Chapter 39: Sakuya's Medical Case

  "No, no... Never mind, I was just half asleep."

  He nodded, his face cold, as if I hadn't spoken at all. But it's just as well, if he had really let me lie down and made a child now, I would be even more nervous. I lay back on the bed, the words I said earlier still echoing in my mind. My face felt hot.

  Wait, what did I say in those words? Nine days? "Su Haicheng! Su Haicheng!" He was about to turn around and leave, but I sat up and grabbed his sleeve. "On the 18th, all the people in that village died. Then on the night of the 28th, they all got up and walked away by themselves. If you subtract that day, it's nine days. It's also nine days, when the corpses underwent a strange change."

  Su Haicheng reached out and stroked my forehead: "Sleep a bit more. Don't be so delicate, this bed is quite clean."

  "Are you even listening to me?"

  He put his hands on my shoulders: "The 18th is the day when the medical team went in, but it's not the day when something happened to that village. We can't estimate when the people in the village actually died. In forensic medicine, we infer the time of death based on temperature, environment and degree of decay. But those bodies didn't show any signs of decay. There is no way to accurately infer their time of death."

  It was actually my own misjudgment. I sighed and found myself being led astray by the dream. All I could do was smile apologetically at him: "Sorry."

  "Nothing, go to sleep. There are still things tomorrow."

  The next day, our task was indeed a difficult problem. We went to the hospital to find Sakura's medical records. It had been two months since then, but that wasn't the point. The point was that we spent the whole morning inquiring and were only informed at almost noon when the hospital was about to close that Sakura had run out of the hospital without paying her fees. Now, if we want to check her medical records, we need to have the patient's ID card first. Okay, our boss has a copy of her ID card, but then we also need to pay off the medical expenses she owed when she ran away.

  When the director said these things, Kaka Xi's reaction was to quickly take a photo and post it on Weibo to mock. Ah Tian retreated to the outside flower bed to smoke, looking like he didn't care about the matter. His appearance was so cool that even passing by little nurses couldn't help but take a few more glances.

  Su Haicheng nodded and asked: "How much money?"

  The boss also said: "Alright, give me the invoice."

  I thought it would be fine like this, but the director said we have to wait until the afternoon because he has already gone off duty.

  At lunchtime, Ah Tian was biting his chopsticks and smiling: "Outside, I bet that when we go there again in the afternoon, the invoice he gave us was just printed at noon. It's extremely new."

  "Why?" I asked.

  "We can't get in touch with Sakura Yuki now, they say whatever the price is. In this case, it's hard for them not to raise prices. Do you know about medical insurance? The kind that uses a card."

  The boss nodded: "We all have national wages."

  "Yes, in the hospital, that kind of medical insurance card will swipe out many things that are not used at all. This is what my ex-girlfriend who was a nurse said. For a normal delivery, paying cash would be around 3,000 to 4,000 yuan at most. But if you use the insurance card, it can swipe out 6,000 to 7,000 yuan."

  This meal was a bit oppressive, Su Haicheng sat beside me, he didn't eat much either. I lowered my voice and said to him: "You pay for this?" As I spoke, my gaze was actually looking at the boss with the corner of my eye.

  This is obviously a scam, who would be willing to give? Kakashi also heard my words and laughed: "Four-one sister, save money for your husband. He doesn't care about this little bit."

  "My face fell: 'He doesn't care, but what if one day his mother asks me to hand over the child and I can't? She might accuse me of fraud. Now that we don't need to use his money, let's not use it. This way, when the time comes, we'll lose less money, and maybe I won't have to go to jail.' As I said these words, my chopsticks listlessly poked at the rice in front of me. Just thinking about this makes me feel like I'm having trouble breathing."

  Kakaxi laughed and said: "Fourth sister, why don't you just hurry up and get pregnant? Even if it's two months late, the child will still be his."

  I glared at him: "One of these days you're going to get yourself killed, Kakashi!" He said this with a worried expression.

  After eating, anyway, I didn't have any mood to eat. Kaka's person was used to me saying it, and wouldn't mind what I said at all, continuing to happily eat the meal.

  When we came to the hospital again in the afternoon, there were still more than ten minutes before work started, so we sat on that plastic chair in the hospital for a while. But I don't know why, I always feel colder and colder, hospitals are places that give people a cold feeling. So after sitting for a while, I decided to go out to the courtyard for a walk.

  Walking slowly in the small courtyard of this unfamiliar hospital, my heart is a bit messy, just thinking about these things, when can they end? When can I return to my once peaceful days? One day everything will pass.

  Su Haicheng's voice came from behind: "Are you so worried about being cheated?"

  He still walks silently as before. I turn around to look at him, letting him catch up with me, and then say: "If you were me, you would be worried too. You can do whatever you want now without worrying about anything, but I'm not like that. I...I'm just a student from the bottom of society, your family...how should I put it, I'm not good enough for you. If it weren't for special circumstances, I probably wouldn't even have the courage to talk to you."

  "No matter what you do, I've got your back." His words left me stunned, this was clearly a confession. "No matter what you've done, I can help you get out of it. Including my mom, I have my ways. So you don't need to worry about the scamming problem anymore. Let's go, let's head back, they're coming to work."

  He pulled me by the hand: "Let's go!"

  "Are you serious?"

  "Really! I'm not as weak as you think."

  He was about to leave, but I held him back. Instead of following his footsteps, I said: "Then smile for me first and let me see. You're always so serious that I'm a bit confused. What you just did... was it a confession?"

  His face sank, and he let go of my hand: "I'm busy!" He walked towards the door on one side. I quickly followed him: "Hey, how can you be like this? Just now you said that no matter what I do, I can have peace of mind, but I just wanted to make you smile a bit. Are you someone with a problem with your sense of humor? You'd better go see a doctor too." As we spoke, we had already walked back to the director's office door. The boss was holding receipts and settling accounts, having spent over 4,000 yuan in two days. The boss is quite pitiful, not knowing how much money he's spent these past few days. It seems that all the money they had originally planned for their wedding has been used up.

  After a flurry of activity, we got the case. A Tian and Kakashi went to another courier to pick up packages, and we took the case back to the hotel for further study.

  According to the medical record, when Sakura was hospitalized, she had multiple abrasions on her body, malnutrition, dehydration, difficulty breathing, slow heartbeat, and received oxygen supply, injections, and wound treatment. She was in a coma for four hours. After waking up, she was confused, and had no normal reaction to the doctor's touch or pain.

  In some places in the case, we also can't understand, and the parts that can be understood are just these.

  Kakaxi and Atian were carrying a large package back when the boss was holding that copy of the medical record, his face twitching, then he burst out laughing, very loudly, laughed until tears flowed out. Then, he simply started crying, hugging the medical record and wailing.

  Kakaxi threw the package on the ground and collapsed onto the sofa, looking at his boss and asking: "Boss, what's wrong? Have you gone crazy from being hit? In that case, we two won't need to graduate anymore?"

  Su Haicheng unwrapped the package, examining its contents as he said, "I reckon it's exciting, go give him a slap, don't let him get too excited."

  "Happy? Why?"

  I said: "I think Sakura doesn't die. The records on the medical record are normal, there is no abnormal phenomenon. She should still be alive."