"ah!"
Zhuang Tunan was taken aback and said, "You, you're a police officer?"
The policeman said, "Yes, I am Li Yong from the Municipal Criminal Investigation Team. From what you just said, the building where the incident happened must be very dangerous. It concerns the lives of dozens of families, so we can't be careless!"
"Yes, officer, you're right!"
Huang Ling was also startled and quickly said, "Officer, this has nothing to do with my son! He's the victim!"
Li Yong hurriedly said, "Comrade, don't worry, I know the situation. Your son is the victim. I will send someone to check the building. If there's nothing wrong, we can all act like nothing happened. But if there really is a problem, then the designers and construction team will all be arrested!"
"What about our Pengfei?"
"The young man who just apologized?"
"right!"
"Wasn't he just helping out? If he helped without knowing the truth, then he'll definitely be fine. But if he knew and deliberately hid it, then it's hard to say!"
Just then, Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe returned. Huang Ling hurriedly asked Zhuang Xiaoting, "How did it go? Did you catch up?"
"No, I don't know. Why did he run so fast? I couldn't even see him when I chased after him!"
"Then let's just ignore him; we'll meet again sooner or later!"
The ward door opened again, and Song Ying and Lin Wufeng walked in, each carrying several takeout meals.
Song Ying said warmly, "You haven't eaten yet, have you? I brought you some food, come and eat!"
Huang Ling hurriedly said, "We can't eat anymore! Xiang Pengfei brought us food earlier, and Xiaoting brought some too. Now that you've brought more, it's practically a canteen!"
Lin Wufeng said, "Eat as much as you can. We can't waste food, and we can't go hungry."
Huang Ling knew that Li Yong was a policeman, so she glanced at him again and saw that there was nothing on Li Yong's table, not even food. She quickly took two meals from the table and handed them to Li Yong, saying, "Comrade Li, please have something! It's getting late."
Perhaps this police officer genuinely had no one to bring him food, for a troubled look appeared on his face as he said, "It's quite inconvenient for me to be hospitalized alone. No one is bringing me food, and even though I wanted to ask the nurses to buy some, they don't come. I really don't know what to do!"
Huang Ling said, "Eat up! It's alright. We can't finish it anyway, it'll just go to waste if it gets cold!"
"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony! But let me make this clear from the start: I'll give you the money as a gift from you!"
"We're all patients in the same ward, how could I possibly take your money!"
Zhuang Tunan asked Li Yong, "Officer, where are you injured?"
Li Yong laughed and said, "We're in the same boat, both of us have injured our legs, but mine is a little less serious than yours. Also, we were both chasing people, I was chasing a thief, and you were chasing a suspected thief, so you could say we're in the same boat!"
"Fate, oh fate? But it's best to avoid this kind of fate. Meeting on the street is fine, but meeting in the hospital is going to hurt!"
Song Ying said, "What a lucky day! I never expected to meet a hero in the hospital, a hero who catches thieves for the people."
Li Yong blushed again and said, "What kind of hero is that? Just an ordinary policeman!"
"When ordinary people like us encounter thieves, most of us just run away. We don't fight like you police officers, risking your lives to fight these villains. It's truly admirable!"
"Catching thieves is our duty, it's our responsibility. If the police don't catch thieves, the world will be full of them!"
At this moment, the ward door was pushed open again, and a man in a police uniform came in. As soon as he entered the room, he said to Li Yong, "Captain, I've come to take care of you!"
Seeing that the policeman had come empty-handed, Li Yong angrily said, "You're here to serve me? I think you're just here to have fun. You didn't even bring me food, and you say you'll take care of me?"
The policeman slapped his forehead and said, "Oh dear, I forgot! I was patrolling nearby! The chief called me and asked me to take care of you tonight, so I rushed over. I was probably in such a hurry that I forgot to buy food!"
"Alright, no need to buy anymore. The person in the next bed had some extra and gave me two portions, so it's perfect for us to each have one. But you pay for this meal; I'll give it to you when we get back!"
"Great, that's perfect! Saves me the trouble of going downstairs to buy it!"
The policeman hurriedly asked Huang Ling, "Ma'am, is this yours? How much do you want?"
Huang Ling was flattered and said, "Police officers, no, no! You serve us every day, we can't accept your money. We must remember that the police and the people are one family, how could we accept your money!"
"That won't do. We police officers have discipline; we can't take even a needle or thread from the people!"
Upon hearing this, Huang Ling felt awkward. She suddenly turned to Song Ying and said, "Song Ying, you bought the food, you take it!"
"Ah! Sister Ling, you... Oh dear, you police officers have done so much for the people, it's only right that you have something to eat, how could I possibly accept your money!"
"Let's keep things separate. Serving the people is our mission, but not taking a single needle or thread from the masses is also our discipline. Otherwise, we'd be embarrassed to accept your food!"
"Then it'll be four yuan! Two yuan a serving!"
"Isn't that too little?"
"That's a lot, that's a lot, that's all the money we spent!"
The policeman then took out four yuan from his pocket and handed it to Song Ying.
Song Ying took the money and immediately handed it to Huang Ying, saying, "Take it! I brought you food, I can't take it back!"
Huang Ling felt embarrassed to take it, but since she was in the hospital, she accepted it for the time being.
The policeman returned to Li Yong's bedside, and the two prepared to eat. Li Yong said to the policeman, "After you finish eating, call the station and say that there is a problem with the walls of a new building. Ask the chief to find someone to assess it. Someone was secretly doing construction last night, and I'm worried that something might happen to that building. It's a six-story building with more than twenty households!"
"Okay! I'll go call in a bit. Which new building complex specifically?"
Li Yong turned to Zhuang Tunan and asked, "Young man! Which building is it?"
"West wall of Building 2, Block B, No. 42 Haitang Road!"
Li Yong said to the policeman, "Got it?"
"Understood, Captain!"
"No matter how small, the interests of the people are paramount, especially when it involves matters of life and death!"
"Don't worry, Captain!"
At that moment, the ward door was pushed open again, and this time it was the doctor. The doctor walked to Zhuang Tunan's bedside and asked, "How are you? Still in pain?"
Zhuang Tunan hurriedly said, "It doesn't hurt as long as I don't move; it's no different from usual!"
"Then let him rest in the hospital for a few days, and then go home to recover! Whether he can stand up or not, we'll have to wait for a miracle!"
Song Ying couldn't help but ask, "Doctor, are there any other ways to heal quickly?"
The doctor said, "The bone is broken. There's no quick fix. Haste makes waste. Fractures require rest. If you rest well, there might be a miracle. If you only think about quick fixes, what if it breaks again? Don't dream about good things. Just rest!"
"Oh, I understand, doctor. Thank you!"
After Song Ying finished speaking, she looked at Huang Ling, whose face was full of sorrow. She was so sorrowful that anyone would be too worried to lift their head if they encountered such a situation.
So Song Ying said to Huang Ling, "Sister Ling, why don't we go back? Let Dongzhe and Xiaoting stay here and keep watch?"
Huang Ling said, "No! You all go back! I'll keep watch here!"
Zhuang Xiaoting said, "Mom! You should go back! Dongzhe and I will stay here and keep watch. We're young and can stay up all night. We're worried about you being alone here at your age!"
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