Chapter 61

"Hey!" Liu Xiaomin, upon hearing the words, seemed quite agitated, "I'll give you ten minutes. If you don't come out by then, I'm leaving."

"Alright, right away!"

Chen Dasheng hung up the phone, hopped on his bicycle, and pedaled furiously, like a gust of wind, out of the campus and toward Happy Valley.

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In the girls' dormitory.

Han Ruoxue gently opened the door. The two girls in the dorm were still sleeping, and the bed of another girl named Liu Haiyan was empty; she hadn't come back last night.

Seeing the two girls still asleep, Han Ruoxue quietly took her phone and went into the bathroom.

"Mom, I just transferred some money to you. It might take a while to arrive!"

"It's 1.8 million!"

"Don't worry, I won't do anything foolish. A friend helped me!"

"How is Dad doing?"

"Um, I'll find time to come back!"

...

In the bathroom, Han Ruoxue's muffled voice could be heard. After a while, she hung up the phone and opened the bathroom door.

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"You two?"

As soon as the bathroom door opened, two curious faces greeted her, the two girls who had just been sleeping, Deng Qing and Hu Yan.

"Xue'er, did you just say 1.8 million? You didn't go and do something with Chen Dasheng to raise money for your dad's surgery, did you?" Hu Yan's face was full of concern.

Deng Qing also said, "Xiao Xue, is it true? Did Chen Dasheng really do something to you? Did he use your dad's situation to force you?"

Han Ruoxue's face turned red, "Oh, you two are talking nonsense. It's like this..."

Han Ruoxue helplessly pulled the two girls to the bed and explained the whole story.

After a while, the two girls finally came to their senses from Han Ruoxue's strange encounter. Deng Qing, somewhat disbelieving, said, "You mean, your bracelet sold for 1.8 million?"

"Yes, now my dad's surgery is covered, and there should even be some left over. I feel like the heavens are really favoring me!" Han Ruoxue said happily.

"Xiao Xue, I feel like there's something eerie about this whole thing," Hu Yan thought for a moment, feeling that something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Han Ruoxue said, "At first, I was a bit suspicious too, but do you know, he brought in three experts from the 'Treasure Hunt' show on Rongcheng TV, and they all said it was real."

"But we've all seen your bracelet, it looked very ordinary!" Hu Yan still didn't believe it.

Deng Qing said, "Oh, don't overthink it. Our Xiao Xue didn't lose anything, and the experts said it was real. If it's fake, they can find their own experts. What does it have to do with our Xiao Xue?"

Hu Yan thought about it and immediately smiled, "Anyway, Xue'er, we have to congratulate you. When your dad gets better, don't forget to treat us to a big meal."

"Don't worry, I won't forget you!" Han Ruoxue nodded.

Hu Yan thought for a moment and then said, somewhat worried, "Xue'er, did Chen Dasheng really not bully you?"

Deng Qing added, "This guy has been running around for you, he definitely has ulterior motives. Xue'er, you have to be careful."

"Oh, why are you two like this!" Hearing the two girls badmouth Chen Dasheng, Han Ruoxue was a bit unhappy, "Chen Dasheng is a good person, you just haven't interacted with him. Among the people I know, very few are as willing to go to great lengths for a friend as he is."

"Finished, finished!" Hu Yan looked at Han Ruoxue's expression and her face turned serious, "Look at you, you're already defending him. This doesn't sound like you at all, Xue'er, I think you're about to fall for him!"

"What are you talking about!" Han Ruoxue pouted.

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City Second People's Hospital.

In the inpatient department, on the third floor, in a ward.

"Doctor Zhang, how is my son?" Outside the ward, a middle-aged woman with a mole between her eyebrows and wearing a brown leather coat anxiously asked a doctor in a white coat who had just come out of the ward.

The doctor, wearing a mask, revealed a hint of helplessness in his eyes, "Ms. Wang, your son was frightened, but he is now much more stable. His injuries are not serious, but his private parts are quite damaged. He may need several surgeries, and we can't guarantee a full recovery."

The middle-aged woman, upon hearing this, was struck like a bolt of lightning and stood there in shock.

"Doctor Zhang, you must save my son. He's only in his early twenties, he's still young!" After a while, the middle-aged woman came to her senses, grabbed the doctor's hand, and pleaded.

"Ms. Wang, rest assured, we will do our best!" The doctor freed his hand from the middle-aged woman and turned to check on other patients.

The middle-aged woman stood there for a moment, then wiped the tears from her face and pushed open the door to enter the ward.

Inside the ward.

On the bed lay a person, wrapped in bandages, with only his eyes visible. The medicine in the IV bottle dripped drop by drop, and the person on the bed occasionally let out a weak groan.

A girl sitting beside the bed stood up when she saw the middle-aged woman enter, "Auntie, how is it?"

If Chen Dasheng were here, he would recognize this girl as his ex-girlfriend, Li Lan. The middle-aged woman was named Wang Fang, the mother of Shu Yunlong, who was lying on the bed, beaten half to death by Guo Hui and scared half to death by Chen Dasheng.

Wang Fang clearly did not give Li Lan a good look, ignored her, and went directly to the bedside, leaning over to look at Shu Yunlong, "Yunlong, are you feeling better?"

"It hurts!" Shu Yunlong weakly replied, "Mom, am I going to die?"

Wang Fang, heartbroken, said, "Don't talk nonsense. Doctor Wang said you will get better soon."

At this moment, the door to the ward opened, and two people walked in. One was a middle-aged man in a black suit, and the other was a tall, robust man in a uniform, who at first glance looked like someone from the military, but upon closer inspection, it was a uniform of the Urban Management Bureau.

"Brother! You're here!" Wang Fang immediately called out when she saw the robust man in uniform.

This man was Wang Fang's older brother, Shu Yunlong's uncle, named Wang Wei, the captain of the Qingniu District Urban Management Bureau. He had been on a business trip for a few days and only returned today. As soon as he heard that his nephew was in trouble, he rushed over.

The other man in the suit was Shu Yunlong's father, named Shu Fang, a senior anti-corrosion engineer at a car electroplating factory in Qingjiang Industrial Park. He had just gone to pick up Wang Wei.

"Is Yunlong better?" As soon as he entered, Wang Wei went to the bedside, his voice deep and resonant. Seeing Shu Yunlong's condition, his face turned dark.

Wang Fang bit her lip, tears streaming down her face, and grabbed Wang Wei's arm, trying to kneel, "Brother, you must do something for Yunlong!"

"Get up, what exactly happened? Why was Yunlong beaten like this?" Wang Wei quickly pulled Wang Fang up.

Wang Fang sobbed for a while and then said to Shu Yunlong, "Yunlong, tell your uncle what happened, let him do something for you."

"Uncle!"

Seeing Wang Wei, Shu Yunlong's voice became pitiful, and he quickly told the story, embellishing it a bit and twisting the facts where necessary. Li Lan stood by and didn't say anything.

"Rubbish!" After hearing Shu Yunlong's story, Wang Wei angrily shouted and turned to Shu Fang, "Who is this Chen Dasheng? How dare he beat my nephew? Didn't you go to the school to demand an explanation?"

Faced with Wang Wei's authority, Shu Fang's face twitched, and he quickly said, "Brother, after the incident, we went to the school, but we didn't even see Chen Dasheng. The principal told us that Chen Dasheng has a powerful background and advised us not to cause trouble."

"Rubbish, what kind of background? Didn't you report it to the police?" Wang Wei pointed at Shu Fang and scolded him, thinking that the principal was just trying to protect the school's reputation.

Wang Fang said, "We reported it, but they refused to accept the case, saying it was a minor dispute and we should resolve it privately."

"Rubbish!" Wang Wei's temper was clearly fiery, "Did you investigate Chen Dasheng's background?"

At this moment, Li Lan weakly said, "Chen Dasheng is just a poor student from the countryside, with no background."

"Who are you?" Wang Wei seemed to notice Li Lan's presence only now.

"I, I am Yunlong's girlfriend," Li Lan said.

Wang Wei frowned, "How do you know about Chen Dasheng?"

Faced with Wang Wei's authority, Li Lan hesitated and stammered, "I was Chen Dasheng's classmate in middle school. I know some things about his family. He is indeed just a poor student from the countryside, with no background."

Wang Wei scrutinized Li Lan, "Does he have any powerful friends or family?"

"He's just a bumpkin, he can't even afford a designer bag. How could he have any powerful friends?" Li Lan shook her head, still showing disdain for Chen Dasheng. After a moment, she added, "He's not only poor, but also an orphan. He has only one sister who runs a shop in Wenshu Temple, doing some fraudulent activities."

"Hmm?" Wang Wei's brows furrowed, "Is what you're saying true?"

"Absolutely true!" Li Lan quickly said.

"Brother, you must do something for us. This scoundrel beat Yunlong so badly. If I catch him, I'll beat him to death!" Wang Fang again grabbed Wang Wei's arm and cried loudly.

Wang Wei's anger flared, and he turned to Li Lan, "You, come with me!"

"Brother, what are you doing?" Shu Fang was puzzled when he saw Wang Wei taking Li Lan away.

"I'm going back to the Urban Management Bureau to bring some people. We'll go to Wenshu Temple. How dare they practice feudal superstition under my nose! I'll tear it down!" Wang Wei coldly said, pointing at Li Lan, "You will guide us there."