A forensic doctor is reborn, sir, please don't bully me!

Chapter 458 Gauntlets

Xiang Yuntian suddenly realized and couldn't help but say, "So, you're planning to use yourself as bait to lure the murderer out?"

“That’s one way to put it,” Bai Mengfei said firmly. “This time, I will definitely bring that murderer to justice and make him receive the punishment he deserves.”

Seeing the resolute look in Bai Mengfei's eyes, Xiang Yuntian swallowed back the words of dissuasion he was about to utter, and silently nodded, both to acknowledge her decision and to show his trust in her.

Bai Mengfei narrowed her eyes slightly, lost in thought, gazing into the distance, silently weighing the potentially serious consequences of this decision.

For her, the worst outcome would be sacrificing her own life, but if she could successfully catch the heinous murderer, everything would be worthwhile.

At 1:32 a.m., Bai Mengfei rode in Xiang Yuntian's car and intentionally returned to the house where Xiang Yuntian used to live.

Before even stepping inside, Xiang Yuntian asked with a puzzled look, "Why did you choose to come here?"

“I plan to move back in with you,” Bai Mengfei said calmly. “I suspect the murderer knows this place, and the environment here is conducive to his crime. I’m going to use that to lure him in.”

Xiang Yuntian immediately understood her intention and couldn't help but say, "So, you chose this place because you're preparing for a head-on confrontation with the murderer?" Although he said this, Xiang Yuntian still took out his key and opened the door.

After Xiang Yuntian opened the door, Bai Mengfei walked in slowly and said, "You could say that, but it's not as serious as describing it as a 'battle to the death'."

"So, it's a do-or-die situation?" Xiang Yuntian said half-jokingly, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.

Bai Mengfei smiled slightly and walked into the room, sighing as she went, "It's been so long since I've been back. I didn't expect that everything here would still be the same as before, full of familiar feelings."

"Really?" Xiang Yuntian smiled and asked, "Are you going back to your original room to rest?"

“Of course,” Bai Mengfei replied.

Just then, Xiang Yuntian's phone rang. He looked down, picked up his phone, and saw that it was a text message from Jiang Shuai.

"Where are you? I need your help with something, come out for a bit!" Jiang Shuai's message was clearly displayed on the text message.

After reading the text message, Xiang Yuntian immediately took his phone and walked over to Bai Mengfei, saying, "Commander Jiang is looking for me. He says he needs my help with something. Do you want to come with me to take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Mengfei lowered her gaze slightly, pondered for a moment, and then nodded gently, agreeing, "Alright, the situation isn't very stable right now anyway, it'll be good for us to go together. Maybe I can even protect you in a critical moment."

Upon hearing Bai Mengfei's last words, Xiang Yuntian couldn't help but laugh. He hummed in agreement and said, "Alright, then I'll be waiting for you to protect me."

Following the instructions provided by Jiang Shuai, Xiang Yuntian drove to a shopping mall.

"It's so late, the mall must be closed by now, and Jiang Shuai probably isn't here either. Let's go back," Bai Mengfei said.

Xiang Yuntian was skeptical that Jiang Shuai would deliberately play a trick on him, so he went forward to check and found that the mall's glass doors were unlocked. Without hesitation, he pushed the door open, went inside, and said, "There seem to be people inside; the door isn't even locked!"

Seeing this, Bai Mengfei followed him into the mall, filled with doubt, and asked, "What exactly is going on?"

The empty mall was silent, the sound of their footsteps echoing in the vast space. As they entered the mall, a strange, sarcastic voice came over the loudspeaker: "Welcome!"

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!" Xiang Yuntian immediately realized and hurriedly turned around, only to find that the door had already been quietly closed.

Bai Mengfei appeared very calm, looking around calmly, trying to find a solution.

Just then, a red ant quickly crawled over from the ground.

Bai Mengfei saw the ant, turned her head and glanced at Xiang Yuntian, saying, "Look!"

Xiang Yuntian then noticed the ant, his expression changed, and he exclaimed in alarm, "Oh no, this is a Red Fierce Ant!"

"Red ants? What are those?" Bai Mengfei asked in confusion.

Xiang Yuntian didn't answer immediately. Instead, he looked around nervously, his eyes filled with fear. After a while, he explained, "Red Fierce Ants are like lightly armored cavalry among ants. They usually move in swarms and are extremely aggressive."

"You do have some knowledge, no wonder you're Bai Mengfei's disciple!" The voice on the radio rang out again, full of provocation.

Bai Mengfei coldly scanned her surroundings, took a deep breath, and decisively said, "Let's go to the broadcasting room and find the person hiding in the shadows!"

So the two prepared to go upstairs to the broadcasting room. However, at that moment, the red ants surged in from all directions like a tide, surrounding them in the blink of an eye.

"My God, how can there be so many?" Bai Mengfei exclaimed in surprise.

Xiang Yuntian shook his head helplessly and warned, "These highly aggressive ants shouldn't be here under normal circumstances. Someone must have deliberately released them. It must be the culprit. Be careful, these ants are extremely powerful and can be fatal, and they also eat meat."

"So powerful?" Bai Mengfei said, quickly pulling a lighter from her pocket.

Seeing this, Xiang Yuntian asked in confusion, "How do you have a lighter?"

"I just grabbed it from the counter when I came in, in case it's too dark in here without any lights," Bai Mengfei explained. As she spoke, she lit the lighter, but the red ants showed no fear and continued to crawl towards them.

"They don't seem to be afraid of fire!" Xiang Yuntian said anxiously.

Bai Mengfei remained unusually calm and decisively ordered, "Take off your clothes!"

Xiang Yuntian was taken aback, frowned, and asked, "Why are you taking off your clothes?"

“Take off your coat, and you’ll see,” Bai Mengfei said.

Xiang Yuntian had no choice but to obey Bai Mengfei's instructions, taking off his coat and handing it to her. Bai Mengfei took the coat, lit it with a lighter, and then threw it forward, covering the crawling red ants. Instantly, the red ants were ignited by the flames.

Bai Mengfei quickly looked ahead and said to Xiang Yuntian, "Follow me!" After saying that, she used her burning coat to successfully jump out of the encirclement.

With the fire raging, Xiang Yuntian had no choice but to follow Bai Mengfei and use the burning coat to escape the encirclement of the red ants.

The two successfully escaped the Red Ant Queen and hurriedly ran up to the second floor via the now-stopped electric staircase.

Once on the second floor, Bai Mengfei said, "Now let's split up and find the location of the broadcasting room."

Xiang Yuntian was worried that they were unarmed and would have difficulty dealing with the situation even if they found the broadcasting room and the murderer, so he said, "We don't have any weapons right now, so it's safer for us to act together."

Bai Mengfei turned to look at the scissors on the shelf next to her and said, "Who said we're unarmed? Let's go get the scissors."

Xiang Yuntian walked to the shelf, took down two pairs of scissors, and was about to hand one to Bai Mengfei.

However, when he turned around, he found that Bai Mengfei was no longer behind him.

At this moment, Bai Mengfei had already walked towards another area and picked up a fruit knife. She weighed it in her hand for a moment, seemingly not very satisfied with the knife.

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