56 "Ideals, ambitions, and a sincere heart for justice"
After seeing the two elders off after dinner, Tao Wanjia realized belatedly that he was feeling upset.
"That's not right. How did my uncle and aunt know what happened last night? The police station didn't report it either. Where did they get the information?"
After she reminded him, He Yu thought about how Yu Li was reluctant to leave Tao Wanji when they just parted ways and how she was completely different when she insisted on breaking up with him that day. He soon figured it out.
He gently put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Then you'll probably have to ask that loudmouth Xiao Zhang."
He was a conscientious secretary, not only showing great enthusiasm in official matters, but also probably passing on information to the two elders privately. However, he knew his limits very well. Although He Yu didn't know what he said specifically, it could be considered a help to some extent.
After all, he originally wanted to explain these misunderstandings, but now he has to use someone else's hands to do it.
Anyway, the result is good.
However, Xiao Zhang, who had just accompanied Huang Shengsheng down from the Ferris wheel on the other side of the city, was completely unaware of this. He just sneezed several times in succession.
God can bear witness that he was definitely not informing on others, but was doing this entirely for He Yu.
Yesterday's situation was so worrying. Just then, his wife called him to ask about the details. Xiao Zhang added fuel to the fire and said something else, mainly exaggerating the fact that these two people were willing to do anything for each other.
It's also this guy's fault for imagining too much into melodramatic novels. He Yu and Tao Wanjia didn't say much to each other in the police station, but in this guy's eyes, it became a touching scene that made people cry.
Tao Wanjia also found He Yu's introduction of Xiao Zhang very interesting. He fastened his seat belt, tilted his head to look at him, and asked curiously, "Does everyone who works around you need to have some imagination?"
"He learned that purely from melodramatic novels. He is too deeply addicted to it, which is not interesting at all." He Yu explained to her with a smile, started the car and drove to the hospital.
Tao Wanji was still very worried about his face, so he went to see his doctor before going to the inpatient building. He finally got a definite answer and was relieved.
He Yu was still not used to walking through the public with all these injuries, and he tried to keep a distance from her after leaving the clinic. Tao Wanji thought he was very strange and directly grabbed his hand and pulled him towards her.
"I'm sorry now, but weren't you quite heroic when you were beaten?"
She teased him, but she was actually heartbroken. When they were about to leave in the early morning, Lu Yuan showed her the surveillance footage. The high-definition camera captured every move clearly, so she watched the entire process from He Yu entering the room to being pinned to the ground by Deng Zixiong. She'd barely been able to breathe at the time, and now, looking at the injury, it was like watching the surveillance footage all over again.
He would repeatedly do earth-shattering and completely unlike-himself things for her, always giving her his all. Tao Wanjia felt more guilty than anything else.
Wendong Yang has been discharged from the ICU after his vital signs stabilized and is now in the intensive care unit.
When the two entered, in addition to Huang Zheng, there were also Wen Dongyang's parents in the ward. The two elders closed the restaurant and stayed by his side day and night. In just a few days, they looked visibly old.
But seeing He Yu's hurt face, he still greeted him with concern in a hoarse voice.
Huang Zheng turned around suddenly when she heard about the injury, and felt relieved when she saw that Tao Wanjia was fine.
"Officer Lu came and said the man who hit Dongyang with his car confessed that it was Deng Zixiong who ordered it."
Her voice was very soft, she lowered her eyes and took Tao Wanji's hand, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay. I'm fine."
Tao Wanjia didn't want Huang Zheng to know about the dangers, and the matter wasn't going to be resolved so quickly. Lu Yuan was anxious because of Wen Dongyang, so he rushed to the hospital after the overnight interrogation. He wanted to find out the truth for his brother, even if he wasn't awake yet, he had to inform him immediately.
"By the way, Shengsheng is playing with Xiao Zhang in the playground, don't worry."
"I know. Xiao Zhang sent me a video. She had a lot of fun."
Huang Zheng forced a smile on her pale and lifeless face. Tao Wanji patted her hands and whispered in her ear that everything would be fine.
Good people will definitely be rewarded, and Wen Dongyang will definitely wake up safely.
"I hope so."
Huang Zheng muttered to herself in a low voice, looking at the man lying on the hospital bed. He was still wearing a ventilator, his entire face hidden by the machine.
She has been thinking about a lot of things these days. It seems that time stops when people are in the hospital. Sometimes she feels that the passage of time is terrifying. Some people outside the intensive care unit die after just a few minutes of rescue, while sometimes, those patients who need various medical means to survive in pain feel that time is particularly long.
Her thoughts drifted away like a balloon with no string to touch, but the only thing she felt clearly was a little regretful.
It was a shame they hadn't been able to spend much time together. Although she no longer had any expectations of marriage, the love experience Wen Dongyang gave her was unlike anything she'd ever experienced before. So, after hearing the doctor say the patient might never recover, Huang Zheng's emotions overcame her rationality for the first time in her life.
She decided that no matter what happened to Wen Dongyang, she would stay by his side, even if he had to lie in bed for the rest of his life, she would not give up on him.
As more people came in, the atmosphere in the ward became a little more solemn.
He Yu felt sorry for the two old people because they were so tired. He didn't hire a caregiver before for Wen Dongyang's safety. Now that Deng Zixiong has been arrested, there is nothing to worry about.
"You and uncle go back and rest first. We are here. Didn't the doctor tell us to talk to Dongyang more? We can take turns. Maybe he will wake up soon."
He was more effective than anyone else in doing ideological work. Too many people were not conducive to rest. Wen's father and mother were sensible people. Seeing this, they went back after giving instructions to He Yu. When they reached the door, they reminded Huang Zheng to remember to eat.
The ward became quiet again. Tao Wanji opened the lid of the lunch box and supervised Huang Zheng while she was eating. When he stood up again, he found several stacks of thick notebooks on the bedside table.
"What's this?"
She walked over curiously and saw a police badge printed on the top leather cover.
"These are some work notes he wrote himself. Lu Yuan brought them to me. He heard from the doctor that talking more can stimulate the recovery of consciousness, so he asked me to read these more when I have nothing to do." Huang Zheng explained.
Tao Wanjia casually flipped through the book. Wen Dongyang looked rather rough around the edges, but she admired his meticulous work. Criminal investigations were all about arrests and interrogations, but his case review methods were like peeling back the layers of a cocoon. Even in the past few years at the police station, he'd been extra attentive even to petty thefts.
He would also write down the meeting addresses of the elderly homeless people in the community in his notebook, and note how many times he should visit them at least a month.
Tao Wanjia thought of his last instructions to her on the day of the accident, and her nose felt sore and she couldn't help but shed tears.
She did it quietly, but He Yu, who had just filled some warm water to wipe Wen Dongyang's hands, saw it.
Their eyes met, and he said nothing, but raised his hand to wipe the corners of her eyes before throwing the towel.
Then he said to Huang Zheng as if nothing had happened: "From now on, I will come every day, and we will take turns chatting with Dongyang."
In this way, the three of them began to take turns going back and forth to the hospital.
He Yu was the first one to start. After the nasal bone reduction surgery, he had to stay in the hospital for a period of time. His face was fixed and he couldn't move, but his legs walked two floors to Wendong Yang every day.
Reading his work diary in order, Wen Dongyang's handwriting was so flamboyant that He Yu always took a long time to read it clearly. He would occasionally make up some content based on some trivial things he had told him about work before. In short, there was no quiet time in the ward as long as he was there.
It took him a week to read the last page of his work diary, but the moment he opened it, He Yu was silent for a long time.
Today, I'm continuing to investigate the women on the funding list. While having dinner with Lu Yuan, I saw a familiar face, so I'm going to start there. Speaking of dinner, Old Lu said I wasn't ambitious and shouldn't be hanging around in the police station. He thinks I'm quitting at the peak of my career, but I know that's not the case.
Across this vast country, with over 40,000 police stations and nearly 600,000 grassroots police officers, we provide a tight and solid defense for the people at the bottom of society. Regardless of the size of the case, all represent varying degrees of service to the people. Putting aside the connection to my mentor, I consider this work a truly honorable one. I'm willing to be an ordinary police officer at the grassroots level. As long as I can truly help people, that's all I need.
The corners of He Yu's lips trembled, and a warm current as strong as steel surged in his chest.
He had known Wen Dongyang for so many years, and he had seen him in many ways. As a child, he'd been unlearned and mischievous. Though he'd changed a lot as an adult, he still had a bit of a dandy and eccentric side to him. Rather than saying he'd never seen him like this, it would be more accurate to say they'd never touched upon each other's hidden depths like they did now.
Men are not always so delicate. Sometimes they may not fully understand what kind of person the other person is even after being together for many years. Most of the time, they are confused and it takes a long time.
So at this moment, He Yu couldn't quite articulate the shock he felt. For the first time, he felt a completely different person, not the friend Wen Dongyang who would go to great lengths for him and indulge him in everything. Instead, he felt a people's police officer with ideals and ambitions, a sincere heart for justice, and a firm conviction.
It was precisely because of this thought that his emotions became increasingly difficult to control, and when he looked down at Wen Dongyang lying on the hospital bed, his vision unconsciously became blurred.
"Old Wen."
He Yu's voice was a little hoarse.
"It's almost time to wake up. Everyone is worried about you. The clues you found earlier are very useful. Wan Jia, Wan Jia said that the girl named Chun Ying has always been grateful to you. You don't know that your existence is not insignificant at all, and it means a lot to many people."
At the end of his speech, the man's voice was choked with sobs. He forgot to close the notebook in his hand, and a teardrop fell at the speed of light, blurring the handwriting.
He Yu thought, as many people in this world are chasing fame and fortune, there are as many people working in secret to change the world; as many people disregard the truth and the law, there are as many people running around day and night to relay one fact after another, without stopping.
Wen Dongyang and Tao Wanjia are the same type of people. They have their own determination to do things, and they also have the courage and bravery to walk alone in the darkness without fear of the mud.
He felt emotional, proud, but more of it was heartache.
Because unknown people will always be ignored.
The next day, Huang Zheng finished dealing with the affairs of the new store and rushed to the hospital. She found that after He Yu finished reading everything, he went to Wen Dongyang's house specially.
On the highest shelf in the study were several brightly colored diaries, which contained traces of his life from childhood to adulthood. Huang Zheng shook off the dust and took them to the bedside to read them one by one. Only then did she realize that he had really been secretly in love with her for a long time as he had said before.
The ten years that followed were an extremely long period that was difficult to imagine.
My mom bought me a striped shirt, and Huang Zheng said it made me look like a fence. But she actually complimented another little boy in the residential building who was wearing a bow tie and shirt. That wasn't fair.
｜He Yu said that it was annoying that Huang Zheng bullied Tao Wanjia. I don’t think she did it on purpose. Boys don’t need to interfere in girls’ affairs.
｜While sweeping the snow in the playground, I recalled the snowball fights we played together when we were kids. In fact, I deliberately threw the snowball into her neck to make her notice me, but she seemed to have never looked at me straight in the eye for all these years.
After waiting in line for a long time to get through, He Yu told me she was married. It seemed like the four of us would never be together in this lifetime.
She looks nice, but I...
The last one had traces of smudges. It was the day when she was getting a divorce and Wang Hao called the police to her house. The people who came were Wen Dongyang and one of his colleagues.
Huang Zheng recalled the many emotions in Wen Dongyang's eyes when he looked at her that day.
She only felt embarrassed at the time that an acquaintance saw her at her worst side in a relationship, but in Wen Dongyang's heart, he was watching the person he loved suffer.
His love is always silent, but it exists at all times.
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