Chapter 100: Chapter 102 Identification
"Xiaoshan, you\'ve seen a joke." Xu Manqing said with reddened eyes.
Long Xiaoshan replied, "Why didn\'t you tell me about these things earlier?"
Xu Manqing shook her head with a look of bleak misery, "What\'s the use of telling you? The people Zhou Mu deceived me into meeting at the hotel are influential figures in the county. Although Zhou Mu is scum, he was right about one thing: even if I reported it to the police, it would be useless and would only bring trouble to my parents."
A glint of cold light flashed in Long Xiaoshan\'s eyes.
Seeing Teacher Xu Manqing, who was like a sister and mentor to him, driven to jump from a building by a few scoundrels was unbearable.
It almost left her disabled for life.
If he didn\'t seek justice for Teacher Xu Manqing, he would be failing as a human being.
Long Xiaoshan said calmly, "Teacher, don\'t worry, I won\'t let those scoundrels get away with this."
"Xiaoshan, what are you going to do? Please, don\'t do anything rash." Xu Manqing felt that her once proud student had changed a lot since high school.
The beating Long Xiaoshan had just given Zhou Mu.
The honest and simple country boy of the past could never have done such a thing.
"Teacher, of course I won\'t be rash. Let\'s put that aside for now; I\'ll take a look at your injuries."
Long Xiaoshan began to examine Teacher Xu Manqing\'s body.
Through the Spirit Eye, he noticed that her bones had recovered a lot under the effect of the Bone-Regeneration Powder, but Xu Manqing\'s injuries were very severe, so one application of the medicine was not enough for a full recovery.
"Teacher, I need to change your dressing again."
"Okay."
Xu Manqing\'s complexion looked much healthier than yesterday.
The first time is the hardest, the second gets easier.
Having already changed the dressing once the day before, it was less awkward this time.
Long Xiaoshan undid Teacher Xu\'s clothes and changed her dressing again.
After finishing, Long Xiaoshan said, "Teacher, your bones are healing well. We should change the dressing one more time tomorrow and that should be nearly enough. Then we can start treating the nerve damage."
Xu Manqing\'s face turned slightly red and she said, "Xiaoshan, thank you."
"Teacher Xu, you don\'t have to be polite with me. If it weren\'t for you, I never would have been able to get into Shuimu."
Long Xiaoshan chatted with Xu Manqing for a while.
Then, he stood up, thought for a moment, and took out his cell phone to call Qin You.
The phone rang several times before Qin You picked up on the other end with a voice that was clearly unnatural, "Hello?"
"Sister Qin, it\'s Xiaoshan."
"I know, what is it? If it\'s nothing, I\'m hanging up, I have a meeting to attend." Now, thinking of what Long Xiaoshan had consumed in the morning, Qin You felt extremely uncomfortable and really didn\'t want to take his call.
"It\'s important; here\'s the thing..." Long Xiaoshan briefly described Xu Manqing\'s ordeal.
"Such a thing happened?"
Qin You\'s tone grew noticeably angry.
Being a woman, she naturally felt a deep sense of shared enmity towards such an incident.
Qin You said, "Okay, wait for me. I\'m coming over right now."
After speaking, Qin You hung up the phone.
Long Xiaoshan put away his phone and walked back to the hospital bed to continue chatting with Xu Manqing.
The phone rang again.
Long Xiaoshan picked it up, and an excited voice from Hong Xiaofei came through, "Xiaoshan, it\'s amazing, truly amazing, that talisman you gave me has worked."
"What happened, take it easy and tell me."
"Okay, okay," Hong Xiaofei took a breath and calmed himself before saying, "This morning, when I returned to the company, guess what, all those women came up to talk to me. I don\'t know why, but suddenly I\'ve become so popular. What\'s more amazing is, probably seeing how popular I am now, my girlfriend seems jealous and has come back to me. She\'s been ignoring me for days, not even responding when I talk to her. And today, she suddenly started the conversation and wants to get back together with me.
Then, that kid Lan Tao, the one who\'s the boss\'s nephew I told you about, saw that my girlfriend and I were reconciling and probably got jealous. He tried to get close to my girlfriend, and she ended up scolding him fiercely. She also revealed all the bad things he had said about me behind my back. Now the whole company knows how hypocritical he is, all friendly with me on the surface, but secretly trying to steal my girl, hahaha."
Hong Xiaofei laughed with a sense of vindication.
Long Xiaoshan said, "That\'s good, but you need to be careful as well. This guy likes to backstab people, plus he\'s the boss\'s nephew. I bet he won\'t let it go."
"I\'m not afraid of him at all," said Hong Xiaofei. "Besides, I\'ve got you, the Grandmaster, right?"
"You," Long Xiaoshan laughed, "Alright, I won\'t talk to you now. I\'m at the hospital with Teacher Xu. Call me if there\'s any problem."
"Got it, got it," Hong Xiaofei hurriedly replied. "Then you go ahead and keep Teacher Xu company. I can\'t thank you enough, I\'ll treat you to a meal later."
"Mm."
Long Xiaoshan hung up the phone.
After about ten more minutes,
there came a knock at the door.
Long Xiaoshan opened it, and there stood Qin You, imposing and impressive at the doorway.
"Sister Qin, you\'re here," Long Xiaoshan hurried to welcome Qin You inside.
Qin You nodded expressionlessly, but a hint of panic and shyness flickered in her eyes when she saw Long Xiaoshan.
She walked into the hospital room with her face straight.
Upon seeing a strikingly fierce yet breathtakingly beautiful female officer enter, Xu Manqing\'s face slightly changed.
"Teacher," Long Xiaoshan introduced, "this is Captain Qin You, in charge of criminal investigation."
Xu Manqing realized that it must have been Long Xiaoshan who called Qin You over.
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She grew anxious.
Because she did not want to report to the police.
It wasn\'t that she lacked courage, but that she feared her family might be implicated.
Perhaps sensing the panic within Xu Manqing,
Qin You stepped forward, gave a salute, and bent forward saying, "Hello, Teacher Xu, Xiaoshan is my friend. He\'s already briefed me on the situation over the phone. I understand your concerns, but rest assured, now that I am in this position, I am committed to protecting the safety of the people\'s lives and property. I will not let a single villain go, no matter who they are. To me, everybody is the same—a criminal is a criminal, and I will make sure they are brought to justice."
Long Xiaoshan also stepped forward and said, "Teacher, you can trust Captain Qin, and as for your family, I, Long Xiaoshan, swear to protect them."
Xu Manqing looked at Qin You, then at Long Xiaoshan.
Maybe it was Qin You\'s authority that gave her some courage.
After all, Qin You was not an ordinary cop.
Or maybe it was the determination in Long Xiaoshan\'s eyes.
That made her brave.
After a moment of silence, Xu Manqing said, "Alright, I am willing to identify them."
A trace of a smile appeared in Qin You\'s eyes, she nodded, sat down on a stool, and began to inquire, "Could you please recount the incident, including the identity of those involved?"
Fear surfaced in Xu Manqing\'s eyes, but her hand felt warm, as Long Xiaoshan had taken hold of it.
As if grasping a lifeline, Xu Manqing held tightly onto Long Xiaoshan\'s hand and began to speak.