Chapter 4, a great sense of foreboding.
As Wang Feng had anticipated, after Liu Min made the gesture to silence him, the door to the room was suddenly flung open with a loud "bang" from the outside. Immediately, five men wearing Panama hats, dressed in black suits, and sporting leather boots rushed in through the open door. They all moved with urgency, and in just the blink of an eye, they lined up neatly in front of the hospital bed.
These five similarly dressed men move with such swiftness that they are undoubtedly agents of the Japanese puppet regime
As for what will happen after falling into a coma, Wang Feng has no certainty at all. Now, he is able to lie in this spacious and bright single patient room, with his injured arm wrapped in thick bandages. In his view, he should no longer be in danger of losing his life, which gives him a slight sense of relief.
Although this pocket watch is quite worn, it must be of considerable age; fortunately, it has not stopped working and continues to keep time. At this moment, the pocket watch shows 8:15.
As they filed into the ward, Wang Feng, lying on the hospital bed, glanced over with a sense of alertness and immediately recognized that the leading man was Zhang Mingyi, the captain of the action team of the Special Operations Division of the Jiangshang City Police Department. The man following him, reaching out, was undoubtedly one of the subordinates of this Japanese puppet special agent, Captain Zhang.
After listening to Zhang Mingyi's sarcastic and mocking words, Wang Feng, filled with doubts, finally realized that after he fainted, it was not Liu Min who brought him to the largest church hospital in the French Concession of Shangjiang City, but rather Zhang Mingyi who had brought him for treatment. Instantly, Wang Feng felt a jolt in his heart, sensing that something was amiss. This was because, during the years he had worked with the cold-blooded Zhang Mingyi, he had come to understand that anything Zhang Mingyi got involved in would inevitably be thrown into chaos. Instantly, Wang Feng felt a jolt in his heart, sensing that something was amiss. This was because, during the years he had worked with the cold-blooded Zhang Mingyi, he had come to understand that anything Zhang Mingyi got involved in would inevitably be thrown into chaos.
"Brother Wang, since you have such a young and beautiful fiancée, why are you still getting so close to Miss Ono Sadako, the sister of Director Ono Shinji from the Meiji Bureau in Shangjiang City? Are you perhaps trying to play both sides?" Zhang Mingyi walked to the bedside, and after casting a glance at Wang Feng, the serious expression he had just moments ago was replaced by a mischievous smile as he teased Wang Feng.
"Shh..." Liu Min, standing in front of the bed with a washbasin in hand, quickly placed the basin on a square stool beside the bed upon hearing Wang Feng's surprised inquiry from the hospital bed. First, she glanced towards the door, then turned back and put a finger to her red lips, signaling Wang Feng to be quiet.
When Wang Feng woke up, it was already the morning of the second day. As he slowly opened his eyes and attempted to move his body, he found himself in a state of soreness and numbness all over. Moreover, when he gradually lifted his head to take a look, he saw that his left arm was wrapped in thick bandages, and just moving it slightly caused him excruciating pain
Just after Wang Feng finished looking at the time displayed on the pocket watch, suddenly, with a creak, the door to the hospital room was gently pushed open from the outside. A charming young woman dressed in a white top and a black skirt walked in. From her slightly haggard complexion, it was evident that she had not rested well the day before, and her eyes were still somewhat red and swollen
He believed that since he had chosen to shoot at the skin where the blood vessels were sparse on his arm, being shot should not cause any major issues. However, what he never expected was that after the shot was fired, despite having performed a simple treatment on the wound immediately afterward, he still fainted due to excessive blood loss
The woman who walked into the ward seemed unaware that the patient in the bed approximately three meters diagonally in front of her had already awakened. She was solely focused on the basin she was carrying, which was still steaming, and kept her head lowered to watch her steps, cautiously making her way towards the ward where Wang Feng was lying.
Silly girl, am I not doing well now? In the past, I truly underestimated you. Yesterday, after I fainted, how did you manage to get me to the hospital? Also, you arranged for me to stay in this single room; I can only imagine that the hospitalization expenses must have cost quite a bit.
At present, Zhang Mingyi has learned that there is a female student named Liu Min in Shangjiang City who is impersonating his fiancée. Consequently, both Liu Min and he will be in danger.
"Wang, Brother Wang Feng, you, you have finally woken up. You, you have worried me to death," said the young and delicate woman, standing in front of the hospital bed. She raised her head to take a look and, upon seeing Wang Feng lying on the bed awake, her previously haggard face immediately brightened with a few traces of joyful surprise, and she spoke with some excitement.
In this brief moment, the pain emanating from his left arm, which was heavily bandaged, immediately brought his consciousness back to clarity, allowing him to recall the incident of his arm injury from the previous day. At that time, in a moment of utmost urgency, he had not thought much and had simply shot himself in the left arm.
Upon seeing Zhang Mingyi burst in with people, Liu Min quickly reached into the washbasin to retrieve a wet towel, and then wrung out the towel that had soaked up hot water with a "sizzle" sound. While wiping Wang Feng's face with the wrung-out towel, she said with concern: "Brother Wang Feng, here, let me wipe your face for you"
"You are just a student, where did you get so much money to stay in such an expensive hospital room? Hurry up and tell the truth, I want to hear it clearly." Lying straight on the hospital bed, with his eyes fixed on the ceiling, Wang Feng was lost in thought when he suddenly heard Liu Min's astonished words. Immediately, he turned his head to look at her, a puzzled expression on his face as he inquired of Liu Min.
Lying on the hospital bed after the examination, Wang Feng saw Liu Min, who had just moments ago shown a joyful expression, now change her demeanor drastically. After making a shushing gesture towards him, Wang Feng, drawing on his extensive experience as a national security investigator in modern times and as an underground party agent during the Republic of China era, immediately understood the meaning Liu Min was trying to convey.
Tsk tsk tsk, Brother Wang, you are quite fortunate in love. If it weren't for the fact that you were shot in the arm yesterday and fainted at the scene of the incident, I might not have had the opportunity to meet such a young and beautiful fiancée of yours, had I not sent someone to bring you to St. Mary's Hospital. Brother Wang, given our close relationship, how could you keep your beautiful mistress hidden away in a golden house without telling me? That is indeed a fault on your part.
At this moment, a few rays of sunlight streamed into the room through the slightly ajar window, making Wang Feng feel somewhat dazzled, prompting him to raise his hand to shield his eyes. Before he lost consciousness, it was still dusk; now, seeing the sunlight in the room, he freed his right hand and, following the rusty chain hanging around his neck, took out the pocket watch.