Fire Chief vs. Surgeon: A Tale of Relentless Pursuit
Chapter 71 Gu Xiyue is Captured

Chapter 71: Chapter 71 Gu Xiyue is Captured

"Just do as you like then!"

What needed to be said had been said, and if he wasn’t listening, there was nothing more to be done.

And clearly, the man was doing it on purpose!

Just as he was about to hang up, the man on the phone suddenly spoke:

"I had someone look into it before, but all they found out was that six years ago, Gu Xiyue met you at a café, without knowing exactly what she said to you."

Lu Jing’s eyes narrowed slightly:

"And then?" he countered.

Jiang Ye laughed over the phone:

"Lu Jing, if I killed her, would that make you feel better?"

He spoke these words with a very calm tone.

But the listener really couldn’t calm down:

"No!

Jiang Ye, I can’t bear the weight of another life on me, do you understand?"

Another?

Jiang Ye’s throat instantly tightened, of course, he understood what this ’another’ meant:

"Okay, then let her live."

That’s right, killing her directly would be letting her off too easily.

Only by living could she truly face her punishment!

Hearing the man relent, Lu Jing finally felt like a weight had been lifted from his heart.

"Let’s leave it at that, I’m going to sleep."

This time, the person on the other end didn’t keep up his sarcastic banter:

"Okay, get some sleep early, goodnight."

For Jiang Ye, tonight was the main event; there was still so much to do!

And Lu Jing, after hanging up the phone, didn’t fall asleep right away either.

He took a bath and then climbed back into the big bed.

But whether in his heart or in his mind, things were a mess.

He had planned to stay in a hotel tonight so he wouldn’t suffer from insomnia, but plans never keep up with changes, do they?

Great, this was the third night of insomnia.

The night grew deeper and quieter.

And so, before he knew it, he had finally managed to fall into a fitful sleep.

...

The next morning.

As soon as the alarm went off, Lu Jing opened his eyes.

He paused for about half a minute before getting out of bed.

Five minutes later, he was out the door to work.

Before stepping through the department’s doors, he took several deep breaths.

After forcing all distractions from his mind, he stepped in.

"Doctor Lu, good morning."

"Good morning."

After that, he immersed himself completely in his busy work and didn’t pay attention to anything else.

Until lunchtime.

As expected, Aunt Li’s figure appeared on time:

"Xiao Lu."

Calling him Xiao Lu was Lu Jing’s own request.

He no longer wanted to be called Miss Lu all the time.

"Aunt Li, you’re here? Have a seat here, I’ll be done with these case files in a moment."

"Okay, okay."

It took him a few minutes to finally finish up.

The insulated lunch container still had the combination of two meat dishes, one vegetable, and one soup, but the menu was completely different from yesterday’s.

"Aunt Li, have you eaten?"

"I have eaten, Xiao Lu you should eat quickly, or it’ll get cold."

Lu Jing then started to eat.

But he had hardly taken a few bites when suddenly, a scream came from the corridor:

"Ah! Gu Xiyue, Actress Gu Daping, was taken away by the military court!"

Cough cough!

The soup Lu Jing had just sipped went down the wrong pipe.

The shout outside was so loud, probably everyone in the department could hear it clearly.

Gu Xiyue, the actress who had just won the Best Actress award not long ago, had been arrested!

And by people from the military court no less!

This...

Outsiders might not know, but Lu Jing thought of someone immediately.

After all, that person had initially wanted to kill Gu Xiyue outright the previous night.

Now, it seemed to involve the military court.

It did seem like his style!

The military court was much stricter than the civilian courts, and beforehand, there was no possibility of visitation, let alone bail.

In other words: once you’re in, you’re in.