Chapter 415: I Am His Fiancée!

"The one leading the investigation has always been you, yet at the final moment you adopted the deputy team leader's suggestion…"

Li Mingzhao turned his head again to look at Yu Dazhang lying on the bed, his expression somewhat complicated:

"That's exactly the kind of thing you'd do."

Those words, landing in Captain Hua's ears, made him feel worse than being slapped twice across the face; his face flushed bright red.

That fatty was even playing mind games when risking his life.

Even if responsibility for acting without authorization were pursued later, it couldn't be pinned on Yu Dazhang.

It was he, the deputy team leader, who told him to do it, and in terms of rank, his position as deputy captain was nothing Yu Dazhang could compare to.

No matter how you looked at it, he was definitely taking the fall for this.

But strangely, he wasn't angry about it, and was even willing to shoulder that responsibility.

It has now been verified that the money controlled by Zhang Chao's mother amounts to a full 700 million!

This sum doesn't even include the properties she'd already acquired abroad and her various collectibles.

The relevant personnel spent two days and still couldn't tally the total amount.

However, one thing is certain.

Including the 260 million recovered earlier, the final amount recovered in this case will definitely exceed one billion.

This means Yu Dazhang's unauthorized action this time recovered over 700 million in massive funds for the country.

A pot like this, Captain Hua was naturally willing to shoulder—and wouldn't mind taking on a few more.

The amount is right there.

What unauthorized action? That's called stepping forward bravely to recover losses for the country.

"How long has he been unconscious?"

Ye Lin's voice suddenly rang out in the quiet room.

Her gaze was fixed tightly on Yu Dazhang on the bed, worry showing in her eyes.

From her expression it was obvious she had no interest in the case itself; what she truly cared about was Yu Dazhang lying on the bed.

"Two days."

After Captain Hua answered, he immediately added:

"The doctor says all his bodily functions are normal; the reason he hasn't woken up is that his mental stress was too great before, so he needs more time to recover."

He also felt this reason was a bit of a stretch, but since the doctor said so, he could only believe it.

Just then, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, sounding like someone jogging.

Immediately after, the ward door was pushed open.

In walked a girl so pretty it was almost unbelievable, stepping in quickly.

Her face carried worry and anxiety; once inside, she spotted Yu Dazhang lying on the hospital bed at a glance and froze on the spot.

The next second, she threw herself to the bedside, grabbed Yu Dazhang's hand, and tears spilled down her cheeks.

From start to finish she hadn't spared a single glance at anyone else in the room.

"Hey now, who are you?"

Captain Hua, worried she might touch Yu Dazhang's wounds, immediately stepped forward to stop her:

"Let go first—did you come to the wrong person?"

He remembered very clearly: from Songhai, including Yu Dazhang, only five people had come over. So where did this Miss suddenly pop up from?

And judging by her worried expression, she seemed to know Yu Dazhang well.

Did that fatty bring his girlfriend with him when he came to N Province to handle the case?

Probably not.

He'd never heard of a criminal police officer bringing his girlfriend along on an out-of-town case—how big would that habit have to be?

Did she find one locally?

That was possible… Captain Hua had already started letting his imagination run wild.

The scene before him was simply too hard for him to believe.

The problem was, this Miss was way too pretty.

Wasn't this just a fresh flower stuck in a fatty liver?

Right now Qu Tuotuo had only eyes for Yu Dazhang; Captain Hua's words she automatically tuned out.

Ye Lin, standing by the bed, frowned and couldn't help reaching out to tug at her arm:

"Let go first."

Qu Tuotuo felt someone touch her and instinctively flung the other's hand away, raising her head at the same time.

When she saw Ye Lin's face cold as frost, her hostility only grew.

Who is she? Jealousy welled up in Qu Tuotuo's heart.

And she's pretty too!

Li Mingzhao, seeing things going wrong, immediately stepped forward to hold Ye Lin back.

Then, pointing at Yu Dazhang on the bed, he said to Qu Tuotuo:

"Do you know him?"

Crying at the wrong grave… Li Mingzhao had never seen Qu Tuotuo, so he too assumed she'd walked into the wrong room.

"Of course I do."

Qu Tuotuo stood up, took a deep breath to steady her emotions, then introduced herself:

"I'm Qu Tuotuo, Yu Dazhang's fiancée."

As she spoke, she shot a glance at Ye Lin.

Until now, when introducing their relationship, she had always called herself Yu Dazhang's girlfriend.

But today the situation was special—the woman before her was clearly not in an ordinary relationship with Yu Dazhang.

So…

She had to be on guard!

And this first step was naturally to declare her sovereignty to the woman before her.

The three people in the room were all a bit surprised to hear she was Yu Dazhang's fiancée, but they immediately accepted it.

With a man like Yu Dazhang, what wouldn't he do? Who knows how they even met.

Ye Lin saw her hostility toward herself and found it somewhat amusing, but didn't show a hint of it on her face.

Then her gaze fell on Qu Tuotuo's left hand, and she said in a teasing tone:

"Yu Dazhang is really excessive—not even buying his fiancée an engagement ring. Even faking it with a soda can pull-tab would've been fine."

She just wanted to tease Qu Tuotuo a bit.

In Ye Lin's eyes, the other girl was just a somewhat lovesick little Miss.

"I…"

Qu Tuotuo's face flushed red at once, and she immediately started rummaging through her bag, trying to find a substitute.

They do say a woman in love has zero IQ, and Qu Tuotuo was no exception.

She had been so busy declaring sovereignty that she forgot all about the engagement ring.

After being exposed by Ye Lin, she grew even more flustered and at a loss.

Seeing the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Captain Hua spoke up to smooth things over:

"Did you come all the way from Songhai?"

Qu Tuotuo nodded, gave him a grateful glance, and then asked:

"How long has Dazhang been unconscious?"

"Two days." Captain Hua answered, then comforted her:

"The doctor says his body is fine, nothing to worry about."

Something's off… Qu Tuotuo had studied abroad after all, so she knew a thing or two about medicine.

If his bodily functions were fine, then at most it was moderate blood loss.

Under such circumstances, after a transfusion, a patient would normally wake up within two days.

Looking at Yu Dazhang's head, wrapped up tightly in bandages, an inexplicable unease welled up in Qu Tuotuo's heart.

Could it be that his brain was injured?

The moment she thought of this possibility, she immediately grew nervous.

"I seriously doubt this hospital's medical standards."

The more Qu Tuotuo thought about it, the more something felt wrong, and she said to the people in the room:

"I'm going to ask the doctor."

By the time she came back, Li Mingzhao and Ye Lin had already left, and only Captain Hua remained in the room.

"Good thing you're here." Captain Hua said with a smile:

"Although the special care ward has nurses on duty 24 hours, he still needs a family member by his side. That way I won't have to keep running over here every day."

"I'm going to transfer him to another hospital." Qu Tuotuo said with a firm expression:

"This hospital's treatment approach is wrong. He should be transferred to the neurology department now."

She had gone to ask the doctor just now, but the answer she got was very perfunctory.

The doctor only told her not to worry too much, saying Yu Dazhang's injuries weren't serious.

All the relevant tests had been done, of course including a brain scan—Yu Dazhang didn't even have a mild concussion.

But when asked why the patient still hadn't woken up, the doctor became evasive, clearly not knowing the specific reason.

"Even if we're transferring him, it'll have to wait until tomorrow."

Captain Hua was also very worried about Yu Dazhang—staying unconscious like this wasn't a solution—but he still advised:

"Don't make a fuss in the middle of the night. If he still hasn't woken up by tomorrow, transferring him then won't be too late."

That night, Qu Tuotuo stayed in the ward.

The special care ward already allowed family members to stay by the patient's side, and the room Yu Dazhang was in had plenty of room to add a nursing bed.

A little past six in the morning.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Yu Dazhang, lying on the hospital bed, his eyelids twitched, and he slowly opened his eyes.

He blinked, glanced at the faint morning light outside the window.

The next moment, he sat up abruptly, staring in astonishment at everything before him.

(End of chapter)