WWY Chapter 37
by VolareLan He took the initiative to mention Si’nian He, and Tuxi Ling was stunned, extremely surprised.
He observed his face, “He came, but I drove him away. Cough, I was a bit loud back then… I thought you didn’t want to see him. Do you want to see him?”
His cautious appearance made Lan He’s lips curl up, “It doesn’t matter, just asking casually.”
Tuxi Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The room was a bit stuffy, so he took the opportunity to push open the window. The cool evening breeze rushed in, and his mind immediately cleared.
Lan He took a deep breath, “Officer Ling, I haven’t asked yet. What was it you wanted to talk to me about that day?”
Tuxi Ling: “I…”
Lan He said in a serious tone, “Tell me quickly! When I was unconscious, all I could think about was this!”
How could he think while unconscious? It was clearly a fabrication. Tuxi Ling couldn’t help but chuckle.
Originally, he wanted to borrow money from him in a pleasant dining atmosphere, but the person had ended up in the hospital because of meeting him. How could he possibly open his mouth now?
But Lan He’s gaze was fiery, as if it could penetrate people’s hearts. He subconsciously avoided his gaze, “It’s nothing. I’ll go check if Jiu Ya is awake.”
“Just give him a call!” Lan He raised his chin towards the phone on the bedside table, “I have his number!”
Tuxi Ling: “…”
Lan He just liked to see him look like a deflated bun when facing him, and chuckled, “What’s wrong? You wouldn’t be thinking of borrowing money, would you?”
Tuxi Ling’s whole body shook, which surprised Lan He.
Did he actually guess right?
He knew Tuxi Ling’s stubborn personality and that he had to take the initiative, so he said half-jokingly, “Officer Ling, money is the most useless thing to me. If you want to borrow, do it quickly, while I still have some.”
Tuxi Ling stared at him for a moment, slowly calculating as he spoke, “Seven hundred thousand five hundred and sixty…”
Lan He trembled with laughter, interrupting him while clutching his concussed head, “Why is it so precise?”
Tuxi Ling stopped and gritted his teeth, “Eight hundred thousand!”
Lan He was laughing while his head was hurting, his face twisted and deformed, but his voice was very serious, “Okay, give me the account number, I’ll transfer it to you.”
Tuxi Ling hurriedly held his face to prevent him from moving around, saying, “I’ll write you an IOU and pay you back when the case is solved!”
Lan He was surprised, “For the case?”
“Yes.”
“Then there’s no rush.” Lan He paused, pouting his lips that were pressed into a bulge by him, a mischievous smile in his eyes, “What about the interest?”
“Interest…” Tuxi Ling hadn’t considered this point, so he followed convention, “The same as the bank deposit rate, I’ll pay you back everything at the end, okay?”
“No problem!” Lan He reached for the phone on the table, “I’m very curious, Officer Ling, will your bureau agree to pay interest on money borrowed under your personal name?”
Tuxi Ling thought that they probably wouldn’t agree.
“Don’t worry, you definitely won’t get less.”
“Okay, if your bureau doesn’t agree, I don’t want the money, you can repay me in other ways.”
“Other ways? Is that okay?”
Tuxi Ling was thinking about the replaced desks, chairs, and old computers in the Criminal Investigation Team’s office building, but Lan He’s answer directly shattered his mentality.
“Like a physical repayment.”
“…”
His wonderful expression made Lan He burst out laughing again, “Just kidding! Officer Ling, I admit that I have more yellow thoughts in my head when I just wake up, sorry, sorry!”
“Don’t make jokes like that!”
“Okay, okay, I won’t do it again!” Lan He surrendered with both hands and said seriously, “There’s no need for interest, and there’s no need to write an IOU. I believe in your character. How about this, we didn’t get to have the meal this time, so you can make it up to me next time. Give me the account number, I’ll transfer it to you right away.”
“That won’t do, things should be done properly!”
A minute later, Tuxi Ling’s phone rang with a text message notification of the arrival of funds.
He immediately sent a WeChat message to Xia Xu, telling him to continue squatting on Gu Qing on the game platform.
[Xia Xu: As soon as I go online, he asks me to recharge! I’m almost running out of excuses! /Annoyed]
[Tuxi Ling: There’s money now.]
[Tuxi Ling: Image message]
[Xia Xu: Ah? Eight hundred thousand? Ling team, did you go and sell a kidney?]
Tuxi Ling sent him a threatening emoji in response.
Putting away his phone, he thought to himself, indeed, he almost got forced to “sell a kidney.”
Actually, when Lan He said “physical repayment” just now, a trace of expectation flashed in his heart, making him feel a little obsessed.
“Officer Ling, what case are you working on? How come you have to pay out of your own pocket? Is the treasury tight?” Lan He’s lazy voice pulled him back from his daydream.
“It’s another case, there’s not enough funding, it’s just a short-term loan, I guarantee I can get it back.” With the Gu family around, of course he could get it back.
He observed Lan He’s expression, “Lan He, you don’t seem scared at all.”
“Scared of what?”
“Someone wants to kill you, and they almost succeeded this time.”
“But they didn’t succeed in the end!” Lan He shrugged, “Besides, don’t I still have you?”
The case had developed to this point, and Tuxi Ling was also a little uncertain. Logically speaking, if they came from abroad to collect debts, killing Man Qin would basically be the end of it. The first two attacks on Lan He could also be said to be the suspects acting on greed, but now that they were wanted throughout the city, they were still committing crimes against the wind, which didn’t make sense.
“Lan He, no joking, tell me, do you have any enemies?”
“Enemies?” Lan He tilted his head and thought for a while, then gave a self-deprecating smile, “The people who want to kill me the most right now should be Ya Gu and Si’nian He, right?”
“Before your father passed away?”
“I didn’t go out much before, where would I get enemies?”
Tuxi Ling made a bold assumption, “Even further back? Abroad, one of those two people, like someone from the Middle East. You said last time that you were in the Middle East before you were ten years old?”
Lan He’s eyes flickered, revealing a casual smile, “Officer Ling, you may not understand, the Middle East is a place that produces mercenaries. I don’t think it has anything to do with the Middle East even if someone wants to kill me. Besides, how could an honest person like me make enemies with people? Don’t you think so?”
“But…”
Tuxi Ling was about to say something when suddenly there were two knocks on the door of the ward.
Talk of the devil, and there she is. Ya Gu had arrived, and even heavy makeup couldn’t cover the dark circles under her eyes.
She glanced at Tuxi Ling without even saying hello and went straight to the bedside. Lan He could tell from her expression that she didn’t come with good intentions, and sneered inwardly, slowly blinking his eyes.
He asked calmly, “Here to see me?”
Ya Gu snorted coldly, took out a notebook from her bag, pulled out two sheets of paper clipped inside, and spread them out in front of him, “Sign it!”
The four words “Divorce Agreement” were a bit glaring. Tuxi Ling unconsciously clenched his fists, and his gaze towards Lan He was somewhat worried.
He knew that businessmen were driven by profit, but after witnessing the dirty deeds of these two families recently, he still felt that there was no bottom line to human nature.
He couldn’t help but say, “President Gu, Lan He is injured. At this time, you…”
But Lan He had already quickly gone through the contents of the agreement, turned his palm upwards, and stretched his hand out to Ya Gu, “Pen.”
Ya Gu’s expression froze unexpectedly, and she lowered her head to find a pen from her bag and slapped it into his palm.
Lan He quickly signed his name, gave her one copy of the agreement, and nodded to her with composure, “President Gu, goodbye.”
Ya Gu snatched it away, turned around and left, stopping before going out, “You don’t even ask why?”
Lan He cooperated and asked lightly, “Oh, then, why?”
Ya Gu was angered away, almost bumping into the oncoming doctor, making Lan He feel very innocent.
The doctor came to examine Lan He and complained about Tuxi Ling the whole time, asking why he didn’t call the medical staff in time when the patient woke up, saying that it was very dangerous, and then extended to the hospital’s rules and regulations, subtly asking him to return to his own ward.
Lan He watched him get scolded with a smile on his face the whole time, feeling extremely happy.
As the sun set, the hospital became completely silent. At Lan He’s request, Tuxi Ling sat on a chair and negotiated with a food delivery merchant with his head down.
A streak of orange-red light just happened to cast a shadow on his face, making him a chiseled and handsome man, making Lan He reluctant to look away.
“Okay, boiled fish, no spicy.” Tuxi Ling was also convinced and curious about how this dish was made.
The doctor reminded Lan He not to eat spicy food before leaving work, but he insisted on eating boiled fish, and shamelessly said that if he didn’t eat it, he would get anxious, and if he got anxious, he would have a heart attack. Tuxi Ling couldn’t afford to provoke him, so he had to contact the merchant to explain the request. Finally, with the blessing of money power, the merchant agreed to make a special one and send it over.
The successful Lan He was radiant, and suddenly said, “Officer Ling, I’m single again.”
Tuxi Ling’s heartbeat quickened, blinded by the brilliance in his eyes, “What? Do you want me to congratulate you?”
“Do you mind if I remarry?”
“What? What do I mind? What do I have to mind? It’s a good thing for a friend to get rid of an unfortunate marriage.”
“So, we’re friends?”
“If you think so, then we are. If you don’t think so, then we’re not. I have no opinion.”
The setting sun made Tuxi Ling’s face even more rosy. He stared at Lan He’s profile, faintly with an expectation that he himself didn’t notice, but Lan He didn’t respond, turning his head to look at the gradually darkening sky outside the window, his eyes reflecting a brilliant golden red.
Stubbornly eating all the tasteless boiled fish, Lan He finally couldn’t resist his weakness, and fell asleep while chatting with Tuxi Ling.
Tuxi Ling helped him cover the quilt and called Jiu Ya, who had automatically hidden in the corridor, inside, planning to go back to his ward to rest as well.
Unexpectedly, before he could go downstairs, his phone rang.
“Ling team, there’s a situation in Renchao Village!”
The Renchao Village Police Station discovered the situation. Last time, Shengbo Xia went over and met with them and raised the question, that the suspect must have taken Zou Yingying away in the middle of the night. Previously, no foreign vehicles were found in the village, so he was likely to have walked out of the village with Zou Yingying to flag down a car, and they should retrieve the night surveillance footage of the expressway heading towards the city.
Later, the Criminal Investigation Detachment was short of manpower, so the heavy responsibility of checking the surveillance footage fell on the local police station police. They watched the surveillance footage of those nights several times and didn’t find any suspicious people, until the Criminal Investigation Detachment issued a wanted notice for the two criminal suspects, and they confirmed that one of the suspects was sitting in the front row of a taxi on the highway.
Tuxi Ling hurriedly put on his coat and went back to the team. Shengbo Xia was video conferencing with Director Sun of the police station.
“Oh, didn’t you say he was a foreigner at the time? We’ve been looking for foreigners these days, and our eyes have gone dark. Okay, the video has been processed and sent to you, receive it on your end.”
“Received, Director Sun, thank you, I’ll bring you two bottles of good wine to see you later!” Shengbo Xia hung up the video, and when he saw Tuxi Ling returning, he waved his phone at him, “Ling team, you came back at the right time, we finally have a clue!”