A single divination predicts life and death; the entire internet begs me to start a live stream.

The car was parked at the foot of the mountain near Changsheng Health and Wellness Hospital.

It was already dark.

Halfway up the mountain, the white main building was brightly lit.

From a distance, it appears clean, bright, and quiet.

It's not like a hospital.

It's more like a lifestyle club built for the rich.

The electronic screens along the roadside are still displaying promotional slogans.

[Continuing the quality of life, restarting the possibilities of life]

Lin Wanqing sat in the passenger seat, looking at the line of text, her brows furrowed slightly.

"That sentence now seems a bit jarring."

Chen Bufan leaned back in the back seat, holding an aerial photograph of the hospital in his hand.

"It's not glaring."

"It's cannibalism."

Lin Wanqing turned to look at him.

Chen Bufan spread out the aerial photographs.

The main building of Changsheng Health and Wellness Hospital in the picture faces south.

There is an artificial lake in front of us.

It's backed by a mountain.

On both sides are detached health and wellness villas.

The outer roads are like several winding thin lines, which eventually converge behind the main building.

Judging by the design alone, it looks very high-end.

It gathers and retains energy.

Nestled against the mountains and beside the water.

The landscaping is excellent.

Give it to any real estate marketing team, and they can rattle off a whole bunch of high-end health and wellness selling points.

But that's not what Chen Bufan was looking at.

He lightly dabbed three times on the aerial photograph with a vermilion pen.

"here."

"here."

"And here too."

Lin Wanqing looked in the direction he pointed.

One is a general ward.

One is the medical waste disposal channel.

One is the internal road behind the mountain.

What are the problems with these three places?

Chen Bufan said:

"tuyere."

Lin Wanqing frowned.

"tuyere?"

"For the censer to burn, there needs to be wind."

Chen Bufan picked up his pen and began to draw from the back hill to the main building, and then from the artificial lake to the villas on both sides.

"The water in front is the mouth."

"The back mountain forms a wall."

"The villas on both sides form a wind tunnel."

"The main building is the furnace."

"The general wards and the basement are where the fuel for the fire is added."

He looked up and gazed at the white main building in the distance.

"This is not an ordinary feng shui arrangement."

"It's a longevity furnace design."

After listening, the car remained quiet for a long time.

The young police officer next to Lin Wanqing couldn't help but ask:

"What does 'longevity incense burner' mean?"

Chen Bufan glanced at him.

"You know what a stove is, right?"

The young police officer nodded.

"Know."

"What's burning inside?"

"firewood."

"This hospital isn't burning firewood."

"It's a human life."

The young police officer turned pale.

Lin Wanqing said in a deep voice:

"Be more specific."

Chen Bufan took out a diagram of the hospital's internal structure and laid it next to the aerial photograph.

"This building has a total of twenty-two floors."

"According to publicly available information, the first to fifth floors are for outpatient services, examinations, rehabilitation, and general nursing care."

Floors six through twelfth are regular long-term wards.

"Floors 13 to 18 are VIP wards."

"Floors 19 to 22 are VIP health and wellness suites."

Lin Wanqing nodded.

That's what the information says.

Chen Bufan circled the top floor with his pen.

"The top floor is occupied by the wealthy, celebrities, and seriously ill elites."

"They are destined to be kept on the stove."

He then circled the sixth to twelfth floors.

"This is where ordinary patients stay."

"The foundation provides assistance to elderly patients, patients with chronic diseases, and patients without relatives."

"They're like pharmacists."

Lin Wanqing frowned.

"Pharmacy?"

"The compartments for storing medicinal herbs in the alchemy furnace."

Chen Bufan's voice was very flat.

"In the layout of Shoulu, these wards are not randomly distributed."

"Each region corresponds to a different destiny."

"Liver disease, heart failure, blood diseases, tumors, disabled elderly, and seriously ill children."

"It seems like a medical specialization."

"Actually, it's about dividing lifespans."

The young police officer felt a chill run down his spine.

"Divided lifespan?"

Chen Bufan said:

"Different people have different life expectancies."

"Some people have short lifespans, but their life force is strong."

"Some people have poor health, but their lifespan is not yet over."

"Some people have no relatives or friends, and when they die, no one will hold them accountable."

"Some people have a clean destiny, making them the most suitable to fill in the gaps."

As Lin Wanqing listened, she understood more and more.

"So the hospital is screening people."

"right."

Chen Bufan said:

"The floor is a hospital ward."

"The real furnace is underground."

He pressed his finger on the blank area directly below the main building on the structural diagram.

"here."

"It's not marked on the drawings."

"But a censer must have a core."

"Those imprisoned in the underground level should be the chosen life-sustaining subjects."

Lin Wanqing's voice turned somber.

"You mean, the hospital is hiding some missing people underground?"

"They don't necessarily hide alive."

Chen Bufan looked at her.

"But at least, someone was brought in."

The car fell completely silent.

Lin Wanqing recalled the missing persons list in the documents.

tramp.

Lonely elderly people.

Low-income households.

Seriously ill children.

The last places they were seen were all around the hospital.

There were no bodies.

There was no complete monitoring.

No family members pursued the matter.

Like firewood that has been burned and then cleared away.

The young police officer gritted his teeth and said:

"This is absolutely inhuman."

Chen Bufan did not respond to that sentence.

Because animals don't hang charity plaques on themselves.

People will.

Lin Wanqing picked up the documents and turned to the table of time of death.

"If the longevity furnace pattern you mentioned holds true, then the deaths of ordinary patients and the improvement of high-net-worth clients are not coincidences."

"It's a change of lifespan."

Chen Bufan nodded.

"But you can't write that in the report."

Lin Wanqing said:

"We need evidence."

"Um."

Chen Bufan looked towards the main building of the hospital.

"The evidence is underground."

Lin Wanqing immediately got to work.

"Let's go in following the normal procedure first."

"Under the pretext of a special task force investigation into an unusual death, we reviewed some medical records, surveillance footage, drug entry and exit records, and medical waste disposal records."

"At the same time, we arranged for people to monitor the back entrance and the underground parking lot."

"Funds under investigation."

"Cybersecurity checks hospital systems."

"The forensic team is investigating death cases."

Chen Bufan shook his head after hearing this.

"not enough."

Lin Wanqing frowned.

"What's not enough?"

"The fact that they dared to cooperate means that they could have figured it out and had already taken care of it."

Chen Bufan said:

"The medical records will be legal."

"The surveillance footage will be missing."

"The medication will match."

"Medical waste will be recorded."

"The underground space, they'll say, is the equipment floor, archives, or special treatment area; it's not open to the public."

Lin Wanqing remained silent.

Because that's the most troublesome part.

Changsheng Health and Wellness Hospital is not an underground clinic.

Its procedures are complete.

The background is clean.

Our clients are all wealthy and influential.

Behind it is the Changsheng Foundation.

Without solid evidence, it would be difficult for the police to forcibly open all the doors.

Chen Bufan suddenly took out his phone.

Lin Wanqing frowned immediately when she saw his action.

"What are you going to do?"

"Start a live stream."

"no."

Lin Wanqing refused without even thinking.

"This is not a live stream."

"This is a hospital."

"It contains real patients, private medical records, and information about medical order."

"If you start a live stream, you're likely to alert the enemy."

Chen Bufan looked at her.

"You think they don't know we're here?"

Lin Wanqing paused.

Chen Bufan pointed to the hospital gate.

"They knew from the moment our car stopped."

"They are not afraid of a normal police investigation."

"Because they have the legal permits."

"There is a lawyer."

"There are experts."

"It has been authorized by the patient's family."

"There are a bunch of processes that can block you."

Lin Wanqing said in a deep voice:

"That's why we need to investigate secretly."

Chen Bufan shook his head.

"How can you investigate secretly? Your police operations are all over the place. If you're always timid and hesitant, you'll never get through the real door."

Lin Wanqing stared at him.

"Can I get in just by watching the live stream?"

"We can force them to open the door."

Chen Bufan picked up his phone.

"The worst thing about this kind of place isn't the police going in."

"It was seen by the entire internet."

Chen Bufan continued:

"They can tell the police that the equipment room is not open."

"I can tell you that patient privacy cannot be accessed."

"You can have a lawyer sit next to you and keep you occupied all night."

"But if millions of people are watching, would they still dare to turn away a family member seeking medical treatment?"

"Do you dare refuse to let people see the surroundings?"

"Do you dare to not charge for introductions?"

"Do you dare not showcase your so-called high-end health and wellness services?"

Lin Wanqing understood.

Chen Bufan wasn't going to livestream his investigation.

The goal is to act as an ordinary family member seeking medical treatment, forcing the hospital to reveal the side it wants to show to outsiders.

The more you show off, the easier it is to expose your flaws.

Because fake things are afraid of being stared at by cameras for a long time, and even more afraid of being stared at by countless people for a long time.

Lin Wanqing still frowned.

"The risk is very high."

"I know."

"Patient privacy must not be disclosed during live broadcasts."

"Can."

"We must not disrupt normal medical order."

"Can."

"You cannot publicly accuse a hospital of murder without evidence."

Chen Bufan looked at her.

"When did I ever say I would kill someone?"

Lin Wanqing: "..."

She was silent for two seconds.

"You'd better not do anything reckless."

Chen Bufan skillfully opened the live streaming platform.

"I only see doctors."

Lin Wanqing looked at him.

Whom are you treating?

Chen Bufan handed her the phone.

On the screen is a private message from a fan.

[Master, my father has late-stage liver cancer. I heard that Changsheng Kangyang Hospital has a miraculous treatment, and we've already paid a deposit to transfer him there. But something feels off. Could you please take a look?]

Lin Wanqing's eyes darkened.

"Real fans?"

"Just received it."

How do you know it wasn't a hospital trying to lure you in?

Chen Bufan said:

"It doesn't matter whether it is or not."

"They've all gone to great lengths to catch me, so I'll just take the bait and make them happy."

Lin Wanqing looked at him for a few seconds, and finally said:

"I'll go in with you."

"no."

Why?

"You look like a policeman."

Lin Wanqing glanced down at her black coat and neat short hair.

"Then I'll change my clothes."

Chen Bufan looked at her.

"Can you play a family member?"

Lin Wanqing's face was cold:

"I can act like someone is being chased."

Chen Bufan nodded.

"So you're better off waiting outside."

Lin Wanqing took a deep breath.

"Chen Bufan".

"You are now an external consultant for the special task force, not acting alone."

Chen Bufan took out the external consultant's credentials and put them in his pocket.

"So I went in."

"You guys stay outside and provide backup."

"That's called division of labor."

Lin Wanqing stared at him.

Chen Bufan was also looking at her.

The two remained locked in a stalemate for a few seconds.

Finally, Lin Wanqing took out a Bluetooth earphone and handed it to him.

"Put it on."

Chen Bufan accepted it.

"Real-time calling".

"If the signal drops, we'll go in immediately."

"Can."

"The live stream is delayed by fifteen seconds to help us manage risks."

"Can."

"Don't force the opening of the second floor."

Chen Bufan paused.

Lin Wanqing looked at him, her voice lowering slightly.

"You've been in a bad state lately."

"The case of the bride in red has just ended."

"Xuan Qingzi is dead."

"Now he's in Changsheng Health and Wellness Hospital."

"I don't want you to die in there."

Chen Bufan glanced at her, his tone unusually gentle.

"rest assured."

"He won't die."

Lin Wanqing said.

"People with tough lives usually die suddenly."

Chen Bufan: "..."

He put on his headphones, pushed open the door, and got out of the car.

At the hospital entrance, the concierge staff had already noticed him.

A reception manager in a suit stepped forward with a standard smile.

"Hello sir, do you have an appointment?"

Chen Bufan glanced at the live stream interface on his phone.

The show has started airing.

The moment the camera lit up, the number of viewers in the live stream surged.

[The master has started streaming!]

Where is this?

【Hospital?】

[The case of the bride in red has just ended, why is the master in the hospital again?]

[Chang Sheng Kang Yang Hospital? I've heard of it, it's super expensive.]

Chen Bufan didn't read the comments.

He pointed the camera at the hospital entrance.

Calm tone:

"A fan said that his father had late-stage liver cancer and was preparing to transfer to this hospital."

"I'll take a look for him."

The smile on the reception manager's face froze almost imperceptibly.

But it recovered quickly.

"Sir, are you a family member of the patient?"

Chen Bufan said calmly:

"I guess so."

"Fan's family member seeks medical attention."

"I'm here for a consultation."