Inside the hospital ward, the air was filled with the distinctive smell of disinfectant.

"Mom, don't cry, I'm really okay."

Lin Ran lay on the pure white hospital bed, his face pale from excessive blood loss. He was comforting Wang Meiling, who was sitting by the bed wiping away tears, with a helpless expression.

I'm the one who's hurt, so why am I the one comforting others?

Just then, the ward door was pushed open.

Lin Feng entered with a gloomy face, followed by two policemen and the girl who had been soaking wet earlier.

Lin Feng had been outside and had already listened to the girl's initial account and learned about Lin Ran's injuries from the doctor.

After getting to know her, he learned that the girl's name was Li Futing, and like Lin Ran, she had just finished the college entrance examination and was working part-time at an art studio in the city during the holidays.

Lin Feng strode to Lin Ran's hospital bedside, completely disregarding the police officer and the girl beside him.

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, he kicked the metal hospital bed hard on the edge.

The hospital bed creaked loudly and slid to the side more than half a foot, causing the IV stand to sway.

Wang Meiling was startled: "Lin Da, what are you doing?"

Lin Ran seemed to have expected this, lying on the bed with a bitter smile, saying nothing.

Lin Feng then yanked off Lin Ran's blanket.

Lin Ran's thigh was wrapped in a thick bandage, with a small patch of bright red seeping through the center, which was quite glaring.

Lin Feng's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the pool of blood. Then, pointing a finger at Lin Ran's nose, he said sharply:

"So, you're trying to be a hero, Lin Lao Er! You think you're so great? Huh?"

"Do you fucking know that if the knife had been any slightly off-center, you'd have lost your manhood?!"

"Is this how I raised you? To fucking risk your life to be a hero?"

He got angrier and angrier as he spoke, the veins on his forehead throbbing, and he looked like he was about to kick the hospital bed again.

"Mr. Lin! Calm down! Calm down!" The two police officers reacted and quickly grabbed Lin Feng from both sides. "This is a hospital! The patient needs rest! We also need to get information from Lin Ran..."

Lin Feng's chest heaved violently a few times. He glared at Lin Ran, who was lying awkwardly on the hospital bed, and then glanced at the girl who kept her head down, wishing she could shrink into her coat. He suppressed his anger, took a step back, and stood coldly to the side with his arms crossed.

Lin Ran, lying on the hospital bed, awkwardly pulled the blanket back over himself. Because the wound was on his inner thigh, it was inconvenient to wear pants, so he was only wearing underwear.

He sighed inwardly, realizing that Lin Da's reaction was exactly the same as he remembered from his previous life.

Lin Ran actually had many ways to avoid the risks, but worried that things might deviate from their original course, so he decided to go on the risk alone.

"Lin, Li, please tell us what happened." The lead officer looked at Lin Ran and the timid Li Futing respectively.

As the two recounted their experiences in detail, the events were gradually pieced together.

The story is a bit melodramatic, a typical hero saving a damsel in distress.

In short, when Xiao Li was about to cross the alley to the main road to hail a taxi, three armed thugs suddenly appeared in the alley and robbed her.

Lin Ran, who happened to be passing by, did not ignore the incident but rushed out to try to stop it. It was at that time that he suffered the concussion and leg injuries.

Ultimately, thanks to Lin Ran's prior warning to the police, the sirens drove away several thugs, and Xiao Li was rescued.

As he listened to their detailed descriptions, especially when they heard that Lin Ran was facing three armed thugs alone, Lin Feng's face grew increasingly grim as he stood by the window.

A young policeman sat on a chair beside the hospital bed, quickly taking notes in a notebook.

Lin Feng remained silent, turned, and strode out of the ward. Lying on the bed, Lin Ran watched Lin Feng's departing figure, her eyes flickering.

"There are two details I need to confirm," the young policeman said, putting down his pen and looking up at Li Futing.

"Li, according to you, you had close contact with them and even saw the knife... But you can't recall any of the perpetrators' physical characteristics, such as their face shape, moles, or scars?"

Li Futing lowered her head even further, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her police uniform jacket draped over her body.

"I...I can't remember people's faces." Her voice was barely audible, almost drowned out by the noise of the hospital. "I only remember...they were very tall, very strong, and...their voices were very unpleasant."

"Okay, I understand." The police officer didn't press the matter further, made a note in his notebook, and then looked at Lin Ran.

"Lin Ran, are you saying you called the police after you saw Li and the three thugs, right?"

"Yes." Lin Ran said without changing his expression. In fact, he had called the police before going to the alley alone because he was afraid of dying.

"But when I look at the time, it seems to be a few minutes earlier than Li described..."

"Xiao Chen," the lead officer interrupted the young policeman's questioning, "Both students are still high school students. It's normal for their memories to be slightly off for a few minutes due to excessive shock. Don't dwell on these unimportant details." He concluded directly.

"Alright, we've got a pretty good idea of ​​what happened." The police officer said to everyone, then turned to Wang Meiling, who had been by the bedside: "Aunt Wang, Lin Ran's act of risking his own safety and stepping forward is very brave and deserves recognition and praise! The most important thing now is for him to recover well and get well soon."

He nodded to Li Futing again, his tone kind: "We're going back to the institute now, Li. It's all over now, don't be too scared. We'll take you back."

Still shaken, Li Futing glanced at Lin Ran on the hospital bed with complicated emotions, and nodded.

The police officers gave a few more instructions and then took Li Futing away from the ward.

"Mom, I'm hungry," Lin Ran said to Wang Meiling. He hadn't eaten all night, and he was indeed a little hungry.

"Hey, Mom's going to get you something to eat."

Lin Ran followed his mother out of the ward, then looked at Lin Feng, who had returned to the ward at some point and was leaning against the door frame. He took the initiative to speak: "Brother."

Lin Feng stepped forward, his tone unpleasant, clearly still angry: "Spit it out."

Lin Ran took out his phone, unlocked it skillfully, opened the photo album, and handed a photo to Lin Feng.

"Brother, look at this."

Lin Feng picked up his phone and looked at it. On the screen was a photo taken on a rainy night. Although the image was not clear due to the rain, the center of the photo was the face of a man turning his head to look around. The facial features were obvious, and the angle and timing of the shot were quite skillful.

"What do you mean?"

Lin Ran sighed, his voice tinged with helplessness: "You just went out to make a phone call, right? I should be able to guess what you're planning to do..."

He paused, then said in a serious tone, "Don't get involved in this anymore. I already sent the photos to the police when you left. Give them the clues and let the law handle it."

In his previous life, Lin Feng used some means, but the thugs were quickly found and forced to kneel in front of the police station to surrender in an extremely disheveled manner.

Although it was satisfying, this incident also brought considerable trouble to Lin Feng, who was in the prime of his career at the time, and almost affected his future. Fortunately, no evidence was left behind.

Lin Ran didn't want her brother to repeat the same mistake because of her.

Lin Feng pursed his lips, remained silent for a long while, and slowly uttered a "Okay".

He handed the phone back to Lin Ran, and just as Lin Ran reached out to take it, Lin Feng's fingers paused. He glanced at the screen again, his tone returning to its usual cadence:

"Lin Er, tell me the truth."

"Huh?" Lin Ran was taken aback.

Lin Feng pointed at his phone with his chin: "Your photography skills... the angles are really tricky."

"You really didn't take any photos of people secretly on the subway last time?"

Lin Ran was taken aback at first, then realized what was happening, rolled her eyes in annoyance, and snatched her phone away: "Get lost!"

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