Chapter 155 Cut Soul

The surgery ended in the evening. From afar, Zhou Ze saw his sister-in-law and mother-in-law at the ward, but he didn't go over to say hello.

He should probably avoid showing his face; he didn't want to risk his mother-in-law collapsing after they'd just saved his father-in-law.

Returning to Dr. Lin's office, Zhou Ze opened the door to the inner room and lay down on the bed.

Honestly, Zhou Ze himself wasn't sure whether the successful surgery was due to his own efforts or the "promise." Perhaps it was a bit of both.

He couldn't exactly drag his father-in-law over and try again.

Before long, Dr. Lin opened the door and came in. Zhou Ze lying on her bed didn't seem to surprise her at all.

"Are you busy?"

Zhou Ze asked.

"I had my deputy director handle the reception. And I'll start preparing and arranging the free clinic tomorrow." Dr. Lin sat down by the bed and said, "I haven't showered yet; I'm going to take a shower."

Then,

she went into the bathroom,

and then,

the sound of water came.

Zhou Ze turned over, looking at the frosted glass of the bathroom. He remembered that he had seen Dr. Lin showering like this through the door at her house before.

He only remembered that the scenery was particularly good then.

A moment later,

the bathroom door opened,

and Dr. Lin came out.

Zhou Ze sat up abruptly.

Wait,

did she leave her change of clothes in the bathroom?

Wasn't she afraid of getting her clothes wet while showering?

Why was she so lazy?

Couldn't she have put them on the bedside?

Did she really not want to take a few extra steps?

He saw that Dr. Lin had already changed into her professional attire.

The scene he had imagined, of her wrapping herself in a bath towel and emerging from the misty environment, didn't happen.

"Are you hungry?"

Dr. Lin asked.

"Not hungry."

Zhou Ze shook his head, not hiding the disappointment on his face.

Even if they couldn't be a couple, they could still be good friends, right?

Wasn't it normal for good friends to accidentally see each other exposed?

At this moment, Dr. Lin walked to the bedside, took out a pair of white stockings, and stood in front of Zhou Ze, naturally putting them on.

Zhou Ze watched quietly as she put them on.

Sometimes, just watching was a beautiful enjoyment.

Something too beautiful and exquisite made you unwilling to ruin it.

Beautiful, very beautiful, the action of putting them on, the texture after pulling them up,

Boss Zhou's breathing slowly began to quicken.

And then,

Zhou Ze's phone rang.

Why was it that when he needed his phone, it always malfunctioned?

And now, it wasn't malfunctioning?

Zhou Ze picked up the phone. It was Lawyer An calling.

"Hello, Boss."

"What's wrong?"

"Something's happened; you'd better come back now."

Lawyer An's tone was very serious, which meant that something quite serious had indeed happened.

Zhou Ze gritted his teeth,

stood up,

looked at Dr. Lin, who had already put on her white stockings,

and said apologetically:

"Something urgent came up; I have to go back."

Dr. Lin nodded without saying anything.

Even though she had already booked a restaurant by the Hao River, a place with a very nice atmosphere.

His gaze wandered over Dr. Lin's body again. Zhou Ze reluctantly turned around, walked out of the office, and entered the elevator. After the elevator doors closed, he subconsciously took a deep breath.

He closed his eyes,

and his mind seemed to be filled with white legs and white silk.

Boss Zhou never thought of himself as a saint.

He was an ordinary person in his previous life, and in this life, he was just an ordinary ghost.

It was a lie to say he wasn't tempted, and it was a lie to say he wasn't impulsive,

but the price of making a mistake was a bit high.

High enough to change his future life plans, and even change his current life.

He didn't know what would have happened if Lawyer An hadn't called.

Perhaps,

something really would have happened.

I just saved your father,

and you repay me with your body,

perfectly reasonable,

mutual consent,

but to eat her up and then shamelessly say, "We're even,"

Boss Zhou really found it a bit difficult.

Even after driving onto the elevated road, the heat in Zhou Ze's body still hadn't subsided.

At this time, perhaps chugging a few mouthfuls of expired instant coffee from Lawyer An's Super Cup would have a miraculous effect.

When he finally drove back to the bookstore, Zhou Ze's mind gradually returned.

There was a large crowd of people in front of the store.

Zhou Ze subconsciously thought something had happened to the bookstore, but on closer inspection, he realized it was the pharmacy next door.

The police had already cordoned off the scene to maintain order, but shouts and the sound of things being smashed could still be heard from inside.

Zhou Ze pushed through the crowd and squeezed in. He saw that someone in the pharmacy had already been tied up by the police. It was a burly man, his hands handcuffed, but he was still thrashing around, and several policemen couldn't hold him down.

Lawyer An was standing in the pharmacy. After seeing Zhou Ze return, she walked over.

"Rabies?"

Zhou Ze said.

The man's appearance was very much like someone having a rabies attack.

But something felt off. If it were just rabies, Lawyer An wouldn't have specifically called him over.

Was Lawyer An so bored that she was like, "Ah ha ha ha, Boss, come look at the rabies patient, it's so interesting!"

Impossible.

"Not rabies." Saying that, Lawyer An lowered her voice, put her mouth close to Zhou Ze's ear, and whispered, "Boss, look at his eyes."

Zhou Ze observed carefully. In the depths of that person's eyes, there was a faint layer of blue.

"His soul has been hooked." Lawyer An said, "One of the three souls and seven spirits has been hooked away. It's like you surgeons doing a resection, but the soul is different. After a part of it is cut off, the person goes crazy."

"Can you be sure?"

"Absolutely certain. Hell has this kind of punishment, cutting people's souls, making them suffer and go crazy. I've seen it with my own eyes. This guy is definitely not having a rabies attack!"

"Is it aimed at us?"

"Uh, it doesn't seem to be. This guy is the owner of a small clothing store on the pedestrian street. He was fine, but suddenly went crazy and was sent to our pharmacy by his employees. But then he became more and more difficult to control.

Fangfang called the police. The people from the police station just arrived."

"Aaaaah!!! Aaaaah!!! Aaaaah!!!"

The man was still struggling, blood oozing from the corners of his mouth. No matter how the police officers pressed him down, he could break free, like a wild bull that would never run out of strength.

Many people nearby were taking pictures and watching the excitement on their phones. The flow of people on South Street was already very high, and everyone was very enthusiastic about this kind of situation.

"Aaaaah!!!"

At this moment,

the guy who was already tied up suddenly threw off the policemen on his body and rushed towards the door, screaming.

"Aaaaah!!!!!"

"Run!!!!"

The rubberneckers who had been taking pictures and videos, preparing to upload them to Weibo, WeChat Moments, and Douyin, were so frightened that they quickly ran backwards, and many fell to the ground.

Zhou Ze stepped forward and resisted the guy, while slightly extending his fingernails and piercing them into the other party's skin.

The other party trembled a few times and fell to the ground with a "thump," but did not faint. His eyes were still wide open, but his body was temporarily paralyzed, but that restless heart never stopped!

"Tie him up, tie up his legs too!"

Zhou Ze shouted to the two police officers over there.

The police came over immediately and worked together to tie up the person's legs. To prevent him from biting his tongue, they also took the rag that Fangfang had placed on the counter and stuffed it into the guy's mouth.

At this time, the police reinforcements from the police station arrived, and the ambulance also arrived. The police began to disperse the onlookers and carried the person onto the ambulance.

To prevent him from causing trouble in the ambulance, two more police officers rode along to keep him in check.

"Is this okay?"

Watching the ambulance take the person away, Zhou Ze asked Lawyer An beside him.

"Only a part of his soul was cut off; he didn't mutate into a superman. He's fine. And he was overdrawing his body's potential just now when he was thrashing around. He won't be able to thrash around anymore."

"Do you have any leads on this?"

Zhou Ze didn't believe that Lawyer An was just here to watch the excitement.

"Oh, Old Zhang just came. I had him go to the clothing store to investigate first. Anyway, I don't think this was aimed at our bookstore. It might just be a coincidence."

"So sure?"

"You don't go out to socialize; you're too lazy to mingle in circles, so you don't know what a sensation it caused when we destroyed the local hell guards in Xuzhou last month.

Who would dare come to our Tongcheng territory to cause trouble at this time?"

"But the underworld hasn't said anything yet."

"The underworld is very lazy. No response is the best response."

Lawyer An clapped her hands and said:

"Before the police came, I checked that guy and sensed his soul.

Guess what I found?"

"Stop beating around the bush."

"That soul was cut so neatly, just like the people I used to see being punished in the underworld's torture hall."

Lawyer An laughed at the end,

as if she still found it a bit absurd, adding:

"Damn, it can't be that a torturer from the underworld's torture hall ran up here, right?"

…………

When the bookstore was halfway through dinner, Old Zhang came, arriving so coincidentally that Zhou Ze thought he was just timing his arrival to freeload!

"What are the investigation results?"

Lawyer An asked immediately.

"Oh, it's here."

Old Zhang gestured for Old Dao to help him get rice while taking out his notebook, pointing to the records on it, and said:

"According to inquiries with his family and employees, the patient first showed uncomfortable symptoms a week ago, and has been getting worse recently, but the hospital can't find anything wrong. He can usually work normally, until today.

Also,

I got feedback from several large hospitals in Tongcheng.

This is already this week,

the third suspected rabies case in Tongcheng,

their information is all here."

Saying that, Old Zhang pushed the notebook in front of Lawyer An, and then immediately took the rice bowl and started eating.

Lawyer An carefully looked at the information of the other two patients, and then handed it to Zhou Ze, saying, "You're a professional; are these two people really rabies patients?"

"What can you tell from looking at medical records?" Zhou Ze said dismissively.

"Squeak squeak squeak!!!"

At this time,

the monkey cried out.

Old Dao understood and stood up, saying, "Oh, business is here."

Saying that, Old Dao took out ox tears, smeared them on his eyes, and prepared to greet the guests.

Who knew that as soon as Old Dao reached the door,

he immediately screamed:

"Holy crap!

What the hell is this!"

"Nonsense, it must be a ghost."

Lawyer An teased, and then he also turned to look outside the door, and was immediately stunned.

A male spirit was standing at the door, wearing a yellow jacket and white sneakers. These weren't important, because the spirits who came to the door wore all kinds of styles.

Most importantly,

this spirit,

only had half a face.

From the eyebrow area to the other side, half of the face was cut off neatly, and this spirit was completely unaware,

and only timidly pushed open the door of the bookstore,

and asked with half a mouth and half a lip:

"Is this where you pass on?"