Life and Death Insurance – CH 056

Chapter 56

Yesterday, Ling Zhengzhong was dragged to the gym by Yang Yiqing, and Xiang Tian went along. He pulled Yu Shenglin aside and asked him some questions about Yu Xiaowan. Yu Shenglin didn’t really know much about the girl, so he called a few girls in his department who were close to Yu Xiaowan. One of the girls gave them Yu Xiaowan’s old address and complained that Yu Xiaowan had a boyfriend but kept it a secret, saying she was going to get married for a while, but then suddenly resigned and disappeared without a trace, never contacting them again.

Was it because of marriage that she resigned? If it was a happy occasion, why didn’t Yu Xiaowan tell her boss when she resigned?

Xiang Tian inexplicably became interested in Yu Xiaowan, which was why he became a thief again. Anyway, the house was empty. The girl from Yu Shenglin’s department said it belonged to a distant relative of Yu Xiaowan. The family had emigrated and left the house for Yu Xiaowan to live in, also asking her to watch the house, so Xiang Tian wasn’t worried about being seen.

The room wasn’t as dusty as he’d imagined; it was much better than Ling Zhengzhong’s house. The furniture was simple, but some delicate ornaments and a number of cute fur toys suggested a young girl had once lived there.

The room was a two-bedroom apartment. One room was empty, while the other contained a double bed and a set of matching tables and chairs. The table was cluttered with cosmetics and a few ceramic toys. A gold-framed mirror sat on the bookshelf, but there were no photos inside.

What caught Xiang Tian’s eye were the clothes and bags in the wardrobe against the wall. He was surprised to find that red items made up a large portion of them.

Red again!

The desk drawer was in a terrible mess, reminding Xiang Tian of the burglary at Ling Zhengzhong’s house. The disarray suggested it had been deliberately ransacked, but it couldn’t have been Yu Xiaowan; no one would leave their drawer like this just to look for their belongings.

Underneath the pile of things was a photo album. A thought struck Xiang Tian, ​​and he pulled it out.

The album contained mostly solo photos of Yu Xiaowan, along with a few artistic color photos. There weren’t many photos of her with friends, and they were sparsely arranged with many blank spaces. When Xiang Tian flipped to the latter half, he unsurprisingly found the photo of her with Ling Zhengzhong. However, Ling Zhengzhong’s face had been slashed beyond recognition with something sharp, while Yu Xiaowan’s was completely unharmed. This showed that the culprit simply hated Ling Zhengzhong.

The sparsely placed photos in the album puzzled Xiang Tian. He’d heard from Yu Xiaowan’s colleagues that she was a methodical person; how could she have randomly placed her photos? Or… had someone removed some to cover something up, creating this sparse feel to the album…?

Xiang Tian didn’t know if the person who removed the photos was the one who had repeatedly harmed Ling Zhengzhong, but one thing he was certain of was that Yu Xiaowan was definitely involved in the whole incident!

Unfortunately, Yu Xiaowan’s colleagues didn’t know where she was from, preventing Xiang Tian from continuing his investigation. They said Yu Xiaowan rarely talked about herself; they’d only heard her mention something about a small town on the outskirts of Shanghai.

That evening, on his way to pick up Ling Zhengzhong from work, Xiang Tian received a call from Chu Feng. He pulled over and answered, immediately hearing complaints on the other end.

“Xiang Tian, ​​I’ve truly devoted myself to you all. You really know how to get to the bottom of things, even the deceased…”

Xiang Tian’s heart skipped a beat; his deduction was indeed correct.

“Yu Xiaowan has been dead for almost half a year, but you’ll never guess the cause of death…”

“Cousin, what are you waiting for? Tell me now!”

“She had an abortion at a private hospital in Shanghai but suffered severe bleeding during the procedure. The young doctor performing the surgery had never encountered such a situation before and panicked. Unfortunately, the hospital didn’t have the same blood type as Yu Xiaowan, so she bled to death.”

He couldn’t believe there were such unethical doctors these days, playing with human lives like this. Hearing Chu Feng’s words, Xiang Tian’s hands gripped the steering wheel tightly.

Sensing Xiang Tian’s emotional shift on the other end of the phone, the person immediately reassured him, “It was just an accident. A normal abortion wouldn’t be life-threatening. Perhaps Yu Xiaowan was too weak at the time? Besides, that doctor’s license was revoked afterward.”

Was the value of a life merely equivalent to a medical license? What kind of logic was that?