The elevator doors ahead slid open again, and the two morgue attendants wheeled the stretcher in.
The dean of Renkang Hospital took out his phone and made a call while quickly turning around and striding towards Ward 24. At the same time, he asked the nurse, "Who's the on - duty doctor today? And who saw the patient last?"
"The on - duty doctor today is Dr. Yu Na. She was the one who declared the patient dead just now..."
"Where is she? I need to see her!"
"She was here just now... I'll call her right away!"
The elevator doors slowly closed in front of them, and the number on top started to count down until it reached the basement level.
The morgue was not in the same building as the inpatient department. One had to pass through a passage in the underground garage to get there. In the dim and silent passage, the only sounds were the friction of the stretcher wheels against the ground and the two men's barely audible footsteps, which were extremely creepy.
In the hospital's surveillance room, the on - duty security guard glanced at the multiple monitors in front of him. Every time his gaze passed over the screen in the lower - right corner, he did it very quickly.
That was the surveillance camera for the passage leading to the morgue. He thought the image was inauspicious, so he never bothered to look closely.
As a result, he didn't notice that the image flickered and then froze.
In the underground garage, the stretcher with Fang Ling's body was not wheeled towards the morgue at all. Instead, it was loaded onto a transfer vehicle that had been parked there. But the next moment, another stretcher covered with a white sheet emerged from beside the truck and was wheeled towards the morgue by the same two men.
Fang Ling's body was exchanged in the underground garage in a very short time.
The truck that had successfully loaded Fang Ling's body immediately started up and drove out of the hospital. At the same time, the surveillance images in the underground garage, at the gate, and at the hospital entrance all quietly froze. No one in Renkang Hospital noticed the existence of this truck.
After leaving the hospital, the truck sped towards the airport. From the narrow front passenger seat, there came the sound of "tap - tap - tap" on a keyboard. The light from the computer shone on Fang Ruiyang's face, shrinking into a burning dot in his eyes.
Inside the truck's cargo compartment -
"Prepare for cardiac resuscitation. Follow my rhythm. Three, two, one! Go!"
"Again! Three, two, one - "
"Continue!"
A familiar figure knelt in front of Fang Ling and used the defibrillator according to the instructions. Sweat trickled down her forehead, and her face showed an unprecedented calmness.
Beside her, Dr. Yu Na, the half - blood doctor who was supposed to be on duty in the hospital, closely monitored the vital signs and quickly prepared the medicine, injecting it into Fang Ling during the intervals of cardiac resuscitation.
The two worked in perfect harmony. The defibrillator on Fang Ling's chest went on and on. Finally -
"Got it! The heartbeat has resumed! Oxygen supply immediately! Bring the nutrient solution!"
"Beep - beep - beep - "
The electrocardiogram machine connected to Fang Ling's body began to emit a rhythmic beep. At first, the rhythm was very slow and the value was low. But as fresh oxygen was pumped into her nose and mouth, the amplitude of the electrocardiogram waveform gradually increased, and the value rose from 30 to 40, and finally stabilized between 60 and 70.
The nutrient solution flowed into Fang Ling's body through a long infusion tube. Her breathing gradually became long and steady from weak. Under the incandescent light, her complexion was gradually returning to a healthy red.
The truck stopped on a deserted section of the road. The door of the front passenger seat opened, and Fang Ruiyang jumped out. The truck didn't stay long. The driver stepped on the accelerator, and the truck rushed away with the night wind.
Fang Ruiyang stood there, watching the truck leave until it disappeared from sight. Then he turned around and walked towards a car parked not far away.
The truck sped all the way and finally arrived at Haicheng Airport at 2 a.m. At this time, the plane with the Yan's logo had already parked there, and the boarding ladder had been set up.
The truck stopped steadily in front of the boarding ladder. The door of the cargo compartment opened from the inside, and the people waiting beside the boarding ladder rushed forward to help.
After a flurry of activity, Fang Ling was successfully transferred to the cabin.
The night wind blew the two figures on the tarmac. One of them took off the mask. Under the airport lights, a beautiful face that seemed to be carefully carved by the creator showed a smile.
Looking at the person beside her, she reached out her hand: "A pleasant collaboration, Teacher Feifei."
Even though Alex had seen many beautiful women, he was still startled by her beauty and his heart skipped a beat. Holding her hand, Alex also smiled: "A pleasant collaboration, Xiaoxixi. You're even more outstanding than I thought. No wonder Yan is so infatuated with you."
Xu Zixi said with a smile, "Rather, it's that the strong are always attracted to each other."
After sending Fang Ling away, it wasn't the end. Then Xu Zixi and Alex got into another car and headed back towards Renkang Hospital.
In the car, Alex couldn't help but say to Xu Zixi, "Xiaoxixi, I have a question. I hope you can answer it for me."
Xu Zixi said, "What do you want to ask?"
Alex said with a smile, "I've heard something about what happened four years ago. At that time, the outside world thought the person you were with was that fat pig surnamed Guan. How did it end up being Yan?"
Alex was one of their own and had contributed a great deal to the transfer of Fang Ling. So Xu Zixi didn't hide anything. After telling the strange episode from four years ago, she said,
"If I hadn't discovered from the clues that there was something else going on that year, I'm afraid that he and I, as well as he and the two children, would have been separated for a lifetime. And I would have been misunderstood by the world all the time. Actually, we're still investigating what happened that night, but there's no progress for the time being."
Alex looked surprised and seemed very puzzled. "But the mastermind behind all this has been arrested. And you and Yan are already together. Is it really necessary to continue the investigation?"
Xu Zixi said, "We have to find out why Chengge was involved. And since Xiong Han let me into Chengge's room at first, why did he take me away in the end? Bai He and Yuan Ya'er seem not to know what happened in between. Did Xiong Han deliberately hide it, or does Bai He know but refuses to say?"
"All the questions are hidden in Xiong Han. Although this person seems to be dead on the surface, everything leaves a trace. I don't believe the truth will be buried like this. So I won't let go of any clues."
Alex smiled enigmatically and playfully hooked her chin. "You and Yan are really a match made in heaven. You both like to get to the bottom of things."
Patting away his restless hand, Xu Zixi said with a smile, "Only by being full of curiosity about the world can we go further. Right?"