A Bad-Hearted Doctor is Unbearably Beautiful - Chapter 27

Lu Xiao stood at the entrance of the flower shop and took a cigarette out of the pack. The lighter’s flame flickered briefly.

He took a deep drag, and the smoke swirled in his throat. As he exhaled, the vapor mixed with the white steam from his breath and diffused into the cold winter air.

Lu Xiao checked his phone again. No messages.

Why hasn’t Shen Zhao replied yet? Is the hospital that busy today?

As he thought about it, he suddenly realized that he might be paying a little too much attention to Shen Zhao. Why do I keep thinking about him?

The secrets Shen Zhao harbored and that underground lab all gave Lu Xiao a sense of subtle danger, yet he couldn’t help himself. An indescribable feeling was slowly rising in Lu Xiao’s heart.

“Ah!!!” A sharp female scream came from the alley next to the flower shop.

Lu Xiao noticed that the girl with the pigtails who was standing at the shop entrance was gone. He immediately threw his cigarette butt on the ground and sprinted toward the narrow alley.

The alley was too long to see all the way to the end. The walls on both sides were covered with mottled moss, and a row of discarded cardboard boxes and wooden crates were stacked haphazardly in a corner. The air smelled of dampness and mold.

Lu Xiao carefully walked along the wall. The next second—

Bang!

A wooden crate smashed in front of him, and a figure leaped out from behind the pile of debris like a wild beast!

The moment their eyes met, Lu Xiao instantly recognized the man in the hat. It was the assassin in the black trench coat who had shot at Song the Third from across the street at the hospital!

He had appeared again!

A flash of cold light from the man’s hand. The dagger lunged straight for Lu Xiao’s throat.

The moment he heard the sound, Lu Xiao’s reaction was incredibly fast, and he immediately took a big step back. At that moment, Lu Xiao saw the pigtail-wearing girl behind the assassin, trembling as she leaned against the wall. The assassin didn’t seem to intend to harm the girl. Was he just luring me here?

“Run!” Lu Xiao yelled at the girl while quickly kicking forward, forcing the man to retreat.

As the assassin was pushed back against the wall, he used his right foot to push off behind him and instantly flew up. With a flash of the blade, the sharp edge of the dagger once again aimed for Lu Xiao’s waist. Lu Xiao dodged by turning his body, simultaneously punching the man’s wrist and clamping his elbow tight with his armpit, attempting to force his hand open.

This man, however, was incredibly difficult to deal with. If a normal person were to be put in that elbow hold, they would at the very least have a dislocated elbow or shoulder. In a more severe case, the arm would break.

But this man’s joints were incredibly flexible! He used Lu Xiao’s move to his advantage, pulling Lu Xiao to the ground. He then twisted the blade and slashed out a vicious arc with a backhand motion.

The blade passed right by Lu Xiao’s left side!

Lu Xiao only regretted not having a weapon. The alley was too narrow, and the assassin was closing in, each stab lethal. Lu Xiao was quickly bleeding.

After a few exchanges, the assassin found an opening, and the blade went straight for a vital spot! The fight was over…

“Whoosh—”

A pair of silver scissors shot through the air!

The dagger was accurately deflected by the pointed scissors, and its blade flew into the wall, lodging itself in a crack.

Lu Xiao was stunned by the scissors that had flown past him. He then saw a white BMW at the mouth of the alley and… Shen Zhao standing in front of the car.

Half of Shen Zhao’s face was hidden in the light’s shadow. He looked at Lu Xiao with a half-smile, as if saying, “What are you waiting for? Do something!”

Lu Xiao seized the moment when the assassin was momentarily stunned and punched the man’s stomach. He followed up with a clean elbow strike to the head.

The assassin quickly flipped up from the ground to counterattack. However, the moment he saw Shen Zhao at the alley’s entrance, he seemed to change his mind. He grabbed the dagger from the wall and sprinted toward a motorcycle parked in the corner. He twisted the throttle and sped out of the alley.

Lu Xiao immediately ran to Shen Zhao’s car. Without a word, they both drove off, heading toward the main road to cut off the motorcycle.

The motorcycle’s speed kept increasing, the roar of its engine echoing down the street. Lu Xiao gritted his teeth, leaning against the passenger window. He casually tore off the sleeve of his shirt, which had just been pierced by the assassin.

He put one end of the cloth strip in his mouth and pulled the other end tight, wrapping it around the bleeding wound on his arm.

The assassin desperately turned into a side street, trying to shake off Shen Zhao’s car. Shen Zhao’s car, however, performed a perfect cornering, the left front wheel splashing up a sheet of water as he kept a tight pursuit.

The assassin then suddenly gripped the handlebar, his gaze turning cold. He pulled a pistol from his waist and fired several shots behind him.

“He has a gun!” The moment the assassin’s left hand went to his waist, Lu Xiao knew something was wrong. He immediately put his hand on the steering wheel to quickly change direction and avoid the bullets.

Should we keep chasing…

Lu Xiao looked at Shen Zhao sitting on his left. He took a deep breath, and two words calmly escaped his mouth.

“Turn around.”

Shen Zhao looked at Lu Xiao in confusion. It was so rare to encounter this assassin again! The DNA that had appeared at Wen Yu’s death scene five years ago…

For the first time, Shen Zhao’s eyes showed a ferocious glint. He stared straight ahead and pressed down hard on the gas pedal.

“Shen Zhao!” Lu Xiao roared from the side.

But Shen Zhao seemed not to hear. His hands were gripping the steering wheel tightly.

Lu Xiao looked at the out-of-control Shen Zhao, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

“Shen Zhao, listen to me. I know you want to catch him, but if you keep chasing him like this, you’ll either die or be half-dead! Shen Zhao! Can you hear me?!”

Lu Xiao grabbed Shen Zhao’s tense shoulder and pressed his body down. Lu Xiao took a deep breath, forcing himself to soften his tone. “I will get to the bottom of this person, I promise. Just wait a little longer, okay? I won’t let him get away.”

Lu Xiao watched as Shen Zhao’s face filled with reluctance and frustration, but he was powerless.

He suddenly felt that he shouldn’t have agreed to investigate this case with Shen Zhao, nor should he have invited him in the first place. He had a new, fatal weakness.

The white BMW finally began to slow down.

“Shen Zhao, don’t you think that person’s initial target wasn’t Song the Third?” Lu Xiao asked, his gaze fixed forward.

Shen Zhao was stunned for a few seconds. “He wanted to kill you?” When he said this, he felt a moment of panic. The feeling was exactly like the day Wen Yu died five years ago.

Lu Xiao nodded. “Yes, he led me there because he wanted to kill me quietly in a secluded, safe place. He didn’t even use the handgun at first.”

Shen Zhao also tried to calm his nerves. “Could it be that he had to act because you found something out?”

Lu Xiao suddenly remembered something that had just happened. Damn it!

“Head to Liu Tingting’s place immediately! We need to go back up Wang Deng. He might be in danger!”