Wei Zhao...

Jiang Cheng nodded slightly.

It should be this person.

The identity and time matched.

As for the motive, it was even simpler.

To cover up the tragic truth in ward 624, for the sake of the hospital's reputation, and those doctors who had committed unforgivable sins.

As the director, he understood that if the scandal were exposed, everything he had painstakingly built over the years would be destroyed.

"But...if that's the case, why did he try to save that woman?" Weiwei asked, "I mean, save the child?"

Wouldn't leaving the child behind leave many loopholes?

"Could it be..." Yu Yu suddenly widened her eyes, "Was the director also involved in the events of ward 624?"

"Is Xiang Nan the director's child?"

This conjecture was truly shocking. Following this, Cao Yang brought up the missing file from the archive room, suspecting that the missing file was about the director himself.

"No." Jiang Cheng shook his head.

"Why?"

"The time of death doesn't match." Lin Wan'er said, her gaze sweeping over everyone, giving a casual impression, "The three male doctors all had accidents shortly after the woman died, but the old director didn't."

Everyone hesitated for a moment, then stopped talking.

What Lin Wan'er said made sense. When the old director entrusted Zhao Ru to the orphanage, Zhao Ru was already six months old, which meant that at least half a year after the incident, the old director was still safe.

The ghost had not come to settle accounts with him.

"Perhaps...it's because he settled his child well," Yu Yu said softly, "That's why the ghost didn't attack him."

Judging from the fact that the old director was willing to risk saving Zhao Ru, and finally left money to find an adoptive family for her, there was still a trace of humanity in the depths of his heart.

Perhaps it was this small act of kindness that saved him.

Jiang Cheng turned to look at Huai Yi. Since he had found out the name of the former director, he must have done some investigation into this former director, Zhang Zhaowei.

"He's dead," Huai Yi said directly, knowing what everyone wanted to hear.

"What time?"

"Two months ago," Huai Yi replied.

When talking about the former director, Zhang Zhaowei, a strange emotion flashed across Huai Yi's face, but he quickly covered it up.

"But...we didn't find out the cause of his death," Cao Yang said in a muffled voice, "We only know that he seemed to have died of illness."

The atmosphere became heavy. It seemed that everyone didn't quite believe this result.

Coincidentally, Zhao Ru came to this hospital for an internship a little over a month ago, while the former director, Zhang Zhaowei, died of illness two months ago.

In other words, about two weeks after Zhang Zhaowei died, Zhao Ru appeared in this hospital.

Could there be some connection between them?

"Could it be that Zhang Zhaowei knew that his body was failing, but because he felt guilty towards Xiang Nan and Zhao Ru, he called Zhao Ru to his side before he died and told her everything?" Yu Yu asked tentatively.

It had to be said that her hypothesis was very targeted and logically sound.

"If that's the case, then Zhao Ru's targeting of Director Qi can also be explained," Cao Yang said excitedly, "Director Qi participated in the evil deeds in ward 624 back then, and the missing file...is Director Qi's!"

In this way, it could also explain why Zhao Ru had such great malice towards Director Qi.

Because he was the one who had slipped through the net back then.

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng frowned, one hand supporting his chin, looking like he couldn't figure something out.

"Is there a problem?" Cao Yang noticed Jiang Cheng's reaction and asked.

Raising his head, Jiang Cheng's gaze swept across everyone's faces, "But there's one thing that doesn't make sense. Why did all the doctors die, but only Director Qi survived?"

"And has been alive until now?" Jiang Cheng asked again.

"But isn't Director Qi asking us to protect him now?" Wang Changguo said loudly, "This shows that the ghost is going to attack him, to kill him!"

Turning his head, Jiang Cheng stared at Wang Changguo's face, the latter subconsciously taking a step back, "I'm not talking about now." Jiang Cheng's voice was even and cold, "I'm asking about 18 years ago. How did he survive the first wave of the ghost's pursuit 18 years ago?"

At least for now, Jiang Cheng didn't think Director Qi had anything special about him.

"No," Huai Yi suddenly said, "It's not that he survived the pursuit, it should be that the ghost didn't go looking for him at all."

"That's right." Jiang Cheng retracted his gaze and nodded, "That's where the problem lies."

After the room was quiet for a while, Cao Yang, who was sitting in the chair, looked at everyone and asked with a bitter face, "Why don't we just grab Director Qi and ask him?"

The last clue in this matter pointed to Director Qi, but this person refused to reveal anything. Cao Yang was already planning to resort to violence.

"It's not that far yet." Jiang Cheng took a breath and said, "Let's wait and see."

"But we've already found almost all the clues we have on hand!" Cao Yang looked a little irritable. The fear and the lingering sense of unease were eroding his patience little by little.

"Two things," Jiang Cheng said, "First, we need to find out how the former director, Zhang Zhaowei, died."

"Second," Jiang Cheng looked at Huai Yi, "Xiang Nan's background."

"I can understand investigating Zhang Zhaowei, but...isn't Xiang Nan's situation already clear?" Weiwei asked.

"I'm talking about what happened before she was sent to the hospital." Jiang Cheng looked towards the door and said after a moment, "I always feel like there's something we don't know about between her and Yin Zhenliang..."

Huai Yi was silent for a long time, then raised his head and said, "Leave Xiang Nan's matter to me, you go find other clues."

"By the way," Cao Yang seemed to have thought of something, and lowered his voice, "Although we didn't find out the specific cause of Zhang Zhaowei's death, we know where his body is."

He pointed to the position under his feet and said with a strange expression, "It's in the morgue of this hospital."

"Here?" Weiwei shuddered violently, seemingly associating it with many bad things.

"Yeah."

Two months had passed, and cremation had not been arranged yet, which was not normal. Everyone agreed that there must be something strange about it.

"What about his children?" Jiang Cheng asked, "Are there any special arrangements?"

"Don't even mention children, he doesn't even have relatives." Cao Yang also looked a little dazed, "We've inquired, and this former director was also an orphan."

"But it has nothing to do with that orphanage." Fearing that everyone would misunderstand, Cao Yang explained, "The old director was born before that orphanage was even built."

"Could it be...a will?" Lin Wan'er stretched out her fingertips and slowly rubbed her temples.

"You mean...the old director made a will before he died?" Yu Yu's expression changed slightly, "The content of the will is to leave his body in the morgue, not to be cremated at the funeral home."

"But...why?"

"To witness." Straightening his body, Jiang Cheng said, "And to atone."