"Hey, young friend, what do you mean by that? Worth! You just kept saying that you would help your sister-in-law no matter how much money you spend, why did you back down when you heard 'expensive'? I doubt how true your feelings are......" The big mouse knows that the time for bargaining has come, and of course he can't let go easily. No, he thought that he had caught Zhou Daoan's "weakness" and began to "fight for reason".

So, after a long bargaining, Zhou Daoan finally negotiated the consultation fee at a price of 1 pound and 4 shillings - this price is of course still more expensive than the consultation fee of the women who sell themselves, but they themselves are not from that group, and there will be a premium after being introduced. Moreover, when it came to one and a half pounds, the face of the big rat was already a little broken, and Zhou Daoan was worried that it was too much, so he made a deal at the price that the big rat was quite satisfied with.

After paying a deposit of 2 shillings, the big mouse's face looked good again.

"I can't tell you exactly when the surgery will be, after all, Dr. Thomas has other jobs...... This kind of thing is just his extra money. Also, you can't have surgery in your home, it's not safe. When the time comes, I'll tell you a safe place where Dr. Thomas will operate. Although the price was negotiated, the big mouse still had a tone of "you took advantage of it, Dr. Thomas didn't look down on this little money at all, it was purely to help", "But I will make an appointment for you as soon as possible, no later than ten days, there is news...... Well, you should come every three days! I'll tell you exactly when the time comes. ”

"Ten days? It's been too long! Frank was a little anxious when he heard this, which was related to whether he could get the key information and arrest the suspect earlier.

"Alright, my friend, what do you Orientals say...... Can't eat hot potatoes in a hurry? Ten days won't let his sister-in-law give birth, right? Be patient, young man......" The big mouse replied with a very poor smile.

"Okay, so be it! Hopefully we'll have good news in three days! Zhou Daoan gave Frank a hand, agreed, and then the two took their leave.

As soon as he went out, he couldn't go far, and Frank was impatient to ask Zhou Daoan to explain.

"I'm sorry, I changed the ...... temporarily," Zhou Daoan said politely before explaining, "According to our original statement, ordinary abortion doctors will not have any doubts, and will directly take over this business." However, the 'rat' claimed to be a doctor's agent is a bit too abnormal......"

"The abortion doctor is doing this illegal business in the first place to make money, and finding a proxy means taking away his pay. If this agent can help him pull a lot of business, it may be a partner and mutual benefit. But Dr. Thomas, according to Maggie, only accepts 'regular clients' in the circle of female sellers, which means that he is not prepared to spread the business, and can even be said to be too careful...... If he's worried about getting into trouble, there's no need to look for it. So, it all seems very contradictory......"

"Oh...... Oh! Then what do you mean......" Frank followed Zhou Daoan's train of thought and said as if he had a sudden realization.

"Chances are our luck, Frank! Although I didn't expect to find the first abortion doctor to get a key clue...... But, here's the thing is – this Dr. Thomas is certainly not simple! Zhou Daoan smiled and patted Frank's shoulder, he was in a good mood, and the case was progressing, which meant that his task of gaining the favor of the police was expected to be completed!

As if to verify Zhou Daoan's guess, in the next two days, they followed this routine and visited two other doctors who could perform abortions under the "Eastern District" - only three of them did this in the entire Eastern District. Neither of these two people is like "Dr. Thomas", who only takes the "job" of selling his daughter. And these two are not as careful as Dr. Thomas - there is no agent, they can be found directly on the door.

This also shows that in the eastern district of Wudu, there are really a lot of people who wander inside and outside the boundaries of law and morality, and these practitioners do not need too much cover-up - the police are already overstretched to deal with cases of a bad nature. What's more, on the other hand, these businesses already form a link in the relatively stable social and ecological chain of the Eastern District. Abortion doctors, for example, would have had their lives collapsed because of a child they shouldn't have had if they hadn't helped the "suffering" women solve their huge troubles!

"If you think I'm expensive here, you can go to Dr. Neil or Dr. Thomas. You'll know then that my high fees make sense...... "This is a casual remark by a female abortion doctor named "Mrs. Pierce" after hearing Zhou Daoan's excuse that "I have to consider this price".

The pudgy Mrs. Pierce, according to herself, used to work as a midwife. But because the income of midwives is too low, they have been teaching themselves "the trade" and doing this business, which has been 30 years ago. This female doctor in her fifties is more talkative, and even kindly pointed out Zhou Daoan and Frank-

"Dr. Neil is a scoundrel...... He's a North Celtic, a member of the North Celtic community in the East End, and he doesn't have a clean job on his hands, and he has a lot of trouble behind his ass. If you ask him for help, you will only be blackmailed by him afterwards...... You don't want your sister to ruin her reputation before she gets married, do you? Trust me, that old rascal definitely wouldn't mind blackmailing your family for this reason......"

In fact, this Mrs. Pierce was the last one Zhou Daoan visited. Dr. Neil had already looked for him, and as Mrs. Pierce had said, this man did have a very "corporate" habit, and it was very uncomfortable to glance up and down in a pair of eyes, and his words were so vulgar and inferior that Frank was so angry that he almost took out his handcuffs on the spot.

However, such a shallow and vulgar middle-aged man with a broken index finger on his left hand is obviously far from the ripper judged in Zhou Daoan's heart, and the nation is not right. As for Mrs. Pierce...... Just the short and fat figure and slow movements obviously don't look like a killer.

Moreover, the business scope of these two people is not limited to selling women, they are not very keen on the "business" of this group, and it is unlikely that they will have an intersection with the murderer.

Dr. Thomas...... It's not a bad style, it's just that this person is too mysterious, few people have seen him, and all the business matters are handed over to his agent. If you think about it, two people split the money, and his charge is of course the highest among us! Moreover, he only does the business of selling women......"

As she spoke, Mrs. Pierce lit a cigarette and babbled again, "But he does have a unique job—those who do this will inevitably make the patients suffer, and they will basically die of pain, and it is not an accident that two or three out of ten cases die." But Dr. Thomas has a high success rate and ...... It is said that he was willing to use sophisticated anesthetics so that patients did not feel pain...... Therefore, his fee is at least 30% higher than ours, and there are still many people who go to him. But, again, he generally only takes over the business of selling women. ”

Dr. Thomas is still the forerunner of "painless abortion"?!

After thanking Mrs. Pierce for her pertinent advice, Zhou Daoan still took his leave on the grounds of "consideration". Mrs. Pierce didn't stop her, and had a bit of a "you're going to come back to me" stance. As everyone knows, as soon as these two people go out, they are already more sure that this "Dr. Thomas" is their primary target! And, according to the clients of the other two abortion doctors, almost none of them are from the "St. Mary's Cathedral" area. The two doctors' residences and areas of activity were also not there.

Do not forget that both cases occurred near St. Mary's Church. Several characteristics are added together, and Dr. Thomas's suspicion has grown!

On the third day, Zhou Daoan and Frank visited the big mouse again, but they did not get an appointment from Dr. Thomas. It's just that according to the big mouse, it was not because Dr. Thomas refused their appointment, on the contrary, the doctor agreed after listening to Zhou Daoan's "story", but because there was something else at hand, he had to delay for a few days.

The big mouse also added fuel and vinegar to say that it was he who vividly portrayed Zhou Daoan's "filial piety" and "misery" that moved Dr. Thomas and made him make an exception.

This disappointed Frank, who was full of anticipation and nervousness, a little, but Zhou Daoan took a "reassuring pill" - it seems that the other party did not doubt the story he made up, as he expected, the other party should be interested in the setting of "a black-haired middle-aged woman with half Semitic blood"!

Compared with Frank and Zhou Daoan's group, which has made some progress, the other police officers are a little weak. Inspector Harold is a "familiar" person in this generation, so he is not good at going into battle in person, but the ability of his members is really limited, even if he gives the task and asks the police to investigate the prostitution women, after a few days of running, the final result is nothing.

Inspector Harold's face is very ugly, because it has been several days since the two cases occurred, and there is still no news that the suspect has been arrested, whether it is for the media, the public or the superiors, it is a little difficult to explain. It is said that Scotland Yard (another name for the Fog Metropolitan Police Department) is quite concerned about this matter, and if there are any more cases, accountability will come soon!

Fortunately, Frank's daily debriefing soothed Harold a little. He really didn't expect that Frank, under the guidance of Zhou Daoan, would quickly find the key clue - at least in the current situation, that Dr. Thomas is very suspicious!

After learning that the mysterious "Dr. Thomas" had agreed to Zhou Daoan's appointment, Inspector Harold immediately took back all the officers sent out and prepared to arrange a big move.