The crowd murmured, unsure what to say.
"Is there anyone else? Please! Is there a doctor here?" iyu begged.
A tall man in glasses stepped forward. He looked calm but serious.
"I’m a doctor," he said. "Let check."
He knelt beside Jinhai and gently touched his shoulder and back.
"Can you move your fingers?" he asked.
Fang Jinhai nodded, but winced again.
The doctor pressed along his back and then carefully touched his arm.
After a few monts, he looked up at iyu and said, "He has a fracture in his right hand. And... there’s so injury in his lower spine. He needs to go to the hospital. Quickly."
Liu iyu’s eyes widened. "His spine?!"
"Yes," the doctor said. "It’s not too bad yet, but if he moves the wrong way, it could get worse."
The audience watching the livestream exploded:
"NOOO, not his spine."
"Fang Jinhai is a hero, and now he’s injured like this..."
"Where is the ambulance?! Soone call help!"
"He risked his life, and now he can’t even stand... my heart hurts!"
"And Yu Holea just disappeared like that?! What the heck!"
The villagers looked at Fang Jinhai with deep sympathy.
One aunty wiped her eyes with her sleeve.
"What a brave boy..." she whispered.
Another shook her head. "He didn’t even think of himself. All for love."
Soone ran to call for an ambulance.
iyu held onto Jinhai’s hand, careful not to touch his broken arm.
"Hang in there," she whispered. "You’ll be okay. I promise. I’ll stay with you... always."
Fang Jinhai smiled faintly, his eyelids heavy. "As long as you’re safe... I’m okay."
Clap. Clap. Clap.
"What a soul-touching drama," she said, with a small smile.
Everyone turned to look at her. So gasped. Others frowned.
Liu iyu’s face turned red with anger. She jumped to her feet and pointed at Yu Holea.
"Why are you here now?!" she yelled. "You were standing in the crowd before, just watching like a coward! And now you dare show up and mock us?! Do you even know how badly Fang Jinhai is hurt?!"
The crowd started to murmur louder.
"She’s so heartless..."
"I thought she was a doctor! Why didn’t she help earlier?"
"What kind of person just watches soone get hurt like that?"
"Sha on Yu Holea!"
The livestream chat was blowing up too:
"Cancel Yu Holea!!"
"She clapped?! Who claps when soone is hurt???"
"Does she think this is a show???"
But Yu Holea didn’t look scared. She calmly walked up to Fang Jinhai, who was still lying on the ground.
She looked at the man with glasses and asked, "You said his right hand is fractured, and he has a spinal cord injury?"
The doctor stood up and glared at her.
"Yes, I did. Why? Are you questioning my skills?"
Yu Holea nodded without blinking. "Yes, I am. From what I can see, Fang Jinhai is completely fine."
The crowd gasped.
"What?!"
"Is she serious right now?!"
Even the doctor looked shocked. "You dare question ?! I have years of experience!"
Yu Holea knelt beside Fang Jinhai and looked at him.
"Jinhai," she said in a quiet but clear voice, "You can stop acting now."
Liu iyu couldn’t take it anymore. "SHUT UP!" she scread. "You don’t understand anything! Do you even know what he’s done for ?! He risked his life! He could have died!"
Tears rolled down her face again.
"You weren’t there! You don’t get to talk like this! You ran away, and now you co back to insult him?! You’re heartless!"
Fang Jinhai gritted his teeth. His eyes narrowed.
He slowly turned his head toward Yu Holea and said in a low voice, "I forgive you... for not helping earlier. Maybe you were scared. I get that."
"But now," he said, his voice rising a little, "you’re accusing and this doctor of faking an injury?"
His hand trembled slightly.
"You think I’d lie about being hurt? After everything I did?"
The villagers stared, eyes wide.
The livestream was full of confused and angry comnts:
"Why would he fake it???"
"Is Yu Holea jealous or sothing?!"
"She better have proof..."
Yu Holea didn’t flinch.
She looked at Fang Jinhai and said,
"Yes. I do think sothing’s wrong here. And I’ll prove it. For starters, we should bring the madman here."
Fang Jinhai gritted his teeth and said,
"The madman ran away, we can’t..."
Just then, Xu Tian arrived with the madman. He was holding the madman with ease.
The live stream comnt instantly beca excited,
"My god! So Yu Holea didn’t vanish; she was trying to find the madman!"
"How kindhearted and brave!"
"But why is she questioning Fan Jinhai like this?"
"Open you eyes and see who is holding the madman! It is Xu Tian!"
"Exactly! Yu Holea didn’t contribute anything!"
Yu Holea crouched down and asked in an amused tone,
"Fang Jinhai, do you want to confess anything?"
Fang Jinhai’s face turned pale like a ghost. His lips moved, but no sound ca out at first.
"I... I don’t know what you’re talking about," he finally said, his voice shaking.
Yu Holea smiled a little, but her eyes were sharp. "Really? You don’t know?"
She turned to Xu Tian. "Tell everyone what the madman said."
Xu Tian nodded.
"The mont he ran away, Yu Holea followed behind and captured him. When we asked him why he did it, he said he was paid to act like he was kidnapping soone."
The crowd gasped loudly.
"Paid?!"
"No way!"
"Who would do sothing so horrible?!"
The livestream exploded:
"WHAT?! It was fake?!"
"Soone planned this?!"
"Wait... was this all a setup?!"
Yu Holea turned to the madman and asked, "Who paid you?"
The madman looked scared now. He pointed at Fang Jinhai.
"H-he did! That guy told to grab the girl and act dangerous. He said it would make him look like a hero if he saved her in front of everyone!"
Boom. That was it.
The villagers shouted in shock.
Liu iyu, who had been silent till now, looked at Yu Holea with venomous gaze and said in a cold tone,
"Its alright that you weren’t helping Fang Jinhai earlier, but now you are throwing mud on him?"
Yu Holea shrugged,
"I am not throwing any mud. I suspected that the madman was hired by soone. The mont he held you down, he kept looking around.
That look wasn’t of panic at all. It was as if he was looking for soone. This madman didn’t even make any requests like asking for money etc.
In fact, when Fang Jinhai offered himself as the hostage, he agreed right away. As if he was waiting for Fang Jinhai’s proposal.
Then, when Fang Jinhai pinned him down, the madman suddenly beca powerful and ran away."
The crowd went silent again, hanging on to Yu Holea’s every word.
She stood up slowly and looked around at everyone.
"Think about it," she said. "Does any of that sound normal to you?"
An old man in the crowd scratched his head. "Now that you ntion it... that madman really didn’t seem scared. Most kidnappers yell or panic when people watch. But he just... stared."
Another person added, "And he gave up too easily when Fang Jinhai told him to let iyu go."
"Then what about the injuries?" Another person asked.
"That were fake too." Yu Holea said lightly. Her gaze fell on the doctor as she said word by word,
"How can soone get a fractured hand and injuries in the spinal cord just because of a push? This doctor is involved in this matter too."
The doctor’s face turned red. He stepped back and shook his head quickly.
"No! I didn’t know it was fake! He ca to this morning and told he might get hurt saving soone. He said it was for a good cause, for love. I thought... I thought he just wanted to be ready!"
Yu Holea crossed her arms. "So you agreed to lie?"
The doctor looked around nervously. The crowd stared at him like he had turned into a criminal.
"I... I didn’t think it would go this far," he said quietly. "I just thought he wanted to impress soone."
"Lying about injuries is a serious thing," Yu Holea said.
"You made everyone worried for no reason. What if a real ergency happened and people didn’t believe it anymore?"
Liu iyu looked shocked. She turned to Fang Jinhai with wide eyes.
"You... you lied to ? About everything?"
Fang Jinhai looked down. He couldn’t et her eyes.
"I didn’t an to hurt anyone," he muttered. "I just... I liked you so much. I wanted to be your hero."
"But you lied," iyu said softly. "You made cry. You made believe you were hurt... and you used my feelings."
"I’m sorry," Jinhai whispered. "I didn’t know it would turn out like this..."
The villagers were clearly upset now.
One aunty crossed her arms. "I called the ambulance! Wasted their ti for nothing!"
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