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The figure that walked past when I put down the phone was wearing ordinary modern clothes. Although it was also light, it was clearly different from that night's fluttering white clothes. I didn't see her appearance, didn't pay attention to her feet, wasn't sure if she was Xiaoqian, and wasn't sure if she drifted over or walked over.

The problem was that her speed wasn't fast. When I saw her passing by, I immediately chased after her, and after a few seconds, I had circled around the counter until I came out. There wasn't even a fork in the road, and with her speed, she could only walk a dozen meters, but I couldn't see anyone on the street that matched her figure …

Where could she go?

Or could it be that I'm really mistaken?

Was it an illusion?

The effect of the hallucinogen was this long?

Impossible. I pinched my thigh, feeling the pain, then looked at the scene on the street. My vision was also normal.

Then how to explain what just happened?

From the moment Qian appeared to the time that happened, there was a sense of strangeness to it.

Why couldn't anyone see her? Why did she suddenly disappear? Why did I get so carried away after I saw her? Why did I get drunk before drinking?

I wasn't a strict atheist, but after Yang Wenzhao was killed and Han Chunsheng disappeared, I already believed that there weren't any ghosts or gods in this world. Or even if there were, it wasn't the rumored existence, the bizarre murder of Yang Wenchao was a deliberate murder, and the bizarre disappearance of Han Chunsheng was the result of the close cooperation between Zhang Yingying and the members of 'Kuang'.

But this time, Xiao Qian gave me the feeling of a fox demon or a ghost.

"Ol 'Three, what the f * ck are you doing here?"

Li Fengyun's voice came from behind.

"Boss?" "Why are you here?"

"I came out to eat, why are you still standing here? Didn't you get off work already? It's already been over ten minutes since I called you, shouldn't you go get something to eat …" Li Fengyun said.

Ten minutes?

How is this possible?

From the time I hung up the phone to the time I saw someone who looked like Xiaoqian, it was only three to four minutes after I chased them out and stood there thinking, right?

He took out his phone and looked at the call log. The call to Li Fengyun was made 15 minutes ago.

How could this be? Although it was hard to accept, he had to admit that his perception of time had deviated greatly.

Seeing that I didn't answer, Li Fengyun said, "I'm asking you a question, what the hell?"

I still didn't answer. I didn't know how to tell him, thinking that he didn't believe me anyway, and that even if I told him the truth, it might just make him laugh.

"Boss, I'm fine. Let's go eat."

"Fine, since you don't want to say it, I won't ask. Come, let's go eat." Li Fengyun did not pursue the matter any further.

"It's not that I'm not willing to tell you, it's just that you're not willing to believe me …" He didn't say what he thought in his heart.

"..."

The next two days went by in a completely uneventful manner, with no progress being made on any of the difficult issues. There's no progress on Xu Haoqing's side. Li Fengyun doesn't quite believe me. I wonder where Xiao Qian went …

It was time to go to the hospital for a checkup.

Li Fengyun has been good to me these past two days. As long as we don't talk about Xiaoqian, he's still my good brother.

"Ol 'Three, I'll accompany you to the hospital." Li Fengyun said.

"Right. Let's go."

To tell the truth, I was still a little afraid of seeing a psychiatrist alone. Three years of bitter experience has dealt me too much of a blow, and I still haven't completely recovered from it.

With Li Fengyun by his side, he felt much more at ease.

It was the same doctor who had attended last time. The psychology department of the People's Hospital had not been independent from the neurology department for long, and the medical resources were limited.

"Young man, what are your symptoms?" The doctor said to the disheveled Li Fengyun.

"Doctor, the person who came to see you was me. Do you still remember me? My name is Shu Jing. You asked me to come for an examination today." My heart said, this doctor is a bit unreliable, in their line of work, at least memory can't be too bad, right?

The doctor apologised awkwardly, flipped through my chart, and asked how I was feeling.

"It's alright. I haven't had that same repeated nightmare in the past three days. I don't know if it's because the nightmare cycle hasn't come or if the effects of the medicine have …" I answered truthfully.

"Of course it's the effect of the medicine, is there a need to ask?" The young doctor was somewhat displeased.

"Oh, oh, then what should we do now? Do we continue taking the medicine or …"

"Relax first, and slowly lie down …" He turned on the stereo and a pleasant light music floated over.

He was ready for hypnosis again.

"..."

Half an hour later, the doctor shook his head and said, "Forget it, you failed this time. Shu Jing, your mental defenses are too strong, so it will be difficult to hypnotize you. I guess I won't be able to do it, so I can't explain why you keep dreaming like that."

After giving me another week's worth of medicine, just as I was about to leave, I suddenly heard the conversation of two medical personnel in the pharmacy …

"Did you hear? Our hospital lost a batch of medicine …"

"What medicine?" When did you lose it? "

"It's been a while. It was discovered when you were on maternity leave. Fortunately, I wasn't on duty that day, otherwise, it would have been troublesome."

"Oh, stolen? What medicine, did you call the police? "

"He didn't report it to the police for fear of affecting our hospital's reputation, making people think that our security isn't good. As for who stole it, we still haven't figured it out yet. The surveillance camera was broken the day we threw the medicine …"

Li Fengyun and I looked at each other, simultaneously feeling that the matter of throwing away the medicine was not that simple.

The fact that the hospital's surveillance camera had been destroyed meant that the other party was very skilled. Such a way of doing things, familiar …

We stayed put, pretending to talk in low voices, our attention focused on the two people chatting in the pharmacy.

"The surveillance is broken? Hey, tell me, what are our hospital's people doing? How many pills have you lost?

"It's not worth much to lose some of Seroxibin, but this matter is a little strange. We couldn't find out who stole it, and that person just stole a single pill. Ah, forget it, it's not our fault …"

We started to talk about other things, but Li Fengyun and I were stunned.

The drug the hospital had lost was celecoxibine.

Sellotoximine, a hallucinogenic neurotoxin, was one of the drugs used in the alcohol at Zhao Yao's bar.

This drug has a certain addiction, even now Li Fengyun is still yawning, the essence energy is poor, this is a typical withdrawal symptom.

Li Fengyun went over and asked, "Beauty, may I ask, when did you lose one of your hospital's Sibin?"

The female doctor looked at Li Fengyun, then lowered her voice and said, "It's been two or three months, I don't remember too clearly. Don't say random things when you go out, if the Leader finds out that I'm the one who said it, then it'll be troublesome."

This doctor is rather gossipy... Thanks to her gossip, we wouldn't have been able to find our way.

Li Fengyun quickly nodded, "Don't worry, I won't say anything nonsense. Thank you, beautiful woman!"

We left the hospital and went straight to the police station.

"Boss, does this matter clear up now?"

"Yeah, that's pretty much the case. It looks like you really don't know the person's intentions. We're underestimating Zhao Yao's disguise. No wonder his bar business is so good. It's not just because the bar's style is strange and easy to attract people …" Right, Zhao Yao's new bar was opened two and a half months ago.

When we got to the city police station, the police officers were old acquaintances of both of us, so naturally no one stopped us.

When I went up to the second floor and went into the corridor, I saw the door to Xu Haoqing's office open. A person walked out, but before I could see clearly, Li Fengyun immediately pulled me to a room to the side.

Before Li Fengyun could say anything, I could see the man clearly through the window in the room.

So it was Old Xia.

However, there was something different about Old Xia's expression. He was no longer as calm as usual and was rather a bit sneaky …

He didn't see us. He walked to the stairs and headed straight for the third floor, where he worked.

When the footsteps receded, we came out of our rooms, crept up to the third floor, and peeped into the house.

Back on the second floor, I was very confused. Old Xia and Xu Haoqing were good friends, they had known each other for so many years. Why did they sneakily come out of Xu Haoqing's office?

He followed Li Fengyun to Xu Haoqing's office, knocked on the door, but no one answered.

"Not here?" I thought.

He then pushed the door open and pushed it open.

When he opened the door, he saw Xu Haoqing lying on the table without moving!

F * ck!

Crap …

We immediately rushed into the house, thinking to ourselves, "Did Old Xia harm Captain Xu?"

When she walked to his side, she heard him snoring …

He checked his vital signs and found that everything was normal. He had just fallen asleep.

It scared the two of us and we thought something was wrong.

Since Xu Haoqing had fallen asleep, then why did Old Xia come here? You're still sneaking around?

He checked Xu Haoqing's office, but didn't find anything out of the ordinary. Perhaps it was the two of us that didn't know about his office layout.

It was still early, and Xu Haoqing usually fought hard. Whenever he saw him, his eyes would be bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept for a few days. Now that he was sleeping so soundly, we didn't disturb him and let him rest well until he woke up.

But who would have thought that they would have to wait the entire morning.

Xu Haoqing woke up around 2 in the afternoon. We have already been in his office for 5 to 6 hours.

Xu Haoqing, who had just woken up, saw the both of us. Feeling embarrassed, he said, "Sorry, I was too sleepy. I slept for a while …."

With that, he looked at the time and immediately stood up and said, "Holy shit, it's already the afternoon. Did I sleep for that long? "Why didn't you call me …"

After Xu Haoqing washed his face, I asked, "Captain Xu, what do you think of Old Xia?"

Xu Haoqing was stunned, then asked me: "What do you mean? Are you suspecting him? "

"Not in doubt. Let me state the facts. When Li Fengyun and I came to look for you at around 9 in the morning, we coincidentally bumped into Old Xia coming out of your office. He didn't see us, so he walked carefully, his face didn't look right, and he seemed to be sneaking around, so we followed him, saw him go back to the third floor, and then came to find you.

Listening to my narration, Xu Haoqing frowned, "In other words, Old Xia came to my office while I was sleeping and was even sneaking around, right?"

"Right."

"What is this old boy up to?"

He was also confused. Li Fengyun said in a low voice, "How is Old Xia? Captain Xu, you have to put aside your personal feelings. After all, there might be spies in the police station."

Xu Haoqing shook his head: "You guys are probably thinking too much. I know very well who Old Xia is. Back then, he saved my life and helped me block bullets. He has a lot of bad habits, such as not putting the Leader in his eyes, speaking rudely and without any manners, but he is definitely a reliable comrade.

Even though Xu Haoqing was sure, Old Xia's performance was not good. Moreover, people change. Plus, I noticed that Xu Haoqing was sometimes a bit emotional.

Li Fengyun was even more impolite, "Fine, since you trust him so much, tell me, why did he come here while you were sleeping?"