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

Lunchtime at the Municipal Bureau canteen.

Fan Liang was carrying his plate, which contained a standard meal of one meat dish and two vegetable dishes. He was about to find a seat when he caught a glimpse of a table in the corner out of the corner of his eye, and he paused involuntarily.

The table where Liu Yuanshan, Qi Feng, and Lin Haitang sat had a distinctly different atmosphere from the surrounding area.

Besides the standard meals, a plate of glistening braised pork slices was prominently displayed in the center of the table, next to a plate of bright green stir-fried vegetables. The most eye-catching item was a large bowl of steaming egg drop soup with seaweed and dried shrimp floating on top.

Fan Liang frowned slightly.

I didn't contact the cafeteria myself, so where did this special treatment come from?

Are cafeteria staff really that discerning now?

Or is it that some clueless person in the team is trying to bypass me and curry favor with the provincial leaders?

Just as he was pondering this, Liu Yuanshan, who was in the distance, spotted him, raised his hand, and waved, signaling him to come over and eat together.

Fan Liang didn't stand on ceremony and walked straight over with his tray.

"Old Liu," he greeted her and sat down next to Lin Haitang.

"Hmm." Liu Yuanshan took a sip of the delicious egg drop soup, put down his spoon, and said, "I've also looked at the information that was compiled this morning. It seems that Qi Feng's deduction is correct. If we can grasp this clue, we can completely clarify this case."

"Yes, thanks to Xiao Qi!" Fan Liang exclaimed sincerely. He reached out and patted Qi Feng on the shoulder, his tone full of praise. "This related clue is too crucial. At least we're not headless flies anymore."

He now feels that the mountain weighing on his heart has lightened by half.

"I was just lucky." Qi Feng shoveled at the braised pork in his bowl, saying modestly without looking up, "Give the task force some more time, and they'll definitely find these things too."

"Let's eat, let's eat." Liu Yuanshan was very satisfied with Qi Feng's calm and composed attitude. "Judging from this progress, we should have a decisive result tonight."

Then the group officially started eating.

While eating, Qi Feng didn't forget to give a thumbs-up to the cafeteria auntie who was peeking out of the kitchen window in the distance, earning her a bright smile in return.

Lin Haitang watched silently, her lips twitching, and decided to turn a blind eye.

Halfway through the meal, just as the group was about to finish eating, a person suddenly rushed in through the cafeteria entrance.

A detective from the special task force, sweating profusely and looking anxious, rushed into the cafeteria, quickly scanned the area, locked his gaze on Fan Liang, and then strode over.

Seeing the detective's serious, almost solemn face, the four people at the dinner table, whose atmosphere had been relatively relaxed, frowned in unison and put down their chopsticks.

"Captain!" The detective ran to the table, his voice low and his breathing unsteady.

"Speak! What's wrong?" Fan Liang's voice instantly turned cold.

"Something's happened at the hospital!" the detective reported. "Our people went to retrieve the files, and the hospital said that the warehouse storing paper files from eight years ago was involved in a partial fire five years ago, and all the files from that period were destroyed! The electronic files were also lost due to a server malfunction at the time, and cannot be provided!"

"What?!" Fan Liang slammed his hand on the table, splashing soup from his plate.

Fire? Server malfunction? What a coincidence!

Just then, the detective's cell phone suddenly rang urgently.

He quickly answered the call, and after listening for only a short while, his expression changed from solemn to ashen, even more unsightly than before.

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Fan Liang, his voice hoarse: "Captain... my colleague at the Health Bureau just sent word that they have all the backup files, except for one that was taken away by the Municipal Maternal and Child Health Hospital four years ago under the guise of 'internal verification,' and it hasn't been returned yet."

The detective paused, swallowed hard, and added the most crucial sentence.

"And this transferred file contains all the records of that major medical malpractice incident eight years ago!"

"boom!"

These words struck Fan Liang and the others like a thunderbolt.

All the clues connected at this moment, and all pointed to a huge black hole that had been deliberately buried.

"Xiao Fan, don't panic." At this critical moment, Liu Yuanshan remained the most composed. A sharp glint flashed in his seemingly cloudy old eyes. "This precisely proves that our investigation direction is completely correct. Every action leaves a trace. The more they try to cover it up, the more flaws they leave behind. As long as we investigate carefully, we will definitely be able to uncover the truth behind that medical accident eight years ago."

"Mr. Liu, I understand." Fan Liang took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his anger. "You and everyone else continue eating. I'll personally go to the hospital to oversee the investigation!"

After saying that, he didn't even have time to clear his plates before turning around and leaving the cafeteria with the detective in a hurry.

Once Fan Liang left, the three people remaining at the table completely lost their appetite.

Qi Feng stuffed the last piece of braised pork into his mouth, smacked his lips with lingering satisfaction, and stood up.

The three of them left the cafeteria and returned to Liu Yuanshan's temporary office.

Once inside the office, I closed the door, shutting out the noise from the outside world.

Lin Haitang finally couldn't hold back any longer. She looked at Qi Feng, who was about to collapse onto the sofa, and asked, "Qi Feng, do you think this matter is related to that lost medical malpractice file?"

"Most likely, yes." Qi Feng's answer was crisp and clear. The laziness on his face disappeared, and his eyes revealed a clear understanding of everything.

He paused, then said something that sent a chill down Lin Haitang's spine.

"Furthermore, the destruction and removal of the files were probably not done by those two murderers."

"They don't have that much ability."

Qi Feng didn't say anything more, but Lin Haitang understood immediately.

The fire in the archives room might still be possible for the perpetrator to carry out.

However, the ability to openly and legitimately transfer a sensitive file classified as a "major incident" from the Municipal Health Bureau and not return it for four years is not something an ordinary person, or even an ordinary doctor or lawyer, could possess.

Only the hospital's top management, or even... its higher-level departments, have this power and motivation.

Considering the overwhelming anger and cruelty of the two murderers in the video, and linking it to the bizarre "mass resignation wave" of the victims eight years ago.

A terrible thought surfaced in Lin Haitang's mind.

This case is far more complex than it appears on the surface.