Special Forces Medic-Chapter 636 - 602: Danger

"Nothing much. When we rescued that cop, we discovered that someone wanted to take advantage of the situation to kill him. But I intervened and saved him. Unfortunately, it seems the other party still wouldn't let him go. It was my oversight." Hua Qingyi puffed smoke in the bathroom, the steam simultaneously enveloping the entire room, making it hard to distinguish between smoke and steam.

"Who wants to kill him?"

"Naturally, those who don't want their secret revealed." Hua Qingyi felt a bit guilty about the young cop's death. If he had been more vigilant at the time, maybe the cop wouldn't have died. Even the hospital had their own people; it's terrifying! "What did the deceased's family say?"

"The deceased only had an elder sister, working at the Student Dining Hall on Xuefu Road. I just came from there."

"Oh, there are still relatives." Hua Qingyi nodded.

"However, that person is completely indifferent to her brother's life or death." Thinking of this, Wu Shuang felt anger rising again.

"Officer Wu, do you always look at things just on the surface?" Hua Qingyi suddenly turned his head, looking at the fuming Wu Shuang.

"I don't!"

"Then don't say such things!" Seeing a hint of self-reproach on her face, Hua Qingyi stood up and wiped the steam from the mirror to reveal his reflection. "Even the most wicked people would be moved by the death of their only relative. She must have her reasons for not expressing it."

"Where are you going?"

"To find Xiao Lin."

"I'll go with you!"

"No way!"

"Do you plan to walk there?" Hua Qingyi intended to take a cab. It's a good question.

"Do you have a car?"

"Mu Rongyun took it back."

"Then why are you talking nonsense!" Initially, there was a bit of hope, but now it's all gone.

"Without you, I really can't leave here." Wu Shuang suddenly chuckled weirdly, which sent a shiver down Hua Qingyi's spine.

"What are you up to?"

"Aren't we acting? Then let's make it convincing!"

Hua Qingyi, unsure of what Wu Shuang aimed to do, finally managed to drive his car out from the police station half an hour later, with the woman beside him laughing almost hysterically.

"I don't find it funny at all!" The road was darker the further they went, and Hua Qingyi, unfamiliar with the area, almost drove into the surroundings or a ditch several times. "Hurry up and wipe that rainbow-colored stuff off; it's disgusting to look at."

"Don't underestimate this. Without it, we wouldn't have gotten away!" Wu Shuang's idea was practically a self-directed drama. Hua Qingyi was a heartless man, and when a woman came from afar, it should've been good, but due to a disagreement, they fought fiercely. In the end, the soap opera of the woman wanting to die began, leaving Director Zhao utterly stunned. Wasn't Wu Shuang's boyfriend the forensic doctor? How did he suddenly become Young Master Hua? Such a dramatic scene left him dumbfounded.

"Yes, I should really thank you. I, Hua Qingyi, am now not just a playboy but also a heartbreaker." Sticky red chemical paint on the tissue made him curious about what Wu Shuang's bag contained; it was like a treasure chest.

"A third party?"

"Yes! When Mu Rongyun and I came here earlier investigating Ah San's case, Lao Zhao mistook me and Mu Rongyun for a couple. Now, you're playing the role of a third party."

Hua Qingyi raised an eyebrow. "You're not much better off than me. You're now a woman cheating on her boyfriend, fickle, and abandoned by the third party."

"Hua Qingyi, you're utterly lacking gentlemanly manners. Is it necessary to say it so harshly?" Wu Shuang glared, completely forgetting she was the one who started the conflict.

"Same to you." After climbing a slope, the car stopped on an open ground. Hua Qingyi jumped out first and handed Wu Shuang a flashlight. "There's water in the tile-roofed house. You can go and wash up first." He pointed to a general direction in the pitch-black surroundings.

"You want me to go by myself?" Wu Shuang wasn't scared; it's just that someone had died in that tile-roofed house.

"Are you afraid?"

"Someone died there."

"Then you must be afraid!" Women are truly troublesome. Hua Qingyi glanced at the factory building ahead and decided to escort Wu Shuang to the tile-roofed house.

"No water!" No matter how Wu Shuang fiddled with the faucet, no water came out. She stared helplessly at Hua Qingyi, as if the latter were deceiving her.

"Last time I was here, I tried it and there was water!" Hua Qingyi also started fiddling with the faucet, but indeed, there were no signs of water. "Well, forget it, just take that thing with you!"

"Why are we coming here at night?" Wu Shuang couldn't understand what Hua Qingyi was thinking. Wouldn't it be better to look for clues during the day? The light is ample, the view is clear.

"Director Zhao was scared witless here." The reason for choosing the nighttime was that Hua Qingyi wanted to see with his own eyes the thing Director Zhao had described.

The iron chain from last time still hung on the independent building's door handle, untouched, half falling there, but the door seam that had been pulled open seemed to have closed.

"Isn't this place locked?" Wu Shuang stood next to Hua Qingyi, but even when shining a flashlight inside, she saw nothing but darkness. "What do you think is inside?"

"Officer Wu, can you shut your mouth, please?" Hua Qingyi rudely told Wu Shuang to be quiet as he too was eager to know what was inside.

He lifted the heavy iron chain, which made a clang! Suddenly, a creak sounded, making the originally focused Hua Qingyi freeze with fear, his scalp tingling, so he didn't dare move.

"The door can be pushed." Wu Shuang felt proud of her discovery. "So this place may not actually be locked, Hua Qingyi, see if you can take down the chain."

"Forget it, run!" he said, grabbing Wu Shuang's hand and taking off running until they reached the side of a low, flat house. He was panting, the cold air he inhaled making him uncomfortable.

"Hua Qingyi, what's gotten into you?" Clearly Wu Shuang was frightened by him and truly scared, her chest rising and falling, her pale complexion even whiter than a sheet of paper. "Don't you know you can scare someone to death?"

"I didn't scare you!" Hua Qingyi didn't blame Wu Shuang, he himself had been scared. "The door wasn't pushed in by you, it was pulled open from the inside."

"Wh... what?" Wu Shuang didn't dare to scream at Hua Qingyi anymore, instinctively moving closer to him. After all, a woman is a woman, and certain peculiar situations do invoke fear.

"Let's get back to the car for now!" Hua Qingyi ran towards his car; if he were alone tonight, he would've broken the chain and gone in, but with someone else by his side, he couldn't disregard their safety.

He turned off the headlights, letting the darkness envelop them. Wu Shuang asked Hua Qingyi to turn on the car's heater; she still felt incredibly cold.

"I always thought the door could be pushed open, but I just realized it cannot be pushed from the outside." Hua Qingyi locked the doors and windows, lighting a cigarette.

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because the doorframe design allows it to open only from the inside."

"Right, so shouldn't I be able to push it open?" Wu Shuang was confused. If the door opened inward, then pushing should work, right? This directionality wasn't specified.

"In theory, you're right, but this door is double-sided." At the time, Hua Qingyi was bent over, examining the chain, and he saw the door bottom clearly. The door was locked from the bottom, with a cleverly designed slot, so no matter how much Wu Shuang pushed, it wouldn't budge. Fearing Wu Shuang wouldn't understand, he drew a diagram of the door bottom on paper.

"Could someone be inside?" Wu Shuang blinked, considering if she hadn't opened the door, then someone inside must have unlatched it, and maybe it swung open due to momentum?

"For safety, let's wait till morning." Facing the darkness, Hua Qingyi made a decision; in the face of the unknown, rash actions weren't wise.

"Why wait till morning? If someone's really in there, wouldn't now be the perfect time to find out who they are?" Wu Shuang didn't want to sit idly by. If Xiao Lin's findings were like his mother's, then perhaps someone was already inside.

"If you want to go, go by yourself." Hua Qingyi ignored Wu Shuang's protest, reclined his seat, and relaxed.

"You..." Wu Shuang leaned against the car door in frustration. For some reason, the blackness outside seemed like the Devil's lips, ready to swallow them whole.

"At first light, we'll act. You'd better sleep now to gather your strength, because once we're inside, it won't be as forgiving as just now." He should've brought a hat outside.

Wu Shuang also wanted to relax like Hua Qingyi, but she couldn't. "Is this how you and Xiao Lin always handle things?"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you never think about danger?"

"Without dangerous places, there wouldn't be a need for us."

"Really?" Wu Shuang tilted her head, realizing she never truly understood their life and work. Since meeting Xiao Lin, she had always hovered at the edge of danger. She never truly got involved, showing up only at the end to clean up, entirely unaware of the preliminary work. "Do all Dragon Soul members disregard life like you?"

"Hahaha, that's what you say." Hua Qingyi laughed. "It's not that we disregard life, we just trust that others can't take it from us."

Wu Shuang kept pondering Hua Qingyi's words. Where did their confidence come from? (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)