Free Web NovelChapter 581: Chapter 551 I Agree to the Surgery_1
Xu Qingshu hurried over, clasping her hands together, shaking all over with tension.
"I am, I am Xu Qingquan’s sister. How is my brother?"
"Fortunately, he was brought to the hospital in time. Among the several people, Xu Qingquan has the least serious injuries. There’s only a minor head injury, which might lead to a mild concussion, but it’s not life-threatening.
The only issue is with his left leg, with open fractures at four sites of the femur, tibia, and fibula; there’s no bone loss, and the knee joint is also intact. He now needs surgery, and here is the consent form for the operation. This is Director Sun from the orthopedic department.
Let him explain the surgical plan to you, so you can sign the surgical consent form. We’ve already started preparing blood. I don’t know if you agree to the surgery, but he’ll need the steel plates removed after a year. You understand that it’s impossible to heal properly without the operation?"
Xu Qingshu quickly nodded.
"I agree to the surgery. Don’t worry about the cost; please use the best of everything and arrange the best doctors for me."
He Shancun nodded.
"Rest assured, with Director Xu stepping in, we have already organized the most professional team for the rescue. You go with Director Sun to hear about potential issues during the surgery before signing. I have to inform you about the condition of the others as well."
He Shancun’s composure eased Xu Qingshu’s mind. She followed Director Sun to one side, while Xu Dayuan looked at Zhou Ning with a sigh of relief, and Zhou Ning patted his arm.
"Mr. He understands patients’ feelings the best. Xu Qingshu is just worried right now."
He Shancun gave Zhou Ning a stern look and said seriously:
"It’s not about comforting. Ma Liang seems alright, but he has a brain hemorrhage. The bleeding is not severe, and we will do our best to treat him here. Then there’s the driver, Qiu Chunbo, who has a partially shattered skull with a significant defect. We can only fill it with steel plates. Whether he can wake up will depend on his recovery."
Xu Dayuan gripped He Shancun’s arm and whispered the conditions of the two, then patted He Shancun’s arm forcefully.
"No need for chit-chat, I entrust them to you. I will sign any critical condition notices or surgical consents. Regarding the costs, people from our bureau will come to settle them. I heard from the traffic police that the accident was entirely the other party’s fault, but the driver of the large vehicle is already dead, and the compensation amount is limited."
He Shancun sighed.
"I know, don’t worry. I have already contacted the hospital director; he has pledged that the entire surgical department will come to support. Five surgeries will start simultaneously, and I will keep an eye on them. You go ahead with your tasks."
Xu Dayuan shook his head slightly.
"Zhou Xiaozhou, head to the scene. I need to wait for Director Hu; he said he’ll arrive soon."
Zhou Ning didn’t delay and made a phone gesture at He Shancun, then tossed the car keys into He Shancun’s pocket before striding out of the emergency department, faintly hearing what might be Xu Qingshu’s shouts—something about bribery or something along those lines.
But when he turned around, he didn’t see anyone. Zhou Ning didn’t pay it much attention since the sound had abruptly stopped. He quickly took out his phone and called Mr. Zhao.
"Where have you got to?"
"Don’t rush; we’ll arrive at the ER in one minute. It’s inconvenient to park there, so start heading outside. We’ve prepared all the investigation boxes and various materials. Is there someone to guide us?"
Zhou Ning waved at the traffic police officers and walked over with a smile.
"I’m with the comrades from the traffic police team; they will lead us there. We heard it’s a village road, and the accident site is not easy to find."
As he said this, Mr. Wang’s Iveco turned the corner, and Zhou Ning shook hands with the traffic officer.
"Thank you for leading the way."
The traffic officer politely got into their vehicle, and with the siren flashing, Mr. Wang quickly followed. Mr. Zhao approached Zhou Ning with a worried look, and Zhou Ning knew what he wanted to ask. He looked around the car to see that everyone who could come had indeed arrived, except for Liu Yongxin and Xia Momo. Mr. Qu and Peng Shinian had followed them.
"Stop looking; Mr. Xia and Mr. Liu have gone to the scene with Zhu Zuozhang’s team. There’s a victim whose face was doused with sulfuric acid after death, resulting in a highly decomposed body that makes it impossible to identify the original appearance. We need to do facial recognition. Also, there seems to be some old items from the 80s at the scene, and we hope Mr. Liu can take a look."
Zhou Ning nodded and, seeing everyone looking, spoke up:
"This morning around 5 am, Director Xu received a call from the traffic police team. Ma Liang and the others had an accident on a village road beneath the Jingkou District Lanqin Expressway. Probably to save time, they deliberately took that route. The road conditions are bad, and so is the visibility, which led to the collision with the large vehicle. The large vehicle’s driver is entirely responsible and died on the spot.
"Our four people are all seriously injured, especially the driver, who didn’t even turn towards the passenger side. His head injuries are severe, with bone loss in the skull and a brain hemorrhage. Ma Liang’s condition is a little better but not optimistic.
"The key point is that the suspect, Xu Qingquan, is in a coma. His other injuries are not too bad, but his left leg, I don’t know what will happen to it. It’s an open fracture, broken in an ’M’ shape, and he also has a concussion. He’s comatose and has lost a lot of blood—everything is in critical condition.
"Furthermore, Ma Liang had already gone to see Xu Qingquan in the provincial city and immediately took people to collect fingerprints and blood samples. They performed DNA testing at the provincial office, and once they got the results showing a DNA match, they thought to return quickly."
This case, whether it’s Li Li’s car accident, the location of the house that Xu Qingquan chose, or the current car accident, all have a hint of strangeness. It’s just too coincidental. So, when you arrive at the scene later, everyone must inspect carefully. The traffic police will also come with us to ask the vehicles passing by if anyone captured anything."
Mr. Zhao barely had time to close his mouth when he quickly asked:
"Wait, wait, what do you mean by a successful DNA comparison? It’s the condom found in Li Li’s trash can, right? And the fingerprints, are they also Xu Qingquan’s?"
Zhou Ning nodded.
"Yes, both the fingerprints and DNA are Xu Qingquan’s. At least we can confirm that the other person who had an improper relationship with Li Li is Xu Qingquan."
Mr. Zhao rubbed his chin and opened the electronic map to look at the general location of the incident.
"I know they’re building an overpass on the Lanqin Expressway section, so you have to go offline. Of course, you can take the Huanwan Road, but it takes a bit longer. According to what you said, this wasn’t an accident but someone planned it. How would they know Ma Liang and their route and timing? I don’t think it’s realistic."
Mr. Wang, the driver, didn’t stop what he was doing and unusually interrupted Mr. Zhao’s words:
"Is it possible to check Xu Qingquan’s phone, who he called, or online contact through WeChat, QQ, and the like? This way, you can know the route at any time. I’m not talking about phone calls or voice and text communication. I’ve seen a cop movie where they track the location signals."
Mr. Qu’s eyes lit up, and he quickly said:
"There’s a function in the fruit-brand phones that constantly sends location information, but it requires being displayed on his logged-in computer. If someone controlled Xu Qingquan’s computer and the computer happened to be logged in, then it might be possible to control his location at any time."
Zhou Ning thought for a moment, just now he hadn’t asked Ma Liang whether Xu Qingquan had brought a computer, and they didn’t know about it at home either.
"I didn’t ask about that. Let’s not think about this now. Everything depends on the scene. We don’t even know if Xu Qingquan’s suitcase was in the car."
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Half an hour later, two cars raced to the accident scene.
From a distance, they saw that the area was cordoned off with caution tape, and the cars stopped immediately. Looking ahead, Zhou Ning saw a large truck without a cab, but he didn’t see the police car that Ma Liang drove.
"Where’s the car?"
Mr. Zhao asked in confusion as several traffic policeman happened to walk by, pointing towards the corn field by the road.
"See that corn field across from the village? After the collision, their car rolled sideways into the corn field. Without that roll, the people in the car would have ended up like the truck driver." ƒreewebɳovel.com
Mr. Zhao leaped up to take a look and indeed saw part of the blue and white car body. He turned back to look at the truck whose cab had disappeared.
"Was the driver’s body taken away?"
The traffic officer nodded.
"It was sent to your technical department. It was too tragic; the person was crushed flat. When we got here, the driver was already without vital signs; his head was flat."
As he spoke, the traffic officer turned on his body camera and played the recording of their arrival at the scene. With the flashlight’s beam, the visible area wasn’t large, but the sight of the driver caused Mr. Zhao to shiver involuntarily.
In the footage, a man got off a farm trike. The traffic policeman questioned him, he said he called the police, then mentioned that he came from afar and saw the truck’s terrible state. He then heard moaning from the corn field, got scared to death, but still guessed it was an accident site, so he hurriedly called the police and dialed both 122 and 120.
The man spoke quickly, his language was very simple, holding a smartphone as though recording a video, his hand shaking continuously, and his other hand was covered in blood and glass shards. Despite being terrified, he still explained the situation to the traffic policeman.
Afterward came the rescue footage, which Zhou Ning didn’t watch, but looked up at the traffic officer and smiled.
"Do you have the information of this person who reported the accident? We want to see if he recorded a video."
"Yes, the reporter’s name is Wang Weili, and he lives in the Chi Jiatun Village to the north. It seems like he delivers vegetables to the wholesale market every morning. In the morning at five, he wanted to return to pick some more because he said a customer wanted kidney beans."
Zhou Ning looked towards Zhang Ping, who quickly went to take note of the phone number and managed to get in touch with the other party quickly. After explaining the situation, Wang Weili, who was quite helpful, said he would rush back and estimated it would take twenty minutes to arrive.
Zhou Ning clapped his hands, and everyone gathered at his side.
"Two points, first, inspect the vehicle and determine every person’s seating position. So, record every sample position in sequence. Clean up any residual matter at the scene, I need to know if Xu Qingquan’s luggage was in the car; second, the truck is currently parked on the right side of the road. You all go in the opposite direction to find the truck and police car’s brake marks. I want all the accurate distances, and the distances from braking to impact must be recorded as data. Now, begin the investigation!"
