In the second half of May 9, Li Xiangnian did not intervene in Zhang Yichi's life.
But the more this happens, the more unclear Zhang Yichi is about what Li Xiangnian is doing now. He only knows that his opponent is very strong, but what about other things? He knows nothing.
He was a little anxious.
…
May 10th, morning
Li Xiangnian drove to a private hospital in the city. After greeting the nurse who had been waiting inside, the nurse took him directly to the attending doctor's office.
After knocking on the door and entering, Li Xiangnian smiled and shook hands with the attending physician, who looked to be in his early forties and wore gold-rimmed glasses.
"Old Cui, long time no see." Li Xiangnian said.
Cui Han's face was full of emotion: "Yes, come on, sit down first."
The two were high school classmates and had a very good relationship. They kept in touch after graduation. However, they were both very busy with their work and they had not seen each other for a long time.
"How are you doing at work recently?" Cui Han poured a glass of water for Li Xiangnian.
Li Xiangnian took the water glass: "Not salty, not bland."
"Is Ying'er okay?" Cui Han asked.
"Very good." Li Xiangnian looked around habitually, "She is working out of town right now. I heard from her grandma that she has a boyfriend."
After speaking, Li Xiangnian smiled, but he didn't smile so freely.
"I said I have been with that boy for more than a year. I only found out about it two days ago. I have never even seen the man in person, so I don't know if he is reliable... I won't talk about it anymore.
Where are your two boys?"
"The older one is busy taking the postgraduate entrance examination. The younger one just celebrated his 18th birthday last month and is preparing for the college entrance examination! When the second child goes to college, we will be relaxed. Haha... alas...
I don’t know what I have been busy with, but most of my life has passed like this." Cui Han said with emotion.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while.
After sighing with emotion, Cui Han said after a short silence: "Where are those things of yours?"
"Here." Li Xiangnian picked up a bag and took out the medical certificate and other related things inside.
Cui Han frowned and looked at it for a long time, then asked, "What did they say?"
"There are still about three months." Li Xiangnian replied calmly.
Cui Han didn't speak. He held the medical certificate with both hands and stared at every line on it.
In fact, when Cui Han said nothing, Li Xiangnian understood that his old friend could not help him. The terminal illness was an established fact and could not be reversed.
So he took the lead to break the silence: "Actually, I didn't come here to ask you to save my life. It wouldn't be practical to say that, right? I just wanted to see you and let's catch up on old times. I'd also like to prescribe some medicine so that I don't suffer so much.
to survive the last three months."
Cui Han raised his head and looked at Li Xiangnian. His eyes were a little red. He didn't know whether he was moved by Li Xiangnian's plainness or because he was reluctant to leave his friend of decades. "I suggest you be hospitalized immediately."
"It's meaningless." Li Xiangnian leaned on the chair, his body not looking as strong as before, "What if you can help me live for a few more months? I'm lingering on the hospital bed, pulling back and forth with the Lord of Hell.
I don't like it if I die like a human being. I still want to leave cleanly and immediately."
"Have you notified your family?" Cui Han said after being silent for a while.
"No." Li Xiangnian shook his head.
Cui Han took out a tissue and wiped his eyes, then sighed: "Oh, Lao Li..."
"It's okay. I've spent enough time to face this matter. I'm really not that scared now. Instead, I'm glad that I didn't die unexpectedly. At least I can try to plan the rest of my life carefully without leaving any trace behind.
Regret." A faint smile appeared on Li Xiangnian's face.
It is now morning, and the soft sunlight shines in from the window.
He squinted and looked outside.
That old body seemed to be favored by life again at this moment.
…
In the afternoon, Li Xiangnian drove to the school and wanted to talk to Zhang Yichi again. Zhang Yichi was the last person to have contact with Lu Tao, and he was destined to be one of the key figures in this incident.
The head teacher still received Li Xiangnian immediately. Today is already Wednesday. Lu Tao has been missing for three days. Every additional day brings more danger. How can the head teacher not take it to heart?
"The first class this afternoon is physical education. They should be on the playground now." The head teacher led Li Xiangnian towards the playground.
The school's playground is surrounded by guardrails, and there is only one main entrance for entry. Many students are active on the playground, and it seems that more than one class is taking physical education classes.
Li Xiangnian did not go in, but stood outside the guardrail and looked inside: "It's better to wait until he finishes class before calling him over. I've been here so many times in the past few days, so don't cause the students to talk about Lu Tao again."
"That's fine." The head teacher had no objection, "By the way, this morning we started mobilizing all the teachers and students in the school to donate money to Lu Tao."
"Ah..." Li Xiangnian seemed to remember something, took out his wallet from his pocket, kept some change, and handed 350 yuan to the class teacher, "I'll donate some too."
The head teacher was stunned: "This..."
"It's not easy." Li Xiangnian stretched out his hand to give the money and urged the head teacher to get it quickly.
The head teacher took the money and said with some emotion: "I want to thank you on behalf of Lu Tao and his mother."
"With a little effort...where are they?" Li Xiangnian's eyesight was not very good, and he searched several times but could not find where Zhang Yichi and his class were on the playground.
"Over there." The class teacher pointed in a direction, "The class over there is our class. Speaking of which, children grow so fast now that they are quite big in junior high school. Our school stipulates that boys' hair cannot exceed their eyebrows and they wear the same school uniform.
They are almost the same size, and sometimes it’s hard to tell who is who when standing far away.”
Li Xiangnian's pupils shrank, then suddenly widened.
The class teacher's words gave him a feeling of enlightenment. His mind was confused but very clear. He took out his mobile phone and clicked on several videos he had recorded of 'Lu Tao' walking out of Zhang Yichi's apartment building.
, I read it several times, and then showed it to the class teacher: "...Look, is this person Lu Tao?"
"Hmm... This schoolbag belongs to Lu Tao. He is wearing a peaked cap. It's a bit dark... It should be Lu Tao, right? Who else could it be if it wasn't Lu Tao?" the head teacher asked after reading it.
Yes, who else could it be if not Lu Tao?
Li Xiangnian was thoughtful.
…
After the physical education class, Zhang Yichi followed the crowd back to class and saw the head teacher standing not far away waving to him.
He guessed it was Lu Tao's business, so he ran over and asked: What can I do for you?"
"Officer Li just came to see you," the head teacher said.
Zhang Yichi was a little confused and looked around: "I didn't see it."
"He came when you were in class. However, in order to avoid any negative impact, he did not go to you directly. Instead, he planned to wait for you to finish class before calling you over. While waiting, Officer Li showed me a video, and then
He said he had something to do and left immediately." The head teacher told Zhang Yichi what he had just experienced.
"What video?" Zhang Yichi felt something was wrong.
"It's the video of Lu Tao coming out of your apartment building on Sunday night. He asked me if this was Lu Tao. It felt very strange..." the head teacher explained, "Do you know what this is? Is there anything new with Officer Li?
What’s the progress?”
Ever since the head teacher learned yesterday that Li Xiangnian had visited Zhang Yichi's house on Monday night, she has always felt that Li Xiangnian did not fully tell her the progress of the matter, and even thought that Zhang Yichi knew more than she did, so