Assassination

Mist

"Doctor Li, are you all right?"

"Should we call the police?"

The two hospital security guards didn't hurry to answer the walkie-talkie. Instead, they carefully looked Doctor Li up and down, afraid he might be injured and they'd need to call for backup.

The message they'd just received had been terrifying: a patient had tried to stab a doctor. It was an exceptionally rare and serious incident, so they'd rushed in at the first opportunity, scrambling to stop a tragedy before it happened.

Thank goodness, they hadn't found any bloodshed.

"I'm fine. I'm perfectly fine. Everything's normal."

Li Bai nodded, confirming it three times.

"You're really all right?"

One of the guards still seemed a little unsure.

"I'm fine. Can't you see I'm perfectly okay?"

Li Bai spread his hands.

"Good, as long as you're fine!"

"That's such a relief!"

The two guards exchanged a glance and let out a simultaneous sigh of relief. At least no one had been killed or seriously injured.

"Confirmed. Doctor Li is safe."

One of the guards finally replied over the walkie-talkie to the guard room where the monitoring screens were set up.

The two guards left the treatment room. Only then did Li Bai turn his attention back to the middle-aged man with glasses, who was nearly exhausted. He picked up the appointment slip and waved it in his hand. "Since you've already made an appointment, let's go ahead and have a look. It cost you 150 yuan, after all."

Since the appointment had cost 150 yuan and he was already here, it would be a shame to waste it.

"Doctor, did you say I was hypnotized?"

The middle-aged man with glasses still found it hard to believe, though he had realized that there was a gap in his memory.

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