Due to the blizzard, flights were suspended, so Xie Shang and Wen Changling stayed in Linbei City for three days, two of which they spent in the hospital on an IV drip. On the 17th, they were returning home, but Wen Changling didn't leave with her colleagues. When asked why, she candidly admitted that a family member had come.
Xie Shang had booked a flight for 10:20 in the morning. It was almost nine o'clock, and Wen Changling had not yet gotten up.
Xie Shang was making a phone call in the hallway outside.
The person on the other end was Ke Shaoqing, an old classmate from Xie Shang's days as a student abroad, who now worked at the provincial Public Security Bureau: "The medical staff at Anding Hospital all have alibis. There's no suspicion of homicide."
Xie Shang had previously suspected that Jiang Rucai wasn't truly insane, but now there was no evidence to prove it since he was dead.
Ke Shaoqing asked, "Why are you so interested in the case in Linbei?"
