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

"More people will die!"

"Why!" Lin Haitang's voice was full of confusion. She couldn't understand. Revenge was fine, but it didn't mean that everyone involved should be killed.

"Because it's not enough to satisfy their hatred," he said calmly. "Killing one is the same as killing ten. They've been lying in wait for eight years, gambling everything. They've already killed three direct participants in the surgery. Do you think they'll let the others go? Unless those people weren't involved, but even if the others in the operating room weren't involved, such a huge incident can't be covered up by just an attending physician, an anesthesiologist, and a nurse! So there must be others involved!"

"Damn it!" Fan Liang roared, slamming his fist into his palm with a dull thud.

He turned around, grabbed his coat from the back of the chair, and rushed out.

"Captain Fan!" Qi Feng's voice wasn't loud, but it instantly stopped Fan Liang from stepping out the door. "There must be someone behind such a major medical accident. Someone who could cause a fire in the archives and someone who could take files from the Health Bureau and not return them for four years. And this person is the one the murderer hates the most, and their position is definitely not low."

He stood with his back to everyone for a full three seconds, without turning around or saying a word. He simply slung his coat over his shoulder and strode away, disappearing through the door.

Only Liu Yuanshan, Qi Feng, and Lin Haitang remained in the office.

Lin Haitang looked at Qi Feng, her eyes filled with a strange light.

"You're amazing!" she said sincerely.

"Not really." Qi Feng leaned back on the sofa, regaining his lazy demeanor. "Captain Fan will figure it out sooner or later. He'll probably understand once he walks out of this room and around the corner. He's just... too hasty."

An experienced criminal investigation team leader would not be able to overlook this aspect.

The only explanation for why Fan Liang didn't think of it immediately is that his mind was already in turmoil due to immense pressure.

"Qi Feng is right." Liu Yuanshan put down the file in his hand and sighed. "The pressure from the city and the province is too great, which has made Xiao Fan lose his composure. Now that he has finally grasped a clue, he can't wait to pull the murderer out of the rat hole. In doing so, he is likely to overlook something deeper."

"Master, shall I go and follow along?" Qi Feng asked, raising his eyes. He meant that he could stay by Fan Liang's side and use his "cheat code" to help him fill in any gaps in his knowledge.

"You can't go." Liu Yuanshan shook his head, his eyes sharp. "If you go now, he'll misunderstand that the provincial department doesn't trust him, which will only increase his pressure. I'll talk to the leaders of the municipal bureau and the provincial department about this; we need to ease the burden on our frontline colleagues."

After saying that, Liu Yuanshan stood up, straightened his collar, and walked out.

What he wanted to do was to alleviate the pressure from above on Fan Liang and the others, and to create an environment where they could think things through calmly.

The office door was gently closed, shutting out all the noise from the corridor outside.

Only Qi Feng and Lin Haitang remained in the room.

The next second, Lin Haitang suddenly stood up, walked a few steps to the sofa, and before Qi Feng could react, she sat on his lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed his lips.

Soft, warm, with a hint of sweet tea aroma.

Instantly separate.

"Great job!" She looked at him, her eyes sparkling, and a proud smile curved her lips.

Qi Feng chuckled. Being admired and praised by his girlfriend like that made the gloom in his heart caused by the case dissipate a lot.

However, his smile lasted only a moment before his expression turned somber again.

"Begonia, although this is just speculation right now, but..."

"I know what you want to say." Lin Haitang's smile gradually faded. She got off his lap and sat on the single sofa next to him, her expression becoming somewhat somber. "Based on the existing clues, it's highly likely that the hospital brutally covered up the truth about that medical malpractice incident back then for the sake of its reputation and profits. That couple was also a victim."

"Sigh..." Qi Feng let out a long sigh, leaned back on the sofa, and stared at the ceiling. "You reap what you sow."

In fact, Qi Feng knew in his heart that if he had insisted a little longer and wanted to go to the front line, his master Liu Yuanshan would have agreed. After all, the youngest apprentice still had some advantages.

But he didn't.

Even deep within his mind, a dark thought that even he found chilling was quietly growing.

Wait a minute.

Let's wait a little longer.

Once all the damned people are dead... then he'll go and capture that pitiful yet hateful couple.

This thought, like a poisonous thorn, pierced his conscience.

His education, from police academy to provincial government, constantly taught him that the law is the bottom line, procedure is justice, and no one can be above the law to punish another person, even if the person being punished is a heinous villain.

What he should do is to forge ahead and bring the murderer to justice as quickly as possible.

But his true self, his simple emotions as a "human being," were screaming wildly.

Those people who escaped punishment by abusing power and rules back then, eight years later, can the law really punish them based solely on an old case where all evidence has been destroyed?

Two completely different voices collided and tore at each other in his mind, making him feel an unprecedented sense of irritability and discomfort.

Lin Haitang looked at him quietly.

Watching him sometimes furrow his brow, sometimes stare blankly, seeing the undisguised struggle and pain on his face.

She suddenly reached out and gently shook his hand.

"Let's go back to the hotel, it's so late." Her voice was soft and gentle.

Qi Feng snapped out of his daze and asked, somewhat bewildered, "What about Master?"

Lin Haitang suddenly winked playfully, a smile creeping back onto her lips: "Hehe, I'll go find him. It's already past ten at night, what can he possibly get by going to the city bureau leaders! I'll go and 'bring him back'."

After saying that, she stood up and walked quickly outside.

However, the moment the office door closed behind her, all the smiles on Lin Haitang's face vanished instantly.

She walked straight to the elevator without pausing, but her beautiful phoenix eyes were filled with unprecedented solemnity and worry.

Qi Feng's current state....

She had heard it from her father, an old policeman who had also dedicated his life to criminal investigation.

It is dangerous when a police officer begins to waver between the scales of the law and the scales of conscience.

Alternatively, the person involved can figure it out on their own and overcome their inner demons.

Either external forces must intervene as soon as possible to pull him back from that dangerous cliff edge.

And she, Lin Haitang, is destined to be that "external force".