Chapter 90: Chapter 92 Hospital
Thinking of Teacher Xu's care for him back then, Long Xiaoshan couldn't stand still and said, "Wait for me for a moment, I'll go to the hospital with you guys."
Liu Qing glanced at Li Zhijun.
At this time, Li Zhijun couldn't very well show anything, so he nodded.
Long Xiaoshan said to Su Wan, "Sister Su, I want to go to the hospital first and won't be going up. Please tell little Ling for me."
Having heard their conversation, Su Wan quickly said, "No problem, you go visit Teacher first. I'll talk to little Ling about it."
"Thank you, Sister Su, then I'll be going now."
Long Xiaoshan walked up to Li Zhijun and his companion and said, "Let's go."
The three of them headed outside.
Li Zhijun couldn't help but still say, "Long Xiaoshan, I didn't expect you to pretend so much in front of your old classmates."
"Pretend what?"
"Tsk, tsk, still pretending now? It's no fun. That was Manager Su from Golden Phoenix just now, wasn't it? She even called you President Long. What, are you afraid your brothers will borrow money from you?"
Long Xiaoshan smiled and said, "What President Long. Manager Su was just joking. I've leased some land at home for farming; I've sold some vegetables to the hotel, so I know her. She was just being generous."
Upon hearing this, Li Zhijun's eyes lit up, and he straightened.
So that was it.
He had indeed been quite scared earlier.
He thought Long Xiaoshan had started some huge enterprise since Su Wan had been so warm and complimentary.
He was afraid of offending him too.
Turns out it was just a farmer growing vegetables.
"Growing vegetables is also good, making them all the way to Golden Phoenix. You must be earning over a hundred thousand a year," Li Zhijun said indifferently.
Long Xiaoshan just smiled.
Arriving at the parking lot, Li Zhijun pulled out a car key and pressed it towards an Audi A4L, which beeped.
Li Zhijun opened the door and said, "Xiaoshan, ride in my car."
"No need, I have a car." Long Xiaoshan pointed to a nearby pickup truck.
Seeing Long Xiaoshan in a mud-splattered pickup truck, a flicker of disdain passed through Li Zhijun's eyes as he got into his car.
Turning to Liu Qing with scorn, he said, "Quite the actor for a country bumpkin."
Liu Qing, seeing Long Xiaoshan in the old pickup truck, didn't know why but felt a sense of relief.
Both cars set out, and Niu Y County Town wasn't large, so after about ten minutes, they arrived at D County People's Hospital.
After parking the cars, Li Zhijun made a phone call and said, "Some classmates are waiting in the lobby, let's go over."
Long Xiaoshan nodded and followed Li Zhijun to the hospital's inpatient department lobby.
At the lobby of the inpatient department, five or six people were standing.
Seeing Li Zhijun walking in, those five or six people all shouted, "Mr. Li and the class president have arrived."
These five or six people were classmates from their middle school class.
Long Xiaoshan followed them over.
The group also noticed Long Xiaoshan.
After a moment of surprise, a male classmate with a buzz cut said, "You are... Xiaoshan?"
Long Xiaoshan smiled and said, "Hong Xiaofei, long time no see, and all of you, Tang Majun, Li Xiaohong, Zhao Lu… been a long time."
Long Xiaoshan greeted each one of them by name.
Back then, in middle school, Long Xiaoshan was an outstanding student who got into Shuimu, a prominent figure.
"Long Xiaoshan, I heard you were in jail," said Tang Majun, a somewhat tall and thin young man.
"Yeah, I've just got out."
"Is that so..." A hint of schadenfreude flashed in Tang Majun's eyes as he spoke with a smile.
"Long Xiaoshan, you really shouldn't have come. Teacher Xu took such good care of you back then; you were her pride. And look what happened now. I don't see why you should add to her troubles," said a girl with narrow eyes, her voice dripping with sarcasm as she stood beside Tang Majun.
"Li Xiaohong, what are you talking about? Who talks like that?" Hong Xiaofei shouted.
"Where am I wrong? Don't you guys agree?"
The others didn't speak up, but their expressions seemed to imply agreement.
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"Damn!" Hong Xiaofei cursed, punching Long Xiaoshan on the shoulder, "Xiaoshan, don't listen to them."
While the two were talking, the other classmates appeared quite indifferent.
Gathering around Li Zhijun, engaging in conversation.
Long Xiaoshan didn't mind their coldness; he had long understood that things were no longer like they were during their student days. Back then, he had been a top student, a prominent figure, incomparable to someone like Li Zhijun, who was at the bottom of the class academically.
But once they graduated, business folks like Li Zhijun actually made something of themselves, becoming the ones people sucked up to.
Anyhow, his main purpose today was to visit Teacher Xu.
Even if he was mocked, it didn't matter.
"Let's go, we should go up and see Teacher Xu," Li Zhijun commanded, as if taking the lead.
The others echoed and followed, with Long Xiaoshan and Hong Xiaofei at the back.
"Xiaoshan, I'm sorry. After your accident, I visited Longyang Village once, saw your folks. I heard you were detained in Lingxi, I couldn't really help," Hong Xiaofei said softly.
"It's fine, it's fine," Long Xiaoshan patted Hong Xiaofei's shoulder.
Adversity reveals true friendship.
This was the time to see who your real friends were.
Touched by Hong Xiaofei's gesture of visiting his parents, Long Xiaoshan said, "Let's not talk about that for now. When we have time, let's get a drink together."
As they spoke, they reached the upper floor.
After asking for the address, they arrived outside a hospital room on the fifth floor.
Li Zhijun and Liu Qing were the first to knock and enter, followed closely by Tang Majun and others. Long Xiaoshan was last.
Once inside the hospital room,
It was a single room; a woman lay on the bed, her limbs immobilized. Hearing the sound at the door, she turned her head, and seeing Li Zhijun and the others, a faint smile struggled onto her otherwise gloomy face, "Liu Qing, what brings you here?"
"Teacher Xu, we heard about your accident, so we came to see you," they said.
The group of people greeted Xu Manqing.
One by one placing their flowers and fruits by the bedside.
"You're here, that's enough; you didn't need to bring anything," said Xu Manqing.
At this moment, Long Xiaoshan also walked over.
Seeing his beloved teacher in such a state, his heart ached; he approached and said, "Teacher Xu."
"You are... Xiaoshan." Xu Manqing's eyes slightly narrowed upon seeing Long Xiaoshan, then lit up with surprise, and she tried to sit up.
But she couldn't.
Xu Manqing felt immense pride for her most accomplished student.
It was rare for Niu Y County to produce a university student for Shuimu.
She had just begun teaching when her first batch of students included a Golden Phoenix like Long Xiaoshan.
"Teacher, I came to see you," said Long Xiaoshan, his voice choked.
"Xiaoshan... oh, Xiaoshan," Xu Manqing's eyes showed a trace of pity.
She had certainly heard about Long Xiaoshan's situation.
She couldn't believe that the kind, simple boy from high school was capable of committing rape.
But all this was beyond the control of an ordinary teacher like herself.
"Teacher, what happened exactly? How did you fall from a building?"
Long Xiaoshan, while speaking, eyes casting a silver glance as he observed Teacher Xu's injuries.