Shao Qingge's surgical plan was quickly finalized. Xiao Lou carefully reviewed the plan and found no obvious problems.
Nowadays, coronary stent implantation is very common, and doctors' techniques are very mature. There are even cases of successful stent implantation to improve cardiovascular stenosis in 80-year-olds. The risk of the surgery itself is not very high.
Now that Zhao Sen has become the surgeon, neither Shao Qingge nor Xiao Lou can relax. If Zhao Sen "accidentally" makes a mistake during the surgery, Shao Qingge could lose his life.
After Zhao Sen left, Shao Qingge pressed his temples, looking at Xiao Lou with a headache: "Now that Captain Yu, Lao Mo and Long Sen's external injuries have healed, why don't we just escape from the hospital? I don't want to die on the operating table."
Having Zhao Sen, the murderer, perform surgery on CEO Shao is too risky; Xiao Lou wouldn't dare gamble with CEO Shao's life. Not performing the surgery would be very dangerous for Shao Qingge, but having Zhao Sen perform it would be even more dangerous.
Xiao Lou had only said he would personally assist Zhao Sen to appease him. Now that Zhao Sen had left, Xiao Lou leaned close to Shao Qingge's ear and said, "I have a plan. Didn't your dad put you in the VIP Ward and have Professor Qin from the nephrology department perform your kidney transplant? He should know the surgical specialists at that hospital, right?"
Shao Qingge's eyes lit up: "That's right, I can use my 'weak and sickly rich young master' persona to my advantage. I can ask my dad for help and have him change the surgeon for me, then I can rest assured."
Xiao Lou nodded: "I checked, the director of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department is surnamed Lin. Call your dad later and tell him that you're worried about Zhao Sen because he's too young, and you hope to find an older professor with more surgical experience to perform the surgery. Your dad knows people at the hospital, so he should be able to ask his friend to help change the surgeon. I'll be your assistant and supervise the operation, double insurance."
Although changing doctors at the last minute would offend Zhao Sen, compared to his own life, Shao Qingge would rather offend Zhao Sen and transfer to another hospital as soon as possible.
He immediately borrowed Xiao Lou's duty phone, entered his father's phone number from memory, and dialed it.
A deep voice came from beside me: "Hello, may I ask who you are?"
Shao Qingge said, "Dad, this is Shao Qingge. I couldn't find my phone, so I'm calling you from a friend's phone."
"Oh, it's you." The person on the other end said with concern, "I just received a call from the hospital saying you've woken up. How are you? Are you feeling alright? Your mother and I will come to the hospital to see you this afternoon."
"Dad, don't worry, I'm feeling pretty good physically and mentally right now. The doctor has scheduled my surgery for tomorrow morning." Shao Qingge glanced at Xiao Lou and, following his advice, said, "However, this Dr. Zhao looks quite young, only 35. He definitely lacks experience in surgery, and I'm worried he might not do a good job. After all, it's heart surgery, and if something goes wrong, I might not make it off the operating table. So, I was thinking, Dad, could you ask a friend to help arrange for a more experienced expert professor to perform the surgery…"
The person on the other end of the phone interrupted him: "Don't worry about that. I arranged for Zhao Sen to be your attending physician."
"...You arranged this?" Shao Qingge was taken aback. "You know Dr. Zhao?"
"I don't know him," Shao Zhengyang explained in a low voice. "However, Director Lin said that Dr. Zhao is the best heart surgeon besides him. Although he is young, he is very talented. Not to mention simple surgeries like stent implantation, he can even perform heart transplants. He is a rare surgical genius."
"...He's 35 years old, how could he perform surgery so well?"
"Yes. Director Lin is away on a business trip. I called him the night before last when you were admitted to the emergency room, and he immediately arranged for Dr. Zhao to be your attending physician. Don't worry, Dr. Zhao is Director Lin's protégé, and his medical skills are completely trustworthy." Shao Zhengyang said earnestly, "What you need to do now is relax and not be suspicious or overthink things. Dr. Zhao just spoke to me on the phone and said that although you have three narrowed coronary arteries, as long as a stent is implanted to resolve the narrowing, your quality of life will not be affected in the future."
"..." Shao Qingge and Xiao Lou looked at each other in bewilderment.
"I have an important meeting, but I'll come see you this afternoon after the meeting."
"Okay, Dad, you go ahead with your work." Shao Qingge hung up the phone and looked at Xiao Lou with a headache. "Changing the surgeon won't work. Director Lin is already away on a business trip, and Zhao Sen is the one he arranged to take care of me. I guess running away won't work either; if I run away, I might have a heart attack halfway there and die. It seems... I have no choice but to have Zhao Sen perform the surgery?" Shao Qingge's smile was somewhat helpless.
"I'll go to the operating room with you. Running away is too risky. If you have a heart attack on the way, I won't be able to save you." Xiao Lou gently patted CEO Shao's hand and comforted him. " Although Zhao Sen is a murderer, he won't kill just anyone. You have no grudge against him, so he won't do anything to you. Your dad is right. Relax. With so many people watching the surgery, Zhao Sen shouldn't dare to tamper with it."
"Alright." Shao Qingge yawned and closed his eyes helplessly.
"You get some rest, I'll take care of things." Xiao Lou gave a few words of advice and then turned and went back to the general surgery ward.
Yu Hanjiang's surgical wound has completely healed, and he can get out of bed and walk freely. However, in order to prevent Dr. Nurse from suspecting anything, he still lies on his side in bed, with a gauze pad on his lower right abdomen covering the healed surgical wound.
Upon seeing Xiao Lou enter the room, Yu Hanjiang immediately sat up and asked, "How did it go? Did CEO Shao just call his dad?"
"Yes, the surgery can't be postponed; this should be the Guardian."
" That's the arrangement. I'll personally follow up on it then, and while I'm at it, I'll get Liu Qiao's witch card. If all else fails, Liu Qiao still has a bottle of antidote that can save someone on the verge of death." Xiao Lou sighed helplessly and said, "I hope CEO Shao can keep a good mindset and not scare himself into a heart attack."
"No, his mental fortitude is no worse than ours." Yu Hanjiang paused. "His father seemed to have mentioned a heart transplant earlier. Are you thinking about that?"
Connected to the Telepathic Connection, Yu Hanjiang could also sense Xiao Lou's confusion.
"Yes, CEO Shao's father mentioned on the phone that Zhao Sen will be performing a heart transplant." Xiao Lou took a deep breath, looked at Yu Hanjiang, and said seriously, "Of all surgical procedures, heart transplantation is the most complex and riskiest. First, the entire heart is separated, all the major blood vessels are cut, and extracorporeal circulation is established. Then, the frozen donor heart is placed inside, and all the blood vessels are connected. Every step must be flawless. A single surgery can take six or seven hours. I rarely hear of young doctors in their thirties performing such complex surgeries in real life."
"The person who donates the heart will inevitably die." Yu Hanjiang frowned. "This is far more terrifying than a kidney transplant."
"That's right. A person can lose a kidney, but not a heart." Xiao Lou felt a chill run down his spine when he thought about it. Heart transplant surgery is a sacrifice of one person to save another. Usually, no one is so noble as to donate their own heart. Those who do donate are either death row inmates or have other diseases that prevent them from surviving, so they donate their hearts to save others.
But what if the donation wasn't voluntary?
One injection of anesthesia, and you're on the operating table. A person whose heart has been removed will never wake up again.
His heart may still be beating in someone else's chest. But he can only become a cold corpse.
Yu Hanjiang also realized the seriousness of the matter. He said with a stern face, "In the organ smuggling market, the price of a kidney is definitely far less than that of a heart, right?"
Xiao Lou nodded: "Of course. After all, there are two kidneys. Some healthy people might donate one of their kidneys for money, and it's relatively easier to find a match for a heart. On the other hand, it's very difficult to find a suitable match for a heart, and the person who donates the heart will definitely die. Buying a heart is like buying a life, and the price is definitely several times higher than that of a kidney."
"So, for financial gain, could this gang secretly send homeless people, beggars, orphans, and other people who would die without anyone holding them accountable, to the operating room, administer anesthesia, remove their hearts, and then sell them for a high price?" Yu Hanjiang speculated.
"..." Xiao Lou did not answer; the possibility chilled him to the bone.
There are many methods of murder. In previous cases, many killers tortured their victims out of various grudges, and at least the victims knew how they died. But the terrifying thing about this locked-room case is that the victims and the killers may not have known each other at all, nor had they harbored any hatred. They didn't even know they were going to die before they lay on the operating table.
They are human beings, yet they are treated like pigs and sheep, with their organs being taken out and sold everywhere.
A moment of silence fell over the room.
Yu Hanjiang has never encountered a case of organ smuggling in real life. The real world is a society governed by the rule of law. Hospitals are strictly regulated, and doctors keep detailed records of the surgeries they perform every day. There are surveillance cameras everywhere in hospitals. No doctor in a regular hospital would risk going to jail to engage in the business of "smuggling organs".
But now, at Secret Room World, Zhao Sen has turned his younger brother into a human specimen and is still working here as if nothing happened. Yu Hanjiang really suspects that this place called " Renchuan Hospital " might be a den for smuggling organs.
Yu Hanjiang suddenly asked, "By the way, for kidney transplants and heart transplants, do the organ donor and the organ recipient need to undergo surgery at the same time? That is, taking A's heart and putting it into B's chest, with both people undergoing surgery at the same time?"
He wasn't clear on these technical details, but Xiao Lou, who knew more, explained, "Not necessarily. Kidneys and hearts can be cryopreserved. For example, before a normal heart is removed, it's treated with a steroid injection to temporarily stop its beating. After removal, it's placed in ice and can be frozen for 4 to 6 hours. When it needs to start beating again, it's treated with medication. Generally, the person donating the heart first performs surgery to remove it, freezes it, and then gives it to the patient who needs a heart to activate it and get it back to beating. There can be about a 6-hour time difference in this process."
Can a heart be frozen and preserved for 6 hours without losing its function, instead of being used immediately after being retrieved? Yu Hanjiang frowned: "So, the person donating the organ doesn't have to be at this hospital? As long as the organ can be delivered to the operating room within 6 hours, the surgery can be performed elsewhere?"
Xiao Lou nodded: "That's right, that's also the point of doubt I wanted to make to you. Shao Qingge's kidney transplant surgery was performed by Professor Qin Changming of this hospital. I just checked Professor Qin's information on the hospital's website. Qin Changming is 50 years old and is an expert in urology for treating kidney diseases. He performs hundreds of surgeries every year. He is very experienced and highly qualified... But Liu Renyuan's kidney surgery seemed to be performed by an amateur."
"So, the doctor who performed the kidney transplant on Shao Qingge and the doctor who took Liu Renyuan's kidney are not the same doctor?"
"Absolutely not. Professor Qin wouldn't make such a basic mistake as damaging the pleura and ureter while removing the kidney." Xiao Lou recalled Liu Renyuan's autopsy results and said, " Liu Renyuan's right kidney was removed by someone with insufficient surgical experience, and there is no record of his surgery in the hospital's medical records. So I suspect that his surgery was probably performed in some 'black clinic'."
"..." Upon hearing the term "illegal clinic," Yu Hanjiang's expression turned even more serious. I tapped the edge of the bed lightly with my fingers and analyzed, "..."
The intermediary is responsible for finding buyers and matching donors, while the illegal clinic handles organ collection. Once the organs are obtained, they are secretly transported to Renchuan Hospital, where specialists perform transplant surgeries on the recipients. This illegal clinic only needs to deliver the frozen organs within six hours; its location can be anywhere in the city.
"If our deduction is correct, this organ transplant organization involves a large number of people and has a complete chain of interests and a system of division of labor and cooperation. It would be too difficult to follow the clues and take them all down." Thinking of the scene when Yu Hanjiang was shot, Xiao Lou was still shaken and whispered, "You must be careful during the investigation. The other side has guns, so don't be careless."
"You knew I was going to be discharged from the hospital?"
"We're still connected to the Telepathic Connection." Xiao Lou looked helplessly at the man in front of him. "I understand you're eager to go out and investigate, but remember my words: never confront them head-on. Protect yourself. I'll get your teammates to join you as soon as possible."
"I know." Yu Hanjiang's gaze was gentle as he lightly squeezed Xiao Lou's hand to reassure him. After a moment, he asked with concern, "By the way, has the kidney transplant for CEO Shao been done?"
" CEO Shao is still in the ICU, so it's inconvenient to take a kidney biopsy. His medical records state that he has type B blood, and his kidney transplant surgery was performed on November 11th of last year. Liu Renyuan also has type B blood, and the sudden increase in funds also occurred in November of last year. There shouldn't be so many coincidences. It's highly likely that CEO Shao's kidney came from Liu Renyuan." Xiao Lou paused, then said, " I kept some kidney tissue from Liu Renyuan during the autopsy. I'll try to confirm it once CEO Shao recovers."
"I estimate it's pretty close to 80-90%. Liu Renyuan's appearance is clearly telling us that this locked-room mystery is about organ smuggling." Yu Hanjiang stood up and said, "I'm going to process my discharge now, and I'll visit Professor Qin Changming in the nephrology department later."
"Okay, I'll take you there."
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