Hospital 444
Chapter 477 - 5 Lu Mange (3)

Chapter 477: Chapter 5 Lu Mange (3)

"Husband!"

After Li Zhixiao rushed into the taxi, Lu Mange threw herself forward, but it was too late; the taxi drove off just like that.

For Lu Mange, the entire morning could be described as a daze.

Lu Mange could be certain that within Li Zhixiao’s family, at least among his immediate relatives, there was absolutely no history of mental illness. But how had he become like this now?

She took out her phone and quickly called Li Zhixiao.

However, he didn’t answer the call.

Lu Mange then sent him a WeChat message, but he didn’t reply to that either.

Honestly, Lu Mange was completely baffled—how could Li Zhixiao have changed so completely from yesterday after just one night?

Where would Li Zhixiao go?

Lu Mange thought of several of his friends, but even if she went to find them now, she wouldn’t reach them anytime soon.

"What should I do now..."

After a long while, she called Lin Lu, her best friend.

"Hello, Mang Ge?"

Soon, she heard Lin Lu’s voice.

"Why are you calling me?"

Clearly, Lin Lu found it quite astonishing that Lu Mange was calling her. After all, today was her wedding anniversary, a time dedicated to being with her significant other—why would she receive a call now?

"Lin Lu, I, I..."

Lu Mange truly didn’t know how to explain this absurd situation to Lin Lu.

Up to this moment, she still couldn’t figure out whether Li Zhixiao was really having a mental issue or if there was some other hidden matter.

Her father was adamant that Li Zhixiao’s actions meant he was determined to get a divorce and that perhaps there was already another woman. Her father had actually been against this marriage from the start. Although Li Zhixiao was a graduate student, in his view, coming from the countryside, he was simply not good enough for his daughter.

Her mother’s attitude was somewhat better, but she too was pessimistic about the marriage. She insisted that marriage should be between equals, and only by forming a family with someone of similar family background could the marriage be harmonious.

Yet, Lu Mange was very determined, and in this world, there really were no parents who could overcome their children’s will. So, in the end, she had married Li Zhixiao. Also, because of this, her father had always been critical of this son-in-law and had never been willing to accept him emotionally. Especially after that car accident, even though Li Zhixiao had saved her at the critical moment, her father always believed it was Li’s fault for not protecting his daughter well enough.

Lin Lu, realizing something was off in Lu Mange’s voice, anxiously asked, "Mang Ge, Mang Ge, what’s wrong with you? Your voice sounds off?"

Lu Mange, crying, said, "I, let’s meet, Lin Lu..."

It was lucky that today was Saturday, so it was possible to meet up with the usually busy Lin Lu.

The place where the two met was an open-air coffee shop at a sunken plaza nearby.

Lin Lu arrived even earlier than Lu Mange, and though she never went out without makeup, today she came out with a bare face, and it even looked like she didn’t have time to wash her hair. She just pulled her messy hair into a ponytail, with her bangs looking particularly disheveled.

When Lin Lu saw Lu Mange, she shouted directly, "Mang Ge! I’m over here!"

After Lu Mange ran to Lin Lu, she suddenly hugged her and started to cry.

"Hey, hey, hey, Mang Ge, what on earth is going on? Tell me, will you?"

"He, I don’t know if he’s gone crazy... what’s wrong with him?"

Next, she faced Lin Lu and told her everything that had happened that morning, without leaving any detail out.

As Lin Lu listened to Lu Mange’s account, the more she heard, the more incredulous she felt. Her expression kept changing, and several times she interrupted to confirm and ask questions. It took Lin Lu about twenty minutes to barely grasp the bizarre story recounted by Lu Mange.

"Damn it! Mental issues, my ass. That deadbeat, he’s playing you!"

Lin Lu stood up abruptly and slammed the table in front of her, saying, "Mang Ge, your father is right. This jerk must have another woman on the side and is thinking about divorcing you! He’s putting on an act in front of you!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Mange was stunned.

"An act? Why would he put on such an act in front of me? What’s the point?"

She could not understand at all. The day’s charade had nearly gotten him detained by the police; no matter how she looked at it, there seemed to be no benefit to it.

Lin Lu cleared her throat and said, "You, you just don’t see enough of these things online. Let me tell you, these days there are so many tricks up a scumbag’s sleeve. If he wants a divorce, of course, he can’t just say, ’I’ve had an affair, so we need to split up,’ right? If he did, he’d walk away with absolutely nothing. As a ’phoenix man,’ he wouldn’t get a single penny from you. So, he’s planning on faking a split personality disorder to push you to the edge, to make you the one to ask for a divorce! Once that happens, then he can negotiate the property settlement with you, and after getting his share, he can fly off to be with the other woman!"

"No, that’s impossible!"

Lin Lu’s words sounded logically consistent and could explain all of Li Zhixiao’s erratic behavior. At least, there seemed to be no immediate holes in the theory. But Lu Mange just could not accept this reality!

"He wouldn’t do such a thing. We’ve always had a good marriage, he..."

"Don’t be naive, Mang Ge. I was against you marrying this ’phoenix man’ from the start. Don’t you watch the news? Why do you think he married you, was it really for love? Marrying you has saved him how many years of struggle? In this relationship, he’s the one reaping the benefits! I warned you not to be fooled. And what did you say? ’He’s not deceiving me, what do I have that he would want to deceive me for?’ If you keep this up, you’ll end up like Wang Baochuan, foraging for wild herbs!"

"Foraging for wild herbs? What does that mean?" Lu Mange was baffled by Lin Lu’s words, "And who is Wang Baochuan? I only know of Xue Baochai."

"Forget it, just ignore what I said last. Listen to me, you should temporarily move in with me for now. You two should separate for a while, to let that deadbeat relax his guard, to make him think there’s hope for a divorce. Then, find a way to collect evidence of his infidelity."

"I, I can’t..."

"At least agree to separate for now. Can you two really live together in the state you’re in? Do you still remember what he said to you? He said, ’There’s no one around anymore, you can stop pretending!’"

Her mind a whirl, she took out her phone from her pocket, intending to make another call to Li Zhixiao.

But at that moment, a red piece of paper fell out.

On it was a black cross.

It read—

"Evil Spirit Department Head of Hospital 444, Mei Quzhen"

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