Zuo Mu and Tang Tang still led their regular nine-to-five lives, one going to work and the other to school.
The hospital incident didn't have much impact on them. Although the news was still intensifying, the reports clearly separated the criminal gang from the hospital. They were quite factual, so the hospital itself was not suspected of any crime.
However, after this incident, Tang's hospital became quite well - known in the city.
It once topped the online discussions on that day.
Tang Tang said that she would rather the hospital remain a quiet and unknown place than become famous in such a way.
You couldn't shut the mouths of netizens, and they didn't bother to try, since the hospital had done nothing wrong.
As a result, with the help of enthusiastic netizens, almost all the information about the hospital was dug out.
Miraculously, while all kinds of gossip about the hospital's departments emerged, the Tang family remained completely unscathed in this online investigation.
"It's strange. I thought they'd quickly start digging into my unreliable father, but they didn't!"
Tang Tang was sitting on the sofa, casually browsing the popular forum posts.
Their family's hospital had been at the top of the forum for three days since the post was first made. The thread had grown to an astonishing length, and the "hot" tag beside it never faded.
There were constantly self - proclaimed well - known people coming to the forum to expose "secrets".
But they could see clearly that these so - called exposers mixed true and false information, which made the discerning netizens not really believe them.
After all, the stories they made up were so absurd that even Tang Tang found them hard to look at.
For example, "The Tang family is actually the descendants of a blood - sucking family. They opened the hospital just to cover up their legal blood - sucking activities."
Some even came up with an even more absurd story that they were descendants of the family from the story of "The Painted Skin". In short, the stories were as ridiculous as they could be, and some even started to talk about a handsome young man.
"You know what? That day I saw a really handsome young man brought in by a young lady. I just don't know his name."
"Show us the picture."
"Are you crazy? He's an ordinary person. You might get sued."
Thankfully, the rational voices stopped this online investigation in time.
"What are you looking at? You seem so happy?" Zuo Mu asked curiously as soon as he came back and saw this scene.
Tang Tang was laughing so hard that she could hardly straighten her waist. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and explained, "With such a big incident, it's impossible for you to go to work quietly, brother."
"It's really strange. There were suddenly a lot more patients registering for the outpatient service today. But most of them just came in for a look. They all looked healthy and energetic. Where were they sick?" Zuo Mu took off his coat, put it away, and then walked into the living room.
"Hahaha!" Tang Tang laughed again, almost falling apart. "Brother, you've become famous!"
Zuo Mu didn't understand the ways of the young people nowadays. He just smiled and said nothing.
Seeing that Zuo Mu seemed to have something on his mind, Tang Tang calmed down. When the screen of her phone went black, she finally dared to ask, "Brother, have you encountered something recently?"
Zuo Mu sighed deeply, rubbed his temples, looking extremely tired.
"I'm not sure if this information is accurate. But if it is, we may have to follow up secretly."
"How could this happen?" Tang Tang understood and jumped up from the sofa in surprise. She asked anxiously, "What? Is there new progress?"
Zuo Mu looked at Tang Tang's innocent face and didn't tell her everything. He only said that he had heard that the hospital might be involved in this conspiracy.
"What are we waiting for? Brother Zuo Mu, don't think I'm small. If it comes to a fight, I can take on two people." To make herself more convincing, Tang Tang even posed in a tough way.
Zuo Mu was touched and his mood improved a bit.
"Okay, let's keep up. There have been too many cases recently, and they don't have enough manpower."
On the other side, under the expectant eyes of everyone, Lao Li tapped here and there on the empty cabinet with great confidence.
Xiao Chen was influenced by him and at least wasn't as anxious as before.
After a series of tapping, Lao Li suddenly stopped at a certain place. He tapped more carefully and listened with his ear. Xiao Chen got excited. Was there a hidden door here?
Sure enough, after tapping several times, Lao Li said firmly, "Open this part."
Xiao Chen: ???
"How do we open it?"
Lao Li rolled his eyes. He didn't bother arguing with this naive young man. He was even more anxious than the others. He groped up and down by himself, and actually found a bulge. After pressing it, there was a "click" sound, and a hidden compartment appeared in the cabinet.
Wow!
Xiao Chen rubbed his eyes and made sure that there was really a hidden compartment that seemed to appear out of thin air.
Lao Li groped inside for a while and then took out a few pieces of paper.
"What's this?" Xiao Chen leaned over to take a look. Lao Li saw his eagerness and handed him a few pieces.
The papers were all blank and not very meaningful.
Except for this one.
Lao Li studied the small card in his hand carefully. After seeing the information on the card clearly, he smiled satisfactorily and then casually handed the card to Xiao Chen.
The person in charge beside them was still angry. He followed Lao Li closely and kept complaining, "This Li Ming is really too much. Who hired him? He should just go home and starve. He treated my place like his own. He changed the lock whenever he wanted and made a hidden compartment, ruining my stuff."
Lao Li and the others naturally didn't care how they dealt with the matter behind closed doors. Anyway, they had achieved their goal.
After leaving the room, Lao Li told Xiao Chen, "We'll go to the station right away when we get back."
The station?
Xiao Chen was caught off guard by Lao Li's sudden instructions. He asked if he didn't understand, "Why do we have to go to the station?"
Lao Li had been suffocated in the room. As soon as he came out, he took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a satisfying puff before saying, "Did you see that piece of paper just now?"
Xiao Chen recalled and indeed there was a small card. Lao Li had handed it to him and asked him to look carefully.
The three big characters "Bus Station" were clearly printed on the card.
Xiao Chen suddenly understood. Pointing at the card, he stammered, "So, Li Ming escaped from City X?"
But then he thought about it and felt strange. "Brother Li, if Li Ming really went to the station, why did he leave this card? Wouldn't that completely expose him?"
Xiao Chen suspected that Li Ming was just setting a trap to distract them.
Lao Li smiled and flicked the ash off his cigarette. The smoke around him added a touch of melancholy.
"You didn't notice. Just now, the person in charge said that Li Ming left in a hurry and didn't even have time to collect his salary. I guess he must have been forced to do something and then was in a hurry to run away. There were probably just some changes of clothes and maybe a little money in the storage box, but the amount couldn't be much. So he was in such a hurry that he didn't have time to destroy the things in the hidden compartment."
A smile appeared on Lao Li's face. He waved the card in his hand. "He left in a hurry, but I think he prepared this piece of paper a long time ago. Look, it's all soaked with sweat."
Xiao Chen leaned over to take a look. Sure enough, the small card was all wrinkled.