CHAPTER 466: CHAPTER 287: DEVIL’S BARGAIN 1

"This is a new product developed by our company, which is already on sale in the United States. It’s especially beneficial for women—helps maintain a slim figure, tightens the skin, very elastic. Especially for those MMs who have no time for beauty salons and mothers who spend a lot of time looking after kids, take note! This health product has absolutely no side effects. On the contrary, it will make sure your man won’t spare a second glance at another woman." Fang Zimo said with a smile to everyone.

His pitch was very enticing; many nurses gathered around, and even the female patients came out to see.

Tang Yanran said with a smile: "Don’t rush, everyone present can get a box. I’m also taking it, and it’s indeed very good. I’m so fortunate to have met Zimo, a talented and responsible man!"

Bei Ran and Gu Qingchen stood not far away, exchanging glances before a smile spread across their lips.

At that moment, Tang Yanran brought a box over to Bei Ran: "Why not give it a try?"

"Thank you!" Bei Ran graciously accepted.

Tang Yanran, feeling a bit embarrassed, but still greeted: "Director Gu..."

Gu Qingchen nodded and left with Bei Ran.

Tang Yanran then returned to Fang Zimo’s side and quietly listened as he explained the benefits of this health product to the women.

Yang Junyi couldn’t help but tease: "Did you really come to visit Qian Zhi Ling or to promote your health product?"

Far from being offended by the tease, Fang Zimo replied, "Both, both! Doctor Yang, are you free? Join us for a meal! I’ll give your girlfriend two boxes."

Yang Junyi thought of his sweetheart and felt a sharp pain in his heart. After taking a deep breath, he said: "I’m not free, please go ahead."

After Yang Junyi left, he took out his phone to look at it, and Tian Xin’s smile lit up the touchscreen, so bright and charming.

With the trail gone cold on Qian Zhi Ling, Bei Ran could only seek further clues through Su Dingmiao.

Because Bei Ran had temporarily ceased taking cases to focus on planning behind the scenes, Pan Yutao felt it was a pity, but Su Dingmiao had always insisted on it.

Bei Ran was unfazed, quietly working on her planning case while pondering where to find a breakthrough.

What she found odd was that the news of Gu Bohan’s death had already spread, yet why had Long Fei and Qin Shan shown no sign of action?

Bei Ran picked up a planning case to examine the parts that Su Dingmiao had marked for revision.

As she held the paper up to view it, she noticed several subtle marks that were not easy to spot.

She reached for a pencil and lightly sketched over them, revealing a shape resembling a coffin, which put Bei Ran on alert.

This planning case had only been reviewed by Su Dingmiao; no one else would have drawn this on it.

But if Su Dingmiao really was Qin Shan, this person was extremely cautious and cunning. If he drew this, it was certainly a trap to lure her out.

Bei Ran dared not take this lightly. She immediately informed Gu Qingchen and Zhuo Yufeng about it. The three of them came together and quietly started trailing her after checking her whereabouts.

Since it was the weekend, Su Dingmiao drove out.

Where exactly she was headed, they did not know.

A bodyguard was driving, Zhuo Yufeng sat at the front passenger seat, while Bei Ran and Gu Qingchen sat in the back seat.

Zhuo Yufeng joked, not forgetting to make light of the situation: "Shouldn’t I have brought a lady with me? Just following this old sorceress is so boring!"

Bei Ran couldn’t help but tease him back: "You’re on a case, officer Zhuo, and still want to have fun? Of course, you could ask your other half to be a cop. Then you can enjoy wedded bliss, solve cases, travel, and be together every day!"

"I’m already a cop; why would I fancy another cop? Forget it, I’d rather go for nurse MMs!" Zhuo Yufeng laughed.

While they were joking around, they noticed another car following theirs.

"We’ve got a tail!" Zhuo Yufeng declared.

Gu Qingchen looked back: "The person is wearing a duckbill cap, clearly not wanting us to see who he is, which means he’s someone familiar!"

"It’s Song Xuyao!" Bei Ran, with sharp eyes, identified him. "Could it be that he suspects we are doubting Su Dingmiao, and that’s why he’s followed us?"

Zhuo Yufeng nodded: "Very likely. His arrival is sure to spell trouble! I’ll have a car intercept him."

Soon after, the car Zhuo Yufeng sent out intercepted Song Xuyao’s car, leaving him cursing furiously.

Instead of apprehending Song Xuyao, they watched him get away!

Su Dingmiao drove to a suburban area in A City, next to the border zone. It was like a small hill, and you could see the border line from afar.

Su Dingmiao stopped the car, got out, and looked around. This place was seldom visited, almost deserted.

Zhuo Yufeng parked the car at a distance, watching her every move.

Before long, Su Dingmiao walked into the mountains.

Zhuo Yufeng said: "Su Dingmiao is heading into the mountain alone. There may be secrets hidden there. I’ll follow with Ah Liu. Bei Ran, you and Qingchen wait here."

"Let’s go together!" Bei Ran said.

Gu Qingchen frowned: "Yufeng is worried that if we all go together and fall into Su Dingmiao’s ambush, wouldn’t it please her? I remember my grandfather once watched a documentary, this place was a battlefield during World War II, and it might actually be Qin Shan’s secret treasure trove."

Bei Ran was still puzzled: "If this really is Qin Shan’s secret site, he wouldn’t be so careless as to let us come here! If he really lured us here, it might also be to lead us to a complete defeat. Yufeng, do you want to ask for more reinforcements? More people would make searching the mountains easier, right?"

"Without evidence, it’s difficult to make a big fuss and dispatch personnel for a search," Zhuo Yufeng said. "Let’s stick to the plan we discussed just now. You guys wait here, and I’ll go with Number Six!"

Although waiting is an anxious affair.

Yet for Bei Ran and Gu Qingchen, Zhuo Yufeng volunteering to scout ahead indeed showed his sense of responsibility.

He is not only a good friend but also a very good police officer.

Bei Ran and Gu Qingchen waited silently at the foot of the mountain. Bei Ran took out her phone, took a picture, and posted it on WeChat.

Soon after, Ji Su asked her, "Where is this?"

Not until a group of police arrived, one of them said: "Doctor Gu, Miss Bei, the boss called us upward, saying there’s a major discovery."

Bei Ran and Gu Qingchen followed them up the mountain, and when they reached the center, they found a door concealed by grass, not easily noticeable.

Number Six was already waiting for them at the entrance. He pushed open the stone door, and as they walked further inside, they felt a chill shooting right to their feet.

Gu Qingchen took Bei Ran’s hand, leading her. The winter temperature in City A is a few degrees at the lowest, but inside this cave, it felt like minus twenty degrees.

After the group walked winding paths into the cave, the cold seemed to grow even more intense.

Gu Qingchen draped his coat over Bei Ran, who saw that he was only wearing a thin shirt, and refused to accept it no matter what!

Gu Qingchen whispered in her ear: "Do you know what is the warmest way for a woman to warm a man?"

Bei Ran’s face turned red. Fortunately, the spotlight inside wasn’t shining on her face. She reached out and pinched his waist.

"What?" Gu Qingchen’s lips brushed her earlobe: "Unwilling?"

How could she be unwilling?

"Look, we’ve arrived at the front!" called out Bei Ran.

They saw in the illumination ahead, a coffin clear as crystal, with a very handsome man lying inside, and by his side, a small pot of peach blossoms, which looked very familiar to Bei Ran. Wasn’t that what Gu Qingchen had given her?

They walked closer for a look, and the man in the coffin was very young, about twenty-five to thirty years old, extremely delicate and handsome as if embodying the beauty of blossoming peach flowers.

Bei Ran and Gu Qingchen understood at a glance, this might be the reason why Su Dingmiao liked peach blossoms!

Sensing her whereabouts exposed, Su Dingmiao no longer hid her presence, and said, "So many people have come, to be buried with us, it’s worth it! Bei Ran has been investigating me; you’ve seen him, right? He’s the man I put an end to with a scalpel, and then placed here. Whenever I want to see him, I can; for however long I want, I can. He belongs only to me..."

Bei Ran felt a chilling sensation. To love someone is to doom him to death and then claim him as one’s own!

She had worked with Su Dingmiao for so long and never knew she was such an extreme and twisted person.

"But he was a living being, how could you do this to him?" Bei Ran knew it was futile to talk to such a person, but she couldn’t help asking.

Su Dingmiao laughed heartily: "As long as I can have him, the method doesn’t matter."

Gu Qingchen held Bei Ran’s hand: "It’s pointless to discuss morality with a medical disgrace like her. Su Dingmiao, the skinning case that killed four men at Jiaoyang Club was your doing, right?"

"Hahahaha..." Su Dingmiao laughed maniacally while suddenly a rumbling sound was heard, seeming to come from far and near...

What is this sound?

All those present listened intently upon hearing it.

Su Dingmiao, who had ceased her maniacal laughter, spoke: "This is the sound that will bury us all here. Do you think you can escape unscathed after learning my secret?"

As the mountain seemed on the verge of collapse, Su Dingmiao watched them: "I’ve never denied the things I’ve done, like the man lying in this crystal coffin, but the skinning case at Jiaoyang Club wasn’t my doing."

Bei Ran and Gu Qingchen exchanged glances, not her? That means Qin Shan is someone else!

However, time didn’t permit them to contemplate much longer; the rumbling sound was getting louder.

Instantly, Zhuo Yufeng shouted, "Run! Head for the exit!"

Gu Qingchen grasped Bei Ran’s hand, and together with Zhuo Yufeng and the other officers, they ran towards the exit.

But soon, the mountain began to collapse...

They could only feel the earth-shaking sensation growing stronger and the exit getting further away, the air becoming thinner...

With a "boom," it completely collapsed.