Who broke the glass 11 "You've already done very well...

Lin Shichu: [Deputy Xun just told me they're on their way. The captain seems to be feeling unwell, so he doesn't dare drive too fast.]

Song Ranran: [Ah, is the captain hurt again... By the way, Brother Lin, why do you think Song Xiao suddenly changed her story and admitted to murder, but refuses to give any details?]

Lin Shichu: [I'm not really sure either... Maybe she really doesn't remember.]

Song Ranran frowned at the words Lin Shichu had sent, then suddenly stood and walked over to Song Xiao, asking softly, "Song Xiao... Since you don't remember anything else, why are you so certain you killed Zhang Zhao?"

Song Xiao lowered her eyes. Half her face was still wrapped in bandages, leaving only her forehead and eyes exposed. Song Ranran watched her reaction closely. After a long silence, Song Xiao said in a muffled voice, "If you killed someone... wouldn't you feel it?"

Song Ranran froze. Before she could speak, the ward door suddenly opened. Wearing a mask, with her hands cuffed behind her back, Song Sheng entered first. Pei Qingyu came in last and leaned against the doorframe as soon as he closed the door.

Song Sheng lowered her head and glanced at the person in the hospital bed. After hesitating for a long while, she called out in a subdued voice, "Xiao Xiao."

Song Xiao stared blankly at the person before her, tears slipping from her eyes without her realizing it. She closed her eyes to steady her emotions, then turned toward Pei Qingyu by the door and said bitterly, "Why did you put her in handcuffs? She's not a criminal! Didn't I tell you I killed him? If you're going to cuff anyone, it should be me."

"But you won't tell us anything, Miss Song Xiao. Without evidence, we can't investigate further," Song Ranran interjected.

As she spoke, Song Ranran looked up from her phone. Lin Shichu had just forwarded his chat history with Xun Yin. One glance had told her why Pei Qingyu looked so unwell again.

She glanced at Song Sheng at the foot of the bed, growing a little agitated. "Besides, Miss Song Sheng is suspected of assaulting a police officer and disturbing public order. There's nothing wrong with teaching her a little lesson, is there?"

"Song Ranran."

Xun Yin, who was also standing by the door, spoke in warning. Song Ranran pursed her lips and stepped back, saying nothing more. Xun Yin looked at Pei Qingyu beside him. Pei Qingyu had not spoken since entering the ward, and his eyes were half lowered now, his expression unreadable. Knowing that he had been struggling to breathe, Xun Yin stepped forward to take over the questioning.

"Song Xiao, you've insisted all along that you killed Zhang Zhao during the incident that day. Can you describe exactly what happened?"

"I really don't remember." Song Xiao gave the same answer as before. Seeming a little at a loss, she reached out and switched on the infusion pump beside her, then said slowly, "Yesterday, I said I passed out as soon as I went in. But now that I think about it, there seemed to be a lot of blood too. So much of it, all warm... I think it must have been Zhang Zhao's."

She looked up, her voice trembling again. "Officer Xun, isn't that enough to prove I killed him?"

"Do you have any recollection of your parents' deaths?" Rather than answer, Xun Yin continued questioning her.

"I, I only remember... screaming, sounds of someone hitting a wall, nothing else..." Song Xiao struggled painfully to recall, her chest heaving. "I don't know how they... But I couldn't save them... I..."

Pei Qingyu suddenly raised his eyes. Song Xiao's breathing abruptly grew faster and faster. A harsh wheezing began in her throat, and patches of red rash appeared on her exposed skin.

"She's going into shock. Hurry outside and get a doctor." Bracing himself against the wall, Pei Qingyu stepped forward, frowning as he examined Song Xiao's condition. His gaze followed the IV catheter in her arm upward to a bag of blood. Suddenly realizing something, he reached out and shut off the infusion line.

"What are you doing? What's wrong with her?" Song Sheng struggled forward and leaned close to Song Xiao's ear, calling to her anxiously. Xun Yin was closest, and he couldn't help frowning slightly at her whispered words.

"It's a hemolytic reaction." Pei Qingyu stepped back to make room for the medical staff. "She's allergic to this blood."

"That's impossible. The blood types match. We didn't give her the wrong blood." The doctor treating her instinctively denied it, but after administering emergency treatment, tacitly accepted that explanation.

"So she must have lied." Pei Qingyu seemed to realize something and murmured to himself.

Chapter 22: Who broke the glass 11 "You've already done very well...

Song Ranran and Lin Shichu stood guard outside the ward while Xun Yin spoke with the doctor. Pei Qingyu leaned against the corner of the corridor, staring absently at the backs of the three people before him.

Inside the ward, Song Xiao was still receiving emergency treatment, so the questioning clearly could not continue. Pei Qingyu rubbed between his brows and braced himself against the wall, trying to straighten up and go to the ward door, only to let out a muffled groan and slump heavily back against it.

Everyone on the Special Case Team had undergone interrogation training before joining and already had a certain degree of drug tolerance. Moreover, since his injury six months earlier, he had begun taking handfuls of various medications, practically living on medicine. His drug tolerance had increased considerably, but the side effects had grown much stronger as well.

Pale-faced, Pei Qingyu bent halfway over. His only consolation was that he had stayed behind everyone else, where no one could see his current wretched state.

The dizziness from the chloroform and the piercing pain in his ankle returned at the same time. Pressing his chest, Pei Qingyu felt so awful that he almost wanted to simply pass out. He drew two gasping breaths, forced himself upright, and slowly walked toward the others.

"Captain, the doctor just confirmed that Song Xiao's allergic reaction was caused by hemolysis. Exactly which substance in the blood caused it still needs further..." Catching a glimpse of the figure moving slowly toward them out of the corner of his eye, Xun Yin turned as he spoke, then suddenly broke off. "Captain, why are you sweating so much?"

Song Ranran and Lin Shichu turned at his words, but Pei Qingyu looked at none of them. With his eyes half lowered, he spoke without waiting for a response. "Sorry for the trouble, Brother Lin, but take Song Sheng back to the station first, straight to the interrogation room. Song Ranran, once Song Xiao's test results are out, get a copy of both Song Sheng's and Song Xiao's medical records."

Pei Qingyu drew a faint, labored breath. He could hear Song Ranran and Lin Shichu's departing footsteps, and could also clearly feel Xun Yin, who had been standing behind him, slowly step forward and take hold of his arm.