When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

Chapter 104 Abandoned Existence

In the dim room, darkness covered every corner like thick ink, and the curtains were tightly closed, as if afraid that the darkness would slip away from the gaps.

The air was filled with the smell of alcohol. Even a teetotaler would get drunk if he entered the room.

This room seems to be a world isolated from the rest of the world.

Only a tiny beam of light trying to squeeze into this endless darkness can prove that daytime will arrive in this world as promised.

With the faint light, you can vaguely see a figure lying against the wall, curled up.

In the darkness, the breathing sound gradually changed from steady to rapid.

"Ji Hang——!" Lin Lezhi suddenly woke up from his sleep and shouted loudly.

I have woken up like this countless times.

He suddenly sat up, and the beer beside him that he had not yet finished was knocked over by Lin Lezhi. The beer spilled out of the can, emitting bursts of wheat aroma.

Lin Lezhi stretched out his hand to try to retain something.

Can……

In the quiet room, there was no response except for one's own voice, only endless darkness and silence.

For fear of seeing anything related to Ji Hang, Lin Lezhi simply turned off all the lights in the room.

It's like deceiving yourself.

As long as this is the case, I won't be able to see the books about criminal investigation all over the room, and it seems that I can also forget about Ji Hang's existence.

But the fact is, no matter whether he was drunk or sober, the way Ji Hang died at the end was like a movie clip that was played over and over again, constantly replaying in his mind.

Three months ago was the last time Lin Lezhi saw Ji Hang. The blood spreading across his chest was like a blooming red rose, and the handle of the knife was like a branch, tightly connected to the flower.

“Ji…Ji Hang——!”

Lin Lezhi swayed his body and rushed to Ji Hang, but he could only reach in front of Ji Hang before his legs became so limp that he could not stand. His throat felt like it was strangled by thousands of hands. The dull pain and powerlessness made Lin Lezhi unable to utter a single syllable except shouting out Ji Hang's name.

Seeing Lin Lezhi's exaggerated expression, Ji Hang looked down at the knife stuck in his chest. He had just used the weight of his entire body to smash down on it, and the sharp blade had been completely embedded in his chest, leaving only the handle exposed.

"hiss……"

Ji Hang wanted to support his upper body, but as soon as he moved, he felt a piercing pain in his chest. He had to give up and lie down on the ground.

This really hits me right in the heart.

As Ji Hang hissed, the expression on Lin Lezhi's face became more panicked.

Ji Hang was clearly the one whose life was hanging by a thread, but he looked much calmer than Lin Lezhi, and his expression seemed to indicate that it was not a big deal.

As if to ease Lin Lezhi's mood, Ji Hang smiled and said jokingly, "I wanted to show off in front of you, but now I'm embarrassed. When will you change your habit of calling me by my name?"

Lin Lezhi didn't understand why Ji Hang was still joking at this time.

After Ji Hang came up, there was no movement outside the door, not even the sound of sirens could be heard.

He couldn't just watch Ji Hang die in front of him.

Yes, mobile phone...

Lin Lezhi hurriedly took out Ji Hang's cell phone, dialed "120" with trembling fingers, then got up from the ground, walked to the broken window, and pressed the dial button.

Seeing Lin Lezhi's panicked expression, Ji Hang found it a little strange. This was indeed the first time.

Ji Hang smiled, and felt a sharp pain in his chest. Being injured in this place, Ji Hang knew that he didn't have much time left. Even if the rescue team arrived soon, he would not have much hope of survival.

Ji Hang turned his head slightly to look at Ge Mingyuan. Ge Mingyuan was curled up against the wall of the room with his head in his hands, his body shaking uncontrollably.

Fear, regret and self-blame made Ge Mingyuan dare not look in the direction of Ji Hang.

Ji Hang perked up a little and said, "In fact, you never thought of killing them, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have waited until now."

Hearing this, Ge Mingyuan's body stopped trembling and his eyes were revealed. His bloodshot eyes were filled with pain and contradiction.

"After finding out your identity, the bureau obtained the surveillance footage of you sneaking into the hospital archives to retrieve your daughter's files based on your movements. After finding the surgical records, we realized that the incident was far more complicated than it seemed."

It was wrong for Ge Mingyuan to kill someone to save his daughter, but Ge Mingyuan's daughter was not wrong. However, because of the dirty trade of human organs, she was deprived of the chance to live.

After investigation, it was discovered that such mismatched cases not only occurred to Ge Xixi, but also had secretly formed an industrial chain.

Those who seek profit from this take advantage of loopholes, easily take the lives of others, and sell their organs at high prices.

How many families were broken up because of this, but they just thought it was an accident.

Those are lives that cannot be bought back no matter how much money is spent.

The heart that originally belonged to Ge Xixi was clean, but because of this shady transaction, it was sold to someone else for a high price before Ge Mingyuan was arrested.

Even if Ge Mingyuan had not been arrested, he would have died on the next street due to an accident.

Ge Mingyuan could not get to the hospital's operating room no matter what.

Because the main culprit this time was Ge Mingyuan, who was involved in the case of that year, Ji Hang thought that there was a great possibility that Ge Mingyuan would be hiding in the abandoned construction sites of the person behind the scenes, so he searched one place after another.

Finally, when I was approaching the abandoned land, I received a text message from Lin Lezhi.

Ji Hang paused and continued, "After I made the call, I rushed to the hospital. When I arrived, the operation was over. Your daughter was transferred to the ICU. There was also another girl in the ICU. The nurses said that girl had just finished heart surgery."

"But according to what you said, there was only one heart transplant operation that day." Ji Hang looked at Ge Mingyuan and said with some self-blame: "If I could have investigated more deeply back then, although I couldn't save your daughter's life, at least I wouldn't have let those people go unpunished. I'm sorry."

Ge Mingyuan looked at Ji Hang's face, and then he realized that the man in front of him who was not wearing a police uniform was the only person who helped him call the hospital that year.

In an instant, Ge Mingyuan's eyes were filled with tears.

What kind of stupid thing did he do...

At first, Ge Mingyuan wanted to kill them, but when he saw that they were about the same age as his daughter and had tender faces, Ge Mingyuan always thought of his daughter.

His small body was suffering from illness and his little face was often weak, but whenever he looked at himself, he would always force himself to cheer up and give him a pure and warm smile.

I collapsed countless times and felt like I couldn't hold on any longer, but it was my daughter's smile that pulled me out of the abyss.

As a doctor, he can only accompany his daughter when he is resting or making rounds. Because he spends too little time with her, Ge Mingyuan feels guilty, but his daughter always smiles and says, "I need Dad, but other patients need Dad too. Dad is so great, he will definitely be able to cure everyone."

The knife that he had picked up countless times was put down again.

Yes, no matter what he did, his daughter would never come back. He knew it clearly, but guilt and hatred were raging in his chest all the time.

A bitter smile appeared on Ge Mingyuan's lips, as if he was laughing at his own stupidity. He was a doctor, he should have used his own hands to save people, but...

He almost forgot that he was a doctor...

Ge Mingyuan crawled in front of Ji Hang, laid Ji Hang's body flat, and then checked the position where the catheter was inserted into the heart. He then opened the cabinet, took out a relatively clean towel from it, and pressed it on Ji Hang's wound to prevent heavy bleeding.

Doing everything a doctor can do at this time.

Reason prevented Lin Lezhi from stopping him, because Ge Mingyuan was a doctor, and in the current situation, no one could do better than him in saving lives.

At this time, sirens sounded downstairs.

The surrounding police rushed in and arrested Ge Mingyuan.

After seeing the girls hiding, the paramedics took them to the ambulance. Only after the girls' parents saw that their children were safe did they finally feel relieved and burst into tears.

Because Ji Hang had already reported the matter to the bureau before coming, all the criminals involved in the case that year were arrested.

In the ambulance, Lin Lezhi looked at Ji Hang's injuries, clenched his hands tightly, and his eyes were full of self-blame. Ji Hang looked at Lin Lezhi and said, "You little bastard, what are you thinking about if you don't say anything!"

"I'm sorry..." Lin Lezhi clenched his hands and said this in a trembling voice, tears sliding down the corners of his eyes.

Ji Hang raised his hand and patted Lin Lezhi on the back, praising him: "Cheer up, you've done a good job. It's just my bad luck. I'd rather hear you say something else than an apology."

"What?" Lin Lezhi looked confused and at a loss.

Ji Hang kept the secret and said with a forced smile, "You have to think about it yourself. Anyway, you have to think about it when I come out of the operating room."

Lin Lezhi only did a simple bandaging and then stood in the corner of the operating room. Outside the operating room were Ji Hang's family, waiting anxiously.

After three hours of rescue, the lights in the operating room went out and Ji Hang, who had lost his vital signs, was pushed out of the operating room.

pronounced dead.

Looking at the grief-stricken expressions of Ji Hang's family, Lin Lezhi never dared to go out, and did not even attend Ji Hang's funeral.

Lin Lezhi closed his eyes, fell to the ground again, and curled up on the cold floor.

A faint cry was heard in the darkness.

He didn't know what Ji Hang wanted to hear.

After Ji Hang's death, Lin Lezhi no longer cared about how the case ended. Nothing else mattered anymore.

Lin Lezhi regretted countless times.

If I hadn't been so reckless, if I hadn't said those harsh words that irritated Ge Mingyuan, if I could be as gentle as Ji Hang.

Or even earlier.

If I hadn’t been so self-righteous as to put my cell phone into Ge Mingyuan’s schoolbag seven years ago.

Does that mean Ji Hang wouldn't have to know me and wouldn't have to die?

The crying sound gradually faded away, and Lin Lezhi fell asleep again, hugging his tired body. When he woke up again, he was awakened by the sound at the door. There was a sound of prying the lock, and soon the door was opened.

Lin Lezhi opened his eyes, and his eyes, which had not seen the light for a long time, suddenly felt a sharp pain.

I could vaguely see two figures standing towards the door, one tall and one short.

Two figures walked in one after another, and without asking the owner of the house, they forcibly turned on the lights in the room. Everything seemed so natural.

Apart from those two people, who else could enter his room?

The strong light made Lin Lezhi close his eyes, but he was thinking about the purpose of these two people in his mind.

After his eyes adjusted to the light, Lin Lezhi stood up from the ground shakily. The two strangers in front of him, looking at him with concern, were actually himself, his biological parents.

Dad is Lin Zhiren, mom is Xu Nuo.

Lin Lezhi now looks haggard, slovenly, and reeks of alcohol. He no longer looks like a student at all.

"Are you ok?"

Seeing Lin Lezhi like this, Lin Lezhi's mother Xu Nuo walked up to him with heartache, and while asking about Lin Lezhi's situation, she reached out her hand to touch Lin Lezhi's cheek.

Before he could touch it, Lin Lezhi dodged it.

Xu Nuo smiled, then withdrew his hand awkwardly, and clasped his hands together helplessly.

"Lezhi, why didn't you go to school to register?" Xu Nuo asked with concern. Realizing that he hadn't said the whole thing, Xu Nuo quickly added: "The school saw that you didn't go to register, so they called me to ask about your situation."

Lin Lezhi thought about it and it seemed to be the case. One had to fill in a guardian’s name and phone number on the registration form.

"Why do you want to go?" he asked back with a cold gaze.

Xu Nuo was puzzled and said, "Didn't you work hard to get in? When mom and dad knew you were admitted to the police academy, they were really proud. The neighbors also said that I have a good son. Why didn't you tell mom? Seeing that you don't take care of yourself and waste your future, mom and dad are really worried."

pride?

Worry?

From childhood to adulthood, I have felt like an outcast to them. They abandoned their marriages to pursue their own happiness, and I, too, was like a product of their failure, and was abandoned along with them.

As far as he can remember, Lin Lezhi's world has only had his grandfather, and the few principles of life he knew were also taught by his grandfather.

Ever since meeting Ji Hang, Ji Hang seemed to be guiding his own direction, and Lin Lezhi was trying very hard to get closer to Ji Hang.

He tried really hard to learn, but no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get it right.

I have never seen them treat me like their own children. Occasionally, I would hear a little love from their mouths, just to make up for the guilt in their hearts, and then they would disappear without looking back.

The two of them, who clearly didn't even know what had happened to me and wished they didn't see each other at all, now appeared together, saying they were worried about me and that I was their pride.

Isn't this ridiculous?

Lin Lezhi smiled slightly, his eyes were cold, and he said calmly: "You didn't care about me before, why are you caring about me now?"