Chapter 54
The cool night breeze blew dead leaves onto Gao Liyue's face. She stumbled along the street. One of her high heels had fallen off at some point, and she was unaware of the bloody marks on the soles of her feet.
The strange looks from passers-by were like sharp thorns, but she simply clutched the crumpled silk scarf tightly, with fragments of floor tiles from the assessment site embedded in her fingernails.
"Mu Qingxuan..."
She suddenly sneered, her voice hoarse as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper, "Why can you have everything go smoothly?"
As dusk deepened, the street lights at the alley entrance suddenly lit up, making her shadow twisted and long.
At this moment, there were tiny footsteps behind him, and Mu Qianqian walked out from the shadows with a meaningful smile on her pale face: "Doctor Gao, what's wrong? Weren't you very impressive before?"
Gao Liyue turned around abruptly, her eyes full of vigilance: "What are you doing here?"
Mu Qianqian pulled out a few yellowed papers from her bag and gently waved them in the wind: "I heard that you want to deal with Mu Qingxuan? Coincidentally, I have evidence that can prove that she has killed someone."
The blurred handwriting on the paper page was faintly visible in the dim light, and Gao Liyue's pupils suddenly contracted - it was a copy of the hospital's death certificate. Although the photo was deliberately damaged, the date and signature were clearly visible.
"How do you have these?"
Gao Liyue's voice trembled unconsciously.
She reached out to grab it, but Mu Qianqian dodged it nimbly.
"It doesn't matter."
Mu Qianqian put the paper back into her bag and tapped her nails on the buckle, making a crisp sound. "The important thing is that we all hate her."
Her eyes swept over Gao Liyue's embarrassed appearance, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips: "You were humiliated in public, but what about me? We obviously have the same blood, but she can be held in the palm of my hand. Why?"
Gao Liyue stared at Mu Qianqian's red eyes and suddenly understood something.
"You are her sister."
Gao Liyue taunted, but couldn't help but move closer, "Why do you want to destroy your own sister with your own hands?"
Mu Qianqian didn't answer, but just looked at the bright lights in the distance.
The glass reflected her distorted face. Thinking back to when she was little, Mu Qingxuan was always praised by her elders for being sensible and intelligent.
No matter how hard I try, I can only live in her shadow.
This unwillingness has been fermenting in my heart for many years and has long turned into poison.
She had been suppressed by Mu Qingxuan for both of her lives. No matter what she did, it seemed that she could not catch up with Mu Qingxuan, which made Mu Qianqian very annoyed.
"Join forces?" She turned to look at Gao Liyue, with a crazy light flashing in her eyes.
"As long as we take her down, we will have everything we want."
The wind at the alley entrance blew up a flyer, and it stuck to the wall with a snap.
Gao Liyue looked at Mu Qianqian's resolute expression, and remembered Huo Changfeng's gentle eyes when he looked at Mu Qingxuan. She dug her nails deep into her palms and said, "Okay."
If she could expose Mu Qingxuan's mask and completely destroy her, Huo Changfeng would then definitely realize that he had given his love to the wrong person.
Gao Liyue wiped off the traces of embarrassment on her face and raised her head proudly.
Only she is worthy of such an outstanding man like Huo Changfeng!
The morning light shines through the carved glass of the Capital University classroom, casting diamond-shaped spots on the blackboard.
Mu Qingxuan was holding a teaching stick and explaining the classic medical cases in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases". Her clear voice echoed in the classroom.
There are always students nodding attentively or asking questions enthusiastically.
But today, there was an eerie silence in the audience.
The sound of the boys in the back row fiddling with their pens and the wandering eyes of the girls in the front row whispering to each other made her fingers slightly tighten as she gripped the pointer.
"Student Li, can you analyze the compatibility principle of this prescription?"
Mu Qingxuan pointed to the female student next to her, but she stood up suddenly as if she was scalded, stammering and unable to utter a complete sentence, with beads of sweat oozing from her forehead.
The whole class ended in this weird atmosphere. The students packed up their books in a hurry and no one dared to look at her.
The scent of an unknown flower wafted through the corridor during class breaks. Mu Qingxuan walked towards the washroom, holding an enamel cup. Out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of a crumpled newspaper piled against the wall.
The title "The truth about a Chinese medicine teacher causing death" made her temples throb
The report clearly stated a medical accident that occurred in a rural area many years ago. The accompanying picture was a blurred death certificate. The text was full of malicious speculation, and the end of the article even incited people to "make the mediocre doctor pay the price."
"Impossible..." Mu Qingxuan clenched the newspaper, her nails scratching on the paper making a harsh sound.
At this moment, a shrill noise suddenly came from outside the teaching building, followed by exclamations one after another.
She rushed to the corridor and saw a strange middle-aged woman with disheveled hair rushing out of the car. There was a white cloth wrapped around her neck with the words "Give me back my daughter's life" written crookedly in red ink.
"Mu Qingxuan! Kill someone and you must pay with your life!"
The woman's screams echoed throughout the campus.
She suddenly took out a handful of paper money and threw it into the air. The snow-white pieces of paper fluttered down and landed on Mu Qingxuan's shoulders.
More and more students gathered around, flash cameras flashed one after another, and whispers began to spread among the crowd: "It turns out that she really hurt someone!"
"He looks like a decent person, but I didn't expect him to be so evil..."
"She is a teacher in our school. She has committed a crime. I don't know if she will mislead students and teach them how to harm others in class."
“It makes me tingle all over to think that I took her course.”
"What do you think? Will there be a day when I don't answer a question in class and she calls me to her office and shoots me after class?"
“This is too scary…”
Mu Qingxuan's ears were buzzing.
She took a deep breath and was about to explain, but the woman suddenly stumbled over and grabbed her face with her skinny fingers.
At the critical moment, an arm grabbed her waist from behind and pulled her to the side.
Huo Changfeng was covered in wind, with two buttons of his military uniform torn open, and it was obvious that he had rushed all the way from the research institute.
Huo Changfeng protected Mu Qingxuan behind him and swept his cold eyes over the noisy crowd.
The woman was held by the security guards, but she was still hysterical: "You officials are protecting each other! My daughter was killed by her!"
Zhou Su'an rushed over with a gloomy face and sternly demanded that Mu Qingxuan immediately stop teaching and cooperate with the investigation.
"Our Capital University is a century-old prestigious school. We will never allow a teacher who is 'suspected of murder' to continue teaching!"
Although Zhou Su'an said "suspect", his appearance undoubtedly added fuel to the fire.
After he appeared, many students firmly believed that Mu Qingxuan was the murderer. They simply crumpled up their previously recorded notes and threw them in Mu Qingxuan's direction.
"We don't want a murderer as a teacher!"
"The school should fire this teacher with corrupt morals and improper conduct!"
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