"Ah, the girl is sick and can't come to treat your leg."

"What? She's sick?"

Lu Zhengting immediately became worried.

Lin Qingyan is a doctor herself. What illness could she possibly have that she couldn't cure?

He sat up abruptly, unable to rest easy; he needed to go see Lin Qingyan.

He had just moved to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) when Grandma Lin pushed the wheelchair away with a whoosh.

Grandma Lin, as if she had received a fun toy, pushed Lu Zhengting's wheelchair outside.

When Lu's mother saw Grandma Lin come out from inside and push Lu Zhengting's wheelchair, she knew that Lu Zhengting must have seen Grandma Lin. Fearing that Lu Zhengting would worry if he didn't see Lin Qingyan, she quickly went inside.

Lu Zhengting was seen lying on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). Upon seeing her, he said, "Mom, please have Grandma return my wheelchair. Comrade Lin is sick, and I need to go see her."

"Zhengting, Dr. Lin's illness is not too serious, so don't worry."

She helped Lu Zhengting up and sat him down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

Lu Zhengting frowned: "Mom, regardless of whether she's alright or not, let me go check on her."

"No need to see her, it's really not that serious. Your presence won't help. You're not a doctor, you can't cure her. Just stay home."

Lu Zhengting looked at his mother with confusion, wondering how she could say such heartless words.

"Mom, I know I can't help her, but I want to see her. I won't feel at ease until I see her condition with my own eyes."

“If it were that serious, your mother-in-law wouldn’t have entrusted you with her care. Mom, is Comrade Lin seriously ill? Did he get it yesterday? You didn’t tell me because you were afraid I would worry.”

In his dream, Lin Qingyan bid him farewell, asking just how serious her illness was that it threatened her life.

His heart was breaking!

No, he had to see her, he had to see her immediately.

His wheelchair was not in front of him, so he got off the kang (a heated brick bed) with his bare hands, leaned his body downwards, supported himself with his hands on the ground, and prepared to roll his lower body to the ground.

Mrs. Lu was taken aback: "Zhengting, what are you doing?"

If he falls to the ground with his lower body, he will definitely get injured.

Even if he didn't have any pre-existing injuries, a normal person would feel a lot of pain if they fell to the ground.

She quickly stopped Lu Zhengting: "Zhengting, you need to take care of your health. You're still injured yourself."

"Mom, why are you stopping me from seeing Comrade Lin? Is it wrong for me to just want to see her?"

"But, but she's not home right now."

"Where is she? The county hospital? Then I need to go see her even more. She really needs someone with her right now. I need to get there quickly." The veins on Lu Zhengting's forehead bulged.

He seemed unable to wait even a moment longer, and his lower body fell to the ground with a thud.

"Zheng Ting!"

Mother Lu cried out in distress, tears streaming down her face.

Why did you do this?

"Mom, I'm very worried about Comrade Lin. I really want to go see her." After falling to the ground, he did not stop moving. Using the strength of his arm, he moved his immobile hind legs toward the door.

The reason it's called "moving" rather than "crawl" is because when crawling, in addition to the upper limbs exerting force, the hind limbs also provide corresponding assistance.

However, Lu Zhengting can only exert force with his upper limbs now. His hind limbs are not only completely useless, but also a hind limb burden. Therefore, he can only be described as moving.

Lu's mother was surprised and distressed: "You, you're going to crawl there anyway?"

"Mom, I don't care how I get there, as long as I can see her."

Lu's mother seemed to understand Lu Zhengting now, and she quickly went to help him up: "Zhengting, don't worry, I'll go find the wheelchair. You sit in the wheelchair, and I'll explain the situation to you properly."

Lu's mother helped him up and sat him on the ground, then went outside to ask Grandma Lin for a wheelchair.

Grandma Lin pushed her wheelchair around the yard several times, but finding it not very interesting, she left it at the door and stopped playing.

Mrs. Lu pushed the wheelchair back into the house. Lu Zhengting was still sitting on the floor. He was too tall and weighed over 160 pounds, so it was impossible for Mrs. Lu to carry him back to the wheelchair.

He quickly moved to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), grabbed the edge with his arms, and pulled himself back to the edge of the kang with a sudden burst of strength. His mother pushed the wheelchair over, and Lu Zhengting was able to get back into the wheelchair on his own.

He started to wheel himself out, saying, "Mom, let's talk as we walk."

Mother Lu said, "Zhengting, let me tell you the truth. Actually, Xiaolin, the educated youth, wasn't sick. She... she was taken away by the police."

Lu Zhengting frowned and looked at her: "Mom, what exactly happened? Tell me clearly."

"Okay, Mom will explain it to you clearly. A female educated youth in our brigade named Tong Jiaojiao died on the mountain yesterday afternoon. Educated youth Xiaolin went up the mountain to find Aunt Lin and happened to see Tong Jiaojiao's body. It was too much of a coincidence. As a doctor, she wanted to check on Tong Jiaojiao's condition, but unexpectedly, a member of the brigade, Zhao Hehua, saw her and assumed that educated youth Xiaolin was the murderer of Tong Jiaojiao."

Just then, Zhao Hehua saw that Xiao Lin, an educated youth, and Tong Jiaojiao had argued a couple of days ago, and many people also knew that they had a falling out when they first came here.

No one knows where the real murderer has gone. Xiao Lin, the educated youth, is now considered the most suspicious person by the police and has been taken to the county police station.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhengting was utterly distraught; his face darkened horribly.

Thinking of Lin Qingyan, such a delicate and frail girl, being wrongly accused and taken to the police station, he felt even more terrified and helpless. His heart clenched even tighter.

"Mom, let's go to the police station now."

"But, but it won't make a difference if you go."

"Mom, I really want to see her, please let me go." He looked as helpless as a pitiful child.

"Okay, okay, Mom will find a way to take you there."

Lu's mother no longer dared to persuade her son. She knew that Lu Zhengting wouldn't listen to her. Now was not the time to worry about whether his legs would be affected. What she should be thinking about was that if she insisted on stopping her son, Lu Zhengting might really crawl all the way to the county town.

This was the first time she had ever seen her son so irrational.

"Zhengting, I'll go and call Xiao Fang to hitch up the oxcart and take you to the county town."

Mother Lu went outside and called Li Fang: "Hurry up and hitch up the oxcart. Zheng Ting is going to the county town to see Xiao Lin, the educated youth. Let's go with him."

Li Fangzheng was eating his meal when he was shocked by Lu Zhengting's sudden trip to the county town. With his mouth full of food, he blurted out, "Didn't you say you wouldn't tell my cousin? Why did you tell him again?"