Chapter 357: Hush Money of Five Dollars
Dongzhe led the school doctor to the place.
The school doctor gave Xiaoting a simple examination. The injury was on her ankle, with obvious redness and swelling, but no wound. As to whether there was a fracture, she had to go to the hospital for examination.
He simply fixed Xiaoting's ankle, and Zhou Huaiyi arrived just in time.
Xiaoting had just wiped away her tears, but when she saw Zhou Huaiyi, her tears started to fall again.
Zhou Huaiyi's usually calm face showed a hint of panic. After listening to the school doctor's introduction, he calmed down and said to Xiaoting:
"Xiaoting, it's okay. I'll take you to the hospital now."
The school doctor confirmed: "You are this classmate's father"
"Yeah." Xiaoting, Zhou Huaiyi and Dongzhe answered at the same time.
The school doctor was relieved: "Then go quickly, don't delay."
Zhou Huaiyi carried Xiaoting on his back.
Xiaoting was completely unable to walk, and the school doctor was a female doctor. Dongzhe was just discussing with her how to get Xiaoting down the stairs, or at least carry her to the school gate and find a car. Fortunately, Zhou Huaiyi came.
"Xiaoting, I'll walk slower. If it hurts, just tell me. I'll walk even slower. Don't bear it." Zhou Huaiyi whispered.
"Yeah." Xiaoting responded softly. At this moment, she felt very at ease.
Zhou Huaiyi drove over and quickly took Xiaoting to the hospital.
Dongzhe also went to the hospital. When Zhou Huaiyi left, he was responsible for accompanying Xiaoting until Huang Ling and Song Ying arrived.
"Dongzhe! How is he?" Song Ying rushed over and held her son's arm tightly.
"Uncle Zhou is accompanying me to get a cast. Auntie, don't worry. There's no fracture, but the ankle is severely sprained and the ligaments are torn..."
When Song Ying heard the word "tear", she cried out and was about to cry.
"How could it be so serious! What happened!" She held Dongzhe's hand tightly, making Dongzhe grimace in pain.
"Mom, don't panic. Don't cry when you see Xiaoting later. She will be sad for a long time if you cry." Dongzhe hurriedly patted Song Ying's hand.
"No, I won't... I'm calm, I'm calm, I'm the calmest..." Song Ying murmured to herself.
"Dongzhe, do you know how you got hurt? Where did you get hurt? Was it yourself or someone else who hurt you?" Huang Ling asked calmly despite being panicked.
Dongzhe told Huang Ling what he knew.
As he was speaking, Zhou Huaiyi pushed Xiaoting out.
When Song Ying saw Xiaoting sitting in a wheelchair, she pouted and didn't dare to speak, for fear that she was about to cry, so she just walked over and held Xiaoting's hand.
"Don't worry, it's okay. I think I'd better stay in the hospital for one day and check again tomorrow to confirm. The plaster is said to last for half a month." Zhou Huaiyi shook Huang Ling's hand and told her.
Huang Ling nodded, held Xiao Ting's other hand and said, "Then stay for one night. Mom will be here with you."
Zhou Huaiyi went home to get something, Song Ying went to get some water, Huang Ling went to the bathroom, and only Dongzhe was there.
Dongzhe sat down beside the bed and asked, "Does it still hurt?"
"I'm better now. My uncle said it's inconvenient to go up and down the stairs with the plaster cast on, so he asked me to stay at home for half a month and not go to school. I can go back when I feel better." Xiaoting shook her head.
Their class is on the second floor and the toilet is in a corner of the school, far away.
"Oh, then I'll help you pack your school books and take them home for you tomorrow." Dongzhe knew what she was going to say next, so he answered in advance.
"Well, why did you go there to see me today?"
"After playing ball, I went back to the classroom to get my bag and was about to go home when I saw your bag was still there. I had a question I couldn't answer, so I thought I'd wait for you to come back and ask. I waited and waited, but you didn't come back. I felt something was wrong, so I went to look for you."
"Thanks."
"You're being so polite. But, there's something I want to tell you..."
"explain."
Dongzhe raised his head and looked furtively towards the door of the ward. Seeing that the two mothers had not returned yet, he mustered up the courage to say:
"That letter today... I have no idea who put it in my homework book! I definitely didn't mess with any female classmates! You... don't say such nonsense in front of my mom and aunt! You, you're not afraid to say it. I tore it up before I even finished reading it, and you have no evidence!"
Dongzhe lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Xiaoting, but he finished speaking and explained everything that needed to be explained.
"Oh, five dollars as a hush money." Xiaoting said softly.
"Why don't you go and rob!" Dongzhe raised his head when he heard the money.
When he looked up, he saw Xiaoting looking over him and behind him.
Dongzhe sensed the murderous intent and quickly dodged and stuck to the wall to avoid the first slap Song Ying was about to throw.
"Xiao Ting is injured, and you're still messing with her, right?"
"No, I'm kidding! I'm kidding!"
"I'm so heartbroken, and you're still kidding! I'm going to have a fight with you!"
"Mom, mom, hospital, calm down, calm down!"
Song Ying refused to leave and wanted to help take care of Xiaoting. Dongzhe had no objection and lay on the empty bed next door to do her homework. They stayed with her until after eight o'clock before they went back.
After they left, Huang Ling and Zhou Huaiyi sat on either side of the bed, looking at each other and exchanging eye contact.
Xiao Ting was very perceptive. When she saw her mother picking at her hands and her uncle's back straight and his whole body tense, she knew something was wrong, so she said:
"Uncle, Mom, stop looking. No one bullied me. I was just careless."
She told them that the physics teacher had to teach an experiment class tomorrow, but also had to attend a faculty meeting in the afternoon, and the preparations had not been completed yet, so she asked her and another female classmate to help with the preparations.
When the preparations were almost finished, the female classmate had a stomachache and wanted to go to the bathroom. Xiaoting saw that there was not much work left and it would be finished soon, so she asked the female classmate to go home directly and she would finish it.
After she was ready, she thought that this experiment room was close to the back stairs and wanted to go down from there, but she ended up spraining her knees on the stairs.
Then I missed the administrator who locked the door, so I was locked in the building.
There were no complicated situations of isolation, revenge and bullying that Huang Ling and Zhou Huaiyi imagined.
The two people beside the bed looked at each other again, and stood up at the same time. Huang Ling said to Xiao Ting:
"Xiaoting, take a rest for a while. Your uncle Zhou and I will go to the doctor to learn about the follow-up recovery."
"Okay." Xiaoting nodded obediently.
The two left the ward and walked into the corridor.
Huang Ling asked Zhou Huaiyi: "How is the credibility?"
Zhou Huaiyi shook her hand and said, "Don't worry, from what I've observed, you should be telling the truth."
Huang Ling nodded: "That's good."
"Fortunately, Dongzhe was here, otherwise he would have been locked up until dark when we went to look for him. Not only would his feet hurt, he would have been scared to death." Zhou Huaiyi was scared when he thought of the scene just now.
"This kid is a great contributor. I have to treat him to something good." Huang Ling also nodded.
"Yes, it's just a little weak. Xiaoting can't even carry it on her back."
"Is it possible that you are embarrassed to carry it on your back?" Huang Ling raised her eyebrows at him.
"If you hadn't told me, I would have thought that he was Xiaoting's cousin. It might be possible, but I don't think I can memorize them. No, I still have to practice with them." Zhou Huaiyi thought for a while and replied.
"Yes, yes, practice, it will be useful in critical moments."
After the two finished chatting, Huang Ling returned to the ward to accompany Xiaoting. Zhou Huaiyi said he had something to do and would be out for a while and would not be back for an hour or so.
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