After Luo Tong's assistant and lover Tang Jing was killed, the special case team divided into several routes to carry out a comprehensive and in-depth investigation of the social relationship between Tang Jing and Luo Tong.

Xia Shi, Qi Ruonan and Forensic Doctor Chen stayed in Jinshui County to assist Captain Zhao in his work, while Qiao Sheng returned to R City with Gu Song to visit Luo Tong's acquaintances in R City and reorganize Luo Tong's social relations.

Luo Tong left Jinshui County at the age of 19, finished college in R City, and successfully worked, married, and had children, and his main life circle was all here. Although a car accident in 2011 destroyed Luo Tong's life, forcing him to flee the city and return to his long-lost hometown, his past life will not disappear.

After visiting several of Luo Tong's former leaders and colleagues in the Affiliated Hospital of R City University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and obtaining some innocuous information, Qiao Sheng finally got through to Luo Tong's best friend, Li Yue.

Li Yue is Luo Tong's college classmate, the two once lived in a dormitory, and they have known each other for almost 20 years, so they can be said to be one of the people who know Luo Tong best in the world.

Of course, the so-called understanding is only before Luo Tong encountered the flying disaster. Because since then, Luo Tong has almost cut off contact with relatives and friends, and has endured the great suffering of losing his wife and daughter in loneliness and pain. However, when Qiao Sheng returned to R City this time, what they wanted to know was Luo Tong five years ago.

Li Yue worked in the Affiliated Hospital of R University of Traditional Chinese Medicine for a period of time, and was later transferred to the Third People's Hospital as deputy director of the Department of Brain Surgery. When he received Qiao Sheng's call, he had just come out of the operating room, physically and mentally exhausted, and his whole body was about to collapse. However, as soon as he heard that Qiao Sheng wanted to ask him about Luo Tong, he immediately cheered up and asked Qiao Sheng to meet in a teahouse near the hospital.

The tea house is very close to the hospital, and the straight-line distance is only more than 500 meters. When Qiao Sheng and Gu Song rushed to the teahouse, Li Yue was already waiting for them in the small private room on the second floor.

"I'm sorry, Dr. Li, for disturbing your rest." Qiao Sheng stepped forward and shook Li Yue's hand with an apologetic expression on his face. He understands the work of surgeons very well, and he is busy day and night, sometimes staying in the operating room all day, and the level of hard work can be imagined.

Li Yue had just finished a major operation on the patient and should have gone back to rest, but now he was so actively cooperating with the police, which had to make Qiao Sheng a little moved.

Li Yue is a straightforward person. He shook hands with Qiao Sheng and Gu Song respectively, smiled and said, "It's okay", and bluntly said that he cared about Luo Tong's affairs very much, no matter what difficulties Luo Tong encountered, he would try his best to help.

The three of them exchanged a few words, and Qiao Sheng and Gu Song sat down on the sofa chair opposite Li Yue. Li Yue couldn't wait to ask, "Two police officers, what's wrong with Luo Tong?" Did something happen to him? ”

"No, don't be nervous." Qiao Sheng was afraid that Li Yue would be cranky, so he hurriedly comforted him and said, "We are investigating a case, we need to learn something about Luo Tong's situation from you, you just need to answer truthfully if you know what." ”

"Case?" Li Yue frowned slightly, still not very at ease with Luo Tong, but he knew that the police had confidentiality regulations for handling cases, and it was obviously inappropriate for him to ask too many questions. "Okay, what do you want to know?"

"Doctor Li, how long have you not been in touch with Luo Tong?" Qiao Sheng asked.

Li Yue thought for a while and said: "We haven't seen each other for four years, and the last chat was on WeChat, and it is estimated that it has been more than half a year. ”

"If you don't contact him, he probably won't take the initiative to find you, right?"

"yes." Li Yue sighed, thinking of that former friend, his heart felt as uncomfortable as a stone. "Luo Tong used to be a cheerful person, hardworking, positive, and gave people a particularly sunny feeling. Whether it is at school or in the unit, his popularity is too good to say. But since the car accident, Luo Tong seems to have changed as a person, he talks less, he doesn't like to deal with people anymore, and even my old friend doesn't want to deal with it anymore.

"During the months when he was injured and hospitalized, I always ran to his hospital room to see him when I had nothing to do. At that time, he was living in our Third Hospital, and I was his attending doctor, so I should take good care of him. But no matter how much I tried to persuade him and enlighten him, he always behaved very coldly, as if he had lost faith in life and was ready to leave this world at any time.

"To be honest, I can understand his feelings, after all, his lover and children have left him, and his life has fallen from heaven to hell at once, and it is not strange that he has any terrible thoughts. But as a friend, I couldn't just watch him continue to suffer in agony. I asked an acquaintance to find an excellent psychological counselor, and I went to the ward every three or five times to treat Luo Tong. After persisting for a while, the treatment seems to have had some effect, although Luo Tong is still so indifferent and numb, but he can communicate with people normally......"

Li Yue's memories continued, as if a huge floodgate had been opened, and he couldn't close it even if he wanted to. From his sad expression, it is not difficult to see that the friendship between him and Luo Tong is indeed very deep. Presumably, the accident that Luo Tong encountered also made him spend several years in pain.

"Doctor Li, let's talk about what happened after Luo Tong was discharged from the hospital." Qiao Sheng began to ask targeted questions, "Did you still have contact with Luo Tong during that time?" Is he still seeing a psychiatrist? ”

Li Yue replied with a wry smile: "Since Luo Tong was discharged from the hospital, our contact has become less. He changed his mobile phone number and home address, and for a while I couldn't find anyone with him at all. Fortunately, I contacted the psychiatrist who treated Luo Tong, and learned that Luo Tong's treatment was still continuing, and he was still alive and well, otherwise I would have the urge to call the police. ”

"How long did Luo Tong's treatment last? How effective is the treatment? You know what he's been doing since he's been discharged from the hospital? ”

Li Yue shook his head and said, "I just inquired about the situation a few times through Jiang Ran, oh, Luo Tong's psychiatrist. I felt that Luo Tong's psychological trauma would take a certain amount of time to recover, so I didn't bother him anymore. It's been a year since I saw Luo Tong again.

"He returned to his hometown in Jinshui County and was admitted to the local hospital because of the recurrence of an old injury, and somehow suddenly remembered me. I went to Jinshui County to see him, and it was the first and only time we met since Luo Tong was discharged from the hospital. Since then, the two of us have only occasionally chatted on WeChat, and the conversation is not deep, and he has not told me about some of the things that happened back then, and I have not dared to take the initiative to mention them. ”

"Do you know much about Luo Tong's love life?" Qiao Sheng continued to ask.

"Luo Tong is a man with very dedicated feelings. His wife was our college classmate and his first love. The two are very affectionate, and in the eyes of others, they are simply a model couple. ”

"Dr. Li, this is a very important question for us, and you have to answer it truthfully." Gu Song reminded on the side.

Li Yue glanced at Gu Song in surprise, "What I'm saying is the truth, Luo Tong and his wife are very affectionate." After his wife's death, he couldn't get out of the shadows, and he longed to go to his wife's funeral. ”

"I remember you just said that Luo Tong's popularity is very good, and he is very popular both at school and at work. So, are there many women who like him? ”

"Well...... Li Yue hesitated for a moment and replied uncertainly, "There are some girls who like him, but I've never seen him have an affair with anyone, and I haven't talked to him much about this topic." ”

"Aren't you two iron buddies who have nothing to say?"

"Even if they are iron buddies, they will have secrets with each other." Speaking of this, Li Yue suddenly remembered something, "By the way, if you want to know about these things, just go to Jiang Ran." She used to be Luo Tong's psychiatrist, and she must know a lot of secrets that I don't know. ”

"Do you have her contact information?"

"I should still have her phone ......," Li Yue said as he looked through the phone address book, "Well, this is the mobile phone number that Jiang Ran used before." However, we haven't been in touch for almost five years, and we're not sure if she still uses that number. ”

Gu Song took out his mobile phone and dialed the number given by Li Yue, but there was a prompt tone on the phone that said, "The number you dialed is empty" immediately came from the phone.

Gu Song shook his head, "It seems that she doesn't need this mobile phone number now." Dr. Lee, is there any other way you can find her? ”

"I can help you inquire through an acquaintance in the hospital, and I should be able to contact her."

"Then I'm bothering you." Qiao Sheng said gratefully, and then handed Li Yue a business card, "Call me at any time if you hear the news." ”

Li Yue's work efficiency was very high, and less than an hour after the three of them were separated, he inquired about Jiang Ran's whereabouts from acquaintances. It's just that the information he fed back was far beyond Qiao Sheng and Gu Song's expectations, and it can be described as "shocked".

As early as the end of 2011, shortly after Luo Tong returned to Jinshui County, Jiang Ran quit his job at the psychological clinic, and his behavior became very different from before.

No one could have imagined that this excellent counselor would suffer from major depression, go from doctor to patient, and become terminally ill with no cure. After a suicide attempt, Jiang Ran was sent by his cousin to a professional institution for treatment, and his fate changed dramatically.

The reason for Jiang Ran's illness Li Yue did not know, but he helped Qiao Sheng find out Jiang Ran's hospitalization address: D City Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center.

Hearing this familiar name, Gu Song's mood was a little complicated. He wanted to wait until the case was over and go to the hospital to visit Xinlei again with the news of the victory, but he didn't expect to return to the psychiatric hospital full of sad memories so soon.