"Can't get in touch with Li Ru?"
I asked in surprise.
Uncle Yu nodded. That was what all the nurses and doctors at the hospital said.
Ever since we parted at the airport, I hadn't contacted Li Ru either, nor had I seen her post anything on WeChat Moments.
I didn't know whether she really couldn't be reached.
But I didn't want to contact her either.
So I said to Tian Yong:
"Tian Yong, send Li Ru a message and try!"
"Martial Uncle, I don't have Sister Li Ru's WeChat."
"You don't? Didn't all the nurses at the hospital make you add them?"
"Well, I did add quite a few, but the hospital had been saying Sister Li Ru was your woman, so I didn't dare add her casually!"
Tian Yong even looked completely sincere.
I was both annoyed and amused. I picked up my phone and sent Li Ru a WeChat message.
"You there?"
Less than three minutes after I sent it, my phone rang.
I picked it up and saw Li Ru's reply—five words: Got people, no money.
I nearly laughed when I saw it.
So she was afraid I wanted to borrow money?
"Martial Uncle, did Sister Li Ru reply?"
"Yeah! See? She can be reached. Who said she couldn't?"
I showed my phone to Tian Yong and Uncle Yu.
After reading it, both of them found it funny. They had believed the rumors too.
I had meant to reply, "Nothing."
But Li Ru directly started a video call.
"Martial Uncle, Sister Li Ru is video calling you. Are you answering?"
I didn't avoid it and answered right away.
In the video, Li Ru was wearing a nurse's cap and sitting in the break room.
With a gloomy face, she said:
"How much do you need? I