Chapter 98: Chapter 97 Very Dirty
Zhang Hao pushed heavily on the driver’s shoulder with a slight sense of dissatisfaction.
With a hand over his mouth, the driver chuckled, "Say, everyone talks about how great your charm with women is, yet you don’t seem to like hearing it. I wish I could be like you, but alas, they won’t even glance at me properly. Where could I possibly go to make my case?"
The two returned to the hospital, and Zhang Hao went straight to his office to continue his shift as if nothing had happened.
It wasn’t until it was almost dawn that Zhang Hao began to pack up his things, preparing to finish his shift.
Leaving his office, he happened to pass by Ma Jun’s ward.
As he walked by, he leaned in slightly and saw Ma Jun propped up in bed, holding a phone as if he was about to make a call.
In that moment of hesitation, Ma Jun looked up and saw Zhang Hao.
"Doctor Zhang, I can’t get in touch with that girl anymore, can you think of a way to help me?"
As a patient was seeking his help, Zhang Hao had no reason to refuse.
Approaching Ma Jun, he took his phone, which displayed Ma Ling’s number.
After dialing, the phone showed that it was switched off. Zhang Hao tried calling from his own phone, only to receive the same message.
"Maybe her phone’s run out of battery," Zhang Hao guessed.
Ma Jun had initially thought the same, but fathers have a connection with their daughters, and he couldn’t shake the uneasy feeling that something wasn’t right.
His own daughter might be in danger, yet he was just an ordinary man, clueless about what his daughter might be experiencing out there.
"Doctor Zhang, you mentioned yesterday that my daughter got into a black car. Do you know who else was in the car with her?"
Who were those people?
Zhang Hao shook his head, as this question was beyond him.
He was merely standing outside a convenience store, glancing at the roadside for a moment.
How could he know who was inside the car.
But there should be someone who knows where Ma Ling had gone.
"Leave this matter to me, I’ll help you look for her. Ma Ling won’t be in danger," he said.
Upon leaving the hospital, Zhang Hao didn’t head home right away but first went to the bar where Ma Ling worked.
When Zhang Hao arrived, the bar was in the process of cleaning up.
Wang, the supervisor, was directing the employees, orchestrating the closing tasks of the bar.
"Hurry up, do you or do you not want to finish work on time? Those of you cleaning, put in some effort!"
"This is a high-class bar, not some cheap joint."
"Be meticulous and serious when you work. I don’t want any sloppiness. If I find out, it’ll cost you!"
Watching Supervisor Wang boss around, Zhang Hao slowed his pace and approached, stopping more than a meter away from him.
Zhang Hao stood still and coughed. Wang turned around and immediately recognized him.
"Oh, if it isn’t Ma Ling’s cousin, what brings you here at this hour?"
Zhang Hao couldn’t be bothered with pleasantries and directly asked who Ma Ling had left with yesterday.
At first, Wang was reluctant to say, but realizing Zhang Hao was serious and that Ma Ling might be in danger, he became more forthcoming.
"Last night, a wealthy young man called her out. You know the bar has a strict rule against going out."
"But Ma Ling asked for leave, and once she’s on leave, it’s no longer during her working hours."
"If she wanted to go out with someone, I couldn’t stop her. Has something happened?"
Looking at Supervisor Wang acting oblivious to the matter, Zhang Hao didn’t know what to say.
He didn’t have any evidence that Ma Ling was indeed in trouble; her phone was simply unreachable.
With smartphones consuming a lot of power, after a year or two, the battery life only gets worse.
If the phone had turned off due to a lack of charging, that was also quite common.
"What are those people’s names, what’s their background, and where might they take Ma Ling?"
Several questions were thrown out, and Wang, the supervisor, seemed to be answering something different altogether.
"How would I know where to find that? If they really wanted to do something, they’d definitely go to a hotel," he said.
"But those spoiled young masters value their privacy; they might also go to their own villas."
"Don’t worry, nothing too serious will happen. If a life were lost, they wouldn’t be able to get away with it."
Zhang Hao naturally wasn’t worried that Ma Ling would lose her life because of this.
But the problem couldn’t be considered in that light, under Zhang Hao’s incessant questioning.
Finally, the supervisor reluctantly revealed an address!
Zhang Hao immediately drove there and upon arrival, saw Ma Ling staggering out from the hotel entrance.
"Ma Ling, what—"
Upon hearing someone calling her name, Ma Ling immediately raised her head for a glance.
Seeing Zhang Hao, her heart filled with surprise; she didn’t want to recall anything that had happened last night.
Now, all she wanted was to find a soft bed and have a good, comfortable sleep.
Zhang Hao quickly stepped forward, supporting Ma Ling as she tottered on the brink of collapse.
"It’s all right, I’ll take you back."
Ma Ling breathed a sigh of relief and weakly said, "I don’t want to go home—Doctor Zhang, can I go to your place?"
This request made Zhang Hao hesitate, but seeing Ma Ling’s condition, he could guess what had happened the night before.
"Alright, my parents are at work today, they’re not home. You can have a good rest."
Without asking further about the previous night’s events, Zhang Hao took Ma Ling home. After settling her in, he called Ma Jun.
He told him that he had found Ma Ling and that she was unharmed.
Ma Ling slept for an entire day on Zhang Hao’s bed, not waking once during that time.
By evening, Zhang Hao was worried about how to explain this to his parents when they returned.
Unexpectedly, his parents had to work overtime that night and decided to sleep at the company dormitory.
At seven in the evening, Zhang Hao began to prepare dinner, and that was when Ma Ling woke up.
Having slept so long, her complexion at least looked much better than it did in the morning when she had been completely pale.
"Doctor Zhang, you’re cooking," she said.
Upon hearing Ma Ling’s voice from behind, he quickly turned around: "Yes, I thought you might be up by now, so I started making something to eat."
Watching Zhang Hao washing vegetables, chopping them... Ma Ling somehow started thinking about married life.
Could it also be like this scene before her? But then she laughed at herself sarcastically.
After what happened last night, she felt her life was over.
"The water heater for the bathroom should be ready. You can go take a shower now," he said.
"But since my mother is the only woman in the house, you’ll have to wear her clothes after the shower."
Ma Ling didn’t know how to express her gratitude, bashfully hesitating for a while before squeezing out a "thank you" between clenched teeth!
Upon reaching the bathroom, she found clothes on the washing machine and the water heater displaying a temperature of forty degrees!
Shampoo and shower gel were also placed in the most conspicuous spot, was it so she couldn’t miss them?
Looking at everything before her, Ma Ling felt more and more that Doctor Zhang was even better than she had imagined, probably the kind of person every girl would like!
Too bad, she no longer had any right to compete.
She was dirty, very dirty now.
