Deadly Game
Chapter 45
Grandma was very thin and her bones were very hard. Lin Yu was woken up by the bump. She was not in a good mood and only saw her grandma in her daze, and no one else.
The sky became gloomy again and it was about to rain. The fields were damp and cool, and there was no wind. She felt very uncomfortable, her nose was sore, and even breathing was difficult.
With a loud thunder, tens of thousands of water drops suddenly fell from the sky.
"Grandma, let's go back..." Lin Yu held Grandma's head with his hands and tried to go down, but Grandma wouldn't let go. Lin Yu lay on Grandma's back and could clearly see her clothes soaked by the rain, and her silver hair trembled with a few small drops of water.
"Grandma." Lin Yu was unable to exert any strength and was sliding down. The rain in front of her was getting heavier and heavier. Her head was in a mess and she couldn't think of anything.
This was one of the rare times she acted willfully, but in the end, it caused her grandmother to suffer an undeserved disaster.
There were two very thin figures. When grandma carried Lin Yu to the village doctor, they were about to close the door. From a distance, they saw a man walking towards them through the rain and fog. The man had a very low back and a hunched body. He was shaking with every step. He stretched out his feet and nailed them heavily to the ground. He paused, then lifted his feet and continued to walk forward.
The village doctor looked at it for a long time, until Lin Yu's hand dropped down, then he realized that it was not a person.
"Old man!" The village doctor hurried into the rain to get Lin Yu down. "Come in quickly, come in quickly!"
The two of them helped Lin Yu into the house. The village doctor's wife pulled Grandma Lin to wipe her hair. The village doctor opened Lin Yu's eyes and shone a flashlight into her. "How long has the fever lasted? I don't have enough medicine here. We need to go to the city quickly."
"Ah? Doctor, could you please take us to the city? We can't catch the bus right now!" Grandma Lin was so anxious that she almost knelt down. The village doctor didn't dare to accept her and quickly helped her up. "Of course, there's nothing wrong with that. You take care of things at home, my wife. I'm leaving now!"
The village doctor helped Lin Yu into the car and then went to help Lin's grandmother. The rain was getting heavier, and the windshield wipers were still smeared with water.
The village doctor leaned forward, his eyes almost fixed on the glass.
The path was narrow, barely wide enough for one car to pass. "This is such a lousy road!" the village doctor honked in frustration. "Don't worry, old lady. I just gave her emergency treatment. She shouldn't be seriously ill."
Even so, how could Grandma Lin not be anxious? "Doctor, can you drive a little faster? I'm really worried something might happen."
"Okay, I'll watch..." Before the village doctor could finish his words, a fierce beam of light came, and there was only a blank space ahead, and a muffled horn sound continued in the ears.
Damn it! The moment he saw the oncoming car clearly, the village doctor slammed on the brakes. However, the huge inertia caused the small van to spin on the ground, and the oncoming truck drove straight into it...
A huge friction sound suddenly exploded, and the truck pushed the van to slide a long distance on the ground, and finally crashed into a tree on the side of the road. The van rolled over and stopped at the edge of the water, shaky and sinking bit by bit.
Tao Xingye heard a loud noise as soon as he entered Linjia Village. He didn't have time to think about what was going on. He just wanted to find Lin Yu quickly. The black car stopped at the door of Grandma Lin's house. He unbuckled his seat belt and ran into the rain, "Grandma! Xiaoyu!"
No one answered, which made Tao Xingye feel strange. He searched the room but couldn't find anyone. He took out his cell phone to call Lin Yu, but a familiar ringtone came from the room - Lin Yu didn't bring his cell phone.
Tao Xingye's heart suddenly fluttered. He had rushed here after receiving a call from his grandmother. There was only one road from the city to Linjia Town. If Lin Yu and the others had walked out, they would have definitely met them. But he didn't run into Lin Yu and the others, which meant that Lin Yu was still nearby!
In a flash, the loud noise when entering the village seemed to explode in Tao Xingye's ears again. He rushed to the black car and drove in the direction where the sound came from.
From a distance, Tao Xingye saw a truck that was severely deformed after being hit head-on. Many villagers were gathered nearby. He squeezed into the crowd and saw an uncle squatting on the ground talking on the phone.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't Lin Yu and the others. Tao Xingye turned around and walked towards the car.
A woman suddenly rushed over and bumped into his shoulder and ran towards somewhere, "Junhai!" The voice was heartbreaking, and Tao Xingye looked back.
With just one glance, his body stiffened instantly and his arms began to twitch.
Through the smashed car window, Lin Yu was hanging there upside down with his head down, half of his body outside, and his arms dangling in the air.
The van was squeezed and deformed, and Lin Yu's body was twisted into a ball. The sharp glass was covered with blood of an unknown person. The drop of blood dripped onto Lin Yu's eyebrows and slid down her cheek.
Half of her face was covered in blood, and the other half was tightly wrapped in wet hair that was as winding as a thread.
The noisy crowd began to disappear, and Tao Xingye only had this person in his eyes. He was enveloped by a strong dizziness and walked slowly to Lin Yu step by step.
He stretched out a finger and placed it on Lin Yu's neck as if he didn't dare to touch it. His hands were shaking so much that he couldn't tell whether he was moving or Lin Yu's pulse was beating.
The police arrived and began to carry out rescue operations urgently.
"She, she is my wife! Let me look at her! Let me look at her." Tao Xingye grabbed the policeman's collar anxiously. He was held back by several people.
He saw the rescuers holding a cutting machine frame above Lin Yu's head. The cutting machine was spinning rapidly, emitting sparks and tearing the car door.
When the car door was opened, everyone realized that there was another person in the car - the white-haired old man was hugging the young girl tightly, her back was pressed against another deformed car door, and her flesh and blood were blurred.
But her face was very peaceful, even with a look of relief. After a few breaths, the old woman slowly opened her eyes. Everyone was startled and stepped back.
Tao Xingye looked at Grandma Lin in disbelief. Grandma Lin was also looking at him. Tao Xingye would never forget that look, kind yet pleading. Grandma Lin wanted to raise her hand, but of course she couldn't. Her lips moved as if she wanted to speak.
The rescuers knew it was the last moment, so they pushed Tao Xingye to come over.
Tao Xingye held Grandma Lin's hand, and their eyes fell on Lin Yu at the same time.
"There are 1,200... under the cabinet, and 400... 400 for Xiaoyu." Grandma Lin said these words intermittently, with satisfaction in her eyes.
In the last moments of her life, Grandma Lin was covered in wounds, but she endured the pain and persevered until now.
Should she be thankful? Thankful that she had found someone she could trust before she died? But what did that even mean? Tao Xingye looked down at Lin Yu. He couldn't help but reach out to touch her face like before, but before he could, he was once again being pulled back. His fingers moved further and further away from Lin Yu, until he was blocked by several rescuers.
Those people knew that he was a relative of the people involved in the car accident, and deliberately prevented him from seeing Lin Yu and Grandma Lin. In the end, Tao Xingye was carried into another ambulance.
Grandma Lin and the village doctor died before they could reach the hospital, and Lin Yu was pushed directly into the operating room.
The doctor said that when the car accident happened, Grandma Lin directly hugged Lin Yu and used her body to block many fatal injuries for Lin Yu, so Lin Yu's injuries were not life-threatening.
"However, the patient has a fever, and the operation is very difficult and risky. Please be mentally prepared." The doctor handed the informed consent form to Tao Xingye.
The words were written in black and white, but Tao Xingye was shocked by what he saw: both arms were dislocated, his left leg was fractured, he had a concussion, and soft tissue injuries.
Tao Xingye's eyes welled up as he solemnly wrote his name on the light piece of paper. It seemed as if there was no need to say anything more. The only antidote left for him was time.
The door opened. Tao Xingye had been squatting for too long and felt dizzy when he stood up. He only heard one sentence: "The patient is unconscious and has been transferred to the ICU."
ICU? Tao Xingye leaned against the wall and hurried over to Lin Yu, letting him take one last look.
However, he was stopped. "Mr. Tao, we have set visiting hours. Coming here now will only increase the risk of infection for the patient."
The hospital bed was moving so fast. If it were slower, even if Lin Yu couldn't see him, he would let her stay in his sight for a while longer. No, it had to be faster. He couldn't increase the risk of infection for Lin Yu.
The elevator door closed, and Tao Xingye suddenly felt unsure what to do. Should he go back to the company? It seemed like it didn't matter whether the company was there or not. If he hadn't sent Lin Yu back to the countryside, Lin Yu wouldn't have been injured, and Lin Yu's grandmother wouldn't have…
"Brother!" Tao Xinghai rushed out of the elevator. The nurse glared at him and asked, "Can you walk slower?"
"Okay, okay." Tao Xinghai nodded and squeezed over beside the nurse. "Brother, are you and sister-in-law okay?"
"It's okay, I..." Tao Xingye paused, "Who told you?"
No one knew he was in the country, let alone coming to the hospital.
Tao Xingye pushed away Tao Xinghai's hand on his shoulder, and his tone was sharper than his eyes, "You are following me." This was an affirmative tone, and there was no room for maneuver.
"Brother..." Tao Xinghai sighed, "You know what our father does. Go home. If you keep doing this, who knows if Lin Yu will be so lucky next time."
"Asshole!" Tao Xingye raised his hand and slapped his brother in the face. He grabbed Tao Xinghai's collar and pressed him against the wall. "Those are human lives, those are all human lives. You are committing a crime!"
"elder brother!"
"Don't call me brother." Tao Xingye felt disgusted. He let go of Tao Xinghai and pointed to the elevator, "Get out."
"Brother..." Tao Xinghai couldn't utter a word, but still wanted to keep him. However, Tao Xingye's voice became even colder, "I told you to get out, did you hear me?"
Tao Xinghai glanced at the people around him who were watching the show, glared at them, straightened his collar and walked towards the elevator.
In the corridor, Tao Xingye was the only one left besides the medical staff.
He didn't move, still standing with his hands hanging at his sides. No one dared to come forward to ask him a question, just letting him stand there.
The man suddenly sneered and snorted, his eyes filled with determination and disdain. Tao Xingye took big steps and walked to the elevator in a few steps.
He pressed the elevator button, but seemed to think of something and did not go in. Instead, he made a phone call outside and let the elevator door close.
"Yes, it's me. I'm on the third floor of the Municipal Hospital." I don't know what the other end asked, but he answered very quickly.
Tao Xingye casually put his phone into his pocket, shook his shoulders, and walked back with a relaxed look.
He sat in the middle of the iron chair, his head resting against the wall. Hospitals are always noisy, but now it was strangely quiet. Silence, in a hospital, is never a good thing.
A crowd of people, even a number of reporters, had gathered downstairs. The rain had left a thin layer of water on the ground, but the crowds kept growing.
A few young nurses saw that something was wrong and hurried downstairs to help evacuate the crowd. Tao Xingye glanced at them and saw that they were still calm, as if it was expected.
Amid the commotion, a police car suddenly drove up and stopped right in front of the hospital.
Everyone stopped shouting and automatically made way. Several police officers even drew their weapons and began walking towards the hospital in a defensive posture.
"Where's the criminal? Is he still on the third floor?" A police officer took out Tao Xingye's photo and pointed it at the nurse. The nurse had just come down from the third floor and naturally remembered Tao Xingye's face. She was so scared that she didn't know what to do. "He, he is the criminal?"
The police officer was too lazy to say anything more and went straight upstairs. The relevant personnel checked the surveillance footage. In the dim screen, the man was sitting there with his head lowered, as if he was sleeping with his legs spread out.
As they got closer, they lay down at the emergency exit on the third floor, while other police officers were guarding the elevator, waiting for the order.
"Set off!"
The tablet was left in the corridor. On the screen, several policemen broke into the room, with several weapons pointed directly at the man sitting in the middle.
"Hands up!"
The man did not respond. Just as the police got closer, the man finally looked up, still bent over.
His eyes looked strange, without any awareness of being a murderer, and he was exceptionally calm. The smile on the corner of his mouth was particularly abrupt in the tense environment at the moment.
Tao Xingye stood up and raised his hands.
A policeman came forward and pressed his hands behind his back. He was handcuffed without any struggle.
As the black hood fell, all that was left in front of Tao Xingye's eyes was black.
He could feel himself being held by two policemen. As he left the hall, the air suddenly became very cold and noisy. He thought there must be a lot of people gathered here at this moment. Chu Yan did a good job and was worthy of being the person he personally selected.
"Bastard, he even killed his own wife!" Someone in the crowd cursed.
After a few seconds of calm, a burst of curses immediately broke out.
The rain was so heavy, and they looked at the "murderer" with his shirt soaked. Some people felt unsatisfied and even started throwing things at Tao Xingye.
The scene suddenly became chaotic. Seeing that something was wrong, several police officers quickly quickened their pace and tried to stuff Tao Xingye into the police car.
Someone shouted again, "He's Tao Xingye, the eldest son of the Tao family. He has the Wanyun Group backing him. We can't deal with him!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd that had calmed down became enraged again and rushed towards the police car. At the last moment when the crowd started to riot, Tao Xingye was stuffed into the police car.
As the police car drove away, the cursing finally stopped and the hospital entrance returned to peace.
Chu Yan sat in the back seat of a nondescript van, his eyes fixed on the silver luxury car across from him. The driver's window was halfway down, and raindrops kept hitting the car, but the man remained indifferent.
After a long time, Tao Xinghai closed the window and drove into the road.
The silver car turned left and right, passing one car after another, and finally stopped in front of the Tao family's old house. Tao Xinghai opened the car door and ran straight into the villa in the rain without even waiting for the servant to hold an umbrella for him.
"Dad! I..." Tao Xinghai pushed the door open and his voice froze.
In the living room, Liu Quan and Tao Xingguo were drinking tea. It seemed that his father didn't know about his brother's situation yet. Tao Xinghai was not stupid, of course he knew that he couldn't tell him now, but this matter would be solved later. While it was still early, he had to tell his father quickly.
While pouring tea, he winked at Tao Xingguo.
Tao Xingguo was puzzled and continued talking to Liu Quan without paying attention. Tao Xinghai was so anxious that he was about to cry, and he sat on pins and needles beside them to refill their tea.
He was absent-minded and spilled water all over the table.
"Mr. Tao, it seems like he has something urgent to tell you." Liu Quan didn't care. "Mr. Tao, my father can't come over, so I want to say hello to you on his behalf."
Liu Quan put down his water cup and nodded slightly. Tao Xingguo also stood up. "It's raining heavily outside, Colonel, be careful." This was a tease.
Liu Quan didn't mind this kind of joke. After all, Tao Xingguo was his elder. He didn't stay any longer and followed the servants out of the Tao family.
Watching Liu Quan leave, Tao Xinghai couldn't hold back any more, "Dad, my brother...my brother seems to have turned himself in."
"Turn himself in? What crime did he commit that made him turn himself in?" Tao Xingguo thought of something and looked at Tao Xinghai. "Did you go find him?"
Tao Xinghai felt guilty and lowered his head, not daring to look at his father.
"Asshole!" Tao Xingguo raised his hand and slapped Tao Xinghai in the face, "Get out of here!"
Tao Xingguo was furious. The servant hurriedly offered him some water, but Tao Xingguo couldn't drink it and simply threw the cup away. The porcelain cup shattered to the ground. Tao Xinghai felt a little timid, but he still said, "Dad, it seems that many media outlets have also taken pictures of us..."
"What?" Tao Xingguo kicked Tao Xinghai on the shoulder. "Then why are you still here? Go find those media outlets and get them to take down the news! Are you trying to help your brother kill me?"
"Dad! If you're wrong, you have to admit it." Tao Xinghai curled up his legs and knelt in front of Tao Xingguo. "Go and turn yourself in. Do you want my brother to take the blame for you?"
"Surrender? Why should I surrender?" Tao Xingguo was almost crazy. "What did I do? Even if I did it, does Tao Xingye have any evidence?" He pointed his finger at his head, wishing he could poke a hole in it.
"Your brother is more ruthless than you." Tao Xingguo leaned forward on the sofa, his eyes empty. "Don't you think about it? Why did so many people come out to watch the show on a rainy day?"
"He has no evidence! He was just waiting for me, waiting for me to get scared, waiting for me to turn myself in for him and go to jail. He was after my company, so I should have destroyed him the moment he refused the marriage proposal!"
"Dad!" Tao Xinghai was incredulous. "That's my brother, your son?"
Tao Xingguo laughed, and the whole living room was filled with his laughter. Tao Xingguo looked at Tao Xinghai, gently pulled him up, and his eyes were threatening. Tao Xinghai thought of something, and his back felt cold. He pushed his father away and ran out.
"Hold him down." Tao Xingguo didn't move a step. With one order, several servants held Tao Xinghai down and even tied his hands to the chair legs.
Tao Xingguo started smoking a cigar while being served by his servants. "It's better this way. He dug his own grave, so I don't have to do it again." He took a puff, and the smoke came out of his nostrils like a ghost.
Tao Xingguo's eyes were cold, without any affection in them, and fell on Tao Xinghai, "Xinghai, I'm sorry that you have to stay at home these days, after all-"
After all, he worked at the headquarters, and he had access to the core. He should have discovered it earlier. If he hadn't noticed something was wrong today and investigated the bill for the overseas transfer, he wouldn't have thought Tao Xingguo would be so cruel.
"What do my brother and I mean to you!" Tao Xinghai was hysterical and struggling desperately, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't move at all. The chair collided with the floor, and the collision sounds declared how incompetent he was.
He looked at the sanctimonious "father".
"You raised my brother from childhood, and you can do that to him. What about me? If I rebel against you one day, will you do the same to me?"
"Of course." Tao Xingguo calmed down at this moment. He raised his hand and walked towards Tao Xingguo, "Who am I? I am Tao Xingguo, who started from scratch, from Lao Taogan to President Tao! My Wanyun Group, my real estate, everything I have, how glorious! No one can destroy it, not your mother, not your brother, not you! No one can destroy it!"
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