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Chapter 4: Citywide Search
Xiao Yun stared at the old man with a strange expression. "How... how did you get out of the hospital?"
The old man replied, "I have legs, so I walked out!"
Xiao Yun said, "Weren't you lying on the hospital bed?"
The old man, looking displeased, said, "I'm perfectly fine. Why would I lie in a hospital?"
"You were hit by a car and fell into a coma, with your bones shattered into 412 pieces," Xiao Yun stated.
The old man shook his arms and moved his legs, laughing, "But look at me now, I'm perfectly fine!" To prove his point, he even jumped a couple of times on the ground and then did a backflip.
Indeed, he looked very healthy. For someone his age, with old arms and legs, to be able to perform a backflip like a mischievous child was truly impressive.
What... what is going on? Xiao Yun looked incredulous.
Even more incredulous were the doctors in the hospital.
When the nurse discovered that the comatose old man suddenly sat up and pulled out the needle from his hand, it was as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight. She screamed and ran out of the room.
"What? What did you say? The old man woke up and can sit up by himself?" Dr. Huang could hardly believe his ears upon receiving the nurse's report.
The nurse replied, "Yes, Director Huang, it's true."
It turned out that Dr. Huang was not only an orthopedic doctor but also the director of the hospital.
Really? Impossible! Director Huang, being an orthopedic expert, naturally found it hard to believe that an old man whose bones were shattered into 412 pieces and was on the brink of death could sit up by himself.
He rushed into the old man's ward with two doctors and several nurses like a tornado.
In the old man's hospital room, it was empty. Uh—where did the old man go?
How could he possibly leave this hospital bed? Director Huang furrowed his brows and walked around the bed twice.
He reached out and patted the bed a couple of times, as if to check whether something had happened to it, like it had absorbed the old man along with his bones and flesh.
Just then, a young nurse rushed in, panting, to report: "Director Huang, I just saw that old man walk out!"
"What? You saw him with your own eyes? How did he walk? For example, what was his posture like? And what was his expression..." Although Director Huang felt overwhelmed for a moment, he had a strength: he remained calm under pressure and considered more questions than others.
The young nurse said, "I really saw it with my own eyes. He walked out swaggering, with strong strides, full of energy, smiling brightly, looking spirited, as if he had just returned from a shopping spree, and a bit like someone in the peak of a romantic twilight phase. In short—putting it simply, he seemed very cheerful..."
!!!
The air seemed to freeze instantly!
"This is truly an unprecedented phenomenon. Uh, this... is unscientific..." After being stunned for a while, Director Huang crossed his arms and muttered to himself, his mind racing—
How could the old man's bones have shattered into so many pieces and then reassemble in an instant? Could it be that the old man contained some incomprehensible supernatural element within him?
If he could find that old man and re-examine him, would there be some medical miracle to discover? Yes, there must be a miracle here. If I, Director Huang, can uncover this secret, it will become the pinnacle of medical history; surely the Nobel Prize will belong to me!
Thinking this way made Director Huang's breathing quicken and his eyes shine; he seemed to see money and beautiful women rolling toward him like waves in the ocean...
He was so excited that he trembled all over and shouted at those around him: "Quickly, gather everyone in the hospital! We must bring that old man back—no, invite him back..."
Doctors and nurses from the hospital quickly gathered in front of Director Huang, including a few elderly cleaning women.
"Director Huang, I have a pregnant woman waiting for me to deliver!" a female doctor said with a worried frown.
Director Huang looked displeased: "What a nuisance! What child is being born now? Let that pregnant woman wait another two or three hours..."
A nurse rushed over and said, "Director Huang, a patient with a broken bone is already on the operating table waiting for you to perform the surgery."
Director Huang decisively waved his hand, "Give him a shot of anesthesia and let him sleep!"
"Also, an elderly lady can't eat..."
"Let her drink water instead!"
At this critical moment, Director Huang displayed his exceptional style; he stood tall and looked far ahead. As the saying goes, he had a vision that was far-reaching.
At this time, everything revolved around finding the old man. As long as they found him, the world would be shaken!
Director Huang was stationed in his office, directing operations while everyone else rushed out onto the streets.
They believed that even if the old man had recovered physically, he wouldn't have gone far. With their speed, they would surely find him.
Thus, there were more men and women in white coats on the streets, all wide-eyed and alert, scanning their surroundings as they dashed through nearby alleys and streets. This caused a sense of panic and unease among many people; it was not the SARS period—who were they trying to catch?
Where could an old beggar run off to? Naturally, he would go where it was convenient to beg for food.
However, they did not manage to find him. Director Huang was so furious he felt like spitting blood; he dialed the police station...
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