When Jiang Chen rushed to Yan Er's emergency department, Huo Bo was still in the operating room.
Shi Fengyue had already arrived, wearing a simple long grey windbreaker. He was leaning against the wall with his arms folded and his eyes closed, while Chen Xu was squatting in the corner opposite him, his face buried in his hands, his expression could not be seen clearly. The atmosphere was depressing and silent.
Hearing the footsteps, they both turned their heads and looked up, and saw that Jiang Chen's expression had changed.
The nonchalance on Shi Fengyue's face disappeared, and his dark eyes were filled with heat. Chen Xu stood up and put his hands down. Only then did Jiang Chen see his red eyes, purple cheeks, and large patches of blood on his body.
He paused, then immediately quickened his pace: "How is Huo Bo?"
"I don't know." Shen Xu stood there, his pale face contrasting with his red eyes.
Jiang Chen walked over and hugged him tightly: "I'm here."
Chen Xu hugged Jiang Chen tightly, his tense body finally relaxed, and the tears that had been held back in his eyes slid down to his chin.
"It's all my fault..." He trembled a little: "If anything happens to Huo Bo..."
"He'll be fine." Jiang Chen patted his back and soothed him in a firm tone.
Hearing his friend's confident tone, Chen Xu felt a little more at ease. He hummed lightly and wiped his eyes. He accidentally saw Shi Fengyue opposite him and was surprised to find that there was an outsider here. Moreover, this outsider was looking straight at them with an unclear expression. Chen Xu immediately felt that his behavior just now was shameful. He sniffed and let go of Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen also let go of Chen Xu and turned to look at Shi Fengyue on the other side.
Shi Fengyue hugged his chest and said calmly: "I have read his examination report. There is no intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral hematoma. It should be nothing serious. He will be out in a while."
Jiang Chen finally felt relieved and sat down on a bench nearby. He closed his eyes tiredly and let out a breath.
A familiar breath approached. In the corridor filled with the smell of disinfectant, the woody aroma that was usually so faint that it was almost imperceptible on the man sitting next to me became obvious at this moment, like the early morning after ice and snow, the sun was pleasantly warm, the light frost on the green leaves gradually melted, and crystal clear dew condensed on the tips of the leaves, clear but leisurely.
Just inhale it into your nasal cavity, and your tired brain will gradually relax, feeling alert yet comfortable.
Shi Fengyue saw Jiang Chen move a little closer to him, and his slightly tense jaw relaxed a little, and his arms around his chest were lowered. He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in a low voice: "Tired?"
Jiang Chen raised his eyes in surprise, only then did he realize that he and Shi Fengyue had been very close to each other without him noticing, their breathing intertwined.
"Not bad." He quietly stepped back, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes: "Just a little worried."
Shi Fengyue saw the evasive look in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He moved closer to him and asked with concern: "How is Auntie doing?"
Shen Xu happened to sit down on the other side of Jiang Chen, and heard the words: "What's wrong with Aunt Yang?"
"I just found a student at Yanda University." Jiang Chen opened his eyes and smiled, "It's a girl named Jiang Ran."
"Girl?" Shen Xu finally became more energetic: "That's great, I've always wanted a sister."
Jiang Chen bent his eyes: "Yeah, me too."
Before Jiang Ran was born, Jiang Chen felt that having a younger brother or sister was not a big deal. But after seeing the tiny ball in the cradle, Jiang Ran, who already had a name, he felt that there was no one better than that little person in the world.
"What gift do you think I should give her?" Chen Xu's attention was diverted, and he pondered: "For a girl... Is it too early to give her a little skirt? Or a baby carriage? Oh, right! I saw a sports car before, it's a smaller version of a Ferrari, very cool, it will definitely be cool to give it to my sister."
"Are you sure it's for a girl?" Jiang Chen looked at him.
"Of course." Chen Xu said, "Red is cool for girls to drive. I'll give her a small one now, and when she's eighteen, I'll give her a real sports car."
Shi Fengyue seemed to speak casually: "Why haven't I seen you drive the sports car that Li Nanfeng gave you?"
Jiang Chen smiled and turned to look at him: "I didn't have time to get a driver's license, so I never drove."
Chen Xu had also seen Jiang Chen's car. Because Jiang's neighborhood was not suitable and there was no place to park it, he had parked the car in his garage until now. Thinking of the smooth lines and the parameters he saw in the magazine, he immediately became excited: "Yes, Jiang Zi, if you have time, go get a driver's license. I have been coveting your car for a long time. You must take Huo Bo and me for a ride..."
The excited voices gradually died down at the end. Shen Xu looked up at the operating room where the lights were still on, and the smile that had just appeared on his face disappeared.
Jiang Chen knew what he was thinking and patted him on the shoulder. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the door of the operating room open and a doctor and a nurse walked out.
The three people on the bench stood up at the same time. Shi Fengyue nodded to the doctor in a white coat in the front and said, "How is the situation?"
"The operation went smoothly. Apart from some sequelae of concussion, there are basically no problems." The doctor took off his mask, glanced at Jiang Chen and Shen Xu on the side, and said jokingly: "It's rare to see our doctors pay so much attention to patients. I must try my best."
Shi Fengyue looked past him and saw Huo Bo being pushed out. Jiang Chen and Shen Xu immediately surrounded him.
"What's going on?" The doctor obviously had a good relationship with Shi Fengyue. He winked at him and said, "I remember this is the family member of one of your previous patients. I've never seen you care so much about the family members of other patients. Does our hospital have such high-quality follow-up services?"
Shi Fengyue rolled his eyes at him, then turned around and followed Jiang Chen and the others.
The doctor caught up with her, dropped the topic, and picked up another one: "Just before I took this emergency, Song Rongrong from your department was at my place, and she asked me to find a way to date you. This little girl has been pursuing you for so long, almost a year, right? Are you not moved at all?"
Shi Fengyue paused and turned to look at him expressionlessly.
The doctor raised his hands in surrender: "Okay, I won't ask any more questions."
"That wasn't the patient's family member just now." Shi Fengyue raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said slowly: "That's the person I'm chasing."
The doctor smiled and said, "I know that's the patient's home... What?" He widened his eyes, "Who are you chasing? Who? Which one? I remember they were both boys."
"The best-looking one."
"Looks like..." The doctor recalled for a moment, and when he saw Shi Fengyue had already turned and left, he realized belatedly that he had missed the point. He widened his eyes and chased after him: "Shi Fengyue, are you kidding me or are you serious?"
"Go ask Li Nanfeng."
Without even turning his head, he waved his hand casually and walked towards the inpatient department.
In the ward.
Jiang Chen stood beside the bed and saw Huo Bo's pale face and closed eyes. He tightened his grip on the bed railing a little, raised his eyes to look at Shen Xu, and asked about the whole story of Huo Bo's injury.
Shen Xu was standing on the other side of the bed, and when he heard Jiang Chen's question, anger appeared on his face.
"Huo Bo and I were in the game room this afternoon, and originally..."
Let’s go back one hour:
The second mock exam ended yesterday, and today happened to be Sunday. After finishing two sets of test papers in the afternoon, Shen Xu wanted to relax, so he dragged Huo Bo to an arcade he had always wanted to go to. After finding a random seat and sitting down, he started playing.
Not long after, a few more people came to the game room, laughing and pushing each other, and sat down opposite them. It was unknown what they were talking about, and bursts of laughter broke out from time to time.
The game hall was noisy to begin with, and the game machines were at a certain height. Although they were sitting face to face, they were separated by two game machines and could not see each other, so it did not have much of an impact, and so Shen Xu and Huo Bo did not care.
It was not until the break of playing a game that Shen Xu accidentally caught the familiar keywords from the other side.
——Second model.
No high school student would not care when talking about grades and mock exams, so Shen Xu couldn't help but listen a few more times. The conversation at the beginning was flattering but still normal. It was probably just a group of people praising one of them and wishing that person to get first place in the second mock exam.
Hearing this, Shen Xu couldn't help but start thinking. The second mock exam was a joint exam for the entire city of Yan. All schools would be included in the ranking. The competition for the top ten was very fierce, but there were only a few people after counting. All the senior high school students in Yan knew this.
Therefore, Chen Xu subconsciously began to guess the identity of the person opposite him. Before he could finish using the process of elimination in his mind, he heard the other party suddenly change the subject from flattery to dragging down others.
"Yang Liang had the nerve to compete with our brother Jian for first place, and even said that our brother He's test paper was graded wrong. He's just a nerd, and his glasses are as thick as the bottom of a beer bottle. I'm really afraid that one day he will catch fire while sitting in the sun studying English."
"Remember the time we lost his glasses? It was so funny, he was lying there like a blind man groping in the dark, it was hilarious."
"In my opinion, Brother Jian will definitely be number one in the city this time. When the results come out, the number one in the city must treat his buddies to a good time!"
After hearing this, Shen Xu basically knew who was on the other side. He sneered and said, "He is the best in the city, so he is not afraid of making a mistake."
He Qianjian was quite self-aware and said, "If I really am number one, I will definitely invite everyone to celebrate. However, with Li Xiao here, the possibility is not very high."
"Brother Jian, this is how modest you are." Someone immediately flattered him: "How can Li Xiao compare to you?"
"Brother Jian, you have to give us some vent. Last time, Li Xiao got lucky enough to get first place, and the people from the Affiliated High School were so proud of themselves, as if they had already been guaranteed to be the top scorer. Last time, we ran into a few people from the Affiliated High School on the road, and when they saw our school uniforms, their eyes seemed to grow to the top of their heads."
Some people were disdainful: "A bunch of poor bastards with no knowledge. Even if Li Xiao was really the top scorer in the college entrance examination and studied in college for four years, he still worked for us. They really think they are so great."
"Li Xiao? What else can I say about a yellow-haired girl whose breasts haven't even grown yet, except that she's smart."
Someone commented: "Her sister Pan Liuyi is the school beauty of the affiliated high school, and if you look closely, Li Xiao is also good-looking. Maybe she will be good-looking in two years when she grows up."
"Pan Liuyi's breasts are quite big. If it's her genetic inheritance, Li Xiao should be able to develop into something pretty good in a year or two."
There was a knowing laugh from the other side, as if they were imagining something very interesting.
The topic went off the track and went off to a completely different place. Someone suddenly asked, "Who do you think is prettier, Pan Liuyi from the Affiliated High School or Jiang Yao from our school?"
"It must be... Miss Han." Someone said in a flattering tone: "Miss Han is our brother Jian's fiancée. I only met her once and was stunned by her beauty. Only brother Jian can stand with her."
Someone immediately followed up and praised Miss Han. Shen Xu curled his lips and stopped paying attention to them. It wasn't long after he picked up the handle that he heard the familiar words again.
"But speaking of which, it's a good thing Jiang Chen took a leave of absence this semester, otherwise..."
"What else?" Someone immediately interrupted the person who had just spoken: "Even if he didn't ask for leave, he has nothing to do with the first place. He just got lucky and got first place in the previous joint exams. Mock exams are different from joint exams."
"I think he has some self-awareness. A poor bastard likes to show off. He is the best handsome guy in three schools. He has the nerve to say that he is the best handsome guy in three schools. Who gives him the face?"
"That's right." Several people echoed in unison. The one who was used to reading people's expressions rolled his eyes and immediately spoke up: "Don't talk about grades. He can't compare to our brother Jian in anything. What about Jiang Chen? I heard that his father was hit by a car and broke his leg. He asked for leave at the beginning of this semester. I guess he went to move bricks to treat his lame father's illness."
There was a burst of laughter, and someone whispered something, and the laughter became even more exaggerated.
Shen Xu's face became worse and worse. He stood up and was about to rush over. Huo Bo grabbed his hand and frowned in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
"Did you hear what they were saying? They were still saying Jiang Chen was a loser?" Chen Xu's face was dark, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to beat them so hard that their mothers won't recognize them, and then I'm going to put their heads in the toilet and let them look at them, to see who is the loser."
Huo Bo also heard those people talking, and he must have been angry in his heart, but those people were just talking for fun, and none of what they said was true. Not to mention him, even if Jiang Chen came and heard it, he would probably just laugh it off and not pay any attention at all.
Most importantly, he always felt that the relationship between Jiang Chen and He Qianjian was not simple, and he didn't want to cause trouble for Jiang Chen before the matter became clear.
He held Shen Xu and said in a deep voice: “Don’t be impulsive.”
"They said that to Jiang Chen? Aren't you angry?" Shen Xu pulled his hand out, kicked the stool, and walked over there.
Just now, Shen Xu did not hold back his voice when he spoke, so the other side naturally heard them. When Shen Xu walked over, several teenagers beside the game console were looking at him with squinting eyes.
"What?" One person said disdainfully, "You want to fight? One against five?"
Chen Xu rolled up his sleeves and said, "Grandpa can beat your whole family by himself. Not to mention one against five, even one against fifteen can make you cry for your parents."
He Qianjian stood up, sneered, and said, "I think your friend is very sensible. I advise you to be more sensible as well. Just apologize and I will let this matter go. How about that?"
"Apologize?" Chen Xu also sneered: "Take a piss and look at your five ugly faces. Each one is uglier than the other, and each one is bigger than the other. Who gave you the confidence? Did you eat too much lotus root?"
A boy pushed him and said, "I advise you to be more careful with your mouth."
Chen Xu curled his lips. He was about 1.8 meters tall, with a smile on his baby face. His tone was as annoying as it could be: "What? You used the toilet brush too much and brushed your teeth too much. You can't stand others having worse breath than you."
Anyone who has experienced how poisonous Chen Xu's mouth is will want to beat him up.
The boy who pushed him raised his fist and punched him. Shen Xu dodged with a cold face. Huo Bo, who had just arrived, kicked him into his companion. With a loud noise, the curtain of five against two was opened.
Huo Bo fought alone against three people, and Shen Xu was no exception. The two of them had no pressure at all against five people. They knocked them down in a few hits. The fight should have ended there.
However, unlike Jiang Chen's agile and swift fighting and Huo Bo's direct attack on vital points, Shen Xu could not match them in fighting, but he had never lost by making harsh words and stirring up hatred after the fight.
Amid the mess, Chen Xu stepped on someone's hand and said condescendingly, "First place in the mock exam?" He sneered, "I, Jiang Shen, don't want something that only you can get. You haven't even touched it yet, and you're already showing off?"
"You still want to compete with Jiang Chen? You are a bunch of trash, are you worthy?"
After saying this, Shen Xu clapped his hands and prepared to leave, but he didn't know what nerve his words had touched on He Qianjian. He was leaning on the side catching his breath, but suddenly he jumped up, grabbed a wooden stool beside him and threw it at Shen Xu. It was too late for Huo Bo to pull Shen Xu away, so he could only block the stool for him.
The corner of the wooden stool hit Huo Bo's head, and blood came out immediately. He Qianjian's eyes were bloodshot. He hit him again after the first hit. Huo Bo's mind was fuzzy for a moment, and his reaction was half a beat late. In a flash, the second hit hit him on the head again.
Shen Xu turned around and saw only a bloody face and Huo Bo's eyes slowly closing.
Huo Bo's fall woke He Qianjian up. He stood there holding the blood-stained stool. His friends were frightened and panicked when they saw this.
Someone said, "He's not going to die, is he?"
Shen Xu suddenly came back to his senses, hugged Huo Bo and asked someone to call an ambulance.
After that, Shen Xu followed Huo Bo to the hospital and called Jiang Chen.
After hearing the whole story, Jiang Chen's eyes were cold, but his expression showed no signs of fluctuation. He asked calmly, "Where are He Qianjian and the others?"
Shen Xu shook his head: "I don't know, I was afraid that something might happen to Huo Bo at the time, so I didn't pay much attention."
Jiang Chen took out his cell phone and made a call.
He Qianmin's voice came quickly: "Brother? Are you looking for me?"
"Is He Qianjian at home?"
"Yes." He Qianmin was puzzled: "You are looking for him..."
Jiang Chen hung up the phone, glanced at Huo Bo who was still asleep, and said to Shen Xu: "I'm going to go out for a while. When Huo Bo wakes up, call me anytime."
Jiang Chen acted too calm, but Shen Xu was sensitive enough to notice something was wrong.
He grabbed Jiang Chen and asked, "Where are you going?"
Jiang Chen paused for a moment and said calmly, "I'll take care of something and be back soon."
"Are you going to look for He Qianjian?"
Shen Xu was impulsive before, but now he calmed down. The He family is a big family. If Jiang Chen came to the door and injured He Qianjian, even if He Qianmin had a good relationship with him, this matter would not be resolved peacefully. However...
He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go with you."
"You stay here and take care of Huo Bo." Jiang Chen pulled his hand away: "I know what I'm doing, don't worry."
Shen Xu frowned slightly, and when he saw Jiang Chen's calm expression, he felt relieved. Indeed, no matter what happened from childhood to adulthood, Jiang Chen had always been the calmest among the three of them.
This time, you should have a clear idea of what's going on and be able to handle it calmly and rationally, right?
The author has something to say: Shen Xu: I believe Jiang Chen, he has always been very calm.
Hobo: If I were awake, I definitely wouldn't let him go.
Shi Fengyue: Don’t worry, I’m with you.
When fighting——
Shi Fengyue: Ashtray or vase? Be careful not to cut your hands.
The third day of double update, completed!
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