Chapter 107 It's just a sprain, not an amputation.
Chen Guobin cursed his mother in his heart.
His mother talks nonsense all day long, and of all people she could have offended, she had to provoke this newly appointed director.
Taking a deep breath, Chen Guobin forced a smile: "Of course not... I... I'll have my mom apologize to me personally..."
Zhang Chunxue then casually remarked, "If apologies were enough, what would we need police officers for?"
Chen Guobin: "..."
He cautiously began, "So, comrade, how do you intend to resolve this matter?"
His tone carried a hint of probing: "How about we compensate you for some of your economic losses?"
Zhang Chunxue immediately scoffed: "Sure enough, your mother said your family is rich, it seems they really are."
Chen Guobin's face turned green again.
So what nonsense is his mother spouting outside every day?
Although it's not as strict as it used to be in the last two years, saying these kinds of things outside can still be easily exploited by people with ulterior motives!
He could only bite the bullet and ask, "Then, what should we do to make you calm down, big sister?"
Zhang Chunxue tilted her head and thought for a moment: "It's simple. Just have your mom shout 'I will never talk nonsense or spread rumors again' twenty times at the hospital entrance, and that will do."
Upon hearing this, the old woman with the crooked mouth jumped up and shouted, "I don't want to! Why should I!"
Chen Guobin also felt somewhat embarrassed.
After all, she's his own mother! His mother being humiliated is almost the same as tearing off his own face and throwing it into a ditch.
He simply couldn't accept it.
Zhang Chunxue looked at her coldly: "On what grounds? Because you spread rumors and slandered my and Comrade Song Xingzhi's reputations!"
Song Xingzhi looked directly at Chen Guobin and said, "It seems your mother doesn't agree with this suggestion. Perhaps we need to find another way to resolve this."
He slowly began to speak: "As a cadre in the town, you condone your mother's rampant spreading of rumors and insults against others, damaging their reputations, yet you turn a blind eye to it. It seems you are unfit for the position assigned to you by the organization, and incapable of completing the tasks assigned to you by the organization..."
"What's more, your mother keeps saying 'her son is an official,' which is blatantly bureaucratic..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Guobin felt his soul almost leap out of his skin, and his legs were trembling.
He quickly turned around and glared angrily at his mother: "Mom! I told you long ago, stop talking nonsense all day long! Don't blurt out things you shouldn't say! You're spouting nonsense about things you don't even know yourself!"
"I am wholeheartedly dedicated to serving the people, but you keep holding me back!"
He spoke the whole truth in the second half of that sentence.
Isn't his mother always holding him back?
His face was full of righteous indignation: "Why don't you quickly admit your mistakes to Comrade Zhang Chunxue and Director Song, reflect on yourself, and then go to the hospital gate to deeply examine your behavior as she said!"
The old woman with the crooked mouth felt incredibly wronged.
If she really went to the hospital entrance and said that, where would she put her face?
She wanted to refuse, but Chen Guobin looked at her intently, his eyes holding a lot of unspoken emotions.
She knew that rank mattered, and it was obvious that Song Xingzhi was using this as an excuse to get back at her.
If she doesn't do as she's told, her son might be punished, and he might lose his job.
In the end, the old woman with the crooked mouth could only grit her teeth and say fiercely, "I...I understand! I will go!"
But then her eyes darted around again: "But my sprained ankle isn't healed yet, so I can't go to the hospital entrance right now..."
She had a very good plan: to keep dragging it out until that damned little mute was discharged from the hospital, Zhang Chunxue and the others left, and then the matter would be over.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Chunxue calmly replied, "It's just a sprained ankle, not an amputation!"
"Besides, if you really have difficulty moving around, the hospital has wheelchairs, right? Just borrow a wheelchair to go to the hospital entrance, how much trouble could that cause?"
The old woman with the crooked mouth's face immediately darkened even more.
That bitch is truly vicious! They just won't let her go, huh?
She just said a few casual words, why did they have to make such a fuss?
Chen Guobin knew, of course, that his mother was trying to be clever, and his face darkened even more, his tone becoming somewhat harsh.
"Mom! You know better than I what happened to your leg injury! Let's finish the self-criticism quickly and settle this matter!"
He was afraid that his mother would make excuses and that Song Xingzhi would get impatient and actually report the crime.
The old woman with the crooked mouth never expected that even her own son wouldn't side with her. She felt incredibly wronged and could only reluctantly get out of bed under her son's piercing gaze. Pretending that her legs were extremely weak, she limped slowly towards the ward door.
Occasionally, when she glanced at Chen Guobin, her eyes were filled with grievance and sorrow.
Zhang Chunxue couldn't help but turn to Song Xingzhi and ask, "What exactly is she feeling wronged about?"
"Didn't she say those disgusting, fabricated rumors herself?"
Song Xingzhi just smiled faintly: "What she felt wronged about was that her son's official rank wasn't high enough, so she couldn't control everything and had to apologize and lose face."
Upon hearing this, Chen Guobin felt his face burning even more, and immediately urged his mother, "Mom, hurry up!"
"Also! First, apologize to Comrade Zhang Chunxue and Director Song!"
The old woman with the crooked mouth had almost ground her rotten teeth to powder, but she could only reluctantly walk over, her tone extremely harsh.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have talked nonsense just now!"
Although she apologized, the anger in her words was palpable to anyone in the ward.
Zhang Chunxue simply gave a cold laugh.
Chen Guobin's face immediately darkened: "Mom! Apologize properly! What kind of behavior is this?"
The old woman with the crooked mouth was almost in tears. But there was nothing she could do. She could only look at her son with tears in her eyes, her voice filled with sorrow.
"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have spread rumors..."
"You adults are so magnanimous, please forgive me!"
Zhang Chunxue pouted: "That makes it sound like we're some kind of bad people forcing women into prostitution..."
The old lady with the crooked mouth is really a bit stressed.
She's already apologized so humbly, what more do these two want? Do they want to drive her to her death?
As she thought about it, she looked at her son with a sorrowful expression.
Zhang Chunxue felt goosebumps all over looking at her affected manner.
From what Chen Guobin said earlier, it's clear that this old hag is someone who bullies her daughter-in-law at home.
She wanted to hit her daughter-in-law, but accidentally sprained her ankle and insisted on being hospitalized. Wasn't that just to make trouble for her daughter-in-law?
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