Qiu Tu had good reason to feel that something was off.
This morgue had been specifically requested by him to store Yin Caimei's body alone.
And given Zheng Tao's footsteps just now, he wasn't making rounds on the floor but coming straight for this morgue.
But the problem was... the Yin Caimei case was assigned to Qiu Tu alone by Jia Shu, and it had nothing to do with the Interrogation Section.
Furthermore, Zheng Tao was not a member of the investigation team, so he had no reason to come to this morgue.
Thinking of this, Qiu Tu quietly took a few steps back to create the illusion that he was not by the door and then finally called out, "I'm inside."
Zheng Tao was clearly familiar with Qiu Tu's voice, so as soon as he heard it, he hesitated and asked, "Deputy Chief Qiu?"
Seeing this, Qiu Tu also pretended to be suddenly aware and said, "Oh, it's Chief Zheng. What's the matter?"
After speaking, Qiu Tu gave Qin Shuman a meaningful look.
Qin Shuman tacitly handed the "Mist Index Book" to Qiu Tu and then took a glance around the entire morgue.
Finally, she crawled into a morgue cabinet.
At this time, Zheng Tao's doubtful voice also came through, "What are you doing in the morgue?"
Qiu Tu quietly closed that morgue cabinet and then walked to the door, opening the morgue room door.
Standing outside the door, as expected, was a puzzled Zheng Tao.
Qiu Tu, standing at the doorway, said with a smile, "How novel. I'm obviously performing an autopsy in the morgue. What else would I be here for, to be a corpse?"
After being indirectly snubbed by Qiu Tu, Zheng Tao frowned, peered into the morgue, and then asked, "Are you investigating a case, Deputy Chief Qiu?"
Qiu Tu's brow furrowed slightly, but he nodded nonetheless, "Yes."
After speaking, he countered, "What brings Chief Zheng strolling around the morgue so late without going off duty?"
Zheng Tao responded with an "Oh," saying, "Nothing much, just making a routine inspection."
"I noticed the lights on in your morgue, and it seemed like there was some faint talking inside, so I decided to check it out."
He then gestured with his hand, "Do you mind if I take a look inside?"
Although he asked, he had already started to step into the morgue even before finishing his question.
Qiu Tu's gaze darkened slightly, but he did not obstruct.
Zheng Tao, with boots clacking "tap... tap... tap..." on the floor, took a slow look around the morgue's setup. "Are you here by yourself, Deputy Chief Qiu?"
Qiu Tu responded with a confirming "Mm."
As soon as he realized that Zheng Tao was outside the door, Qiu Tu pondered whether or not to let Zheng Tao meet Qin Shuman (Su Xiaowan).
But considering that he and Tang Feifei had yet to really connect, exposing Su Xiaowan now could lead to various complications. In the end, he decided that it was best for Qin Shuman (Su Xiaowan) to hide and for him to deal with the situation at the door.
Originally, he thought he would just brush Zheng Tao off and send him away.
But who could have expected that Zheng Tao came to check specifically because he faintly heard voices and that he would barge in directly, completely ignoring Qiu Tu's refusal? It was a clear lack of respect.
Possibly sensing Qiu Tu's resistant mood, Zheng Tao, while lifting the white cloth over Yin Caimei's corpse to glance at it, turned back to look at Qiu Tu and said smilingly, "Don't get me wrong, Deputy Chief Qiu."
"I'm not being nosy."
"It's just that... as you know, this world is filled with many strange, 'Mystery' powers."
"And bodies tend to attract these kinds of forces."
"I did indeed hear some odd sounds, and for peace of mind, I needed to check more thoroughly."
After speaking, he went to the morgue cabinets on either side and started to pull them out with a "shrr-shrr" noise.
Since this morgue room had been cleared specifically for Yin Caimei, all the cabinets were empty.
Zheng Tao would open one, glance inside, close it, and then open the next.
Seeing this, Qiu Tu also took out the "Mist Index Book," then said, "Chief Zheng, could it be the sounds emitted from this 'Cataclysmic treasure' that you were talking about?"
He added, "I was just using this to inspect Yin Caimei's body."
Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Zheng Tao stopped in his tracks in front of the cabinet where Qin Shuman was hiding.
He turned to look at the 'Cataclysmic treasure' in Qiu Tu's eyes, showing a glint of contemplation.
After a moment, he nodded affirmatively, "It's possible."
"After all, 'Cataclysmic treasures' may indeed make various noises when in use."
With that, he yanked open the cabinet where Qin Shuman was hidden!
Inside the cabinet...
It was empty.
Seeing this, Zheng Tao slowly closed the cabinet and then proceeded to open each of the remaining morgue cabinets.
Soon, all the cabinets had been checked.
Zheng Tao took another look around the morgue and then turned to Qiu Tu with a smile, "Looks like it was indeed the 'Cataclysmic treasures' making the noise."
"I was too sensitive."
Concluding, he walked over to Qiu Tu, clapped him on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Chief Qiu, you've worked hard."
"Seeing you volunteer for overtime tonight instead of leaving early like yesterday pleases me."
"As investigators, we ought to use every minute and every second to work hard. Only then can we become the right-hand men of the Bureau Chief in the future."
Qiu Tu:.....
Although this world does not have the phrase 'to serve the people,' the blunt aspiration to be the leader's 'lapdog' still took Qiu Tu by surprise.
So... he responded with a smile, "Chief Zheng is overthinking it. The overtime I'm putting in tonight, I'll make up with a day off tomorrow."