"Alright!" Tang Tang spread her hands helplessly. "You'd better take your temperature again. I made such a racket in the room just now but couldn't wake you up. Brother, are you really not going to the hospital?"
The hospital?
Zuo Mu seemed to have heard something hilarious.
Did Tang Tang forget what his job was?
Sure enough, as soon as the words left her mouth, Tang Tang blushed. Concern had made her flustered, and she'd forgotten that Zuo Mu himself was a doctor.
She shuffled slowly up to Zuo Mu and gently pushed him out of the kitchen, muttering all the while, "Your temperature was over 38 degrees just now. You'd better go back and lie down and rest, Dr. Zuo."
Zuo Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry and didn't struggle. He just let himself be pushed out of the kitchen half - heartedly. He was still puzzled. "Aren't you going to school? Will it be okay?"
Hearing this, Tang Tang knew that Zuo Mu must have been a straight - A student who never skipped classes.
"Have you never asked for leave?"
"Not really. I did miss a few days of school before because I was participating in national math and physics competitions." Zuo Mu didn't catch the hidden meaning and explained seriously.
Ordinary people and straight - A students really lived in different worlds.
Tang Tang was pouting in annoyance.
Although Zuo Mu didn't agree verbally, his body cooperated and he returned to the living room.
Suddenly, Tang Tang's phone rang. She rushed into the kitchen in a hurry. "Oh, my porridge is done!"
Zuo Mu watched the busy girl and felt nothing but tenderness and thought her extremely cute.
Before long, Tang Tang carried the porridge to the dining table. Zuo Mu, as a grown man, couldn't just sit there. He went into the kitchen to help out.
The fragrant porridge, golden bacon, and some pickled vegetables made up their dinner.
After all, Zuo Mu had a fever. It wasn't good for his body to eat anything too greasy or hard to digest.
At the dinner table, while waiting for the porridge to cool down, Zuo Mu still wouldn't let go of the previous topic.
"Classmate Tang Tang, did you skip school?" Zuo Mu, who had skipped grades and been admitted to school on a full scholarship all the way from childhood, thought that skipping classes was simply inhumane.
Tang Tang, who thought not skipping classes was inhumane, was unhappy. "I didn't skip school! I didn't!"
"We were being followed when we came back at noon, and you were in that state. How could I feel at ease going to school? Don't worry, brother. I asked for leave from my teacher with all the proper procedures."
"Really?" Zuo Mu was very skeptical.
Tang Tang was almost swearing to the heavens. To maintain the straight - A student's worldview, she even showed Zuo Mu the chat on her phone.
The words "homeroom teacher" were clearly visible. It was impossible for Zuo Mu not to see them.
"That's fine." Zuo Mu felt relieved and started sipping the porridge.
"Is it delicious?" Tang Tang was very eager to know.
Zuo Mu took a sip, pondered for a while, and concluded, "It's okay."
This was enough to satisfy Tang Tang.
She took a satisfied sip herself and found that the taste was strange. It was supposed to be sweet red - date and lily porridge, so why was it salty?
Only then did she realize that she must have mixed up the sugar and salt jars.
Looking at Zuo Mu, who was eating with relish, Tang Tang felt a bit embarrassed. "It's not really that delicious."
Zuo Mu was sipping his porridge and didn't plan to say anything, but when he saw Tang Tang looking a bit disappointed, he couldn't bear it.
"Come on, no matter what, you helped me when I was sick, and you made this porridge. Tang Tang, if you weren't here, I'm afraid no one would know even if I fainted."
Zuo Mu comforted her.
Tang Tang felt relieved. Zuo Mu wasn't as cold - hearted as others said. Look, how kind he was.
She didn't realize at all that it was because of her that Zuo Mu was different.
After drinking some hot porridge on an empty stomach, warmth seemed to surge through his limbs. He no longer felt as cold as before.
Zuo Mu ate mouthful by mouthful until he finished the whole bowl before putting it down.
"Thank you, Tang Tang."
Tang Tang was suddenly called out and was startled. Then she was a bit flustered. "Why are you being so polite, brother? We live under the same roof, and you've been protecting me so much. It's only natural for me to take care of you."
This answer made Zuo Mu a bit disappointed.
Was it just a partnership?
But he wasn't discouraged. There was still plenty of time.
The atmosphere between the two was very harmonious.
Suddenly, Zuo Mu's phone rang.
The dynamic rock music sounded rather out of place in the quiet air.
Zuo Mu was an arrogant and fastidious person. Usually dressed in a suit and tie, he looked like a social elite. Tang Tang had thought that this guy would only eat steak and listen to classical music in private.
However, after getting to know him better, she found that wasn't the case at all.
Zuo Mu was very caring and considerate. He took great care of the victims' feelings, probably because of his profession as a doctor.
Moreover, although Zuo Mu seemed fastidious, he was actually very meticulous. After getting along with him for so many days, Tang Tang was completely conquered by his terrifying deductive ability.
And this wasn't even his main job. He could hold a scalpel in the operating room and also investigate crime scenes.
Just thinking about it made Tang Tang excited.
She was almost becoming a fan girl of this gentleman.
However, she must never let Zuo Mu know this, or he would be so proud.
Zuo Mu was still on the phone.
His facial expressions were changing too much.
First, there was obvious shock, then surprise, and now he seemed to be calming down.
Tang Tang admired herself for being able to suppress her curiosity and patiently wait for Zuo Mu to hang up the phone.
Sure enough, after Zuo Mu hung up the phone, he seemed a bit incredulous. "The police found Wang Lin's body."
Body!!!
Tang Tang was also stunned by this explosive news.
Although so much time had passed, their hope of seeing Wang Lin again was getting slimmer and slimmer.
In countless kidnapping cases, the golden 72 - hour period was the most critical time to rescue the victim.
Now, many 72 - hour periods had passed. The longer Wang Lin remained missing, the more they suspected that they might really see her only in the afterlife.
But they still held on to a little hope.
However, a phone call from the criminal investigators directly shattered their hopes without mercy.
"How did they find it, brother?" Tang Tang was a bit sad. How sad would Wang Lin's parents be if they knew this?
Tang Tang's pleading expression clearly touched Zuo Mu.
Zuo Mu patiently explained, "This call was from a friend of mine. Do you remember that text message from Huang Xiaoli?"
How could Tang Tang forget something that had happened just a few days ago? She nodded repeatedly.
"That text message was a great help. The technicians seemed to have found the sending address and then eliminated some possibilities, and that's how they found it."
Since this news came out, Zuo Mu seemed a bit absent - minded.
There was always a hazy sense of unreality.
They'd found the body.
What should they do next?
Since the Wang Lin case happened, the characters and forces involved had been extremely complex. Zuo Mu didn't believe this case would end soon.