A Bad-Hearted Doctor is Unbearably Beautiful - Chapter 24

The next day

“Well, you’re here early, Captain Lu.” Forensic investigator Lin Xue had just brewed herself a cup of coffee and saw Lu Xiao humming a tune as he entered the office.

Lu Xiao was twirling the key to his new Mercedes Maybach on his finger.

As soon as Lu Xiao sat down, Lin Xue, with the light of a gossip queen in her eyes, sidled over to his desk.

“Captain Xiao~~” Lin Xue blinked, suddenly getting close to Lu Xiao’s face.

Lu Xiao dodged in a panic, almost falling over with his chair.

“Why are you getting so close all of a sudden! You’re scaring me!” Lu Xiao held onto the desk and sat back down, glaring at Lin Xue.

Lin Xue curled her beautiful red lips into a shy smile.

Lu Xiao got goosebumps just from looking at her.

“Stay away from me! Just say what you need to say! Why are you being so coy? Someone might think we’re having an office romance!”

At that moment, Zhang Zhen, who was staring at his computer not far away, perked up his ears and caught the key information.

He hit a shortcut key to open the group chat—The Group Without the Evil God.

He typed furiously.

Zhang Zhen: [First-hand news!! Captain Lu and Lin Xue are having an office romance!!!]

…

Lin Xue tossed her wavy hair back and gave a charming, wicked smile. “What about that little hottie from yesterday~~”

Lu Xiao’s internal alarm bells went off!

Is Lin Xue making a move on Shen Zhao???

Lu Xiao swallowed and pretended to be calm. “What do you want?”

“Nothing! I’m just a little curious… After all, he’s so good-looking and elegant,” Lin Xue said, staring at Lu Xiao with a mischievous look on her face.

“Get to work! Did your team finish the forensic work?”

“Yes, we did. Do you want to check?”

“If you’re done, check it again! See if you missed anything.”

Lin Xue huffed and twisted her body back to her desk.

She saw the message icon flashing in the bottom right corner of her computer and clicked on it.

Inner fury: Zhang Zhen, you idiot!!!

Meanwhile, Lu Xiao was thinking…

That woman Lin Xue actually has her eyes on Shen Zhao???

Shen Zhao is indeed handsome, and he looks refined at first glance. But…

Lu Xiao’s mind put Shen Zhao’s face and Lin Xue’s face together, creating a photo with a red background.

It was too terrifying!

Lu Xiao chewed on his cigarette butt, growing more and more annoyed. He opened his phone and sent a message to Shen Zhao.

[What do you think of Lin Xue from forensics from the meeting yesterday?]

Shen Zhao held his phone and thought for a long time, remembering the part of the case information Lin Xue had added.

[She’s great.]

Lu Xiao’s eyes went dark. Am I a matchmaker now?

Lu Xiao didn’t send another message for a long time. Shen Zhao was busy with surgery and forgot about the matter.

The phone rang.

“Captain Lu, the scar-faced man is awake. He’s insisting that he was just passing by the medical center and wanted to see if there was anything valuable to steal. He says he didn’t steal anything and that it was an attempted crime. He’s demanding that we release him immediately.”

“Bullshit! Interrogate him. Get as much out of him as you can!” Lu Xiao thought of his black F-150 that was halfway to martyrdom in the line of duty and Shen Zhao’s scraped arm.

He wanted to chop the scar-faced man into a thousand pieces!

Lu Xiao’s gut told him that the scar-faced man was definitely hiding something.

But right now, the only evidence against him was carrying a gun and the ambiguous testimony from the delivery man.

Director Gao said the case had to be closed within 48 hours.

Everything was scattered pieces, just missing a key piece of information to connect them all.

…

Lu Xiao recalled the sound of the scar-faced man rummaging through things at the medical center the night of the car chase.

He suddenly remembered how messy Zhang Dalong’s apartment was, as if it had been ransacked.

“Old Zhou, tell me every detail about what Old Third Song did when he entered Zhang Dalong’s and Liu Tingting’s apartments that night.”

Three days before New Year’s Eve

Around 6 PM.

Old Third Song, with the addresses of the two victims given to him by the mysterious person he met in the Coworkers’ Circle, rode his scooter and arrived at Liu Tingting’s apartment complex first.

He knocked on Liu Tingting’s door for three minutes, but no one answered. He then put his ear to the door, still hearing nothing.

He could only rush to Yunting Garden.

Old Third Song said he arrived at Yunting Garden around 7 PM.

This matched the surveillance footage of Old Third Song arriving at Yunting Garden.

“Did Old Third Song really just go to Zhang Dalong’s place for money that day?” Lu Xiao asked.

“Yes. I later confirmed it with the forensics team. Old Third Song’s bank account did receive a transfer from Zhang Dalong that night.”

“What time was the transfer?”

“The transfer time was 7:40 PM.”

“So Zhang Dalong paid Old Third Song after a dispute of about half an hour…” Lu Xiao calculated in his mind.

Lu Xiao continued, “How much?”

Old Zhou said, “A total of 100,000 yuan.”

“100,000?”

Lu Xiao suddenly felt suspicious. He shook his leg, with his other leg propped up. “Old Zhou, 100,000? Let me ask you, how much does a low-level employee at a medical center like that usually make a month?”

Old Zhou thought for a moment. “This is a first-tier city, but his salary wasn’t high. It’s probably 5,000 to 6,000 a month, maybe a few hundred more during holidays.”

“A capitalist suddenly fires someone without any compensation. But he gives them 100,000 when they come to his door to demand money…”

Could it have been under the threat of death from Old Third Song?

But according to the surveillance footage from Yunting Garden, Old Third Song left the complex before 8 PM and was never seen again.

Even if Old Third Song had kidnapped Zhang Dalong and demanded money, and it all ended in an explosion at the medical center, when would he have transported the body?

There was another possibility: What if the person wasn’t kidnapped by Old Third Song?

Old Third Song enters, demands money, gets 100,000 and leaves. Then, he follows the instructions given to him over the phone and goes to the medical center. He unknowingly activates the bomb.

And is then framed for murder by the person on the other end of the line.

A scapegoat…

“How did Old Third Song explain the fingerprints at the entryway and on that piece of porcelain?” Lu Xiao asked.

Old Zhou: “Old Third Song said that Zhang Dalong was very angry when he opened the door and saw him. They argued for a bit. In a fit of anger, Zhang Dalong picked up a vase and threw it. Old Third Song lost his balance while dodging and used his hand to steady himself in the entryway.”

Is Zhang Dalong’s temper really that bad?

Lu Xiao pondered.

If the two of them were that hostile, then there would have been signs of a struggle at the crime scene, not just missing valuables.

Based on Old Third Song’s salary, the severance pay would be at most 10,000, or maybe 20,000 at the most.

100,000 was a lot.

But if it was a death threat, 100,000 was too little…