CHAPTER 463: CHAPTER 285: SHALLOW CULTIVATION

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"Manager Su, your ghost story is really not scary at all!" Bei Ran said with a smile, "Alright, work’s over, let’s go!"

As she spoke, Bei Ran handed an umbrella to her: "Looks like it’s going to rain, do you have an umbrella?"

Su Dingmiao didn’t take it but turned around and left.

Bei Ran asked Wu Kang to collect Su Dingmiao’s fingerprints, but strangely, her fingerprints were nowhere to be found, which was very odd.

Logically, Su Dingmiao has worked at this company for many years, it’s impossible for her not to have left any fingerprints!

When Bei Ran thought of a way to obtain her fingerprints, Su Dingmiao had already left.

Although Bei Ran found it more and more odd, she still went home after work.

However, before she got home, she received the terrible news that Gu Bohan had passed away.

Bei Ran immediately went to the hospital and saw Song Xiaoyin crying; she walked over to her: "Auntie..."

"Ranran..." Song Xiaoyin embraced her, "He’s gone, how could he just leave us..."

Bei Ran knew that Gu Qingchen had already put a lot of work aside at the Gu Group and had been working with Zhuang Shengxian on the antidote, but Gu Bohan still didn’t make it to see that day...

"Auntie, please restrain your grief!" Bei Ran said with choked sobs.

Gu Qingchen and Zhuang Shengxian also arrived, both with very solemn expressions.

"Miss Song..." Zhuang Shengxian called out to her, "I’m sorry, we haven’t figured it out yet..."

"Dean Zhuang, I’m very grateful to you!" Song Xiaoyin hurriedly wiped away her tears and said.

"Mom..." Gu Qingchen said, "you and Ranran should go back to rest first!"

Song Xiaoyin whispered: "Let me stay with him a bit longer!"

Perhaps, in this lifetime, this was the only time she could stay with him! She was a generous person, the past was the past, and once people are gone, there’s nothing more to be said!

"Ranran, go keep Qingchen company!" Song Xiaoyin patted Bei Ran’s hand.

"Okay, auntie!" Bei Ran walked over to Gu Qingchen’s side, "Let’s leave some space for auntie and the old man!"

The two stepped outside, Gu Qingchen returned to the lab, and Bei Ran watched as he sat on the sofa lost in thought. She asked, "Qingchen, do you think the old master has always been in love with auntie?"

Gu Qingchen sighed lightly: "I don’t know!"

"I originally intended to introduce other men to auntie, but with auntie’s behavior, I’m guessing the old master won’t let her go!" Bei Ran also sighed, "Entangled for the better part of a lifetime, he can’t let go!"

At this moment, Gu Qingchen raised his eyebrows with a heroic expression: "You guessed?"

He didn’t say it outright, but he thought, Bei Ran was smart, she would guess.

Bei Ran walked over to him, her arms wrapped around his neck: "Hmm, I guessed a bit. I have absolute confidence in your and Dean Zhuang’s medical skills. If I say, the old master not only didn’t die, but instead was very lucid after taking the medicine, would I be right?"

"You!" Gu Qingchen reached out to flick her nose, "You are just a cunning little fox!"

This remark also tacitly agreed with Bei Ran’s thoughts.

This was indeed a strategy; they must take initiative rather than remain passive, to strike with full force.

"Dean Zhuang was also not willing to let me serve as bait to lure out Qin Shan, so we conspired to fake the old man’s death. We have already given him the antidote, but we spread the news of his death!" Gu Qingchen said, "Both Long Fei and Qin Shan, no matter which one, will show up!"

Bei Ran nodded her head, "This plan is very good. It’s just hard on auntie, who truly believes the old master is gone; she will likely say a lot of heartfelt words to the old master!"

In fact, women have always valued love more than life itself since ancient times.

Women consider love more important than life.

At that moment, Gu Qingchen pulled Bei Ran onto his lap, "From now on, don’t go anywhere. Stay with me!"

"Stay with you and do what?" Bei Ran looked at the various bottles and jars on the table, "Teach me how to make medicine?"

"No matter if the news of the old man’s death is true or false, Long Fei and Qin Shan will definitely be restless; they will definitely come to probe for information," Gu Qingchen said, "The danger has reached a new level, and I don’t want any accidents to happen to you."

"By the way, I find Su Dingmiao quite suspicious." Bei Ran shared her doubts about Su Dingmiao with him.

Listening to her, Gu Qingchen said, "Never leaving fingerprints shows that she’s extremely cautious, and it proves she was a doctor before, so why did she switch to the wedding planning industry? A pot of nurtured peach blossoms has revealed her true intentions. Her height is also close to Tian Xin’s, certainly suspicious. Yufeng knows about this, right?"

"He’s looking into it too," Bei Ran said, "I really have to thank you for the peach blossoms you gave me, they provided another clue."

Bei Ran still went to work early the next morning and returned to Earth Wedding Company.

Wu Kang entered her office early in the morning and whispered, "Sister Ran, last night you asked me to follow that old witch, do you know what she was up to?"

"What did she do?" Bei Ran thought for a moment, seeing Wu Kang acting mysteriously, so she said, "Was she burning joss paper?"

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"How did you know?" Wu Kang exclaimed, "Are you tracking too? No wait, you were supposed to be at the hospital last night. I heard that old Master Gu passed away! Despite his stubbornness, his death is still regrettable. After all, he was a prominent figure, yet he was poisoned by someone just like that!"

Bei Ran pointed to the calendar on the table: "Do you see this? Today is the first day of the lunar month. Some people have the custom of burning Joss Paper on the first and fifteenth days to pay respects to the deceased and pray for divine protection. This proves that Su Dingmiao either has a guilty conscience or has a belief, and that’s why she did such a thing. Also, I’ve checked Su Dingmiao’s off-duty time. On the last day of each month and on the fourteenth, she finishes work the latest, always after midnight. Judging from the past, from 11 pm to 1 am is the ’Zi’ hour, which is when the worship can begin."

"Wow, Ranran, you are a modern woman and you know all this?" Wu Kang was indeed somewhat surprised.

"These are our country’s customs. Some are not backward or feudal; you could say they are a kind of belief," Bei Ran spoke softly, "Having faith is important, just like loving someone..."

With a pen in hand, Bei Ran started drawing lines on the A4 paper on the table, mumbling as she wrote: "Peach blossoms, burning Joss Paper, no fingerprints..."

Temporarily unable to come up with anything, and since she couldn’t find any leads and had already delegated her current case to others, Bei Ran went to the dental clinic to see Zheng Tong.

"Ranran..." Zheng Tong had just sent a client off and called Bei Ran into her office, "What brings you here?"

"I came to ask if you know a person named Su Dingmiao. Being in the medical community, I wonder if any of your senior colleagues know her?" Bei Ran said. "She was a doctor thirty years ago."

"That era is very long ago, almost as old as our ages," Zheng Tong said. "No problem, I’ll ask around."

Bei Ran nodded, and they chatted for a while longer until Duan Feixun arrived.

Seeing Bei Ran there too, Duan Feixun had brought some fruit for Zheng Tong. After washing them, he placed them on the table, "Eat while you chat! You guys continue, I’ll step out."

Bei Ran glanced at Zheng Tong, who returned a smile, prompting Bei Ran to get ready to leave: "You two seem much closer now! I’ll be going then!"

"It’s alright," said Zheng Tong. "I’ll notify you if there’s any news."

Just as Duan Feixun was about to leave, he looked at Bei Ran, "Maybe Fang Zimo can help?"

Bei Ran fell silent. Regarding Fang Zimo, this man was willing to do anything for his love for Tang Yanran, and truthfully, Bei Ran didn’t want to deal with him.

His deep affection was genuine, but so was his violation of medical ethics.

"Forget I said anything!" Duan Feixun quickly added, "It’s a pity though, I can’t help with old Gu’s matter either."

"Thank you!" Bei Ran still said, "Just take good care of Sister Tong!"

"I certainly will," Duan Feixun replied immediately.

Bei Ran smiled, then left the dental clinic.

She got into the car, and the bodyguard drove away.

Underneath an overpass.

A disheveled woman in ragged clothes was holding a sharp iron rod in her hand. Watching the bustling crowd, she knew she had to rob someone, or she couldn’t survive!

She didn’t know who she was, nor where she was!

But, she was so hungry, and before she could rush forward, those people had already run away!

Her stomach kept growling, and despite trying to soothe it several times, it seemed to have no effect.

The instinct to survive compelled her to rush out!

She recklessly stopped a car.

Bei Ran was in the car; she hadn’t thought that shortly after they’d driven off, a woman with long, disheveled hair and ragged clothes would block their path.

This woman suddenly charged onto the road, and then they heard a shrill sound of the brakes.

One of the bodyguards got out to check, while the other stayed in the car protecting Bei Ran.

The car hadn’t hit the woman; when the bodyguard approached, she pointed the iron rod at his chest.

She could never have imagined that this bodyguard seated in the luxury car was a retired soldier.

Before she could get close, the bodyguard took her down with a shoulder throw, tossing her aside, and she landed flat on her back.

The wind blew her hair back, revealing a grimy face.

"It’s her!" Bei Ran cried out.

Bei Ran immediately called Zhuo Yufeng and after providing the address, said, "Qian Zhi Ling is here!"

Soon, Zhuo Yufeng arrived with his team to take Qian Zhi Ling away, but she said, "I am so hungry, I want to eat..."

The police bought her food, and she devoured it with her hands, then looked at them with a silly smile.

Clearly, she seemed to have no memory of herself.

"Take her to the hospital for examination!" Zhuo Yufeng immediately ordered, "She has seen Qin Shan before. Even if she didn’t see his real face, she might still have some useful information."

A few police officers took Qian Zhi Ling away.