Hwaseong Hospital is large and divided into several buildings. People who are not familiar with this place will definitely not even be able to find the gate of the inpatient department when they come here for the first time.

After Meng Yufan parked the car, he led the three small members of A, B and C into the inpatient building. The orthopedics department was on the eighth floor. Meng Yufan pressed the number button and the elevator went up step by step.

"Team Meng, you are so familiar with this place!" Classmate A exclaimed.

Meng Yufan said in a low voice, "Well, a good friend of mine was also hospitalized a few days ago, and he is upstairs."

I don't know if it was a coincidence or a coincidence, Xu Dong and the guard brother were admitted to the same hospital, but they belonged to different departments. Xu Dong never wakes up. His parents have to take care of him, who is unconscious, and grandpa Xu who is suffering from cancer. They are exhausted.

After Meng Yufan planned to visit the guard's eldest brother, he stopped by to see Xu Dong.

When Meng Yufan arrived at the guard's ward with three children, his wife was sitting by the bed, slowly peeling an apple.

She held a sharp knife in her hand, and the long apple peel fell down, forming a complete line.

The guard's leg was simply bandaged and an analgesic injection. His complexion was much better than when he was first admitted to the hospital. The operation was ranked first in the morning of the next day. The ankle was done first, then the knee.

The three children rushed into the ward noisily and surrounded the guard's bed, vying to talk to him.

The guard's wife put down the apple in her hand and brought them a stool.

"Sit down," she said. "It's a coincidence that you came. You just came from the front foot program group."

Meng Yufan put the tonic in his hand on the table and asked casually, "Who is coming?"

"A girl, young." The guard's wife said, "It seems to be called Yang Xiao."

"..." Meng Yufan was taken aback.

He just heard his girlfriend's lace gossip from the three children, A, B, and C, and he was quite confused.

He believed in Yang Xiao, and broke up when they broke up. Yang Xiao and Xing Fei will never break the relationship; but Meng Yufan is inevitably sour. When he thinks that Xing Fei is a sponsor, he will definitely have a lot of work contacts with Yang Xiao. I ate lemons in my heart.

He hasn’t figured out how to talk to Yang Xiao about this matter-do you want him to send her WeChat directly and tell her "Sister Xiaoxiao, I know you have been dating Xing Fei before, I’m jealous now, you coax I"?

Forget it, he is a Zhenggong empress, who wants to show the aura of a Zhenggong empress, disdain to care about the flowers and plants on the side of the road.

But-Meng Yufan couldn't help thinking: Sister Xiaoxiao's vision was really bad before, there was Xing Fei, the domineering president who helped Zhou (Ding Man) torturing him, and Yu Huai, who had threw more than 30 boats with his legs. Bo... Is this the loss of morality or the annihilation of humanity?

Sure enough, Yang Xiao's happiness can only be pinned on himself.

He was thinking wildly, and suddenly a bell rang in his ear.

At first, he didn't realize that it was his own cell phone ringtone or was reminded by someone before he noticed that the cell phone in his pocket was vibrating.

He casually took out his phone and looked at the screen—then, standing still on the spot.

In the next second, he didn't care to say goodbye to the guard elder brother, and immediately rushed out of the ward and ran to the stairs.

...

After Yang Xiao left the hospital, he dared not delay for a second, and immediately took a taxi and rushed back to the TV station.

The uncle security guard downstairs greeted her: "Morning Yang..."

Before the word came out, Yang Xiao's back had already got into the elevator.

The elevator moved up slowly, and Yang Xiao stared at the constantly changing numbers in the car, anxiously, wishing to jump to the floor where the satellite channel was located immediately.

The elevator door dinged and stopped on the fifteenth floor. Yang Xiao went straight to the producer's office. She didn't even think that she was emptied. There was no one in the office, not even Zhou Hui's assistant was sitting in the cubicle.

Everyone in the office of the satellite video channel was so busy that everyone was too busy, Yang Xiao caught someone casually, and asked, "Where is Teacher Zhou?"

"She, she..." The colleague was frightened by her fierce expression, and she was blank for a while before saying, "Ms. Zhou went to a meeting on the 18th floor, and just left, I heard that the channel director was looking for her. It should be to ask her about the player's injury. Thing."

The first episode of "King of Rebounds" had such a big recording accident. A player got a leg and his basketball career. If this kind of thing is not handled well, it will definitely become a scandal. As a producer, Zhou Hui is the first person in charge of the safety of the players.

Yang Xiao hurriedly thanked his colleagues, turned around and ran to the elevator room. Unfortunately, both elevators were stuck underneath and couldn't get up. Yang Xiao couldn't wait, so he pushed open the door of the emergency passage and walked down the stairs. Da Da ran up.

She stepped on high heels, three steps in two steps, and finally ran to the eighteenth floor. When she opened the door of the stairwell, she accidentally smashed her left foot because of her anxiety.

She sighed with pain, but thinking of the pain that the guard eldest brother was going through in the hospital, she suffocated her voice abruptly.

The channel director’s office is at the deepest part of the eighteenth floor, with the best view of the entire building, and a metal nameplate engraved with the director’s name hangs on the door. The door was not closed tightly, a faint voice floated from the door.

"Zhou Hui, you let me down!" The channel director was just over fifty, but because he was always worried, he had a lot of white hair. He looked at Zhou Hui, who was sitting across from him, with a very disappointed tone, "At the beginning, you made a military order and said that you would definitely create a new hot section for the station. The channel also used all the resources to assist you. As a result, The show hasn't started yet, and the people in the group ran halfway! When the new team was formed, the first episode of the show had just been recorded, and a player’s leg was scrapped! Zhou Hui, should I thank you for not doing a table tennis? For the show, the province has given up other people's hands?"

"Director, this incident was caused by many factors..." Zhou Hui wanted to explain.

The director interrupted her directly: "I don't need your explanation, it's written in the report. I know it's not your fault, but you have to know that the audience won't listen to my explanation, and the audience won't listen to the explanation in the station— —Something happened. A player left the arena forever because of the recording of the show. Once this incident is broadcast, have you ever wondered how much influence it will have on the show?"

There is no impermeable wall in the world. When things happen, there are so many staff and players on the scene, and it will be passed on. It will not take long for everyone to know.

In addition, the competing products prepared by the Kiwi video platform will also be online during this time. They are eager for a scandal in "King of Rebounds". They will definitely wait for an opportunity to fan the flames and spread the notoriety of "King of Rebounds."

As a producer, Zhou Hui has an unshirkable responsibility.

Zhou Hui has always been arrogant, but she also knows that someone must be responsible for something that happened. In fact, the most direct way is in front of her: expelling Ding Man from the show and driving off the court.

Ding Man's arrogance is too arrogant. After the game, Zhou Hui and the three referees looked back at the video of the accident. After the guard took off, Ding Man rushed under him, and Ding Man’s right foot "accidentally" stepped into the guard’s foothold. Place. For this kick, the referees are very embarrassed, they hesitated and could not give the show team a positive answer.

After all, Ding Man was sent by the sponsor. Xing Fei urged him to be in the top position. In addition, he has a lot of fans—yes, the reality is so ironic. Ding Man, such a person with a lot of dirty tricks on the court, actually has a Big ticket loyal fan!

The channel director suddenly lifted the water cup on the table and put it down again: "Zhou Hui, I will hold you down first, but I can't hold it down for a while. After the show is finished, I always have to take it to the station. We must come up with a solution before the accountability of the above!"

Facing the channel director’s question, Zhou Hui was uncertain. Is it to take the risk of offending sponsors and players' fans to drive Ding Man out of the show; or to let down an ordinary player and save the notorious Ding Man?

There was a moment of silence in the wide director's office, and suddenly, a knock on the door sounded at the door.

The two were shocked, only to realize that the door of the office was not closed tightly!

They looked sideways and saw a young girl standing outside the door, looking serious and anxious.

"Who are you?" The director frowned and looked at her.

"Excuse me, excuse me. Hello Director, I'm Yang Xiao, the director of the "King of Rebounding" program group." Her tone is neither humble nor overbearing, "I have something to report to our producer."

Zhou Hui didn't know how much Yang Xiao had heard of their conversation just now. Zhou Hui's expression was a little ugly: "Yang Xiao, how did you find this place? I'm talking to the director. You go back and wait for me first, and remember to close the door. ."

"Producer, this matter is very important." Yang Xiao bit the word "very important" to death, and said anxiously, "This matter must be reported to you face to face now."

Zhou Hui hesitated, seeing that Yang Xiao's anxious expression did not seem to be false, so she apologized to the channel director, got up and walked towards the girl guarding the door.

The small pantry next to the director's office happened to be empty, and Zhou Hui led Yang Xiao to there.

"You better really have something'very important'." Zhou Hui said coldly, "It's so important that you can break into the director's office unruly and interrupt my conversation with him."

Yang Xiao didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately vomited everything she knew.

"Producer, I just went to see the injured player..."

"Well, what then?"

"He said..." Yang Xiao lowered his voice and whispered softly, "He said that although Ding Man is an active CBA player, he has actually been active on the field and he has personally participated in the kind of wild game with a gambling nature."

Zhou Hui knows what wild ball is, and she also knows that wild ball games that are contaminated with the nature of gambling are controlled by the underworld.

"Moreover," Yang Xiao continued, "Ding Man's boss is Xing Fei! He is the banker behind the scenes, and all the players he sent in have participated in wild games!"

"..."

"King of Rebounds" is a major variety show for the first year of the satellite TV. Such an important work has the penetration of black capital.

Xing Fei’s reasons for investing in this program are nothing more than two: First, he promotes his players to the top, creates a star player effect, and makes a lot of money in future wild games; second, he can take the opportunity to find more players. , To replenish fresh blood for his team.

Yang Xiao reported all his analysis to Zhou Hui. He thought that Zhou Hui would be shocked after listening to it, and immediately clear the relationship with Xing Fei.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Hui only showed a little surprised expression at the beginning, except that the corners of her mouth were tightly pressed.

"Don't you believe what I said?!" Yang Xiao could only come to this conclusion.

"To tell you the truth, I really don't believe it." Zhou Hui shook his head, "What you said really exceeded my expectations: Xing Fei has a black background, Ding Man and other players participate in the field. Our show is likely to become theirs. Money laundering tools, but—"

"but?"

"But, you have no evidence." Zhou Hui frowned and looked at Yang Xiao's eyes. "You have no physical evidence, only personal evidence. The injured defender was injured by Ding Man's leg and ruined his basketball career. It is very possible to fabricate these lies for revenge."

Yang Xiao's pupils shrank sharply, but he couldn't find anything to refute.

"Yang Xiao, I know you gave up a lot of thoughts for this show. You haven't had a good rest recently. You run to the hospital and the studio, but..." Zhou Hui said, "I hope you can separate your personal feelings from official business. ."

Yang Xiao: "...what do you mean by this?"

"I know that Meng Yufan is your current boyfriend. His teammate is injured and you are very anxious; I also know that Xing Fei is your ex-boyfriend. Although I don't know how you broke up, you must treat him. There are complaints." Zhou Hui paused, "but that doesn't mean that you can take an unwarranted charge and complain to me."

"..."

"I want to trust you very much, but if you can't show any tangible physical evidence, I'm sorry-I will choose capital instead of you."

...

Hospital inpatient area.

It is noon and lunch break, and the whole inpatient department is filled with a peaceful breath. The smell of disinfectant is floating in the air, colliding with the noon sun, making the little nurse on duty at the nurse station drowsy.

A tall figure stumbled into the medical ward.

"Miss nurse!" The young man put his hands on the table and asked eagerly, "Which ward is Xu Dong now in? Is he awake? I'm his classmate!"

The nurse quickly stood up and looked up at the tall young man: "Classmates, please be quiet. This is the inpatient area. Don't disturb the rest of other patients."

She took out the book and asked him to register, and the young man hurriedly grabbed the pen and wrote down his name. The three characters "Meng Yufan" were written like dragons and phoenixes, which represented his urgent mood.

The nurse took Meng Yufan to Xu Dong's ward-he lived in an eight-bed room, and the environment was not so good. The bed was a hospital bed of the general size. Xu Dong was lying on it with the bed board on the bottom of his feet, looking a little aggrieved.

Meng Yufan just received a text message from the monitor that Xu Dong was awake. Meng Yufan ran upstairs excitedly, thinking that he could see his good brother after waking up, but he didn't expect Xu Dong to close his eyes and still fall asleep.

Xu Dong's father and mother stood by his side, holding his son's hand from left to right, wiping tears and talking.

Meng Yufan looked at the nurse: "...didn't he wake up?"

"I haven't fully recovered yet." The nurse shook his head. "But he has already reacted. During the round this morning, his eyes and fingers reacted to external sounds. Although the reaction was not great, this is a good sign. ct also It shows that the congestion in his brain has gradually disappeared."

Meng Yufan asked again: "Then when will he fully wake up?"

"This is not necessarily true. It may be a day or two, and it may take longer..." the nurse said softly, "His current state is a bit like the so-called "nightmare". The ears can hear outside sounds, but the muscles and nerves There is no response. He needs an opportunity. Family members can gently push him, pat him, and talk with him more, which will help his consciousness wake up."

Xu Dong's mother was holding her son's hand and talking, when she saw Meng Yufan's arrival, she quickly got up and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.

"You are Fanzi?" Mother Xu said, "I always listen to Dongdong talking about you, thank you for being so busy to come to see him.... Hurry up, sit down, you are good friends, you talk to him, Maybe he will wake up."

Xu's mother hurriedly pushed Meng Yufan to Xu Dong's hospital bed and sat down.

Xu Dong's finger was broken, bandaged, the bridge of his nose and eyebrows were also padded with gauze, and the corners of his eyes were full of bruises. With his eyes closed, the beard has grown thick.

Xu Dong has slept for a week, but the congestion in his brain has not dispersed, and he has not woken up yet.

Seeing that his former friend had become like this, Meng Yufan felt sour and hurriedly took his hand.

"Dongzi, Dongzi, you wake up, you have to work early." Meng Yufan deliberately said in a relaxed tone, "the coach said, when we gather at six this morning, we are going to run three kilometers!"

Xu's father and Xu's mother looked at the hospital bed expectantly, but had no response to Xu Dong.

Meng Yufan changed the subject again: "By the way, did you know that the captain of the football team has changed girlfriends again! Last time his two girlfriends fought him downstairs in the boys' dormitory, you called me? Go watch the fun!"

Xu Dong is still asleep.

Meng Yufan was not discouraged, and changed his third topic: "I'm telling you, I'm going to smile with you aunt to get the certificate. After you wake up, you will call me uncle!"

Xu Dong remained silent.

He slept so deeply, Meng Yufan didn't know what his dreams were like, could he really hear what he said?

Meng Yufan tried to change several topics, but none of them awakened Xu Dong.

The expression on Xu's father and Xu's mother's face, also full of expectation from the beginning, gradually turned back to gray and obscure.

"...Thank you, Fanzi." Dad Xu smiled hard, "Dongdong, this kid has always been in bed since he was a child, and he couldn't get out of bed no matter how he went to school. It hasn't changed yet."

Mother Xu covered her son with a quilt with red eyes, and softly coaxed: "It's okay, Dongdong, go to sleep. Mom is watching you. When you wake up, Mom will be here."

Meng Yufan felt terribly miserable, but he dared not show sorrow in front of Xu's parents.

Father Xu changed the subject abruptly: "By the way, little classmate, why did you come so quickly? I just sent a message to your monitor, and within five minutes, you came here."

Meng Yufan: "I have a friend who also plays basketball. He is injured and is waiting for surgery in the orthopedics ward. I just saw him downstairs and came up as soon as I received the news."

Father Xu said, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Cruciate ligament exercise, torn meniscus, splintered ankle fracture."

"God, how can this be so serious?" Mother Xu shook her head when she heard it, "When did you play basketball, when did you become a high-risk profession? Dongdong is like this, and so is your friend."

"...He was stepped maliciously." Meng Yufan explained in a heavy tone.

As a family member of a basketball player, Xu's parents and Xu's mother knew the professional terminology of the basketball hoop. When they heard that the defender had been maliciously stepped on the foot, the old couple couldn't help.

Father Xu yelled: "What about sportsmanship? If you maliciously step on the court, should you deliberately destroy someone for a lifetime? This kind of person should be expelled from the stadium... No, he should be sent to prison!"

Mother Xu asked: "Who, who is so wicked?"

Meng Yufan thought for a while, and felt that there was nothing to conceal about this: "It's Ding Man-that's the'devil guard' with many tattoos on his arms."

"... Ding... Bare..."

"Yes, it's Ding Man,...?????!!!" Meng Yufan was taken aback, and looked down—I saw Xu Dong who was originally lying on the bed with no response, unexpectedly opened his eyes! !

Xu Dong was in a coma for a long time and just woke up, his eyes were blurred.

No one thought that everyone had said so many things before his bed that they could not wake him up. On the contrary, it was Ding Man's footsteps that woke him up!

Xu Dong looked at Meng Yufan's direction and opened his mouth, because he hadn't drank water for a long time and his voice was hoarse in his throat. He whispered and repeated the name: "Ding Man... Ding Man..."

Meng Yufan was unclear, so he could only repeat: "Ding Man? What's wrong with Ding Man? Don't worry, speak slowly..."

Xu Dong was too tired. He had just struggled to wake up from the endless darkness. He almost failed in a few fights. He really has no strength anymore, he can only call Ding Man's name over and over again.

Excitedly, Mother Xu rang the bell on the bedside for the first time, and a large group of doctors and nurses rushed in an instant. The tall and big Meng Yufan was squeezed out of the ward by the nurses because he was too in the way.

Meng Yufan stood at the door of the ward blankly, struggling through the matter from beginning to end.

Why is Xu Dong so excited about Ding Man? Why does he repeat Ding Man's name over and over again?

--and many more!

A terrifying thought rushed into Meng Yufan's mind between the electric light and flint.

——Xu Dong was injured in the field.

——Ding Man is playing wild ball secretly.

Could it be that the injury on Xu Dong's head... is related to Ding Man?