Everyone turned to look at the person who had spoken.

Bai Rou'er glanced sideways, her gaze falling on the familiar handsome face that appeared in the hospital corridor. Zhang Fan stood tall and straight, and although he was wearing the simplest T-shirt, he exuded an air of nobility.

Sunlight streamed through the glass window, falling on Zhang Fan's profile. Half of his face was in shadow, and the other half in light, making his features appear even more defined and strikingly handsome.

Zhang Fan's eyes were icy as he looked at the skinny monkey: "What kind of poison did you give him?"

The moment the skinny monkey saw Zhang Fan, his eyes widened in astonishment and shock. After a moment of stunned silence, his face contorted with anger, and his voice sharp: "I just came to see a doctor because I wasn't feeling well. You're throwing mud at me. I'm going to the police station to report you."

The moment Bai Rou'er saw Zhang Fan, her eyes lit up, but then she said with a worried expression, "Zhang Fan, this has nothing to do with you. You should leave quickly."

If it really is a problem with the Kelai Restaurant, wouldn't that drag Zhang Fan down with it?

Zhang Fan gave Bai Rou'er a reassuring look.

"Oh?" Zhang Fan raised an eyebrow, drawing out the last syllable, and casually pointed at the scarred face, "He's dead."

The skinny monkey suddenly turned around and saw the scarred face let out a strange cry from its throat, its eyes rolled back and it collapsed to the ground.

Whoosh—

The people surrounding the scarred face quickly backed away, their faces filled with terror.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Medical staff rushed over, quickly lifted the scarred face onto a stretcher, and headed towards the operating room.

All of this happened so fast. The person with the scarred face stared blankly in the direction the medical staff had left, unable to come to their senses for a long time, remaining in a daze.

Zhang Fan said calmly, "Why don't you hurry up and get the antidote? If you wait any longer, you'll all be carried away on stretchers."

Hearing this, the group finally came to their senses and surrounded the skinny monkey: "Hand over the antidote, or you'll kill us!"

"What a vicious person! In order to frame the Kelai Restaurant, they actually poisoned us."

"I regret it so much! I almost lost my life for five hundred yuan!"

"You poisoned me, and you won't live either. I'll kill you!"

"Yes, I'll kill you!"

A pair of eyes, their depths filled with a blood-red hue and brimming with murderous intent.

The skinny monkey kept backing away, his voice trembling: "You...you're talking nonsense. It was clearly the people from the Kelai Hotel who harmed you. Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You lied to us, saying that we should take medicine at Kelai Restaurant. It was just a regular laxative that would make us have diarrhea."

Hand over the antidote, or I'll skin you alive!

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

The angry shouts grew louder and louder as they swung their fists and punched the skinny monkey.

The skinny monkey screamed repeatedly. At first, the sound was loud, but as the fists rained down, the sound became fainter and fainter until it was almost inaudible.

Just when he was still breathing, Officer Liu finally arrived, albeit belatedly.

He did it on purpose. Wei Luo had already told him to slow down when he went to the police station.

Over the years, he had benefited greatly from Wei Luo's policies, so he would certainly agree to this request.

"The police are here! Stop it!"

Someone shouted something, and upon hearing this, everyone stopped punching and scattered.

Upon seeing the thin, barely alive monkey on the ground, Officer Liu's eyes flashed with surprise.

What happened? The one who got beaten was Wei Luo's man!

He quickly knelt down to check the thin monkey's condition, shouting, "Doctor! Come quickly and save him!"

Not long after the call, a nurse rushed over: "The doctor has gone to save the patient."

Officer Liu said sternly, "Tell them to come and rescue him right now! You can't afford to offend this person!"

The condescending tone and commanding manner made the nurse feel very uncomfortable. She retorted irritably, "The patient we are currently treating is in a more urgent situation. In case of emergency, we must prioritize the patient with the more serious condition. Our hospital is short-staffed. If you are in a hurry, you can transfer to another hospital."

She heard it clearly: the patient who was beaten had poisoned so many people in order to threaten them—a heinous crime!

He was an outsourced employee, and Officer Liu often felt inferior to others. The nurse's words were like a thorn stuck in his chest.

Officer Liu said fiercely, "He's going to die too. He's Boss Wei's subordinate. If he dies, do you think Boss Wei will let you off the hook?"

The nurse told the truth: "I don't know Mr. Wei."

Officer Liu scoffed, "Wei Luo is Director Wei's relative!"

The nurse shook her head again: "I don't know her."

Officer Liu felt a sense of powerlessness, like punching cotton.

He was about to get angry when he saw the skinny monkey sit up, which startled him so much that he screamed.

Because of his fear, he spoke in a high-pitched, delicate voice, which sounded somewhat effeminate.

The skinny monkey couldn't help but burst out laughing, but then realized it was inappropriate and forced himself to hold it back, which was extremely uncomfortable, and his face contorted as he did so.

Officer Liu glared angrily at the skinny guy: "Why are you pretending to be dizzy?"

The skinny monkey was speechless.

No one noticed that while the skinny monkey was unconscious, several golden rays of light flowed into several of his major acupoints, which instantly woke him up.

Zhang Fan's gaze darkened.

Officer Liu and the skinny guy clearly knew each other. To avoid them covering up the crime later, they had to find out the skinny guy's guilt today. They couldn't let him faint.

When the skinny monkey woke up, a group of people surrounded him, all talking at once, to plead his case.

"Officer, this person poisoned us. I want to report this to the police."

"He also told us to falsely accuse the Kelai Restaurant, making everyone think there was something wrong with their food."

"Officer, he asked us to extort money from the restaurant. Would that make our crime even more serious?"

The skinny monkey was pale and wanted Officer Liu to help him.

But Officer Liu felt embarrassed after being mocked, and now he was angry and unwilling to help no matter what.

Officer Liu, with a cold expression, immediately realized the seriousness of the situation upon hearing that someone had died because of the skinny monkey, and called for backup.

"Officer Liu, please help me. I really didn't do it. It was just a regular laxative."

With someone killed, Officer Liu dared not help and hurriedly tried to distance himself from the situation; "Don't try to claim kinship with me."

Seeing that Officer Liu was unwilling to help him, the skinny guy dropped the pretense: "Liu Xing, stop pretending to be innocent. How much did you do for Boss Wei, how much money did you take? If you won't help me, then let's fight to the death!"

Liu Xing's face changed color several times, from black to green, then to white, then back to black, like a revolving lantern: "You're talking nonsense! I'm going to lock you up!"

Fearing the skinny monkey would say more, Liu Xing took out handcuffs and was about to take him away.

Haunted by the fear of death, the crowd clung to the skinny monkey, unwilling to hand over the antidote.