Chapter 963: Business Has Arrived

The interrogation of Ma Guochao was both unexpected and somewhat within Lu Chuan’s original plan.

Whether it is the 19 victims who already had their kidneys removed, or Ma Guochao, the internist responsible for matching types, or the surgeon, in reality, they could all be just frontmen pushed out by the organization behind them.

Once the police start searching, these people would inevitably be exposed to them in a short time.

So, from the clues currently provided by Ma Guochao, he himself might not even be able to contact the others directly.

All transactions were completed through notes, and the organization behind him also paid his remuneration in cash.

The investigation of the case will continue as there are still many related clues.

On one hand, the investigation of the surgeon can be conducted in the same secretive way as with Ma Guochao, leading to an arrest and interrogation.

On the other hand, who exactly is the contact with Ma Guochao?

Those who left cash in Ma Guochao’s office must be found out, and also after Ma Guochao has successfully matched, he would write the relevant information on a note, leave it in the office drawer, and the next day it would disappear.

So who took this note, and to whom would they give it after taking it?

Lu Chuan decided to follow the trail and investigate this aspect.

However, there is a problem that Ma Guochao’s office wasn’t a very private place, so many people could come and go, such as fellow doctors on shift, cleaning staff, or even patients.

On the hospital side, Lu Chuan could not conduct a high-profile investigation. Although there was surveillance in the corridors, the recordings could only be kept for up to three months at most.

It’s uncertain if they could retrieve footage of the people entering Ma Guochao’s office earlier, and even if they could, the workload would definitely be significant.

"Chen Jiang, you must arrange comprehensive surveillance on Ma Guochao, including phone, internet, and other means to monitor the target 24/7."

The task Lu Chuan assigned to Chen Jian’an was to thoroughly cut off any possibility of direct contact between Ma Guochao and the organization behind him.

Although according to Ma Guochao, he might just be a scapegoat, no one can be a hundred percent sure if he was telling the truth.

Chen Jiang nodded in agreement.

"Wang Song, you are going to investigate the hospital’s surveillance."

Lu Chuan wanted to see Wang Cong investigate thoroughly in the hospital surveillance to find the key means of contact between Ma Guotao and the organization behind them.

"Okay, I’ll take care of it first thing in the morning."

Lu Chuan nodded, "Maintain discretion. Since the other party has chosen to operate in the USA, it shows that they are likely quite familiar or well-established here, so we must not be exposed."

Wang Song was well aware of this.

Therefore, he also did not plan to go directly to conduct in-person investigations.

President Wang would surely come up with some measures, such as disguising themselves as surveillance company staff, but in any case, as long as they can get a copy of the surveillance, the problem will be solved.

Meanwhile, Lu Chuan planned to secretly arrest the surgeon for surprise interrogation tomorrow.

Chen Jiang didn’t leave that night and stayed in the car, watching over Ma Guochao. The next morning, Ma Guochao went to work at the hospital as usual.

The comprehensive surveillance of Ma Guochao was already underway, and Lu Chuan was also organizing the related work for tonight.

Wang Song started the investigation of the surveillance, but has not yet gotten hold of it and still needs to put in considerable effort.

A breakthrough came after Ma Guochao started work.

When Ma Guochao habitually opened the right-hand drawer of his desk, he was almost shocked when he saw a note inside.

There’s business!

After two or three months of no demands, business suddenly came!

But Ma Guochao didn’t know which police officers were watching him, so even though he had the note, he couldn’t decide what to do.

However, the timid Ma Guochao knew that his only choice now was to contact the police.

After all, he couldn’t orchestrate anything under the police’s noses; if he risked doing something now, it would be suicidal.

Moreover, in Ma Guochao’s view, this should be a means of atonement.

So, by noon, Ma Guochao decided to take a leave of absence.

Finding a match isn’t something that can be done in a day or two, so Ma Guochao carried on his work as usual, but decided to take leave at noon.

For his unit, having a doctor take leave is normal, as long as another doctor can cover the duties.

But Ma Guochao knew that to the police watching him, if he took leave and left, they would surely follow, allowing him to contact them.

Actually, Ma Guochao had thought about calling the police in the morning, but was hesitant to call 911 since it might not reach them directly; it might just bring in local officers, so he held back.

Ma Guochao guessed right; from the moment he left the hospital, Chen Jiang personally followed him.

In fact, throughout the morning, there had been non-stop surveillance and tracking of Ma Guochao.

Chen Jiang arranged five people to take turns for comprehensive surveillance and tracking of Ma Guochao.

Even though Chen Jiang didn’t know who was actually the police, five people had already entered Ma Guochao’s office and met him during the morning.

The excused Ma Guochao did not go directly home, but went to a coffee shop in a mall, sitting at the coffee table, seeming restless.

Chen Jiang, upon noticing the anomaly, came over immediately.

Ma Guochao knew very well that he was under police surveillance, so he couldn’t possibly meet or connect with the organization behind him physically; thus, the unusual move is likely aiming for contact with the police.

Seeing Chen Jiang, Ma Guochao was overjoyed!

"You finally arrived!"

Seeing Chen Jiang, Ma Guochao suddenly felt a sense of relief, and immediately took out the note from his pocket and handed it over to Chen Jiang.

"This morning, when I went to the office to work, I found this note in the drawer!"

A note?

Chen Jiang took the note and opened it, seeing only a blood type and some data on it. He couldn’t really understand it.

Perhaps noticing Chen Jiang’s confusion, Ma Guochao explained immediately.

"Kidney matching, besides requiring the same blood type, involves some other indicators as well. Mainly, it checks whether there is an unusual rejection reaction in the protein composition in the blood. So, these data are the key points for our screening. Whoever matches these criteria within the medical variance range could be successfully cultivated."