"Hello, Captain!"
After entering, the policewoman, holding breakfast, recognized Captain Han at once, and unconsciously saluted him with a smile. She then said, "I just went out to buy breakfast for Zhang..."
"Yeah, thank you!"
Smiling, Captain Han nodded, then lowered his voice and whispered to me, "This is the Su Su I mentioned earlier... how is she, not bad, right?"
"Yeah, indeed not bad!"
I nodded, carefully observing Su Su. She had an above-average appearance, not exactly a top-tier beauty, but her slightly compact uniform did add to her appeal. Let's not mention anything else, it's at least more than enough for Zhang...
While I was carefully observing Su Su, Captain Han hurriedly introduced her to me, "Let me introduce, this is the Wang Lin I mentioned to you earlier, currently a freshman at Qianzhou Normal University."
"Oh! So you're Wang Lin!"
After hearing Captain Han's introduction, Su Su's eyes brightened, and she eagerly placed the breakfast in her hand on the table, then warmly extended her right hand to me, "Nice to meet you! I've heard Captain talk about you, and I'm really grateful for what happened yesterday, if it wasn't for you, Zhang..."
It seems that this policewoman, Su Su, does indeed have some interest in Zhang.
"Officer Su, you're being too kind, it's all part of my duty."
I smiled slightly and also reached out my right hand, gently shaking hands with Su Su. However, just as I touched her right hand, my brow suddenly furrowed!
Her hand is so cold, there's absolutely no warmth at all!
"Huh?"
As expected of the most senior detective at Baoshan Sub-bureau, even though my frowning movement was just a fleeting moment, it was still keenly caught by Captain Han. Subconsciously, I asked, "What happened?"
"Heh, it's nothing..."
Shaking my head slightly, I quickly laughed and said, "It's just that Officer Su's hands are too cold, and coincidentally, I have a cold constitution, so I couldn't adapt for a while..."
While saying this, I slowly walked to Zhang's side, pretending to be casual, and quietly touched Zhang's arm.
Sure enough!
As I expected, Zhang's body was extremely cold, almost like an ice block!
"Oh right! Hey Han, did you bring cigarettes?"
While Su prepared breakfast for Zhang, I deliberately yawned and acted like I was having eye strain.
"I did, I did!"
Captain Han immediately understood and quickly took out a pack of cigarettes. At the same time, he said to Su, "Su, you and Xiao Zhang have breakfast first. We'll go out for some fresh air..."
"Yeah! Go ahead!"
Su was focused on Zhang and didn't think too much at the moment. She nodded and walked to Zhang's side with the meal box, but Zhang looked at me and Captain Han suspiciously.
"What's wrong?"
Just as we walked out of the ward, Captain Han asked eagerly.
"I'm not sure about the details!"
Shaking my head, I said in a serious tone, "But, it seems something's wrong with Zhang's body. It's probably not good for him to stay in the hospital!"
To be honest, I was also quite puzzled at the moment. But one thing I was sure of was that there was definitely something wrong with Zhang's body!
Both Su and Zhang had abnormally low body temperatures. Especially Zhang, he was as cold as ice. If you didn't touch him, it was fine, but once you made direct contact with his body, a strong chill spread almost instantly.
According to my speculation, the problem should lie with Zhang's body, and it seems that Su had been "infected"...
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Captain Han's face instantly frowned, and he hurriedly asked, "Should I arrange for his discharge procedures now?"
"Yes!"
I nodded subconsciously and said, "The sooner, the better! The hospital is full of gossip, and there are some things..."
"Understood! I'll go arrange it. You go inside and wait for me for a while!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Han hurriedly ran towards the elevator. He completely believed my words.
But where exactly was the problem?
Zhang didn't seem to be in any danger, and the sword wound on his body had healed very well...
With a belly full of doubts, I re-entered the ward. After carefully surveying the room, I suddenly had a flash of insight and went straight to the other patients' beds, quietly touching their bodies as well!
As I expected, there was nothing abnormal about their body temperatures. It seemed that the coldness emanating from Zhang's body needed physical contact to "infect" others.
"Brother, what's wrong with you? Why do you seem so mysterious..."
Seeing me return to the ward, Zhang couldn't help but look at me again, and he didn't even eat the breakfast in his hand, just putting it aside.
"Heh, what could I have... "
Because there were other patients and their families in the ward, I didn't say much, just smiled and said impatiently, "Eat your breakfast!"
After waiting for about ten minutes, Captain Han finally returned to the ward, sweating profusely, and directly showed the discharge procedures in his hand. "Let's go, I've already taken care of the discharge procedures. You can leave now!"
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang and Su were both stunned at the same time. Then Zhang's face lit up with excitement, "Captain, you are truly brilliant! I love you so much!"
As he spoke, Zhang directly lifted the quilt, and as soon as he did, a strong chill instantly spread.
"Huh? What's this..."
When the quilt was covering him, there was clearly no coldness emanating from Zhang's body. But as soon as he lifted the quilt, that coldness spread in all directions?
Even Captain Han, an ordinary person, could clearly feel the bone-chilling cold and couldn't help but look at me with concern.
"Close the curtain first!"
Without hesitation, I quickly came to Zhang's side. Although this was a five-person ward, there was a curtain between each bed.
"What's wrong?"
With a puzzled look on her face, Su still closed the curtain. At the same time, Captain Han closed the curtain on the other side, then shook his head at Su, signaling her not to ask too many questions.
I didn't say anything either, and instead focused on studying Zhang's blanket. It seemed to be a very common blanket, except for some dirty water stains on it, there didn't seem to be anything strange.
Just then, Zhang suddenly said with frustration, "What the hell is this blanket? Why was I warmer when it was covered and now it's colder?"
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, I suddenly felt a tinge of realization and hurriedly asked, "Are you saying that you felt colder when you were covered with the blanket than you do now?"
"Yeah, it's too damn cold, it's like an ice cellar in the bed!"
Zhang nodded subconsciously and then said, "I thought it was because of my injury...
"Exactly!"
Zhang's words undoubtedly proved one thing, that the problem lay with the blanket!
Without any hesitation, I quickly grabbed a fruit knife from the side, and with force, cut open a slit in the blanket. However, apart from the ordinary cotton, there was still no sign of anything unusual inside.
"What's wrong with this?"
Watching me tear apart the blanket, even pulling out the cotton inside, Zhang's face also changed drastically. He seemed to have also thought of something bad and hurriedly said, "Don't scare me!"
"Strange..."
I still ignored him, gritted my teeth, and simply lay on the bed, directly covering myself with the blanket.