Qin Shen bent his knees and squatted, checking the condition of Xu Man's knees with the light of her mobile phone. He frowned after just one glance.
"Are you broken?" He reached out and gently touched the part where her skin was scraped. "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." Xu Man shook her head. She wasn't lying. Qin Shen's touch was very light. She didn't even feel much, let alone the pain. The place where blood was oozing was throbbing with pain, but she wouldn't be stupid enough to say that out loud. "It's just a little scrape, nothing serious."
Of course, Qin Shen couldn't be completely relieved by these words. He still frowned and asked, "Why did you fall like this?"
Xu Man smiled slightly and said softly, "Maybe the skirt is too thin, and it got torn after it rubbed against the ground a little." She didn't say that she was knocked to the ground by the impact when he rushed over to capture the gangster. Although it was entirely the gangster's fault, if she said it out loud, Qin Shen might feel guilty about it, so he naturally chose to remain silent.
Qin Shen let out a long breath and slowly stood up: "Let's go to the hospital later and disinfect it."
Xu Man nodded and agreed. She let down her skirt to cover her knees, then turned back to pick up the medicine bag that had fallen on the ground. After she picked up the bag, the sound of sirens was heard not far away. Two police cars stopped on the side of the road with lights flashing. Several police officers got out, looked around, and walked towards them.
Leading the team was Deputy Team Leader Shen Donglei. Originally, he was not required to report this kind of police case, but Xu Man explained the situation vaguely on the phone, and he was worried that the two of them had run into some trouble, so he came here in person with his men.
"Captain Qin." He stepped forward and greeted Qin Shen, "What happened?"
"Attempted murder, and assault on police officers." Qin Shen's mood had calmed down a lot at this time, but he still didn't look happy when he said these two words. He pointed at the middle-aged man handcuffed to the guardrail and told them, "Take this grandson back to the detachment and keep a good eye on him. I'll take Xu Man to the hospital first, and I'll ask him in person when I get back."
Upon hearing this, Shen Donglei turned his head to look at the handcuffed gangster, then looked at Xu Man, who was two steps behind Qin Shen. Seeing that she was covering her shoulder and her hair and clothes were a little messy, he roughly guessed what was going on. He tactfully did not ask any more questions. He nodded and said "understood", then waved to the police to come up and arrest the person.
Qin Shen watched from the side until the middle-aged man was taken into the police car, then he turned to Xu Man and said, "Come on, I'll take you to the hospital."
There was nothing to refuse. Xu Man nodded first, then asked, "How do we get there? Take a taxi?"
Qin Shen's expression brightened, revealing the first smile since they met again: "Take the police car."
Xu Man then realized that the detachment had driven two police cars, one for detaining the prisoners and the other for taking them to the hospital. She was probably stunned by what had just happened and had made such a joke. No wonder even Qin Shen, who had been frowning, was amused by her.
Her face flushed slightly, and she smiled at Qin Shen somewhat embarrassedly, then followed him towards the police car parked on the side of the road.
Both cars had seven seats. Shen Donglei brought four people, and together with the gangsters, there were five people in total. Qin Shen asked them to go back in the first car, and he drove the second car, taking Xu Man to the Municipal Hospital.
As the largest Grade A hospital in the city, it was still crowded even though it was almost midnight. Qin Shen took Xu Man to the emergency room and sat on a waiting chair outside. While waiting for his number to be called, he asked her to pull up her skirt again so that he could check the injury on her knee.
The lights in the hospital were very bright, much clearer than the lighting provided by Xu Man's cell phone. After such a period of time, the bleeding from her wound had dried up, but the skin that was rubbed and broken had curled up slightly, making it look even worse than before. Qin Shen frowned when he saw this.
Seeing this, Xu Man forced out a smile and spoke softly to reassure him: "It's okay, I'm not hurt."
Qin Shen looked at her and sighed: "Is it just the knees? Are there any other places that are worn out?"
What he said was really right. When she was knocked down, not only did her knees hit the ground, but her shoulder was also rubbed. However, the pain from her knees was more severe, which covered up the pain in her shoulders, causing her to not notice it for a while. Now the pain in her knees slowly subsided, and the pain in her shoulders became more obvious. When asked this, she subconsciously turned her head to look at her shoulder.
"Let me see." Qin Shen immediately noticed her action, stood up and walked to the other side to check her right shoulder. He saw a few red marks on her fair skin, but no scratches or cuts. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, there's nothing wrong with your arm. It's just a little red from being rubbed, but no skin is broken."
Then I asked her, "What about your allergic area? Where is it?"
Xu Man stretched out her left hand and showed him her arm. "It's just a little rash."
Qin Shen's frown loosened a little, but it was still twisted, and the worry on his face did not diminish. He sat down next to her again, put his five fingers into her hair, and asked her with a bit of annoyance: "Tell me, you-how did you run into this kind of thing?"
"I didn't want to do that either." Xu Man replied a little aggrieved, "I just wanted to go out to buy some medicine, but I didn't expect to encounter something like this..."
"How many times have I told you that it's dangerous for a girl to walk alone at night? Why didn't you listen? You're lucky that I ran into you today. If I wasn't there, what would you have done?"
"I fought back." She whispered back, "I was taught relevant combat courses in school..."
"Counterattack? Did your counterattack work?"
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Xu Man lowered her head and said nothing.
"I'm not scolding you." Seeing her like this, Qin Shen softened his tone, but it only lasted for a short sentence before returning to his original hard tone, "I just - do you know how I felt at that time? I thought I had just prevented a crime and was a little excited, but when you shone the light over me, I really wanted to kill that bastard!"
He became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and finally cursed fiercely. It was not until the nurse came out and called Xu Man's number that he took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, stood up and said, "Let's go see the doctor."
Xu Man nodded, stood up with him, and entered the emergency department.
The doctor on duty was a young male doctor. While examining Xu Man's wound, he casually asked, "How did it happen?" Xu Man answered a little slowly, then raised her head and looked at him carefully.
"Fall? Where did you fall to get so bad that your knees and shoulders are bruised?" His eyes became suspicious after he saw Xu Man's messy hair. He looked at Qin Shen standing next to her and said half jokingly and half seriously, "Did your boyfriend beat you up?"
Obviously, he listed Qin Shen as a suspect of domestic violence.
Xu Man quickly denied: "Of course not, it's just...something happened on the road, and I accidentally got it like this. Doctor, there won't be a scar on my knee, right?"
The doctor smiled, distracted by her words: "No, it's just a little skin break, there's no way it will leave a scar. If you're really worried, I can prescribe you a box of Centella asiatica cream ointment, which is for scar removal. Wait for the wound to scab over in two days, then apply it on the wound, twice a day, and it will disappear soon." He checked the rash on her arm again and confirmed that it was a mild allergic symptom, but did not let her take the two medicines bought from the pharmacy, saying that the rash was not serious and it was not yet time for her to take medicine, so some ointment would be enough.
After doing all this, he stood up and went to the back to get some alcohol cotton balls to disinfect the abrasions on her body.
Qin Shen watched from the side and told him that Xu Man had her mouth and nose covered with a wet wipe by the gangster, and asked him if she was okay.
When the male doctor heard this, he immediately asked with concern: "I was wondering how it could have turned out like this. It turns out you ran into some bad guys. Did you call the police?"
"I'm a policeman." Qin Shen replied, took out his police ID and opened it on the table. "The prisoner has been taken back to the team. Bring her here to check her condition. Doctor, my girlfriend should be okay, right?"
"So you are a police officer. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you just now." The doctor suddenly realized what was going on. He screwed the alcohol cap on and threw the cotton wool into the trash can. After washing his hands, he sat back behind his desk and tapped on the keyboard a few times. "It's hard to say. You should go get some blood drawn for testing first. However, there are not many people at night, so you may have to wait two or three hours for the test report. Do you feel dizzy?"
"In the beginning, there were." Xu Man replied, "Now there are none."
"How long did it last?"
"It didn't take long, just a minute or two."
The male doctor nodded, and he understood. "It shouldn't be a big deal. I suggest you go get your blood drawn first, and come back tomorrow to get the test results. Or, call me in two hours and I'll take a look at it for you. If you're really worried, you can stay in the hospital for observation."
Qin Shen: "Can't we test a little blood first?"
Doctor: "Small blood comes out faster, but in this case, it's useless to test small blood. We still need to draw blood for testing."
Qin Shen nodded and looked at Xu Man: "You stay in the hospital? I'll go to the team to take care of the grandson's matter first, and then come to accompany you later."
Xu Man shook her head: "I think it's okay. I don't need to stay in the hospital." Seeing that he frowned slightly and looked at her with some disapproval, she added, "How about this, I'll go back to the detachment with you to take the statement. After the statement is taken, it should be almost time. Call the doctor and ask him to help look at the list, or come to the hospital directly to get it?"
"Why are you taking notes in the middle of the night? Do it tomorrow." Qin Shen directly denied her words, but did not insist that she stay in the hospital. Instead, he took a compromise and said, "Then I'll take you back. I'll come and get the list after I finish interrogating that grandson."
Xu Man hesitated: "Will it be too troublesome?"
"What's the trouble? Your business is my business."
Qin Shen's words reminded Xu Man, making her realize that they had become boyfriend and girlfriend, and their relationship was different from before. It was nothing to bother him occasionally, so she didn't say anything else and agreed to his proposal.
Next, she was accompanied by Qin Shen to the second floor to have her blood drawn, and then went to the lobby on the first floor to get medicine. When she was sent back home, it was almost one o'clock in the morning.
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