The morning sunlight fell on Doctor Gao's mocking smile. He had actually heard the word "protect" from Xue Se's mouth. That man would stop at nothing to solve a case and cared nothing for his own life.
Now two teams of officers had disappeared, yet Doctor Gao had returned home without a scratch. Naturally, Xue Se would not let the matter rest.
"As it happens, I have a few things to report to you too." Doctor Gao hung up and reminded his family to remember what he had told them. He walked to the window and glanced outside. There were no police cars, only two black sedans parked at the entrance to the residential complex.
"Treat Old Ma as quickly as you can." Doctor Gao fed Old Ma a few pills. Just then, footsteps sounded in the corridor.
The complex's security guards had not even started work, but Xue Se had already barged in with his men. They flanked Doctor Gao and escorted him to the car.
"Drive!"
There were no greetings or unnecessary words. Xue Se sat in the front passenger seat with a grim expression, while two burly men squeezed Doctor Gao between them in the back.
Catching the faint medicinal smell coming from the burly men, Doctor Gao shifted his gaze. He noticed that the other passengers had little snakes composed of human heads tattooed on their necks, and metal bands flashing yellow lights around their ankles. They were not police officers, but patients who should have been confined in the Social Disability Supervision Center.
Unlike most patients, these men had not been confined because they were ill, but because they had severe violent tendencies, extreme personalities, and highly aggressive dispositions.
"Stop looking around." Xue Se watched him in the rearview mirror. "Aren't you curious where I'm