Chapter 40 Su Xiaoyu's Mother Causes Trouble
In the hospital's security department's temporary interrogation room, Su Xiaoyu sat on a hard wooden stool. Her delicate makeup had long been ruined by tears, and the stains on her white dress had dried, leaving an unsightly mark.
Her hair was disheveled, and her eyes were filled with anger, humiliation, and an incredulous bewilderment.
From childhood to adulthood, when had Su Xiaoyu ever suffered such humiliation?
Two men splashed water and porridge on him in public, he was scolded by the dean, and he was locked up and questioned by the security department like a criminal!
All of this is because of that country girl named Gu Baobao!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and the angrier she became, the more resentful she became.
It must be that Gu Baobao who spoke ill of him to Commander Lu and Dean Zhou!
Otherwise, why would they treat me that way?
Although Commander Lu was cold before, he had never been this fierce before!
And why are all those experts so nice to that country girl?
She, Su Xiaoyu, is the most popular female comrade in the military region!
"I want to see my mother! My mother is an official in the Municipal Bureau of Culture! You can't keep me locked up like this!"
Su Xiaoyu shouted at the security officer in charge of the questioning, trying to use her mother as leverage.
The security officer took notes expressionlessly, handling the matter strictly by the book:
"Comrade Su Xiaoyu, please cooperate with the investigation and truthfully explain the specific circumstances and motives behind your unauthorized entry into the high-level ward area, your disturbance of the wounded's rest, and your verbal abuse of military families. Your mother's identity is irrelevant to this investigation."
Su Xiaoyu was so angry that she was trembling all over, but she was helpless.
She had a smooth and successful life from childhood, pampered by her parents, especially her mother Wang Xiuhong, which fostered an attitude that the whole world should revolve around her.
If I set my sights on someone or something, it's because of my spoiled nature. I don't know how to assess the situation or humble myself.
Just as she was feeling anxious and angry, the news finally reached her mother, Wang Xiuhong.
Wang Xiuhong holds a minor section chief position in the Municipal Bureau of Culture, wielding some real power and possessing a certain amount of self-important connections and influence.
Upon hearing that her beloved daughter had been detained for investigation at the military hospital for insulting military family members and interfering with wounded soldiers, she was furious!
In her view, her daughter was well-behaved, beautiful, and talented. She was the mainstay of the performing arts troupe and only deserved to be flattered and fawned over. How could she possibly insult others?
The hospital must have made a mistake! Or someone is deliberately framing her daughter!
Especially when she learned that the incident seemed to be related to a young girl from a rural area in Northeast China who was taking care of her injured brother, Wang Xiuhong became even more furious.
How dare a country bumpkin like him compete with her daughter?
How dare you let her daughter suffer?
This is outrageous!
She immediately dropped her work; in her eyes, nothing was more important than her daughter, and stormed towards the island's military region.
Wang Xiuhong was in her forties, wearing a dark blue Lenin suit commonly seen on cadres at the time, with her hair neatly combed short and her face covered in face cream.
Carrying a black faux leather handbag, he walked with a brisk pace, exuding an air of "I'm right, I can go anywhere."
She went straight to the office of the troupe's leader, launched into a tirade of questions, and demanded that the leader appear immediately.
Go to the hospital to bail out her daughter, and also hold that country girl and the hospital accountable for their unreasonable detention.
The leaders of the performing arts troupe had already learned the general situation from the hospital and knew that Su Xiaoyu had caused trouble due to her own inappropriate behavior. They originally wanted to suppress the matter and deal with it internally after the investigation was completed.
However, Wang Xiuhong's outburst made him somewhat impatient, but since Wang Xiuhong did have some connections, he couldn't directly break off relations and could only vaguely say that he would look into the situation.
Wang Xiuhong felt that the leader was shirking responsibility and became even more dissatisfied.
She thought to herself that she couldn't rely on the cultural troupe, so she went straight to the hospital!
She refused to believe that, given her position as a section chief in the municipal cultural bureau, she could ignore the differences between the military and local systems and not be able to manage a country girl and a hospital.
So Wang Xiuhong rushed to the military hospital without stopping.
Upon arriving at the hospital, she didn't bother to find the security department or the hospital office in charge; she went straight to the third floor of the inpatient ward.
She had already found out that the ward where the country girl and her daughter had their conflict was on the third floor, and that Battalion Commander Gu and Regiment Commander Lu were also staying there.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! I need to see your leader! What right does your hospital have to arrest people arbitrarily?! Is there no law anymore?!"
Wang Xiuhong's voice was high-pitched and loud, with a shrewish edge, making it particularly jarring in the quiet hospital corridor.
Several nurses and passing patients' family members were startled by her and turned to look at her.
The on-duty nurse tried to stop it:
"Excuse me, who are you looking for? This is the inpatient ward, please keep quiet!"
"Who am I looking for? I'm looking for your hospital director! I'm looking for that country bumpkin named Gu Baobao! She locked up my daughter Xiaoyu, and she demands an explanation today! Otherwise, I'm not finished with you!"
Wang Xiuhong stood with her hands on her hips, raising her voice even louder, attracting more people in the ward to peek out and see what was going on.
She thought to herself, the bigger the fuss, the better. She wanted everyone to see how this hospital bullied people! She wanted to tear that country bumpkin's face off!
Just as she was shouting loudly, the nurse on duty was sweating profusely and didn't know what to do.
At the end of the corridor, the door to that familiar double hospital room creaked open.
Gu Baobao had just returned from Old Tang's ward and was preparing to tell her brother and Lu Zhanming about the situation and check on their injuries.
As soon as I reached the door, I heard a sharp, piercing noise.
She paused for a moment, her brows furrowing slightly.
Are you here to see her?
What day is it today?
Before she could move, two figures appeared at the door of the ward almost simultaneously.
Gu Dongguo sat in a wheelchair, being pushed by his orderly, his face solemn.
Lu Zhanming walked out directly, his posture as upright as a pine tree. Even with his arm in a sling, his imposing aura remained undiminished.
His cold gaze swept over Wang Xiuhong, who was throwing a tantrum in the corridor, as if she were a piece of disgusting garbage.
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