The uncle didn't care and continued, "I thought you were robbers at first, but then I saw you two didn't look alike. I thought you hit someone and wanted to frame me."
"…Are you guys out here together? Did you see the person who crashed the car? Why didn't you catch him?!"
Qin Guan explained: "We are friends. After the car accident, the little girl called us and we rushed here."
The driver nodded: "That little girl is also amazing."
He showed Qin Guan his hand, "Look, she grabbed it for me."
His movements were so big that the pendant on his neck was exposed. It was a green Buddha.
Qin Guan frowned slightly and looked carefully at the man in front of him.
This uncle has a very ordinary face, blending into the crowd without being noticeable. Because he is a little fat, he looks a bit kind, simple and reserved.
He was wearing a very old baseball cap, not the fashionable old-fashioned type, but one that was really worn out and had "y8l" printed on it, which had been washed and faded.
The scalp exposed under the hat was bald. I couldn't tell whether he had just had his hair cut or was bald.
There was a small cut on his chin that looked fresh.
Qin Guan initially thought that he was scratched when he was saving Cui Zijing, but the angle was special and the injury would only occur when shaving.
Qin Guan's brows frowned unconsciously.
The uncle saw it from the rearview mirror and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qin Guan sighed, "It's okay, I'm just worried about reporter Cui's injury."
He asked, "Look at me, I'm so busy that I don't know your last name after helping us so much."
The uncle hesitated for a moment and replied, "My last name is Zhou."
Qin Guan nodded, "I'll take note, Uncle Zhou, thank you."
He asked curiously: "What do you do? I see there is so much dust in this car. Are you a bricklayer?"
The uncle was stunned and said with a smile: "What bricklayer? I can't do this kind of craftsmanship."
"I just help people pull saplings and plant flowers to make a living."
Qin Guan nodded thoughtfully.
After chatting for a few more words, the two arrived at the hospital.
Cui Baixing had been sent to the emergency room. Cui Zijing waited for him at the door of the emergency room after treating his wound. Lin Jiaqiao accompanied her.
Qin Guan asked: "How is the situation?"
Lin Jiaqiao pulled him aside: "Not very good."
"The doctor said that the teacher has a blood clot in his brain and may become a vegetable."
Lin Jiaqiao actually felt very guilty.
She seemed to have saved Cui Boxing's life, but the situation seemed to have gotten worse.
Lin Jiaqiao said: "I, I wish I had come earlier."
Qin Guan just wanted to comfort her, and he stretched out a hand and put it on Lin Jiaqiao's arm.
It’s Cui Zijing.
"It's not your fault." She looked calm, with no trace of joy or sadness. "This matter has nothing to do with you."
She turned her head, her lifeless eyes fell on Qin Guan accurately, "Don't you want to check your hand?"
Lin Jiaqiao then remembered Qin Guan's injury and asked anxiously, "Do you want to take an X-ray of your arm? Will there be a doctor tonight?"
After walking a few steps, she thought of Cui Zijing again and turned back worriedly, "Jingjing, wait for me here for a while."
Cui Zijing made an 'OK' gesture and said, "Don't worry, the driver is here."
The driver quickly sat up straight and assured, "I'll be with her, don't worry."
Although she was his savior, she was just a stranger after all, and Cui Zijing was a blind girl, so Lin Jiaqiao was not too reassured.
Cui Zijing seemed to see her concerns and reminded her, "The police will come to take my statement later. They will be here soon."
Lin Jiaqiao then remembered and said to her, "Okay, your phone is here, call me if you need anything."
She said to Uncle Li again, "Excuse me, we are right in front, call me if you need anything."
The driver probably didn't hear her threat and waved his hand nonchalantly, "What can happen in the hospital? Besides, there are police here, so just go quickly."
The two walked forward a few steps, and Qin Guan whispered in Lin Jiaqiao's ear: "Look at the uncle's neck."
Lin Jiaqiao then discovered that Uncle Zhou had a jade Buddha hanging around his neck. The jade was emerald green and looked fake.
She also saw the 'y8l' on his hat.
It is something that should be in the secret room at night.
Lin Jiaqiao looked at Qin Guan suspiciously. Why did he know? Was he also a time traveler
Qin Guan said, "Men shouldn't wear Guanyin, only women wear Buddha. And that piece of jade is so green, it must be very expensive, Uncle Zhou doesn't look like he can afford it."
So this was the reason, Lin Jiaqiao breathed a sigh of relief.
If Qin Guan also traveled back in time, then he had seen her death twice.
This is so cruel.
Lin Jiaqiao was anxious to hold Qin Guan's arm, so she put the question aside for the time being. She said casually, "Maybe uncle likes this style, and that Buddha statue might be made of plastic."
Qin Guan watched her holding his hand, smiled and shook his head.
Perhaps the wait was too boring, so the driver started to talk about his own things:
"Are you the only child in your family? I also have a child, a boy. ... I don't insist on having a son like others. What's the point of having a son? I have to save a house for him. Daughters are better. But since I've given birth to a child, I can't just raise him, don't you think?"
"He's in junior high school, his grades are OK, just like his mom."
"His mother was originally a college student, but she had no money and couldn't afford to go to college, so she had no choice but to marry me."
"I knew long ago that she was not a person who would live a peaceful life. Later, she ran away with another wild man—"
Uncle Zhou hadn't finished speaking when there was a noise coming from the front.
The two of them were not prepared at all. Someone put a microphone in front of Cui Zijing and said, "Hello, I am He Youwei, the host of 'Wei Guan Shi Jie'."
"Excuse me, how is reporter Cui Baixing doing?"
He Youwei had informants in all hospitals. One day, when she heard that Cui Boxing was in trouble, she rushed over.
She was brought up by Cui Boxing, and the two of them originally had some master-disciple relationship, but after Cui Boxing expelled her, this friendship was gone.
She couldn't ask any nice questions, and every question contained a trap, either implying that Cui Boxing had behaved badly and was being retaliated against, or that he had violated public order and morality and was being punished.
Cui Zijing was not stupid. She could tell that she had bad intentions and refused to answer a single word.
He Youwei was very popular at that time, and she had hated Cui Baixing for a long time and wanted to take revenge. But Cui Baixing had a very good reputation in the industry, and it was not possible for her to destroy his reputation by writing a few rumor-mongering articles.
So she took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and bring down Cui Boxing to prove her innocence.
She poisoned every word, repeatedly emphasizing that Cui Zijing couldn't see and was blind. Seeing Cui Zijing didn't speak, she said softly: "Jingjing is too sad, and can't say anything. Come on, viewers who are still online, please light the candles and pray for reporter Cui."
In that era, the 'candle' emoji was used to commemorate the dead.
Cui Zijing clenched her fists so tightly that her palms almost bled.
When Lin Jiaqiao came out, she saw this scene: Cui Zijing bit her lip and sat helplessly in the corner. He Youwei held her hand tightly, making it impossible for her to leave.
Lin Jiaqiao was furious. He strode over, snatched Cui Zijing's microphone, and said in a cold voice, "Are you broadcasting live? Let me make it clear that if you end the live broadcast midway, your show will be cancelled tomorrow."
She squeezed in between Cui Zijing and He Youwei, grabbed He Youwei's arm, and didn't let her leave:
"Since you chose this time to come here and ask for trouble, you have to bear the consequences no matter how much you are scolded."
Lin Jiaqiao imitated He Youwei's smile and said softly, "After He was fired from our "You Xian Reading Newspaper", his professional ability plummeted."
"You have completely forgotten your professional ethics, but you are very skilled at cheating. Oh, and you were fired from You Xian Du Bao because of your bad conduct."
In He Youwei's mind, Lin Jiaqiao was still the cute and harmless intern. After being insulted by her in a sarcastic tone, He Youwei's face turned red with anger.
She didn't have the qualities she would have two years later, and wasn't very good at pretending. She shouted, "Lin Jiaqiao, how dare you talk to me like that!"
Lin Jiaqiao asked back: "What did I do? Can't I tell the truth?"
"But you, have you drunk fake wine? You can't understand what people say. You have had diarrhea these days, and your brain has been pulled out?" He Youwei was itching to scold her, but she didn't want to, so she made a gesture to the cameraman, signaling him to end the filming.
Qin Guan grabbed the camera first.
Now not only He Youwei, but everyone present was shocked by the behavior of the robber couple.
Lin Jiaqiao took the camera and pointed it at He Youwei: "I told you, since you dare to cause trouble at this time, you can leave after you get scolded."
He Youwei had just moved her face at this time, and she couldn't stand such a close-up. The more she looked at herself, the uglier she became, but Lin Jiaqiao kept getting closer:
"He Youwei, let's make this clear."
"The newspaper fired you because you extorted money from the interviewees and reported fake news."
"It was the decision of the entire newspaper to fire you. All the colleagues at Youxiandubao disdain to associate with people like you. We all decided to drive you away together."
"Teacher Cui is only responsible for informing you of the news."
"So you have no right to feel wronged, and you have no right to target Teacher Cui."
"No one forced you to do this. You chose to be a piece of trash on your own initiative."
"I know you feel wronged. There are shameless scoundrels in every industry. What they do may be even more shameless than what you do. Why can't we let you go?"
“It’s simple, we are not animal husbandry, we are journalists.”
"We are the bridge between facts and the people. We must be objective and fair. Even if we cannot be completely objective, we must be as fair as possible."
“This is not a job, this is a responsibility.”
"Every time you lie and report fake news, readers will lose one point of trust in us."
"Before, everything in the news was true. Now, some of the news is false. I don't want the day when news becomes completely unreliable."
"I've studied for so many years, worked from dawn to dusk in this industry, and have been so busy that I have no personal time, not for a result like this."