiar smell coming out of the room made them feel familiar, but they were not sure if it was the real smell.

"What do you say?" At this time, Wu Minghao's voice showed a violent tremor.

"I... I don't know..." Yan Huanren stepped back in fear.

Wu Minghao looked at the night outside the house, gritted his teeth, and said, "Let's go in and have a look. What if he is not dead yet?"

"It's already stinking, how could it be possible that I haven't died?" Yan Huanren hesitated to himself, terrified in his heart.

Wu Minghao swallowed, gritted his teeth, turned around and twisted the doorknob of the living room, seeing that the door was not locked deeply.

When he slowly opened the door, he opened his mouth wide by everything that came into view, and he stayed there motionless, as if he had been tapped on an acupuncture point, unable to move.

Yan Huanren pushed him a bit and asked, "Old Wu, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Wu Minghao still did not respond, he shouted again: "Old Wu, Old Wu!!"

When he finally came back to his senses, he turned around and looked at Yan Huanren, and said blankly: "He's dead... He's dead... Even the eyeballs are gone..."