Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 267 - 182: I’ll Take You There!

The sound of police sirens echoed.

Two police cars roared to the scene.

Several police officers followed closely and arrived at the location.

The leading officer was a middle-aged man in his forties. With his rich experience, he quickly assessed the situation on-site and had an idea.

"Call an ambulance."

"Send the injured to the hospital, and take the rest back to the station."

The middle-aged officer gave the orders, and his subordinates immediately sprang into action.

"Chief Wang, I’m the victim here."

"This little bastard was too ruthless; it seems both my legs are broken!"

The bald man clearly knew the middle-aged officer and said, crying bitterly.

"Officer, they harassed us first."

"We were just defending ourselves."

Kong Xiaoyi immediately retorted.

"Officer, I can testify; it was these thugs who harassed the two girls!"

"Officer, I can testify too; I witnessed the whole thing."

"And me! I can also testify!"

Among the onlookers, a student from the University of Electronic Science and Technology stepped forward.

Earlier, when the two sides were fighting, these male students were tempted to intervene but hesitated due to the outnumbering and intimidating appearance of the bald man’s group.

Now that the police were here, this group of male students had nothing to worry about.

Especially since the bald man even tried to portray himself as the victim earlier, angering the righteous youths.

"What nonsense are you all talking about!"

"Believe it or not, I’ll..."

The bald man glared at the group of students menacingly, wanting to threaten them, but swallowed his words due to the presence of the police.

"Xiaoliu, take their statements."

The middle-aged officer at the front signaled to the young officer behind him with a glance.

He immediately waved to the students willing to testify: "Those who can testify, come with me and give a statement over there."

After that, Xiao Huamao and the three other thugs who weren’t knocked to the ground were escorted into the police car.

The bald man and the blue-haired thug were taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Meanwhile, Shen Yixiao and Wang Yunpeng were also sent to the hospital for a full examination.

It turned out that both had fractures; Shen Yixiao had a fractured left tibia, while Wang Yunpeng had two rib fractures.

Upon learning about their condition, Lin Yufei and Kong Xiaoyi couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty, even though they hadn’t done anything wrong, the incident stemmed from them after all.

In the hospital ward.

Shen Yixiao and Wang Yunpeng, the pair of good friends, lay neatly on the hospital beds.

Shen Yixiao’s left leg was already in a cast, and he lay there with his left leg suspended and propped up by two soft pillows.

Wang Yunpeng, with a rib fracture, found a cast inconvenient, so the doctor had wrapped him in many layers of bandages to keep it stable.

Besides the rib fractures, Wang Yunpeng had multiple contusions on his head, face, and body from the beating, and at this moment, his head was also bandaged.

Comparatively, Wang Yunpeng’s injuries were more severe, though the surface bruises on his skin would heal quickly.

The serious concern was the rib fractures, which required bed rest and recuperation.

After finishing their statements at the police station, Lin Yufei and Kong Xiaoyi rushed to the hospital immediately.

They initially felt quite heavy-hearted, but upon seeing Wang Yunpeng looking like an oversized mummy wound in bandages and Shen Yixiao with his leg suspended, they couldn’t help but find it amusing.

"Wang Yunpeng, Officer said you have a rib fracture, how’s the pain?"

Kong Xiaoyi asked with a frown, approaching the bedside.

"It was quite painful."

"But seeing you, the pain’s all gone."

Wang Yunpeng came back with a cheesy line straight away.

Kong Xiaoyi was speechless: "Even now, can’t you be serious?"

"I’m serious."

"Really serious!"

Wang Yunpeng nodded gently.

"Alright, stop talking."

"The doctor said you should rest in bed!"

Kong Xiaoyi sighed, taking a banana she bought at the hospital entrance, peeling it, and handing it to him.

"Shen Yixiao, do you want a banana?"

Lin Yufei sat by Shen Yixiao’s bedside.

"I want an orange!"

Shen Yixiao pointed to the bag of fruit on the bedside cabinet.

Lin Yufei promptly took an orange from the bag, peeling it while feeding it to Shen Yixiao.

"So sweet!"

After eating the orange, Shen Yixiao smacked his lips with a grin.

"You two are sweeter than the orange!"

Kong Xiaoyi teased from the side.

"Even at a time like this, you talk about that!"

Lin Yufei rolled her eyes at her best friend.

"Shen Yixiao has a fractured left leg, but his hands aren’t broken!"

Kong Xiaoyi countered.

With her words, Lin Yufei realized Shen Yixiao had a leg fracture, but his hands were perfectly fine.

It wasn’t like lying in bed meant he couldn’t do anything.

"Kong Yiji!"

"I advise you to be kind."

"Though my arms aren’t broken, I can barely lift them now, how would I peel an orange?"

Shen Yixiao had a thousand words ready to retort Kong Xiaoyi.

Meanwhile, he silently thought: Isn’t it nice to have someone caring for you?

Why act tough when I’m the one with a fracture!

"For the sake of you being a patient, I won’t argue with you."

Kong Xiaoyi shrugged.

"What did the police say?"

Shen Yixiao stopped bickering with Kong Xiaoyi and talked about serious matters.

Lin Yufei replied: "Those people have all been detained, following criminal procedures, they should be charged with intentional injury and group assault."

"I just called my dad; he’s a lawyer and will be in Beijing tomorrow morning, so we can leave the follow-up to him...."

As Lin Yufei was speaking.

Shen Yixiao’s phone suddenly rang; it was his dad, Shen Qiushan calling.

"I just got a call from the police station; what’s happening over there?"

The call connected, and Shen Qiushan’s voice was a bit anxious.

"Nothing much, just a leg fracture."

"A fracture, and you call it nothing!"

"If I had known, I wouldn’t have let you go to Beijing alone!"

Getting a sudden call from the police station late at night had startled Shen Qiushan, and his heart hadn’t calmed down yet.

"Dad, I’m really okay!"

"The doctor said I’m young, I’ll be fine in a month or two!"

Shen Yixiao responded lightly, not wanting his dad to worry.

"Send me the hospital address and ward number, I’ll come over tomorrow morning!"

"Sure thing!"

Shen Yixiao answered and didn’t forget to reassure his dad: "Dad, you really don’t need to worry."

"It’s just a little problem, you know I used to fight a lot in school."

"Alright, get some rest!"

Shen Qiushan happily hung up the phone. During the National Day holiday, both train and plane tickets were quite tight, so he needed to quickly sort out the ticket situation.

End of call.

Shen Yixiao sighed: "Ugh, now all plans are ruined."

"I can’t see the flag-raising ceremony tomorrow morning!"

"Forget about the Great Wall and the Forbidden City."

Wang Yunpeng echoed: "It’s all because of those hooligans. Something’s wrong with their heads."

"Where are we?"

"Beijing!!"

"What day is it today?"

"October 1st!!"

"I think those hooligans are just extorting, obviously looking for a reason to go to jail!"

Lin Yufei added: "My dad did say that on such a special day, doing such things, this group of hooligans would probably be severely punished."

"It would be best to shoot them!"

Kong Xiaoyi angrily added.

At this moment, two policemen walked into the ward, they were here to take statements from Shen Yixiao and Wang Yunpeng.

The policeman responsible for Shen Yixiao’s statement was surnamed Liu, looking around 30 years old.

Facing Shen Yixiao, he remained very patient and kind.

After asking the routine questions, he further asked: "Where did you get that hammer?"

"Traded with a phone."

"Huh?"

"You traded a phone for a hammer?"

Officer Liu looked puzzled.

"With a broken phone."

"It’s just like on the streets, exchanging old phones or broken phones for kitchen knives, scissors, stainless steel basins..."

"So how did you end up with a hammer?"

"Where did you trade it?"

Officer Liu continued to ask.

"Just at the night market next to the restaurant where it happened."

"As for trading for a hammer, it’s a long story, do I have to tell it?"

"Let’s hear it..."

In the spirit of thoroughness, Officer Liu lightly nodded.

"Alright then!"

Shen Yixiao had no choice but to retell his story of coming to Beijing to Officer Liu.

"So I traded for the hammer to say, first love is like a hammer!"

"I wanted to forget it as soon as possible!"

After listening to Shen Yixiao’s story, Officer Liu nodded understandingly, though he couldn’t help thinking to himself: Young people these days!

Really quite abstract!

Once the statements were done, the two policemen left.

Lin Yufei and Kong Xiaoyi returned to the ward.

Since neither Shen Yixiao nor Wang Yunpeng had family around, the two had to temporarily take care of them.

While the police were taking statements, Lin Yufei and Kong Xiaoyi rented two companion beds.

"Wow, pretty professional!"

Seeing Lin Yufei place a companion bed next to him, Shen Yixiao commented with a smile.

"Better get some sleep, it’s been a long night, almost midnight now."

Lin Yufei yawned; her usual routine was quite normal, usually sleeping by 11 p.m., but today had already gone over time.

"Yeah, time to sleep."

"Dream of watching the flag-raising ceremony, climbing the Great Wall!"

"In dreams, everything’s possible!"

Shen Yixiao stretched, feeling regretful about missing the flag-raising ceremony and climbing the Great Wall this time.

"Really want to see the flag-raising ceremony?"

At this moment, Lin Yufei suddenly asked while looking into Shen Yixiao’s eyes.

"Of course!"

"During the National Day holiday, watching a flag-raising ceremony is quite meaningful!"

Shen Yixiao genuinely felt emotional, having only seen the Tiananmen Square flag-raising ceremony on TV and in videos.

Every time he saw it, it moved him to tears.

So he was somewhat obsessed with seeing the flag-raising ceremony in person.

"Then I’ll take you there!"

Lin Yufei said with certainty.

"What?"

"You’ll take me to the flag-raising ceremony?"

"Tomorrow??"

Shen Yixiao looked at Lin Yufei in disbelief, thinking this woman must be crazy.

"Yes, tomorrow!"

Lin Yufei nodded seriously.

"But how can I get there like this?"

Shen Yixiao pointed to his plastered left leg, feeling hopeless.

"Wheelchair!"

"I’ll push you!"

"Huh??"

Shen Yixiao opened his mouth, looking at Lin Yufei in disbelief: "Are you serious?"

"You think I’m joking?"

Lin Yufei pouted: "Just ask if you’re going or not?"

"Giving you three seconds to decide!"

"3..."

"Yes!!"

Lin Yufei’s three-second countdown had just started when Shen Yixiao gave his answer.

Next moment.

Their eyes met.

Their youthful faces broke into bright smiles.