Chapter 43: Pervert

Bai Ge immediately covered his nose, looking at Shao Yuan in horror.

They had played together since childhood. Although Shao Yuan was a bit older, the two were extremely close brothers.

It could be said that Bai Ge knew him very well. If Shao Yuan had killed some small animals, Bai Ge would have been used to it.

After all, Shao Yuan studied medicine and specialized in surgery, having an instinctive disregard for corpses.

Shao Yuan had previously disposed of bodies, burning or burying a mix of animals he called practice subjects.

But now, in the bucket filled with aqua regia, was a person…

“What exactly happened? Who is this person?”

Shao Yuan looked at Bai Ge and said, “Wang Qian.”

Bai Ge was stunned. He knew Wang Qian, who was like a small leader of an illegal group.

The reason for this was that Wang Qian’s father ran a debt collection company. Unlike Bai Ge, a loner, that company reportedly had over a hundred strong employees.

They not only helped settle debts but also provided loans and ran gambling rings.

“How did you get involved with him? How did this person die?” Bai Ge asked.

Finally, under Bai Ge’s questioning, he learned what had happened.

Shao Yuan had always believed Bai Ge had a terminal illness. Last time, Bai Ge had explained it clearly, but because he couldn’t show test results, Shao Yuan didn’t believe him.

However, he didn’t pressure Bai Ge. Instead, he quietly tried to find ways to help Bai Ge get money.

He aimed for money not for Bai Ge’s sister, but for Bai Ge himself. He knew Bai Ge wouldn’t accept treatment unless his sister’s problems were solved, so he wanted to get a large sum to lend to Bai Ge for the surgery.

But Shao Yuan was just a small doctor, running a shabby clinic. His house was rented. If he could have obtained a big sum, his life wouldn’t be this way.

In that situation, Shao Yuan chose to borrow money from Wang Qian.

He wanted to borrow one million yuan directly, agreeing to high interest, to get Bai Ge into surgery first.

But he had nothing to his name. His clinic was rented, his house rented, with no collateral or guarantors. Wang Qian couldn’t lend him so much.

Normally, borrowing it would be impossible, but Wang Qian noticed Shao Yuan’s surgical skills.

He pulled Shao Yuan into the group, specifically having him help harvest organs.

These people collected debts from those who often couldn’t repay, so they demanded organs as payment.

Such work was illegal, but Shao Yuan thought about it and agreed.

His scalpel use was very flexible. After years of practicing on animals, he had become perfect at it.

He understood human anatomy well. Though he had only tried human dissection a few times in school, he seemed gifted; after one or two tries, he could skillfully operate on people and remove kidneys.

He already enjoyed doing such things. A day without using his knife made him feel bad all over. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have idly dissected small animals at home, earning the unflattering nickname of a vet.

Shao Yuan knew this was illegal, but it earned money fast and let him experience live dissection, which he hadn’t done before.

Plus, all those whose organs were taken owed large debts to Wang Qian’s company and couldn’t repay, or were gamblers disowned by family, or even willingly sold organs for money.

For such people, if Shao Yuan didn’t do it, others would. Better for him to do it to avoid unprofessional errors causing aftereffects or deaths.

For Bai Ge’s sake, he turned a blind eye, planning to quit once he earned enough money.

So after two months, his excellent skills led to over forty operations.

Total, he earned six hundred thousand yuan from Wang Qian.

Really, by then he wanted to stop. Fewer people needed organ removal, and he could use savings and borrow money to make up the amount.

But Wang Qian didn’t allow him to leave. Instead, he threatened Shao Yuan, forcing him into worse matters.

For several days, he was tightly controlled. At home and the clinic, Wang Qian’s men were present.

Just last night, Shao Yuan was brought back to the secret operating room, where an unconscious person lay on the table.

Wang Qian ordered him to extract all transplantable organs, including the heart.

Removing a heart meant certain death. This was making Shao Yuan kill someone.

Such things weren’t voluntary. Even if they were, no one would come. Naturally, Shao Yuan refused.

Wang Qian told him Shao Yuan would do more of this in the future and must get used to it.

Then, Wang Qian directly used a knife to threaten Shao Yuan: do it to join them, or refuse and never leave, knowing so much.

Afterwards, Shao Yuan didn’t explain clearly.

But from the hatred and self-mockery in his eyes, Bai Ge knew the outcome.

That night, many things must have happened. Shao Yuan finally gave in, or he wouldn’t be standing here.

Finally, Shao Yuan said, “After leaving, I didn’t go home, but went straight to my alma mater to get 0.5 grams of sodium cyanide. I had hidden it when assisting teacher demonstrations in school. It was stored where I buried animal bodies; I forgot after graduating, but now it was useful…”

“You poisoned him?” Bai Ge asked.

“I went to his house to demand the video from last night. Without hesitation, he knocked me down. I kept provoking him, so he took me in the car to the company. On the way, I injected the sodium cyanide solution into him with a syringe from the back seat. He died fast…”

Bai Ge cut in, “Wait! Which road did you act on? Wait, no, the car on which road?”

Saying this, he turned on the computer and hacked into the road traffic monitoring center.

Shao Yuan froze, “Getting in the car was at Hongguang Garden; I acted on Qingshan Road, and left him in the back.”

While typing, Bai Ge asked, “Around what time?”

“Twelve noon.”

Bai Ge nodded, “Found it… Hmm, the intersection camera caught you driving his car, then…”

Bai Ge pulled up many views; seventeen cameras had Wang Qian’s car footage until an intersection near Bai Ge’s home.

Soon, though, Bai Ge deleted the data and replaced it with same-time footage from days earlier, editing it in.

“When did you learn these skills? Sorry, I had nowhere to go, so I placed the corpse in a bucket and brought it here to destroy,” Shao Yuan apologized.

Bai Ge chuckled, “No problem. My place is remote—a rundown building with few people. You covered the smell with chemicals; I didn’t smell it outside. By the way, where’s the money from?”

Shao Yuan pointed to the money box, “In the car trunk when I bought strong nitric and hydrochloric acids, I found one and a half million yuan. Plus six hundred thousand I earned these two months from him.”

He sighed, “His company has video proof of my crimes. Even if Wang Qian had foes, they won’t think I’m linked to the disappearance, but I can’t escape that company.”

Bai Ge scoffed, “Are you dumb? If they turn over your evidence, they expose themselves too. They can only scare you with force; the videos are just threats.”

Shao Yuan smiled bitterly, “Even so, I can’t fight their force…”

Bai Ge said, “Do you regret killing him?”

Shao Yuan shot back, “I don’t regret it at all. He deserved to die!”

Bai Ge grinned, “Good enough. Actually, you handled it well; the body is gone clean. If it can’t be found, it’s just a disappearance…”

He added, glancing out the window at a car below,

“That car is the real trouble. But I’ll handle this, plus this bucket of waste. I’ll erase evidence against you.”

Bai Ge patted Shao Yuan’s shoulder, “I told you, I have no terminal illness.”

Shao Yuan frowned, “MRI doesn’t make mistakes.”

Bai Ge smiled, “Says who? I have tricks to mess with MRI results. Under MRI, a brain tumor wouldn’t show as a solid black shadow.”

Shao Yuan nodded. That pure black shadow had puzzled him, so he pushed for other tests.

“You really aren’t sick?”

Bai Ge answered, “Not at all. I just tossed the results.”

Shao Yuan stood up, punched Bai Ge in the chest angrily, “God damn it, I thought you were dying. I troubled myself getting money.”

Bai Ge chuckled, “Were you really helping me get money with Wang Qian?”

Shao Yuan winced guiltily, “Sorry, actually I got addicted to human dissection. The feeling was far more thrilling than animals.”

“You’re a pervert!” Bai Ge said.

Shao Yuan asked blankly, “Really?”

His look was confused, as if seriously asking.

Bai Ge nodded earnestly, “Yes!”

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