Chapter 56

Li Lan was hospitalized.

Li Ying'an learned this from a doctor, who told him personally that Li Lan was in a coma and her safety was in serious condition. The hospital had already issued a critical illness notice to her family.

As for why Li Ying'an called Li Lan, it was because Li Lan, when he was threatened with illness, had sent him a compressed file and told him to save it immediately. After confirming that he had successfully downloaded it, Li Lan immediately logged out of the chat tool, and the only way they could communicate was through their phone number.

Before opening the file, Li Ying'an did not notice that Li Lan had logged out of the software. When he understood the contents of the file and connected it with Li Lan's actions, he immediately realized that there was danger over there.

Sure enough, when he returned to the chat interface, the other party had already logged out. He considered calling immediately, but after reconsidering, he felt it was not appropriate. Since Li Lan had given him the file, it was to protect him. If he exposed himself, the possibility of getting killed would be a small matter, but the consequences of wasting Li Lan's hard work would be a big deal.

So he kept putting it off until it was almost time to get off work. He felt vaguely uneasy and anxious, so he tentatively dialed the number. The person who answered the phone seemed to be Li Lan's mother.

Because the woman was deaf-mute and unable to speak, she seemed extremely excited. There was a commotion on the other side. Finally, a female doctor took the phone and explained Li Lan's current situation to him.

Li Lan fell from a building for unknown reasons. She was still breathing when she was sent to the hospital, but she was in a deep coma and was in critical condition.

After receiving the news, Li Ying'an came to find me immediately after get off work. He needed to hand over the evidence to the police.

Through Li Ying'an's description, I also realized that Li Lan must have been pushed to death. The murderer must have been someone from the welfare home. They were afraid of the evidence Li Lan had collected, but because they couldn't get it destroyed, they decided to kill her to silence her, so they pushed Li Lan off the building.

Fortunately, Li Lan had already transferred the evidence in her hands to Li Ying'an. The murderer in the welfare home might be able to check the contents of her mobile phone, but the fact that they did not hide Li Lan's mobile phone but returned it was enough to show that the welfare home did not find the evidence, or was still worried about something.

Since Li Lan gave it to Li Ying'an, she might hope that Li Ying'an would hand it over to the police. I think Li Ying'an and I can no longer sit and wait for death. We must hand it over to the police before the welfare home knows where the evidence is.

Now we don’t trust anyone but the police here who once helped us fight human trafficking.

"Why is Auntie Deng, who took over today, so late?"

The supermarket has a rule that workers can only leave work after their replacement arrives. If there are special circumstances, the person in charge will inform us in advance. Since I haven't received any message from the person in charge, Deng Yu must be working today. But I haven't seen her for a long time, and I'm worried for a while.

For the first time, I felt a little anxious, hoping that I would see her walking in a wheelchair at the door in the next second.

"Here I come!" A few minutes later, just as I was about to turn the corner to greet her, a figure in a wheelchair appeared not far away on the street, with a girl pushing her from behind.

I realized from a distance that it was not the voice of Sui Yu.

As Deng Yu approached me, the girl who had pushed her forward let go of her hand, gave her a faint smile, and finally waved goodbye. Deng Yu looked at the beautiful figure kindly for a long time. After the girl disappeared at the next intersection, she turned around and said to me apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xiaosheng wasn't here today. It wasn't convenient for me to come here alone, so I was a little slow on the way."

Even if we were the same age, I would not blame her. What's more, she is my elder now, and she talks and laughs with me like a mother on weekdays. Although I was anxious just now, when I really saw her, the nervousness was completely eliminated with the presence of Deng Yu.

I just shook my head.

But before I went to the police station with Li Ying'an, I asked with purpose: Where did Sui Yusheng go today?

Li Ying'an understood sign language and he explained it on the side.

"I don't know either," Deng Yu said sincerely, "It seems that Xiaoxi called him away. They usually have such a good relationship, so I didn't ask them any more questions."

I nodded in understanding. I believed in seeing the Buddha off to the west. Deng Yu had difficulty walking, and although there was an accessible passage at the entrance of the supermarket, I still pushed her steadily to the checkout counter before leaving.

On the way to the police station, I told Li Ying'an everything about Wen Liangxi's visit to see me last night, including the video he showed me and his final thoughts about Sui Yusheng.

Li Ying'an was deeply shocked by this, but the first thing he cared about was not anything else important, but whether I was frightened by the bloody content of the video.

I looked into his gray eyes and slowly shook my head.

I've noticed a difference between Li Ying'an's concern for me and Wen Liangxi's. Both have light-colored eyes, their emotions visible, but Li Ying'an's gray is particularly striking. His eyes can't hold back words; they're so clear, so quiet, as if they could hear the words spoken, and then fully express them to the others. Even if they're covered in a layer of mist, it melts away when he smiles. His concern feels genuine to me.

As for Wen Liangxi, his eyes are like an endless sea, with no edge and no visible edge, no depth and no reach. Just as his true thoughts cannot be seen, if you dive into his eyes, you will feel dizzy in a few seconds and feel unreal.

This was the first time I had this thought. It was obvious that I was leaning towards Li Ying'an. I clearly thought Wen Liangxi was a good person...

I felt upset for a while, thinking that maybe today's video really scared me, so I blamed all the resentment hidden in my heart on Wen Liangxi, which is why I developed this strange prejudice against Wen Liangxi.

In the police station, since I was a mute and the evidence provided by Li Lan was not on my side, the whole process was negotiated by Li Ying'an and the police, and I sat in the corner waiting.

About half an hour later, the police had a preliminary understanding of the situation. They would then file a case and conduct a preliminary investigation. Because Li Ying'an was a witness holding evidence, the police instructed him to keep his phone on 24 hours a day. If anything unexpected happened, they would need to contact him.

Now that the evidence has been handed over, all Li Ying'an and I have to do now is wait for good news, and calmly wait for the lingering dark clouds over the welfare home to be illuminated by the sunlight and disappear.

After leaving the police station, no matter how tired we were, we did not go home immediately, but went to the hospital to visit Li Lan.

After the operation, Li Lan was lying in the intensive care unit. We had no right to enter. Even if we went in, we would have nothing to communicate with an unconscious patient. We couldn't tell her what happened today when she was so weak that she couldn't breathe. She couldn't hear us, and this was just the beginning. We couldn't guarantee that the result would be absolutely perfect.

So, for now, just watch her from a distance.

It’s just a pity for the parents in the world.

As a deaf-mute, Li Lan's mother was unable to communicate effectively with the hospital staff, and the hospital did not recruit volunteers who knew sign language. The doctors and nurses were busy all day and could not have the patience to understand her expressions. After repeated half-understanding communications, they gradually lost their patience. Besides, Li Lan's condition was not worth mentioning. It was a fact that she fell into a coma and her life seemed to be at its lowest point. The doctors could only do their best to rescue her, and the rest was left to fate.

Everyone in the hospital has their own unspeakable difficulties, and everyone is busy with their own affairs. No one will stop to listen to the mother's miserable cries.

This pushed Li Lan's mother into a corner where no one cared about her, leaving her alone to pray to heaven and earth for her daughter.

Our arrival relieved some of her distress, but it was only temporary companionship. Instead of watching her bloodshot eyes and uncontrollable tears, it is better to pray for Li Lan to be safe.

At the moment, we only hope that the critical illness notice is a fake one, Li Lan will soon be out of danger, and the murderer who hurt her behind the scenes will be arrested by the police as quickly as possible.

So many things happened in just a few days. When it was finally my turn to rest, it turned out to be a rainy day.

I had wanted to go out for a walk, but I could only sit lifelessly in front of the window with Li Ying'an, watching the heavy rain destroy the world.

Outside the window, a bird flew through the rain curtain, flapped its wet wings and landed on a small tree with lush branches and leaves. Its traces could not escape my bright eyes. I stared at its hiding place intently, and telegraph sounds unconsciously came out of my throat. Catching it is my nature. I was even bored enough to think about rushing out in the rain to catch it.

But soon, this little thought was interrupted by the people around him.

Li Ying'an saw me staring intently out the window, and curiously followed suit. Apart from the impenetrable veil of rain, it was hard to see anything else of interest. He shifted his curiosity to me, and seeing that I maintained a rigid posture the entire time, he couldn't help but laugh, then reached out and poked me.

"What are you looking at so seriously?" he laughed.

The black round eyes blinked, and the tension before catching the prey slowly disappeared. I pushed the bench back with my butt, lazily leaned over the table, and looked at Li Ying'an with my arms as a pillow.

I complained about being bored and missed the swing on the way to eat pickled fish last time: I really want to go out, I want to swing on the swing.

Although I had an unhappy experience last time because of acute gastroenteritis, I now appreciate the experience of swinging on the swing.

It is inevitable that a lot of thoughts will come to mind on rainy days. I am too playful to calm down at all and just sit there like Li Ying'an.

Li Ying'an knew that cats are playful by nature. He looked at my face, which was melancholy because the heavy rain prevented me from going out, and listened to my unhappy whining. He couldn't help but feel sorry for me: "But it's raining now, so it's not easy for us to go out on the swing. If you really like it, I'll set you up at home in case you can't go out like today."

He spoke so sincerely, as if as long as I nodded, he would go to the mall to buy the swing equipment the next second. His speed was always beyond my expectations when it came to anything related to me.

But when I looked around this small home, apart from the necessities, most of the things inside were mine. It was already very crowded at a glance, and if I added more, it would be almost blockage.

I shook my head decisively to dissuade Li Ying'an from thinking: No.

My behavior caught his attention, and he thought I was thinking about financial issues and was worried about the family's money: "That set of things doesn't cost much, and it's not like the family can't afford to support you."

I'm undoubtedly concerned about the money, but that's not the main issue. If you become wealthy and sell me a manor house, I'll be left with nothing but a cat. So I need to make my demands now. I want you to install swings around the house, all kinds of swings. My swings must be custom-made, so you can't throw me down. As for the house, I'll definitely choose one with a great view!

As he thought about my actions, the smile on Li Ying'an's face became brighter and brighter. He looked very happy, as if the wonderful life I described was now being lived peacefully.

I imagined my dream, describing it passionately, while he followed suit. "If I ever become rich, I'll do as you say and buy a house with a beautiful swing set. Not only that, I'll even buy one with a beautiful mountain view. Hmm... maybe I'll quit this job and open a pet shop to rescue all the stray cats and dogs and give them a good life too."

Listening to him talk about his future plans, my eyes were filled with sparkling light. I tilted my head back with a smile on my lips. Every word he said that fell into my ears made me fantasize about my future life with him, about having our own house, all kinds of swings, and all kinds of toys that I liked and even belonged to me alone.

Overjoyed, I grabbed his arm, my chest heaving with excitement. I couldn't contain the joy in my heart: "I'm so looking forward to our future life. You'll take me on adventures... but I'm afraid of the water. But that's okay. If you buy a house by the sea, build a swing there too. But make sure it's high enough so the waves can't hit me. I can still swing and watch the sea flowers!"

I dragged the bench and sat close to Li Ying'an. After sitting for a long time, I squatted on the bench, like a chick next to a hen, unwilling to move away from Li Ying'an.

When the weather gets colder, can you take me to see the sea?