Chapter 6702
I've come to see you in person!
Liu Jianming sat in the luxurious reception room of the Liu family manor. The room was decorated in a magnificent style, with valuable calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls and soft carpets on the floor, but he had no heart to appreciate it.
His right hand kept turning the jade thumb ring. The ring had a warm, lustrous color and emitted a soft glow under the light, but his fingers turned white from the force he was using.
His left hand gripped the armrest of the leather sofa tightly, veins bulging, as if he wanted to crush it.
In his search for the legendary healer Xiao Chen, he mobilized almost every resource at his disposal.
He called and texted his business partners one by one, begging them to keep an eye out; he offered his underworld brothers a large sum of money to inquire everywhere; he even mobilized his connections in the provincial capital.
He was like a drowning man, desperately grasping at every straw, just to live one more day.
However, all the efforts were like punching cotton – soft and yielding no results.
This miracle doctor, Xiao Chen, seemed to appear out of thin air and then vanish without a trace.
Liu Jianming only knew that this miracle doctor was named Xiao Chen, but there was very little other information about him, as if he had sprung up from a crack in a rock, with no past and no trace.
Liu Jianming was extremely anxious; his anxiety was like a raging fire that almost consumed him.
He disregarded his usual status and dignity and hurriedly arrived at the Jiangcheng Police Station.
Leveraging his status and connections accumulated over many years in Jiangcheng, he persistently pleaded and finally obtained access to all information about men named Xiao Chen.
He sat in the police station office, wearing reading glasses, his eyes fixed on the computer screen, flipping through the photos one by one.
The people in the photos are all different, including young men and elderly people, but none of them match the appearance in his memory.
His vision gradually blurred from staring at the screen for so long, but he ignored it and continued mechanically flipping through the pages.
His fingers turned white from the force, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but he seemed oblivious to them, his mind preoccupied with only one thought: he must find Xiao Chen.
He even sent dozens of people to guard the street where Liu Yulian first met Xiao Chen, day and night.
Those people were divided into several groups, working in shifts. When they were hungry, they would just buy a bucket of instant noodles from a street vendor, squat in a corner, and wolf it down. When they were sleepy, they would take a nap in the car, rest for a bit, and then continue to stick to their posts.
Their eyes were fixed on the passersby, not missing any possible clues.
But as the days went by, there was still no news of Xiao Chen, as if he had really disappeared from the world.
"Is this Xiao Chen really sent by heaven to torment me?" Liu Jianming angrily slammed his fist on the coffee table. The coffee table was made of fine mahogany, which was hard, but the punch still made the expensive tea set on it rattle.
Tea spilled from the tea set, splashing onto the coffee table and forming stains.
Liu Jianming's hands were slightly red from exerting too much force, but he was completely unaware of it, as the anger in his heart had completely overwhelmed him.
Looking at her husband's haggard appearance, Liu's mother felt a pang of heartache.
She was dressed simply, her hair slightly disheveled, and her eyes revealed deep worry. She asked anxiously, "Jianming, do you think that Dr. Xiao might have left the ancient city? Otherwise, there would be so much news about him. Could it be that he left after treating the patients and went to practice medicine elsewhere?"
Liu Jianming suddenly stood up, his body trembling slightly with excitement.
His brows were furrowed, his face full of frustration, and he waved his hands wildly in the air, as if trying to dispel all the frustration in his heart.
"I've already sent people to guard all the stations and intersections in the ancient city, and I've also arranged for people to monitor the surveillance footage of people leaving the city. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be able to leave the ancient city. If there's still no news, I don't care anymore, I'll have to send people to search house by house. Even if I have to turn the entire ancient city upside down, I have to find Doctor Xiao! My life is in his hands, I can't just sit here and wait to die!" His voice grew louder and louder, as if he wanted to overturn the entire police station.
Just then, a rapid telephone ringing sounded particularly jarring in the quiet room.
Like an arrow released from a bow, Liu Jianming pushed off the ground with both feet and charged straight forward.
His steps were hurried and disordered, as if every second of waiting was agonizing for him.
He grabbed the phone, his knuckles turning white from the force, his breathing so rapid he could barely utter a complete sentence, his voice trembling with despair: "Is...is there any news about Doctor Xiao?"
His body trembled uncontrollably, he was extremely excited, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his eyes were full of longing and expectation, as if he had grasped the last straw. As long as this straw held on, he had hope of living.
"Mr. Shen, there's news. Doctor Xiao sent someone to tell you." The voice on the other end of the phone sounded like heavenly music to Liu Jianming, instantly making his heart leap into his throat.
"What! Tell me! Tell me quickly, are you trying to kill me with anxiety?" Liu Jianming almost roared, his voice hoarse with excitement, his facial muscles contorted with anger and anxiety.
His hands gripped the phone tightly, his knuckles cracking as if he were trying to crush it.
"Dr. Xiao said that if you want to live, don't try these tricks, go see him in person!" The person on the other end of the phone didn't dare to delay and quickly relayed the message.
Upon hearing this, Liu Jianming felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders, as if a mountain that had been weighing on his heart had been instantly removed.
His tense body suddenly slumped onto the sofa, his hands hanging limply at his sides, and his eyes became vacant.
But soon, he snapped back to reality and realized that he couldn't just lie there like that; he had to see Doctor Xiao immediately.
He grabbed another phone from the table, swiped rapidly across the screen, dialed the driver's number, and shouted, "Get the car ready! I need to see Doctor Xiao immediately!"
His voice was filled with urgency and determination, as if he would lose his chance to live if he delayed even a second longer.
Inside his own villa.
When Xiao Chen dragged his slightly tired body home, he found a faint perfume scent in the living room, the scent that Yun Yuyan often used.
He followed the scent and saw that Yun Yuyan had actually arrived, sitting in front of her dressing table carefully applying makeup.
Today, Yun Yuyan looked exceptionally sexy and charming. Her long, smooth hair cascaded over her shoulders like black silk, swaying gently as she applied her makeup, as if she were dancing gracefully. (End of Chapter)