Ren Qiqi truly hadn’t expected this matter would escalate to something as serious as calling the police.

She’d only meant to give Zhen Jiu’er a warning, only wanted a bit of revenge.

She’d only… only meant it as a joke!

Why call the police over it?

Once the police got involved and a case was filed, her career would be over.

No hospital would ever hire her again!

“Ninth Master, please, I really didn’t do anything, I really…”

“You gave a bleeding patient a blood-circulation-promoting injection. Were you trying to make her bleed out and die? How could someone like you continue being a doctor? It serves you right that Ninth Master’s calling the police!”

Qiaoqiao glared at Ren Qiqi, stomping her foot in anger.

Such a pretty face, and yet she turned out to have the heart of a viper—who would have guessed!

“What did Jiu’er ever do to wrong you, that you’d hurt her like this?”

“What did she do to wrong me? Are you sure you want to ask that?”

Ren Qiqi, who had been frightened moments ago, grew agitated and furious upon hearing Qiaoqiao’s accusation!

“Why don’t you go ask your dear friend Zhen Jiu’er what she said in front of Ninth Master? She promised not to reveal the secret about my medicine! But the moment my back was turned, she told Ninth Master exactly what it was!”

“She even made up lies about me in front of Ninth Master, saying I wanted to seduce him!”

Finally, Ren Qiqi’s gaze landed on Lu Beicheng, filled with both anger and grievance, tears nearly spilling from the injustice of it all.

“I like you—I really did think about using underhanded means to get close to you, but in the end I never actually used that medicine, did I?”

“Why would you listen to Zhen Jiu’er and have me thrown out? What did I do wrong? Ninth Master, is it a crime that I like you?”

“Now she’s made sure everyone knows, made everyone look at me so strangely, made everyone think I’m some shameless woman!”

“Zhen Jiu’er is such a hypocritical, wicked woman—why do you still treasure her like something precious? She’s two-faced through and through—can you really not see how disgusting and false she is?”

“Why do you like a woman like that? Ninth Master, what’s wrong with me? How am I any worse than her?”

Lu Beicheng only stared at her coldly, saying nothing.

Qiaoqiao was utterly confused: “What medicine? What are you talking about? What did you give Ninth Master?”

“Don’t play innocent with me!”

Ren Qiqi glared at her, snapping angrily: “You and Zhen Jiu’er are so close—you think that vile woman wouldn’t exaggerate and badmouth me in front of you? You mean to tell me you don’t know about my two pills?”

“What are you even talking about? How would I know anything about your business? I’ve never even heard of you before.”

If she hadn’t asked Qin Fei, before rushing back today, who was treating Jiu’er’s wounds, she wouldn’t even have known there was a person named Ren Qiqi in their group.

“You think Jiu’er would be so loose-lipped, gossiping about people behind their backs? I don’t know a damned thing about you—who do you think you are!”

Having harmed Jiu’er and still acting innocent, still playing the victim—Qiaoqiao had had enough of this woman!

“I don’t believe it! There’s no way Zhen Jiu’er didn’t exaggerate and badmouth me in front of you all! Otherwise why would Ninth Master have me sent away?”

“Ninth Master had you sent away?”

Qiaoqiao looked at Lu Beicheng. Though curious, her nerve failed her—she didn’t dare ask directly.

Lu Beicheng, meanwhile, stared coldly at Ren Qiqi and gave a cold snort: “When did Jiu’er ever promise not to reveal the secret about that medicine?”