Chapter 21: Layout (I)

All attainment is an omission of sorrow.

——Yu Qiuyu "Walkers Without Borders"

Since learning the news of Zhang Fa's admission to the hospital, Mancang temporarily postponed his resignation plan, and unsurprisingly, the operation was very successful, and this hospital is an absolute authority in the field of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular treatment in China.

During the two-week recovery period after surgery, Zhang Fa's health is getting better day by day, he strictly follows the doctor's instructions to ensure enough sleep every day, and there is also a special person in charge of diet.

If he hadn't come to the hospital, Man Cang would never have imagined that Zhang Fa's physical condition would be so bad.

As the director of the department, Man Cang would wear a mask every morning and lead other doctors to the inpatient department to check the recovery of patients and explain some precautions to the attending doctors.

As a healer, no matter who lies in front of him, there is only one identity when he arrives here - a patient.

He has to do his duty to make every patient recover as soon as possible, which is the professional ethics of a doctor.

After observing Zhang Fa's ward for a few days, Man Cang discovered a secret ......

Like many businessmen, he believed in Feng Shui and metaphysics, and during his hospitalization, because he felt that the room number was unlucky, he ordered his subordinates to coordinate with the hospital many times to change the ward, and he also placed a bronze mirror in the ward that he had asked for a lot of money from nowhere......

Sure enough, people who have ghosts in their hearts will be more afraid of ghosts and gods.

A plan quietly sprouted in Mancang's heart......

After getting off work that day, Mancang sat in the car, took out his mobile phone from his pants pocket, pulled through the address book for a while, found a familiar number, and dialed it.

After a few waiting tones, a familiar voice came from the other end of the phone......

"Outside, Zhuzi, why did you remember to ask my master for peace?"

The person who spoke was called Ma Zhanjun, a classmate in the same dormitory during Mancang University, more than one meter six tall, dark skin, thin like a small poplar growing in the desert, also born in the Northeast, is the best buddy during Mancang University, this person has a lot of ghost ideas, when he encounters a problem, his big eyes roll, and there is a clever plan in his heart.

"Pillar" was the nickname he gave to Mancang, who he felt was too tall, like a telephone pole in his hometown. Mancang did not show weakness, and also gave him a special nickname "monkey".

The two were almost inseparable during their time in school, this combination of tall and short, would make people laugh wherever they went, Man Cang had nothing to say to him, he knew all the secrets of Man Cang, including Ding Yong's ......

After graduating from university, Ma Zhanjun did not choose to intern in the district hospital, but partnered with others to open a cosmetic plastic surgery hospital.

"Don't be poor here, I'll ask you for help if I have something, and I'll see you at the 'base' in an hour. "Mankura Road.

"Hey...... No, are you begging people to do things, you kid ......"

A busy sound came from the phone, and Man Cang hung up the phone decisively.

"Rely on ......" Ma Zhanjun looked at the phone in his hand and scolded with a smile.

"I'll go out, you stare at it, it's hard work......" Ma Zhanjun said to the man beside him.

He walked out of the gate of the hospital, walked to the white BMW parked at the entrance of the hospital, pressed the door button, the four turn signals of the car flashed twice, got into the car sideways, fastened the seat belt, started the car, and plunged into the evening rush hour traffic in City B......

The "base" is a small bar hidden deep in the alley, usually there are not many people, and it is relatively quiet, the two often come here to sit during college, they are old acquaintances here, the waiters have changed several batches, and they are the die-hard fans here.

After parking the car, Ma Zhanjun closed the door and walked straight towards the entrance of the "base......

As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw a full warehouse sitting thoughtfully in the corner under the dim yellow light.

"Have a cup of cucumber-flavored gin and tonic, add two slices of cucumber to me, don't pick the door," Ma Zhanjun shouted in the direction of the bartender at the bar.

"Okay, as always, I'll remember it all......" replied the young bartender with a wry smile.

Hearing this familiar voice, Man Cang came back to his senses and waved his hand at Ma Zhanjun, who walked up to him and sat down on the soft sofa opposite Man Cang.

"Comfortable ......" Ma Zhanjun rolled his big eyes upward, and under the soft light, his face looked even darker......

"Yo, it's out of the way today, I've changed to drink Long Island iced tea, what's the matter, what is it difficult to hide, tell me to the master, I only need a pair of good medicines to ensure that the medicine is ...... rid of the disease" As he was talking, the waiter brought the cup of gin and tonic with the unique fragrance of cucumbers and put it in front of Ma Zhanjun.

Ma Zhanjun glanced at the young and beautiful waiter, lowered his head, rested his chin on the table, leaned forward, and pretended to say mysteriously:

"Tell your story, pillar. ”

Man Cang picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, breathed a long sigh of relief, and told Ma Zhanjun about his encounter with Zhang Fa and some information he had.

"Oh......" Ma Zhanjun sat up straight, frowned and combed the clues, and leaned back on the back of the sofa,

"So, you want me to investigate the cause of your father's death for you?" Ma Zhanjun said slowly

"Well, can it be done, monkey?" asked Mitsukura nervously

"Can I say I can't?" said Ma Zhanjun with a smile

"No, you can't. Man Cang stared at Ma Zhanjun and said

"Okay, then it's on the master," Ma Zhanjun folded his arms in front of his chest and said confidently.

Under the dim light, Ma Zhanjun fell into deep thought......

Suddenly, I saw his eyes roll, and Man Cang was overjoyed, he knew that Ma Zhanjun had a countermeasure at this moment, which was his signature move.

Ma Zhanjun regained his playful expression and said mysteriously to Man Cang:

"That's how we ......"

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After returning home, Cang lay alone on the bed in the bedroom, constantly fiddling with the wolf tooth in his hand, looking at the ceiling stupidly, his mood was extremely complicated at the moment, although it had been so many years, and he had experienced so many things, but when this long-sealed truth was about to be fully displayed in front of him, he couldn't help but be a little nervous and scared......

On that snowy night, Ding Yong seemed to have evaporated from the world, leaving him with an endless fog, what role did the other four play in this story, why did they bury their father and lie collectively......

If these four people killed their father, then why did this wolf tooth appear in his father's remains.

That night, he imagined 10,000 possible scenarios, but the truth was more brutal than he imagined......