The same twilight enveloped a hospital in Huaicheng City, more than ten kilometers away from Qingyuan Mountain. In the emergency observation room, Ruan Qingling was guarding the bedside.
Chen Muyun was still in a coma, wearing an oxygen mask, receiving intravenous fluids, and his heart rate and blood pressure were monitored.
The preliminary examination results are out. In addition to some abrasions on his body, he also had soft tissue contusion on his head and a mild concussion. He needs to stay for observation until he wakes up.
The doctor asked Ruan Qingling how the person was injured. Ruan Qingling answered helplessly: "I don't know. I found him on the mountain. He had fainted."
She would give the same answer if the police asked her in the future.
At this moment, another cell phone in Ruan Qingling's pocket rang. She took out her cell phone, looked at the word "Dad" on the screen, took a deep breath, and quickly turned the sound to silent.
The phone rang for a minute or two and then stopped.
Ruan Qingling was stunned for a while and started texting Chen's father.
She was familiar with the tone of his text messages to his family, and knew how much his parents valued and were proud of his work in the government.
As expected, Mr. Chen had no doubts.
Ruan Qingling had just finished editing the last text message and was about to press send when another call suddenly came in. Ruan Qingling didn't react and pressed "Answer" by mistake.
Her heart skipped a beat as she looked at the name on the screen: Qingqing's uncle Zheng Tao.
"Hello, Mu Yun." A man's voice came from the phone.
Ruan Qingling didn't know what to do for a moment, and subconsciously uttered a soft "hmm". Just as she was at a loss, Zheng Tao on the other end said, "Qingqing? You are still with Mu Yun after all."
Ruan Qingling: “Yeah.”
In the emergency observation room, there was the sound of instruments beeping continuously, as well as the voices of other patients and their families, and the background was broad and noisy.
Zheng Tao didn't seem to want to get to the bottom of it, and said, "It's okay. You and Mu Yun can have fun for two days. There's nothing going on at home, so I'll just ask a few questions. Then I'm hanging up now?"
Ruan Qingling answered very vaguely: "Okay."
After hanging up the phone, she breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little scared, but she immediately thought: I didn't do anything, and I didn't say anything. Yes, it was too noisy around and I was too worried about Mu Yun, so I didn’t hear clearly what Uncle Ruan Qingqing said before he hung up. He didn't ask anything.
As for Chen Muyun’s father - I was there to handle Muyun’s procedures and payment, so I didn’t receive the call.
I had no idea what had happened to Mu Yun. Since the doctor said he was fine, I was afraid his parents would worry, so I temporarily brushed it off for him, hoping to wait for him to wake up and handle it himself.
I was still a college student, I didn't know anything, but I was focused on taking care of my injured lover.
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After finding out that the mountain Zeng Xi, Ruan Qingqing, and Chen Muyun might have gone to was called Qingyuan Mountain, Luo Pingjiang found a way to get the phone number of Zeng Xi's parents.
From the two children's descriptions, Luo Pingjiang guessed that Ruan Qingqing reported Zeng Xi's disappearance to the police last night. However, because there was no evidence, Zheng Tao, as the person in charge of the center, did not agree with this - probably with the mentality of "less trouble is worse than more" - the report to the police ended in vain.
Luo Pingjiang is not involved in the case, and everything so far is just his speculation. He thought that if he could convince Zeng Xi's parents to call the police and send police forces to Qingyuan Mountain to search for the three missing persons, it would be much more efficient than him looking for them alone.
Luo Pingjiang called Zeng Xi's father, but no one answered at first. He persisted and called four or five times, and finally after a continuous ringing, someone picked up the phone.
"Hello? Who?" The other party's tone was very bad.
Luo Pingjiang: "Hello, are you Zeng Xi's parents? I am Zeng Xi's friend..."
The other party suddenly became furious: "Are you guys done yet? From midnight yesterday to this morning, the men and women in the care center, the police in Huaicheng and Guangzhou, have been calling non-stop!
We don’t need to sleep at night! We still have to go to work now!
You have to compensate me for the deduction of my salary!
I say it again: I didn’t ask that damn girl to come to Guangdong, and I don’t know where she is now!
She is such an old person now. I work myself to death and give her living expenses every year. What could go wrong?
Don't worry, I will let her go back as soon as she arrives in Guangdong!
I don't even have a place to live here! Wouldn't it be troublesome for her, a deaf-mute, to come here? If you get in touch with her, tell her to go back immediately and don't come to Guangdong to find us! ”
The phone was hung up.
Luo Pingjiang called again, but the phone was turned off.
He sat in front of Ruan Qingqing's desk and slowly stroked his flat head. Under the short, hard stubble was his solemn, angular and hard face.
This road is no longer passable. So how can he get the police to respond as quickly as possible?
Someone appeared at the door: "Why are you here?"
It’s Zheng Tao, he’s back again.
Luo Pingjiang stood up, his expression calm: "I'll wait for Qingqing here."
Zheng Tao looked at him with an ambiguous look again and said, "Boss Luo, this is inappropriate. This is my niece's bedroom."
Luo Pingjiang smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm familiar with her."
Zheng Tao: “…”
But Zheng Tao really didn't want to see him linger under his nose, so he said, "They say she and Mu Yun went out to play for two days, why don't you believe it? I just talked to Qingqing on the phone, she's fine, she's with Mu Yun."
Luo Pingjiang's expression changed slightly: "You just talked to her on the phone?"
"yes."
"I called her every five minutes, but her phone was always turned off. How did you get through to her?"
Zheng Tao: "Her phone was turned off, but Chen Muyun's phone was on. I called her and she answered."
Luo Pingjiang was silent. Because he had called Chen Muyun countless times, but no one answered.
"They are both fine, having fun outside. We outsiders shouldn't worry about them." Zheng Tao was speaking when his cell phone rang. He glanced at Luo Pingjiang and quickly walked towards his office.
"Hello, hello, hello..." He closed the door.
Luo Pingjiang immediately called Chen Muyun again, but his phone was turned off. He strode to the office door and was about to knock on it to ask what was going on when he heard Zheng Tao inside say, "Boss Liu, you're almost here? No problem, the contract is ready. My niece? She's not here today. She's young, so she went out to play with her boyfriend...
Yes, she has signed the power of attorney, authorizing me to handle the property rights of the nursing home. We can sign it today..."
Luo Pingjiang stood still.
After Zheng Tao hung up the phone, Luo Pingjiang knocked on the door twice symbolically and pushed it open.
Zheng Tao didn't expect him to follow him in. He looked evasive for a moment, then smiled: "Boss Luo, is there anything else?"
Luo Pingjiang said politely: "Uncle Zheng, I'm sorry to bother you again and again. To be honest, I'm also worried about Qingqing and Mu Yun. Can you tell me in detail what she said on the phone?"
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