Good and Evil Chapter 138 Closing the Net

As Feng Liang walked out of the ward, a group of people dressed in nurse uniforms quickly walked over. They entered the ward, wheeled the man on the hospital bed out, and hurried toward the operating room, looking ready to begin the surgery.

After the group left, Feng Liang also led Xu Lang toward the operating room. As they walked, Feng Liang said to him, "You'll be going in shortly too. Don't be nervous."

Hearing this, Xu Lang nodded without saying a word.

The rapid development of events far exceeded Xu Lang's imagination. He had originally thought there would still be some time before the surgery took place, but he never expected it to begin so soon. On the surface, Xu Lang appeared expressionless, but in reality, it would be a lie to say he wasn't anxious. About half an hour had passed since he sent out the message. He wondered how Ning Yanran and the others had prepared after receiving that text message, and whether they had managed to find this place. Right now, Xu Lang could only place his hopes on them. If they arrived late, a tragedy would befall him.

Shortly after they arrived at the operating room, a doctor wearing a surgical mask walked out. Looking straight at Feng Liang, he demanded, "Who is the organ donor? Hurry up and come in."

Hearing this, Feng Liang looked directly at Xu Lang, leaving him no choice but to take a step forward.

The doctor shifted his gaze from Feng Liang to Xu Lang and said in a crisp, decisive tone, "Follow me."

With that, he turned and entered the operating room, and Xu Lang followed him inside.

"Lie down."

As soon as Xu Lang stepped inside, the doctor commanded directly.

Xu Lang glanced around the moderately sized operating room. There were two beds inside, and someone was already lying on one of them—the very man who had been wheeled out of the ward earlier. The other bed was empty, presumably prepared for Xu Lang. Several medical staff members were standing around the man's bed, busy performing the procedure, which blocked Xu Lang's view.

"Hurry up and lie down."

The doctor urged him once more.

Without overthinking it any further, Xu Lang walked step by step toward the empty hospital bed. Right now, his only prayer was that Ning Yanran and her team would arrive quickly.

As soon as Xu Lang climbed onto the bed, a few idle medical staff members crowded around. Working with practiced hands and a clear division of labor, they moved swiftly. It was evident they were extremely experienced and that this was certainly not their first time doing such work.

The masked doctor picked up a pre-prepared syringe from the side. A female nurse had already finished the preparatory steps. The doctor lifted Xu Lang's arm, raised the syringe, and directly inserted the needle.

Xu Lang first felt a sensation like an ant bite on his arm, followed by a wave of coolness flowing into his body. Soon after, his eyelids grew heavier and heavier, his head felt dizzy, and an overwhelming urge to sleep washed over him. He knew very well in his heart that the injection the doctor had just given him must have been an anesthetic, and it was now beginning to take effect.

Just as Xu Lang was about to lose consciousness, he seemed to hear the commotion of footsteps, shouts, and knocking coming from outside the operating room. The sound felt vaguely familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. Just as he wanted to find out who was making that noise, everything went black, and Xu Lang passed out completely.

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When Xu Lang woke up again, four hours had already passed, and night had fallen.

He opened his heavy eyelids. The first thing he saw was the harsh, glaring white ceiling. Feeling somewhat unaccustomed to it, he instinctively squinted. After a moment, he opened his eyes properly and stared blankly at the ceiling.

"He's awake! He's awake! Doctor, doctor!"

The moment Xu Lang opened his eyes, he heard someone shouting in joy nearby. Not long after, the ward door was pushed open, and a doctor in a white coat walked in briskly.

The doctor first checked Xu Lang's eyes, then placed a stethoscope against his chest to listen for a moment before announcing, "He's out of danger now. You can all rest assured."

With that, the doctor left the ward.

Through this turmoil, Xu Lang finally regained complete clarity. He turned his head and looked around, realizing he was in a four-person ward. He was lying on the bed closest to the door. On the beds to his left lay three other people, all of whom Xu Lang recognized. One of them was Zhou Hongwen, while the other two, though he didn't know their names, were the same individuals he had seen earlier that morning at the place where the donors were held.

Zhou Hongwen was half-sitting up in bed, looking at Xu Lang with a complex gaze. Zhou Jianjun and his wife were seated around Zhou Hongwen's bed; Chen Shulan was peeling an apple, while Zhou Jianjun sat quietly watching his son.

"Big brother, are you awake?"

At that moment, Xu Lang felt his hand being grasped by someone. Turning his head, he saw Dong Gan'en sitting beside him, blinking his pure eyes at him. Xu Lang noticed that Dong Gan'ens eye rims were red, as if he had just been crying. Xu Lang wanted to smile at him, but perhaps because the anesthetic had not yet fully worn off, his expression turned out terribly awkward and somewhat terrifying.

Suddenly, the thought struck Xu Lang that before losing consciousness, he had been in the operating room. The heart that he had previously put at ease leaped back into his throat. A bad premonition arose within him, and he muttered, "Damn it, my kidney!"

With that, Xu Lang raised his right hand, which had just regained its sensation, to touch his abdomen.

First, his hand brushed against clothing, and immediately afterward, he felt smooth skin. Finding no bandages, the heart that had risen into his throat settled back down.

"Hah..."

Xu Lang let out a long sigh of relief. It was only then that he noticed, besides Dong Gan'en, three other people standing by his bed—two men and a woman. One of them was Ziche Hexun, alongside Jin Enpei, and even Liao Mei, who rarely left the detective agency, had come.

Seeing them, Xu Lang was startled for a moment before asking with a smile, "Why are you all here?"

With that, Xu Lang tried to sit up, but the moment he made a move, he felt a wave of weakness throughout his body—the lingering effect of the powerful anesthetic.

Seeing Xu Lang trying to sit up, Dong Gan'en hurriedly supported him, and Jin Enpei quickly stepped in to help as well. Together, the two of them propped Xu Lang up. After Jin Enpei propped up the pillow behind him, she carefully helped him settle into a half-reclining position against the head of the bed. The look Jin Enpei cast Xu Lang was filled with reproach. As she tended to him, she chided, "Brother Lang, how could you be so reckless?"

Once Xu Lang was settled, his gaze swept across the faces of Dong Gan'en, Jin Enpei, Ziche Hexun, and Liao Mei one by one. He noticed complex expressions on all of their faces. Puzzled, he asked, "Why did you all come? Have those people locked up in the courtyard been rescued?"

Hearing Xu Lang's question, Jin Enpei's eyes flickered slightly. She lowered her head a fraction and said slowly, "Don't worry, everyone has been rescued. Those who were injured have been sent to the hospital for treatment, and as for those who hadn't undergone surgery yet, they've all been taken to the public security bureau."

"Did Ning Yanran and the others arrive?" Xu Lang asked again.

"They came. The moment you left City S, Captain Ning and her team rushed over to City Y. They swung into action the exact second they received your message."

"Were Zheng Lei and the others all arrested?" Xu Lang asked with concern.

Hearing Xu Lang ask about these things the moment he woke up, a flash of anger appeared on Jin Enpei's face, though she managed to suppress it. She said bitterly, "Zheng Lei, Zheng Maocai, and Feng Liang were arrested on the spot by the police who rushed to that private hospital."

Hearing that Zheng Lei and the others had been caught, Xu Lang let out a breath of relief. Then, his brow furrowed as he looked at Jin Enpei and asked, "How come only those three were arrested? Where is Wang Yiming? And what about that Boss Wen?"

Jin Enpei shook her head, indicating she didn't know. She had been the last to arrive at the scene. The main reason the police were able to rush there immediately after Xu Lang sent his message was thanks to the computer prodigies Liao Mei and Lü Xing working in tandem. If not for their cooperation, while finding the place would still have happened eventually, it would have taken much longer—by which time Xu Lang's kidney would surely have been gone.

At this point, Ziche Hexun finally spoke up. His tone was concise and efficient, carrying the unique distinctness characteristic of a military man.

"After arriving at the scene, the police only found Zheng Lei, Zheng Maocai, and Feng Liang, who was preparing to leave. As for Wang Yiming, neither the police nor I saw him anywhere. Regarding the Boss Wen you mentioned, the police haven't figured out his identity yet, nor do they know who he is, so he hasn't been arrested."

"Boss Wen is Wen Xuelan," Xu Lang said hurriedly.

"Who is Wen Xuelan?" Ziche Hexun and Jin Enpei asked in unison, looking puzzled.

"She's the director of that private hospital," Xu Lang said anxiously.

"You mean that female director? She left the hospital immediately before the police arrived, and no one knows where she went," Ziche Hexun stated.

"Bang!"

Xu Lang clenched his fist and struck the mattress hard, turning to Jin Enpei to say, "Contact Ning Yanran immediately. Tell her to take her people and arrest that Wen Xuelan right away. Make sure she doesn't leave City Y and board a flight abroad."

Hearing Xu Lang speak with such urgency, Jin Enpei didn't press any further. She quickly took out her phone to contact Ning Yanran.

Seeing Jin Enpei step outside to make the call, Xu Lang closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again. He looked at Ziche Hexun and said, "Tell me the details of what happened."

Ziche Hexun nodded and began his account.

Following the establishment of the November 30 Special Investigation Team, after Xu Lang officially accepted Zhou Jianjun's commission and uncovered through investigation that a seemingly simple missing persons case actually concealed an evil human organ trafficking ring, everyone at the detective agency swung into action. Especially when Xu Lang decided to go undercover and infiltrate Zheng Lei's syndicate, Du Zichao instructed everyone at the agency to drop their current work and assist Xu Lang and the police, while Du Zichao himself remained behind to hold down the fort at the agency—after all, with everyone out in the field, the office couldn't be left empty.

When Xu Lang was disguised as Xu Menghao, Ziche Hexun had constantly shadowed him closely, though he remained well-hidden so that Zheng Lei and his associates never noticed. The moment Xu Lang met Feng Liang, Ziche Hexun began tracking Feng Liang.

After meeting Xu Lang, Feng Liang left his original accommodation at the Fuyuan Hotel and moved to a hotel directly across the street, while Ziche Hexun quietly trailed him every step of the way. When Zheng Lei and his two companions took Xu Lang away from City S, continuously switching taxis to head toward City B, Liao Mei and Lü Xing tracked them the entire way using the hidden mobile phone Xu Lang carried with him.

Feng Liang only left his hotel after Zheng Lei's group arrived in City B, heading to the railway station where he purchased a train ticket to City Y. Ziche Hexun immediately bought a ticket for the same train. Afterward, when Zheng Lei and the others returned to City S, Feng Liang and Ziche Hexun boarded the train as well, reappearing before Xu Lang and the others.

The mobile phone Xu Lang found in the restroom had been secretly planted there by Ziche Hexun. When Xu Lang entered the restroom, left his message, and returned to the sleeper compartment, Ziche Hexun went in to retrieve the phone, relayed Xu Lang's demands to Ning Yanran and the others, and then resumed tracking Feng Liang.

Feng Liang did not get off the train at City Y; instead, he alighted one stop before City Y, and Ziche Hexun got off with him. Feng Liang then hailed a taxi heading toward City Y, with Ziche Hexun tailing him all the way.

While Xu Lang was placed in a hotel in City Y, Ziche Hexun discovered that Feng Liang had gone out and met someone in a private room at a high-end restaurant. As for who that person was, Ziche Hexun had not been able to see.

After Xu Lang was taken by Zheng Lei and his men to the place where the donors were imprisoned, Feng Liang drove there too, and Ziche Hexun followed closely and quietly behind. When Xu Lang was led out by Feng Liang and the others, Ziche Hexun realized that location was the holding site for the donors. After seeing the gesture Xu Lang made before getting into the car, Ziche Hexun stopped tracking Feng Liang and contacted Ning Yanran instead.

Fortunately, Ning Yanran and her team had already arrived in City Y a few days prior. Upon learning this news, they immediately directed the local police in City Y to rush to the holding site and swiftly rescue the captive donors, while Ziche Hexun waited on standby there.

When the donors were rescued, Ziche Hexun instantly recognized Zhou Hongwen, because Xu Lang's involvement in the case stemmed primarily from investigating Zhou Hongwen's disappearance. Through Zhou Hongwen, Xu Lang had learned of Dong Gan'en's existence and the private hospital. Concurrently, Ning Yanran's team received the net-closing signal sent by Xu Lang.

Immediately afterward, Liao Mei and Lü Xing utilized tracking technology to rapidly pinpoint Xu Lang's precise location. Ning Yanran, alongside the City Y police, launched an operation immediately, mobilizing a large number of police officers toward the private hospital. They finally arrived just minutes before Xu Lang was taken into the operating room.

After Xu Lang entered the operating room, Liao Mei finally located the mobile phone hidden inside the toilet lid of the twelfth-floor restroom, thereby learning that Xu Lang was on the twelfth floor. At the same time, they discovered the whereabouts of Zheng Lei and his accomplices and rushed toward the operating room. Just as the doctor inside the operating room was about to begin the procedure on Xu Lang, the door was forced open from the outside—missing by a hair's breadth from allowing Xu Lang to fall victim to the blade.

At that critical juncture, the police swiftly subdued Zheng Lei, Zheng Maocai, and Feng Liang, though Wang Yiming was nowhere to be found.

Hearing this, Xu Lang fell into deep thought. He clearly remembered that before entering the operating room, Wang Yiming had been right outside. From the time he stepped in until the anesthesia was administered, only ten minutes or so had passed in total. Logically speaking, it shouldn't have been possible for him to vanish so quickly.

Xu Lang guessed that Wang Yiming must have taken advantage of the commotion caused by the police surrounding the hospital, blending into the crowd or utilizing some other exit the police hadn't yet noticed to escape the dragnet. If things truly happened as Xu Lang surmised, capturing Wang Yiming again would prove extremely difficult.

Xu Lang had always felt that Wang Yiming was no ordinary person. Although Zheng Lei and Feng Liang were quite cautious when committing crimes, Xu Lang felt they weren't particularly difficult to deal with. The person who had always kept Xu Lang on high alert was the perpetually taciturn Wang Yiming. Though the man spoke few words, his execution and overall demeanor were on an entirely different level compared to Zheng Lei and the others. Xu Lang had even suspected at one point that the so-called Boss Wen might actually be Wang Yiming, but after seeing Feng Liang meet with Wen Xuelan, the female director of the hospital, Xu Lang had dismissed that notion.

Although the captive donors had now been rescued, and Zheng Lei, Zheng Maocai, and Feng Liang had been arrested, Wang Yiming and Wen Xuelan had both escaped. This was bad news for Xu Lang as well as for the police in both City S and City Y. As long as Boss Wen wasn't caught, the human organ trafficking case could not be considered closed. While the police might place high importance on Boss Wen, Xu Lang cared even more about Wang Yiming.

At that moment, Jin Enpei finished her phone call and walked back inside. Looking at Xu Lang, she said, "I've already passed your instructions on to Captain Ning. She has already ordered the relevant personnel to seal off the airport. According to feedback from the airport, shortly after the police arrived at the private hospital, this Wen Xuelan booked a ticket for a flight to Country M, scheduled to depart at 8:30 PM."

Hearing this, Xu Lang quickly raised his head and glanced at the wall clock. It was already 7:45 PM, leaving less than an hour before takeoff. Xu Lang's mood instantly grew heavy. They had to catch Wen Xuelan before the plane took off; once she fled abroad, tracking her down would become immensely difficult—an outcome neither Xu Lang nor the police wanted to see.