A perfect crime? To me, it's full of flaws!

Chapter 23: Catching the Tail, Qi Feng's Peak Acting Skills!

Just then, Qi Feng's cell phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

Qi Feng took out his phone, glanced at the caller ID on the screen, raised an eyebrow, and quickly pressed the answer button.

"Feed?"

Lin Haitang's slightly weak but rapid-fire voice came from the other end of the phone.

Qi Feng listened quietly, his originally lazy gaze instantly turning sharp as a knife.

"Okay, okay, I got it. You get some rest, I'll take care of things here."

Qi Feng hung up the phone and abruptly turned to look at Zhao Gang, who was smoking. His voice was filled with barely suppressed anxiety: "Captain Zhao, Lin Haitang just called! She questioned the victim's husband at the hospital again, and he said that the child was diagnosed with congenital heart disease during a previous prenatal checkup!"

Zhao Gang's fingers, holding the cigarette, suddenly paused, and ash fell in a flurry: "Huh? Haitang's been discharged? No... I get it! You mean..."

Zhao Gang had spent half his life in criminal investigation, and his mind worked extremely fast. Halfway through his sentence, his eyes had already changed.

"Yes! You're right!" Qi Feng stepped forward, speaking rapidly, "This baby is a 'trophy' for that pervert in his pursuit of perfection. She's already accepted that this is her child! Extremely important! The child has congenital heart disease, and after being forcibly removed through a cesarean section and subjected to all this trouble, there's bound to be serious problems! She wants a living, perfect baby, so she needs to find a place for emergency treatment! She has no choice but to go to the hospital!"

"Understood!" Zhao Gang threw away the half-smoked cigarette, crushed it with his leather shoe, and grabbed the police walkie-talkie hanging around his neck.

"Calling headquarters! Calling headquarters! This is Zhao Gang! We have obtained crucial information: the abducted infant suffers from congenital heart disease! There is a very high probability that his life is in danger! Please immediately coordinate police forces to establish a tight surveillance network over all hospitals in the city, especially in the northern part of the city, that are equipped with neonatal emergency care facilities! Repeat, tight surveillance!"

A slight static crackled over the radio, and the operator's efficient voice immediately came through: "Headquarters received! Emergency plan activated!"

After receiving the reply, Zhao Gang and Qi Feng did not waste a single second.

With remarkable tacit understanding, the two simultaneously pulled out their phones, opened the electronic map, and entered "pediatric hospital".

The screen's glow illuminated their faces.

Ten seconds later.

"Zhenkang Xinhe Hospital!"

"Zhenkang Xinhe Hospital!"

The two of them looked up abruptly and spoke in unison.

Zhenkang Xinhe is the largest high-end private hospital in the northern part of the city.

The medical equipment is top-notch, and most importantly, the hospital places great emphasis on patient privacy. As long as the money is right, the medical process can largely avoid cumbersome real-name verification, perfectly matching the suspect's obsessive-compulsive disorder and his need to hide his identity.

"Let's go!" Zhao Gang shouted in a low voice, striding towards the police car.

Qi Feng followed closely behind, opened the passenger door, and climbed inside.

The engine roared, like a lurking black panther, silently tearing through the night and heading straight for the north of the city.

Little did they know, just as the police car drove away from the abandoned building...

From the window of the fourth-floor room, filled with the smell of disinfectant, Da Liu stared intently at the taillights of the departing car.

He turned his head and glanced at the freezer radiating cold air in the corner, where three mutilated, bluish-purple dead infants seemed to be silently accusing him.

The blood vessels in Da Liu's eyes were almost dripping with blood, and the muscles in his cheeks twitched violently.

Twenty years of criminal investigation discipline were shattered at this moment by extreme anger and guilt.

"You beast..." Da Liu gritted his teeth and squeezed out the two words.

He turned around abruptly, ripped off the police tape, disobeyed the order to conduct an on-site investigation, rushed downstairs, jumped into another police car, and sped off.

.........

Forty minutes later.

A black SUV with its lights and sirens completely turned off glided into the internal roads of Zhenkang Xinhe Hospital like a ghost, and finally stopped very discreetly at the back gate.

The car door clicked open, and Zhao Gang and Qi Feng, one in front of the other, made their way into the courtyard, taking advantage of the shadows cast by the green belt.

The private hospital was unusually quiet in the early morning, with only a few towering landscape lights casting a pale glow.

"The pediatrics department is over there." Zhao Gang pointed with keen eyes to the lit pediatric emergency room sign deep in the lobby on the first floor, through the glass curtain wall.

Qi Feng followed Zhao Gang's finger, but his gaze suddenly stopped when it swept over the open-air parking lot outside the building.

"Team Leader Zhao, look at that car." Qi Feng lowered his voice and quietly pointed to a white hatchback parked under a huge camphor tree outside the pediatrics department.

"What's wrong with that car?" Zhao Gang frowned slightly. At a distance of over thirty meters, in the dim light, he could only make out that it was an ordinary mobility scooter.

"That car also has dark reflective film on it." Qi Feng narrowed his eyes, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth. "Even the windshield is covered up completely."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gang's pupils contracted instantly.

It should be noted that traffic regulations have long prohibited all vehicles from displaying reflective films that do not meet light transmittance standards.

Now, almost no cars on the road dare to put on such stickers. The bread truck that used to escape unscathed before has been covered in them, and now this car parked in front of the pediatrics department has been covered in them too.

What a coincidence!

"It's pretty much a done deal." Zhao Gang's right hand instinctively reached for the holster at his waist. "What are you planning to do? Just go in and arrest them?"

"No way." Qi Feng shook his head decisively, his eyes frighteningly calm. "There are definitely other children and their families in the pediatric emergency room right now. This crazy woman has a knife, and she's a pervert who dared to dissect three pregnant women. If we disturb her indoors, she'll definitely resort to desperate measures and take hostages."

"Then how do we do it?" Zhao Gang asked.

"Watch me. You just need to play it by ear and cooperate with me." Qi Feng raised an eyebrow, and a roguish air suddenly appeared on his originally cold and stern face.

After saying that, Qi Feng straightened his collar and swaggered toward the taxi waiting area at the hospital entrance.

Zhao Gang, hidden in the shadows, watched as Qi Feng walked to a taxi that was waiting for fares, knocked on the driver's side window, and whispered something to the driver inside.

At first, the driver waved his hands repeatedly, looking very unwilling, until Qi Feng showed his identification.

The driver paused for a moment, then quickly pushed open the door and got out of the car. He walked to the flower bed and sat down, his eyes still fixed on the yard.

Qi Feng opened the driver's side door of the taxi and got in. He started the engine, shifted gears, and released the handbrake in one smooth motion.

The taxi turned on its headlights and slowly drove into the hospital's open-air parking lot, heading straight for the white hatchback with reflective film on it.

ten meters.

five meters.

Two meters.

"Bang!"

A dull thud echoed through the silent night.

The taxi's right front bumper slammed into the white sedan's left front fender.

The next second, the taxi door was kicked open.

Qi Feng jumped out of the car in a fit of rage, like a street urchin whose tail had been stepped on. He rushed to the spot where the two cars had collided, glanced down, and then started cursing at the top of his lungs:

"Holy crap! Who the hell is this?! Don't they know how to park?! The front of the car is sticking out so far! Are they blind to park like this?! Pay up! Get your ass out here and pay up right now!"

Qi Feng's voice was extremely loud, even echoing in the empty parking lot. The richness of his vocabulary and the high level of proficiency instantly shattered the tranquility of the hospital.

He cursed as he pounded on the hood of the white sedan, making muffled "bang" sounds.

Because the reflective film was too dark, he couldn't see if anyone was inside the car, so Qi Feng simply ignored it and continued shouting and cursing.

The commotion was so loud that it quickly attracted the attention of several family members of patients who had just come out of the emergency room.

"Young man, that's not fair," an elderly man with white hair stepped forward, pointing to the parking lines on the ground. "The other car was clearly parked inside the parking lines, perfectly fine. You were the one who turned too sharply and crashed into it. How can you turn around and blame me?"

"Old man, mind your own business!" Qi Feng glared, his neck stiffening, displaying the ultimate in shamelessness. "I don't care! He parked where he was blocking my way! One headlight, plus my lost day's wages, it's not over until I've paid five hundred yuan! Where's the car owner? Playing the coward, huh?!"

"What's all the noise about! Shouting and yelling in front of the hospital so late at night!"

Accompanied by a gruff shout, a man in his forties, dressed in a security guard uniform, walked over menacingly, holding a rubber baton.

The security guard first surveyed the scene, then glanced at Qi Feng, whose face was contorted with rage, and sneered, "Young man, you've managed to get yourself into a hospital after trying to scam someone? The security cameras caught it all! You'll have to pay, but you'll be paying for theirs!"

"I'll pay him? Dream on!" Qi Feng put his hands on his hips, looking like a dead pig that wasn't afraid of boiling water.

"Fine, you're still being stubborn." The security guard turned to the concerned crowd. "Everyone, keep an eye on him for me, don't let him get away. I was patrolling around here just now, and I saw the owner of this white car carrying a child into the pediatric ward. I'm going in now to find the owner and call the police!"

After saying that, the security guard took the walkie-talkie, turned around, and walked towards the entrance of the pediatric emergency room.

Seeing this, Zhao Gang, who was hiding in the shadows of the green belt not far away, exchanged a very secretive glance with Qi Feng, who was standing under the street lamp.

Zhao Gang pulled down his hat brim and blended seamlessly into the outer edge of the crowd of onlookers, his right hand quietly slipping inside his coat to grip the gun handle.

Together with Qi Feng, one in the open and one in the shadows, they instantly formed a perfect pincer movement around the entrance to the pediatrics department.

Time passed by, second by second.

Three minutes later, the glass sensor doors of the pediatric emergency room slid open to both sides.

The security guard walked in front, followed by a woman.

The woman was wearing an oversized, dark blue hooded sweatshirt, with the hood pulled tightly over her head.

Even in the middle of the night, she was still wearing large black sunglasses, and the lower half of her face was completely covered by a medical mask, making her completely wrapped up.

But the moment she stepped out, Qi Feng's gaze suddenly sharpened.

He is about 1.65 meters tall, with a slender build. When he walks, his shoulders are slightly hunched, and his steps are very light and he deliberately maintains a straight line.

These physical characteristics and behavioral patterns completely match the suspect profile Qi Feng had previously created!

Most importantly, her hands were empty.

She wasn't holding the baby!

At that moment, Qi Feng and Zhao Gang's tense nerves relaxed a little.

This is the goal that Qi Feng is willing to achieve even if it means playing the clown.

The child was left in the emergency room for treatment while the suspect went out alone to deal with the accident. If he could be subdued outdoors, the poor baby with congenital heart disease would be absolutely safe!

The woman followed the security guard, head down, her steps somewhat stiff as she walked towards the parking lot.

ten meters.

Seven meters.

five meters.

Zhao Gang's thumb had already quietly released the safety on his sidearm, while Qi Feng slightly arched his back, his muscles instantly tensing, ready to pounce at any moment.

A net has been silently tightened.

Four meters!

Just as Qi Feng was about to shout and strike, pinning the serial killer to death on the asphalt road.

"Whoa!...Wah!...Whoa!...Wah!... (Is this really what a siren is making?)"

A piercing siren suddenly blared from the direction of the hospital's main entrance!

Blinding red and blue flashes of light swept across the entire parking lot.

A police car, in an extremely violent manner, smashed through the gate barrier of the hospital, its tires screeching through the ground and kicking up acrid white smoke, as it sped into the hospital like a madman!

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