WWY Chapter 36

Chapter 36: Very Bright. Am I Good-Looking?

The Municipal Criminal Investigation Detachment mobilized all police forces to arrest criminal suspects throughout the city.

Given past failures, Director Liu ordered the workaholic Team Leader Tuxi Ling to stay in the hospital and not participate.

Actually, he was overthinking it this time. Tuxi Ling, concerned about Lan He in the intensive care unit, and feeling guilty, accepted the arrangement and stayed in the hospital for observation.

Except, the object of his observation wasn’t himself.

With a face full of injuries and an arm in a sling, he sat on a chair outside the ICU, receiving an IV drip, attracting the attention of all the patients’ families coming and going.

Shengbo Xia paced around him, like an ant on a hot pot.

“Team Leader Ling, you’re also injured, can’t you go back to your ward? I’m really giving up!”

“No need.”

“The point is, you sitting here is useless! The doctor said Lan He won’t be transferred to a regular ward for at least two days! You don’t have to be this dedicated!”

Tuxi Ling raised his eyelids to look at him, “Don’t you understand? Those two are extremely vicious characters, if they didn’t succeed today, they could come back anytime!”

Shengbo Xia tugged at the collar of his police uniform, “Look, look!”

“Look at what?”

“I specifically changed into my uniform, all to deter crime! You still don’t feel at ease with me here?”

Tuxi Ling looked at him for a few seconds, nodded, “Not at ease.”

Shengbo Xia winked and grimaced for a while, then turned around, opened his clothes to reveal the police gun underneath, “How about now? Director Liu specially approved it!”

Tuxi Ling smiled.

Lan He’s head wound had been stitched up, he had a mild concussion, and then there was the old problem with his heart. The doctor had confirmed that he was not in life-threatening danger. It really wasn’t necessary for him to stubbornly guard the entrance to the ICU.

He stood up and took down the IV drip stand, “Okay, then I’ll go back to the ward, call me if anything happens.”

Shengbo Xia gave an “OK” gesture, “Got it!”

As soon as Tuxi Ling turned around, he saw Lan He’s nanny, Aunt Long, and the driver, Old Ni, supporting each other. Aunt Long was still wiping away tears, followed by a listless Jiu Ya.

“Officer Ling, how is our young master Lan?”

“He’s fine, mainly it’s the heart problem. The doctor said to observe him further, just to be safe.”

Aunt Long finally breathed a sigh of relief, a burst of sadness turning into anger, and she forcefully hit Jiu Ya’s back, “What kind of assistant are you!”

Jiu Ya shrank his shoulders and dodged, unable to defend himself. To a member of a triad, this kind of thing was simply a disgrace.

Tuxi Ling was also angry with him, but at this moment he inexplicably felt a little sorry for him, and helped smooth things over, “Aunt Long, it’s also my fault, I shouldn’t have asked Lan He out alone, and I was late.”

Aunt Long was so surprised that she forgot to cry, “Ah? You asked him out?”

Tuxi Ling nodded, “Yes.”

“Oh…” Aunt Long murmured in disbelief, “I thought he was going on a date with some girl. All day long, he kept looking in the mirror, changed several outfits, and before he went out, he even asked me to help him choose a cologne.”

“…” Tuxi Ling’s ears were inexplicably a little hot.

Fortunately, the sound of hurried footsteps came from the elevator lobby, attracting everyone’s attention. He followed suit and saw an anxious Si’nian He and Xiaocheng Chu.

“How’s my brother?” Si’nian He went straight to Tuxi Ling, seeing the IV drip stand in his hand, his arrogance not diminished in the slightest, “What are you police doing? Why did this kind of malicious incident happen! Who are they? What do they want? Kidnapping? Robbery? You were also there at the time, how could you let my brother suffer such serious injuries?”

Tuxi Ling got angry as soon as he saw him, and after being blasted by him, he couldn’t help but get a little worked up.

He asked back without showing any weakness, “What are you doing here?”

Si’nian He was stunned by his question, “I…”

“After doing something like that, do you think Lan He wants to see you now?”

“You…”

“Are you deliberately here to upset him? He only has half a life left today because of his injuries, do you want to take the other half too? Please leave immediately!”

Si’nian He’s face turned green and white, staring at Tuxi Ling resentfully, but he was speechless.

Aunt Long finally found an outlet for her many days of pent-up frustration, crying so hard that she couldn’t catch her breath, “Young Master He, how could you do that to Young Master Lan? You are brothers! Mr. He was so good to you when he was alive, how could you do this!”

Looking at the old nanny beating her chest and stamping her feet, Si’nian He felt ashamed.

He glared fiercely at Tuxi Ling and turned to leave.

Xiaocheng Chu wiped the sweat from his cheeks and walked to Tuxi Ling with concern, “Officer Ling, Mr. He is also worried about Young Master Lan, please don’t take it to heart!”

Tuxi Ling nodded, “It’s okay, and he’s right, I’ll write a review to the bureau later. As for the two suspects with guns, we will definitely do our best to pursue them.”

“Then we can rest assured.” Xiaocheng Chu said perfunctorily. Seeing that there were many people around, he took the IV drip stand from him and pulled him towards the end of the corridor, “Officer Ling, what’s going on? Young Master Lan has been too unlucky lately, how can people feel at ease? What’s the background of the suspects? Do you have any clues?”

Tuxi Ling turned his head to look at him, his gaze serious.

Xiaocheng Chu showed a flattering smile, “Oh, I know, I know! You have regulations, but the He family has this social status, if something big happens because of unequal information, your police won’t be able to explain it, right? Give me a little hint, so we can take precautions!”

“Precautions?” Tuxi Ling looked back at Jiu Ya, “That private assistant from Japan is your precaution, right? Precautions against what? Lan He has been attacked three times recently, he wasn’t present each time, is that useful?”

“Three times? Wasn’t it twice?” Xiaocheng Chu, a very shrewd person, immediately thought of something, “No way? Are you saying that the Gu’s Trading bombing was also aimed at our Young Master Lan?”

Tuxi Ling’s mouth twitched, thinking that he had spoken too much.

“I didn’t say that, but even if it wasn’t aimed at him, it’s still a real danger. Jiu Ya failed to fulfill his protection duty, that’s a fact, right?”

“That’s right, that’s right! But…”

Tuxi Ling waved his hand and went downstairs along the fire escape.

Xiaocheng Chu looked at his back, looking troubled.

Is the world about to change?

“Team Leader Ling, after a large-scale investigation throughout the city, it has been determined that two criminal suspects appeared on Cross Flower Street in the North Qing District.”

“At that time, they were driving a temporary license plate electric car, and had a brief stop next to a vending machine on the roadside. The surveillance on the vending machine shows that suspect number one did not disguise his appearance. He bought three bottles of water from the vending machine, and then when the vehicle turned into the next street, the surveillance signal suddenly cut off for a few seconds, and we lost them.”

“After verification, that car belongs to an ordinary local resident, who just picked up the car last week. It was stolen not long before the incident, and was later abandoned outside an abandoned factory on Cross Flower Street. The vehicle was not damaged in any way. In addition to the owner, we also extracted a fingerprint from the car, which is being compared to the database.”

Tuxi Ling glanced at the sleeping Lan He, and tiptoed out of the ward while holding his phone, “The car wasn’t damaged, and they used remote control vehicles to commit the crime again?”

Shengbo Xia on the other end of the phone: “… Uh-huh!”

Tuxi Ling scratched his unwashed hair for two days, feeling a little anxious, “Who are they exactly?”

The technician Xiao Xu’s voice was blurry, “As long as there are backdoors in the network system, the criminals have too much room to operate. The other party must have experts!”

Tuxi Ling thought for a while, “Could it be that the few seconds when the surveillance signal was lost was also their doing?”

The other side was silent for a few seconds, Xiao Xu shouted excitedly, “That’s very possible, Team Leader Ling! Why didn’t we think of that? Then I’ll do this first, I’ll ask the technical support team if they can trace the source!”

Shengbo Xia also said, “Then I’ll go to the scene now, that’s it!”

“Wait!” Tuxi Ling suddenly thought of something, “You said he bought three bottles of water? Two people, why buy three bottles of water?”

Shengbo Xia was puzzled, “So what? Can’t they drink a lot? They might also be brushing their shoes, I often use mineral water to brush my shoes outside.”

Tuxi Ling thought, that’s also possible, but it’s a bit wasteful.

He suppressed the doubts in his heart, returned to the ward, and met Lan He’s gaze, stunned for several seconds before reacting.

“You’re awake?” He quickly went to the bed to take his hand, but felt it wasn’t appropriate, so he pressed his hand on the edge of the bed, “I’ll call the doctor.”

Lan He glanced at his hand, reached out his index finger, and forced himself into his hand. The warmth from the other person reassured him.

Fortunately, he’s okay.

“Don’t call, I don’t want to see anyone in a white coat.” Lan He opened his mouth hoarsely.

Tuxi Ling obediently stopped, his eyes filled with worry, “How do you feel? Is there anything uncomfortable?”

Lan He shook his head, closed his eyes hard, and asked, “How long have I been asleep?”

A bit inexplicable, Tuxi Ling stared at his slightly pale face, his desire to protect him reaching its peak. He wanted to hug him tightly, as if only this action could confirm that he was alive.

He quickly dismissed the thought, somewhat incoherently, “Two days and two nights, it’s almost evening again. You just came out of the ICU this morning, the doctor said…”

Lan He pursed his dry lips, and he stopped his nonsensical nonsense, “I’ll pour you some water!”

Tuxi Ling said, and went to the windowsill to pour water. As he was leaving, he felt his palm being gently hooked by his index finger, his heart couldn’t help but tremble, but he didn’t dare to stay any longer.

“Here, drink some water.” He helped him sit up, “It’s okay, don’t worry, we have initially grasped the whereabouts of the suspects.”

Lan He looked at Tuxi Ling strangely. Tuxi Ling himself was a little uneasy, not understanding why he kept saying incoherent things.

Probably because…

Realizing the reason, his mentality suddenly stabilized, and he said in a low voice, “Lan He, I’m sorry, I didn’t protect you well.”

Lan He’s expression was even stranger. After looking at him for a long time, he opened his mouth in a hoarse voice, “Then I’m also sorry, it was me who implicated you. Are you also injured?”

He noticed just now that he was pouring water with his left hand.

Tuxi Ling smiled, “It’s okay, just scratched a little.”

Lan He sighed, feeling a little itchy on his head. He touched it and felt a rough gauze.

“?”

“…”

“You shaved it all off for me?”

“I had to stitch it, and it wouldn’t look good to only shave a small piece…”

Lan He could tell that he was holding back a smile when he said this, so he bent his arm and hit him.

This time, he directly made him bald. Speechless.

He deliberately bared his teeth at Tuxi Ling, “Am I good-looking?”

Tuxi Ling squeezed out a strange smile, “Good-looking.”

Lan He showed a satisfied expression, but then he heard him add, “Very bright.”

Lan He turned his head slowly with a blank expression, looking at him unhappily, and suddenly bit his shoulder, biting the hard bandage through his loose white T-shirt, his face suddenly changed.

Officer Ling, who hadn’t had his stitches removed, gasped in pain, and cold sweat almost broke out. Although he didn’t bite a vital point, it was still quite deadly.

Lan He backed away, his expression serious. Tuxi Ling pulled down the collar of his T-shirt to hide his embarrassment and smiled at him.

“Is that just a scratch?”

“I got two stitches, it’s okay.”

“How about me? How many stitches?”

“Eighteen stitches.”

“That’s good.”

“That’s good?”

“More than you.”

Tuxi Ling didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, not understanding what there was to compare.

Seeing that he was in good condition, he couldn’t help but inquire about business, “Do you know those two people?”

“I don’t know them. One of them looks familiar. Is it the person from the parking lot last time?” Lan He pretended to be stupid, quickly changing the subject, “Wait, why are you here? Based on Team Leader Ling’s workaholic personality, shouldn’t you be out investigating the case?”

“I’m injured!” Tuxi Ling pointed to the small area on his shoulder that was wet from his saliva, emphasizing, “Injured!”

“If you’re injured, go and recuperate. Why are you taking care of me? Where’s my family?”

“Jiu Ya is here. He hasn’t slept these two days. I told him to go sleep in the car.”

“What about Si’nian He? Didn’t he come to see me?”