Chapter 616
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Chapter 616: The Flourishing Hospital
“I’m sorry, the house is a bit messy,” Yuzuriha said apologetically.
“Did that group of thugs search this place?” Lin Qiye’s gaze swept around, “They even took apart the chandelier base… Are they bandits?”
“This place is even messier than when I last came back. They must have come a few more times since then,” Yuzuriha sighed.
Lin Qiye nodded and began to search the room carefully with his mental power.
If there was really something hidden in this house, it might evade the thugs’ search, but it would definitely not escape Lin Qiye’s mental perception. His mental power could scan every brick and tile, leaving no blind spots.
Yuzuriha, wearing shoes, ran into the house and started moving around. She pulled out an album from the bedroom floor, carefully folded a few pages from the tattered newspapers in the living room, and picked up a few hairpins.
The items she collected were all small and fragmented, filled with a sense of nostalgia. She didn’t even glance at larger items like the TV or refrigerator, knowing they would soon need to hide elsewhere. It would be impossible to move such conspicuous items without attracting attention.
Lin Qiye had finished scanning the entire house with his mental power but found nothing. It seemed to be just an ordinary residence.
“This house belonged to your mother?” Lin Qiye asked, sitting on the sofa and watching the busy Yuzuriha.
“Yes, it was left by my mother,” Yuzuriha thought for a moment, “But it seems the property deed is in someone else’s name.”
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow, “Why would your own house be in someone else’s name?”
“I don’t know. I only found out about this recently. My mother never mentioned it when she was alive.”
Lin Qiye pondered this.
“Eh?” Yuzuriha looked at the phone on the table, a look of confusion appearing in her eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
“Since four days ago, there’s been a call coming in every day,” Yuzuriha flipped through the call records, puzzled. “And the last three digits of the number are 110… Isn’t that a police station number? The middle part, 06, seems to be… the area code for Osaka?”
Yuzuriha said uncertainly.
Just then, the phone in the room suddenly rang.
Dingling—!
The unexpected ringing startled Yuzuriha, causing her to stumble back a few steps and turn to Lin Qiye.
Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment and nodded at her.
“Since it’s a police call, you might as well answer it.”
Yuzuriha stepped forward, picked up the phone, and pressed the speakerphone button.
“Hello, this is the Osaka City Police Department. May I speak to Yuzuriha, number 42857494?”
Yuzuriha froze, “That’s me…”
As soon as she said this, she began to regret it. She had committed a serious crime when she attempted suicide at the beach the day before. Now, revealing her identity to the police was akin to walking into a trap…
Wait, this call was made four days ago, which means they were looking for her before she attempted suicide?
Moreover, she was a resident of Yokohama. Even if they wanted to arrest her, it should be the Yokohama police’s responsibility. Why was the Osaka police calling her?
While Yuzuriha was puzzled, the female voice on the other end continued:
“Your father, the wanted criminal Yuzurihei, was shot dead by the Osaka police four days ago. He had some personal belongings that need to be claimed by a relative. When would you be able to come to Osaka?”
Yuzuriha stood frozen in place.
“Hello? Can you hear me?” the female voice asked again.
Yuzuriha didn’t respond. After hesitating for a moment, she hung up the phone.
“What’s wrong? Aren’t you going to see him one last time?” Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow at Yuzuriha’s reaction.
“I… I don’t know.”
Yuzuriha lowered her head, her lips pressed together, her expression conflicted. “I haven’t seen him in many years. Ever since he abandoned my mother and me, I severed ties with him…”
“Perhaps his belongings contain what the underworld is looking for, which could explain everything.”
“I…”
Lin Qiye looked at Yuzuriha’s troubled expression and sighed, sitting up from the sofa. “I’m just an outsider and have no right to influence your choice, but I think… he is still your father. If possible, it would be best to see him one last time. After this, it will be a final farewell.
Coincidentally, I also need to go to Osaka. If you want to retrieve his belongings, I can accompany you.
Think it over.”
To be honest, Lin Qiye couldn’t relate to Yuzuriha’s distress. He didn’t even remember what his parents looked like, let alone what it would be like to see them one last time.
Yuzuriha absentmindedly finished gathering her things and placed them in a cardboard box, following Lin Qiye toward the container.
Soon, they reached their destination.
It was getting late, and in the dimly lit wasteland, an elderly woman with white hair stood at the entrance of the container, braving the cold wind. She tightly clutched several strings of folded origami cranes, seemingly praying for something.
“Grandma Tsuru,” Yuzuriha exclaimed upon seeing her figure and ran forward.
“Little Yuzuri!” Grandma Tsuru looked up, her murky eyes lighting up with joy upon seeing Yuzuriha running toward her. “You finally came back! Is everything alright?”
“Yes, Grandma, I just got lost outside. This… this brother brought me back,” Yuzuriha said, pointing at Lin Qiye.
Lin Qiye smiled politely, quietly standing aside with the red-eyed and black-eyed girls, not wanting to interrupt the warm reunion.
Once the two embraced and separated, Yuzuriha excitedly took the snacks and sweets Lin Qiye had brought to the door and went back inside with Grandma Tsuru, while Lin Qiye found an excuse to leave first.
That small container was already cramped for the two of them, and when he sat inside with the red-eyed and black-eyed girls, there was hardly any space to settle.
Lin Qiye found a spot on a nearby hillside, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and entered the Divine Mental Hospital to continue his interview endeavors!
With previous interview experience, Lin Qiye signed off on the caregiver positions much faster this time, disposing of the remaining two hundred “mysteries” in less than two hours.
Standing in the corridor on the second floor of the hospital, Lin Qiye looked down at the crowded caregivers in the yard below and couldn’t help but feel a sense of wonder.
The Divine Mental Hospital is truly bustling with activity…
