Ning Tao reached out and touched Wu Moli’s belly, injecting a whiff of spiritual power to try to stabilize her fetus. He was treating her inner organs from the abuse she suffered.

This was the most he could do. He would not help Wu Moli resolve her problem. Every pitiful person must have committed some detestable deed. Her husband was earning a living outside and supporting the family, yet she was having an adulterous affair behind him. A crook like Han Wei had even made her pregnant. It was a kind of sin. Were he to take Wu Moli to Sky Clinic, the good-evil tripod would have showed a scowling face.

“Qing Zhui, take her back home. Don’t wake her,” Ning Tao said.

Qing Zhui nodded. She went and left with Wu Moli in her arms.

Ning Tao then said, “Celestial Howling, enough. Release him.”

Only then did the Howling Celestial Dog release Han Wei. It bared its canine fangs and glared at him, its rows of teeth gleaming coldly. It had a mouthful of titanium alloy canine teeth.

The two wounds Han Wei had sustained were streaming with blood. They hurt so much, yet he did not dare make a sound.

Ning Tao watched Han Wei, a faint smile on his lips. “Department Head Han, we have met again.”

Han Wei asked in a trembling voice, “Who… who… are you on earth?”

Ning Tao replied, “I’m a doctor. You have been bitten by a dog. Do you need a doctor?”

Han Wei was instantly confused. Before Ning Tao spoke, he would never have guessed that Ning Tao was a doctor. Yet Ning Tao was asking him under such a circumstance whether he needed a doctor.

Ning Tao remarked blandly, “Looks like you’re not in need of one for the moment.”

Only now did Han Wei recover, replying nervously, “I… I need a doctor. But I want… want to go to a hospital.”

Ning Tao glanced at the Howling Celestial Dog.

The Howling Celestial Dog understood him tacitly. It suddenly bit down on Han Wei’s ankle. Crunch! The bones in his ankle were crushed.

Han Wei opened his mouth wide, but only a hoarse scream emerged from it.

Ning Tao had deliberately brought along the Howling Celestial Dog for this operation. His motive was to reduce the chances of Qing Zhui and Jiang Hao retaliating, since they would incur sins of evil intention each time they struck. He had been painstakingly trying to “clear their slates”. Had they acted again, all his previous efforts would be in vain.

But the Howling Celestial Dog was not the same, since it was a dog. Dogs are born to bite, just like lions are born to hunt for preys. It would not incur any sin of evil intention.

Ning Tao spoke slowly. “As a doctor, I am right before you. Yet you want to visit a hospital. Are you scoffing my medical skills?”

“I… am willing…” Han Wei’s voice was hoarse and quavering badly.

Ning Tao said, “I have my own set of rules in treating patients. I will write you a prescription and you must sign on it. Are you willing to?”

Han Wei could no longer bear the pain. He burst into tears. “As long as your dog… doesn’t bite me… I will do anything…”

Only then did Ning Tao speak. “Celestial Howling, don’t bite anymore. Let go of his foot.”

The Howling Celestial Dog released Han Wei’s ankle and wagged its tail at Ning Tao, his canine face smiling radiantly. Two rows of titanium alloy teeth were revealed as it opened its mouth to grin. Fresh blood dripped down its teeth.

The stench of blood permeated the living room.

A smiling dog with blood dripping down its fangs.

Two gorgeous women resembling fairies staring at him indifferently from the side.

And a very amiable, smiling doctor…

All these seemed like a nightmare for Han Wei. From the moment Ning Tao stepped into the living room, his destiny was no longer in his own hands.

Ning Tao opened the small medicine box and took out his ledger of bamboo slips. He came to Han Wei’s side and placed the ledger on his forehead. While waiting for the diagnosis, he asked, “Do you know a man named Li Biao?”

Han Wei’s eyes sparkled for a moment. He answered slowly, “I… I don’t.”

Ning Tao saw everything but did not ask him more. He merely took away the ledger of bamboo slips and unfurled it.

A diagnosis immediately appeared on the ledger of bamboo slips, “Han Wei, born 1992, the first day of the sixth lunar month. An utter crook. His first sin: being unfilial to his parents, worth 10 sin of evil intention demerit points. His second sin: forcing innocent women to prostitute themselves on three occasions, worth 309 sin of evil intention demerit points. His third sin: abusing old people on 51 occasions, worth 153 sin of evil intention demerit points. His fourth sin: forcing a woman to abort her fetus on three occasions, worth 15 sin of evil intention demerit points. His fifth sin: adulterous affairs with another man’s wife on three occasions, worth 6 sin of evil intention demerit points… In all, his sin of evil intention demerit points: 499. Write him a sin of evil intention prescription pact. Make him suffer from hemiplegia and mental disability to atone for his sins.”

Make him suffer from hemiplegia and mental disability to atone for his sins?

This was the new atonement clause the ledger of bamboo slips prescribed.

Ning Tao frowned slightly. It was not difficult to make the man suffer from hemiplegia, all he needed to do was to destroy his lumbar spine. But mental disability was far more difficult to affect. He must destroy Han Wei’s cerebral nerves and certain cerebral structures. If he were to mishandle it even a little, the patient might die instead of becoming mentally handicapped.

But soon, he no longer gave it any thought. If a rotten cad like Han Wei were to die from an operation, or some scissors, tweezer or gauze roll were left in his brain, it would still be acceptable, wouldn’t it?

“Doctor… please help stanch the bleeding. I… I’m so cold. I feel so dizzy… I’m dying…” Han Wei implored. He could not even hold on for this short while.

Ning Tao said, “Don’t worry, since you can still talk, you won’t die. I will write you a prescription. Just bear with it and it’ll be over.”

“I… I can’t stand it anymore… it hurts so much…” Han Wei moaned.

Ning Tao ignored him and took out the sin of evil intention prescription pact on the spot.

Han Wei wanted to see what Ning Tao was writing.

The Howling Celestial Dog blocked before Han Wei, its canine face facing the human one. As it bared its titanium alloy teeth, the man trembled in fear. He no longer dared to let out any more moans.

While writing the sin of evil intention prescription pact, Ning Tao asked, “Department Head Han, about that question I asked you just now… do you now know the answer?”

Han Wei’s voice was quavering. “I… I really don’t know any Li Biao. I’m only a head of the personnel department of that old folks’ home.”

“Who is your boss?” Ning Tao asked again.

“It’s a charitable home for the elderly… There’s no boss…” Han Wei’s eyes were twinkling.

Ning Tao said, “Let me remind you. The Li Biao I asked for is the Li Biao from Dragon Gate Inn. The boss I asked for is a woman, Li Biao’s boss and also yours. You have one last chance. If you still can’t recall her, I don’t think you need your brain anymore. If you can’t even recollect such a small matter, what do you need your brain for?”

Han Wei’s heart was still resisting and he was still trying his luck.

Ning Tao glanced at the Howling Celestial Dog.

The Howling Celestial Dog suddenly opened its big mouth, sinking its teeth into Han Wei’s head. Only that it was biting one side with its titanium alloy teeth. If it were to bite really hard, it would bore holes in Han Wei’s skull and it might burst like a watermelon!

Han Wei was almost frightened to death. Brown fluid trickled down his trouser legs to the floor. “I… I remember now!”

Ning Tao said nonchalantly, “Since you have remembered, say it. The faster you speak, the earlier you will get your treatment. If you dare to lie to me, or try to stall for time, I will no longer control my dog.”

“Woof!” The Howling Celestial Dog barked and slobbered its saliva all over Han Wei’s head.

Han Wei no longer dared to try his luck or even delay a bit. He said immediately, “Her… her name is Hou Meiling. She did everything, not me… She is the real boss behind Dragon Gate Inn. She got Qian San to kill Li Biao…”

“Qian San?” The face of that long-haired assassin suddenly surfaced in Ning Tao’s mind, his lean face and cold expression as sinister as a saber blade. No one who even glanced at him would easily forget that face.

Han Wei answered, “Yes, yes, it’s that Qian San who likes to keep his hair long. An assassin who knows kung fu. But it’s been a while since I last saw him.”

“Where is that Hou Meiling now?” Ning Tao did not quite care whether that assassin Qian San was still alive. He had inserted a Sacred Needle to Nasty Diseases into Qian San’s head that night. That needle was fatal, so it meant Qian San could only live if he revisited Ning Tao. But he seemed to have vanished after that night and it had been some time. In other words, weeds might be sprouting on that Qian San’s grave now.

“She… she was in Sunset Old Folks’ Home,” Han Wei replied. He was initially quite hesitant, but the moment he hesitated, the Howling Celestial Dog’s titanium alloy teeth started to sink deeper in. He had to tell all.

“She was in Sunset Old Folks’ Home?” Ning Tao stared straight at Han Wei, his eyes frosty. He had visited Sunset Old Folks’ Home but had not seen everyone in that home. But under his state of looking, evil energy would not go undetected. If there were villains in that home, he would have discovered them. But other than this Han Wei, he had found none.

“I’m… I’m not lying to you. But ever since something happened to Li Biao, she hasn’t visited the old folks’ home again. I can’t contact her either.”

Ning Tao said coldly, “Tell me everything you know!”

“Yes, yes…” Han Wei took a breath and the wounds on his body were terribly painful. He could only grit his teeth and bear with it. “She’s very good at disguising herself. She… she disguised herself as a washroom cleaner in the old folks’ home. In fact, she is in charge of several clubhouses and nightclubs. I used to be a waiter in one of her nightclubs. Because… I look quite presentable and she likes me, I managed to know her…”

He stopped to pant, his eyelids drooping.

Ning Tao reached out and grabbed his arm, injecting a whiff of spiritual power into his body to help steady his heartbeat. “Go on.”

Han Wei recovered his energy a little and continued. “Later, I gained her trust and she took me to Sunset Old Folks’ Home… In this home, only I and Qian San know her real identity. The rest don’t. Not even Director Lu. He doesn’t even know Sunset Old Folks’ Home was set up using Hou Meiling’s money…”

“Where does she usually live?” Ning Tao asked.

“I don’t know.”

Ning Tao gave a light snort. “Huh?”

Han Wei suddenly shivered. “I really don’t know. If I knew, I would have told you. But…”

“But what?”

“Once, after I slept with her, she went to take a shower. There was a message on her cell phone she left by the bed. I took a glance. It was sent by Qian San. He said he was waiting for her at Diecui Villa. If you want to see her, you can try there.”

“Where’s Diecui Villa?”

“Over at Gu’an. I believe she may be from Gu’an,” Han Wei answered.

Diecui Villa in Gu’an. Ning Tao memorized these two place names.

Jiang Hao walked over, reaching out to fish out Han Wei’s cell phone from his pocket. Then she entered its system using Han Wei’s fingerprint. She entered his photos folder and checked. Soon, she found the photo of a woman and showed it to Han Wei. “Is it this woman?”

Jiang Hao was still more experienced in such matters.

Ning Tao also glanced at the photo on the cell phone screen. It was a woman around 50, with ordinary figures and looks. She was also plainly dressed. Only her eyes which were crafty and sinister gave her away. From her eyes, Ning Tao could tell she was no ordinary woman, certainly no kind soul.

As expected, Han Wei nodded after seeing it. “It’s her. She is Hou Meiling.”

Beep, beep, beep… beep, beep, beep…

An incoming call suddenly rang out on Han Wei’s cell phone.