CH 46

After walking out of the police station, Jiang Chen hailed a cab on the side of the road.

“Go to Yan City Second Hospital, thank you.”

The car started slowly, and Jiang Chen thought back to what the police officer in charge of the case said just now:

“The person behind the kidnapping of you, we already have a preliminary suspect.”

“Yesterday we asked you about who in your family or yourself had conflicts with. You mentioned your uncle Yang Tianci. After our investigation, we found that he is indeed very suspicious.”

“Just a few days ago, Yang Tianci was approached by a debt collection company and asked to repay the debt of 300,000 yuan with interest, and this amount was the same as the amount that the kidnappers first gave your mother when they called. Except that this can’t be the evidence that he kidnapped you. If we want to close the case, we have to track the mobile phone number used to contact the kidnappers. Now we have some clues. When we have enough evidence, we will notify you.”

Jiang Chen thanked him, and asked: “Officer Zhou, I’m curious, why did their group fight among themselves and hurt their own people? Is it really because of the uneven distribution of spoils? Is it possible that it has something to do with the suspect who planned to kidnap me?”

The police officer shook his head: “This matter should have nothing to do with the person behind the kidnapping of you, but it doesn’t matter if I tell you some inside information. Liu Yi said that he stabbed Huang Kai because Zhang Qiang told him that Huang Kai was a traitor and asked him to give Huang Kai a lesson, but Zhang Qiang denied that he had ever told Liu Yi that Huang Kai was a traitor, let alone that he instructed Zhang Qiang to hurt Huang Kai. Both have their own different versions of the story, so this matter has temporarily stalled.”

The car slowed down, and Jiang Chen came back to his senses.

The driver turned around with a smile and said, “Student, we’re here.”

Jiang Chen thanked him, gave the fee and got out of the car.

Probably because he didn’t say anything, the taxi driver took him directly to the ground parking lot of Yan City Second Hospital, which was more convenient. It was very convenient to go to the outpatient department from here, but to go to the inpatient department, one had to make a few big detours.

The weather in July was scorching, and most of the people who got on and off the bus or cab were in a hurry, avoiding the sun.

Jiang Chen made his way inside unhurriedly. He was never afraid of the heat, and his thinking was more efficient when he was walking than sitting. Among the people in a hurry, he was the only one who was as leisurely as one taking a walk.

When he was about to reach the inpatient department, Jiang Chen stopped and called out to someone not far away.

“Dr. Shi!”

When Shi Fengyue turned his head, the man next to him also looked over. Jiang Chen quickened his pace and walked up to Shi Fengyue. He nodded his head to the man who looked at him curiously as a greeting, and said with a smile: “Dr. Shi, I have something to ask you. Is it convenient for you?”

Shi Fengyue was about to refuse, but meeting those smiling eyes, the words changed somehow: “What’s the matter?”

Jiang Chen smiled and said, “Is it convenient to talk privately?”

Shi Fengyue took the lead to walk to a secluded place: “Come.”

Li Nanfeng looked at the backs of the two leaving side by side, touched his chin, shook his head and said, “Something’s not right…..”

When he reached the shade, Shi Fengyue stopped and said, “Go ahead.”

“I want to ask you, how did you get into the warehouse yesterday without letting anyone know?”

Shi Fengyue leaned over to look at him, seemingly purely curious yet also mocking, and said in a lazy and careless tone: “Since you have guessed the answer, why do you still ask knowingly?”

Jiang Chen’s expression didn’t change, his eyes curving in a smile, “I’m just curious, how does Dr. Shi know hypnosis?”

Shi Fengyue said lightly: “I’m a doctor, what’s so strange about it.”

Jiang Chen: “But I recall that you are a spine surgeon.”

Shi Fengyue: “When I was in college, I took psychology as an elective.”

Jiang Chen smiled slightly: “Just from taking psychology as an elective, Dr. Shi can do things that many psychologists can’t do. That’s very impressive.”

Shi Fengyue nodded slightly: “Thank you.”

Jiang Chen continued: “However, I have always heard that hypnosis requires many steps and conditions to be carried out. I am curious how Dr. Shi used simple props and sounds to hypnotize others.”

“Curious?”

Jiang Chen: “Very curious.”

“I always thought that you were not a person who easily became curious about other people’s affairs.”

Jiang Chen admitted: “I’m really not.”

Shi Fengyue’s lips curled slightly: “Then why are you so curious about my affairs?”

Jiang Chen smiled slightly: “Because I’m very curious about your hypnosis method.”

Shi Fengyue bent over slightly and lowered his eyes, leaning into Jiang Chen’s ear, he said, “Say, do you think that your curiosity about me now is a product of a psychological hint I gave you?”

Jiang Chen really couldn’t help pausing and thinking about this question, only to very quickly come back to his senses. However, Shi Fengyue had already turned and left.

He looked at his back for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed and looked away.

Whether Shi Fengyue was an SSS-level psychic power user or not, what did it have to do with him in the end?

……

When Jiang Chen walked into the ward, he felt a rare sense of tranquility.

This ward was a three-person room, and Jiang Zhuo’s two neighbors had already been discharged from the hospital one after another, and no one else had moved in yet, so he was the only one for the time being, but even so, the ward had never been so quiet.

“Dad, Mom.” Seeing the two sitting at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed, Jiang Chen paused, “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Zhuo turned around and smiled at Jiang Chen, “It’s okay, come here and let Dad see where you are hurt.”

Jiang Chen looked at Yang Si who was sitting on the side with reddened eyes, walked to the stool next to Jiang Zhuo and sat down.

“Were you scared yesterday?” Jiang Zhuo looked him over carefully, patted his shoulder, and laughed: “It doesn’t look like it, as expected of my son.”

Jiang Chen leaned close to Jiang Zhuo’s ear and whispered, “Did you quarrel with Mom?”

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Jiang Zhuo knocked him on the forehead and raised his voice, “Your Mom and I are perfectly fine.”

Hearing this, Yang Si turned her head and snorted.

Jiang Chen understood, “Is it because of what happened yesterday?”

Jiang Zhuo: “No…..”

Yang Si: “Yes.”

Before Jiang Chen could speak again, Yang Si stood up directly and said, “I know that I am wrong for not telling you immediately when that happened to our son yesterday, but Jiang Zhuo, think about how hurtful your words were just now. You said that I didn’t tell you because I thought you were useless, because I despised you, because…..”

Jiang Zhuo also stood up abruptly: “What I said was ‘is it because you think it’s useless to tell me’, that’s completely different from what you said about me being useless, and when did I say you despise me? Aren’t you just letting your thoughts run wild?”

“Letting my thoughts run wild?” Yang Si crossed her arms and said, “If you didn’t mean that, would my thoughts have run in that direction? You taught your son since you were young, saying that ‘a person’s attitude and tone are more important than the content’, but did you take this advice yourself? If you did, would I have thought this and that?”

Jiang Zhuo choked, and after a pause, he walked up to Yang Si, took her hand and said in a low voice, “Honey, I really didn’t mean that, maybe my expression was a bit wrong when I said it, but it was because I was too worried. Such a big thing happened at home yesterday, but I didn’t know it at all. I didn’t mean to blame you, I was just frustrated with myself. Because even if I know about it I wouldn’t have been able to do anything about it, because right now I am completely useless…..”

“Who allows you to say that about yourself!” Yang Si interrupted Jiang Zhuo: “Who says you are useless! No one can say that! You can’t say it yourself!”

Jiang Zhuo was taken aback, “Honey…..”

Yang Si’s expression also softened, and she stretched out her arms to hug Jiang Zhuo. Seeing that the two of them were about to make more intimate gestures, Jiang Chen coughed quickly.

Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si reacted at the same time and quickly separated.

Jiang Zhuo said: “Didn’t you say you have something to do this afternoon? Go quickly.”

“Dad——”

“No Dad, why aren’t you going? Didn’t I tell you that a man must never be late.”

“No, wait.” Jiang Chen interrupted what he was about to say with a laugh, and said, “Didn’t you notice? You just stood up and walked to Mom’s side without using a cane. Your movements were very agile.”

Jiang Zhuo was taken aback, his expression blanking for a few seconds, and he looked down at his legs in disbelief.

Yang Si also reacted and stood up suddenly, taking a few steps back and walking to the other side of the bed, “Old Jiang, come here, try walking over here.”

Jiang Zhuo nodded, stood up slowly with the support of the bed, and walked towards Yang Si slowly, his movements changed from jerky to smooth, and his steps also became natural.

Seeing his parents hugging and crying, Jiang Chen silently left the ward.

After coming out of the hospital, Jiang Chen went straight to an ice skating rink near Yan University.

After Shen Xu heard about what happened yesterday from Huo Bo, he called Jiang Chen early in the morning to express his concern. After learning that he was fine, he changed his words of concern to complaints, and said that they were not loyal friends, leaving jim out of such an exciting situation. While also lamenting that the summer vacation had begun for so long, yet the three of them have not hung out together, and that their boat of friendship was about to capsize.

After laying the groundwork for three minutes, he finally revealed his purpose——to have Jiang Chen and Huo Bo accompany him to skate together.

Huo Bo quickly agreed. In Jiang Chen’s memory, the last time the three of them skated together was in the first year of high school, so he agreed without hesitation.

When Jiang Chen arrived at the skating rink, Shen Xu had already arrived. He was sitting at the bar drinking a soda, smiling and talking to the girl across from him.

Jiang Chen walked over, and after seeing who the girl was, he was a little surprised: “Pan Liuyi?”

Pan Liuyi smiled and nodded: “Hello again.”

Jiang Chen nodded with a smile, sat down beside Shen Xu, and said, “You came to skate too?”

“That’s right.” Pan Liuyi pointed to the girls playing in the skating rink: “I came here with my friends, I’m not very good at it, so I’m just waiting for them outside.”

Shen Xu said: “That’s so boring, Jiang Chen is very good at skating, let him teach you later.”

Pan Liuyi turned to look at Jiang Chen, and said, “Really?”

Jiang Chen smiled and said, “I haven’t skated for a long time.”

“It’s been——” Meeting Jiang Chen’s eyes, Shen Xu paused: “It’s been two or three years, it’s better that he doesn’t teach you, ice skating is dangerous, we don’t want you to get hurt.”

Pan Liuyi didn’t care either, and said playfully, “I also think it’s better to forget it, I’m so beautiful, it won’t be worth it if I disfigure my face.”

Shen Xu opened his mouth and said, “That’s not only the loss of your high school, but also the loss of all human beings and the world, it would make human beings lose out in the process of pursuing beauty…..”

Jiang Chen’s cell phone ringing interrupted Shen Xu’s rainbow fart, he raised his cell phone and said, “I’m going to answer a call.”

“Go, go!” Shen Xu waved his hand: “Go and come back quickly.”

Jiang Chen nodded to Pan Liuyi, picked up the call and walked to the restroom.

Just before Jiang Chen walked into the restroom, several teenagers around the age of sixteen and seventeen walked into the skating rink and straight to the VIP area.

When passing the bar area, Shen Xu heard their conversation:

“Why did Eldest Young Master He suddenly want to come to skate today?”

“To pick up girls, what else?”

“I think it’s because he’s in a bad mood. When I met him in the morning, his expression was very dark, I wonder who offended him.”

…..

The several people walked by, and Shen Xu raised his eyebrows, turning to ask Pan Liuyi: “Among the group of people just now, was there the cheater that your cousin mentioned? Who is it?”

“The one at the front.” Pan Liuyi put down the menu that covered her face, and said in a low voice, “I’m not sure about the cheating thing, so don’t talk nonsense, He Qianjian isn’t as good-tempered as the rumors say, he might become angry if he knows you said that behind his back.”

“Oh.” Shen Xu shrugged: “As if I would be afraid of him?”