That night, Lin Yi didn’t leave and planned to stay over at Zhang Youfu’s place.
The doctors and nurses at the hospital also paid special attention to Lin Yi, coming over frequently to check on Zhang Youfu’s condition.
“Who exactly are you to have such influence?” Zhang Youfu asked,
“Before you came, I never received such good treatment.”
“Just got some money, smoothed some connections, it’s no big deal,” Lin Yi said,
“But you, staying here alone, didn’t your family say they’d come to see you?”
“If I had family, I wouldn’t have gone up the mountain to become a Daoist priest.”
“Need me to find a few technicians to take care of you?”
“Let’s wait until our senior brother’s injury heals, now’s not the time for big moves.”
“You’re really incorrigible.”
“Senior brother, I’m also trying to boost domestic demand, drive GDP growth, and promote industry prosperity and stability—all for the country’s and people’s benefit. Don’t be too narrow-minded.”
“Senior brother is awesome, you being able to scam me for 600,000 yuan isn’t without reason.”
“Junior brother, don’t belittle yourself, when there’s a chance, senior brother will teach you all these tricks.”
“You better go to sleep early, I’m going out for a walk.”
“Where to?”
“Talk heart-to-heart with the little nurse at the nurse’s station, I came all the way here, can’t just let it be for nothing.”
“You’re really something else.”
Walking out of the hospital room, Lin Yi went outside the hospital to breathe some fresh air.
After chatting with Ji Qingyan and Mi Li for a while and watching some videos of the child, he returned to the room.
When he got back, Zhang Youfu was already asleep.
Lin Yi did nothing else, lying down clothed on the adjacent bed, ready to rest.
Ring ring ring——
In the early hours, Lin Yi was woken by his phone ringing.
He picked it up and saw it was Xiao Bing calling.
“Lin Bro, something happened here, four people came sneaking around to steal, but we caught them.”
“Who are they?”
“All foreigners, and one of them is E-level.”
Xiao Bing’s tone was particularly serious, “Things don’t seem right here, should we investigate?”
“Lock them up first, wait for me to come back, I’ll interrogate them myself.”
“Okay.”
After discussing business, Lin Yi hung up the phone.
Zhang Youfu’s voice faintly arose.
“What happened? If you have something to do, just go, don’t mind me.”
“There’s trouble at home, someone tried to steal something again, and they’re all experts.”
Zhang Youfu’s expression changed, and he was silent for a long time, not anticipating this.
“I’m not too sure about your situation, but I have a premonition that with just yourself, it’s hard to deal with these people.”
Lin Yi said,
“If you’re by yourself, holding onto your stuff isn’t easy, this time you were lucky, next time you might not be. That thing, you know better than me who will end up with it.”
“I get what you mean.”
Zhang Youfu looked at Lin Yi, in the dark ward, only moonlight shone in, both meeting each other’s eyes, realizing the gravity of the situation.
“I can tell you, but I hope you keep it secret.”
“Go ahead, I’ve got that level of trust.”
After a long silence, Zhang Youfu spoke,
“In my possession is a statue, given to me by my master, and he said it came from the time of Daoism’s founder Zhang Daoling.”
“That’s impossible, from his time to now is nearly 1900 years, how could it have survived intact?”
“I don’t know the specifics either; when I received the statue, I was just forty and didn’t pay it any mind.”
“And then? Have you discovered anything new?”
“Yeah.” Zhang Youfu nodded, “You might not believe it, but the statue has a miraculous ability to heal people on its own.”
“That’s impossible!”
Lin Yi’s eyes widened, goosebumps rising in the dark night.