Caroline finally contacted the lawyer Carlo, and went to the hospital with him to visit Nia.
Of course, we arrived by bus.
Carlo's theory is that last week he was in a hurry to deliver a contract to a client, so he parked his car in a non-parking area. Later, the car was towed away by the traffic police, and he has been forced to take rides recently.
Buses and sometimes even motorcycles.
Carlo kept talking in front of Caroline about how unreasonable the traffic police's behavior was, and then went on to talk about how crude the country's justice system was.
What should I say?
Talking... but don't understand? Caroline felt like she saw a little chicken-bellied woman who was bargaining with a butcher in the vegetable market, but failed in the end, just like an aunt who defeated a rooster.
When we got on the bus, it was Carlo who paid for it, but Caroline didn't think this guy had the so-called gentlemanly demeanor at all. He should have paid the bill when he was in the cafe.
How much is a trip worth?
"Oh! Poor Nia! Forgive me for not knowing your situation until now! I should have come earlier!"
Carlo saw Nia lying on the hospital bed. He walked to Nia's side almost without thinking, knelt down in front of the hospital bed, held Nia's dry hand with both hands, pressed it against his forehead, and said in a hoarse voice,
Sentimental and crying, "You used to be so beautiful, why did you become like this? God is so unfair! Oh... you should have let me know earlier, why didn't you let me know?"
Nia seemed to be moved by the man's deep affection, and perhaps recalling the past moments with this man, and her deep-set eye sockets began to become wet.
Caroline once thought that Nia's tears should have dried up after being hospitalized.
But in the end, she was still moved to tears by such a man's almost disgusting words... Could it be that Nia couldn't see at all that Carlo's performance was so hard? She hadn't seen it in a few years, or even more than ten years.
How could a man I’ve seen act like this?
Or is it that the disease has completely swallowed up Nia's shrewdness and reason, making her even more ignorant than any ignorant woman?
Caroline opened her mouth, and even her eyes revealed her disdain for Carlo. She hoped that Nia could see her actions, but Nia's eyes never left Carlo.
Caroline didn't know if Nia wanted to remember this man's face forever at this time. However, she didn't say anything she wanted to remind Nia in the end.
She closed the door and sat alone on a chair outside the ward, leaving Carlo a chance for Nia to show off. God, for the sake of this commission fee, I hope this man can be gentle until the end.
"Why do I care about this kind of thing?"
Caroline suddenly shook her head mockingly.
Feeling a little bored, she looked around the corridor of the inpatient department and found that there were quite a lot of people... They all had relatives who were hospitalized here, right?
Her thoughts were a little messy, so Caroline simply took out her phone and started scrolling through Moments and Twitter to kill time. I wonder what kind of conversation Nia and Carlo were having in the ward?
She sent a message to Livia, but after waiting for a while, Livia didn't reply. She called again, and it turned out that Livia had turned off her phone.
Livia said that she would also leave and live outside for a while. She should have left now, right?
Although this guy was in the sex business in the district, Caroline knew very well that Livia had a boyfriend outside her without telling her, and he seemed to be a college student.
Livia, this fool, even secretly leaves part of the money every month to subsidize this man's tuition and living expenses.
Maybe, she went to her boyfriend's place.
Caroline thought about it and fell asleep.
She sat in a dream.
In the dream, she was an angel, and her wings were not the pure white of angels in the Bible, but gray.
Her wings were folded and wrapped around her body, unable to fly, so her body began to fall from the sky.
But she could never touch the ground, she just kept falling down, seemingly without end.
She couldn't speak, she could only keep her falling posture, her body was like a stone statue, and she felt like a soul imprisoned in the statue.
I don’t know when, another version of herself appeared in front of Caroline.
The face is exactly the same, except that the other person has no wings and is no different from his ordinary self.
She was also falling, at the same speed as herself, and her eyes even always remained at the same horizontal line as herself... She felt like she was looking into a mirror.
The two of them just looked down, their heads falling to the ground, but they were still staring at each other with their eyes open. Caroline was still unable to speak, she had never been so anxious before.
But when the other party moved, the other person moved. There was a slight smile on her face, a strange smile that made Caroline feel a little frightened after just one glance.
The other party moved.
This guy who looked exactly like me moved. As he was falling, the other person stretched out his palm, slowly stretched it towards him, and finally put his palm under his abdomen.
She opened her mouth without making any sound, but her mouth shape was constantly changing, and she was obviously saying something.
"I took it."
"What?"
The earth below was suddenly swallowed up by darkness. The darkness was like ink dripping on a tissue, quickly climbing up into the sky, eventually dyeing the bright sky black.
Caroline felt pain, very painful.
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The reason for the pain was that the mobile hospital bed being pushed by the doctors and nurses was walking quickly through the narrow corridor, and the wheels at the foot of the hospital bed ran directly over the soles of Caroline's feet... It didn't hurt.
That's weird.
Caroline woke up in pain, glanced at the hospital bed in the distance with hatred, and quickly took off her shoes. There was a red mark on her foot, and she didn't know if she had broken any bones.
Why are you so unlucky today?
Caroline sighed and slowly rubbed her soles. At this moment, the door to the ward in front suddenly opened, and Carol walked out expressionlessly. She frowned when she saw Caroline still sitting here.
head.
"Have you settled the matter? Where is Nia?" Caroline had to ask.
Carlo said calmly: "She finally fell asleep. You'd better not wake her up... By the way, do you have time? I want to talk to you about something."
Caroline's intuition might not be a good thing, but she still endured the pain in her feet, put on her shoes, and followed the man to a relatively quiet place, which was the elevated floor of the hospital's inpatient department, where patients could breathe.
Caroline limped along, and Carlo showed no intention of supporting her.
This old man, who could still vaguely see a trace of his handsome appearance in his youth, took out a crumpled soft-packed cigarette from his suit pocket, picked one and started smoking.
Caroline said impatiently: "If you have anything to do, just tell me quickly. If nothing happens, I have to leave. It's too late."
Night was her working time, so naturally she would just avoid talking if it was too late. She just didn't like staying with this old man, it would remind her of Nia.
It was completely different from when I was in despair. I was filled with a strange spirit, as if I had seen hope.
"You are also a prostitute." Carlo exhaled smoke slowly, "Nia told me some things about you."
Caroline crossed her arms and looked at the other person, frowning and saying, "If you have anything to do, just tell me."
Carlo turned around and leaned against the railing, with his back to the city's night lights, "Nia entrusted me to sell her house, and the remuneration has been negotiated. But she still has one condition."
"I'm not involved in real estate matters." Caroline shook her head...that kind of thing was too troublesome and thankless, and she had no reason to help.
Carlo said with a faint smile at this time: "Are you really not going to participate? Even if the property is sold, you can get 10% of the wealth?"
Caroline was startled.
Carlo explained: "Nia did entrust me, but she also entrusted you as her agent."
After saying that, Carlo sneered, "This woman obviously doesn't trust me."
Thinking of Carlo's behavior in the ward, Caroline sneered and said, "It's weird that I would believe you. It's really disgusting."
"It's just for the sake of money." Carlo shrugged: "If she is willing to give me money, even if she lets me kiss her feet right away. And you, who have always insisted on visiting Nia in the hospital, don't you also
Isn’t it for some purpose?”
Caroline Yaoyao was unwilling to talk too much with this man. Nia was willing to give herself 10% of the proceeds from the sale, which, to be honest, surprised her.
Is this... considered a reward for visiting me these days?
Perhaps, as the old man said, she had expected something from the very beginning because she knew that Nia had no children or relatives.
But later on, that kind of thought became indifferent without realizing it. As for when it disappeared, even Caroline herself couldn't tell.
"Is that all? If nothing happens, I'm leaving." Caroline turned around directly... Maybe she should wait for Nia to wake up and talk to her about this matter.
Nia was a light sleeper and her illness was still tormenting her, so Caroline didn't think she could wait long.
"10% is too little, but what if it becomes 50%?" Carlo's voice came from behind, full of an unprecedented charm.
Caroline looked back subconsciously and saw the old man chewing on the half-smoked cigarette, putting his hands in his trouser pockets, and facing her with a smile that Caroline hated very much.
This smile is like that of the pimp who brought him into the business, introduced himself to his first customer, and completed his first business in his life.
"What did you say?"
Carlo walked towards Caroline, "I think Nia's condition is really bad, don't you think? She can't be saved, and she won't be saved. Why should we waste our wealth on this?
Expensive surgery? And even surgery that may not be effective? Tell me, instead of investing money in the hospital, why not invest it in my pocket and yours?"
Every time Carol said something, Carolyn's breathing couldn't help but become faster.
Carlo suddenly reached out and lifted Caroline's chin, "With this money, your and my lives will become better, right? And all you and I need to do is weave a beautiful lie.
That’s it. Did you know? A house in the West District can be sold for a price you can’t imagine. That’s wealth you may not be able to earn even if you sleep with hundreds of men.”
"Scum!"
Caroline hit Carlo hard on the face and left angrily.
Carol was not angry at all, but raised her voice behind Carolyn: "Think about it carefully, as long as you nod, you can get a fortune. Nia can't live, is it worth it?
?”
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Houses in the West End can indeed be sold for sky-high prices. Caroline doesn't even know how Nia earned the money to buy such a house.
Surgery... really not return to Nia? The doctor did say that Nia's condition is very bad, surgery is just a last resort, the chance of success is not high, more likely to accelerate death or the surgical process
Will die.
Why entrust me?
It seems that they have noticed Carlo's hypocrisy, so they are worried... After all, Nia is already a dying person, and she is very suspicious. It is conceivable that no one will believe her.
Aren't you afraid that I will...
How much can a house in the West District be sold for...
No matter how much it can be sold, it is not a luxurious villa, and it cannot be as rich as her huge bank card...
But until the situation is clarified, this wealth cannot be used arbitrarily.
After thinking about it, Caroline didn't know when she came to the door of Nia's ward and put her hand on the door lock. When she was about to push it open, she stopped in vain.
The hand... doesn't seem to want to push the door open.
She felt as if there was a pair of eyes staring at her from behind...it was Carol's eyes. Carolyn turned around suddenly, but there was nothing behind her, just the gray-white hospital corridor wall.
Suddenly there was a sound of crying from the right. A woman was lying on the moving hospital bed, crying and unwilling to get off... The sheet of the hospital bed had covered the face of the person lying on it, and Caroline knew what this meant.
She remembered that this was the mobile hospital bed that had run over her not long ago.
"I'm sorry, the operation failed." The doctor seemed to be able to say only some pale and useless words.
It seemed that she had heard this sentence many, many years ago...when her father was shot during a gang fight.
die……
Caroline's face was pale, and she felt a little difficult to breathe. Her hand suddenly released the lock of the door, and she seemed to be weak, holding on to the wall of the corridor, just wanting to stay away from this place.
Whether it's Nia, the crying woman in front, or Carlo who may still be smoking on the elevated floor...stay away.
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After the VIP room was silent for a while, Song Haoran heard footsteps again walking towards the door.
Click, the sound of opening the door.
An old man with gray hair and a somewhat slovenly appearance...probably in his sixties.
The old man was obviously very frightened. Maybe he had seen Song Haoran slit the gangster's throat, so he was frightened... But obviously because it was the gangster who was killed, the old man had the courage to show up.
"You...are you really the person sent to rescue?" The old man was not only frightened, but also extremely suspicious.
Song Haoran said calmly: "Let's not talk about it for now. A bomb has been installed here. I will take you away as soon as possible."
"Bomb!" the old man exclaimed.
"It's enough to completely destroy this place. It's very dangerous." Song Haoran nodded, "Don't talk about it for now. I will take you to the exit. You leave first. I will also find the remote control of the bomb next."
Song Haoran glanced at the old man quickly, but he was searching his memory... His memory has always been very good, especially after getting the Sun God Badge, he seemed to be developing into a memory master.
Therefore, he had long memorized the information of many important figures in this country, their appearance, and their origins... As for this old man, he was also among the information he memorized.
French, a doctor from the National Academy of Sciences in the field of aerospace... is also one of the only remaining researchers from the country's rocket launch explosion a long time ago.
Why is this old man in such a good mood to come to this place to listen to the concert?
