NOS Chapter 91

Chapter 91: Azalea Peak (12)

Chapter 91: Azalea Peak (12)

When Guan Yao and Wang Zhen rushed to the Municipal Hospital, Yu Zhenshan had already been sent to the operating room. A crowd of people surrounded the operating room, all of them silent, with different expressions. The atmosphere in the corridor was quite strange, and no one knew what had just happened.

Yu Chunming was also among them, sitting on the only chair outside the operating room. He was staring down, with half a cigarette between his fingers. He didn’t silently put out the cigarette until Guan Yao came over.

“How is it? How’s the Director General?” Wang Zhen asked breathlessly.

Liao Haimin stepped forward and replied, “He’s out of danger. They’re performing vascular anastomosis.”

Wang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good, that’s good…”

After exhaling, he immediately turned to ask, “Han Chen, what exactly happened? How could such a coincidence happen at the airport and cause an accident?”

Han Chen glanced at Yu Chunming and replied vaguely, “Someone was drunk and drove into the arrival hall, smashing the glass and railings. Deputy Director General Yu and us were standing nearby. We thought we were dodging in time, but the Director General was still injured by the fragments.”

Liao Haimin was puzzled and added, “A sudden situation, it was a sudden situation.”

“The driver also took drugs,” Yu Chunming, who had been silent, said at this moment. “Just now, colleagues from the Traffic Police Detachment found drug residues and several empty wine bottles under the passenger seat of the pickup truck. Moreover, this person had been following us since we left Za Mu Er. The pickup truck was driving normally on the road, so the driver should have taken drugs in front of the airport, perhaps to stimulate his nerves so he could drive into people.”

“Chunming…” Han Chen tried to interrupt him.

“Following you?” Wang Zhen immediately interrupted.

Yu Chunming took a breath and replied, “Yes, I noticed it when we left the city, but I didn’t pay attention. When we were approaching the airport, I saw the pickup truck again, and I felt something was wrong. Plus, one of its headlights was broken, and the front of the car seemed to have been hit, so…”

Wang Zhen’s expression darkened: “You mean… tonight wasn’t an accident?”

“It could be an accident, or it might not be,” Yu Chunming replied. “After all, the driver was drunk and taking drugs, and he was mentally unclear. He couldn’t even explain what he did, but the situation at the scene was very strange. The pickup truck was initially heading towards me, and it only crashed into the hall after losing control.”

“That’s what happened at the scene,” Liao Haimin chimed in.

Just then, Li Xiaotian, who had been comparing information downstairs, came upstairs and shouted, “Captain Wang, Old Guan, I had someone from the Traffic Police Detachment check, and the pickup truck we’re looking for is the one the driver was driving.”

A local car, gray-blue, with a broken headlight, and the license plate number had 95 in it.

That’s right, it was this one.

After carefully checking the scene photos, Wang Zhen clicked his tongue and said, “Guan Yao, take a look too, does this match the registration photo sent by the Vehicle Management Office?”

Guan Yao nodded after looking at it: “It matches.”

Liao Haimin frowned and asked, “Is the driver the suspect you’re trying to arrest?”

“The driver isn’t. I confirmed it when I was at the scene,” Yu Chunming replied.

“So, you’re saying you discovered that there was a problem with this car a long time ago, but you didn’t eliminate the danger?” Liao Haimin’s tone suddenly became sharp.

“Hey, this…” Wang Zhen wanted to smooth things over for his two apprentices.

But just then, a doctor came out with a anesthesia consent form and asked, “Who is the family member? A word was missed in the signature.”

As soon as this was said, everyone fell silent, and the atmosphere returned to the initial strangeness and eeriness.

“Who is the family member?” the doctor asked anxiously.

Yu Chunming stood up and said, “I am.”

But for some reason, his right hand was shaking very badly, and he couldn’t write a word for a long time with the pen.

“Alright, I’ll sign it,” Liao Haimin impatiently snatched the consent form. “You young people can’t do anything neatly!”

Wang Zhen quickly followed the Political Commissar’s words and continued, “That’s right! Since you noticed something was wrong at the time, why did you lead people out? Fortunately, it didn’t cause a major disaster. What if it had caused a major disaster? What if there were casualties among the people? What would you do? Now it’s good that the Director General is out of danger, and the taxi driver and the people who were overturned were only slightly injured.”

“Master…” Han Chen wanted to explain, “There are many cars leaving Za Mu Er for Changlian Airport. Even if we found out, we couldn’t suspect people for no reason, and…”

“And what?” Wang Zhen pretended to be stern, “Is this your reason for dealing with the problem carelessly? Can you afford to compensate for the economic property losses at the scene? In my opinion, you two should be suspended from your duties and reflect on yourselves!”

Seeing this, Liao Haimin didn’t say anything more. After handing the consent form to the doctor, he kindly advised, “Alright, Old Wang, say a few words and that’s enough. Although they made mistakes, they’re not that serious. At this stage, it’s more important to investigate the case clearly.”

“Did you hear that?” Wang Zhen glared at the two of them. “Go back and reflect on yourselves!”

These words made Han Chen feel uneasy, and he said in a low voice, “Master, this is not our fault at all, it’s…”

“You’re still arguing back?” Wang Zhen quickly winked at Han Chen, signaling him to pretend to be obedient in front of Liao Haimin.

Han Chen immediately shut up, but who knew that Yu Chunming would speak again, he said, “We have stopped the loss in time. If we had let the leaders get in the car, I’m afraid none of them would be alive now.”

Wang Zhen originally adhered to the principle that “I can scold my own apprentice, but no one else can,” and prepared to send the two away in a hurry, but unexpectedly, neither of them appreciated it and even went against him.

So, Liao Haimin couldn’t help it, and he said from the side, “Little Yu, why haven’t you changed your impulsive problem? Last year’s Auto Repair Shop explosion, if you hadn’t made a mistake…”

“Was it me?” Yu Chunming directly and relentlessly interrupted Liao Haimin’s words, he loudly questioned, “Was it me? Take the notice and show it to me, where does it say that it was my responsibility?”

Liao Haimin didn’t expect Yu Chunming to refute, he opened his mouth, and was momentarily at a loss.

Wang Zhen quickly looked at Guan Yao, signaling him to pull Yu Chunming away.

But Guan Yao said quietly, “Political Commissar Liao, it’s best not to talk about things that haven’t been concluded in front of everyone.”

“What do you mean hasn’t been concluded?” Liao Haimin asked in surprise, he asked Wang Zhen, “Who is this comrade? Why is he suddenly interjecting with meaningless words?”

“Guan Yao…” Wang Zhen was on the verge of tears.

As a good comrade who was always easy to talk to, Guan Yao didn’t give Captain Wang any face at the moment, he righteously said, “Political Commissar Liao, you are the Political Commissar of the Provincial Department’s Criminal Investigation Brigade, you should understand that the determination of responsibility for accidents is very rigorous. Whether Chunming made a mistake, what kind of mistake he made, it’s not written on either white paper or blue paper, you can’t use such words to accuse him.”

Liao Haimin asked blankly, “Which unit are you from?”

“I’m a police officer from the Linchang Police Station under the Za Mu Er Municipal Bureau. As a political commissar, you have an obligation to listen to the suggestions of grassroots police officers.” Guan Yao pulled Yu Chunming back and took out his police ID, slapping it in front of Liao Haimin.

Liao Haimin was stunned.

Han Chen said weakly, “Guan Yao, be lenient…”

“Then who were you lenient to?” Yu Chunming suddenly raised his hand and pointed, “Han Chen, tonight, I told you not to lead them out of the arrival hall, and not to let the passengers go out, but you didn’t listen at all! And last year, on the way from the suspect’s residence to the Songbei Auto Repair Factory, I repeatedly asked you to take people out of the factory area, but you insisted on continuing to salvage the corpses! After the explosion, I was unconscious for several days, but you took all the blame for me. Han Chen, are you bullying Zhang Lei because he can’t wake up and can’t speak, or am I the person involved and can’t speak? Ask yourself, were these mistakes made by me?”

“Chunming, let’s talk about these things later, okay?” Wang Zhen began to mediate.

“Later? What later? How many times do you have to turn around to believe me?” Yu Chunming “swished” and also pulled out his police ID, throwing it into Wang Zhen’s hand, “Didn’t you all want me to resign? Then I’ll just resign, I won’t wear this uniform anymore!”

As he spoke, he turned his face and was about to leave.

“No, Little Yu,” Liao Haimin hurriedly went up to stop him, he slowed down his tone and said gently, “These are all conclusions reached after the organization’s investigation. We understand that you have emotions, but we must also speak according to the facts of the investigation, right? My expression just now was indeed not that rigorous, and this comrade also pointed out the mistake, let’s investigate the case calmly, okay?”

“You investigated a fart!” Yu Chunming was furious, “You just think that I’m usually arrogant and self-opinionated in dealing with people, so if something like this happens, I must be the first responsible person! That’s right, Han Chen is so good at flattering the leaders, if something happens, even if he’s sent out, he’ll be given a leisurely and well-paid job. It’s not because this person is capable, it’s purely because he speaks nicely, is this reasonable?”

He staggered back two steps, and continued, “Those few from the Songlan Municipal Bureau, when the Supervision Team came down to visit, they all said that it was my fault. I’ll just ask one question, were they at the scene when the Auto Repair Factory exploded?”

“Don’t talk about it, this is a hospital.” Wang Zhen was flustered, but he couldn’t stop him, and in the end, he was directly burned.

He saw Yu Chunming point at him: “And you, Captain Wang.”

Wang Zhen froze, and swallowed.

Yu Chunming pointed at him and said loudly, “Captain Wang, I know you didn’t want to accept me as an apprentice at all, and I also know that you begged your grandfather and grandmother to send me away back then, so as soon as you had a chance, you couldn’t wait to kick me out of the Municipal Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Team…”

“Chunming, I never thought that,” Wang Zhen was so anxious that he directly raised his hand, “I swear! I swear on my ancestors for eighteen generations, I really didn’t want to drive you away last year, what I said at the time was just angry words!”

“Is that so?” Yu Chunming sneered, “If it weren’t for me, you should have been promoted to captain of the General Brigade a long time ago, because of me, oh no, it should be because you don’t trust me, so you can only shrink in the Municipal Bureau as a tortoise until now!”

“Oh, this…” Wang Zhen had a headache, he pushed Liao Haimin, trying to use the leader to shield himself, “You usually give lectures for three hours without a break at the conference, why are you silent now?”

Liao Haimin, as the highest leader besides Yu Zhenshan lying inside, could only reluctantly put on a friendly face and take Yu Chunming’s police ID, stuffing it back into his hand: “Little Yu, I’ve already heard Captain Wang’s report about the letter, the organization knows that you’ve been wronged. When the case is over and everything is cleared up, we will definitely restore your rank. When that time comes, if you want to go back to Songlan, or, or enter the Provincial Department, the organization can compensate you…”

“There’s no need to say these nice words,” Yu Chunming pushed away Liao Haimin’s hand, he said with a light smile, “You all know the truth, so don’t do these empty courtesies in the future, there’s no need.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present fell silent.

Guan Yao and Wang Zhen were confused, what truth?

“Alright,” Seeing that this quarrel was finally over, Yu Chunming wiped his face, and put away his police ID with his head down, “Since Deputy Director General Yu is out of danger, then I’m not needed here, I’m going back.”

“Hey, wait, the nurse said…” Liao Haimin was about to step forward to stop him, but before he could finish speaking, he saw the person who was standing well suddenly kneel on the ground with a “thump”.

“Chunming!” Guan Yao reacted quickly and supported him.

“Oh,” Liao Haimin hurriedly went to help, he said, “Look at this… he just fainted once, the nurse said, he has severe anemia, he can’t move around…”

“What’s going on again?” Wang Zhen asked, raising his head.

Han Chen replied silently from the side: “The hospital doesn’t have A-type blood reserves, and on the way back, Chunming donated 200 milliliters of blood to Deputy Director General Yu.”

Guan Yao’s hand holding Yu Chunming froze, and he looked down at the person who had fallen into his arms.

So, this is the truth.

They all knew that Yu Chunming was not Yu Zhenshan’s son.

At dawn, Yu Zhenshan came out of the operating room.

After taking a look through the glass, Wang Zhen came to Yu Chunming’s ward. He poked his head and knocked on the door, and when he saw that no one answered, he tiptoed in.

“Still not awake?” Wang Zhen asked.

Guan Yao was sitting on the side, staring at the IV bag in a daze, he shook his head and replied, “No.”

“Sigh…” Wang Zhen sighed deeply, “These two apprentices of mine are really my grim reapers.”

“Did Han Chen go back?” Guan Yao turned his head and asked.

“I sent him to follow the Traffic Police Detachment to investigate the driver who caused the accident.” Wang Zhen ruffled his hair, walked closer and looked at the unconscious Yu Chunming, and “tsked” softly, “So that’s what this kid thinks of me.”

“Is it surprising?” Guan Yao asked rhetorically.

“Oh…” Wang Zhen’s face collapsed, “Officer Guan, you should hang out with Chunming less, tell me, when we first met, you were such an upright and outspoken person, why are you now starting to learn how to make people angry nine out of ten sentences, and slam the table and challenge the leaders at every turn?”

“That’s because you didn’t understand me before,” Guan Yao said calmly.

Wang Zhen waved his hand: “Alright, alright, alright, let me tell you, it’s because Political Commissar Liao has a good temper, if we had our previous Captain of the General Brigade, there would have been bloodshed tonight.”

Guan Yao raised the corner of his mouth: “No wonder Captain Wang, you can’t get promoted, I feel that our Provincial Criminal Investigation Department has a consistently bad temper and fierce nature from top to bottom.”

“Please stop talking, you’re also my ancestor.” Wang Zhen pleaded.

The two were talking in low voices when the person on the bed suddenly moved, and Guan Yao quickly signaled Wang Zhen to go out.

Sure enough, half a minute later, Yu Chunming opened his eyes.

The ward was very quiet, and the bedside lamp was also very dim, so when Yu Chunming woke up, looking at the white walls of the hospital, he couldn’t remember what had happened.

“Are you feeling better?” Guan Yao’s voice sounded at this time.

Yu Chunming turned his head and saw the person whose eyes were full of red blood vessels.

“A little dizzy,” he said softly.

Guan Yao sighed and held Yu Chunming’s hand on the side of the bed: “You were lying in the snow in Beilin Village last month, almost draining half of your blood, do you remember? What did the doctor say at the time? Did he tell you to take good care of yourself and not have any strenuous exercise for the next year?”

Yu Chunming didn’t speak.

“You’re good,” Guan Yao continued, “With your pathetic hemoglobin, you still went to save others, what if you got yourself killed? Leaving me alone as a widower?”

These words made Yu Chunming laugh, but when he laughed, he felt even more dizzy, so he had to honestly shut his mouth and listen to Guan Yao’s lecture.

“Chunming,” Guan Yao said, “Have pity on me, don’t make me worry about you anymore.”