Chapter 541: Chapter 541: Riddled with Doubts

Maria Plastic Surgery Hospital is one of dozens of cosmetic surgery hospitals that have emerged in Haizhou City in recent years.

In the past two years, cosmetic surgery has become a trend, with many beauty-loving women preferring to get nose lifts, eyelid surgeries, breast augmentations, and the like.

However, due to the varying strengths of cosmetic surgery hospitals and differing abilities of doctors, many cases of failed surgeries have led to numerous disputes.

A couple of years ago, the Criminal Investigation Team even handled a criminal case triggered by a failed cosmetic surgery.

In the Maria Plastic Surgery Hospital, Zhang Hui and others had already arrived at the director’s office.

"Zhang Huiru has been performing well in the hospital, very motivated, and highly competent."

Maria Plastic Surgery Hospital has only three doctors and 15 nurses, all managed by a single director.

Therefore, the director is quite familiar with Zhang Huiru’s situation.

"Did Zhang Huiru exhibit any unusual behavior before she disappeared?"

"I didn’t notice anything. Zhang Huiru is a nurse in the ophthalmology department. She has a colleague who she’s quite familiar with; you could ask her."

"Also, there’s the cosmetic doctor in the ophthalmology department. The three of them work as a team."

There are two types of nurses at Maria Plastic Surgery Hospital: reception nurses and care nurses.

The so-called reception nurses are responsible for greeting guests at the front desk. They lack medical knowledge but are good at marketing, and they’re attractive.

To put it bluntly, they’re about client relations, with good attitudes, good looks, and nice voices.

Although Zhang Huiru is also quite good-looking, she belongs to the other type of care nurse. She has relevant professional qualifications and assists doctors in the operating room.

She is considered a true nurse.

"I didn’t notice Huiru exhibiting any unusual behavior. She was just her usual self. The day before she went missing, we even worked together on two surgeries."

The nurse working with Zhang Huiru transitioned from a private hospital, headhunted by the director with a generous offer.

She is quite experienced in the hospital, and also a key figure in ophthalmic care.

Compared to breast augmentations and nose lifts, the number of clients for double eyelid surgeries is significantly higher.

Zhang Hui just reviewed the ophthalmology department’s visit records at the plastic surgery hospital. July and August are peak periods for ophthalmological surgeries, and most clients are young students, around fifteen or sixteen years old.

"I noticed you were especially busy in July and August. At peak times, you performed over twenty surgeries a day with just two nurses. How did you manage?"

The female nurse, Wang Su, spoke with a gentle voice that was pleasing to hear: "The double eyelid surgery process is actually quite simple. Generally, it’s completed in about ten minutes."

"Moreover, our double eyelid surgeries are by appointment. The doctor pre-determines the plan based on an individual’s conditions. Once the plan is set, the surgery is swift, and eyelid care is straightforward as it’s not a major area."

"Working with Zhang Huiru, the two of us managed fine."

"How’s your relationship?"

"It’s good. Huiru’s family isn’t here, and I often invite her over for meals. Huiru has good rapport in the hospital."

"She also has a good reputation among patients. About a month ago, she even received a banner from a patient."

Wang Su pointed to a banner hanging in front of the nurse’s station.

"Attentive service, meticulous care"

The signature was from a patient named Jiang Hua, with a gifting date a month ago.

By noon, Zhang Hui and his team had essentially gathered a comprehensive understanding of the hospital’s situation.

They had spoken with everyone, including doctors, nurses, and even cleaning staff, gaining considerable information but no definitive leads.

In the Action Team Two meeting room, Zhang Hui was leading a group in summarizing and analyzing the investigation results from Maria Hospital.

"The medical staff presence in Maria Hospital is quite small, totaling less than 20 people."

"Presumably, everyone knows each other well. From the current findings, the likelihood of Zhang Huiru’s disappearance being related to someone in the hospital seems low."

This point received consensus from everyone.

The team reviewed everyone at Maria Hospital, including medical staff, administration, cleaners, and security but did not find anyone matching the suspect’s physical description provided by Lu Chuan.

In fact, there was no woman in the entire hospital even close to 1.8 meters tall.

The tallest male staff member was only about 1.78 meters, not reaching 1.8 meters.

Zhang Hui nodded, approving his colleague’s statement: "Next, we’ll split into two teams. The first group will investigate Zhang Huiru’s rented apartment, focusing on her roommate."

"The second group will conduct investigations among Zhang Huiru’s patients."

Maria Plastic Surgery Hospital’s salary and reward distribution policy is largely performance-based.

In addition to routine work, anyone who introduces clients to have plastic surgery at Maria Hospital receives significant performance commissions.

Although Zhang Huiru is a care-type nurse, according to the investigation, she also earned substantial commissions.

From what Wang Su mentioned, Zhang Huiru met many patients during her care work, who subsequently recommended clients to her.

If these clients underwent surgeries at the hospital, the commission would naturally go to Zhang Huiru.

"We should focus on investigating the patient who gave Zhang Huiru the banner. At the nurse’s station, I saw only two banners in total, one for the doctor and one for her."

"Also, pay attention to the timing of Zhang Huiru’s disappearance, which was on September 13th, half a month ago."

"September 13th was a Tuesday, without any preceding or following holidays."

"However, analysis from the crime scene indicates that Zhang Huiru should have gone to Five-Flower Mountain with the murderer that day."

"The suspect then staged a hanging to simulate suicide on the Five-Flower Mountain trail after attacking Zhang Huiru."

"The question is, why did Zhang Huiru, who was supposed to work that day, go to Five-Flower Mountain with someone without notifying the hospital."

This question left everyone deep in thought.

Yes, the day Zhang Huiru disappeared wasn’t her day off.

At Maria Plastic Surgery Hospital, rest days don’t follow the conventional weekend schedule. On the contrary, weekends are their busiest periods.

According to the hospital’s policy, each doctor and nurse could take one day off per week.

But the off day must be between Monday and Friday.

Zhang Huiru’s designated day off was Friday, and any changes needed to be reported in advance.

But that Tuesday, the day of the incident, was not Zhang Huiru’s day off, meaning she went to Five-Flower Mountain during working hours.

"Based on what Wang Su reported, Zhang Huiru never skipped work."

"She had a strong sense of time, never coming late or leaving early."

"This... is very suspicious!"