Song Leilei went to a convenience store and bought thirty skewers of oden, eating them as she walked back.

She watched the passersby coming and going, but her mind was preoccupied with whether Xu Jingzhi had caught the person.

Moreover, stalkers are quite dangerous.

"I hope nothing bad happens. That stalker doesn't have a gun in his house, does he?" Song Leilei became more and more frightened as she thought about it. Xu Jingzhi was one of her close friends, so she was naturally very worried about his safety.

"Why would someone as useless as him want to become a policeman and do such a dangerous job? He could be a good office worker, that would be fine too." Song Leilei took a bite of the radish on her skewer.

When she had only two skewers left, she finally reached the vicinity of the police station.

A police car arrived and stopped in front of the police station ahead of her. Upon seeing this, Song Leilei quickly ran over with her oden.

Two policemen escorted the suspect inside.

The person was dressed exactly as Su Jin described: a white baseball cap, a plaid shirt, and had an appearance that was so unremarkable that it was easy to forget him.

But... his body was stained with blood.

After the driver got out of the police car, Song Leilei stepped forward and asked, "Where's Xu Jingzhi? Why didn't he come back? Did he... go home from get off work?"

"He was stabbed by the suspect and was just taken directly to the hospital."

Upon hearing this devastating news, Song Leilei's hand trembled, and the paper cup containing the oden fell to the ground.

Song Leilei's voice trembled: "He...he, which hospital is he in?"

Having obtained the hospital's address, Song Leilei hailed a taxi and headed straight for the hospital.

The smell of disinfectant in the hospital made her extremely nervous.

She felt dizzy looking at the medical staff coming and going.

At the nurses' station, Song Leilei asked, "Hello, where was Xu Jingzhi taken?"

"Xu Jingzhi. She was just taken to the emergency room. Go wait over there, she should be out soon." The nurse kindly pointed to the row of chairs against the wall.

That row of chairs faces the emergency room from a distance, and you can clearly see people going in and out of it.

Song Leilei chose the nearest chair and sat down. She had called Xu Jingzhi five times on the way, but no one answered.

She felt he might have passed out.

Otherwise, given his usual habits, he would definitely answer her calls.

Even when showering or using the toilet, Xu Jingzhi kept her phone on 24/7, and every call she made and every message she sent received a response.

Never before have we been so completely unable to find anyone as we are now.

This feeling is terrible.

Xu Jingzhi was helped out of the emergency room by her colleagues and immediately saw the girl sitting on the chair with her head down.

Xu Jingzhi was a little surprised, thinking that she had seen wrong. If she wasn't being called home, why was she still sitting there like an idiot?

"Song Leilei, what are you doing here?"

The man's voice echoed softly in the hall.

Song Leilei looked up and saw Xu Jingzhi alive, and was stunned for a moment.

Blood was seeping from his abdomen, and Song Leilei felt a little dizzy looking at the blood-red spot.

"I came to see you..." Song Leilei's tone shifted, raising an eyebrow, "to see if you're dead. I see you've lost a lot of blood, and the suspect even has your blood on him. You were stabbed, why didn't you go into the operating room?"

"This little injury can be easily bandaged up. I'm tough, and that suspect's arm and leg couldn't have been stabbed that hard. It only damaged some subcutaneous tissue, and I've already stitched it up." Xu Jingzhi said casually, "Anyway, I'll recover after a few days of rest at home."

Song Leilei: "Lift up your clothes, let me see."

"Sigh. No need to look, it's no big deal," Xu Jingzhi said nonchalantly.

Receiving Xu Jingzhi's pleading look, his colleague also covered for him, saying, "He's really not seriously injured. Luckily, he usually likes to box, so he's very muscular. And when the knife was stabbed, the suspect was scared and didn't have much strength in his hand. Plus, Xu Jingzhi reacted quickly and instantly took the knife from the suspect's hand."

"Oh, I see."

Song Leilei dared not look at the blood on Xu Jingzhi's body anymore. The blood always reminded her of the mangled wounds. She reached out to support Xu Jingzhi's other arm and then said to the young man next to Xu Jingzhi, "Let me take him home."

My colleague smiled and said, "Okay, then you guys be careful."

Before leaving, he specifically told Xu Jingzhi again: "The bureau will give you the day off tomorrow, so don't come to work."

Because Xu Jingzhi had worked incredibly hard during the two weeks he was there, as everyone could see. Although he was a bit easygoing and always arrived late or left early, he was more proactive than anyone else when there was a case.

If Xu Jingzhi hadn't stepped forward and desperately tried to stop the suspect from escaping, he wouldn't have been stabbed.

This kid is risking his life to catch people.

......

At the entrance of the Xu residence.

As soon as she got out of the car, Xu Jingzhi walked forward on her own, refusing to let Song Leilei help her.

Song Leilei couldn't bear to see an injured man like him trying to be strong, so she followed closely behind him, burying her head under his arm to support his body.

With each step Xu Jingzhi took, the wound on her abdomen would be pulled, and even with someone supporting her, the pulling on the wound was not a problem.

He didn't want to appear delicate. A grown man who was injured, not so badly that he couldn't get up, didn't need such meticulous care from others.

"Don't blame me if I flatten you out of shape later." Xu Jingzhi's words were as sharp as ever. He looked down at the round head with the bun hairstyle and found it quite amusing.

He stretched out his finger and poked the round bun.

Song Leilei ignored him and continued carrying him forward.

Seeing how serious she was, Xu Jingzhi had no choice but to cooperate and walk forward, leaning half of her body on top of her, deliberately teasing her: "I might not make it much longer. This wound might reopen. Don't look down, there's too much blood, I'm afraid you'll have nightmares if you see it."

"I'll call an ambulance for you."

"By the time the ambulance arrives, I'll be gone too. Go find a coffin now. Do you know how to handle funeral arrangements? After I'm gone, don't rush to cremate me; keep the body for three days first..."

"Stop talking!" Song Leilei quickly interrupted him.

Song Leilei was terrified. She was timid and afraid of dead people, especially hearing such unlucky things at night.

She was so angry that she stomped on Xu Jingzhi's foot.

Xu Jingzhi instinctively twisted his waist, trying to dodge, but pulled on the wound in his abdomen. He gritted his teeth in pain and let out a muffled groan.

Song Leilei didn't notice him, and carried him forward, through the living room, to his bedroom.

As soon as she entered the room, Xu Jingzhi stood up straight and blocked Song Leilei from entering. "It's so late, I can't take you home. You can stay at my place tonight and rest in your own room."

Seeing Song Leilei hesitate for a moment, his warm-hearted image lasted less than three seconds before he started peddling again, saying, "What, you want to come into my room to rest? No way."

The door slammed shut.

Song Leilei cursed at him through the door for a few moments before turning around and going to another room to sleep.

Just a door away, Xu Jingzhi broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly sat on the bed and pulled up his clothes to take a look.

His abdomen was covered in blood, and a thread on the wound had come undone.

The wound wasn't in a vital location, and aside from the pain, it wasn't life-threatening. However, excessive blood loss could be fatal, so his first priority was to stop the bleeding.

He used to get injured often, so he had some knowledge of how to treat various wounds. Later, the family stocked up on medical supplies and kept them all in the bedside table for emergencies.

He took out the first-aid kit from the bedside table, took a new piece of gauze, and pressed it on the wound to stop the bleeding.

The moment he pressed down, he gritted his teeth in pain and took a deep breath to recover.

A minute later, Xu Jingzhi glanced at the wound and, with a heavy heart, stitched it up again. But his technique wasn't good, and the stitches weren't as neat as a doctor's, so he could only make do with it for the night.