Chapter 13 She Can't Be Trusted

Sweating profusely, Jia Wenjun's parents knew she was having a nightmare. Mother Jia wiped her daughter's sweat while gently patting her back, saying, "Don't be scared, don't be scared, dreams always mean the opposite."

Jia Wenjun took a sip of warm water from her father. The incredibly realistic feeling of suffocation from her dream still left her breathless.

Thinking of Da Huang in her dream, she was still shaken. She didn't know why she had such a dream. Jia Wenjun knew that her current situation was no longer suitable for bringing Da Huang back, but the dog couldn't just stay at the police station. She had to discuss it with Wu Peng and find a suitable place to foster the dog.

During dinner, Jia Wenjun told her parents about this idea. Mother Jia seemed to remember something and said, "Isn't that Dean Bai next door running a pet hospital? I passed by it the other day when I was coming back from buying groceries. It seems like they have long-term fostering services and pet adoptions. Many abandoned pets are kept there, and quite a few people are willing to adopt them. Why don't we put the puppy there?"

Jia Wenjun shook her head subconsciously, "No, not there."

Although Bai Ma Shan (White Horse Mountain) had helped Jia Wenjun a lot on the ship before, after hearing Wu Peng talk about Bai Ma Shan's suspicious behavior, she remained wary of him.

During the time she had been back, she had encountered Bai Ma Shan several times when she went out. He was still as enthusiastic and polite as ever, but the downstairs neighbors had complained about him several times, saying that he was making noise and disturbing the peace. Bai Ma Shan had been her neighbor for so long and had never been complained about before. After she came back, this happened twice. Jia Wenjun didn't know if there was any connection between them.

Afraid that her parents would overreact if they knew, she didn't tell them about it. But Wu Peng had asked them several times about Bai Ma Shan's whereabouts. Although Father Jia didn't know they suspected Bai Ma Shan, he knew that they should keep their distance from the people who had been on the yacht during this period. After all, the murderer hadn't been found yet, and anything could happen.

So, since Jia Wenjun came back, both sides seemed to be avoiding each other. When they heard the other opening and closing the door, the other would definitely not open the door at that time, unless they couldn't avoid meeting, they would just nod and say a few polite words.

After Mother Jia finished speaking, she realized something and didn't mention sending the dog to Bai Ma Shan's place again.

In the evening, Zhang Lin asked Wu Peng to have dinner. Wu Peng knew that he wouldn't look for him if nothing was up, so he drove to the agreed-upon roadside stall after getting off work. This was a small shop they often came to after rehearsals in college. Zhang Lin had already ordered the food. When Wu Peng arrived, he found Zhang Lin in a daze.

"What are you thinking about?" Wu Peng picked up a red willow mutton skewer that was sizzling with oil, bit off a piece of meat, and slurped because it was so hot.

Zhang Lin handed him a bottle of beer, "Is there a camera installed at Jia Wenjun's door?"

Wu Peng swallowed the beer in his mouth, "Yes, someone was throwing garbage and scribbling graffiti at her house before, so I installed one for her."

Zhang Lin was a little surprised, "You installed it? Can you show me the content inside?"

Right now, he only suspected Bai Ma Shan and didn't have any concrete evidence, so he wanted to investigate Bai Ma Shan, but he was doing it secretly.

Wu Peng paused for half a second, then suddenly said excitedly, "Do you want to know Bai Ma Shan's whereabouts? Are you suspecting him too?"

If Zhang Lin wanted to know Jia Wenjun's whereabouts, he wouldn't ask him at all. So there was only one reason, he wanted to know about Bai Ma Shan who lived across the hall.

"Yes." Zhang Lin didn't hide it from him. From the moment he began to suspect Bai Ma Shan, he lost confidence in his previous judgment, and Wu Peng at that time had always been on Jia Wenjun's side.

Because he couldn't be sure that Bai Ma Shan definitely had a problem, he had to investigate him in all aspects. The camera at Jia Wenjun's door was naturally a good surveillance tool.

"No problem, leave it to me. This camera is on twenty-four hours a day and can only store the content of the past month."

"It's okay, let's play the long game." Zhang Lin picked up a meat skewer, took a bite, and then said, "Zhao Di's surgery is over. Now that the surgery has failed, the personnel guarding her hospital room can only be withdrawn."

The police force had limited manpower and couldn't keep sending people to guard Zhao Di, who was unconscious.

Wu Peng could understand and said, "If Zhao Di doesn't get better, then the murderer behind the scenes won't need to take her life. It should be fine if you withdraw."

Zhang Lin nodded and said, "You told me today that Jia Wenjun applied to take care of Zhao Di until the bail period ends?"

"The Lin Yang family hasn't been to the hospital since they found out about the failed surgery, and they haven't paid any more fees. Jia Wenjun wants to continue to provide Zhao Di with care and treatment, and she will pay for the expenses, still in the same way as before, in A Le's name. A Le has already communicated with the Lin Yang family, and they are overjoyed that someone is willing to take over the burden."

Zhang Lin took a sip of wine, "Jia Wenjun still won't give up?"

He wasn't worried about what Jia Wenjun would do to Zhao Di. If Zhao Di didn't wake up, she would maintain the original judgment. If Zhao Di died, it would be even worse for her.

Wu Peng also took a sip, "You've started suspecting others, why can't she try to fight for herself again?"

Zhang Lin snorted and chuckled self-deprecatingly.

At the shift change in the evening, the on-duty female doctor accidentally bumped into Bai Ma Shan.

"I'm sorry." Bai Ma Shan knocked the folder out of the doctor's hand and immediately bent down to pick it up.

"It's okay." The female doctor took it and was about to leave, but Bai Ma Shan stopped her, "Excuse me, are you Zhao Di's attending physician? I'm her friend. I was out of town when she had the surgery and didn't make it in time. Now that the surgery is over, how is she doing? Is there still a chance for her to wake up?"

"I'm not her attending physician."

Zhao Di's surgery had become a public case within the department, so even if she wasn't the attending physician, she was familiar with her situation. Recently, the leaders who had spent a lot of money to purchase the equipment had been venting their anger on them because of the failed surgery, so the female doctor was also annoyed when the matter was brought up.

She said bluntly, "Her condition is not very good now. The doctor who performed the surgery on her is the most authoritative in this field in the country, and we have all done our best, but the situation is what it is. It is definitely impossible for a vegetative person to return to their former healthy state with just one surgery. Doctors are people, not gods. If it were that easy, then miracles wouldn't be called miracles."

Bai Ma Shan tried his best to suppress his happiness, "So, there is not much chance for Zhao Di to wake up?"

The female doctor was a little impatient and replied directly, "That's right, it's impossible to wake up. Now it's just maintaining vital signs, don't think about anything more."

Seeing the female doctor turn to leave, Bai Ma Shan breathed a sigh of relief.

Since he learned that Zhao Di was going to have surgery, he had been worried. Although he knew from the news a few days ago that the surgery had failed, he still wanted to personally confirm it. Now that Zhao Di could no longer recover, he had nothing to worry about.

Seeing that even the plainclothes policemen at the door of Zhao Di's ward had been withdrawn, he became more convinced that Zhao Di was beyond saving, and he left with relief.