Chapter 40: Ye Nan's Mental Preparation

  Fang Wei carefully pushed open the door, slipped inside, and gently closed it behind him. He leaned against the wall beside him, wiping away the beads of sweat on his forehead. The slight movement of lifting the door had triggered a sharp pain in his abdomen and left arm, like a tearing sensation. As the pain gradually subsided, he slowly let out a breath.

  After catching his breath, he finally let out a sigh of relief and thought to himself: "It's absolutely impossible for them to find this place at three o'clock in the middle of the night. It seems that I've temporarily escaped."

  After waiting for a few more minutes, several hurried footsteps were heard from outside, which stopped briefly and then rushed away. After repeating this process several times, the outside finally quieted down.

  Fang Wei waited cautiously for a while, making sure that no one was left outside, before taking out his phone and opening it. He used the phone's screen to illuminate the surroundings, and was delighted to discover an electrical switch by the door. After carefully flipping it on, a small light bulb above him lit up, casting a dim yellow glow of no more than 25 watts over the area.

  It seems that this basement of over ten square meters used to be inhabited, with a Simmons mattress in the corner, covered with a neatly laid out quilt. Next to the mattress were several mineral water bottles and a broken small table, nothing else.

  Fang Wei covered his stomach, slowly moved over, looked at the layer of ash and a few piles of mouse droppings on the quilt, sighed, stretched out his hand to lift the quilt aside, endured the waves of dull pain from the wounds on his body, slowly lay down, until he was completely lying flat on the bed, before finally relaxing.

  Fang Wei, who had lost a lot of blood, was pale and weak, lying on the bed mat. He pulled out a few strips of cloth from his underwear with great effort to bandage the wound in his abdomen. However, he couldn't bandage the wounds on his buttocks and left shoulder blade, so he could only press them lightly with a piece of cloth.

  After a while of pressure, the wound finally stopped bleeding, and by this time it was clear that a lot of blood had been lost, only to wonder if the internal wounds in the abdomen were still bleeding.

  Gradually, excessive blood loss led to wave after wave of thirst. Fang Wei turned his head and glanced at the mineral water bottle beside the bed mattress. Luckily, one of them still had an unopened bottle with a tightly sealed cap. He swallowed his saliva, stretched out his hand to touch the bottle, but his body was weak and he felt that even a slight movement was extremely difficult.

  With a great deal of effort, Fang Wei finally managed to grab the bottle, open it, and gulp down several mouthfuls of water. However, he soon found himself choking on the water, coughing twice, and experiencing another wave of abdominal pain. As Fang Wei gradually felt his body becoming cold all over, he pulled the quilt over himself and fell asleep in a daze.

  At this moment, thousands of miles away in the East River, Ye Nan's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly woke up from his meditation. Opening his eyes, Ye Nan looked at the pitch-black sky outside the window and felt an inexplicable jump in his heart: "What's going on? I've never had such a sudden awakening from meditation before!"

  I recalled the scene when I first did the dream gathering spirit, it was also when that old lady was about to leave, that I suddenly woke up. Could it be... something is going to happen again?

  Ye Nan's mind was filled with suspicion and unease as he quickly thought of Fang Wei, who had gone to the island a few days ago. Thinking about his mission made Ye Nan's heart skip a beat. He glanced at his watch, which read 12 o'clock. He wondered what Fang Wei was doing now, hoping that he wasn't making his move at this exact moment. Ye Nan picked up his phone, hesitated for a moment, and then put it down again, thinking to himself: "What if he's really in the middle of something critical right now? I don't want to ruin things for him!"

  Ye Nan, who hadn't slept all night, finally made it to 7 am. Nervously, Ye Nan dialed Fang Wei's number and as the ringing continued, Ye Nan anxiously muttered: "Pick up the phone, Wei Zi, pick up the phone..."

  The phone rang for a while before a voice came on: "The number you have dialed is currently unavailable..."

  Yen Nan's heart was racing as he quickly dialed again, silently praying: "Wei Zi, you absolutely mustn't get into trouble!"

  Just as Zheng Xin was anxious, the phone rang a few times before it connected, but there was no one speaking on the other end. Ye Nan hastily said: "Wei Zi, Wei Zi, are you okay?"

  After asking a few more questions, a faint and vague response finally came from the other end: "Uh-huh..."

  Ye Nan was shocked, Ye Wei had never been in such a state before, and he was afraid that something had happened. He anxiously shouted loudly: "Wei Zi, Wei Zi, what's wrong? Speak quickly!"

  After a while, there was a very weak and slightly panting voice from the other side: "Hmm... Nanzi, I...I got a little hurt, don't worry..." The voice stopped again after saying this.

  Ye Nan heard that Fang Wei was injured, and his heart felt a chill. It seemed that the injury was not light, so he hurriedly shouted loudly: "Wei Zi, Wei Zi, where are you? Speak quickly!"

  He shouted a few times, but there was no reaction from the other side. Ye Nan was really panicked this time. Looking at Fang Wei's reaction, he feared it was very serious. His heart was anxious and he circled around the room like a headless fly for two rounds before realizing that the more he thought about it, the more confused he became.

  Hurry up and calm down, sink your heart, carefully recall the situation just now. It was Wei Zi himself who answered the phone, so there must be no one else taking care of him, and there were no other sounds on the phone, indicating that he was in a very quiet place, absolutely impossible to be a hospital.

  As he pieced together the various clues, Ye Nan's heart sank further. All of them clearly indicated that Fang Wei was now seriously injured and not in a hospital, but rather hiding in a secluded location, possibly to avoid something. Thinking along these lines, Ye Nan made an inference that was both extremely severe yet possibly very close to reality: Fang Wei had failed his mission, suffered serious injuries, and might still be being pursued by others, currently hiding in some hidden location!

  After making this inference, Ye Nan took a deep breath and thought: "No matter whether his own inference is right or wrong, he must do something. Looking at Fang Wei's situation, if his guess was correct, with his current condition, if he didn't get help, he might not be able to hold on for much longer. In any case, it seemed that he had to go to Hong Kong Island!

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