Unbelievable Strange Event

Peeking through the peephole, Jiang Yue saw it was Aunt Wang from apartment 802, looking anxious and helpless. She must have encountered a grave problem.

The two families had always been close, so Jiang Yue quickly opened the door.

"Little Jiang, quickly! Go help Auntie. Sister He is sick, and it's just me, an old woman, at home. I'm completely in the dark."

Sister He was Aunt Wang's daughter-in-law, around twenty-six or twenty-seven. She often chatted with Jiang Yue's sister, Jiang Ying, and they were practically best friends.

Sister He's husband, Aunt Wang's son, was on long-term assignment for work. This meant the couple hadn't had time to have children after several years of marriage. They basically relied on each other, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Although their relationship wasn't exactly like mother and daughter, they got along harmoniously.

"San Gou, watch the house."

Without giving San Gou a chance to refuse, Jiang Yue closed the security door.

On the living room sofa in Aunt Wang's home, a person was lying diagonally. From the clothes, Jiang Yue could tell it was likely Sister He.

As he got closer, Jiang Yue was a bit bewildered.

"Auntie, who is this?"

Aunt Wang wiped away tears. "This is your Sister He. She was fine when she came back at noon."

"After lunch, she sat on the sofa for a while, and then she became like this. Little Jiang, what strange illness has your Sister He contracted?"

Jiang Yue was speechless, unable to say a word for a moment.

The woman before him looked to be in her early fifties, with sagging skin, a face full of wrinkles, and age spots like an orange peel.

Her age could almost rival Aunt Wang's. She bore no resemblance to the young and beautiful Sister He.

His first thought was: Is Sister He playing a prank? Wearing such makeup, or perhaps she'd switched places with someone, deliberately tricking Aunt Wang?

Upon closer inspection, however, something felt off.

Firstly, the blemishes on her skin were extremely realistic, with no trace of the stiffness of makeup. This ruled out a prank involving makeup.

Furthermore, the distinctive beauty mark by Sister He's mouth from when she was young was still there.

Sister He's clothes, Sister He's jewelry, including the proportions of Sister He's facial features, and various details of her contours, all told Jiang Yue that this was indeed the same sexy and beautiful Sister He from before!

If he had to draw a conclusion, this was Sister He twenty years later, in her twilight years!

The feeling was absurd.

It was as if Father Time had played a huge joke on Sister He, injecting twenty years of aging into her all at once.

He felt Sister He's pulse. Her pulse, heartbeat, and breathing were weak, almost imperceptible. It seemed she had suffered a great shock, and under extreme emotional distress, had fallen into a severe coma.

Jiang Yue pinched Sister He's philtrum. Without regard for propriety, he began performing CPR.

"Auntie, did you call for an ambulance?"

"Yes, yes. I also called the police." Aunt Wang cried, heartbroken. "You know, this child always cared about her looks. To suddenly become like this, how will she live her life? She can't face anyone like this."

Jiang Yue didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only bury his head and continue with CPR.

How could he advise someone to be calm without experiencing their suffering?

Anyone would find this hard to stay calm about.

For some reason, Jiang Yue inexplicably thought of San Gou's strange pants, the taxi driver, and even his mother aging in his dream.

Could it be that this world could no longer return to normal?

"Huuu..."

Sister He suddenly exhaled, slowly waking up.

Seeing a handsome face anxiously flickering before her, she thought she was having a beautiful dream.

Then, she felt Jiang Yue's hands pressing and squeezing on her chest. Just as she was about to scream, she suddenly remembered something.

"Mirror, I need a mirror, give me a mirror!"

Jiang Yue quickly held down her flailing hands. "Sister He, please calm down first."

Asking a woman who had instantly lost her youthful beauty to calm down was no easier than asking the sun to rise from the west.

Beep-beep-beep...

Just then, an ambulance entered the complex and drove to the base of their building.

Soon, the angels in white pushed a stretcher onto the elevator and found Aunt Wang's apartment.

Sister He clutched her face tightly with both hands, repeatedly banging her head against the sofa, unable to be stopped.

She felt like dying on the spot, sobbing uncontrollably, "I don't want to go to the hospital, let me die, I'd rather die. Wuwuwu..."

Awkwardly, one of the angels in white added, "Who is the patient's family?"

"I am," Aunt Wang stepped forward.

"What is your relation to the patient? Sister or sister-in-law? Preferably spouse, or immediate family."

"Are you the patient's son?"

This question was directed at Jiang Yue. Although the patient looked a bit older, having a son in one's thirties wasn't uncommon nowadays.

Her mother-in-law had become her sister or younger sister, and the little boy next door had become her son.

Those words hit hard. Sister He desperately tried to climb off the stretcher, wailing, "Waa... woo woo woo, I really don't want to live anymore."

Aunt Wang was at a loss, not knowing how to explain for a moment.

After much persuasion, the stretcher was finally brought downstairs.

Sister He kept covering her face, clearly feeling life was meaningless.

Just as they exited the building and were about to get into the ambulance, two police officers approached.

"Did you call the police?"

Aunt Wang had no choice but to brace herself and explain the situation. In her panic, she had called the police.

Speaking of which, involving the authorities in something like this made the usually cautious Aunt Wang feel quite guilty.

The angels in white standing nearby overheard the conversation and couldn't help but forcefully pull Sister He's hands away to examine her face.

"What a coincidence?" one nurse exclaimed.

"Heavens, our hospital staff had a similar case just today!"

Another case?

Jiang Yue's heart stirred upon hearing this. He glanced at the ambulance parked by the roadside; it was from Star City Second Hospital.

"Auntie, did Sister He go to Star City Second Hospital today?" Jiang Yue suddenly asked.

While the angels in white were forcefully prying Sister He's hands apart, Jiang Yue casually glanced at Sister He's palm.

Aunt Wang was stunned for a moment, then said, "She was at the Second Hospital all morning, visiting a hospitalized friend. She only returned shortly before lunch. Little Jiang, how did you know? This... this isn't contagious, is it?"

Those three words were extremely sensitive.

Everyone present heard them, and their expressions changed unnaturally.

However, the emergency doctor shook his head, "Impossible! There's no such contagious disease in the world right now. If it were contagious, based on their speed of onset, your family would have been infected long ago."

A tall police officer walked towards Jiang Yue. "Young man, why did you ask if she went to Star City Second Hospital?"

As expected of a police officer, his investigative instincts were sharp.

Jiang Yue's question had revealed a tiny clue, and before anyone else could react, he had grasped it.

"I heard the doctors say they had a similar case at their Second Hospital, and I also thought about it being contagious. So I asked if Sister He had been to Star City Second Hospital."

This was, of course, not the truth. With so many people present, Jiang Yue couldn't reveal his suspicions as clues.

The police officer gave Jiang Yue a meaningful look and smiled, but didn't press further.

He turned to Aunt Wang and said, "Auntie, this situation needs to be investigated at the hospital to determine the cause. We, the police, will thoroughly investigate all leads. Don't worry, if it's an illness, we'll treat it slowly."

As police, their words were naturally steady and reassuring.

The ambulance took Sister He away with its siren wailing. Jiang Yue, considering Aunt Wang's age and potential difficulty in caring for her, wanted to go along, but was stopped by the police officer.

"Young man, you stay. I have a few things to ask you."

Jiang Yue looked at the growing crowd around them and nodded. "Perhaps we could talk somewhere else?"

"Alright!"

They went to a different place, which turned out to be the police station.

Jiang Yue had nothing to hide, so he didn't feel uncomfortable. The police and citizens were like family; since he hadn't committed any crime, there was no need for worry.

The police officer was polite, inviting him to sit in his office, closing the door, and even offering him a bottle of red tea.

He introduced himself as Officer Han, a captain.

"Little Jiang, you recognize this taxi's license plate, don't you?" Officer Han pushed a photo across the table.

Jiang Yue took it and glanced at it. It was the taxi he had taken home at noon. Jiang Yue had a photographic memory and naturally remembered it.

"Officer Han, what do you want to say?"

"This driver reported an hour ago that he was attacked by a passenger. We checked the surveillance footage based on the time and location he provided, and through database comparison, the passenger he mentioned was you."

If holding hands counted as an attack, then the definition of attack was frankly ridiculous.

"Officer Han, I did take this taxi. The accusation of an attack is completely false."

Officer Han smiled, neither confirming nor denying.

In fact, they would also check the background of the person who reported the incident.

And when they did, it turned out the reporter had quite a criminal record.

Fighting, theft, gambling, soliciting prostitutes, staging accidents...

All sorts of shady dealings could fill an encyclopedia of bad people.

Then there was this young man, Jiang Yue, polite and well-mannered, clearly from a respectable family.

In comparison, if the other party had attacked Jiang Yue, Officer Han would have believed it; but if Jiang Yue had attacked the other party, Officer Han found it hard to believe.

"Tell me what happened then, I'll record it," Officer Han said kindly.

There was no need to play any games; Jiang Yue recounted the situation at the time truthfully, word for word. He didn't alter a single syllable of the conversation in the car.

When he heard about the incident at Star City Second Hospital where someone jumped from a building, Officer Han's pen clearly paused as he was taking notes.

This detail, observed by someone with exceptional insight like Jiang Yue, undoubtedly served as corroborating evidence.

Could it be that something really happened at Star City Second Hospital back then? And what kind of major event could have led to traffic control along the entire road?

Officer Han tapped his pen on the desk. "Why did you say, 'You've gotten yourself into big trouble'? This statement isn't exactly favorable to you. What was your reason for saying that?"