Those who travel back in time

Chapter 33 Error Clues

"Mr. Chen, did you find out something in 2044 that you've come back again?" Li Qilin asked.

"It wasn't me who found anything in 2044, Mr. Li, it was you who gave me the clue." Chen Qing sat in the chair.

"I'll give you a clue?" Li Qilin was completely bewildered. "Mr. Chen, I haven't even started investigating yet."

"Not the present you, but the you ten days from now. Ten days from now, tell me that nine days ago, which is tomorrow, in Binhu Park, Yuan Tiangang attacked a doctor who was jogging in the morning," Chen Qing said.

"Is it Yuan Tiangang from Tuibeilou?"

"It should be right. Your information comes from the police. The statement about this attack mentions not only Yuan Tiangang, but also Tuibeilou."

"Great! We've finally found them!" Li Qilin's spirits lifted. "We can finally get back the serum they stole."

Early the next morning, a black sedan slowly drove up to Binhu Park, and Chen Qing, Li Qilin, and Li Mengfei got out of the car.

"The doctor is around fifty years old, about 1.7 meters tall, wearing a gray tracksuit, white running shoes, and a brown hat." Chen Qing put an earphone in his ear. "President Li, Mengfei, you are only responsible for finding the person. Notify me when you find the target, and don't do anything else. Yuan Tiangang will attack this doctor, and if you make contact, you may also get injured."

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, we know what's important," Li Qilin said.

The lakeside park is not very large, and there is only one suitable running path. The three of them split up and started running along this path.

"Mr. Chen, I saw that doctor!" Half an hour later, Li Mengfei's voice came through Chen Qing's earpiece.

Where is he?

"He's there... How could it be him!"

"Mengfei, do you know him?"

"He is my mother's attending physician. He was the one who treated her when she was diagnosed with cancer," Li Mengfei said.

"Bian Meihong is my second wife. My first wife, who is also Mengfei's mother, passed away many years ago," Li Qilin added.

Although they were acquaintances, neither Li Qilin nor Li Mengfei showed up. The two returned to their car, leaving Chen Qing alone to continue her "morning run," following behind the doctor.

People jog along this road every morning, and the doctor did not suspect Chen Qing.

After running for about ten minutes, a man in a jacket appeared. Upon seeing the doctor, he pulled out a knife from his pocket and stabbed the doctor in the abdomen without saying a word.

Chen Qing had been following them the whole time. She reached out and grabbed the man in the jacket's arm. No matter how hard he tried, the knife in his hand wouldn't budge an inch.

"Who are you?" the man in the jacket glared at Chen Qing. "Why are you meddling in other people's business?"

"Yuan Tiangang, we finally meet." Chen Qing knocked the knife out of the jacket-wearing man's hand.

"Who?"

"Don't you own the Tuibeilou restaurant? How come you personally committed murder?"

"Who are you? What are you saying?" The man in the jacket seemed not to understand Chen Qing's words at all.

"Aren't you Yuan Tiangang?" Chen Qing's heart skipped a beat.

"I'm not Yuan Tiangang, you've got the wrong person." The man in the jacket shook off Chen Qing's hand and tried to chase after the doctor who had run away.

"Stop playing dumb, Yuan Tiangang, I know it's you." Chen Qing grabbed the man in the jacket again.

"Who the hell are you?!" the man in the jacket yelled furiously as he saw the doctor running away. "Where the hell did you come from?! Did you have to show up now?! I almost killed this murderer!"

"This person isn't Yuan Tiangang..." Chen Qing had already realized what was happening.

The so-called attack on a doctor by Yuan Tiangang refers to the attack on the doctor by the man in the jacket. This is because the man in the jacket called the doctor Yuan Tiangang and mentioned the Tuibei Building, which is why these two keywords appeared in the police record.

Li Qilin obviously hadn't read the complete transcript. Somehow, he heard about these two keywords in a case and assumed they were a clue, so he notified him.

Yuan Tiangang did not appear at Binhu Park at all.

He created the clues for himself.

As Chen Qing's guess was confirmed, the doctor called the police and the man in the jacket was quickly arrested. The reason he attacked the doctor was because his wife died on the operating table, and he believed it was the doctor's fault, so he wanted revenge.

It has absolutely nothing to do with Yuan Tiangang or Tuibeilou.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen. My future self provided incorrect information, causing you to make a wasted trip." Li Qilin apologized to Chen Qing after learning the whole story about the lakeside park incident.

"President Li, please don't say that. I'm already very grateful for your help," Chen Qing said.

He had intended to leave, but after taking two steps, he stopped and looked at Li Qilin.

"What has Mr. Chen remembered?" Li Qilin asked.

"President Li, you already know today that the Binhu Park matter has nothing to do with Yuan Tiangang, but nine days later when I return to see you from 2044, you still tell me it's related to Yuan Tiangang, making me go back to yesterday." Chen Qing pondered, "Logically, you shouldn't be telling me this false clue again nine days later."

"Knowing it was a false lead, I still told you..." Li Qilin said, resting his chin on his hand. "So, you're saying I thought it was necessary for you to make this trip?"

"Of course it's necessary!" Li Mengfei said from the side. "There's a life at Binhu Park. If Mr. Chen hadn't come back from 2044, Dr. Chu would have died. Perhaps Mr. Chen came back specifically to save someone."

"Mr. Li, would you give me the wrong clues so that I could save someone's life and come back to you?" Chen Qing asked Li Qilin.

"It's true that Dr. Chu and I are friends, but we haven't been in touch for a long time. I probably wouldn't do such a thing," Li Qilin shook his head.

"I will! Dr. Chu is a good doctor. He did everything he could to save Mom, although in the end..." Li Mengfei said, "It must have been me. I made Dad lie! I will definitely beg Dad to let you come back!"

Li Mengfei then apologized to Chen Qing: "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry you made a wasted trip, it's all because of me."

"Things shouldn't be that simple," Li Qilin said to Li Mengfei after thinking for a moment. "If it was really because of your pleas that I spoke to Mr. Chen, I should have told him the truth and asked him to come back to save Dr. Chu, instead of giving him a wrong lead."

"Mr. Li, if you had simply told me to come back and save people, I probably wouldn't have." Chen Qing still remembered the consequences of saving the crashed plane. "Arbitrarily altering the past, under the butterfly effect, could very well have uncontrollable consequences for the future. So, apart from those related to the serum, I won't interfere in the lives of others."

"Mr. Chen, but I wasn't aware of your stance, so nine days later I will still tell the truth, instead of..." Li Qilin paused, then realized, "Wait! I already know, you just told me. Could it really be me? Nine days later, knowing that directly saying I came back to save people would be rejected, I lied and said it was Yuan Tiangang's lead?"