Hospital No. 444

Su Wenqing became anxious and shouted at the top of her lungs: "I told you, it's not me!"

David looked at Su Wenqing, and it was hard for him to think that the other party came from the white mist... whether it was an evil spirit or a ghost, it was hard to think so.

Su Wenqing was only three years older than David, so the two could not be considered friends.

"Your hand..." David suddenly said: "Put your hand up. If you can raise it to your shoulder, I will believe you."

"豼!" When Su Wenqing heard this, he immediately said angrily: "David, what are you talking about now? You know I can't do it!"

The reason why Su Wenqing is so angry goes back ten years.

Ten years ago, when He Yun came to the village and showed up at the engagement party between Shen Lisheng and Su Wenxin, Su Wenqing, the younger brother, was only twelve years old.

David was there at that time, and Dai Lan was still in her mother's belly at that time. The flowing water mat was very lively at that time, and children of the same age in the village were playing with each other.

David had a good chat with Su Wenqing, who was only three years older than him at the time. He was in the third grade that year and was about to enter the fourth grade. He wanted to ask Su Wenqing whether the fourth grade course was difficult.

At this moment, He Yun, dressed in a crisp black suit, suddenly entered the engagement party uninvited.

The scene was very lively at that time. It happened that Shen Lisheng and Su Wenxin were toasting village chief Ge. When they saw He Yun, their expressions changed.

Because the time interval was too long and David was relatively far away from them at the time, he did not hear what they were saying clearly. It's just that He Yun went up to argue with Shen Lisheng, and Su Wenxin started crying. Relatives of the Shen family surrounded He Yun and wanted to drive him out. At that time, Su Wenqing quickly ran to his sister's side to protect her.

David was a little scared at the time. He didn't understand how a good engagement party could turn into a fight. Then he remembered that it was Village Chief Ge who came out to maintain order and prevent the scene from developing into the use of force.

At that moment, David was surprised to see Su Wenxin grabbing He Yun's hand and following him out of the engagement party. Because the scene was so chaotic, the two of them were not caught for a while!

In the evening, relatives of the Shen family came to the Su family to ask for someone. The Su family could only smile and promised to refund the bride price, but Shen Lisheng's father, Shen Zhian, refused to give up. Afterwards, the Shen family smashed the Su family to pieces.

There are many versions of what happened next in the village. Some people say that Shen Lisheng took the lead in catching the rapist, but neither He Yun nor Su Wenxin was there; some people said that He Yun was also there at the time and beat Su Wenxin.

Su Wenqing was involved in the fight and his arm was seriously injured. Regarding this point, some said that he was injured by Shen Zhian, while others said that he accidentally fell.

But this injury prevented him from playing basketball again, which is an indisputable fact.

David looked at the furious Su Wenqing, feeling a little apologetic in his heart. It seems that he is right, at least he is not pretending to be a ghost like in ghost stories.

After Su Wenqing's arm was injured, he was first sent to the hospital and clinic for examination. After a brief treatment, he decided to go to the county hospital for examination the next day.

But no one expected that heavy fog would come early the next morning...

Su Wenqing's later injuries were seen by He Yun, who studied orthopedic surgery. But with the heavy fog sealing off the village, what he could do was limited. Whether it was a broken bone or a nerve, Su Wenqing could never lift his hand.

David completely understood Su Wenqing's pain. He first went to watch a game at a basketball court in a neighboring village when he was seven or eight years old. He occasionally watched Su Wenqing compete with the youth basketball team in the neighboring village. In his impression, he was particularly good at shooting three-pointers. He can no longer raise his arm, which means he can no longer play basketball.

"I'm sorry," David said, knowing that he had hurt him, "I... I just want to test you. Please understand."

Su Wenqing grabbed the bamboo pole angrily. Just as he was about to say something, Li Jun had already spoken.

"Count! One!"

"two!"

…

"Nine!"

Su Wenqing almost spat out the word from between his teeth.

He also glared at David hard at this time, which made David feel numb.

"Everyone, let's go quickly...complete today's patrol as soon as possible. After the patrol is over, talk to the village chief about this matter!"

Everyone continued their journey in the wind and snow, accompanied by this terrifying fog, while being worried.

David was also a little wary. Before, he only had to be wary of the fog. But now... there may be dangers both before and after.

Among the remaining eight people, who is the extra "person"?

Both Li Jun and Su Wenqing were very suspicious, especially just now... they actually said that Li Jun saved them?

In addition to Chang Min and Xia Meng, there are four other people, who are actually people David is familiar with.

For example, Uncle Li Li Dongshan, who is walking in front of him now, is already 48 years old and will "retire" in two more years. In the past few years, Uncle Li would occasionally come to his father to play mahjong. In this closed mountain village, mahjong can be said to be the only entertainment left. But then my father gave up mahjong, and he and Uncle Li hadn’t seen each other for a long time.

In front of Uncle Li is a man in his thirties named Jiang Shan. Jiang Shan went to the city to work ten years ago. When he returned to the village to celebrate the New Year, the village was blocked by fog. He was the best basketball player in the village since he was a child, so much so that he even wanted to become an athlete. After being forcibly stopped by his father, he angrily went to work in the city.

And the last two happened to be a pair of sisters. The sisters were named Li Ruping and Li Yanping respectively. Sister Li Ruping is the wife of Ge Niancheng, the son of Village Chief Ge, and the nephew-in-law of Captain Lin. Therefore, in order to take care of her, Captain Lin asked her and her sister Li Yanping to walk behind him, but in order to prevent this "back door" from being too obvious. , with Li Jun inserted in the middle. It's hard for David to imagine that anyone is the extra one. You know, just last year, he also participated in the full moon reception of Village Chief Ge's second grandson!

No matter which one, David could recall many things about any one of them when he closed his eyes. But the fact is, one of these people must be... fake!

…

Finally, the patrol was coming to an end.

When the depressing journey reached the end, something happened.

"I suddenly thought of a question, David."

The speaker was Li Jun.

"Why are you the only one who remembers Captain Lin?"

After hearing this, David suddenly screamed secretly!

"As a captain, if you remember that there is less of a team, who can be justified? You are not the captain, how can you remember?"

Obviously, he was not the only one who thought of Li Jun's words. Everyone had also thought of this to some extent. It was just that they had to patrol just now, but now the patrol is about to end.

"Aim the porcelain doll at him!"

Following Li Jun's order, everyone raised their bamboo poles, and the porcelain doll was aimed at David like a firearm!

"You are suspicious!"

Obviously, David saw it: As the captain, Li Jun needed someone to take the blame. And David is obviously the best scapegoat!

"You said Captain Lin has always been in the patrol team?" Li Jun looked at David coldly and said, "The team has always been composed of nine of us! Could it be that you are actually the extra person?"

At this time, Xia Meng said: "Captain Li, what you said is wrong. If there are always nine of us, where are the so-called extra people? If you accuse David, it means that you also agree that the team must be smaller. one person."

Li Jun immediately looked at Xia Meng fiercely: "Who are you talking to for? I'm the captain!"

"I speak truthfully and I don't favor anyone." Xia Meng's words were neither humble nor overbearing, and she was obviously not intimidated by Li Jun.

Li Ruping also said at this time: "I think it is inappropriate to draw hasty conclusions. The porcelain doll was experimented on ten people, including Lei San, and it was useless."

After all, Li Ruping is the village chief's daughter-in-law, so the weight of her words is naturally not comparable to that of Xia Meng.

Li Jun gritted his teeth and said, "At least David is very suspicious! I have to report it to the village chief and let him make an early decision!"

The end of the patrol was where they first set off.

At this point, the time is almost up.

Village Chief Ge and other village committee officials were already waiting there.

"village head!"

After seeing the village chief, Li Jun shouted from a distance: "I have something to report!"