Chapter 226: Mister Zhou Goes to Save Someone
But he didn't understand.
If all of this was true.
Why would that Doctor Lucas help the supervisor?
That colleague looked at him with an exasperated expression and continued to explain: He definitely got paid, or received some other benefit.
This was probably a case of "those closely involved cannot see clearly, while outsiders can see everything."
At this point, Mr. Zhou completely understood.
What followed was settling accounts with Lucas.
But Lucas would definitely not admit it.
Mr. Zhou also had no way to deal with Lucas and could only continue pestering him.
However, that colleague of his had a good friend. Who worked at a special agency in America.
The colleague asked that good friend to help investigate Lucas's bank transaction records.
They finally found evidence.
They found the record of that supervisor transferring one million US dollars into Lucas's bank account.
At this point, Mr. Zhou became even more convinced.
He confronted Lucas face-to-face with the evidence.
But after Lucas looked at it, he only said that he and that supervisor were good friends, and the money was borrowed from him.
Then, Mr. Zhou prepared to continue harassing Lucas.
But Lucas went to Hua Country for an exchange program.
Mr. Zhou spent a lot of money to learn about Lucas's whereabouts from Lucas's hospital colleagues.
That's why he chased him here.
And then today's events happened.
In the consultation room.
"After you cured my wife's mental illness, why did she fall in love with that damn bastard? It was your doing, wasn't it?!"
"It's because that bastard gave you one million US dollars! That's why you did it!"
At this moment, Mr. Zhou was pounding the table in front of him loudly.
His expression was terrifying, as if he wanted to eat someone alive.
Lucas, however, remained exceptionally calm: "Mr. Zhou, as I've said, you've misunderstood. The bastard you're referring to is my friend, and that one million was money he lent me."
Mr. Zhou suddenly grabbed Lucas by the collar with both hands, his teeth grinding together, making a grating sound.
His eyes were almost pressed against Lucas's eyes.
"You bastard, you originally said you didn't know that bastard at all! After I found evidence of the one million, you said he's your friend and the money was lent to you! Your words don't match up, do you think I'm an idiot?!"
Lucas, whose collar was tightly gripped, smiled slightly:
"I could treat you as an idiot, but you're not one, are you!"
"Didn't you still manage to investigate everything quite impressively?"
Hearing this, Mr. Zhou suddenly released Lucas.
"You admit it?"
"You finally admit it?"
Lucas still maintained his smile: "What if I admit it? What if I don't?"
Mr. Zhou said angrily: "If you don't admit it, I'll force you to admit it! If you admit it, I'll make you take responsibility!!!"
Lucas said: "What kind of responsibility?"
Mr. Zhou: "Change my wife back! Make her return to normal!!!!"
Lucas said: "Your wife is now deeply involved with that guy, probably even pregnant with his child by now, and you still want her back?!"
Mr. Zhou said each word with immense weight:
"That is my wife! My wife!!!!"
Lucas said: "Alright then, go bring your wife here, and I'll restore her to normal and return her to you."
Mr. Zhou didn't expect that after harassing this guy for so long in America, he never budged.
Why did he suddenly give in as soon as they came to Hua Country?!
Mr. Zhou didn't care about these details;
the important thing was that the other party had relented.
But a new problem immediately arose.
"Do you know where my wife is now?"
"How could I possibly know? If even you can't find her, how could I?"
"That's it then. You find your wife and bring her here, and I'll help restore her to normal."
Lucas continued to tap his fingers rhythmically on the desk.
Mr. Zhou said: "Fine."
"Remember what you said today. If I find my wife and bring her here, and you don't restore her to normal, you'd better watch out. I know you're mixed-race and speak good Chinese. We have a saying in Hua Country: 'If you make things impossible for me, I'll make things impossible for you.' You should understand what that means."
After speaking.
Mr. Zhou stormed out angrily.
After Mr. Zhou left, Bai Xiaoliang walked in.
He asked what was going on between this Mr. Zhou and Lucas, and if he needed any help.
Lucas gave the same answer as before.
It's nothing, just some misunderstandings, and now the misunderstandings have been resolved.
...
Mr. Zhou left Red Leaf Psychiatric Hospital.
He booked the fastest ticket back to America on his phone.
Which was the day after tomorrow.
His only goal now was to find his wife and restore her to normal.
As for everything else, he didn't want to think about it at all.
Although he didn't want to think about it, the human brain is fundamentally uncontrollable.
His mind kept wondering: if his wife returned to normal and discovered what she had been through during this time.
Would she have a breakdown?
Also, after his wife returned to normal, would he still love her as before?
Troubled by these constant worries in his mind, and having been away from his homeland Hua Country for too long.
Mr. Zhou simply wandered aimlessly on the street, walking around to relax.
Before he knew it, he had walked to the middle of a large bridge.
Suddenly, a loud crashing sound came from behind him.
Turning around, he saw that two cars had collided.
Fortunately, they didn't catch fire.
But whether there were casualties or not was uncertain.
Because from his angle, everything over there was chaotic.
Mr. Zhou frowned and quickly walked forward.
Soon, he reached the end of the bridge.
At this moment, he inadvertently glanced to the right, at the very wide river below the bridge.
It was just a casual glance, but who would have thought that this glance would fix his gaze there.
He saw, where his gaze fixed, a person—unclear if male or female, but definitely a person—struggling in the river water, probably drowning.
Mr. Zhou's pupils, which had initially contracted sharply, gradually returned to normal.
Then, without another word, he ran down the bridge toward the riverbank.
When he reached the riverbank, he looked at the person in the river who kept shouting for help, repeatedly raising their hands and head above the water surface, struggling.
While watching, he took off his own clothes.
Quickly, he stripped down to only his underwear, placing his phone, watch, and other belongings on the bank.
Just as he was about to enter the water to rescue the person.
Suddenly, a large hand rested on his shoulder.
Turning around, he saw a man in his sixties, looking out of breath.
"Uncle, what do you want?"
Mr. Zhou said with confusion: "Never mind, whatever it is can wait until later. I need to go save someone first. If I don't rescue them soon, that person will probably sink."
Mr. Zhou knew how to rescue drowning people in rivers.
For this kind of drowning person, you need to let them struggle for a while first, let them exhaust their strength in the water, and then go rescue them. Otherwise, if you try to rescue them immediately after they start drowning.
There's a high chance they might drag you down with them.
Especially if your swimming skills are average.
And from the time he spotted the drowning person from the bridge until now, it was about the right time.
So he needed to quickly enter the water to rescue them.
But then, the old man's words completely baffled him.