Chapter 4

Li Banfeng sat in the ward, looking at He Yuxiu on the hospital bed.

After two full days of emergency treatment, He Yuxiu's life was saved, but he fell into a deep coma, not knowing when he would wake up.

The cause of the coma was unknown, and the hospital hadn't formulated a treatment plan for the next stage.

According to the hospital, the treatment plan for the next stage depended on He Yuxiu's physical condition and also on the wallets of Li Banfeng and He Yuxiu.

All of Li Banfeng's living expenses had been poured into it; even after deducting the part that could be reimbursed by medical insurance, it was still a drop in the bucket.

There were some savings on He Yuxiu's card, but because he didn't know the password, he couldn't take it out for the time being.

Li Banfeng tried to contact He Yuxiu's family. Although the two had a good relationship, Li Banfeng didn't know his family's contact information; he didn't even have Lu Xiaolan's contact information.

If this continued, Li Banfeng wouldn't even have a place to eat his next meal, and He Yuxiu's oxygen tube might not be able to be kept.

Fortunately, on the third day, there was a turning point, and a man named He Haiqin appeared.

He claimed to be He Yuxiu's third uncle. Although Li Banfeng had never met this third uncle, it didn't matter; this third uncle first paid He Yuxiu's medical expenses.

A person who can take the initiative to give money is probably not a liar; of course, the premise is that he really gives it.

"You are Li Banfeng, right? I heard from the school that you have been taking care of Jiaqing for the past two days. Thank you for your hard work." He Haiqin peeled an apple for Li Banfeng.

"The thing is like this..." Li Banfeng took a bite of the apple and was about to talk about the process of the incident, but was interrupted by He Haiqin.

"Let's talk about other things later," He Haiqin took out his wallet, took out a stack of cash, and gave it to Li Banfeng, "This is a little bit of my heart, don't think it's too little."

Li Banfeng really needed money because he had no money to eat.

But he didn't want to accept this money: "I don't lack money; Jiaqing is in a time when he needs money."

"No other meaning, just a little bit of my heart. If you don't accept it, you think it's too little!" He Haiqin forcibly stuffed the money into Li Banfeng's pocket.

Sitting silently for a moment, He Haiqin sighed: "The school told the family to call, saying Jiaqing had an accident. I thought the second brother and sister-in-law could rush over as soon as possible, but neither of these two is reliable.

It's my fault for coming late and making you suffer. Banfeng, go back and rest; I'll be fine here."

Li Banfeng left the ward. He hadn't closed his eyes for three days, and he was indeed tired. Walking in the hospital corridor, he felt his legs go soft.

When he was about to reach the elevator, his phone suddenly rang.

Click-clack~

It was a message, and the number displayed was still He Yuxiu.

Li Banfeng immediately frowned.

The message still had those four words: "Brother, save me."

Li Banfeng replied: "Who are you?"

"I am He Yuxiu."

"Where did you get this phone?"

Li Banfeng sent He Yuxiu to the station, He Yuxiu got on the train, and then suddenly appeared on his bed. Before that, Li Banfeng had called He Yuxiu, and after that, He Yuxiu had sent Li Banfeng a message.

This matter was very strange, strange to the point that Li Banfeng couldn't understand the logic behind it.

But no matter how strange the process was, the result in front of him wouldn't change.

He Yuxiu was lying in the hospital. Although he had neither documents nor a phone on him, that was He Yuxiu, and Li Banfeng wouldn't recognize him wrong.

So the question is.

Who was the person who answered the phone earlier?

And who is the person sending the message now?

The only reasonable explanation is that He Yuxiu's phone was lost, and the person who got his phone answered Li Banfeng's call that night, learned He Yuxiu's voice, deceived Li Banfeng, and is now sending messages to Li Banfeng.

He picked up the phone, why did he still want to contact me?

Isn't this typical fraud!

This matter should be reported to the police.

Li Banfeng felt that there must be some connection between He Yuxiu's coma and this person.

The other side didn't reply for a long time.

The elevator came.

Li Banfeng was about to go downstairs when a middle-aged man with a broad forehead, thin cheeks, and a thin figure blocked Li Banfeng's way.

He smiled at Li Banfeng and took out his credentials from his arms: "I am a police officer. You are Li Banfeng, right? I have a few questions related to He Yuxiu to ask you."

The man looked to be in his fifties, with a duck-like voice. When he spoke, it was as if his throat contained a piece of old phlegm.

I was just about to report to the police, and the police came...

Li Banfeng really wanted to take a close look at the other party's credentials, but the middle-aged man put the credentials back into his arms and whispered a few words to a doctor in a white coat on the side.

This doctor seemed to be very familiar with him. He took the middle-aged man and Li Banfeng into an empty ward.

The doctor closed the door outside the ward. Only Li Banfeng and this middle-aged man were left in the ward, and the two sat opposite each other on two adjacent hospital beds.

"Don't be nervous," the middle-aged man smiled, "My surname is Chen; you can just call me Old Chen. I'm just asking you a few simple questions. You were the one who sent He Yuxiu to the hospital, right?"

"It was me." Li Banfeng nodded.

"How did you discover that his situation was not right?"

"He was sleeping in my bed, his complexion and breathing were not normal, so I immediately called the emergency number."

Old Chen nodded, looked Li Banfeng up and down, and his gaze changed slightly.

He stared at Li Banfeng's face, but didn't stare at Li Banfeng's eyes; instead, he stared at Li Banfeng's forehead.

"I heard that you drank together that day?"

"Yes!" Li Banfeng nodded, "He was going home, so I saw him off."

"You saw him off?"

"Yes, I sent him to the train station and took the subway back myself. After arriving at the dormitory, I suddenly discovered that he was sleeping in my bed."

Li Banfeng's words were completely unreasonable.

He Yuxiu went to the train station; how could he appear in the dormitory again? And he was in Li Banfeng's bed.

Old Chen wasn't surprised by such an answer. He had a calm expression and still focused his gaze on Li Banfeng's forehead:

"Do you and He Yuxiu usually have conflicts?"

Have conflicts?

Li Banfeng thought carefully.

I've seen some photos of his girlfriend; does this count as a conflict?

This is obviously not the point.

The point is the subtext of this sentence.

Li Banfeng looked at Old Chen and said calmly: "Do you suspect that I harmed He Yuxiu?"

Old Chen shook his head: "It can't be called suspicion, just asking. If I really suspected you, I wouldn't be asking here. I heard that you have a certain degree of mental problems?"

Li Banfeng nodded and said: "I have some problems, but I'm not crazy. You can check my medical records.

I sent He Yuxiu and Lu Xiaolan to the train together, and they went back to their hometown together. You can verify this matter with Lu Xiaolan."

"Lu Xiaolan..." Old Chen took out a cigarette, looked at the environment in the ward, felt that smoking wasn't very appropriate, and put it back into the cigarette case.

"Who is the Lu Xiaolan you just mentioned?" Old Chen continued to ask.

"She is He Yuxiu's girlfriend, our classmate at the same school. I sent them both to the station, and she got on the train with He Yuxiu. She can testify for me."

"Since they both got on the train, why did He Yuxiu go to your dormitory?"

"I don't know," Li Banfeng answered truthfully, "This matter should also be asked to Lu Xiaolan; they have always been together."

"Do you have Lu Xiaolan's contact information?"

"I don't have it. The school can check it, and the ticket information can definitely be checked."

"Which train did they take?"

"How would I know..." Li Banfeng thought for a while, and a string of numbers suddenly floated into his mind.

Train 1160.

"Train 1160, they took Train 1160." Li Banfeng remembered the voice of the platform announcer.

Old Chen rubbed his lips with his fingers. In a situation where his train of thought was at a dead end, he really wanted to smoke a cigarette: "It seems that Lu Xiaolan is also not easy to find."

"Why is it not easy to find?" Li Banfeng didn't understand what Old Chen meant.

Old Chen continued to rub his upper lip covered with stubble and said slowly: "On the night of He Yuxiu's accident, Train 1160 derailed and fell off a cliff. So far, no survivors have been found on the train."

Li Banfeng blinked. A thunderbolt seemed to be rolling in his mind, and He Yuxiu's voice kept repeating between the thunder:

"She sleeps better than I do; she sleeps like a dead pig. She wouldn't wake up even if the train derailed!"

The train really derailed.

Lu Xiaolan might really be dead.

Is He Yuxiu's mouth blessed?

Or did he know something long ago?

He seemed to have told me that Lu Xiaolan was lying to him.

Could it be just because of Teacher Song's peach?

Why did he ask me to go back to the dormitory and call him?

Old Chen continued to stare at Li Banfeng's forehead and asked in a low voice: "What are you thinking about?"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said: "I'm not thinking about anything, just worried about Lu Xiaolan."

Old Chen was very interested in this: "How is your relationship with Lu Xiaolan? Between the two of you and He Yuxiu, is it a bit..."

"Do you want to say a love triangle?" Li Banfeng's mouth turned up, and he was a little angry.

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