Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 727 Self-Redemption
"Sister Zhang! Sister Zhang! Look!"

The young nurse who had left earlier ran back to the treatment room with her phone in hand, stood behind Chen Shu, and whispered to the female doctor who was cleaning his wound.

"Look at this comment, it says it refers to the person who threw bricks."

"The color of these clothes matches too."

"Hey, still drinking?"

"Shhh!!!"

The nurse was sent away by the female doctor's glare, and as she left, she kept glaring at Chen Shu as if she owed her money.

Chen Shu's heart skipped a beat: Had these two girls discovered him?

"Did you see what happened at the entrance of our hospital when you came in?"

A young female doctor, feigning composure, asked from above. Chen Shu pretended to be confused and replied, "I hit my head and I'm dizzy. I was in a hurry to get to the hospital to get it bandaged, so I didn't pay attention to what was happening outside. What's wrong? Is there some kind of medical dispute?"

"Oh," the female doctor drawled, then her hand suddenly tightened its grip.

"Ouch!" Chen Shu, who hadn't felt any pain before, suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, clearly indicating he was in pain. "Big sister, please be gentle! This is just for cleaning the wound, you don't need to be so rough, do you?"

"You don't understand, this way it's cleaner and prevents you from getting a second infection!" the female doctor said confidently.

As a seasoned police officer who had served in the local police station for many years, Chen Shu was quite experienced in taking all sorts of people, including suspects who had been beaten, victims, and drunk men, to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.

I observe the cleaning and treatment of this kind of wound several times a week. After seeing it so many times, I've come to understand all sorts of strange and unusual injuries. So I realized that the female doctor's talk of secondary or tertiary infection was just her way of shirking responsibility, treating Chen Shu like a common-sense idiot.

However, Chen Shu still dared not utter a word, after all, his head was still in their hands.

Who knows, this young lady might have a moment of pity and slip her delicate hand a few times, and then she would definitely suffer the consequences herself. Of course, her pity is definitely referring specifically to the mother and daughter at the hospital entrance.

If the other party were to slash him with scissors, Chen Shu would surely die unjustly.

On a sudden impulse, Chen Shu pulled out a shield: "Oh, I just remembered. There was indeed a mother and daughter outside your hospital who seemed to have been scammed; they were in a pretty bad situation."

"Heh." The female doctor's laughter carried a hint of mockery. "Remember now? Right, what kind of person would cheat a desperate mother and daughter like that? A beast?"

As he spoke, he gradually increased the force in his hand movements.

Feeling a persistent, tearing sensation in his head, Chen Shu forced himself to say, "Do you think this person might suddenly need to use the restroom? He might go back in a bit and hand over the agreed-upon 20,000 yuan to the mother and daughter."

"I see," the female doctor said, raising her hand that held the power to decide life and death, her smile serene and nonchalant, as if everything was under her control. "Then when do you think he'll send the money over?"

With the pressure on his scalp easing, Chen Shu's mind started working much faster. He took a flanking approach, feigning mystery, and said, "Actually, it's not such a bad thing that this fake rich kid ran away."

"Good news? I think you've been hit on the head and gotten confused." The female doctor widened her small eyes, magnified by her glasses: Do you have any shame?
Chen Shu looked fearfully at the hands waving in front of him and quickly said, "Think about it, there's a general resentment towards the rich in this society. With a show like this, someone will definitely step forward to demonstrate the demeanor of a civilized person! This is an extremely good thing!"

"Charm? What charm?" The female doctor was taken aback by Chen Shu and asked doubtfully.

Chen Shu immediately took out his phone and opened Douyin. The top trending topic was the news about the mother and daughter who had been scammed outside the hospital.

All the news, such as Li Jiaqi not working hard enough, a university professor playing indecent videos during a lecture, and Wang Feng losing the headlines again, was overshadowed by this mother and daughter.

Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, Chen Shu softened his tone and said, "How about this, you bandage me while I explain it to you slowly." The female doctor was curious and immediately resumed her work. This time, Chen Shu no longer felt any pain.

Chen Shu felt the refreshing sensation on his scalp, let out a long breath, and slowly said, timing his words perfectly: "Right now, the entire internet is talking about how pitiful this mother and daughter are. By the way, don't underestimate these short videos. Although they're full of all sorts of fancy insults, they've generated a lot of public opinion. Look at the comments below, for example, this comment that's been pushed to the top."

"It says, 'Please give me this mother's account number, and I will donate 100 yuan on behalf of the keyboard warriors.' Well, don't underestimate this 100 yuan and the keyboard warriors. If they get together and work together, they can easily cover a little girl's medical expenses."

"Are they really that rich?" the female doctor asked, half-believing.

"There are just too many people." Chen Shu shifted his position to a more comfortable one and continued, "Look at these posts. Some are forwarded links, some are spontaneous donations. In short, they are all urging everyone to donate money to the mother and daughter."

As he spoke, Chen Shu clicked on a donation link, which showed a staggering 10. With a quick refresh, the number immediately became 10.5, and with another refresh, it became 11.

"The result is indeed good." Listening to the drunkard in front of her, the female doctor was much more careful than before and began to patiently treat the wound, her movements becoming smoother.

Chen Shu slapped his thigh and said, "That's right. Even if this rich kid keeps his promise and pays the money, it's only 20,000 yuan. That's a drop in the bucket for the girl's treatment, it's useless."

The female doctor paused for a moment, then questioned, "How could it not work? It still cost an extra 20,000."

Chen Shu smiled and patiently explained, "Actually, if you visit the Red Cross more often, you'll know that people do charity work every day. There may not be many people donating large sums, but there are quite a few who donate ten or twenty thousand yuan. But these donations are just donations; the recipients will still be short of money later on. It's impossible for them to receive the full amount of money immediately like the girl in this incident. Hmm, I predict that the final outcome will far exceed the girl's original medical expenses."

He paused, then pointed to his scalp, took a moment to relax and sit up straight, smiling comfortably as he said, "Sis, my scalp hurts."

"Okay, okay." The female doctor started again, her movements much gentler than before, and her tone much softer.

“This is just at the Red Cross. There are even more people donating in other places, and the people receiving donations have even more tragic backgrounds. But are those things as violent as what’s happening online? Look, that nurse’s eyes were practically murderous just now.” Chen Shu then went on to complain about his troubles.

Seeing her poor patient bring it up, the female doctor felt embarrassed, but still stubbornly retorted, "Nonsense! No money, no money! You stingy bastard!"

As the female doctor swiftly cut the last bandage, Chen Shu looked at his head, which was now tightly bandaged, in the mirror. He raised his hand and ran it around his head. Hey, good technique, it really doesn't hurt anymore.

Chen Shu stood up, grinned, and said, "Believe it or not."

Stepping out of the hospital, the smile that had been on Chen Shu's face vanished in an instant. He stood under the eaves at the front door, the rain pattering outside, when a flash of lightning ripped across the sky, illuminating the dark night.

He took out his phone and scrolled through various short videos online filled with insults, and surprisingly found them quite pleasing to the ear. Then he touched the medical bandage tightly wrapped around his head.

The most important reason why I refused to attend the award ceremony for the second-class merit and ran away was this.

Because from beginning to end, he never felt like a hero or unworthy of the title.

After a moment of silence, Chen Shu strode through the rain.

"I have been wandering alone in this cold city for far too long."

"Like an empty can that's been thrown away, who cares about the rust in your heart?"

Having seen too much, I can no longer gamble on your kindness; I can only exploit your pity.

In Lao Xiong's arrangement of this self-humiliation scene, it is more reflected in Chen Shu's self-redemption for the sacrifice of his colleague Xu Mingliang in the anti-X operation.

Actually, Chen Shu may still not have fully recovered from his grief; it's just that those days have slowly passed.

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(End of this chapter)