bodyguard against fate

Chapter 16 The King Does Not Meet the King

"Then why would Dad go to a mental hospital for no reason?"

Wu Renxing's second thought was whether Feng Weida had exposed him and the old man had gone to the mental hospital to investigate. However, he had already thought this through and decided to say that he knew nothing and would deny it no matter what!

"Dad and the dean were old classmates. He went to visit his classmate, and when he was walking alone on the stairs, someone pushed him—" He Xiuli still felt a little scared when she thought about it.

"Did a mentally ill person push you?"

"I don't know, it's a blind spot, the security cameras can't capture it—wait," He Xiuli suddenly remembered something was wrong, "what did you mean when you said Dad 'also' has a mental illness? Who else does?"

Wu Renxing knew he had let something slip, but he was prepared and vehemently denied it: "Did I say that? I probably just blurted it out. I don't know any lunatics at all, we're completely unrelated!"

Although He Yong's injuries weren't too serious, he was quite old and needed to be hospitalized for observation for a few days. Wu Renxing and He Xiuli discussed taking turns caring for him, with He Xiuli during the day and Wu Renxing at night. This was another golden opportunity; Wu Renxing knew it was time to close the net.

"Xiuli, come quick! Dad's gone!"

One evening, He Xiuli was catching up on sleep at home when she suddenly received a call from Wu Renxing. This news caught her off guard. Before she could even complain about how Wu Renxing could lose sight of a grown woman, He Xiuli quickly called Feng Weida and asked him to come pick her up.

Feng Weida was chatting with Xiaoyu when he answered the phone.

"Xiaoyu, have you eaten?"

"Xiaoyu, drink more hot water."

"Xiaoyu...why are you ignoring me?"

The reply he received was still the same two words copied and pasted: "Hehe".

"It's okay. I know you don't love me now, but one day you will."

Feng Weida encouraged himself.

No, is it possible that Xiaoyu loves me, but she just doesn't know it?

While Feng Weida was lost in thought, he received a call from He Xiuli, who told him that He Yong had gone missing. He quickly drove to He Xiuli's house.

After speeding all the way, we finally arrived at the Leping Town Central Health Center.

In Leping and the surrounding small towns, regulations generally stipulate that there is only one central hospital. Regardless of your family's financial situation or the severity of your illness, you must go there first. Therefore, in the past, doctors in township hospitals were quite versatile, handling no case they couldn't handle. Minor ailments were treated lightly, and for serious illnesses, they would complete the necessary tests first before referring the problem to the city hospital. Over time, misdiagnosis became inevitable—myocarditis was misdiagnosed as heart disease, shingles as heart disease… It became almost commonplace. Basically, anyone who came in had some kind of heart problem. Later, people realized that the meaning of "central hospital" was that it was centered on the heart, radiating outwards to treat all diseases. Many people wished they could send the doctors at the central hospital to a mental hospital for a checkup—maybe they'd escaped from there…

However, it is said that things are much better now, and even mental patients no longer like to go to the central hospital.

He Xiuli initially thought the fracture wasn't too serious and shouldn't be related to her heart condition. Who knew He Yong would go missing? It almost gave her a heart attack! The Central Hospital truly lives up to its reputation for surprising your heart. When she met Wu Renxing, he was squatting in a corner, scratching his hair.

"It's all my fault! I just went out to answer a phone call, and Dad disappeared!"

Wu Renxing said that He Yong hadn't been able to eat anything for the past two days, so he ordered him a late-night snack. Not long after he finished eating, Wu Renxing received a call from a client and went out to answer it. When he came back, He Yong was gone. He searched everywhere but couldn't find him, and he suspected that He Yong might have been kidnapped.

If someone goes missing for less than two hours, even if you call the police, they won't file a case. Besides, in ordinary people's lives, kidnapping and murder are things that are far removed from reality. Even if He Yong is a multi-millionaire, there are plenty of people richer than him outside of Leping, and I've never heard of anyone being extorted. So He Xiuli never thought about it that way.

Maybe he got lost. Anyway, the hospital is only so big. Let's find him first!

After discussing it, the group split up to search. Wu Renxing searched the first floor, He Xiuli searched the second floor, and Feng Weida searched the third floor.

Whether it's some kind of tacit understanding or coincidence, it's said that many hospitals have their obstetrics and gynecology departments on the third floor, because as the saying goes, "three gives birth to all things."

Even if He Yong had run away on his own, Feng Weida didn't think he would come to the obstetrics and gynecology department. But here, he met an unexpected person - Xiao Yu!

"Xiaoyu, what are you doing here?"

Xiaoyu's eyes were red from crying. She ignored Feng Weida and turned to run away.

What's going on? Why is Xiaoyu coming to the OB/GYN in the middle of the night?

Feng Weida caught up with Xiaoyu in a few steps and grabbed her.

"Why are you crying? What happened?" Feng Weida rarely became emotional.

"Let's break up!" Xiaoyu said.

"Break up? Why?" Feng Weida wondered if he had misheard.

Five days have passed since they met. In these five days, Feng Weida finally felt that he was no longer a "bitter woman" who had been abandoned. He seemed to have a new life. He took Xiaoyu and headed towards poetry and distant places. Who knew that Xiaoyu would suddenly slam on the brakes, causing Shi to fall to the ground and Yuanfang to fall and get bruised and battered.

"I'm pregnant."

"You're pregnant? You're pregnant?" Even if Feng Weida was stupid, he could understand the meaning behind those words.

Xiaoyu nodded.

Feng Weida felt something was wrong. They had only known each other for five days. Even if he had really hurt her that night, it shouldn't have happened so quickly, right?

"Who are you? Let go of Xiaoyu!"

Suddenly, a young man rushed up, shoved Feng Weida's hand away from Xiaoyu's, and stood protectively in front of Xiaoyu.

Feng Weida was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening. He saw that the man was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a roguish air about him and a small tuft of yellow hair dyed on his bangs.

"You are...?" Feng Weida asked.

Young man: "I'm her boyfriend, Zhang Hao!"

"Wait, you're her boyfriend, so what am I?"

Feng Weida was baffled and could only look at Xiaoyu, hoping she would give him an explanation.

Xiaoyu was also surprised to see Zhang Hao: "Zhang Hao, weren't you in a car accident?"

Zhang Hao said viciously, "You really want me to get into a car accident, don't you? So you can be with this adulterer?"

Xiaoyu panicked: "It's not what you think, I have nothing to do with him."

"Wait, what do you mean it's okay? Xiaoyu, aren't you my girlfriend?" Feng Weida also became nervous.

"Brother Feng, I'm sorry," Xiaoyu bowed formally to Feng Weida, "Zhang Hao is my boyfriend. I thought something had happened to him, so..."

"So you're asking me to be the one to take over?" Feng Weida rarely answered so quickly.

"What do you mean, 'taking over someone else'? What did you do to Xiaoyu?"

Zhang Hao suddenly sprang up and grabbed Feng Weida by the collar.

"Let go of me and let me tell you," Feng Weida said, feeling breathless from the tightness of his clothes. "We didn't do anything, we just slept together all night."

"You two really...slept together?" Zhang Hao turned to look at Xiaoyu, veins bulging on his face. "Is what he said true?"

"It's not what you think," Xiaoyu quickly explained, "We didn't do anything—"

"I didn't do anything, I just saw her come out of the bathroom naked—" Feng Weida might have been better off if he had been mute, but the more he explained, the worse it got.

With a "bang," Zhang Hao, enraged, punched Feng Weida, giving him a black eye.

Why did you hit me?

Feng Weida couldn't understand why young people were so short-tempered and wouldn't let people finish speaking.

"Hit you? I'd rather kill you!"

Zhang Hao delivered a flying kick, knocking Feng Weida to the ground.

"Zhang Hao, stop! It's not what you think!" Xiao Yu came up to pull Zhang Hao away, but Zhang Hao pushed her aside.

Feng Weida struggled desperately and wrestled with Zhang Hao. Feng Weida's head hit the ground, and blood flowed freely.