From Evil Sect Leader to Doctor

Yang Mufeng was holding Pei Lin, but suddenly he felt a dry throat, an unusual burning sensation making his heart feel incredibly empty. He realized something was wrong and wanted to struggle, but Pei Lin held him tightly and covered his mouth. He opened his eyes wide, not expecting a woman to have such tremendous strength.

His years of medical experience made him realize that there was something wrong with the wine he had just drunk. He was already showing severe symptoms of poisoning in a short time, the toxins rapidly blocking his neural transmission and cognitive function, leaving his mind blank...

Yang Mufeng soon stopped struggling. The poison acted quickly. Pei Lin let him lean in the corner, watching the surroundings vigilantly. No one noticed what was happening there.

Pei Lin calmly put on gloves, took out a new phone she had prepared from her handbag, removed Yang Mufeng’s SIM card, and inserted it, then put away Yang Mufeng’s phone.

She was extremely calm, putting the two wine glasses she had used into her handbag, then took out two identical wine glasses, used Yang Mufeng’s hand to imprint his fingerprints on the fragrance cup, poured whisky in it, and placed the other empty cup on the opposite side.

Picking up the new phone on the table, she calmly dialed a few numbers, then stuffed the phone back into Yang Mufeng’s hand.

After clearing all possible traces, she put on black-framed glasses, got up, passed through the dancing crowd, went into the restroom, entered a compartment, and, as quickly as possible, removed the wig, took off the high heels, put on the clothes she had prepared, took out the makeup mirror to touch up her makeup, then returned to the hall. No one could associate her with the tall blond woman from before.

As she left the bar, she glanced at seat number 17. Yang Mufeng was still lying there, motionless, looking just like he was asleep. In the bar, it was not uncommon to see guests getting dead drunk almost every night. Sometimes, they wouldn’t be woken up until midnight.

##

At Da Yu Japanese Cuisine in Jianjie Square, Pei Yu raised his wrist to check the time. It was already 8:30 pm.

Pei Lin walked in from outside.

"Why took you so long?"

Pei Lin smiled, "My stomach was a bit uncomfortable, but it wasn’t long. I went out at 8:14, and now it’s just 8:27."

"Why does it feel like it’s been ages?"

"Waiting can make time seem long."

Pei Lin’s phone rang. She answered the call, "Hello! Hello? President Yang, say something?"

Pei Lin shook her head and said to Pei Yu, "Yang Mufeng is really strange, calling without saying anything."

Pei Yu said, "Maybe he dialed the wrong number."

##

Yang Mufeng’s body was found at one in the morning. The waiter was not surprised by such a situation, thinking it was another drunk guest. It was only when trying to wake him that they realized something was wrong. Yang Mufeng’s body was already stiff, and his temperature had cooled.

Frightened, the waiter quickly reported to the duty manager, who immediately informed General Manager Xie Chunlei.

By the time Xie Chunlei hurried back from home, the police had already arrived at the scene. All the guests had been evacuated, and the police were collecting evidence and taking photos at the scene.

The team leading the operation tonight was Lu Qi.

Xie Chunlei approached but was sternly stopped by Lu Qi before he could get close, "Don’t come over!"

It was only then that Xie Chunlei noticed the scene’s isolation tape and awkwardly stopped.

Lu Qi picked up the deceased’s phone, trying to unlock it with the deceased’s fingerprints, but it didn’t work.

The phone suddenly rang. Lu Qi looked at the number displayed, then answered the call on speaker mode.

A deep voice came from the other end, "Asleep?"

Lu Qi said, "Who is this?"

The other party, sensing something was off, asked in surprise, "Yang Mufeng?"

Lu Qi said, "Are you his friend?"

"Who are you? Why do you have his phone?"

"That’s something I should ask you. I’m the police officer in charge of Yang Mufeng’s case."

"What happened to him?"

"First, tell me who you are!"

"I’m Tang Jinglun, CEO of Huayuan Group. He is an employee of my company." Tang Jinglun began to sense something ominous.

"Mr. Tang, I officially inform you that Yang Mufeng has been confirmed dead!"

Silence, after more than ten seconds of silence, Tang Jinglun slowly processed this sudden news, "Are you sure it’s Yang Mufeng?"

Lu Qi said, "We found identification on him. If you have time, you can come over to help confirm."

"I’m sorry, I’m in Nanjiang, but I’ll arrange for the company’s legal personnel to head to Dongzhou as soon as possible."

Lu Qi handed the phone to the technical staff, and they quickly unlocked the gesture password on-site.

It was easy to see that it was a newly bought phone, with the top fingerprint already collected. The call history hadn’t even filled a page. Lu Qi glanced through the numbers, his gaze stopping on one particular number—Xu Chunliang’s phone number.

Lu Qi frowned, but then he quickly recalled what Tang Jinglun had said. The deceased was part of the Huayuan Group, so he should know Xu Chunliang.

Lu Qi thought for a moment and decided to call Xu Chunliang.

After a few rings, Xu Chunliang finally answered the phone.

Lu Qi didn’t say anything.

On the other end, Xu Chunliang, somewhat impatient, said, "Yang Mufeng, are you out of your mind, calling without speaking? It’s the middle of the night; can you let people sleep?"

Lu Qi felt slightly assured. All outgoing calls were made on speaker mode, his colleagues were recording, and judging by Xu Chunliang’s reaction, he probably wasn’t involved in this case.

Lu Qi ended the call and handed the phone to his colleague for further verification.

He also instructed the forensics team to quickly examine the remaining liquid in the wine glass and check and identify any fingerprints left on it.

After finishing all of this, Lu Qi walked out of the cordon and waved to Xie Chunlei.

Xie Chunlei hurried over: "Captain Lu!" He took out a pack of cigarettes, intending to offer one to Lu Qi.

Lu Qi waved his hand, indicating he didn’t need it, and handed the deceased’s ID card to Xie Chunlei: "Do you know the deceased?"

Xie Chunlei took it, looked at it, and shook his head, denying: "I don’t know him, I have no impression at all."

Lu Qi said, "You’ll need to temporarily cease operations."

"Captain Lu, when can we reopen?"

"Wait for our notice."

Xie Chunlei, with a distressed look, said: "Captain Lu, we lose a lot of money every day we’re closed."

"What’s more important, money or human life?"

"Both are important!"

Lu Qi nodded and said, "From what I remember, this isn’t the first incident that’s happened with you guys, fully proving that there are too many safety hazards in your operations. Take this chance to make some good rectifications."

Xie Chunlei thought to himself, you’re just a small cop, yet daring to lecture me, but now that a murder occurred in the store, he could only listen.

Lu Qi said, "Go prepare a list of all the personnel on duty tonight, and the surveillance video footage from the past week needs to be sealed; we’ll take it."

Xie Chunlei nodded repeatedly, indicating he would fully cooperate with the police’s actions.

After listening to Lu Qi’s lecture, Xie Chunlei arranged for the duty manager to cooperate with the police and returned to his office. After contemplating for a bit, he decided to take the risk of being scolded and called Hua Zhuyue.

Unexpectedly, Hua Zhuyue hadn’t slept so late and didn’t give him a scolding either, somewhat surprised: "Someone’s dead? How did they die?"

Xie Chunlei said, "It’s still unclear, the police are investigating at the scene."

"How long have they been dead?"

"Heard it’s about three to four hours."

Hua Zhuyue angrily said: "It took you so long to find out? The company has regulations for staff to patrol the tables regularly, didn’t you execute it strictly?"

"The waiter thought the guest had drunk too much and was sleeping, so they didn’t dare to disturb."

"After this matter, fire that waiter, and fire the duty manager too!"

Xie Chunlei sighed inwardly, Hua Zhuyue might also vent her anger towards him. Actually, without Hua Zhuyue saying it, he would’ve done the same. A death in the store would not dissipate in the short term and would definitely cause significant financial losses.

Hua Zhuyue continued: "Who’s the deceased?" If the deceased was an important person, this trouble might be even greater.

Xie Chunlei said, "It’s said to be the new deputy general manager of Huanyan Health."

"The Huayuan Group?"

"Yes!"

Hua Zhuyue said, "What timing, tomorrow is the opening of He Dong’s OMMIA, and today you have such a big incident, isn’t this driving all the guests over there?"

Xie Chunlei said, "Sister Hua, I don’t want this either, it’s simply a disaster falling from the sky."

Hua Zhuyue said, "I’ll go to Dongzhou tomorrow!"

##

Zhao Feiyang was woken up by Pei Lin getting up, and opened his eyes: "What’s wrong?"

Pei Lin said apologetically, "Nothing, just went to the bathroom, sorry for waking you."

Zhao Feiyang knew she was experiencing frequent urination as a pregnancy reaction, so when she lay back down, he pulled her into his arms.

Pei Lin said, "Feiyang, there’s something I haven’t told you."

Zhao Feiyang gently stroked her slightly rounded belly: "Let’s talk tomorrow, right now the most important thing is for you to rest well."

Pei Lin responded with a hum and held Zhao Feiyang tightly, while Zhao Feiyang felt that her body was extremely cold.

##

Xu Chunliang received a call from the police early in the morning, asking him to assist with an investigation.

Xu Chunliang was a bit surprised, as he hadn’t done anything illegal recently. While pondering over the situation, the head of security, Yu Xiangdong, called to inform him of Yang Mufeng’s death, advising him to be prepared.

Xu Chunliang thought to himself, what’s there to prepare for, but soon he realized — if it was a natural death, it would be different, but if it was murder, he would be one of the suspects due to his public confrontation with Yang Mufeng.

After hanging up on Yu Xiangdong, Xu Chunliang immediately headed to the police station, receiving a call from Pei Lin on the way.

Pei Lin began: "Xiaoxu, do you know about Yang Mufeng’s situation?"

Xu Chunliang said, "Just heard about it."

Pei Lin said, "You wouldn’t have..." She only said half the sentence, but the meaning was clear.

Xu Chunliang said, "Don’t talk nonsense, it has nothing to do with me."

Pei Lin sighed in relief: "Then I’m reassured!"

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