Tang Tang clicked on the text message. It was a headless and tailless message from an unknown number. It was lined up with the unknown text messages from the previous few days in the phone's message inbox.
It was without a beginning or an end, yet it always gave one a sense of familiarity.
When that boy came to find her, she had this strange feeling of familiarity, and now it was even stronger.
What a nutcase.
Zuo Mu said he would bring candied haws for Tang Tang, but before school was over, he was dragged away by Zhang Kai.
Tang Tang had always been curious as to why Zuo Mu, a doctor, was so familiar with Zhang Kai.
Moreover, judging from Zhang Kai's demeanor, he trusted Zuo Mu very much.
Then there was that figure in the big - mouthed doctor's office. Tang Tang pinched her phone and walked towards the hospital.
The hospital had been fully blocked after the accident, but there was a side door at the back through which one could enter.
Tang Gu had told her about this before. It was because the main entrance was too circuitous, and this side door was closer to his office.
Tang Tang took the shortcut and entered through the side door. Due to the recent accident, the hospital was empty with few people around. However, all the monitors in the building were on, flashing red lights. Tang Tang deliberately avoided the monitors and headed towards the appointed place. But when she passed by the office, she couldn't help but peek inside. Since Tang Gu went on a business trip, no one had been here.
Tang Tang paused for a moment, stared at the dark office, and then walked over.
The office door was locked.
It should have been locked ever since the accident here.
Tang Tang groped for the doorplate of the office as if she knew the place well. There was a single - piece key hidden there.
Previously, Tang Gu was afraid that when she came over and he was out on business, so he hid the key in this spot.
At that time, Tang Gu took Tang Tang's hand and said, "If I'm not here in the future, just take the key and open the door, then wait for me to get off work."
Now she had the key in her hand again, but the person who used to lead her home was gone.
Tang Tang pinched the key in her hand and opened the door.
She pressed the switch with her finger, and the office was suddenly brightly lit. Before she could let out a sigh of relief, the hair on the back of her neck stood up.
A pair of hands reached over hers and turned off the office light.
"Tang Tang, I'm really speechless. The situation outside is so critical now. I guessed you might come here, but I never thought you'd enter in such a stupid way."
Tang Tang, "… How come you're here?"
Shen Tian let out a soft snort, "What, can I only wait for you in the morgue?"
Tang Tang rolled her eyes in the darkness, "That was the place you set yourself."
"Do you have something else to say to me?" Tang Tang groped her way to the computer in the office and turned it on.
Shen Tian found a comfortable spot on the sofa and, seeing Tang Tang's actions, laughed, "Don't bother."
"Do you think they're idiots? They'd leave any clues for you?"
Shen Tian sneered, "They probably destroyed all the evidence long ago."
Tang Tang's hand on the computer paused. The cold white light of the computer shone on her face, and she looked at Shen Tian gloomily, "You're on my side, right?"
Shen Tian gently raised his eyebrows, "I'm not on anyone's side."
"You just said 'they', which means you've grouped me into your camp. Why?"
Tang Tang looked at Shen Tian, "I don't understand most of the time. Why is it me?"
From the initial organ disappearance, to the subsequent serial murder cases, and now, the basement laboratory was full of human organs.
Although it seemed to have nothing to do with her, every case was closely related to her.
Tang Tang couldn't figure it out. She clearly hadn't done anything.
Why her? Just because she looked like Tang Tang?
Shen Tian stared at Tang Tang's face and didn't say a word for a long time.
Tang Tang didn't urge him either. She just lowered her head and looked at the computer, not saying a word for a long time, as if the atmosphere just now was an illusion for both of them.
Shen Tian reached out and gently tapped on the coffee table. After a long while, he suddenly said, "Who on earth are you..."
Tang Tang looked at Shen Tian's face and knew what he was going to say, "Whose child?"
Shen Tian looked at Tang Tang, then suddenly rubbed his temples, "Sorry, my bad."
Tang Tang glanced at him and then said, "I'm Tang Gu's daughter."
"Tang Gu?"
Shen Tian suddenly burst out laughing. Tang Tang looked at Shen Tian in bewilderment, but Shen Tian seemed to have heard a really funny joke as he stared into Tang Tang's eyes.
"Tang Gu,"
Tang Tang frowned, "What's wrong with you?"
"If you're going to act crazy now, please call 110 for yourself right away. Although there's a psychiatry department in this hospital, all the doctors were put on leave not long ago."
Shen Tian waved his hand, indicating that he was okay, "I just suddenly heard something really funny."
Tang Tang turned to look at him. Shen Tian's fingers gently tapped on the table, and there was a smile on his lips, "Tang Gu. I just suddenly thought of this old friend. He didn't use to have this name."
"What did you say?"
Tang Tang turned to look at Shen Tian in disbelief.
Shen Tian looked up at Tang Tang, smiling slightly, "Does the name Liu Yi sound familiar?"
Tang Tang's heart skipped a beat. She suddenly remembered the publicly available information about the case ten years ago that she saw at Chief Li's place.
There was a list of undercover agents, at the top of which were Tang Tang and Liu Yi.
Liu Yi was a doctor in a clinic. He had been an undercover agent for thirteen years.
Among the two most crucial people who solved the case, one died on the operating table.
The other, Liu Yi, was driving alone to avoid the pursuers while escorting Tang Tang back. That car never returned.
Later, Chief Li said that when several policemen went to investigate, they saw the wreckage of the car in the suburbs.
The car had been pre - installed with a bomb.
In the end, not even a single bone of his was found.
Tang Tang trembled for a long time. She looked up at Shen Tian, calmed herself for a while, and unconsciously tightened her fingers, "What do you mean?"
Shen Tian smiled at Tang Tang, "Don't be so tense. I just said a sentence. What's there to be tense about? I'm just asking if you're familiar with the name."
Tang Tang stared at Shen Tian without saying a word. Shen Tian didn't care. He directly took out a document from the side, threw it on the table, and tilted his chin, making it very clear that she should take a look.
Tang Tang glanced at him and walked over to open the document bag. There was a file inside.
The first one was a confidentiality agreement. The content was full of official jargon. Tang Tang didn't feel like reading this nonsense. She just skimmed through it roughly and then jumped to the next page.
Then she saw the signature at the bottom, Liu Yi.
Tang Tang flipped it over. At the bottom was a surgical document.
The patient was Liu Yi.
It was a plastic surgery.
There was also a picture attached at the end, which was a photo of Liu Yi after the plastic surgery.
Tang Tang was very familiar with that photo because that was Tang Gu.