The parents standing opposite, seeing the group of strong young men behind Shen Xi's mother, couldn't help but think to themselves, "Wow, this family has a lot of people."

"Hello, hello," said Father Number 9 with a smile after hearing his son's words. He realized the hitting incident had nothing to do with his son.

"Regarding my two sons' medical expenses, this is the doctor's certificate from the hospital. My sons were seriously injured and they need to stay in bed for a month to recover. That means my two sons won't be able to attend school for a month. Everyone knows how good my two sons are in school, but they assume your child beat them up. If they can't attend school for a month, what will happen if they fall behind in their studies? So you have to compensate them for this."

"We'll pay, we'll pay!" We wouldn't dare not pay. Even if there weren't police officers around, there are still plenty of people behind Shen Xi's mother. Didn't you see? They're all big, strong, and burly. If you're not willing to pay, you'll be the one getting beaten up.

"That's fine. This is a receipt from the military hospital's billing department, stamped with their seal. It covers all the expenses from admission registration and examinations to the doctor's prescription and the completion of their treatment. Will you reimburse us for those costs?"

"We'll pay, we'll pay!" Some people thought, "They can get evidence from the hospital, and they can even provide the necessary medical expenses for hospitalization. This family must be very capable."

"Okay, and another thing is, your children beat my son seriously. Shouldn't I buy something for the two children to help them recover? They are at a crucial stage of growth. I can't expect them to eat a chicken every day, but I should at least buy them a chicken every few days to help them recover."

"Alright, I won't calculate how many chickens to buy every few days. I'll just say two chickens a week, that'll be at least eight hens a month. Add to that one egg per person per day, that's sixty eggs a month, no problem, right?"

Some people who are good at math understand that if it's one chicken every three days, that's ten chickens a month, while the other party needs the money for eight chickens. Plus, with so many people involved in the beating, it's safe to assume that each family won't be able to contribute much at all. So they say, "No problem, we'll do it your way."

"Okay, that's not bad either, a total of one hundred yuan."

"Why don't you just rob a bank? There's plenty of money in the bank!" The mother of student number 1 exclaimed angrily after hearing this. "Even if it's averaged out by each family, it's still eight or nine yuan. With that eight or nine yuan, we could cover our expenses for two months!"

Hearing this, Zhou Tao became even angrier and said, "Do I care about your ten or eight yuan? Since you say so, fine, I don't want your compensation either. Officer, since they've said so, I'll just say it straight: I don't want their compensation. As for their son, let him do whatever he wants. To be honest, my family really doesn't need a hundred or two yuan."

As for the other families, you can give if you want, or I won't take it if you don't want to. Everything will be done according to the law.

"Let's go. My two sons are still on stretchers. The doctor said they need IV drips. Let's hurry back."

And so, Zhou Tao led her group away quickly. She didn't care what happened next; there were police officers to deal with. Besides, she had just seen Commander Ji arresting people, which meant that the higher-ups knew about this. There were definitely other issues involved, so she decided to leave with her people as soon as possible to avoid ruining things for the higher-ups.

Before the parents of these children could even react to what Chen Xi's mother said, she had already left with her entourage. Thinking about why she only wanted their sons to go to the police station without asking for compensation, they all began to criticize the mother of student number 1.

Comrade Wang hadn't expected Zhou Tao to act this way. Since the other party didn't want compensation, he could only follow the rules and regulations. Looking at the group of people arguing in front of him, he loudly reprimanded them:

"Shut up, all of you. Every single one of you is coming back to the station with me. If anyone doesn't comply, then I'm sorry." As he spoke, he took out the handcuffs from his waistband and patted them lightly a few times.

Liu Linjuan looked at everyone around her and quickly instructed them to find Zhang and Xiao Dong and say:

"You two hurry up and see if they have anything else to sell. Remember, order by the number of people, no matter what it is, pack two portions for each person, and make sure they're generous, and it has to include meat, understand?"

"Okay, teacher, we'll go right away."

“Come back. Do you two have any money? Just buy what you need. It’s better to have some left over than not enough, understand?” As she spoke, Liu Linjuan took out 10 yuan from her pocket.

"Okay, we understand, teacher."

Liu Linjuan's series of actions did not escape the notice of Section Chief Jin, but he did not stop her. He did not care, but he could not do that to the people under his command.

And so, Ji Tuan, hiding in the crowd, arrested a few people besides the man from before, and informed them of the information they had just received: the parents of these children were basically fine, but the father of student number 1 was in a more serious situation.

Shen Dong and Shen Nan only found out after their mother brought people to the school. It was their turn to be on duty today. They were thinking that since the school wasn't far from home, they should let the two younger ones go home to keep their little sister company first. But when they saw how badly their two younger brothers were injured, they both cried. Even if they were smart, they were still just kids around ten years old!

In the afternoon, I checked the time on my phone and it was past four o'clock. I was thinking, "My older brothers and sisters, come back quickly! Come out now!" But for some reason, I waited and waited and waited and no one came. I thought, "This can't be right. School should have been over by now. Why aren't they back yet? Could something have happened? Why didn't they send someone back to let me know? I can't go out. What should I do?" It wasn't until eight o'clock in the evening that my mother brought my older brother and sister, whose eyes were red from crying, and I found out what had happened.

I was still terrified after hearing that. My mother, sitting next to me, said, "Since it has happened, you have to learn to face it. Think about what you should do if you encounter something like this again. Go back to your room and think about it."

This wasn't just what the mother said; Zhou Tao also said the same thing to her two sons lying in the hospital bed.

Instead of immediately returning to his unit, Commander Ji dispatched the entire platoon of soldiers he had brought to re-examine the parents of the children who had assaulted the other children. He then went to the police station to investigate the aftermath.

The next day, being Sunday, Mom had my eldest brother take me and my older sister Nan to the martial arts training ground, while she stayed home to kill a chicken and make soup for my third and fourth brothers. After we returned and ate, we went to the hospital to visit my third and fourth brothers.