Chapter 140: Doctor Cheng’s Secrets (2/2)

Dr. Cheng laughed. “I’ve been in this hospital all morning. I didn’t even have time to go to the restroom! If you don’t believe me, you can ask Nurse Qu.”

“These three patients had been in an intimate relationship with you!” I asserted.

“I will sue you for slander!” Dr. Cheng snapped. “I take issues of professionalism seriously! I treat everyone who walks through that door with respect! The minute they walk out of my office, I cease to have anything to do with them!”

“Your professionalism?” I sneered. “I wonder why you got fired from your last position? I’m sure I’ll get an answer if I ask around.”

Dr. Cheng blushed.

“Is it right to hold a mistake that a man made in the past against him forever?” he retorted. “I swear that I had nothing to do with these women apart from being their doctor. Xiaowen did have interest in me, but I never paid any attention to her. If you don’t believe me, ask Nurse Qu!”

He almost recited this sentence like a mantra. I looked over at Qu Tingting and she nodded silently.

It seemed that Qu Tingting obeyed Dr. Cheng’s every command. She probably lied about never having seen the three victims before earlier to cover for Cheng Yahui. There was something fishy about this man for sure.

“I’m sorry, officers,” said Dr. Cheng coldly. “I’m busy here. There are still many patients waiting for me outside.”

“We’ll meet again, Dr. Cheng,” stated Xiaotao.

“You’ll only be wasting both our times,” replied Dr. Cheng sternly.

As we were about to leave, Bingxin suddenly rushed up to Dr. Cheng and shook his hands.

“Excuse me, Dr. Cheng!” she chirped. “I just want to say that you really are as handsome as a movie star!”

This was clearly not the first time Dr. Cheng had heard a compliment of that nature.

“Thank you,” he told Bingxin, his charm turned back on. “You’re pretty cute yourself.”

“Um… Would you mind giving me your number?” asked Bingxin in a saccharine tone.

Dr. Cheng gave her his business card, and Bingxin grabbed it immediately.

“By the way,” she added, “I’m not a police officer. I’m a student at the nearby medical school. I merely followed my cousin here so I could meet you. Would you mind if I come here and ask you some questions sometimes?”

Dr. Cheng smiled, but stopped himself when he realized that we were still in the room.

“Only to ask questions, okay?” he said. “Nothing else!”

Bingxin laughed merrily and thanked him. We then left the room.

Once we were out, Dali muttered, “I didn’t know you liked this type of guy, Miss Sun.”

“I don’t!” said Bingxin. “I was just testing him!”

“Was that even necessary?” asked Dali. “As soon as we entered the room, he was leering at you and Xiaotao-jiejie like a pervert!”

“Yeah,” nodded Xiaotao. “I agree that there’s something seriously wrong with that guy.”

Bingxin handed Xiaotao the business card and asked her, “Would this be helpful, Xiaotao-jiejie?”

“Not really,” said Xiaotao. “We’ve still got much more to do. Still, that was pretty good acting back there! It’ll come in handy when you join the police force one day!”

Bingxin laughed heartily. It was quite a significant compliment seeing that it came from Xiaotao, who was a very good actress herself.

“There’s one thing no one seemed to notice,” I mentioned. “When Bingxin was acting all giddy in front of Dr. Cheng, Qu Tingting was glaring at her as if she was thinking of killing her!”

“Really?” Bingxin was completely startled.

“I had a hunch that she has a crush on Dr. Cheng,” Xiaotao commented with a frown. “I’m not sure if Dr. Cheng ever responded to her feelings for him, though…”

Dali laughed. “Surely not! Dr. Cheng isn’t blind! Why would he bother with the blue-faced beast? I mean, look at the victims! They’re all incredibly hot!”

Xiaotao and Bingxin both glared at him angrily. Dali buried his head with great shame.

“All three victims were Dr. Cheng’s patients,” said Xiaotao. “This can’t be a coincidence. Assuming that he is the murderer, what could be his motive for killing those women?”

“Perhaps because he wanted to cover up his affairs with them?” Dali suggested.

I thought that was a bit too far-fetched. We went on to discuss this, but none of us could come up with a believable motive for Dr. Cheng’s murders. Judging from Dr. Cheng’s looks and character, it probably wasn’t because the women rejected him either.

Did the victims stumble upon some skeletons in his closet? Maybe he had a strange fetish that he didn’t want the public to find out? Or perhaps an addiction?

“Regardless of his motives,” said Xiaotao, “I’ll assign some officers to watch Cheng Yahui’s every move from now on.”

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