Chapter 1: The Eye-Catching Wedding

  "Ning Fan." Hu Linlin turned her head and saw Ning Fan, immediately waving at him with a joyful expression on her face.

  Wei's smile on his face suddenly became a bit stiff, but soon he recovered normally.

  "Ning Fan, hurry up and sit down, we've been waiting for you." He Wei warmly greeted Ning Fan, "If you don't come soon, Linlin will have to leave."

  Ning Fan smiled slightly and didn't say anything, but sat down in the empty seat.

  "Ning Fan, I'm sorry, actually I should have invited you to dinner yesterday. The night before last, if it wasn't for you, I really don't know what would have happened." Hu Linlin's beautiful eyes looked at Ning Fan, the affection in her eyes was visible even to He Wei beside her. "It's just that after something like that happened, I'm a bit embarrassed to come out. If He Wei hadn't called me tonight, and there wasn't anyone else, I wouldn't have dared to come."

  "No need to be so polite, we're classmates after all, and it's something I should do." Ning Fan smiled faintly. "Actually, you don't have to feel embarrassed either, since you didn't do anything wrong."

  "Yes, Linlin, if there's blame to be placed, it's our fault." He Wei hastily said, then changed the subject, "Alright, let's not talk about these unpleasant things, let's drink first tonight."

  He Wei poured a glass of beer for Hu Linlin, the bottle was empty, then picked up another bottle from under the table and filled Ning Fan's glass: "Come on, let's have a drink together first."

  He Wei drank it all in one gulp, and Hu Linlin didn't decline either, she also drank it. Her capacity for liquor was actually not bad, while Ning Fan picked up his glass, ready to drink this beer.

  However, at this moment, a familiar chill suddenly surged up, and in that instant, Ning Fang felt danger again. Nevertheless, this time, Ning Fang was somewhat perplexed.

  Ning Fan didn't immediately jump up and dodge, because he could actually accurately sense the direction of danger every time. And this time, he found that the danger wasn't coming from someone else, but from himself, to be exact, from his right hand, the one that had just picked up the wine cup!

  Ning Fan put down the wine cup, and that chill disappeared. He picked up the wine cup again, and the chill reappeared. In an instant, Ning Fan was certain that the danger actually came from this cup of wine.

  But this is just a glass of beer, what danger could it be? Could it be that this glass of wine has been poisoned?

  Ning Fan glanced at He Wei, but found that He Wei seemed to be staring at him, and suddenly felt a very uneasy feeling in his heart.

  "Ning Fan, why aren't you drinking? Don't tell me you can't handle liquor, everyone knows you're a heavy drinker." He Wei also chimed in to urge him.

  "It's not that I don't drink, it's just that I can't drink on an empty stomach." Ning Fan spoke calmly, then raised his voice, "Boss, first stir-fry some river noodles for me."

  Putting down his wine glass, Ning Fan explained, "I haven't eaten since noon till now. I'll fill my stomach first and then keep you company for a drink later."

  "Uh, drinking on an empty stomach isn't good, let's drink later then." Hu Linlin nodded.

  "That's right, but Ning Fan, what are you doing till now without eating?" He Wei didn't urge Ning Fan to drink anymore, instead he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Ning Fan, "Here, have a smoke first."

  Ning Fan occasionally smoked, but he didn't have a smoking addiction. At this time, he also took it over, but as soon as he took the cigarette in his hand, that sense of danger came again.

  "Is there something wrong with this cigarette?" Ning Fan's heart emerged a strange feeling, for the first time, he began to doubt whether his ominous premonition was off, however, when he put the cigarette to his ear, that sense of danger immediately disappeared, which made him involuntarily take another look at He Wei.

  He Wei lit a lighter, pretending to light Ning Fan's cigarette. Ning Fan reached into his pocket with one hand: "I'll take this call first."

  Ning Fan got up and walked to one side, pretending to answer the phone, but in fact, he quickly dialed a number. When the other end answered, he said in a low voice: "Dr. Su, I'm Ning Fan, can you help me with something?"

  "What's wrong?" Dr. Su's voice was slightly unusual.

  "I'm at the old Yu Da Pai Dang in the middle of Qinghe Road. I want you to come over right away and pretend to run into me by chance. Also, would you mind buying a pack of cigarettes for me? The 20-yuan Huang He Lou brand will do. When you see me later, just call out to me from the side of the road, don't come over." Ning Fan said quickly, adding at the end, "Can you do that?"

  "Alright, I'll be there in five minutes." Dr. Su answered readily and then hung up the phone.

  Ning Fan deliberately waited for about a minute before walking over to the table, and at this time, his stir-fried rice noodles were also served.

  "You two go ahead and drink first, I'll join you later." Ning Fan now also had a reason to neither smoke nor drink.

  Although he was very hungry, Ning Fan deliberately slowed down his eating of river noodles. He needed to stall for a bit more time.

  "Ning Fan, what kind of person are you now?" Hu Linlin asked curiously at this time: "The night before last, that scoundrel Yang Shao in the provincial city, why was he a little afraid of you?"

  "It doesn't matter anyway." Ning Fan smiled, "I've got nothing to lose now, I dare to fight with my life on the line, that Yang Shaoyou doesn't dare to, so he's afraid."

  "Is that so?" Hu Linlin seemed somewhat skeptical.

  "What else?" Ning Fan retorted, "Don't you think I have a more formidable background than him? If I really had that kind of background, I wouldn't have been kicked out of the police bureau."

  "It seems that what you said also makes sense." Hu Linlin wasn't entirely convinced, but Ning Fan's words were reasonable, so she didn't press the issue further.

  Sometimes Hu Linlin chatted with Ning Fan, which actually made Ning Fan slow down his eating speed. Just as he hadn't finished his rice yet, he heard a familiar voice from behind: "Ning Fan!"

  As soon as Ning Fan turned his head, he was slightly stunned. A yellow Chevrolet was parked by the road, and a beautiful woman in a white dress was standing beside it. Her charming face looked somewhat unfamiliar, but her enchanting eyes seemed so familiar.

  "I'm going to pass by." Ning Fan hastily got up and walked towards the side of the road. This white-robed beauty was naturally Su Fa, but in fact, this was Ning Fan's first real look at her appearance. Ning Fan couldn't help but admit that Su Fa was a genuine, top-notch beauty.

  For a moment, Ning Fan subconsciously compared Su Fa with Ye Rou and found that in terms of appearance, Ye Rou was slightly better, but the charm on Su Fa's body was something Ye Rou didn't have.

  "Dr. Su, thank you for coming." Ning Fan quickly came to Dr. Su's side and said with great gratitude.

  "What if I don't come and you call the police to catch me?" Dr. Su looked at Ning Fang with a somewhat strange gaze.

  "If I really wanted to call the police, it should have been last night." Ning Fan smiled wryly. This Dr. Su was actually the injured female killer who appeared in the kitchen last night.

  "This is the cigarette you wanted." Dr. Su handed Ning Fan a pack of Huanghe Lou cigarettes, somewhat puzzled, "What's going on?"

  Ning Fan used his body to block the movement of his hand, took the cigarette and said softly: "You get in the car first."

  Su Fa got on the car, Ning Fan opened the door and stuck half of his body in, then quickly took down the cigarette that was previously placed behind his ear, at the same time taking out another one from the pack and putting it up. Then, he handed the previous cigarette to Su Fa: "Also, I need to trouble you with something else, help me check if there's poison or anything inside this cigarette."

  "Alright, I'll go check now and call you once I have the results." Dr. Su agreed.

  "Thank you so much, Dr. Su." Ning Fan was quite grateful. From the first time he asked for her help with the forensic records to now, she had never asked him anything and just agreed to help. It was also because of this that he chose to help her without hesitation last night.

  "I didn't help you with anything, it was actually you who saved my life." Dr. Su smiled lightly, looking quite charming, "You should head back now, that man is preparing to come over."

  "Alright then, Doctor Su, goodbye." Ning Fan stood up straight.

  "My name is Su Yun." Dr. Su smiled charmingly and waved at Ning Fan, "Goodbye."

  She closed the car door, started the engine and drove away quickly. Ning Fan stood there in a daze, only then did he realize that until now, he didn't know Dr. Su's name.

  Shaking his head, Ning Fan turned around and walked towards He Wei and Hu Linlin. As he approached the table, he suddenly slipped and almost fell over, his hands hastily grabbing onto the table to steady himself. The table tilted, and the cup of wine in front of him slid off and landed on the floor, while the two opened bottles of wine on the table also tipped over and rolled onto the ground.

  Ning Fan hastily put one hand on He Wei's body and managed to steady himself, while Hu Linlin over there reacted quickly as well, pressing down on the table, so the dishes of food on it were also saved.

  "Sorry, it seems I stepped on a stone." Ning Fan looked somewhat embarrassed.

  "It's okay, you're fine as long as you didn't fall," Hu Linlin said immediately.

  He Wei's eyes flashed with a strange expression, but quickly returned to normal. Seeing Ning Fan sit back down, he asked: "Ning Fan, who is that beauty? Is she your girlfriend?"

  Ning Fan shook his head: "No, we can't even be considered ordinary friends, just acquaintances."

  "It doesn't seem like it, you two appear to be quite close." He Wei chuckled and said, "Ling Ling, don't you think so?"

  Hu Linlin didn't respond to He Wei's question, but instead looked at Ning Fan with a strange gaze: "I remember you had a girlfriend in college, is she still with you?"

  "A few days ago, they just broke up." Ning Fan's heart felt a pang of bitterness, then he picked up a bottle of wine from the ground, opened it with a pinch of his fingers, and poured half of it into his mouth. He then took the cigarette from behind his ear, "He Wei, lend me your lighter for a sec."

  "Oh, okay." Seeing Ning Fan wanting to light a cigarette, He Wei seemed somewhat delighted and hastily lit the lighter to help Ning Fan light his cigarette. When Ning Fan lit the cigarette and took a deep drag, He Wei suddenly seemed much more relaxed.

  Ning Fan had been secretly observing He Wei's reaction all along, and at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a sudden jolt in his heart. Could it be that He Wei was really plotting against him?