By now, the blind old lady had become a clear lead. If it could be confirmed that she had left Dingding Flower Town during the period when Xia Xi Duolai Ti disappeared, it would be hard to claim the two had nothing to do with each other, whether she was the mastermind or merely a participant.
The place where Xia Xi Duolai Ti disappeared was a little too convenient. If "Enbel Maiden" referred to her, then Master Suolan must have learned the truth about Xia Xi's disappearance somehow, whether she had heard it from someone else or had been involved herself.
After leaving the hospital, Xu Huo contacted the crew cut woman and the bald big man again to ask how their investigation was going.
The two had worked fast and uncovered records on several relatively important people. Since so much time had passed, few records remained. They had found the blind old lady's medical records among the hospital's discarded equipment. As luck would have it, during that period, she had suddenly fainted from a fever one day and been taken to the hospital, where she stayed for several days. Her hospitalization had coincided with the time Xia Xi Duolai Ti disappeared. Although electronic surveillance had not yet become widespread, the records kept by the medical staff showed that she had received treatment at regular times each day and had never suddenly disappeared.
"What time did she usually receive treatment?" Xu Huo asked.
"During the day. Just once at night," the bald big man replied, then asked, "Do you still suspect her?"
"What about Master Suolan's friends?" Xu Huo asked.
"Master Suolan's past has been thoroughly investigated. The old lady you visited earlier clearly remembers Suolan being in Dingding Flower Town while the blind old lady was hospitalized. She went