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When she pushed open the door of the bar, ear-splitting music came from inside, and an unpleasant smell a.s.sailed her nose.
Sang Qianqian merely took a glance inside and felt a strong sense of discomfort.
It wasn’t that she had never been to a bar before, but it was definitely the first time she had been to such a chaotic bar.
On the crowded dance floor, it was as if a group of demons were dancing wildly. Fluorescent lights kept sweeping back and forth, illuminating the faces with madness. It was so strange that it was terrifying.
Sang Qianqian, who was about to enter, stopped in her tracks.
“Young Miss, Caroline is over there.”
The bodyguard beside her noticed Caroline and pointed her out to Sang Qianqian.
He saw Caroline sitting near the bar, holding a gla.s.s of wine and drinking it. Beside her was a vulgar-looking man.
The man was all smiles as his hands began to rudely rub around Caroline’s body. However, Caroline didn’t react at all, and instead, she was chatting and laughing with him.
Sang Qianqian was speechless.
It was said that only when a person conducted himself with dignity would others respect him.
But what was Caroline doing?
She could have had a better life, but she didn’t seem to care about anything. She had completely given up and was willing to sink into depravity.
Sang Qianqian had once treated Caroline with a layer of filter.
After all, Caroline used to be determined to sacrifice herself to theology. She was deeply loved by Professor Fu’er, and she smiled so kindly and gently. Even if she had mental problems, now that she had recovered, her nature shouldn’t be too bad.
However, after personally witnessing Caroline’s various actions, this kind of filter shattered.
Sang Qianqian was very suspicious that she might end up like Xie Shi’an, wasting her efforts on Caroline.
Perhaps it wasn’t just a ‘maybe’, but it was a ‘definitely’.
Sang Qianqian did not enter the bar to look for Caroline, but turned around and came out.
The cold air outside washed away the uncomfortable feeling.
She heaved a sigh of relief. Perhaps Xie Shi’an was right; Caroline simply couldn’t be persuaded.
Sang Qianqian took out a doc.u.ment from her bag and handed it to the bodyguard.
“There’s a check and a property here. One of you stay here and wait for Caroline. If she’s drunk, follow her. When she’s sober, let her sign.”
The bodyguard was a little surprised. “Isn’t this the thank you gift that Young Miss prepared for Caroline? However, Caroline did not do anything for the Young Miss…”
“It doesn’t matter. Since we’ve prepared it, just give it to her.”
The house wasn’t very big, but the living environment was much better than that cheap apartment. It wasn’t very expensive, but it was enough for Caroline to live without worrying over food and clothing for a long time.
When they returned to the hotel, Sang Qianqian gave Xie Shi’an a call. “How’s Professor Fu’er doing?”
“I did as you ordered. He didn’t throw away the things I sent. He took them all.”
Xie Shi’an said, “But his att.i.tude is still very bad. Yesterday, I happened to run into him when I was delivering something. He told me not to think that I could bribe him with these things. He also said that he knows this was your idea…”
Sang Qianqian chuckled and briefly explained the situation with Caroline. “I’ll be back on my flight tomorrow morning.”
“It’s good that you’re back. I think you have a better chance with Professor Fu’er than Caroline.”
Xie Shi’an had been worried about Sang Qianqian for the past few days. Knowing that she was going back, the stone that had been weighing down on his heart was instantly lifted. “What time will you be at the airport? I’ll go pick you up.”
“No need, I’ll take a taxi back by myself. You can just stay with Xiaodie. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Xie Shi’an was about to say something, but Sang Qianqian had already hung up.
After washing up and lying in bed, Sang Qianqian thought about how she could quickly convince Professor Fu’er.
During her study abroad, she had been in contact with Professor Fu’er for several years, so she had some understanding about him.
Professor Fu’er was a typical workaholic when he was young. Not only were his medical skills superb, but he was also a well-known doctor in a certain hospital and a top scientific research talent in a certain university.
In addition to pathology, he was obsessed with the study of poison. He had tried his best to find all kinds of poison sources from all over the world as research samples. The more powerful the poison was, the more it could arouse Professor Fu’er’s desire to win.
In order to work at home, Professor Fu’er turned his bas.e.m.e.nt into a laboratory. His lifetime’s research results, poison samples, and antidotes were all stored here.
The media once took a photo of Professor Fu’er being interviewed in his underground laboratory at home.
The professionalism and layout of this underground laboratory was not inferior to that of a Professional Inst.i.tute’s laboratory. Rows of reagent shelves were filled with all kinds of bottles and jars. In front of each bottle and jar were labels containing the names, characteristics, poisoning symptoms, and detoxification method of the poisons.
Unfortunately, this underground laboratory had been heavily locked after Professor Fu’er’s retirement. Even the door to the bas.e.m.e.nt was locked.
The lock had rusted a few years ago, and it was obvious that it had not been opened for many years.
Professor Fu’er was eccentric. Although he accepted the things Xie Shi’an gave him, it would take a lot of time for him to agree to help willingly.
According to Sang Qianqian’s original plan, she had planned to get what she wanted within a month and return to the country to look for Shen Hanyu.
However, more than ten days had pa.s.sed. She did not have much time left.
Even if she could wait, she was afraid that Shen Hanyu could not.
If she couldn’t convince Professor Fu’er to help her as soon as possible, she might have to sneak into the bas.e.m.e.nt and see if there was a way to cure Shen Hanyu’s poison.
If there was a way, she could go back to Shen Hanyu earlier.
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It was past four in the morning.
Sang Qianqian was already fast asleep. In the quiet room, a phone suddenly rang.
It was Xie Shi’an.
“Qianqian, something happened to Professor Fu’er,” he said in a low and urgent voice.
Sang Qianqian’s sleepiness immediately dissipated, and her whole body quivered. “What happened to him?”
Xie Shi’an’s throat seemed to be blocked by something, and his voice was hoa.r.s.e. “The fire in his fireplace ignited the sofa and then burned his house. Professor Fu’er was severely burned and unconscious…”
Sang Qianqian’s hand, which was holding onto her phone, trembled violently. She rushed to the airport as fast as she could.
Professor Fu’er’s situation was not looking good.
He had taken sleeping pills before he went to bed, so he was not able to escape in time when the fire broke out. Not only was his body severely burned and his life was in danger, but he also fell into a deep coma because of excessive Carbon Monoxide intake. It was inevitable that he would become a vegetable, and it was very likely that he would never wake up again —
Sang Qianqian stayed by Professor Fu’er’s side in the hospital for more than ten days, until he pa.s.sed the most critical period and his condition stabilized.
She dragged her tired body to his residence.
The bodyguards quickly unlocked the doors leading to the underground laboratory.
Sang Qianqian took a deep breath, slowly pushed the door open, and walked in.
As the lights came on, Sang Qianqian could see the interior clearly.
In the laboratory, there were indeed dozens of laboratory reagent shelves, but the shelves were empty. There was nothing.
There were no bottles or jars used by Professor Fu’er to contain the source of poisons, nor were there any instructions on how to detoxify them!