A Bad-Hearted Doctor is Unbearably Beautiful - Chapter 9

“Thanks!” After saying these two words, Lu Xiao leaped up and quickly jumped out of the window, which was full of glass shards.

As the wind whistled past his ears, he seemed to hear a voice behind him softly say, “Be careful.”

Lu Xiao ran wildly, his eyes always locked on the black figure leaping across the building opposite. The person was very agile, with clean and quick movements. Noticing that Lu Xiao had his eyes on him, he changed his escape route and direction several times, trying to shake him off.

Lu Xiao tightened his grip on his gun, his eyes sharp. He ran, even forgetting the injuries he was carrying, ignoring the pain. There was only the desire to hunt in his eyes.

It’s been a long time since I’ve encountered such a confusing case!

Lu Xiao’s eyes at this moment were like a jackal on the African savanna that hadn’t eaten meat for ten days. He wished he could tear that black figure to shreds! Swallow him whole, raw!

“You think you can still run from me!” Lu Xiao bit down on the other person’s route, not giving him any chance to catch his breath. He chased him to the top of the opposite building and saw the man in the black trench coat leap down again!

Lu Xiao slammed on his brakes at the edge of the rooftop and looked down, seeing that the person had jumped onto the air conditioning unit on the side of the building.

He really values his life.

Bang! Lu Xiao took a steady shot at the empty space on the edge of the air conditioner.

The trench coat man was startled by the intimidating bullet, and his entire body swayed. He narrowly stuck to the wall, his hands behind his back clutching at a crack in the wall.

Lu Xiao observed his escape route from the edge of the rooftop and, at the same time, turned on his walkie-talkie to speak to the support police officers: “Block all the exits of this building! Be aware that the suspect is armed! Do not act rashly. Focus on a containment strategy!”

The man in the trench coat was now clinging to the edge of a window balcony on his right, half-dangling in the air, pulling with all his might. Using all his strength, his left foot pushed against the wall, moving his body a full half-meter to the right. He then flipped his right hand over in the nick of time and clambered onto the window, which was a ventilation window that was always open in the stairwell of this building!

Lu Xiao immediately pulled open the rooftop’s iron door and rushed down. The two of them—one escaping, one chasing—pounded through the stairwell.

The man had no intention of leaving through the main entrance on the first floor. He ran recklessly to the basement.

Underground Parking Garage

The dim lighting mixed with the damp, musty smell gave the entire underground garage a dangerous atmosphere.

The killer quickly hid in a corner, forcefully suppressing his panting from the rapid run. His ears perked up, listening for any small sound of someone approaching.

Lu Xiao’s eyes were dark, and his voice echoed in the garage: “Don’t waste your energy. You only have one option now: surrender.”

No one answered.

Suddenly! Lu Xiao thought he heard a faint sound of clothing rustling. His whole body tensed up and he quickly changed his position. In his peripheral vision, he saw a fleeting glint on the glass of the Volkswagen in front of him. A gunshot rang out near his ear.

Lu Xiao immediately pressed against the car to dodge, carefully moving forward. In the rearview mirror of a black car, he caught a glimpse of a metallic flash from his rear left.

With almost no warning, Lu Xiao quickly turned around, his pistol aimed at that direction, and pulled the trigger!

He hit him!

The black figure grunted. He seemed to have been hit in the forearm. His back was against the garage wall, and his eyes under the brim of his hat were sinister.

Lu Xiao approached, his gun raised, trying his best to restrain the urge to fire another shot.

If something unexpected happened and this person became a mute, the mystery behind the Ren’ai Physical Examination Center explosion, the two unidentified bodies, and the blood samples that Song Laosan destroyed might be buried forever.

Just then, the killer flicked his sleeve, and a tiny needle shot out, flying straight toward Lu Xiao’s face!

In this day and age, someone is still using this type of cold weapon… Lu Xiao immediately realized something was wrong and quickly raised his elbow to shield his face. The tip of the needle scraped past the button on his sleeve!

That was close!

When he opened his eyes again, the black-clad killer was gone.

Lu Xiao cursed the killer’s ancestors in the garage. Before leaving the garage, he still had enough sense to carefully collect the needle and a shell casing. He also used his relatively clean sleeve to dab some of the blood that had dripped to the floor, intending to take it back for a blood test.

“Wang Deng, how are things on your end?” Lu Xiao returned to the hospital only to find it completely empty.

“Everything is safe. Thank goodness for Dr. Shen! He led us through a secret passage to a lab in a nearby abandoned building!”

“Don’t come out yet. Wait a little longer. I’ll immediately notify the division to increase security at the hospital! And while you’re at it, interrogate Song Laosan and see if you can get anything else out of him. I almost lost my life chasing that guy outside!”

Lu Xiao felt his body was about to fall apart. He winced.

There were five on-duty doctors and nurses in the hospital, plus Wang Deng and Song Laosan, and Shen Zhao. They were all huddled in the small lab, still shaken.

Wang Deng’s phone was still pressed to his ear. Shen Zhao turned his head slightly and glanced at Wang Deng, with a troubled expression, but still asked, “Officer Lu?”

Wang Deng nodded.

“Oh, he’s still alive.”

“What do you mean, ‘still alive’? I was just praising you to Captain Lu!”

“Shhh…” Shen Zhao made a hushing gesture. Wang Deng also felt his volume was a bit too loud now, and for safety, it was better to be careful. But this Dr. Shen, his mouth was like it was coated with poison!

Lu Xiao circled the Shen City Military Hospital two times, but he still couldn’t figure out where Shen Zhao had taken everyone. He never thought this seemingly ordinary hospital would have a secret passage. This Dr. Shen really wasn’t simple.

“Seriously, I’ve circled this place inside and out several times. Where are you guys hiding?” Lu Xiao couldn’t take it anymore and decided to call for help on his phone.

“I… I don’t know. It’s hard for me to even describe how we got in. The route was like a labyrinth.”

After stammering into the phone for a while, Wang Deng decided to ask Shen Zhao for help. He bared his teeth and flashed a standard fake smile. “Dr. Shen, could you please go and get our Captain Lu?”

“He doesn’t need to come in. Wait a little longer until it’s safe outside, and I’ll take you out.” As Shen Zhao spoke, Lu Xiao on the other end of the phone became agitated.

Wang Deng felt that he didn’t even need to be on speaker. Lu Xiao’s spit was already hitting him in the face: “What do you mean he doesn’t need to come in! My key suspect is still in there. I have to go in and ensure Song Laosan’s safety!”

“…”

Wang Deng rubbed his hands together awkwardly. “This… how about you go and get our boss? Please, please!”

Shen Zhao hesitated for a long time, finally stood up, put on a black coat, and draped a khaki cashmere scarf around his neck before walking out.