Chapter 758: The Sanatorium Is Full of Fun 43

Qiao Qing put on his clothes and left, just bumping into the three Wang Bai waiting outside the door.

His expression was satisfied, his eyes held spring light, he lazily leaned against the doorframe, his tone also tinged with weariness.

"What business do you three have?"

"Where is Sheng Jiping?"

Song Hei asked.

"He's still resting; you guys won't be so oblivious, right?"

Qiao Qing adjusted his clothes, feeling a bit cool from the sea breeze, squinting his eyes as he yawned.

"Have you figured out how that person died?"

Before they could answer, he added: "The sanatorium is now fraught with danger; if you three can't complete this task, you might as well report to your superiors and have those senior officials come over."

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Song Hei was furious, neck stiff, about to rush over to hit someone, but Wang Bai stopped him.

"Alright, we're all on the same side; what are you doing with your hands?"

"Who's on his side!" Song Hei shouted.

"If it weren't for him bringing the E-crystal to ask for help, and happening to catch Sheng Jiping's eye, he'd just be a fawning dog now!"

He spoke without restraint; Wang Bai's face slightly changed, and he hurriedly said: "Song Hei! What are you saying!"

Qiao Qing smirked, lowered his head to tidy his clothes, and said: "Enough, stop acting here."

"I know you don't like me, and I feel the same."

San Hui: "When does Sheng Jiping plan to make a move on Jin Chen?"

"As soon as possible, but you guys should take it easy— that Shen Yan, the doctor by his side, is not someone to provoke."

Qiao Qing seemed to have discovered something; after speaking, he deliberately glanced at San Hui and said: "You sure ask sharp questions."

San Hui curled his lips, continuing to remain silent.

After finally getting rid of them, Qiao Qing glanced back at the room, a flicker of disgust crossing his eyes, then slammed the door shut and left.

At most, there's only two days' worth of dosage left.

Sheng Ji Yuan will soon succumb to poison, and no one can figure out the cause.

"How did Shangguan Hao's probing go?"

Qiao Qing went downstairs and gave Jiang Qiu a phone call.

"Are you sure the potion works on Shangguan? He shows no sign of waking up at all."

Jiang Qiu sat on the beach with a headache, wrapped in a bedsheet specially given to him by the Huakui Prince, beautifully called the Gold-thread Robe.

Not far away, the Huakui Prince danced along with the waves, his moves eyesore-ish, occasionally turning back to glance shyly at Jiang Qiu.

Jiang Qiu forced a cheerful smile.

"What?!"

Qiao Qing was somewhat flustered, furrowing his brows tightly.

"Your E-crystal activity levels are similar; the medicine works on you, so how could it not work on him?"

"Then how would I know? This stuff isn't something I researched."

Jiang Qiu rolled his eyes, his handsome face full of irritation, saying: "I've tried many methods; I can confirm Shangguan Hao really isn't waking up."

"... Alright, I got it."

Qiao Qing caught sight of someone coming up from the corner and quickly hung up the phone.

"Jin Chen, what are you doing here?"

Through Jiang Qiu's notification, Qiao Qing now knows that Jin Chen has regained his memory and is no longer pretending.

"Let's talk."

Jin Chen's expression turned slightly cold as he leaned on the stair railing; although he was looking up, his presence showed no weakness.

"Nothing to talk about; move aside."

Qiao Qing didn't want to create a conflict with him right now, especially since Sheng Ji Yuan could wake up at any moment.

A gun was aimed at Qiao Qing's chest.

Jin Chen's brows and eyes were fierce, his face expressionless.

"... What, you want to kill me?"

Qiao Qing smiled, as if he weren't the slightest bit worried that Jin Chen would pull the trigger—or, put another way, he felt no fear of death.

"Senior, you haven't changed at all; regaining your memory just made you forget all your kin."

Jin Chen only asked for the answer he wanted to know.

"Your goal differs from Sheng Jiping's; what exactly do you want to do?"

Qiao Qing didn't answer, instead asking back: "Is that important?"

He asked again: "Senior, do you really care what I want to obtain?"

"If you cared, when I once knelt before you begging, you wouldn't have turned a cold shoulder."

Qiao Qing's expression shifted slightly, finally revealing a hint of fragility and sorrow.

This is precisely what troubles Jin Chen.

Back then, Qiao Qing risked his life to have Jin Chen perform an E-crystal transplant on him.

This was to save the then heavily wounded, near-death Sheng Jiping.

Even if his cancer cells had spread rapidly, once the E-crystal was transplanted out of his body, he would die instantly.

Trading life for life, Jin Chen refused that plea.

This too was the beginning of Qiao Qing's betrayal.

But now Jin Chen can't understand; the two people who loved each other so deeply back then—how could Qiao Qing now resent Sheng Jiping to this extent?

Why does Sheng Jiping keep suspecting Qiao Qing?

Even during this time at the sanatorium, Qiao Qing was secretly helping them deal with Sheng Jiping.

After a few seconds of silence, Qiao Qing took a deep breath, forced a smile, and said, "I don't know what you're asking."

Having said that, she completely ignored the gun pressed against her chest, turned around, and continued downstairs.

Jin Chen retracted his gun, his head practically filling with question marks.

【0731, check out Sheng Jiping.】

【Okay!】

The watch strap on his wrist suddenly flickered.

It was a gift from Shen Yan, allowing them to communicate directly.

"Reply quickly."

Only two words.

Jin Chen hurried downstairs to find someone.

——

"Honey!"

Jin Chen pushed open Shen Yan's office, poked his head in, but there was no one—only a nervous little nurse.

"Prince…"

"Cough cough, where's the Princess? What are you doing here?!"

Jin Chen immediately sat up straight.

"The Princess caught me and put me to cleaning his room, and she said if you came looking for him, to tell you to meet at the date spot."

The nurse gave an awkward laugh twice.

Why on earth was she arbitrarily arrested just to be a witness to your love?!

The date spot? Is there even such a thing?

Jin Chen thought for two seconds, then suddenly realized.

A small grove!

"Alright, I got it."

Jin Chen hurried off again, nonstop, toward the grove.

Shen Yan was indeed here, along with Jing Ming and Liu Sheng.

"Jin Team."

Jing Ming nodded and greeted him.

Jin Chen walked over, puzzled, embraced Shen Yan from behind, and asked, "Why are you all gathered here? What's going on?"

Shen Yan leaned into his embrace, "Liu Sheng went to re-examine the corpse of the Black Rock member."

"The corpse had been tampered with; it wasn't female, and the face had been altered."

Liu Sheng nodded, speaking solemnly: "Even if the facial disguise is perfect, the skeleton can't lie—it's clearly a male corpse."

Hearing this, Jin Chen once again recalled the scene of their fight that night.

"I'm quite sure the person who climbed in through the window and fought us that night was her herself—unless… they swapped in a different corpse and dropped it off at the corner."

A cold glint flashed in the depths of his eyes.

What an excellent performance of the 'golden cicada shedding its shell'.

Jing Ming looked worried: "So that person is still hiding in the sanatorium—who could it be?"

Jin Chen: "Since it's a male corpse, then she's currently disguising herself as that man."

There are far fewer men than women in the sanatorium.

After excluding the five members of the Tea Spirit Organization, the target pool becomes even smaller.