The Genius Female Forensic Pathologist, The Psychological Anatomist

The police investigation had not yet concluded, but the hospital had already classified Sun Guanghua's death as a medical accident and fired the night shift nurse, Li Xiaolan, while also disciplining the on-duty doctor.

The hospital reached a private settlement with Sun Guanghua's family, who received a substantial compensation payment and decided not to sue the hospital.

However, the case had already been filed and was under investigation, so it wasn't something the family could simply withdraw.

Fang Rui applied for a search warrant to search Chen Shu's home.

Chen Shu rented a one-bedroom apartment near the hospital. The place was small but neat, with minimal furniture. There was a bookshelf filled with medical-related books.

"Boss, her medical kit contains a lot of controlled substances," Zhang reported after finding a medical box under Chen Shu's bed, which was neatly arranged with various medications.

Mu Mian and Chen Xue inspected the box, discovering medications such as epinephrine, insulin, and Demerol, along with many painkillers—likely all stolen from the hospital by Chen Shu.

Mu Mian casually flipped through the books on the shelf. Most were related to neuroscience, not the kind of popular science books one might expect, but filled with experimental data and dry theoretical explanations. One of the books was even written by Mu Mian's father. These complex, theory-heavy books seemed beyond the comprehension of a nurse.

However, the books were heavily annotated with underlined passages and detailed notes, indicating someone had studied them thoroughly. The elegant handwriting suggested the notes were made by a woman.

They also found an album in Chen Shu's bedroom drawer.

As Fang Rui flipped through it, Mu Mian leaned in, noticing the man in the photos looked familiar.

In the photos, Chen Shu and the man were building a snowman in a snowy landscape, looking very happy.

"Mu Mian, do you recognize this man?" Fang Rui handed the album to Mu Mian for a closer look.

"Yes, he's Director Chen from the neurology department," Mu Mian replied, glancing at Chen Xue, knowing she had also recognized the man.

Chen Xue showed no emotion, but Mu Mian thought she might feel a bit envious and sad, as Chen Xue's father had never accompanied her to build a snowman.

Mu Mian suddenly felt a pang of sadness herself, as she had never built a snowman with her father either. Back then, she was very afraid of the cold, so when her father and sister built snowmen, she stayed inside the warm house, unwilling to go out. But she watched the snowman from the window; it was beautiful.

"Fang Rui, the next time it snows, I'll go with you to build a snowman."

"You want to build a snowman too?"

"Yes."

Zhang chimed in, "But Jiangzhou City hardly ever snows. You might not get the chance."

"..."

As they went through the entire album, they noticed another middle-aged woman in the photos. The woman was always seated in a wheelchair, her expression cold and detached.

Mu Mian speculated, "This woman might be a vegetable."

Zhang conjectured, "Director Chen is probably Chen Shu's father, and this woman is her mother. Her mother is a vegetable. Could it be that because Chen Shu's mother has been a vegetable for so long, suffering from chronic pain, Chen Shu's psychology has been warped?"

Everyone agreed with Zhang's theory.

While Fang Rui and the others continued their search, Mu Mian quietly comforted Chen Xue, "She may have a father, but now she's become a twisted killer, while you are an excellent assistant to the forensic pathologist. Chen Xue, you don't need to envy her."

"Mu Mian, I'm not envious. But why am I an excellent assistant to the forensic pathologist, and not an excellent forensic pathologist assistant?"

"Alright, I believe you're not feeling too sad. You spotted my language trap, which proves your thinking hasn't been affected by emotions."

"..."

Mu Mian packed all the books from Chen Shu's shelf into evidence boxes, planning to take them back for a closer examination. She wanted to study Chen Shu's notes.

When Fang Rui and Zhang went to the hospital to find Chen Shu, she was in a patient's room, patiently checking an elderly man's back for bedsores.

Seeing Fang Rui and the others, Chen Shu paused but said, "Can you let me finish my work first?"

"Of course."

After finishing the examination, Chen Shu told the patient's family, "He now has bedsores. If not properly cared for, they will worsen.

You must remember to turn him every half hour, preferably while he's lying on his side, and frequently pat his back to promote blood circulation. If you're unsure, you can scan the QR code on the wall for nursing tutorial videos."

The family member pocketed their phone and said casually: "Got it. I've already watched the videos. I turn him often."

Chen Shu looked at the old man with sympathy but quickly composed herself, telling Fang Rui and the others, "Give me a little more time. I need to hand over my work to my colleague."

"Alright."

Chen Shu explained the situation to the nurse supervisor and then handed over her duties to another nurse.

She was very thorough, and the other nurse couldn't help but complain, "Chen Shu, you're only going away for half a day. Why are you acting like you're leaving forever?"

Chen Shu smiled at her. "Goodbye." Then she said to Fang Rui and Zhang, "We can go now."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Zhang felt a bit sad, though he hadn't interacted much with Chen Shu. He had a good impression of her.

Wang often bragged about his girlfriend in front of them. In Wang's eyes, she was a kind and lovely angel in white. If not for the evidence, Zhang wouldn't have believed Chen Shu could cruelly kill her patients.

In the interrogation room,

Chen Shu sat quietly across from Fang Rui and Zhang, her face still wearing a smile.

Fang Rui asked, "Chen Shu, why did you go to the neurology ward nurse's station the day Yangyang died?"

Chen Shu replied, "I went to borrow something. No one was there, so I went in and took it."

Why did you tell Yangyang's grandmother that she could feed Yangyang talisman water?

"I didn't—"

Fang Rui interrupted her, "The surveillance footage captured you talking to Yangyang's grandmother. And Yangyang's grandmother recognized you."

Chen Shu's smile faltered, and she stopped defending herself.

"We found many medications in your home: epinephrine, insulin, and Demerol... Did you use these to kill many innocent elderly people?"

"I didn't kill them. I was helping them find release. You've seen it yourselves; those old people lie in bed every day, kept alive by medication, with no dignity. They want to die, but they can't. Their freedom to die has been taken away. I was helping them, helping them find release."

"How can you be sure they didn't want to live?"

Their desperate, helpless eyes told me. They've lost their ability to move, even to express their thoughts verbally, but their brains are clear. Their eyes begged me to help them find release. They were so pitiful; I couldn't refuse them. Chen Shu said, "When they died, their faces were filled with smiles. They were thanking me!"

"Why did you kill Yangyang?"

"Yangyang was my 10th patient. There was no chance he would wake up; his life had no meaning. But if he had lived, his mother might have collapsed from caring for him and committed suicide. That day, as I passed his room, I heard him say, 'Help my mom.' I agreed. I knew that only if he died completely could his mother live."

"I injected epinephrine into his IV bag. Coincidentally, Yangyang's grandmother asked me if she could feed him talisman water. I thought maybe she had also heard his call and wanted to help him find release, so I told her, 'Yes.'

Later, as you've discovered, Yangyang died. It might have been due to a rise in blood pressure causing a cerebral hemorrhage, or it might have been caused by his grandmother's talisman water. It doesn't matter. He died, finding release, and his mother found release, able to live her own life.

You see, I did a great good, didn't I?"

"Are you sure you heard Yangyang speak?" Fang Rui felt Chen Shu's mental state might be unstable, otherwise, how could she hear a vegetable speak?