Duan Qi followed behind Lu Yu, and his long legs caught up with her in just a few steps.
I left the school gate behind and waited at the intersection for a few minutes before I hailed a taxi.
Lu Yu was like an ant on a hot pan all the way, anxiously turning around in the back seat of the taxi, fidgeting and constantly adjusting his sitting position.
Half an hour later, we finally arrived at the hospital.
After asking for the room number at the front desk, the two went to the ward.
Before I reached the ward, I heard voices coming from the corner ahead.
"Hey, Mr. Wang, it's me... well, my wife was in a car accident and is in the hospital. I can't afford the medical expenses, and now I need to pay the money urgently. Can you see if you can... I really have a wife! We are not divorced... Yes, first marriage, first marriage... I'm not gambling with it! If you lie to me, I will be struck by lightning!"
"...One thousand... Mr. Wang, can you lend me more? The total is more than 30,000... It's urgent to save my life... I promise to pay you back as soon as possible!"
"...Well, okay then...Thank you, Mr. Wang."
The two walked to the corner and saw the man on the phone hang up and turn around.
He was a middle-aged man, wearing an orange-yellow floral shirt, thin, with sallow skin and dark circles under his eyes.
He also saw Lu Yu and the other person.
Lu Yu paused.
"……dad."
"Yeah." The middle-aged man nodded at her. "Your mother is in there, go in and take a look."
"Yeah." Lu Yu responded and pushed the door into the ward.
Duan Qi glanced at the middle-aged man and followed Lu Yu into the ward.
On the hospital bed, Lu Yu’s mother lay with a pale face, messy hair and eyes slightly closed.
The right leg was wrapped in white cloth to the thigh.
"mom!"
Lu Yu ran over and looked her up and down carefully.
"How...how are you? Where are you hurt?" Lu Yu's face was full of tension and concern, and his face was full of anxiety.
Lu Yu's mother opened her eyes slightly and looked at her, looking very bad.
"It's nothing serious, just hurt my leg."
"Oh, what do you mean it's no big deal!" A middle-aged woman pushed the door open. She was slightly plump, had dyed red hair, wore a blue skirt, and was holding a bag of fruit in her hand.
"That damn driver hit someone and ran away!" She was quite indignant for Lu Yu's mother.
"It's a pity that there was no surveillance on that road, and I couldn't see his license plate number clearly! That bastard!"
"No conscience at all!"
The middle-aged woman cursed angrily while placing the fruit in her hand on the bedside table.
"Hey, are you Lu Yu?" the middle-aged woman turned and asked Lu Yu.
Lu Yu nodded.
"The phone call I just made was from you... Oh, your cell phone." The middle-aged woman took out Lu Yu's mother's cell phone from her pocket and placed it on the hospital bed.
“What is this…?” The middle-aged woman looked at Duan Qi standing aside in confusion.
"This is my classmate." Lu Yu answered, and then turned to ask Lu Yu's mother. "Where are you hurt?"
Lu Yu’s mother opened her mouth, as if thinking about what to say.
"My left leg is injured!" the middle-aged woman explained quickly.
"I was hit by that car and my left leg was injured, from the calf to the thigh. They said the bones inside were broken. I'm just dealing with it now. I have to rush for surgery tomorrow!"
"By the way, have you prepared the surgery fee?"
…
The middle-aged man outside the ward kept making phone calls and saying nice things to the person on the other end of the line.
In the end, I asked everyone I could call to borrow money, but I only managed to borrow more than 8,000 yuan.
The friends he made were all drinking and eating buddies, some drinking and card-playing buddies. Now there are not many people who can trust him and lend him money.
Most of them just made some excuses and hung up the phone.
After the middle-aged man finished the call, he held the phone in his rough palm, his brows were deeply furrowed, and his mood was complicated and indescribable.
The surgery fee is still not enough.
Lu Yu was also panicked and anxious.
In her impression, the family’s savings must not be much.
It may be enough to pay the medical expenses, but there will not be much money left after paying the medical expenses. It may not be enough to pay the medical expenses at all.
In addition, the sound of my father calling to borrow money could be heard faintly from outside the door...
Lu Yu took out a bank card from his schoolbag and held it in his hand.
This card was the one that the text message had asked her to apply for.
There is still a balance of more than 12,000 yuan in it. This money belongs to that "Mr. Luo" or the owner of the mobile phone number with eight zeros.
Even if this money is used, it is not enough to cover medical expenses.
【what to do? 】
Lu Yu couldn't help but send another text message to the mobile phone number with eight zeros.
She has been harassing the other person like this all the time.
Even so, the text message seems to be a bit incoherent.
Even so, the other party never responded.
Although he no longer felt that the other party would reply, Lu Yu still held on to a little hope.
"Lu Yu, you need..." Duan Qi, who had been silently accompanying Lu Yu, suddenly spoke to Lu Yu.
"bite……"
Unfortunately, he was interrupted by a slight sound halfway through his words.
When the familiar text message alert sounded, Lu Yu couldn't help but widen his eyes.
【Bring your bank card and payment slip and go downstairs to pay. 】
A text message came from a mobile phone number with eight zeros.
Lu Yu's hands trembled slightly as he quickly replied.
[But, there is not enough money in this card...]
"bite……"
[Don't worry about this, just swipe. ]
Lu Yu stared at the text message, bit her lip and hesitated for a few seconds, then rushed out of the ward with the card and payment slip.
Duan Qi:??? What happened? I haven’t finished talking yet…
With a confused look on his face, he had no choice but to run out after Lu Yu.
"Please enter your password."
Lu Yu entered the password according to the voice prompt, feeling nervous.
【Transaction successful.】
The following line of words appears on the screen of the POS card machine.
It actually worked!
Lu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but was still confused.
This card has always been in her hands, and the money in it was also deposited by her personally.
The SMS number reserved by the bank is her mobile phone number. Since she activated the deposit function, she has never received any deposit information.
So, there should be a balance of more than 12,000 yuan, so why did it turn out to be more than 30,000 yuan?
This is a savings card, not a credit card. You can spend as much as you have and you cannot overdraw.
"bite……"
There's a text message on my cell phone.
It is a deduction text message sent by the bank.
It shows that the expenditure is 36,000, leaving 80,000.
……etc!
Eighty thousand?
Lu Yu was shocked. Where did the money come from?
"So you have enough money." Duan Qi muttered to himself from above. "I was thinking, if you don't have any money, I can lend you my small treasury..."
Lu Yu looked up at him, only to see a smooth, white chin, and felt a little touched.
"You, why are you looking at me like that? Even if I lend it to you, you have to return it..." Duan Qi stuttered a little while and had a dazed expression.
It is seriously inconsistent with his seemingly shrewd appearance.
When Lu Yu saw him like this, even the half-frame gold-rimmed glasses on his face seemed particularly pleasing and cute.
The next day, Lu Yu's mother's operation went very smoothly and she only needed to take good care of herself in the later stages.
But that leg can never be restored to its original state intact, and I won’t be able to run for a long time from now on.
As for where the money came from to pay the fees, Lu Yu only said that a classmate named Luo lent it to her.
Lu Yu's mother thought of Luo, the classmate who gave Lu Yu extra lessons on the phone, and did not investigate further. She just asked Lu Yu to invite him to dinner when he has time in the future.
Lu Yu also sent text messages to the number with eight zeros to ask questions, such as what happened to the money in the bank card and why the person didn't reply to the text messages.
But the person on the other end of the phone seemed to have disappeared again and no longer responded to Lu Yu.
﹉
"Lu Yu, do you want to go to the bathroom?" The girl with short hair and bangs ran towards Lu Yu as soon as the get out of class was over, half lying on her desk and asked.
"Let's go." Lu Yu stood up, took the girl's hand, and went to the bathroom together.
Half a month has passed, and Lu Yu also has a new friend besides Duan Qi.
Her name is Wang Luo. She is in the same class as Lu Yu and is a girl who is a bit outgoing.
The two came to the toilet.
In the cubicle, you can clearly hear the sounds coming from other toilet cubicles.
"...Do you dare to try?"
"Try what?"
"Dial eight zeros!"
Eight zeros? Hearing this, Lu Yu pricked up his ears and listened carefully to their conversation.
"Eh...I don't want it anymore."
"Why not? Are you afraid of this?"
"Of course I'm afraid! When did I say I wasn't afraid of these things..."
"I heard from others that after dialing a number with eight zeros, you can hear the echo of your own voice..."
"because……"
"When the number was dialed, it was actually a call to my own phone."
"If I hear a different voice on the phone than my own..."
"Oh, okay, okay, stop talking!"
"Hahaha, didn't you just ask me if I dare to try?"
…
Lu Yu, who was about to leave with his hand on the door handle, was struck by a bolt from the blue. He turned pale, his breathing became rapid, and his hands and feet became cold...
If that's the case, everything makes sense.
It feels like being watched at all times and in all places.
He knew her every move, even the messages she had only edited and not sent.
Even in a closed room, he could clearly see what she was doing.
The phone's alarm automatically goes off and the vibration mode automatically adjusts.
And that night…the sudden siren sound from the cell phone.
The 'Mr. Luo' who never shows up...
There is extra money in the card, but there is no money for the SMS reminder...
Everything points in the same direction.
The fact that Lu Yu had never thought about or dared to think about before was suddenly revealed and placed before her.
How should she face this?
"Lu Yu! Lu Yu?" Wang Luo's voice came from outside the cubicle door.
Lu Yu came to his senses, quickly opened the door and walked out.
"Lu Yu, you look so bad, what's wrong, are you feeling unwell?"
"No, it's okay." Lu Yu shook his head repeatedly. "Let's go back."
canteen.
Lu Yu picked up the chicken nuggets on the plate and put them into his mouth in a trance.
Duan Qi on the opposite side stopped eating with his chopsticks and silently watched her pick up the chicken nuggets with her chopsticks, leave the plate, and bring them to her mouth... and to her nostrils.
Lu Yu quickly threw away the chicken nuggets and took out a tissue to wipe the oil off his nose.
"What's wrong with you today?" Duan Qi frowned slightly.
"I..." Lu Yu lowered his eyes, wanting to say something but stopping himself, not knowing where to start.
Duan Qi looked at her quietly, waiting for her to continue.
After a few minutes of silence, Lu Yu finally spoke: "There is a person..."
"He was very kind to me, and helped me a lot, helping me out of the darkness..."
"He seems to, no, he has never, ever had any ill will towards me."
“But…but…”
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