Open a Clinic to Cultivate Myself Chapter 367

Ning Tao made a trip to a nearby shopping mall and bought Hu Xiaoji a few outfits. Two sets suitable for those about six or seven years old, another two for those in their early teens, along with some shoes, socks, undergarments, and more, filling multiple shopping bags. He was preparing for Hu Xiaoji's next growth spurt, and thus bought some bigger clothes in preparation.

Hu Xiaoji had no mother, and it was obvious that none of the women in the family were fit to undertake this role. Therefore, he had no choice but to be both her father and mother.

When he was passing by the cell phone counter, Ning Tao paused in his tracks and took a look. He then got the cell phone salesperson to take out a Huawei smartphone.

At this time, an image suddenly appeared on the television screen on the wall. In that image, a youth was waving a fan, slapping it across a person's face. His expression and eyes were very cold. He seemed very intimidating.

The image was shrunk and an anchorwoman said, “This criminal is named Ning Tao, from Shan City. 1.85 m in height, wearing a black jacket… He was involved in kidnapping, blackmail, and assault and is an extremely dangerous person. We urge everyone to cooperate with the police's operations. If you have any news of said criminal's traces, please report to the police when you're in a safe situation.”

The cell phone salesperson looked at the fugitive on the television and then looked at Ning Tao, who was holding the cell phone. Her eyes were instantly fixated, not moving at all.

Ning Tao revealed a gentle smile to the saleswoman. “Don't doubt your own eyes. I'm the person on the TV. But don't be scared, I won't harm you. I still need a card, any number is fine. Use my identification card for activation.”

Ning Tao handed his identification card to the salesperson.

The salesperson was still stunned, as if she had gone insane.

“You want to call the police? Then deal with my card first, and call the police after,” Ning Tao said.

The saleswoman regained her senses and took over Ning Tao's identification card to scan it and set up a card for him. While she was processing the card, she had secretly dialed the police on her cell phone.

“It's Ning Tao, right? We've recently released a nationwide unlimited data package. Would you like to activate it?” The saleswoman raised her voice intentionally.

Ning Tao smiled. “Activate if you want. Just do it faster.”

With his urging, the saleswoman slowed down instead.

“Ring, ring…”

Ning Tao's phone suddenly rang.

The call was from Jiang Hao.

Ning Tao picked up the call. “Hao, it's me, speak.”

“What happened? Why are you a fugitive now?” Jiang Hao's voice seemed to be flustered.

Ning Tao said, “It's not convenient to talk about this over the phone. Let's speak when I'm home. I'm at the shopping mall buying clothes for Hu Xiaoji. Do you have anything you need? I'll buy it on the way too.”

“You're still going to the shopping mall now? The police are searching for you all over the city, yet you're still in the mood to be shopping… Forget it, come home quickly. Right now!” Jiang Hao's tone was stern and fierce but it was, in fact, due to her concern.

“All right, I'll go now.” Ning Tao hung up the call.

That saleswoman was still processing the order slowly.

Ning Tao said calmly, “Comrade, you've already called the police. Are you still thinking of catching me? Are you going to sell me the cell phone or not? If not, I'm leaving.”

“Yes…” The saleswoman was slightly nervous and so guilty that she did not dare to look Ning Tao in his eyes. She hastened her actions.

Once she was done, Ning Tao scanned the QR code and paid for the phone.

At this moment, a group of people walked toward him. Some of them were office workers carrying briefcases, some were middle-aged uncles carrying shopping bags, and a few others were young people looking at their phones.

Ning Tao took the phone that was packed by the saleswoman and, looking over at that group of people, a smile surfaced on his face. In his eyes, the word “plainclothes” was written on this group of people.

“Ning Tao!” a middle-aged man with a squarish face suddenly yelled.

Ning Tao stomped his legs on the ground. With his several shopping bags, he suddenly charged forward and rushed through the group's barrier instantly.

Ladder under Feet. A gust of wind lifted his body.

Before the group of plainclothes could take out their guns and handcuffs, Ning Tao had disappeared before their eyes in a flash. It was an extremely brief moment, and all they felt was wind blowing over their faces as their clothes were flapping in the wind. Then there was nothing left.

“Go!” that squarish-faced middle-aged man yelled and instantly took off.

The group of plainclothes ran outside the mall, but streams of people were walking to and fro and cars were lined up. Where was Ning Tao?

On a rooftop, Ning Tao was looked at the plainclothes and smiled lightly before jumping into a small alley.

He had cultivation skills to help him escape, how would ordinary police be able to catch him?

Back at the rented courtyard house, Ning Tao took the newly purchased phone over to Howling Celestial Dog, and it was so happy that it almost wagged its tail off. Ning Tao took the clothes to Hu Xiaoji and asked her to try them on back in her room.

“Papa, are you not dressing me?” Hu Xiaoji's pair of black shiny eyes were filled with innocence and hope.

Ning Tao said, “You're already so old, you should learn to dress yourself. Behave, go back to your room and dress yourself.”

“You don't love me at all. You only love Auntie Qing and Auntie Jiang. Hmph!” Hu Xiaoji took all the clothes and stomped away.

Ning Tao could not help forcing a smile.

Howling Celestial Dog was lying inside the messy living room, concentrating on the cell phone. Apart from that cell phone, nothing would probably be able to pique its interest anymore.

Ning Tao glanced at it when he passed by, but found out that it was downloading Tiktok. He could not help stopping and asking curiously, “Celestial Howling, why are you downloading Tiktok?”

Howling Celestial Dog did not even lift its head as it responded, “Dad, I want to be the most popular dog on the net.”

Ning Tao was speechless and could no longer keep watching. He returned straight to his room.

After connecting the hard disc to the laptop, he was prompted for a password. Ning Tao frowned. He had no different abilities in this aspect from ordinary people, but very quickly, he figured something out. He then took out that ledger and flipped it over. Finally, he found a string of numbers on the last page. He typed them into the password bar and hit the enter key.

The hard disc was opened. Contained inside it were hundreds of folders. Each folder had a serial number on it.

Ning Tao opened one of the folders at random, and saw tens of video files with serial numbers. He randomly picked one to open. The video player popped up and a distasteful image started playing. A type of exaggeratedly seductive voice filled the room.

“How despicable… So shameless!” Ning Tao could not help scolding. Yet he could not divert his eyes. When he was still a student, he was working hard to feed himself while studying and did not have the chance to see such films. This was, in fact, his “first time”. It was to be expected that he would be tempted by such films.

After two video clips, Ning Tao finally found Song Chengpeng's file. He then opened it.

There was a very little girl, who had not even fully gone through puberty. Song Chengpeng was doing monstrous things to her. She kept crying but it did not invoke any sympathy in the monster who was violating her.

“Just with this video, I will not let you off!” The flame of anger was set ablaze inside Ning Tao.

That girl was extremely pitiable. Ning Tao did not have the heart to continue watching. He opened another video, which he did not know who it belonged to. He cursed as he watched.

The room door was suddenly pushed open. A woman walked in.

Jiang Hao had returned.

Ning Tao hurriedly tried to close the video, but he was overwhelmed with panic and embarrassment so he ended up clicking on the pause button instead.

As the distasteful image remained on the screen, Jiang Hao had arrived by his side, looking at him judgmentally.

Ning Tao shrugged awkwardly. “This is criminal evidence.”

Jiang Hao nodded. “Right, indeed.”

Ning Tao said, “Don't misunderstand, I've never seen such films.”

Jiang Hao pointed at the distasteful image with a smile. “Then what are you watching now?”

Ning Tao smiled wryly. “Forget it, I'm not explaining anymore. I've watched it, all right.”

Jiang Hao said, “Isn't that better? No matter the reason, you've indeed seen it. What are your thoughts?”

Her gaze had fallen on Ning Tao's pants. She too had seen criminal evidence.

Ning Tao subconsciously closed his thighs together and leaned forward slightly. “Um, let's talk about proper business. These are the evidence I've taken out of Dragon Gate Inn. Apart from this hard disc, there's still a ledger and a cell phone. The ledger recorded who had gone where to play, and what benefits they had gotten. The videos on the hard disc are from those people there… uh, I won't elaborate on that. Also, I've released the girls there and recorded them reporting the perpetrators. All of that is on my phone.”

“Give it all to me. I'll deal with them,” Jiang Hao said.

Ning Tao handed the ledger, phone, and hard disc to Jiang Hao, along with that old model cell phone taken from the safe. He then said, “This phone only has one number saved on it. I dialed it at Dragon Gate Inn once. It was a woman who picked up. If I'm not wrong, she's Li Biao's boss.”

Jiang Hao turned her eyes to Ning Tao. “I'll check that number. You don't have to worry. I've gotten to understand a bit of the situation before I returned, including from Jia Yinhong. He said that you told him not to report and you'd handle it yourself. And you ended up making yourself a fugitive. How clever.”

Ning Tao shrugged. “I'm doing this for the treatment fees and that Song Chengpeng. I'm guessing Senior Yin had probably met with an accident. He or his father Song Beikun must know something about the situation. Moreover, Genesis Biotech Company is also the company that had turned you into a new demon. I must get to the bottom of the matter.”

“Have you found anything?”

“Not yet, but soon.”

Jiang Hao's tone turned much gentler. “I heard that you injured tens of people alone. Are you hurt?”

Ning Tao stood up with a smile. “Look at me, I'm not injured.”

Jiang Hao observed. “A part of you is swollen.”

Ning Tao immediately sat back in his chair. He was flushed in embarrassment. If Qing Zhui enticed him like this, he might have lost his control and done something. But he could only resist with Jiang Hao.

Forcing himself to calm down instantly was definitely not a fun thing to do.

“Come here, I'll hug you. Let me comfort you,” Jiang Hao said.

“No, no, no, you go get busy. Let me think for a while,” Ning Tao said.

“Wee-oo, wee-oo!” Police sirens suddenly came from outside.

Ning Tao stood up again and exclaimed in shock, “The police have actually found us here!”

Jiang Hao said, “Go turn yourself in.”

Ning Tao asked surprisingly, “Turn myself in?”

Jiang Hao nodded. “Yes, turn yourself in. You have not broken the law. This needs to be settled properly. Leave here and go turn yourself in at the police station. I'll deal with things here. In two hours, I'll definitely go there to bring you back home.”

Chapter end