Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 725 Intensifying
The woman swallowed a bowl of plain noodles without any seasoning, not even salt.

In about half a minute, she finished all the noodles that Chen Shu had brought.

The woman carefully licked her lips, seemingly still wanting more.

Chen Shu clapped his hands and stood up. Looking at the line of young people still waiting to enter the nightclub in the distance, and the internet celebrities gesticulating wildly on the street, he had an idea.

He pointed to the crowded nightclub and calmly said, "If you crawl on your knees from here, carrying the child, to the entrance of that bar over there, and then crawl back on your knees, I'll give you 20,000."

Twenty thousand?

Are you just going to crawl back and forth on your knees like that?

The woman, perhaps thinking she had misheard, widened her eyes and asked, "Young man, you're not joking, are you?"

Chen Shu shook his head: "No, I'm very serious."

The woman thought this was absurd. Forget 20,000 yuan, even crawling back and forth on her knees could save some money for her child's medical expenses. She would have been willing to do it even if it were just 2,000 yuan, let alone 20,000.

In the end, however, she chose not to believe it, shaking her head and saying, "Hey, buddy, you should go home early. Um, thanks for the noodles."

Chen Shu squatted down, looked into the woman's eyes, and said, "If it succeeds, we can get the money for the child's treatment, 20,000 yuan. Of course, maybe I'll run away while you're climbing far away, who knows?

After hesitating for a long time, the woman asked, "Brother, are you really going to give me 20,000?"

Chen Shu imagined Chen Chuan, this rich second-generation, showing off his ex-ex-ex-girlfriend's arrogance in front of his buddies, and then mimicked him, saying, "In your eyes, this is a huge sum of money, but for me, it's just a matter of buying a bag for my girlfriend."

After a pause, seeing the woman who was clearly somewhat tempted, Chen Shu said sarcastically, "However, for the sake of the child, do you think you have any other choice?"

After waiting a few seconds, Chen Shu glanced at him sideways and said coldly, "So your so-called willingness to do anything for the child was just a way to trick us into giving you some money for food? Or is the child just a tool for you to deceive people's kindness?"

The woman shook her head violently, then hugged the child in her arms tightly. After hesitating for a long time, she gritted her teeth and nodded.

Chen Shu stood up and looked once again at the colorful world of flowers in the distance.

After a long silence, he said expressionlessly, "Climb."

So, on a cold night, on the streets of the beautiful city known as the Spring City, young citizens witnessed a heartbreaking scene.

A woman dressed in worn-out clothes, holding her child in her arms, knelt on the cold street, struggling to crawl forward on her knees along the roadside.

First, some passersby turned their heads to look, then the young people who were queuing up at the nightclub entrance gathered around, and even those internet celebrities who usually kept to themselves turned their phone cameras and pointed them at the woman.

The woman's face was full of exhaustion and helplessness. Her legs, like a machine, were dragging her along, one in front of the other, against the hard and piercing bricks.

Sometime later, the child, who had been sleeping, woke up and opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by a large crowd. He was immediately frightened and clung tightly to his mother's neck, his little face flushed with fear.

The woman stopped crawling on her knees and knelt down to comfort her child.

She gently stroked the child's hair, soothing him in the softest voice possible: "Baby, don't be afraid, Mommy is here, Mommy will protect you."

To distract the child, the woman began to sing nursery rhymes.

Her singing voice was clear and beautiful, like a warm breeze blowing into the hearts of everyone present on this chilly night.

When someone finally struck up a conversation and learned the reason why the woman was crawling on her knees, the surrounding crowd erupted in uproar. Some strongly condemned her for being rich and heartless, some angrily cursed her for being mentally ill, and some sarcastically mocked her for being hypocritical.

The woman kneeling on the ground, however, did not feel anger like the passersby. Even though the 20,000 yuan the man had promised was still a drop in the bucket compared to her daughter's medical expenses, it at least gave her a glimmer of hope. The woman explained the man's predicament to the crowd, after all, not everyone in this society is compassionate, and the "disabled beggars" of the past had exhausted most of the kindness in society.

At this moment, even if a woman kneels before everyone, swearing that she is willing to give everything to restore her child's health, who can believe her empty words? Who would willingly part with the money they have worked so hard to earn?
There are so many people in the world who need saving, why should we help her?

At least, that man was willing.

This is the only lifeline for the seriously ill child in my arms.

The woman turned her head slightly and looked at the upright figure standing in the shadows at the street corner.

With the encouragement of onlookers, more and more people arrived at the scene.

In no time, news of "kneeling all the way to beg for medical expenses" and "a rich second-generation pretending to be kind and righteous, deceiving a poor woman into suffering" spread rapidly across Kunming. Countless citizens gathered around the woman out of sympathy.

Some older women tried to help lift the girl so the woman could kneel more comfortably, but she slowly shook her head and firmly refused.

The woman was dressed in tattered peasant clothes, and in her arms she held her daughter, who was wrapped up tightly.

She crawled on her knees devoutly along the bustling road, her knees scraping against the cold ground, completely disregarding the stares of others.

The journey of a few hundred meters may seem short, but for the woman carrying her daughter, it was an extremely difficult distance.

After climbing halfway, her arms, which were supporting her daughter's weight, ached terribly, and the woman had to stop and bend over to rest every few meters.

Every time the woman knelt, it was a struggle; the further she went, even breathing became difficult.

Some young people standing nearby were shouting that someone must be sent to keep a close watch on the man who proposed this vicious plan, in order to prevent him from escaping.

Several children, holding lollipops their parents had just bought, eagerly approached the woman and stuffed the snacks into the girl in her arms.

The online celebrities at the scene started live-streaming the scene of the woman kneeling with her child in her arms through their own live-streaming rooms. This scene also caused a stir online, with netizens feeling sorry for her and some keyboard warriors pointing fingers at the person who started it.

The incident was thoroughly hyped up, with intense negative comments dominating.

"To build your happiness on the suffering of others is not human!"

"Just because he has a few bucks doesn't mean he's all that! Let him see the power of the internet!"

"Yes! As long as that poor woman posts the donation link, that beast will be slapped in the face in no time!"

"What's the rush! Let him pay the 20,000 first!"

"Twenty thousand? Not a single penny! I bet he'll run away in a minute!"

"Run? Break his legs!"

"I'm nearby. I'll take some men and keep an eye on that bastard!"

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I have a cold and cough, and the symptoms are a bit severe, but thankfully I don't have white lung. There's been a recent resurgence of COVID-19, so everyone please stay safe.

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