Pan’s mother pointed at Liang Li: “You, you—”
“Wait a minute!” Liang Li tried to remain calm, saying, “This could be a coincidence. I don’t know how. He always liked me, so it’s possible he saw my rabbit and deliberately bought a similar one. You can’t just say we have a relationship because of this, right?”
Deng Wanlin saw the situation and went over to help Luo Yingbai block Liang Li. Liang Li didn’t manage to push Luo Yingbai but instead pushed Deng Wanlin, who then covered his chest and slowly squatted down, eventually lying on the ground.
Deng Wanlin lay on the ground with an expression of “all hope is lost, I’m lying here disconnected from the world,” which left the pregnant woman trying to stage an incident completely stunned.
Fang Wei was slightly shocked before quickly reacting. He strode over and stood in front of Deng Wanlin, shouting at Liang Li: “What are you doing? Do you know my brother has a heart condition? You’ve made him sick with that push!”
As he ran over, he also kicked Luo Yingbai, signaling him to play along.
Luo Yingbai had pushed the conversation this far, and Liang Li realized she couldn’t explain herself. She had originally planned to pretend her stomach hurt and cause a scene to get Luo Yingbai to leave, but she didn’t expect Deng Wanlin’s sneaky move. She was at a loss for words.
He smiled wryly, went over and randomly massaged Deng Wanlin’s chest, saying: “I’ve massaged him. Quickly help him rest to the side. It’s nothing serious, he’ll wake up after a while.”
Fang Wei didn’t expect Luo Yingbai to say this and pinched his arm, whispering: “Hey!”
Luo Yingbai also whispered: “Don’t ‘hey’. Acting is emotionally exhausting. This woman is a fraud.”
Deng Wanlin, lying on the ground, opened one eye: “?”
“
Luo Yingbai stood up and smiled at Liang Li, saying: “You’re not pregnant, are you, Miss Liang?”
Liang Li was startled, her heart racing, her lips trembling without knowing what to say. After what just happened, her current boyfriend no longer fully trusted her and stared at Luo Yingbai, asking: “What did you say?!”
Luo Yingbai shrugged, too lazy to repeat himself.
Liang Li’s boyfriend, Yuan Qi, was both angry and embarrassed. Seeing Luo Yingbai say nothing, he turned to Liang Li and asked: “Earlier when I said we should go for a check-up, you were dizzy and said you felt hot and didn’t want to go. Was it because of this?”
Liang Li remained silent.
Yuan Qi looked at her expression and understood something, angrily saying: “So why did you agree to come to the hospital today? Were you trying to make a spectacle of yourself? To be a joke?”
Liang Li frantically grabbed Yuan Qi’s hand: “Let me explain, I didn’t mean to… I wanted to make you happy…”
Yuan Qi threw her hand away, roaring: “Happy? What the hell!”
Liang Li tried to explain but couldn’t, as they were in a hospital and her clumsy lies would be immediately exposed.
So, did she not consider this when she came to the hospital for a check-up today?
—Luo Yingbai thought.
“
He said: “Miss Liang, you can now prove that you indeed met Pan Lei today. When lives are at stake, I advise you to tell the truth.”
Before Liang Li could speak, Yuan Qi looked at him and coldly laughed: “Well done. You seem to know quite a lot.”
Yuan Qi looked him up and down with a vengeful expression, rudely asking: “What’s your name?”
Luo Yingbai shrugged and smiled lightly: “It’s none of your business.”
Liang Li said this, and Pan Lei’s mother became emotionally agitated, struggling to slap her but was stopped by Pan’s father.
He said in a deep voice: “Calm down first and let her finish. What were you thinking by deliberately sending my son to buy things in the cafeteria? Are you implying he definitely wouldn’t come back? If he had come out of the cafeteria, wouldn’t he have still run into you?”
Liang Li hurriedly defended herself: “Don’t talk nonsense! I just wanted to quickly take Yuan Qi away while Pan Lei was gone. Who could have predicted that people entering the hospital cafeteria wouldn’t come out? I really had no other intention, I just wanted to get him out of the way!”
Seeing that Pan’s couple seemed skeptical, Liang Li turned to Luo Mingbai and explained earnestly: “It’s true, everything I said is true!”
Although angry that Luo Mingbai had exposed her, Liang Li had to admit that among everyone present, he was the one she trusted most.
Luo Mingbai looked at her for a moment and asked: “But why are you at the cafeteria entrance now?”
Liang Li was stunned.
Luo Mingbai continued: “According to your story, Pan Lei should have called you before Yuan Qi arrived at the hospital, and you immediately sent him to the cafeteria to avoid meeting. If so, you should have quickly left the cafeteria area. Why were you and Yuan Qi both here? If not for this, you wouldn’t have met Pan Lei’s parents.”
Without needing to be a fortune-teller, he could deduce the basic situation. Liang Li was speechless, unable to respond for a long time.
After a moment, she stammered: “Am I in legal trouble? If I explain… could you help me explain to the police that I didn’t mean it?”
Luo Mingbai raised an eyebrow and said indifferently: “Not my problem, say it or don’t.”
Liang Li hesitated but, seeing Luo Mingbai was really about to leave, she quickly grabbed him, saying: “No, no, I’ll talk! I’ll talk!”
Liang Li took out her phone and began searching through call recordings.
Pan Lei had two phones. One was his usual phone, left at home and taken by his mother. The other phone was specifically for communicating with Liang Li. The reason she returned to the cafeteria was because Pan Lei had called her with a strange call after entering.
While searching, she explained: “Actually, I don’t know anything else.”
I had already reached the hospital entrance when Pan Lei made an incredibly strange call. I felt something was wrong, so I came back to see what was happening… After all, I do care about him. I have automatic call recording here… this is it, listen.”
She pressed play, and a voice emerged from the phone:
Pan Lei’s voice, urgent: “Lili! Are you outside?”
Liang Li, somewhat impatient: “Why aren’t you out yet? I suddenly remembered something and need to leave.”
Pan Lei: “Wait! Are you outside the cafeteria? Did you see me go out?”
Liang Li: “What do you mean?”
Pan Lei (breathing heavily, seemingly running): “I, I don’t know where this is… the people buying drinks have disappeared, everyone has disappeared, I, I also…”
Liang Li: “Hello? Pan Lei? Pan Lei!”
After the recording ended, almost everyone felt a chill run down their spine, as if the temperature had dropped several degrees. Fortunately, Luo Mingbai had earlier taken Liang Li behind a tree when questioning her, otherwise the crowd that had been watching the fight might have caused a sensation.
Such a large-scale disappearance was something even Luo Mingbai had never heard of.
Pan’s mother fainted, with her husband supporting her, trying to care for his wife while worrying about his son. He pleadingly asked Luo Mingbai: “Thank you both for helping. Could you help look after her? I want to report this to the police.”
As for whether the police would believe him, he was uncertain, but it was his only option.
Luo Mingbai said: “I’ll go. I know a few people there, which will make communication easier.”
Pan’s father was grateful and thanked him repeatedly. Luo Mingbai walked over but didn’t approach the police, instead circling to a large tree behind the building.
Worried about potential danger inside, Luo Mingbai didn’t want to waste time. He lightly stepped on the tree trunk and silently climbed to the highest branch.
