Chapter 245: Clay Buddha Crossing the River
Xia Mi naturally didn't know that Liu Xian would think about her father-in-law.
"So that's how it is." Liu Xian was moved.
He thought again of what Zhou Youzhang had just said, that he didn't know whether his son would still be alive after he came out of prison.
As a father, these words touched his heart deeply.
Zhou Youzhang packed his things. His luggage consisted of only a small bag, and he still had the straw hat on his head.
He was worried about keeping people waiting for too long, so he almost ran over. There were beads of sweat on his forehead. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat off and spoke in a hurried voice.
"Captain Liu, I've packed everything. I've explained everything to the foreman. We can leave now."
Zhou Youzhang just wanted all this to be over quickly so that he could come out and see his son again.
He heard that if he actively cooperated with the work, he could get a reduced sentence.
Liu Xian had no intention of staying any longer, so he got up and walked out.
Passing by the construction site, the previous banging sounds disappeared, and most people stopped moving, silently watching them leave.
Soon, the foreman caught up.
"Captain Liu, please stay."
The foreman stood firm, panting and took out a wad of money from his pocket. "Youzhang, this is a small gift from the workers. Take it back and use it to treat your child's illness."
Zhou Youzhang looked at the money with an unclear emotion in his eyes.
The foreman thought he had misunderstood and hurried to explain.
"I haven't told anyone about your situation, so feel free to take this money."
Zhou Youzhang refused.
"Then I can't accept this money. If they knew that their money was given to a bad guy, I would feel guilty for the rest of my life."
Seeing that the man refused to accept it, the foreman returned to his previous fierce attitude and said, "Take it, why are you so hesitant?"
In the end, Zhou Youzhang accepted the money and cried all the way.
Things went more smoothly than expected. We set off at 7:00 a.m. and arrived at 1:30 p.m.
"There's a noodle shop up ahead. Let's go grab a bite at noon. You guys go ahead and order while I go make a phone call at the post office next door."
Shen Zhihui agreed and took Zhou Youzhang into the noodle shop.
The three of them sat down, but no matter how the waiter and Shen Zhihui persuaded him, he refused to eat.
Xia Mi and Shen Zhihui had no choice but to try to persuade them for a long time. It was useless. The two of them didn't make things difficult for themselves and just ate their own food.
Liu Xian came in and saw the two of them eating noodles. His bowl was left alone, and Zhou Youzhang lowered his head and said nothing.
Needless to say, he knew why.
"I've already sent people to capture Cheng Quan and his aunt. I think they'll be back soon. What are your plans for later? You two can't just follow me back."
"It doesn't matter whether I go or not, as long as Captain Liu, don't forget to inform Cheng Quan of his fate."
Liu Xian smiled bitterly, "Definitely."
"Which hospital is your son in?" Xia Mi asked Zhou Youzhang.
Zhou Youzhang was stunned for a moment, "In the Qingcheng Affiliated Hospital."
It is indeed the best hospital in Qingcheng at present.
"What's wrong with him?"
"I haven't found out what's wrong yet. I've had a fever for half a month straight and it hasn't gotten better. I've been away for over half a month and haven't been able to contact my family. I don't know how they're doing now."
Xia Mi lowered her eyes. She had a fever for more than half a month and had a bad guess in her mind. She hoped it was not what she thought.
"If you trust me, I'll help you deliver the money this afternoon."
Chen Zhihui and Liu Xian said nothing, just ate noodles and looked at Xia Mi quietly.
Zhou Youzhang looked up in surprise, feeling uncertain, "Really, comrade?"
"Yes, really." Xia Mi explained, "I don't have anything to do this afternoon, so I can stop by to see you. Your wife and children must be worried about you because you haven't seen you for more than half a month."
This time she wanted to help Zhou Youzhang from the bottom of her heart, not to do him a favor.
After Zhou Youzhang got a positive answer, he quickly gave all the money he had to Xia Mi.
When talking about his family, Zhou Youzhang started to talk more frequently, and he had a lot of things to tell Xia Mi.
The four of them stayed in the noodle shop for half an hour. Finally, Liu Xian saw that the time was almost up, so he interrupted Zhou Youzhang's instructions and took his men back to the Public Security Bureau.
Shen Zhihui and Xia Mi did not follow.
On the way back, Shen Zhihui sighed.
"I don't know if we can run into Cheng Quan being arrested if we go back now. It would be great if we could see it with our own eyes."
Reality rarely makes people's wishes come true, such as Shen Zhihui's wish.
When they went back, they deliberately slowed down their pace on the road to Cheng Quan's store. They saw that the clerk in Cheng Quan's store was sitting there as if he had lost his soul.
Xia Mi and Shen Zhihui just entered the store.
Xiao Wang and the two brothers Li Meng and Li Yuan came over and couldn't wait to share the whole process of Cheng Quan's arrest.
"Master, was it true that he stole the goods from our store?"
"Yeah, I just heard the police came to arrest someone, saying he was suspected of theft. Wasn't we the one who was robbed in the most recent theft case?"
The three of them were like curious babies, chasing Shen Zhihui and asking questions non-stop.
Xia Mi and Shen Zhihui had promised Liu Xian that their visit to Zhou Youzhang today would never be spread outside.
So at this moment, Shen Zhihui and Xia Mi could only pretend to be confused and asked the three people about the details of what happened.
Xia Mi didn’t know whether Shen Zhihui was really pretending or just wanted to find out the process of Cheng Quan’s capture.
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In the afternoon, Xia Mi bought some fruit and went to the hospital.
Qingcheng Affiliated Hospital.
She successfully found the child's ward according to the information given by Zhou Youzhang.
Xia Mi stood outside the door, about to raise her hand to knock, when through the door she heard the heart-wrenching cry of a child inside, and the gentle female voice of a mother patiently coaxing the child.
When the crying becomes a little quieter, the child's emotions gradually calm down.
Xia Mi knocked on the ward door.
The door of the ward was opened from the inside, and a woman with red and swollen eyes and gray hair looked at Xia Mi with confusion and puzzlement.
"Who are you?"
Xia Mi smiled politely, "Hello sister-in-law, I'm Zhou Youzhang's friend, he asked me to bring you something."
Hearing her husband's name, the woman became alert.
"What friends? I know all my husband's female friends, but I've never seen you." Fang Cuilian gripped the door handle tightly, and the white knuckles revealed her nervousness.
"I'm also a friend of Boss Shen. Zhou Youzhang has returned to Qingcheng and is at the Public Security Bureau. He asked me to come and see him."
At first, Xia Mi thought Fang Cuilian didn't know about her husband's affairs, but from the details, she seemed to know most of Zhou Youzhang's affairs.
It is hard not to be suspicious when someone suddenly moves from a small hospital to a big one.
When she heard that her husband was in the Public Security Bureau, the fear and despair in her heart surged out like a tide, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Mom, is Dad here?"
Fang Cuilian bit her lower lip and tried to keep her voice calm so as not to arouse her son's suspicion.
Tears streamed down the corners of her eyes, and her voice suddenly rose, trying to use the volume to cover up the sobs in her voice.
"No, it's just that a sister is here. Take the medicine first."
When the boy saw that it was not his father, his head drooped instantly and he looked depressed.
"Let's talk outside." Fang Cuilian closed the door.
After only a few steps out of the door, Fang Cuilian could no longer suppress her emotions. She asked Xia Mi crying, "You Zhang, will he never be able to get out of here?"
The people in the hospital were used to this. Apart from a brief glance, the people in the corridor hurried away.
Xia Mi comforted her, "Sister-in-law, don't worry too much. The specific situation will only be known after everything is investigated."
Xia Mi didn't dare to give such uncertain hope.
Xia Mi handed the money to Fang Cuilian, "He asked me to bring this to you, keep it well."
Fang Cuilian looked at the stack of crumpled banknotes and her tears flowed even more fiercely. She was worried that her son inside might hear her, so she had to control her voice.
Xia Mi had often experienced this kind of situation in her previous life.
In her opinion, the best comfort is not to persuade people to be more open-minded, but to let them release their emotions first.
First, her son fell ill and then her husband was sent to prison. Things happened so quickly that it was difficult to digest them in a short period of time.
In just two months, a beautiful family was torn apart.
Xia Mi couldn't bring herself to say any words of comfort.
She sat outside with Fang Cuilian for almost half an hour. When the nurse came to check on her, Fang Cuilian wiped away her tears and sniffed her blocked nose.
"Thank you for helping us. Come in and have a seat."
Fang Cuilian wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, took a deep breath to calm herself down, and tried not to let the children see.
Entering the ward, the nurse was taking the child's temperature.
The boy lying on the hospital bed was thin. Due to his illness, he had lost a lot of collagen on his face and his eye sockets had begun to sink.
While the nurse was communicating with the boy.
Xia Mi asked Fang Cuilian, "Have you found out the results of the examination?"
"It's leukemia."
Xia Mi's heart sank suddenly, and she felt so bitter that she couldn't even speak. Finally, she pursed her lips and swallowed her shock.
As a doctor, she knows too well what the consequences of contracting leukemia are in this day and age.
The boy looked to be about ten years old.
A few minutes later, the nurse came in with a thermometer. "Thirty-seven degrees, your temperature has dropped. Make sure you get some rest."
"Okay." Fang Cuilian quickly agreed and sent the nurse out.
The boy looked at Xia Mi and asked directly, "Are you my dad's friend?"
"I guess so." Xia Mi didn't know how to explain her identity.
The boy suddenly perked up, sat up straight, and his eyes lit up.
"Then you must know when my father will be back, right?"
Xia Mi shook her head, "I don't know about that."
The boy lay down again, saying in a bad tone, "He used to come back in half a month at most, but it's already been half a month."
"Your father went far away this time, so there's no way he can come back so quickly. You just need to cooperate with the treatment. He will come back when you're almost well."
Fang Cuilian walked in from outside.
"If my illness is really that easy to cure, why would I have stayed in the hospital for so long and not even been able to go home..."
"A negative mood is not conducive to recovery. The more positive you are, the faster you will recover. Think about it, have you been sighing or crying a lot in the past half month?"
The boy paused when he heard this and tilted his head to look at Xia Mi.
Xia Mi felt depressed by the current atmosphere and found an excuse to leave.
"Sister-in-law, I have something to do and I have to leave first. If you have anything in the future, you can come to me and go directly to Boss Shen's store. I live nearby and often go to the store."
Fang Cuilian answered yes and turned to send Xia Mi out.
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The Public Security Bureau was in chaos.
Cheng Quan and his aunt were taken to the interrogation room. When their relatives heard the news, they all rushed to the police station to ask for an explanation.
There were many people doing business in the service hall, some were making trouble, and some were just watching.
Liu Xian stood on the second floor with his hands on his hips, looking at the noise in the lobby on the first floor opposite, his face as dark as ink.
"Liu Xian, where did you find this person? Can he be trusted?" The deputy director found Liu Xian and felt a headache looking at the people making trouble outside.
"This is what Minister Huo's son found out. What do you think?"
Regarding Huo Jingchen, the entire Qingcheng knew that Minister Huo had a son on the island, who had now become a regimental-level cadre.
The deputy director was shocked. "Why would he investigate this matter?"
Huo Jingchen had said yesterday that he didn't want too many people to know about the relationship between Xia Mi and Shen Zhihui.
"We have been comrades for so many years. It's not too much to ask him to help me with something, right?" Liu Xian suddenly smiled in a very frivolous way.
The deputy director believed Liu Xian's words. If Liu Xian had not been injured during the mission, he would not have been transferred to the Public Security Bureau.
The two had gone through the most difficult times together on the island, and their relationship was beyond doubt.
"Call Director Cheng in to listen to the interrogation in person, otherwise these people will not give up until they reach the Yellow River." Liu Xian suggested.
He thought to himself, since he felt wronged, he should let people hear the truth with their own ears.
Telling the deputy director that Huo Jingchen was involved in this matter was also to prevent Director Cheng from using his connections. No matter how powerful his connections in Qingcheng were, could they overshadow the background behind Huo Jingchen?
This way, the case will proceed much more smoothly.
Father Cheng was "invited" into the interrogation room.
After Zhou Youzhang's identification and confession, the truth came to light, but the two were still unwilling to admit it.
Zhou Youzhang said, "Our factory always has a shipping order for every shipment. If you check his and the TV factory's records, you'll know whether I'm telling the truth or not."
This was relayed to the two people, who were disheartened and did not dare to refute for a long time.
Liu Xian acted quickly. Before getting off the train, he made a phone call and told them two things: one was to send someone to the state-owned factory to get the delivery order, and the other was to send someone to arrest Cheng Quan.
Faced with overwhelming evidence, Mr. Cheng's words to defend his son got stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
While in detention, the three met unexpectedly.
"Zhou Youzhang, you beast, you're throwing your own dirty deeds on us. You deserve your son to die young!"
Cheng Quan attacked Zhou Youzhang's weakest point.
Zhou Youzhang's expression was indifferent. "I just didn't want to do anything wrong again. I just wanted to do good deeds for my son."
When Cheng Quan's aunt heard this, she burst into laughter, her laughter was extremely ironic, and she stared at him fiercely.
"To tell you the truth, your son has leukemia and the probability of death is very high. No matter how much virtue you accumulate, it will be useless. Your son is destined to die at your hands."
The police who were escorting the three people couldn't stand it anymore.
One of them kicked Cheng Quan hard and said, "Behave yourself. You are already in trouble, but you are still laughing at others."
Cheng Quan felt pain and fell to his knees with a thud.
"You dare to kick me?"
The police didn't buy his talk at all and put him in a detention room. "You're causing trouble, so what's wrong with me kicking you? If I don't kick you, are you planning to bully us?"
"Just wait, my dad will come and rescue me."
Zhou Youzhang sneered, "With such a big lawsuit against you, do you really think your father can continue to work as the factory director?"
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