Chapter 99: Going Mad, Hacking Himself
Wu Jianzhang swung the knife at Ma Shufang, who didn’t dare to open her eyes and watch.
"What... what’s happening?"
Wu Jianzhang’s stunned voice rang out. Ma Shufang’s eyelids trembled as she opened her eyes to see the incredulous look on his savage face as he stared at the knife in his hand.
Then, Wu Jianzhang forced a dissonant smile, and the hand holding the kitchen knife suddenly changed direction, hacking violently at his own body.
"AH!"
Blood splattered across her face, and Ma Shufang couldn’t help but scream in terror.
Wu Jianzhang’s pupils widened in shock. He should have been screaming from the pain that wracked his body, but instead, he couldn’t stop himself from laughing out loud.
"AHAHAHAHA, AHAHAHA..."
Terrified by Wu Jianzhang’s bizarre behavior, Ma Shufang stumbled backward, but inwardly, she was thrilled.
’It’s divine retribution!’
"Save... save me..."
Wu Jianzhang reached out to Ma Shufang in terror. The next second, his hand moved uncontrollably again, raising his own knife and bringing it down toward his lower body...
Jiang Li opened her eyes, the smile on her lips vanishing. ’So fond of having a son? Then he can just lose the ability to father any.’
In an excellent mood, Jiang Li got up to wash her face and brush her teeth. She had to hurry to the police station to watch the show.
When Jiang Li came out, she saw only Miao Anji was home. "Xiao Ji, I’ve made up my mind."
Miao Anji immediately stood up and walked over to her. "Sister, what kind are you looking for?"
"Do you have anything that can make people hallucinate?" After saying it, even Jiang Li felt her request was a bit outlandish.
"Yes, yes, I do! Sister, wait here, let me find it."
Miao Anji went back to his room and started rummaging around. He found a small, silver tin. Opening it, he revealed a tiny black insect. As it squirmed, golden markings could be seen on its body.
"Remember this: don’t touch my Sister, or you’re dead."
After speaking, Miao Anji closed the lid and went out. "Sister."
Jiang Li looked at the little insect in Miao Anji’s hand. "I have to carry it?"
"Don’t worry, Sister. It’s very well-behaved."
Listening to Miao Anji, Jiang Li raised her hand to take the insect. The next second, it crawled up her sleeve.
Jiang Li was surprised for a moment. "Xiao Ji, Xiao Nian and the others aren’t home. I’m going to the police station. You should come with me."
"Okay."
Jiang Li walked toward the police station with Miao Anji and happened to see Ma Shufang, who was there to file a report.
"Officer, Wu Jianzhang went crazy and started cutting himself! Not only that, he’s guilty of marriage fraud and illegal confinement.
This... this is all the evidence."
Ma Shufang handed over a security camera recording with her bruised and battered hands. "This has evidence of Wu Jianzhang’s domestic abuse against me, and also evidence of him going crazy last night."
She had bought the security camera back then hoping that one day she could hand the footage over to the police, but Wu Jianzhang watched her too closely. Only now that he was hospitalized and unconscious did she have the chance to come to the station.
Ji Qinghe trembled with anger as she watched the recording. She looked at Ma Shufang. "You’re seriously injured. I’ll have a colleague take you to the hospital first."
"Okay." Ma Shufang stood up, turned around, and saw Jiang Li, a look of shock in her eyes.
"Officer Ji, I’ll go with her. It’ll be more convenient."
"Alright. Be careful."
Ma Shufang stared at Jiang Li.
Jiang Li looked back at her and smiled. "Miss Ma, can you talk now?"
Ma Shufang snapped out of her daze and nodded at her. "What do you want to know?"
"I want to know about Wu Jianzhang’s research institute."
Ma Shufang’s breath hitched, and she lowered her head, conflicted.
"Miss Ma, do you really want to give him another chance to hurt you?"
Ma Shufang shivered, clenching her fists. "Okay. I... I’ll tell you."
Ma Shufang leaned close to Jiang Li’s ear and told her some of Wu Jianzhang’s unsavory secrets.
"Wu Jianzhang knows a lot of influential people. This is all I know, but I don’t have any proof, so I didn’t tell the police."
Ma Shufang’s plan was simple: give the domestic abuse evidence to the police, and Wu Jianzhang would be locked up for a while. She would use that opportunity to run as far away as she could.
She knew her own limits. She had no power or influence and couldn’t bring Wu Jianzhang down. She just wanted to protect herself.
"Mm, thank you, Miss Ma."
The police officer up front couldn’t hear what they were saying; it just looked like Jiang Li was comforting Ma Shufang. After they arrived at the hospital, Jiang Li accompanied Ma Shufang to her examination.
Then, she followed Ma Shufang to Wu Jianzhang’s hospital room.
"He stabbed himself several times last night. Three fingers are gone, one stab to the abdomen, and one to his... lower body."
Ma Shufang took a deep breath. After that, she’d pretended to faint and "fell asleep." She only called for an ambulance and the police the next day.
By the time he was brought in, more than eight hours had passed. Even if they reattached them, he wouldn’t regain function.
Jiang Li stepped forward and lifted the blanket to take a look. The little insect in her sleeve quickly crawled inside.
Jiang Li pulled her hand back and retreated, thinking about the secrets Ma Shufang had revealed about Wu Jianzhang. ’Looks like I’ll have to find a chance to visit the sanitarium and see what’s hidden behind the scenes.’
At the police station, Lu Xingye looked at Wu Jianzhang’s file, then at the surveillance footage Ma Shufang had submitted.
In the video, it was as if Wu Jianzhang was being controlled. The knife in his hand hacked at his own body, and his face seemed to show two expressions at once: terror and excitement.
Lu Xingye looked up information on the sanitarium. In the comments section, there was a lot of praise for the place.
Lu Xingye couldn’t help but clench his fists. ’Mental illness.’
’Could it be... this is too much of a coincidence.’
Lu Xingye abruptly closed the file and leaned back in his chair. Suddenly, he didn’t want to look at it anymore.
Lu Xingye took a moment to compose himself, then looked at the pictures of the sanitarium. ’Could it be Wu Jianzhang? What is Jiang Li trying to do?’
’If that’s really the case, then her next step...’
Lu Xingye stood up, grabbed his keys, and headed out. He said a quick word to Ji Qinghe and left on his motorcycle.
There were police officers with Ma Shufang, and Wu Jianzhang hadn’t woken up yet, so there was no immediate danger. After leaving the hospital, Jiang Li took Miao Anji to the sanitarium.
"Sister, I won’t go in. I’ll just get some fresh air." Miao Anji said with a smile, his eyes scanning the surroundings.
"Alright. You be careful too." Jiang Li said as she walked inside.
"Hello, I’d like to learn about your treatment procedures and pricing."
Lin Ye looked at the woman in front of him. She wore a hat and sunglasses, obscuring her face. ’But that’s normal,’ he thought. ’When someone from a rich family has a mental illness, they don’t want to make a big deal out of it.’
"Here, we create personalized, one-on-one treatment plans based on the patient’s condition. Our medical equipment, doctors, and nurses are all top-tier, no worse than a hospital’s."
"No, it’s for me. I have a mental illness." Jiang Li looked up at Lin Ye. She remembered him. ’Back then, he was the one who strapped me to the electric shock chair.’
Lin Ye’s hand, which was about to start a file, froze. He looked up at the person before him. Her clothes didn’t look like they belonged to a wealthy person; they were all off-brand.
"Miss, there are many types of mental illness. May I ask what kind you have?"
Lin Ye toyed with a button on the counter, waiting for her answer.
"I... I don’t know. Sometimes I wake up and have no idea what I’ve done. I feel like there’s something wrong with my memory, there are blank spots."
Lin Ye raised an eyebrow in surprise. ’Isn’t this a case of a split personality?’
’Wasn’t Jiang Li, the one the Director is so obsessed with, a case of a split personality?’
’And now a perfect new case has walked right in.’
"What you’re describing sounds like a split personality. It can be very serious if left untreated. Over time, the other personality that emerges will take control of your body.
You’ll become less and less like yourself. You’ll have to watch as ’she’ takes everything away from you."