Men Ding is a patient at Jiangmen Psychiatric Hospital. His medical records describe his condition as follows: “Severe auditory and visual hallucinations, acute delusions. He repeatedly claims he can see ghosts and chants annoying exorcism spells. When he has an episode, beat him up and he’ll return to normal in no time.”
One day, Xing Haichuan, deputy chief of the Jiangmen Major Crimes Unit, walked into the hospital director’s office.
“I want Men Ding discharged.”
“Why?”
“To solve a case.”
“You must be crazy.”
“Just consider me crazy, then.”
“Fine, I’ll keep an extra bed open for you.” The director signed off with a flourish, looking greatly relieved. “Go get him. He’s in the isolation room. If you can find a way to get him killed gloriously out there, I’ll prepare a luxury private room for you, with Wi-Fi included.”
