ECG -Chapter 90 Who Could He Have Offended?

Chu Xiaomei only heard a sharp whistling sound coming toward her. Before she could react, a figure suddenly threw himself onto her. Immediately afterward, there was a loud “thud,” and the person on top of her let out a scream of pain before going completely still.

She smelled that familiar scent. Frantically, she lifted Lin Hao’s head, and the hot, crimson blood dripping from him landed on her face.

Chu Xiaomei burst into tears and screamed, “Lin Hao! Lin Hao, what happened to you?”

Wu Xiaozhou had been struck by the sticks several times, and his right arm felt as if it was about to break. Hearing Chu Xiaomei’s cries, he forced himself up and ran toward her. But before he could get there, the person behind him swung another stick and struck him on the back. The blow made his vision go dark, and he nearly collapsed onto the ground.

The bald man must have noticed the blood on Lin Hao’s head. He shouted, “Retreat!”

Then he grabbed the person beside Chu Xiaomei and pulled him away. That person’s face was covered in bloody scratches—probably all from Chu Xiaomei clawing at him just now.

Before leaving, the group kicked Yan Xiaoqi and Gao Laoda, who were lying on the ground, one more time. Then, supporting each other, they left arrogantly.

Wu Xiaozhou staggered over to Lin Hao’s side. Lin Hao was lying on top of Chu Xiaomei, motionless.

“Haozi, Haozi!”

Wu Xiaozhou knelt in the snow and turned him over, holding him in his arms.

Lin Hao’s eyes were tightly shut, and his face was covered in blood. No matter how much Wu Xiaozhou called out to him, he showed no reaction.

Bai Zhitao and the others also gathered around. The beating had sobered them all up. Each of them had either footprints on their clothes or snow all over them, and every single one looked miserable.

Wu Xiaozhou tremblingly reached out to check Lin Hao’s breathing. He finally relaxed when he felt it.

Thank goodness, he was still breathing.

He shouted at Bai Zhitao, “What are you staring at? Hurry up and call 120!”

Bai Zhitao hurriedly pulled out her phone with shaking hands and made the call.

Wu Xiaozhou calmed down a little. Those people had clearly come for Lin Hao.

He thought of Fourth Sister. For this kind of situation, she was definitely the most reliable person to contact. However, he didn’t have Fourth Sister’s number, so he searched through Lin Hao’s coat pocket and found his phone. After scrolling through the contacts, he quickly called her.

……

Under the illumination of the car headlights, Fourth Sister spotted them from far away.

After parking the car, she hurriedly ran over. The snow-covered ground was a complete mess. Wu Xiaozhou was sitting on the ground, with Lin Hao lying motionless in his arms. The moment she saw Lin Hao’s face covered in blood, her heart tightened.

“Did you call 120?” she asked while crouching beside Wu Xiaozhou.

Wu Xiaozhou quickly nodded. “Yes!”

“How long has it been?”

Bai Zhitao answered, “We called before contacting you!”

Seeing that Lin Hao was completely silent, Fourth Sister became even more anxious.

“Come on, carry him into my car!”

Just as she finished speaking, the sound of an ambulance came from the distance.

……

Outside the emergency room.

Wu Xiaozhou, Fourth Sister, and the others waited anxiously. No one spoke anymore.

Chu Xiaomei crouched in a corner, continuously crying. Bai Zhitao stayed beside her, keeping her company.

Time passed second by second as usual, but to Wu Xiaozhou, it felt as if everything had stopped. His heart felt like it was being squeezed by a huge hand, and he was terrified that something might happen to Lin Hao.

Finally, a male doctor pushed open the door and walked out.

Whoosh!

All eight people immediately surrounded him.

The doctor said, “Don’t worry. He’s fine.”

Hearing those words, everyone let out a long sigh of relief.

“Doctor, is he awake?” Wu Xiaozhou asked.

The doctor shook his head.

“His head was struck by a blunt object, causing a cut on the back of his head and a mild concussion.”

Fourth Sister was startled and hurriedly asked, “He’s still unconscious?”

She was afraid that if he remained unconscious for too long, things would become troublesome.

The doctor smiled.

“He would definitely have been unconscious at first. But the reason he hasn’t woken up now is because he’s asleep.”

“Ah?”

Everyone was stunned.

“The wound on the back of his head isn’t very large, but he still lost quite a bit of blood. On top of that, he drank far too much, which is why he fell asleep. He’ll be able to go into the ward soon. Go get the admission procedures done!”

Fourth Sister asked again, “Does he definitely need to be hospitalized?”

The doctor nodded. “He needs to be observed for a few days.”

After saying that, he turned around and went back inside.

Fourth Sister hurried off to handle the hospital admission.

In the ward, Fourth Sister wanted to chase them all away. The nurse on duty had already come by twice and kept urging them to leave as soon as possible.

Chu Xiaomei refused to leave even if she died. Fourth Sister had no choice but to let her stay. Wu Xiaozhou and the others carefully watched for a while. Seeing that Lin Hao, whose head was wrapped completely in white gauze, was indeed sleeping soundly, they finally felt relieved and left the ward.

This was a four-person ward, but the other three beds were empty. According to the nurse, there was one patient who came during the day for injections every day and went home to sleep at night.

Fourth Sister and Chu Xiaomei sat on one of the beds, and Chu Xiaomei recounted the entire incident in detail.

Fourth Sister asked, “Those four people weren’t from your school?”

“Definitely not. They’re all around twenty-five or twenty-six years old!” Chu Xiaomei shook her head. Tears still hung on her face.

Lin Hao had taken that hit while saving her. If something really happened to him, she would never be able to get over it for the rest of her life.

“Has Lin Hao offended anyone at school recently?” Fourth Sister asked.

Chu Xiaomei didn’t even hesitate.

“Haozi is busy to death every day. He can’t even remember the names of many students in his own class. Besides, whenever he sees someone, he smiles before he even says anything. Who could he possibly offend?”

Offend someone?

Who could he offend?

Fourth Sister repeated those words over and over in her mind. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her, and she thought of someone.

“You stay with Lin Hao. I’m going out to make a call.”

After saying that, she got up and walked out.

In the hallway, Fourth Sister dialed a number. The other end was extremely noisy, and she immediately frowned. It was already past one in the morning, yet this guy was still outside having fun.

“Xiaoxu!”

The noise on the other end quieted down. It seemed he had walked into the hallway or gone into the restroom.

“Sis, what’s up?”

“Help me check where Li Lang is.”

“Li Lang? I just saw him a moment ago.”

Fourth Sister froze.

“Where?”

“Wild Rose KTV.”

“Keep an eye on him. I’ll be there soon.”

After saying that, she hung up.

She turned around and went back inside. She said to Chu Xiaomei, “I need to go out for a while. Lin Hao is fine. Get some sleep.”

Chu Xiaomei nodded.

On the road.

Fourth Sister called her older brother, He Qing, and explained what had happened. At the end, she said:

“Brother, Li Lang dared to mess with my people. I won’t let him off. You explain things to Ma Daya’s side.”

After saying that, she hung up.

She had to make this call.

Ma Daya held a pretty high position in the underworld of the provincial capital. Although he was still a little behind her brother in terms of seniority, if she touched his brother-in-law without informing him first, this matter could become either big or small.

Although Ma Daya himself didn’t really like this brother-in-law of his, him personally disciplining him and someone else beating him up were two completely different matters.

It was a question of face.

Her phone rang. Fourth Sister looked down and saw it was her brother, He Qing.

“Xiaoyun, that’s enough. Don’t embarrass Old Ma too much over a little singer, or I’ll be in a difficult position too. Also, after it’s over, you explain it to Old Ma yourself. It’ll be better coming from you than from me. Understand?”

Fourth Sister didn’t say anything after listening. She simply hung up.

He Qing looked at the phone that had been disconnected and shook his head. This little sister of his really had been spoiled by him.

He wanted to call Ma Daya, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.

That damn brother-in-law of his deserved a beating anyway. If Xiaoyun personally handled this matter, Old Ma wouldn’t be able to get too angry.

If he gave him a warning beforehand, he would definitely notify that kid Li Lang.

But if his little sister didn’t vent her anger, this matter would never end.

Li Lang really had no sense of who he could and couldn’t provoke. Ma Daya had spent a lot of effort dealing with him over the years. Letting his sister teach him a lesson wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Thinking of this, he reached out, turned off the bedside lamp, and went back to sleep.