Chapter 186: A Narrow Escape!

  White clouds and blue sky, warm sunshine, gurgling river water, paired with a beautiful young girl, what a beautiful scene it is. Zheng Jie sat on a large stone, one hand holding a painting board, the other hand holding a pencil to draw on it. Her expression was serene, with a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, and her big eyes would occasionally look up into the distance, or carefully focus on the painting board.

  "Xiao Meng, don't move around, or it won't look good when I draw," Zheng Jie shouted loudly.

  Not far in front of her, a girl wearing shorts stood in the river water, leaning against a large stone. From the expression on her face, it could be seen that she was already somewhat impatient.

  "Oh dear, I'm so tired. Zheng Jie, are you okay? My legs ache and my feet are about to fall off." The girl shouted loudly with a bitter face.

  "Alright, alright, it's almost done, don't move at all!" Zheng Jie shouted, then quickly drew on the drawing board with a pencil. After about ten minutes, she smiled slightly, pouted her small mouth and blew gently, then laughed: "Okay, Xiao Meng, come take a look."

  "Ah, finally, I'm exhausted." Xiaomeng sighed and used her arm to support the big stone, trying to get up. However, because she had maintained this posture for too long, her legs had gone numb a long time ago, and she couldn't stand steadily, falling into the river instead. "Ahh...ouch, it hurts so much."

  Zheng Jie took a look and laughed: "Xiao Meng, are you okay?"

  Xiao Meng sighed and muttered to herself, "I'm really unlucky, even my leg is bullying me." Then she shouted, "Zheng Jie, I'm fine, I just can't get up, come over and help me up."

  Zheng Jie shook her head and smiled, got up to put the painting board away, just about to walk over, when she heard a loud cry from Little Dream on the other side. Zheng Jie was startled, hurriedly rushed over quickly. "Little Dream, what's wrong?"

  Xiao Meng's face turned pale with terror as she pointed to a place not far from her, saying: "Zheng Jie, you...you see that? What is it? It's black and huge, so scary!"

  After she said that, Zheng Jie also noticed and pulled up Xiao Meng, then said: "Go take a look and you'll know."

  "What? Really? Alright, you go first." Xiaomeng trembled with fear and hid behind Zhengjie, speaking in a low voice.

  "Hey, what are you afraid of? It's broad daylight, can there be ghosts?" Zheng Jie said helplessly shaking her head and then walked forward. When they got closer, Xiao Meng suddenly let out a loud cry, startling Zheng Jie again, "Hey, what's wrong with you? No reason to scream like that, scared me half to death."

  "I'm scared, Zheng Jie, let's just leave." Little Meng said pitifully.

  "Alas, I just can't figure it out, your brother is a police officer, how come you're so timid?"

  "My brother is a police officer and I'm timid, what's the connection? I'm not my brother."

  Zheng Jie shook her head and stopped paying attention to her, walking forward and squatting down to take a closer look. "Xiao Meng, it seems like there's only one person." As she spoke, Zheng Jie reached out and flipped the person in the water over, revealing a young man of about twenty years old with a large bump on his head that was still bleeding.

  "Ah...... someone's dead, someone's dead, we're doomed! We've encountered a corpse!" Xiaomeng shouted in fright.

  "Shh... keep your voice down, don't shout. How do you know he's dead?" Zheng Jie frowned and said, then stretched out her index finger to place it under the man's nose, "Ah, not dead, still breathing."

  "What's the big deal? Looking at him like that, even if he didn't die, he won't live for much longer. Let's hurry up and leave, or else others will see us and think we killed him." Xiaomeng said while pulling on Zhengjie's clothes.

  Zheng Jie shook her head and said, "No way, how can we do this? He's clearly not dead, we can't just abandon him. Quick, Xiao Meng, let's lift him onto the car."

  "What? Take him on the boat? Are you crazy? This person is unknown, and you still want to take him away. I think it's better to just leave him on the shore, someone will see him and rescue him." said Xiaomeng after looking around.

  "Xiao Meng, what's wrong with you? This kind of place is usually deserted, and besides, if we leave and he suddenly dies, what then? Hurry up, don't dawdle, saving a life is urgent." Zheng Jie said as she reached out to lift his shoulder.

  Xiao Meng shook her head helplessly, thinking to herself that this was a case of making trouble out of nothing. With no other choice, she and Zheng Jie joined forces to lift the person out, then carried him over to a nearby Jeep. The two girls were still weak in terms of physical strength, and by the time they had lifted the person into the car, they were both panting heavily. After closing the door, Zheng Jie didn't dare hesitate, quickly gathering their things and getting into the car.

  Xiao Meng looked and frowned, saying: "Hey, can I take a break? I'm exhausted."

  Zheng Jie started the engine and said: "There's no time for rest now, get in the car quickly, we have to take him to the hospital right away."

  "What? Alright..."

  "Wang Xue, Wang Xue, wake up, are you okay?" Xu Zong looked at Wang Xue lying on the hospital bed with concern, gently patting her cheek and calling out softly.

  Wang Xue slowly opened her eyes, then suddenly sat up and grabbed Xu's arm, excitedly saying: "Ziheng, Ziheng? Sister Xu, have you found Ziheng?"

  "Wang Xue, calm down, don't get excited. We've already sent someone to look for him, and I believe we'll have news about Zi Heng soon, so don't worry," said Xu Zong.

  Wang Xue thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No way, I have to go myself." As she spoke, Wang Xue pulled out the IV needle from her hand and was about to get off the bed. But as soon as her feet touched the ground, she felt dizzy and fell back onto the bed.

  Xu rushed to hold her down, while calling the nurse, "Wang Xue, calm down. Your body is very weak now and you can't move around. Don't worry, Ziheng will be fine, I promise."

  The nurse hurried over and reinserted the IV, saying: "You'd better control the patient's emotions and not let her get out of hand again, got it?"

  Xu nodded hastily and said: "I know, sorry."

  At this time, Bai Yujie walked in and glanced at Wang Xue, then exchanged a look with Xu. Xu nodded understandingly and walked aside with her, asking softly, "How is it? Is there any news?"

  Bai Yujie gently wiped the corners of her eyes with a tissue, shook her head and said: "I've had people search every place that can be found, but still no clues at all. Sister Xu, I... I'm really scared..."

  Xu took Bai Yujie into his arms, gently patting her back and saying, "Don't worry, it's okay, it's okay." At the same time, there were also tears welling up in his eyes.

  After a while, Bai Yujie said: "This matter must not be known to Ziheng's parents, we can't let them worry. Sister Xu, please go to Ziheng's house and tell them that the company has an urgent matter and called him back, they will definitely believe it."

  Xu nodded and said, "Alright, no problem, leave it to me. Oh, right, Wang Xue's emotions are not very stable, can you help me keep an eye on her here? Don't let her run around wildly. Now that something like this has happened, don't use language to provoke her anymore, okay?"

  "Sister Xu, don't worry, I know."

  Director Xu nodded and turned to leave the ward, but as soon as she came out, she suddenly bumped into a girl, knocking everything out of her hands. "Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to," Director Xu apologized hastily, helping to pick up the items.

  The girl shook her head and said, "It's okay, I can see the road clearly too."

  Because he had an urgent matter, Director Xu helped pick up the things and then hurried away. The girl tidied up the things in her hands and came to Wang Xue's neighboring ward. Xiaomeng saw Zheng Jie and quickly pulled her aside, saying in a low voice: "Zheng Jie, I searched that person's body, there was nothing. No mobile phone, no wallet, not even an ID card. Do you think he might be a bad guy?"

  Zheng Jie gently patted her forehead and said: "Xiao Meng, you say that you didn't learn from your brother's good qualities, but you learned to be suspicious of people quickly."

  "It's not... you said we saved him, but we don't even know what kind of person he is. Aren't you afraid?" Xiaomeng frowned and asked.

  "Don't be afraid, it's broad daylight and we're in a hospital, what is there to fear? Besides, we saved his life, he should be thanking us instead. Why should we be afraid? Alright, stop being so paranoid." Zheng Jie walked over and said to the doctor, "Doctor, all the formalities are done, what's next?"

  The doctor flipped through the medical records in his hand, looked at Zhang Ziheng lying on the hospital bed and said: "Your friend is now a little feverish, and judging from his appearance, it's estimated that he should have a concussion. In this case, take him to do a brain scan first, and then we'll know the specific situation after taking a picture."

  Zheng Jie nodded and said, "Mm, thank you, doctor."

  "Hehe, nothing much, it's just my duty. Oh, right, you guys said you didn't know him earlier, is that true? Was he picked up from the river?" the doctor asked.

  "Yes, we discovered him unintentionally." Zheng Jie nodded and said.

  "Miss, I advise you to report the police quickly. If this young man's family finds out that their relative is missing, they will definitely be very anxious." The doctor said.

  "Uh-huh, I see, doctor. Once all the checks are done, I'll go." Zheng Jie smiled and said.

  After the nurse finished bandaging Zhang Ziheng's head wound, she pushed the hospital bed with Zheng Jie and Xiao Meng to get a CT scan. When they came out of the ward, in the next room Wang Xue... Wang Xue finally couldn't bear it anymore, taking advantage of Bai Yujie's distraction, pulled out the IV needle from her hand again, got off the bed and ran towards the door. However, when she reached the doorway, she collided with a nurse who had just entered.

  "What are you doing? Didn't I tell you not to run around? Hurry back and lie down." The nurse frowned.

  Bai Yujie hastily caught up and grabbed her, saying: "Sorry, sorry! It's my fault for not taking good care of her. I'll get her to go back and lie down right away."

  At this time, Zhang Ziheng's hospital bed was just passing by the door of Wang Xue's ward. If it wasn't for the nurse's body blocking her view, she would have seen him.

  "Nurse, I'm begging you, let me out of here, I'm fine now, really." Wang Xue pleaded.

  "No, you must get back into bed now, did you hear?" the nurse said with a frown.

  Bai Yujie hastily apologized again, then pulled Wang Xue back to the hospital bed and said: "You'd better not follow and cause more trouble. Now that Zi Heng is missing, if something happens to you too, who will take care of you? So just listen to me, okay?"

  Wang Xue bit her lip and tears flowed down again.