under the vortex

Chapter 178 Return Part Three

Zhang Lin watched Wu Peng go downstairs in the elevator, he knew he wouldn't just leave like this, but he couldn't stop him.Thinking of Wu Peng's serious face telling him just now, Zhang Lin hesitated for a few seconds, then called his superiors and reported the situation.

Zhang Lin didn't return to the police station until the colleagues who came to take over shift arrived.Old man Li, the fisherman who discovered Zhao Di before, has arrived, and he wants to go back and ask about the situation.

Wu Peng who went downstairs did not leave, he waited below for a while, and took the elevator upstairs again.

This time, he planned to ask the doctor who was treating Zhao Di. From the door of the ward just now, he had already seen the appearance of that doctor.

When he arrived at the floor where Zhao Di was hospitalized, at the corner of the corridor, all the doctors in the Department of Neurology posted the treatment instructions. He immediately recognized Dr. Tan who was treating Zhao Di, and walked towards the doctor's office.

There were two doctors in the office, but Dr. Tan was nowhere to be seen.

Wu Peng asked the doctor next to him: "Hi, is Dr. Tan there?"

A female doctor said, "What do you want from him?"

"I'm a family member of the patient, and I want to come over and ask about the situation."

A female doctor got up and went to Dr. Tan's seat, and said, "Dr. Tan is not here now. If you want to ask about the condition of any patient, I will check it for you."

"Zhao Di's."

The female doctor looked defensive: "Are you Zhao Di's family?"

Wu Peng opened his mouth and came: "I am her cousin."

The female doctor was a little relieved when she heard that it was a relative from Zhao Di's natal family and not from Zhao Di's husband.Then he told about what happened to Zhao Di's parents-in-law in the hospital just now.

"You will tell your brother-in-law and his family later that this is the inpatient department, and yelling will affect others."

"Okay, okay." Wu Peng nodded again and again.

The female doctor was about to check Zhao Di's medical records for him when she looked up and saw a male doctor walking in.

"Doctor Tan, this is Zhao Di's family member. I want to know about Zhao Di's situation."

Dr. Tan looked at Wu Peng with a bad expression: "What do you want to know?"

The doctor was dragged by Zhao Di's husband's family to ask about medical expenses just now. He thought the man in front of him was also here to ask about money, so his attitude was a little cold.

Wu Peng smiled all over his face: "Doctor Tan, I want to ask what's going on with my sister's body now and when she will wake up."

The doctor glanced at him: "The patient is now in a deep coma, similar to a vegetative state."

Wu Peng's expression froze: "Vegetative? Can I still wake up?"

He didn't expect Zhao Di's situation to be so serious.

The doctor moved away from Wu Peng while talking: "The situation is not optimistic now, it's hard to say whether I can wake up."

Just now when he finished talking to the patient's husband's family about the situation, the other party came up to talk about him and said he was dead, so Dr. Tan had to guard against the man in front of him.

Wu Peng frowned: "Doctor, what are the chances of her waking up? After waking up, can she still remember what happened before?"

Dr. Tan frowned: "The patient has been treated in a hospital in Linshi before she was admitted to the hospital, and she has not woken up. She had a trauma to her head, and this injury formed some blood stasis in her skull. The previous hospital records said this The patient was immersed in seawater for too long, and her body suffered severe hypothermia, which also aggravated her intracranial injuries."

After speaking, Dr. Tan pointed to Zhao Di's brain film and told Wu Peng: "Look here, if the position is a little further away, the person will completely lose consciousness. Judging from the current situation, there is a chance of waking up, but it is not great. As for when she will wake up and whether she can remember what happened before, I can't answer you now."

Wu Peng frowned, and the doctor asked him to communicate with the patient's family members, asking them to pay the medical expenses first, otherwise the follow-up treatment would not be possible.

Seeing that Wu Peng didn't speak, the doctor said: "I heard that this patient is a victim. Although the chance of her recovery is not high, there is still hope. If the suspect is found, the other party can be compensated as soon as possible. Medical expenses, otherwise, the hope of further treatment will become smaller and smaller if it is delayed. The hospital in the neighboring city is also because no one pays the medical expenses, so it only maintains the vital signs of the patients and cannot continue to carry out treatment. "

"Okay, thank you, Dr. Tan."

Wu Peng walked out of the doctor's office feeling a little depressed. If Zhao Di couldn't wake up, would Jia Wenjun's evidence be cleared?
At this moment in the police station office, Zhang Lin saw a nervous 50-[-]-year-old man sitting next to his wife. Both of them had dark skin and rough hands. They were very uncomfortable sitting on the chair. He kept rubbing his palms.

At that time they rescued the woman, and later sent her to the hospital, but because they had no money to pay her medical bills, they left without knowing if they would cause any trouble.

Zhang Lin and Xiao Xia went in, and he first poured a glass of water for them both: "Li Fumin and Song Ailian, right? Don't be nervous, just tell what you saw and experienced at that time."

The couple looked at each other, and old man Li moved his mouth and said, "We are fishermen living near Turtle Island. On the day we found that woman, we wanted to catch some big fish as soon as possible after the storm. .”

Zhang Lin knew that before and after the storm, the sea was extremely calm. At this time, the low pressure would make the small fish float on the water. Especially after the storm, many small fish were dizzy by the big waves. When big fish chase small fish, it is also the best time for fishermen to catch big fish.

Old Li went on to say: "But it was strange that day. We didn't see the white waves when the big fish chased the small fish all the way. When we went out to sea, we knew that the weather was bad and there must be a second rainstorm. The weather changed too fast, and the storm came before our boat came back. I knew the situation was not good and sailed back, but it was dark, with crosswinds and undercurrents, and my fishing boat still deviated from the channel .”

The old man Li and his wife have been wandering at sea for many years, and have seen many strong winds and waves, but they still have lingering fears when they think of that time.At that time, the wind brought rain and sea water to the boat, and the sky was like a huge black curtain. The water vapor on the sea surface condensed into a water curtain, which made them tremble with fear when they were living at sea. After a while, just when they thought they were doomed, a looming red dot suddenly appeared in the mist.

This red light made Lao Li think of the buoy used for seawater detection at the hydrological station. Strong wind and waves cannot blow away and move the buoy.

When they saw this buoy, it was already very close to their boat, and with this buoy as a reference, the old man finally understood where his boat was now.

"At that time, our boat was deflected by the wind and waves in the waves, and it kept blowing towards the buoy. In order to save fuel, I turned off the engine and went into the cabin to get the compass."

Hearing what Old Li said, Zhang Lin was a little puzzled: "Do you use a compass at sea?"

"There is often no signal on that piece of sea, and the mobile phone and those electronic products are not working well. At the critical moment, old things such as the compass can come in handy. I just went in, and my wife said that I saw something on the buoy. I don't know what it is. People are ghosts. I was also afraid at the time, so I took a harpoon and went to see it.”

Zhang Lin frowned: "You mean Zhao Di was on the float at that time?"

"That's right. We didn't know it was a person at the time. We only vaguely saw a white thing hanging vertically on the swaying buoy, sinking and floating as the buoy floated on the sea surface. Only when we got closer did we see it was a person. At that time, we thought it was a dead person, felt unlucky, and thought about sailing away quickly and telling the coast guard when we got back. Unexpectedly, the woman moved at that time. She saw our boat, and we had no choice but to die. We could find a way to get her to the boat."

Zhang Lin felt incredible: "Is she holding the float all the time?"

Old Litou's wife interjected, "It wasn't her who was holding her. She was injured and almost died at the time. It was because she had a brace on her body, and the iron chain hook on the buoy hooked the strap, so she was not swept away by the waves. "

"Did you bring the braces?" Zhang Lin asked.

The woman quickly opened the bag and took out a nylon strap that had been cut off: "In order to save her, we had to cut off the bag on her body."

Zhang Lin picked it up and looked carefully, and found that it was the strap of an action camera.He speculated about the situation at that time. At that time, Zhao Di was wearing this strap on her chest. After she was pushed into the sea, she might have encountered the buoy when she was struggling to survive in the sea. The iron chain on the buoy was hooked up, and it was because of the strap that Zhao Di lasted for so long that night without sinking, and it was her luck that she actually ran into a fishing boat.

(End of this chapter)