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Chapter 120 Saw Makes You Healthier

The conversation ended quickly.

Gu Mian had no idea what Zhao Guanhai did the next day.

Immediately afterwards, another conversation came through the phone, still Zhao Guanhai's voice, but it must have been some time since the previous conversation.

“My son has been away at school for about a year now, sigh… I gave him my old phone and got myself a broken, unused phone from Old Liu, but he hasn’t contacted me much in the past year. It’s a bit of a waste to get this SIM card; it costs money every month…”

Then a familiar voice came through the microphone again; it was the same young man's voice from last time, but this time it was a little hoarse.

"You said you got a special SIM card, paid the bill every month, and felt the pinch every month, just so your son in college could call you? Why don't you call him?"

“I’ve called him, but every time I call him he seems quite impatient and hangs up after only a few words.”

"Did you tell him about the hard labor you were doing?"

Zhao Guanhai hesitated for a moment: "I wanted to tell him after he finished the college entrance exam, but that kid was never home. I heard he was out with a group of friends... One time I skipped work and secretly followed him, and found him hanging out with a group of hooligans..."

“I don’t know when he went astray. I rushed out and yelled at him. He didn’t say anything at the time, and after that, I basically never saw him again…”

"I didn't know where he lived. This place is small. I went from internet cafe to internet cafe looking for him for those few days. Sometimes I would see him, but he would turn around and run away when he saw me. I didn't even have a chance to talk to him."

"When school was about to start, I knew he was going to take the train, so I waited at the train station for several days and nights. I finally caught up with him, but I didn't get to say more than a few words to him. I just gave him the tuition fee and my phone."

Zhao Guanhai coughed a few times as he said this.

A young voice came through: "Did you call him and tell him?"

“He doesn’t like to answer my calls. Every time he does, if I say a little more, he hangs up impatiently. Sometimes the call is cut off halfway through my sentence.”

"Then take the train to find him and explain it to him."

After a few seconds of silence, Zhao Guanhai's voice finally came through.

"Actually, I've been there. I saved some money to buy a train ticket, hoping to secretly visit him..."

"Their school is really impressive. I've never seen such a beautiful school before. It's so big that I got lost as soon as I walked in. I didn't know where he had classes or which dormitory he lived in, so I was too scared to go in. I just asked around at the school gate, but I ran into him before I even asked a few people."

"He was quite far away from me. It looked like he had a girlfriend and was bringing her out of the school. He didn't see me."

"I would steal glances at him; my son has grown taller, he's not as skinny and small as before, and girls like him now."

"But then I found out that the girl was lying to him; she had another boyfriend. I saw her go into a hotel with another man after she broke up with my son. I got a little anxious and ran to tell my son, but he didn't believe me..."

"Later I went to find that girl and explained things to her, and only then did she break up with my son."

A young voice came through: "You've really mastered the villain role. Do you want to play it forever?"

"Sigh, my son won't listen to my explanation, and I can't just watch him continue making mistakes, cough cough..."

At this point, Zhao Guanhai coughed violently a few more times.

"You should take a rest these next few days. Look how tired you are. What if you get sick from overwork? I'm telling you, have you ever been to the hospital after all these years of manual labor?"

"Doesn't seeing a doctor cost money? Besides, even if you get sick, you might not be willing to spend money on treatment, so it's better not to see a doctor." "But I think you really look like you've made yourself sick from overwork. Take a rest."

Zhao Guanhai seemed to consider for a moment: "Then I'll find some light work in the next couple of days..."

"You're really willing to risk your life for money."

Zhao Guanhai chuckled twice: "I put all my money in one card, and then I wrapped that card up very securely, writing 'Money saved for my son' on it. There's also my diary. I'm shy, and I've never said anything mushy to anyone. I write some things down on paper, and then I hide it under my bed in my room along with the card."

"When Xiao Lei comes back, I'll take out this card and diary and give them to him, hehehe..."

The call ended abruptly here.

Gu Mian waited a few more seconds, but then the phone in her hand stopped making any sound.

Zhao Guanhai hid a card and a letter under his bed.

But so far they still don't seem to have figured out which room Zhao Guanhai is staying in.

"If the rooms we live in correspond to all the stages of Zhao Lei's life from birth to adulthood, then which stage does Zhao Lei's room represent?" Gu Mian turned her gaze to Zhao Lei's door.

The fat man hesitated for a moment: "Is Zhao Lei living in the same room his dad lives in?"

Thinking about it now, it's quite possible that this is indeed the case.

Zhao Lei's room was very old, both in terms of furniture and decorations, and it didn't look like the room of a young man in his twenties at all.

The two hit it off immediately and turned to walk towards Zhao Lei's room.

The only problem is who should crawl under the bed.

The bed in Zhao Lei's room was not far from the ground, less than half a meter high. A person could squeeze into it, but the space was very small and it was difficult to move around.

Gu Mian tried to flip the bed over, but perhaps due to the limitations of the instance, the bed seemed to be nailed to the ground, and no matter how hard he and the fat man tried to lift it, they couldn't get it off.

"Doctor, if you're going to crawl under the bed, I'm a little scared outside by myself," the fat man said tremulously, as if he were about to crawl under the bed himself.

But even if he wanted to crawl under the bed, they might not let him, because his obese body might not be able to fit in at all.

Moreover, even if he manages to crawl inside, what awaits him under the bed is likely not some clue, but a pale, ghostly face.

"This bed can't be lifted up, it's just meant to make people crawl inside. You can imagine what's inside with your toes!" the fat man muttered, but even though the trap was right there in the open, they had no choice but to jump in.

While complaining, he asked Gu Mian beside him, "Doctor, do you think it's more suitable for you to drill or for me to drill?"

Just as he finished speaking, the fat man suddenly noticed that Gu Mian next to him was holding up something, and then his voice came from the side: "No need for such trouble."

He turned his head stiffly to the side and saw that Gu Mian had already raised the chainsaw.

If there really is a ghost under the bed, it's probably waiting expectantly for the next victim to crawl in.

But it probably never expected that it would be met with a chainsaw falling from its head.

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