Chapter Five: The Body Doesn't Lie

Xiao Qiao was diagnosed with sedative poisoning and acute stress. Her blood contained an experimental neuroimmune regulator designated SL-17. He Yuanshan struck first. From his hospital bed, he told the inquiry that insomnia had given me persecutory delusions; I had coached a subordinate to accuse him and fabricated a recording to punish my superior. The hospital suspended my clinical privileges. For one shameful instant, I felt relieved when the notice arrived. Then came anger. When a woman endured exploitation, exhaustion proved her devotion. The moment she resisted, the same exhaustion proved she could not be trusted. Detective Zhou Lan summoned me. She believed neither He nor me.