Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Suddenly opening his eyes, Lu Dangui began to gasp for breath.
The tense nerves gradually relaxed, and the suffocating feeling that had been lingering in the chest cavity for a long time completely disappeared.
He could breathe normally again.
Raising his hand to touch his neck, Lu Dangui discovered that his neck was wrapped in gauze, emitting a faint herbal fragrance.
He lowered his eyes and saw the metal collar lying quietly beside the pillow, broken in two.
In the last second before losing consciousness, he thought he had stumbled into the scene of “The Chainsaw Massacre.” As the man surnamed Xing, holding a pair of pliers, swung them at his neck without a word.
So, Xing Cheng didn’t have a seizure last night; he only did it to remove the collar from Lu Dangui’s neck…
Lu Dangui covered his face.
That’s so embarrassing.
He didn’t lose consciousness due to the effects of drugs; he was literally scared unconscious.
The cold morning breeze blew into the room along the window, and Lu Dangui shivered, only then realizing that something seemed wrong with his body.
He wasn’t wearing any clothes.
Where are his clothes?!
As if suddenly remembering something, Lu Dangui abruptly threw off the covers and peered inside.
His entire body was stripped naked, even his underwear was gone.
Lu Dangui’s face turned pale for a moment.
A jumble of chaotic scenes and images flashed through his mind, and he gradually remembered some things.
Although he fainted halfway through, he seemed to wake up again in a daze in the middle of the night.
When he woke up, the face in the poster pasted on Lu Wenfei’s bedroom wall was less than a foot away from the tip of his nose.
All the blood in his body rushed to one place. The man then helped him with his hand and wiped the sweat from his face, telling him to bear with it a little longer, as the effects of the medicine would wear off soon.
Lu Dangui looked up at the ceiling above him, feeling numb.
….
Half an hour later, Lu Dangui, dressed neatly, sneaked out of the guest room on the first floor and ran into the tall bodyguard in black.
The tall bodyguard had obviously been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw Lu Dangui come out, he quickly stepped forward and handed him a transparent sealed bag.
The sealed bag contained the suit he had worn yesterday and some personal belongings. The suit had been dry-cleaned and ironed, looking brand new.
Taking his phone out of his bag, Lu Dangui immediately accessed the hospital’s work system.
He breathed a sigh of relief when saw that he hadn’t received a message from the director.
Fortunately, no one had made an appointment with his clinic this morning; otherwise, if he had missed his appointment time, he could have drawn his knife against Xing Cheng on the spot.
After finishing his work, Lu Dangui sorted out his chaotic thoughts and asked Xing Shi, who was following behind him, “Where is your master?”
Xing Cheng had at least saved him once, and although he never wanted to recall what happened last night, he couldn’t just leave without saying goodbye.
This was the second time he had fainted in front of Xing Cheng.
If it happened again, it was questionable whether he could even save his life.
It seemed that as long as he was even slightly associated with someone surnamed Xing, nothing good ever happened to him.
Lu Dangui secretly vowed in his heart that from now on, he would avoid anyone with the surname Xing whenever he saw them.
Following the young master’s instructions, Xing Shi said to Lu Dangui, “The young master is entertaining the officers from the North City Police Station in the front hall. He asked Dr. Lu to go there as well after he wakes up.”
Lu Dangui frowned: “…North City Police Station?”
“The young master said that you would definitely call the police after you wake up. He invited the police officer directly to our home to save you time on the road.”
This was the first time that police officers had come to the Xing family’s main residence. If Chairman Xing found out about this, he would probably be furious.
Xing Shi thought to himself silently.
Following the bodyguard into the lobby, Lu Dangui indeed saw several uniformed police officers sitting on the sofa. Xing Cheng, as usual, sat in his wheelchair, his eyelids drooping, his face showing no desire or ambition.
He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Xing Cheng’s gaze had been sweeping over his waist, intentionally or unintentionally.
After sitting down and exchanging a few words with the police officers, Lu Dangui finally realized that these people were indeed invited by Xing Cheng early in the morning to deal with what happened at the villa last night.
After reviewing the documents on the coffee table, the lead officer spoke with some difficulty: “Mr. Xing, Mr. Lu… Based on the clues we have so far, it may be impossible to file a case for the time being.”
Xing Cheng took a sip of his tea: “What do you mean?”
“That’s right. There were no pictures or videos of what happened last night. Also, as you mentioned before, the surveillance footage from the scene can’t be retrieved. There are no substantial clues, and relying solely on eyewitness accounts is probably not enough to provide conclusive evidence.”
Xing Cheng spoke calmly, seemingly unsurprised: “Then I have troubled the officers to make this trip. If there’s any other evidence later, I’ll send someone over.”
The officers politely declined. Before leaving, the officers from the North City Police Department also took the metal collar and pliers, which could be used as evidence, with them.
After seeing the police off, Xing Cheng looked at Lu Dangui, whose face was filled with an indescribable expression, and asked him, “Are you satisfied now?”
“Mr. Xing, did you already know that this case couldn’t be filed?”
Lu Dangui remained silent for a while, then asked the person in front of him a question.
What he actually wanted to ask Xing Cheng was, “Since you already knew that calling the police would be useless, why did you still call them?”
Was it just to put on an act in front of me?
Setting down his teacup, Xing Cheng tilted his head and said, “Dr. Lu, not everyone who is guilty can be punished by law.”
“Moreover, this is barely a family matter, and outsiders shouldn’t interfere.”
Last night, after releasing himself in his arms, the young doctor finally calmed down. The flush on his face gradually faded, and his breathing returned to normal, but he kept tugging at his sleeve, muttering that he wanted to call the police.
“If I hadn’t called the police to the Xing family today, instead you had gone to call the police yourself, do you know what would have happened?” Xing Cheng looked at the person in front of him with a calm expression. “The police would have thought that you were trying to blackmail the Xing family in order to obtain a large amount of compensation.”
“Xing Yu has slept with so many people, and some have reported it to the police before, but nothing ever came of it. Without a solid chain of evidence, what’s the point of calling the police?”
“I–“
“There is no such thing as karmic retribution in this world. Many people do wrong things but are not punished. Most people don’t live to see the day when the truth comes out,” Xing Cheng said. “You are still too naive, Dr. Lu.”
Hearing these words from Xing Cheng, Lu Dangui suddenly felt a bit ironic.
He couldn’t help but want to mock the person in front of him, “Aren’t you just like that?”
When my sister had an accident at your concert, you could have stepped forward to take responsibility. Why did you choose to avoid it and even pretend that it had nothing to do with you, and never mention it publicly again after that?
What was even more infuriating was that, even now, this person didn’t even know Lu Wenfei’s name.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Dangui changed his question: “Mr. Xing, what about you? Have you never done anything wrong?”
“I have.”
Xing Cheng looked directly into Lu Dangui’s eyes with composure: “I made a big mistake in the past.”
“I failed to protect my fans,” Xing Cheng said. “That’s why I’m leaving the entertainment industry.”
After saying this, he picked up the teacup in front of him, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.
Just as Lu Dangui was about to ask further questions, his gaze fell on Xing Cheng, who was raising his cup to drink tea, and his expression suddenly became subtle.
Xing Cheng’s posture while drinking tea was very elegant, with his handsome chin slightly raised, revealing the smooth lines of his neck.
On his fair collarbone, there was a faint ring of teeth marks.
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