Su Ziyue shook her head, looking confused. “I don’t know what’s going on either. I was just sitting at his opposite side while chatting when it suddenly happened.”
Qin Muchen slowly turned off the heat. Then, he supported Su Ziyue and brought her to the hall outside. After making her sit on the sofa, he stared at her seriously while speaking in a slow comforting tone, “Okay, slowly, tell me what happened.”
Su Ziyue looked at his obsidian eyes and nodded. “Alright.”
Qin Muchen asked her, “Why did Gong Shuzhe want to meet you?”
“He said that he hasn’t seen me for some time…”
Qin Muchen’s face turned grave while he scolded sternly, “You went to meet him just because he asked you to? Are you a fool?”
Su Ziyue wrung her fingers and quietly bowed her head. “I didn’t think that much.”
Looking at her, Qin Muchen couldn’t help but softened his expression. Then, he got up to fetch her some water. “Have some water.”
Su Ziyue’s mind was still befuddled now. After she chugged down the glass of water, she finally felt awake. She looked up and saw Qin Muchen, who was sitting at her opposite, looking stern. Biting her lips, she reluctantly spoke after a while, “I feel better now.”
Upon hearing that, Qin Muchen slightly furrowed his eyebrows. “Do you feel unwell?”
Since Su Ziyue came back, she spoke quickly and hurriedly. Even until now, Qin Muchen only knew that she went to have coffee with Gong Shuzhe.
“Previously, I felt that my mind was befuddled.” Su Ziyue patted her head.
Linking all the sentences she said, Qin Muchen asked, “Did Gong Shuzhe drug you?”
“I only had a sip of water.” Su Ziyue slightly knitted her eyebrows while recalling every detail of the scene just now. “Then, I think that I’ve said something but I can’t remember. After that, An Xia suddenly appeared and called up to me. That was when I suddenly regained my senses. However, Gong Shuzhe, who was sitting opposite of me, has disappeared.”
By inference, that glass of water was indeed fishy. Although she was cautious against Gong Shuzhe, she still couldn’t help but let her guard down after being worn out from a whole day of work. Besides, they were at a public place.
Upon hearing her explanation, the furrows between Qin Muchen’s eyebrows deepened. Without uttering a word, he got up to make a call.
As soon as he got up, Su Ziyue wanted to stand up as well, but Qin Muchen gave her a glance. “Sit there and don’t move!” His voice wasn’t loud but it sounded stern.
After being stunned for a second, Su Ziyue sat back down. Qin Muchen realized that he was too harsh, so he stroked her hair and softened his tone. “I’ll call the doctor over.” Then, he went to the kitchen to get his phone.
Su Ziyue sat on the spot and waited for him. Watching him as he held the phone to make a call while walking toward her, she suddenly calmed down and felt relieved.
Soon, the doctor arrived. It was a young man with spectacles. He had a clean appearance with scholarly yet stern features. Perhaps this doctor spent most of his time indoors, as he had an extremely fair skin which was almost transparent. However, he didn’t look pallid. As soon as he entered, he directly walked toward Qin Muchen and nodded while reverently greeted him, “Sir.”
Standing beside Su Ziyue, Qin Muchen hugged her shoulders while nodding at the doctor. “Doctor Mo, please examine her.”
After glancing at Su Ziyue, Doctor Mo replied, “Alright.” Then, he placed down the medical kit that he was holding on the side and took out a hand sanitizer to disinfect his hand. There wasn’t anything strange about that initially. After all, doctors paid more attention to cleanliness than common people. However, Doctor Mo disinfected his hands three times consecutively.
Qin Muchen was obviously getting impatient. At last, he couldn’t help but interrupted the doctor. “Doctor Mo.”
Doctor Mo seemed apologetic. “I’m sorry but if I don’t disinfect carefully, I can’t examine Mrs. Qin.”
Qin Muchen pursed his lips. He obviously looked impatient but he didn’t complain anymore. Su Ziyue began to feel curious about Doctor Mo’s identity. It seemed that Doctor Mo was being respectful to Qin Muchen, similar to Nan Chuan’s reverence toward Qin Muchen. However, Qin Muchen seemed to hold a different attitude toward Doctor Mo as well. Su Ziyue felt that Qin Muchen was restraining his temper in front of Doctor Mo. Despite her curiosity, Su Ziyue knew that it wasn’t an appropriate time to ask about this now.
When Doctor Mo examined Su Ziyue, he frowned throughout the whole process. That made Su Ziyue nervous. After the examination, Doctor Mo packed his things and started to disinfect his hands again. Qin Muchen asked solemnly, “How is it?”
Doctor Mo replied, “There’s nothing wrong with Mrs. Qin.”
Su Ziyue let out a long breath of relief. Then, she tucked her lips, unsure if she should cry or laugh. If there’s nothing wrong with me, why was he furrowing his eyebrows the whole time? That made Su Ziyue think that something was seriously wrong with her body.
Upon hearing that, Qin Muchen felt relieved too. Doctor Mo seemed to know Qin Muchen well, so he understood that Qin Muchen wouldn’t call him over for no apparent reason. Since he couldn’t find any issues with her, he asked, “Can you describe the specific situation, Mrs. Qin?”
Su Ziyue repeated what had happened in the café earlier on. Upon hearing that, Doctor Mo suddenly raised his head to look at Su Ziyue with unusually sharp eyes. “Mrs. Qin, do you mean that you begin to feel befuddled and unaware of what you’re saying after taking a sip of water? Then, you regain your senses after your friend suddenly appears and calls up to you?”
Su Ziyue nodded. “Yes, that’s right.”
“In the country, some illegal organizations have this kind of delusional drug. Yet, once someone consumes it, it will show its effects and it can be detected. However, Mrs. Qin’s body is normal…” While saying that, Doctor Mo pushed his glasses, seemingly pondering about something.
Su Ziyue realized that he had long, well-structured fingers, fair and pretty. The white shirt at his sleeves was spotlessly clean too. Suddenly, a phrase popped up in her mind—mysophobia. No wonder he would disinfect his hand at least three times before doing anything else, and no wonder he kept frowning when he examined her body just now. It wasn’t because something was wrong with her, but he just refused to touch others due to his mysophobia.
Qin Muchen impatiently cut him short. “Get straight to the point.”
Doctor Mo didn’t mind that Qin Muchen interrupted his thoughts. He just continued in a stern tone, “Sir, you’ve been shuttling in and out of the country these two years, so you might not understand what’s happening in Europe. According to reliable internal information, ‘Gricy’ started a ‘K7’ drug production plan two years ago.”
Su Ziyue paled with shock and repeated, “Gricy?”
Doctor Mo turned to look at her and nodded sternly. “Yes.”
Uncertain, Su Ziyue asked again, “Is it the largest international Mafia, ‘Gricy’?”
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