With a "bang," the drink in Yumo's hand landed, and the yellow liquid splashed open, revealing a thin blade fragment.
It was actually a thin, fragile shard of a blade! Glued together with adhesive into a tiny ball, nearly invisible in the colored liquid.
"Captain!" Lin Meng was shocked and quickly rushed forward with a few tissues to support him, but Yumo's coughing became more intense. He seemed to be in a lot of pain, his whole body convulsing, and he suddenly grabbed Lin Meng's wrist.
Lin Meng brought the tissues to his lips, but Yumo suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Captain!!!" Lin Meng's face instantly turned as white as a sheet.
In the blink of an eye, countless images and details flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern.
The inexplicable appearance of a strange volunteer in the rest area, the sudden emergence of resentment in the fan group, and the images of black and white resentment -
The volunteer brushed past her. When he reached out his hand, the sleeve lifted up a section, and the inside of his arm faintly showed a purple tattoo -
What is it... what is it...
Right! The logo of the Saint Laurent team!
At this moment, when the doorbell rang, everyone had already entered the rest area, and when they heard Lin Meng's exclamation, everyone was startled. Seeing Yumo bent over, they all rushed up.
"What's wrong!" Zhong Xiang supported Yumo in shock, "What's going on! Lin Meng, what's happening!"
"There's an ANTI!" Lin Meng's voice trembled, "Something was put in the drink!"
"Damn!" Zhong Xiang couldn't help but swear, "Don't you know that besides what the team provides, Yumo doesn't touch any other food or drink!"
Apart from what the team provides, nothing else is touched...
In her astonishment, Lin Meng couldn't come to her senses.
Then why -
Yes, because that bottle of water was the one she handed to Yumo...
Zhong Xiang seemed to want to say something, and at this moment, Yumo slapped him hard on the arm, "Enough..."
"Okay okay okay, I won't say anything, you just stop talking for now." Zhong Xiang was frightened, anxiously said, "I'll go call an ambulance first."
"No." Yumo forcibly held him, hoarse, "Go back to the base first!"
"Go back to the base?!" Zhong Xiang was shocked, "Why go back to the base, are you out of your mind!"
"I have a plan." Yumo gritted his teeth and said, "Go back to the base first!"
As he spoke, blood foam oozed from the corner of his mouth, a distressing sight. Zhong Xiang gaped, then looked at the bewildered girl next to him, suddenly understanding his intention.
"Fine, let's go back to the base first." He firmly suppressed his trembling voice and said decisively, "Xing Shen, you help Silence onto the car, leave through the small door on the west side, be careful not to be discovered by anyone. I'll go and inform the organizers." He hurried to the door, then turned back, shouting, "Little girl!"
"Ah?" Lin Meng raised her head in a daze.
"Don't dawdle! Come with us!" Zhong Xiang said in a low voice, "Put on a mask and hat, otherwise, you'll be in big trouble!"
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Team E dodged the pursuit of fans and hastily returned to the base, then secretly changed cars to go to X University Affiliated Hospital. They were lucky not to alert anyone, but when Yumo was wheeled into the emergency room, the doctor's expression was not good.
Swallowing a blade would not be good for anyone, and as for the extent of the injury to the flesh and blood body, no one knew, the thought of it was painful. Zhong Xiang accompanied Yumo for the examination, while Lin Meng stood motionless for a few seconds before collapsing to the ground.
"Hey hey hey, miss!" Panda and Laomai rushed to help her up, supporting her from the ground to a resting chair. Lin Meng's breathing was rapid, her face pale.
"It's all my fault," she trembled, "I brought that bottle of water... it's all my fault..."
"It's not your fault, it's not your fault, just now Big Brother Zhong had someone check, each bottle in the entire case had it, no matter which one you took, you would have been hit!" Panda said repeatedly, "That b*stard is too heartless, trying to put our whole team in danger!"
"But... it was me who gave it to Yumo."
"It's not like you put it in." Panda said, "This logic is wrong, blame that ANTI fan! Damn it, bringing the whole fan circle's drama into our circle."
"That bottle of water should have been for me!" Lin Meng clenched her lips, her eyes reddened, "Everyone brings their own water because they're afraid of this kind of thing, right? If I hadn't been holding that bottle, Yumo wouldn't have drunk it..."
"Stop joking." A Lu said with a stern face as he stood against the wall, "Do you think that if you had drank that water we would all feel at ease? In our team, no matter who is pushed into the emergency room, no one will be at ease."
"Yes, that's right." Panda nodded vigorously.
"I..." Lin Meng murmured softly, "I shouldn't have played in the match with you today..."
"You played well today." Laomai said, "Without you, we probably would have been completely overwhelmed by Saint Laurent."
"Being overwhelmed was still not the worst part." A Lu said, "Being accused of being a coward and avoiding battle is the most headache-inducing part."
"In fact, I quite wish you were our team's nanny." Panda grinned, "Alright, alright, don't blame yourself, we have to worry about the captain, and now we have to worry about you when you're like this."
Lin Meng took a deep breath and rallied, "I'm sorry, everyone, I lost control."
At this moment, Xiao Xingheng came out of the examination room, and everyone crowded around, eagerly asking, "How is he?"
"Is it serious?"
"Where's the captain? Where did he go?"
"Zhong took him to get an X-ray," Xiao Xingheng said. "The doctor said it's not too bad, just small fragmented pieces of the blade, and not many people reacted in time to swallow them, so it's not life-threatening. But the esophagus should be injured, and we won't know if the stomach is injured without doing a gastroscopy."
Every word made Lin Meng's scalp tingle. She trembled slightly, feeling as if the pain had struck her directly.
"I want to check the surveillance," she said slowly, clenching her fist. Her chest heaved with anger. "I want to drag that bastard out!" she yelled.
"Hey, Meng Meir!" Pan Da shouted, but the girl didn't respond, she ran off without looking back.
"This is not good," Xiao Xingheng said, sweating profusely, shocked. "The outside is just waiting for a big news to break out. We finally managed to suppress it. Quickly stop her!"
Lin Meng raced to the emergency hall, and the transparent sensing door pulled open on both sides as a group of media personnel with cameras and microphones rushed in.
At the front was a young woman dressed in a sexy and fashionable outfit, wearing a work badge around her neck. She led the group of media personnel, looking around openly and even asked the janitor mopping the floor for information.
Lin Meng sensed that something was wrong. She twisted her foot, slipped on the smooth floor, and at that moment, Alu and Pan Da caught up and, one on each side, pulled her into a small nearby water room.
"Wow, it's Tangerine Honey Bunny," Pan Da exclaimed. "What is she doing here?"
"Tangerine Honey Bunny?" Lin Meng looked puzzled. "That name sounds familiar."
"She interviewed our captain before and is a popular internet celebrity," Alu said. "I heard she failed to seduce our captain and got blacklisted."
Lin Meng: "???"
This was a bombshell. She couldn't help but brave up and peek outside. The woman was wearing a short skirt and had attractive legs, with a figure that was indeed well-proportioned.
Yumo has discerning taste... "Quite well-endowed," she muttered to herself, feeling a bit uncomfortable. "I need to dig deeper."
"Dig into what? That little bit of news was crushed in its infancy," Pan Da said. "Why is she here?"
"It's definitely not for good reasons," Alu said. "We can't let her get into the emergency room."
"What about me?" Lin Meng asked.
"Take my phone and report to Zhong," Pan Da said. "We'll go see her, but Meir, please don't show your face. I'm almost certain they are here to stir up trouble. If they catch you with this incident, you're done."
Lin Meng reported to Zhong, and there was a loud alarm on Zhong's end.
"Damn, trying to capitalize on someone's misfortune at this time," Zhong swore on the phone. "I got it. I'll go find Pan Da and the others."
"What about Yumo?" Lin Meng asked. "Is he done with the gastroscopy?"
"Not yet," Zhong said. "Hey, can you come over now? Come to the endoscopy room on the second floor. I need to call Xingshen to come and help. Yumo is still inside, and we need someone to watch over things."
"I'm free; I'll come over right now," Lin Meng said, rushing out of the water room.
"Alright, I'll wait for you to come," Zhong said. "I have a feeling the Tangerine Honey Bunny's side has caught wind of something. It's probably not easy to fool her."
Lin Meng did not take the elevator. She ran up to the second floor through the safe passage and saw Zhong standing at the waiting area of the endoscopy room.
Zhong handed her a package and said softly, "You stay upstairs and don't show yourself, understand?"
Lin Meng nodded.
"Okay," Zhong said. "Silence said he'll protect you, so I have to make sure you're safe."
Lin Meng sat in the waiting area holding the package, feeling a bit absent-minded. It was quite late, and there were not many people in line for the endoscopy room. A few people who had completed their gastroscopy came out, supported by others, sweating profusely, pale-faced, and occasionally retching against the wall.
Lin Meng looked down at the paper bag in her arms. It contained tissues, medicine, a bottle of mineral water, and a team uniform.
It was Yumo's uniform.
Although the uniform no longer carried Yumo's body temperature, Lin Meng still hugged it tightly.
Why does nothing good ever come of being with Yumo? Either she was unlucky, or Yumo was unlucky.
At that moment, someone rushed over and called out, "Senior!"
Lin Meng turned at the sound. Xu Dan ran up to her, panting and bending over, supporting her knees.
"Senior, I... I... I'm sorry!"
"Why are you apologizing?"
"I heard! Someone posing as a volunteer sneaked into the E-team's rest room," Xu Dan said, panting. "The volunteer's uniform was mine. When my aunt arrived, she went to the bathroom to change clothes, and when she came out, she discovered that her work clothes were missing." She continued to express her guilt, bowing deeply and with a hint of crying, "I'm really sorry!"
Lin Meng sighed.
"Forget it," she said. "It's not just your fault. I won't pursue this. It's pointless."
"What about Shen... " Xu Dan quickly stopped herself and shook her head. "I won't say anything, senior. Is there anything I can do to help?"
Lin Meng thought and said, "Go to the security room at Hengbo and check the surveillance for me. Keep it low-key and say... a guest has lost some things."
"Okay," Xu Dan immediately understood. "I'll definitely find out who that person is!"
The conspiracy sisters are too smart.
Tomorrow there are two more during the day. Good night.