Return to before death

"I'm not teasing you anymore. Get in the car, I'll take you home." Sheng Xuanling opened the car door and got in first.

That cold gaze has disappeared; presumably, Sheng Liuli has already left.

Where no one could see, a handsome smile curved his lips. She must have been very pleased with the scene she witnessed.

The two remained silent throughout the journey.

Yan Ran deliberately turned her head to look at the scenery outside the window, while Sheng Xuanling focused on driving and didn't tease her at all.

Even after dropping her off at Yu Xiao's house, as she unbuckled her seatbelt, she still said, "I'm going back now, be careful."

Without waiting for him to say anything, he hurriedly left.

Sheng Xuanling watched her flee in disarray with amusement. He wasn't some monster, so why did she have to avoid him like the plague?

But then I remembered how she had been so angry but unable to vent it, and it was unexpectedly cute.

It made him unable to resist... wanting to take the flirting further.

I want to see more of her.

Having lingered among so many beautiful women, this was the first time he had seen a woman who interested him.

It must be said that at that moment he had the urge to possess her, but he quickly suppressed it.

A cell phone ring interrupted his thoughts, and his eyes regained their coldness.

"Hey?"

"I've come to tell you that those two cases have been closed."

The case? Sheng Xuanling then remembered that her injuries were from investigating the case, and she had been relaxing these past few days and had forgotten about it.

"Okay, I'm going to the police station now."

Sheng Xuanling did not hang up the phone; Qin Zhiyuan continued to chatter on the other end.

"Isn't it strange? At first, this case seemed quite complicated, even connected to a murder case. But now it turns out that a doctor at the Zong family hospital was incompetent and gave the wrong medication, which led to Zhang Xinyi's death. And Ye Ting was his ex-girlfriend."

He was just revealing some well-known facts. As for the deeper issues, even if he and Sheng Xuanling were good brothers, he still had to abide by professional ethics.

He just couldn't understand why Sheng Xuanling would suddenly be interested in this case. Could it be because of Yan Ran?

He thought of this woman again. Zhang Xinyi's case directly implicated Zong Zhengqing, and she was the suspect's wife. Yet she had such a great interest in the case. Even if he didn't want to think too much about it, it would still arouse suspicion.

He had recently heard that the two had become very close, and he had even seen them together several times.

He was increasingly unable to understand Sheng Xuanling's thoughts, even though he had never understood them before.

Sheng Xuanling fell into deep thought. Was the case really that simple? How could a doctor possibly steal something like that?

But everything made perfect sense. The doctor was afraid of being discovered when he injected the medicine, so he destroyed the body. As a doctor in the main family hospital, he naturally had the right to go to the morgue.

Ye Ting is his ex-girlfriend. Sheng Xuanling accurately grasped the word "ex-girlfriend," which suggests that there must have been some conflict between them that led to their breakup.

Ye Ting held evidence that could destroy him. His hatred for her, stemming from heartbreak, combined with his fear of death, made it understandable that he wanted to kill Ye Ting.

However, all of this assumes that the doctor obtained the gun and had the ability to destroy the body during the police autopsy.

Sheng Xuanling gave a faint "hmm" without revealing her true thoughts.

Having spent so many years with Qin Zhiyuan, he naturally knew that Qin Zhiyuan was already somewhat wary of him, and he wouldn't say anything he shouldn't.

So as not to damage their relationship.

"Also, I've heard you've been getting quite close to Mrs. Zong lately. You wouldn't happen to have a crush on her, would you? That doesn't fit your taste at all."

Qin Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment before finally expressing his concerns.

To put it simply, the women Sheng Xuanling is attracted to must have hot bodies, the kind that would make people's noses bleed just by looking at them, and they must also be good-looking.

Yan Ran's appearance is stunning at first glance, but after spending time with her, you realize that she's nothing special, just pleasing to the eye in the long run.

Qin Zhiyuan still remembers the first time he went to see Sheng Xuanling. At that time, more than a dozen beautiful women surrounded him, dressed very provocatively. He couldn't help himself and his nose started bleeding, making him lose face in front of them.

Since then, Qin Zhiyuan rarely went to see Sheng Xuanling. If there was anything important, he would usually ask Sheng Xuanling to come over.

Sheng Xuanling pursed her lips and remained silent for a while.

Indeed, Yan Ran didn't fit his aesthetic standards at all, but he just didn't know why he always made strange moves.

“She helped me before, and I don’t like owing favors.”

But you don't have to risk your life, Qin Zhiyuan cried out in his heart, but dared not say it aloud.

He just didn't expect Sheng Xuanling to be so generous. If you owe someone a favor, you can just pay it off with some money. There's no need to help someone to this extent.

Therefore, the only explanation is that the relationship between the two of them is not simple, but Sheng Xuanling is unwilling to talk about it, and it is not convenient for him to ask too much, after all, it is their private matter.

He was just showing concern as a friend, and he knew Sheng Xuanling's personality well.

The more others talk, the more he wants to oppose them; he doesn't like others interfering in his affairs.

"I've already arrived."

While Qin Zhiyuan was deep in thought, Sheng Xuanling's indifferent voice came from the other end of the phone again.

"I'll come down to get you."

After saying this, Qin Zhiyuan hung up the phone, closed the document in his hand, stood up, straightened his clothes, and then went downstairs.

When they arrived at the door, they saw Sheng Xuanling leaning lazily against the car, fiddling with something in his hand.

Qin Zhiyuan walked over and punched him on the shoulder as a greeting.

But Sheng Xuanling frowned, "Didn't you see that my injuries haven't healed yet?"

Qin Zhiyuan was taken aback when he heard this. He looked him up and down but still couldn't see anything wrong with him.

Hasn't he already fully recovered?

However, what he said was naturally true. Qin Zhiyuan scratched his head and chuckled, "If you hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have known. You ran out of the hospital before your injury had fully healed? Why didn't you stay a few more days and wait until you were fully recovered before coming out?"

Sheng Xuanling didn't answer him. She put away what she was playing with and walked closer to see that what he was playing with was a mobile phone, and it was a women's mobile phone.

Clearly, this was Yan Ran's phone that she had left in his car.

"Won't you come in and sit down?" Qin Zhiyuan asked.

Sheng Xuanling usually swaggered into his office when he came to the police station, acting like a superior on an inspection tour. Fortunately, he was used to it.

"After being in the hospital for so long, do you think I can continue to endure it?" Sheng Xuanling asked rhetorically, opened the car door and got in, then looked at Qin Zhiyuan.

Qin Zhiyuan immediately understood what he meant; it was just that some playboy couldn't stand the loneliness anymore.

His actions dispelled Qin Zhiyuan's doubts, indicating that his relationship with Yan Ran was only what he had described.