Feathering the Heart

Chapter 6

The next morning, when Hwang Sun-beom and Choi Dong-man pushed open the door of the special inspection unit, they realized that it was empty inside. Yu Jingren and Tang Yuxin, who should have arrived earlier, were not there. Even Min Tae-yeon was nowhere to be seen.

"We're here so early?" After Dong-man entered, he looked around and realized that it was really only him and Officer Huang.

"They probably came late. Could it be that they have another case?!" Officer Huang thought for a moment, then threw out a frightening answer.

"No way, Officer Huang, don't scare me. If they don't call us when they have a case, will we be fired …"

"Hey, you jinx!"

Officer Huang raised his hand and wanted to hit the back of Dong-man's head. However, Dong-man learned his lesson this time and stood further away from Hwang Sun-beom.

"Why are there so few people?

Yuxin isn't here yet? "Min Tae-yeon pushed open the door and walked in. Apparently, he also noticed that the special inspection unit was a little unusual today.

"Aiyo!

Tae-yeon, can you make some noise? You scared me! "Hwang Sun-beom, who was closer to the door, was shocked and said while covering his chest.

"Where are the other two people?" Min Tae-yeon patted Officer Huang's back and asked again.

"Prosecutor Tang and Prosecutor Yu are nowhere to be found," Choi Dong-man answered honestly.

"Maybe they had something to do at the last minute," Officer Huang inferred with uncertainty.

Hence, the three men in the special inspection unit sorted out the case while waiting for the two women in the unit to appear. However, after waiting for a long time, the two still did not come back.

"Tae-yeon, what did Prosecutor Tang do last night?

Hwang Sun-beom, who couldn't wait any longer, came to Min Tae-yeon's office and asked.

"I didn't manage to catch up with her. I went to her house but didn't see her," Min Tae-yeon said as he put down the documents.

"I see … I should've asked that woman what was wrong with her yesterday …" Hwang Sun-beom rubbed his chin.

"Yeah, he's always acting on his own …" Min Tae-yeon frowned, unable to hide the worry in his voice.

"Hehe, Tae-yeon, you're finally enlightened." Hwang Sun-beom patted Min Tae-yeon's shoulder.

"…" Min Tae-yeon rolled his eyes at Hwang Sun-beom and finally said, "I'll report this case to Minister Zhang first."

"Alright, let's see what the minister has to say.

But speaking of which, are you and Minister Zhang okay? "

"After all, these seven years …"

Although Min Tae-yeon didn't finish his sentence, Hwang Sun-beom still nodded understandingly.

In silence, Prosecutor Min took the documents that had been sorted out and opened the office door. He wanted to report this case to Minister Zhang Zhewu and see how to deal with it properly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he went down the stairs, he saw Minister Zhang standing in front of Choi Dong-man's desk. The two of them were talking about something.

"I'll take these documents with me first. Maybe they'll be useful in the future. If I need anything else, I'll ask you to prepare them." Zhang Zhewu said as he raised the big file in his hand.

"Okay, Minister.

And … thank you, Minister! "Choi Dong-man said as he bowed ninety degrees to Minister Zhang.

"No need to thank me. You worked hard to get this result. Do a good job!" Zhang Zhewu patted Dong-man's shoulder.

Zhang Zhewu smiled with relief and turned to go back to his office. Then he saw Min Tae-yeon standing beside him with a complicated look in his eyes.

Fortunately, Tang Yuxin isn't here … This was Zhang Zhewu's first thought when he saw Min Tae-yeon's gaze …

"Prosecutor Min, do you need something?"

"Yes, it's about this case." Min Tae-yeon said as he handed over the documents in his hand.

Thus, the four men gathered in the small conference room and had an objective and in-depth discussion about the nature of this case.

"So, Yoo Seon-hee died of food poisoning because she ate vitamin C and a large amount of seafood at the same time," Zhang Zhewu said after he finished reading the report and listening to the team members.

"Yes, since it's not murder, should we close the case with this result, or should we transfer it to another department?" Police Officer Hwang Sun-beom asked.

"Let's transfer it to the Sudden Accident Team. This kind of case should be handled by their department.

After you've sorted out the report, let's go through the transfer procedures. Thank you for your hard work this time. "

Minister Zhang returned the documents to Min Tae-yeon who was sitting next to him. He nodded to everyone and got up to leave. Who knew that as soon as he stood up, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the small conference room. After a while, Tang Yuxin's travel-worn figure came into everyone's sight. Following closely behind was Tang Yuxin, who had disappeared with Yu Jingren for the whole morning …

"Wait!"

Tang Yuxin walked quickly into the small conference room and put down a bottle of red liquid in her hand. Then she said, "There are still some suspicious points in this case. We … Huh?

Why is Minister Zhang here? "

"I came to find Dong-man to get the information and listen to the report.

Is there any problem? "Zhang Zhewu looked at the bottle that Tang Yuxin put down and frowned.

Min Tae-yeon saw the bottle and did the same thing as Zhang Zhewu. At the same time, there was a slightly puzzled look in his eyes.

"It's like this," Tang Yuxin took out a piece of paper from her arms, then picked up the bottle that had just been put down. She unscrewed the cap and drank a few mouthfuls. Then she sighed and said, "Don't you think it's strange that Oh Young-ran bought seafood?"

"Is there a problem?"

Officer Huang was confused. Wasn't it normal for a landlord to buy some gifts for a tenant to rent out a house in a bad location?

"Of course there's a problem. Oh Young-ran still owes gambling debts outside. So, how could she, who only lives on rent, have the spare money to buy seafood that costs tens of thousands of yuan per catty?"

Tang Yuxin said as she took out a piece of paper from her arms and unfolded it in front of everyone. "This is the price of seafood I investigated from last night and this morning. The cheapest one is at least tens of thousands of yuan. Oh Young-ran has to eat and drink by herself and pay off her gambling debts. And I heard from Officer Huang that the woman hasn't stopped gambling. So, how did Oh Young-ran's 200,000 yuan monthly rent support her to do so many things?"

"Didn't I say that Oh Young-ran's seafood was sent by the fishermen in her hometown? Did Prosecutor Tang forget?" Officer Huang reminded.

"I didn't forget. But, Officer Hwang Sun-beom, have you forgotten what season it is now?"

"Ah …" Hwang Sun-beom thought for a while and suddenly showed a look of realization.

"It's winter now. Generally, no one will go out to sea to fish, right?"

Min Tae-yeon took over the conversation. "So, you suspect that these seafood were not sent by the fishermen in Oh Young-ran's hometown, but Oh Young-ran bought it herself."

"Yes, so in order to confirm this idea, I went to Oh Young-ran's hometown this morning and found that the aunt was really unpopular. Almost no one contacted her, let alone relatives who sent her seafood. So, Oh Young-ran was lying from beginning to end."

"So, those seafood were really bought by Oh Young-ran?" Hwang Sun-beom asked again.

"Yes, I asked the merchants who sell seafood. They said that Oh Young-ran would regularly go to them to buy some stale seafood, but even if it was stale, the price of the seafood was still tens of thousands of yuan per catty."

"So, you think that this accident was not an accident, but someone deliberately killed Yoo Seon-hee, right?" Zhang Zhewu asked after looking away from the bottle.

"Yes." After speaking, Tang Yuxin picked up the bottle again and drank the rest of the red liquid in one gulp.

"What did Prosecutor Yu do this morning?

Did she investigate these things with Prosecutor Tang? "

Hwang Sun-beom turned his head to Yu Jingren and found that the latter was listening carefully to Tang Yuxin's report.

"I have the same idea as Prosecutor Tang. I think that Yoo Seon-hee's death was not an accident, so I went to Yoo Seon-hee's attending doctor this morning."

"Hasn't it been confirmed that there was a lack of vitamin C and malnutrition?

Does Prosecutor Yu suspect that there are other diseases that have not been diagnosed? "

Choi Dong-man asked cautiously with a cautious attitude. After all, maybe after this case, he would be a staff member. In the future, he would have to do his best to analyze this kind of analysis.

"I'm not going to ask about this. I want to see Yoo Seon-hee's prescription," Yu Jingren said as she took out a few pieces of paper from the pocket of her coat.

"Prosecutor Yu, are you wondering why Yoo Seon-hee ate those seafood? If there was a prescription, it should have clearly stated that she was not allowed to eat seafood, right?"

Tang Yuxin looked at Yu Jingren with admiration. If Yu Jingren did not go to Yoo Seon-hee's attending doctor in the morning, she would have gone there in the afternoon.

"Yes, I was wondering about this at the time, so I went to Yoo Seon-hee's attending doctor, Chiang Cheng-tai, to ask about the specific situation of the prescription. I found that there was indeed no indication of fasting foods. I also asked Doctor Jiang, and he replied that the prescription for different diseases was prepared in advance. When he wrote the prescription, he only needed to fill in the patient's basic condition and medical record. That was why he did not notice that the label of fasting foods had been removed."

"It can't be that coincidental …" Tang Yuxin's expression was too fake.

"Prosecutor Tang also thinks that this is too fake, right?"

"Of course. How could they just forget to label fasting foods? Coincidentally, Oh Young-ran bought a lot of seafood back, and then she died of poisoning. No matter how I look at it, it's too fake."

"I feel like there's a conspiracy here …" After listening to the two's conversation, the naive Choi Dong-man also felt that something was wrong. If there was such a coincidence in the world, he would have hit the jackpot long ago.

"Then why didn't Prosecutor Yu bring Chiang Cheng-tai here?

What if he ran away? "Hwang Sun-beom asked.

"He refused to come. He said that there was no official arrest document." Yu Jingren said with a bitter face.

"Hey!

You know quite a lot! "Officer Huang was instantly angry.

"Hey, don't you think that this sentence is similar to what a certain auntie said?"

Tang Yuxin's eyes suddenly burst with a strange light, as if she had caught something interesting.

"You mean that Oh Young-ran?

I think so … Eh?!

Wait, I just remembered something. "Hwang Sun-beom slapped his forehead, as if he had discovered a new continent.

"What is it?"

Min Tae-yeon suddenly felt that under Tang Yuxin's leadership, the people in their group suddenly became smarter.

"I heard that Oh Young-ran didn't graduate from elementary school?!

If no one told her, how did she know that a search warrant was needed to search a house? How did she know that vitamin C and seafood would produce deadly toxins?! "

"This is where the problem lies. Oh Young-ran is either lying, or someone instigated her." Tang Yuxin threw out another heavy bomb.

"Then what are we waiting for?

Are we going to invite Oh Young-ran to our place? "Hwang Sun-beom took out his indecent tone again, as if he had been caught red-handed.

"Wait!" This time, it was Yu Jingren's turn to stop everyone.

"Jingren, what other questions do you have?"

Minister Zhang Zhewu, who had been ignored, asked with interest. Looking at the way the special inspection team was handling the case, he actually wanted to participate. It seemed that he had been deeply influenced by Tang Yuxin, and his heart had begun to become active.

"I think that before that, we should go to the interrogation room first." Yu Jingren's face was a little proud, as if she had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"Why?" Officer Huang asked again, as he found that he seemed to have a lot of questions today.

"After returning from Chiang Cheng-tai's place, I went to the crime scene again to see if there was really no substance containing poison. I found a person there."

"Who?"