On the second last Monday before school started, Jiang Zhihan arrived at the library on time as usual. However, they didn't eat bread for lunch. Alum called him over and ordered three dishes and a soup with Shanshan at a small restaurant outside. Alum said that he didn't have much time to come here after school started. Of course, what Alum was most interested in was the topic of investment. This was because there were too few people who cared about this field, including those who had transferred to the Ministry of Education.
Professional people were mostly focused on other things, so when they talked to Jiang Zhihan, it was as if a thousand glasses of wine were enough to meet a bosom friend. Alum was currently doing research on the energy crisis in the 1970s and the collapse of the American stock market in the later years of the 1980s. Of course, this research was much more systematic than what Jiang Zhihan was doing. After all, the theoretical basis of aluminum was much broader and more solid, while Jiang Zhihan had only just started. However, Jiang Zhihan's comprehension was indeed not bad. He could hit the nail on the head when he saw many problems and pointed out the main points. Although he was inevitably immature, he was also very inspired.
The two of them talked excitedly and ate for more than two hours. Shanshan had already taken half a day off to accompany Alum in the afternoon. After this meal, Jiang Zhihan's impression of Shanshan also increased. She was obviously not interested in such topics, nor did she understand them. However, she stayed by her boyfriend's side obediently and did not show any signs of impatience. Before he left, Alum patted Jiang Zhihan's shoulder and said,""If you need anything, you can ask Shanshan for help. She's very popular. She knows a lot of people, doctors, reporters, and the police.”Shanshan glared at her and said,"Don't listen to his nonsense." However, if you have any problems, feel free to look for me. I might be able to help you with some ideas.”Jiang Zhihan climbed up the pole and called out," Nice to meet you, Sister Shanshan." Shanshan happily said to Alum,"I'll take in a genius brother. I'll see if he dares to boast about his talent in the future."”She said this because Alum had given Jiang Zhihan a nickname: " Genius sophomore."
After bidding farewell to the two of them, Jiang Zhihan stayed in the reading room until the door closed. Then, he packed his things and rushed home. It was raining today, so he did not ride his bike. Walking along the main road to the bus stop at the first T-junction, he saw a group of people. There were 40 to 50 of them, looking at something. Jiang Zhihan wasn't usually a bystander, but since he had to wait for the bus, he stuck his head out and saw an old lady lying on the ground.
Jiang Zhihan waited for a while and realized that everyone was just surrounding and discussing. No one came forward. Jiang Zhihan asked the people beside him what was going on, and one of them replied,""The old lady got off the bus. I don't know if she was hit by someone or if she had a relapse, but she sat on the ground and slowly lay down.”
"Why isn't anyone helping?" Jiang Zhihan asked.”Someone replied,"Someone should have called the police."”
Jiang Zhihan stood at the side and waited for another seven to eight minutes. There was no sign of any police cars or ambulances. More and more people surrounded him, but no one came forward. Someone in the crowd said that the emergency center was only five minutes away. Who could help stop a car? However, it was just a talk. Jiang Zhihan thought for a moment, then pushed through the crowd and walked over. He squatted down and reached out to check his breathing. It was obvious that he was alive. He called out twice again, and the old man seemed to respond weakly. Jiang Zhihan was relieved and called out,"Who can help me hail a taxi?"”After a while, a kind-hearted person called a taxi, and another person helped Jiang Zhihan carry the old lady into the car. Seeing that it was an injured old man and that they were going to a nearby place, the driver was a little unwilling. Many people were jeering at the side, saying,"Master, you have accumulated virtue. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda."”The driver agreed helplessly. Jiang Zhihan took out five yuan from his pocket and said,""Sir, please send her to the emergency center.”"Send him to the emergency center," the driver said. This won't do. At least one of you has to get in the car.”Helpless, Jiang Zhihan got into the car.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the emergency center. Jiang Zhihan asked the driver to help the old lady get out of the car and ran in to call the nurse. He took the old lady to the emergency room and asked Jiang Zhihan to pay for the registration. Jiang Zhihan said that he was just passing by and was only helping. That person said that he had to pay at least 10 yuan for the emergency registration fee. This was the procedure. Jiang Zhihan had brought 30 yuan with him today. He was going to treat Alum and the others to a meal, but they were the ones who paid for it. Jiang Zhihan paid another 10 yuan. After a while, someone came out and asked how to contact his relatives. He said that he might need surgery and had a hip fracture. Jiang Zhihan repeated,"I don't know him. I'm just passing by to help." You can go through her bag, but I can't just go through it.”A few minutes later, the person came out and said that he had contacted his relative. He asked Jiang Zhihan to leave his name and address, and when his relative came, he could return the registration fee and the fare he had paid. After half an hour, Jiang Zhihan finally left. When he got home, he naturally explained everything to his mother.
The next evening, Jiang Zhihan returned home. Just as he reached the bottom of the building, he heard his mother's angry argument. He hurried up the stairs. The door was ajar. He pushed it open and saw two policemen sitting on the sofa.
"Jiang Zhihan?" the skinny one asked.
"I am."
"We're here to understand the situation. It's about the old lady who was hit yesterday.”
Jiang Zhihan briefly explained what had happened.
The thin policeman claimed to be surnamed Zhang. He said,"It's like this. The old lady's children said that you knocked the old lady down, so you have to bear her medical expenses.”
"What? They weren't even there at the time. What evidence did they have?”
"Do you have any witnesses to prove that you didn't knock her down?" Officer Zhang asked.”
"There were fifty to sixty people around me at that time, but no one was with me.”
"So you don't have any witnesses." Officer Zhang said.”
Jiang Zhihan was already a little angry.”
"Don't be angry," Officer Zhang said. Now, the old lady's three children are accusing you of bumping into her. They said that if you weren't the culprit, why would you be so kind as to send her to the hospital?”
Jiang Zhihan was about to go crazy. We have been taught by Uncle Lei Feng since we were young.”
"It's useless for you to argue with us," Officer Zhang said. We are here to understand the situation and mediate. If the two sides had completely different opinions and there was no way to mediate, a civil court might be needed to decide in the end.”
The two of them stood up and left, leaving Jiang Zhihan, who was about to go crazy.
It was obvious that Li Rongrong had already quarreled with the two police officers before Jiang Zhihan came back. She couldn't help but complain to her son,"Who told you to be so honest? In this era, being a good person would also cause trouble.”The two of them were in no mood for dinner. They ate a few mouthfuls, not knowing whether they were full or hungry. Li Rongrong said," These people are so unreasonable, yet they still want to cause trouble. They even said that they're going to a civil lawsuit. Most of them are people from the public security or the court system. What can you do if they sentence you randomly? It's hard to say if they're reasonable."”
Unfortunately, Li Rongrong's guess was correct. This old lady was called Zheng Yurong. She was 75 years old this year. Her husband was from the judicial system and had passed away five years ago. As the old man was an official in the judicial system, he tried to get his two sons, one daughter, and one son-in-law into the public security and judicial system. Two of them were in the police station, one was in the court, and the other was in the prosecutor's office. After her husband died, her three children were unwilling to take their mother to live in their own house, so the old lady still lived alone in her original house. Fortunately, she could still manage to take care of herself.
After the incident, the first people to receive a call were his eldest son and daughter-in-law. When he rushed to the hospital, his injuries were not light. The hospital asked for photos to check if there was any blood clot in the brain, and they also needed to perform hip fracture surgery. The eldest daughter-in-law was a first-class miser. Without caring about her mother-in-law's illness, she pulled her husband aside and said,"Your mother retired from her illness decades ago and stayed at home to take care of the old man. Her unit was also a collective unit, and it was about to collapse. If he was hospitalized, he would be able to get 70% of the expenses. What about the remaining 30%? If this surgery was carried out, there might be something wrong with his brain. How could he have any confidence? 30% was still thousands, or even more. What should he do?”"What can we do?" the eldest son asked. She had asked her mother to take out her savings and split the remaining money between the three families.”"Are you out of your mind?" the eldest daughter-in-law said angrily. That stingy third sister of yours will share the profits with you? Won't your mother's money be yours in two years? Don't you feel bad taking it out?" "Then what do you think we should do?" asked the eldest son.”"I heard that your mother was sent here." In my opinion, 90% of the trouble was caused by him. There was still a living Lei Feng in this era? Who would do a good deed for no reason?" "Then we don't have any evidence to say that he was the one who hit it," the eldest son said.”"Does he have any evidence to prove that he didn't hit her? If there isn't, then this is more reasonable. Besides, if both sides insisted on their own words, they could still file a lawsuit. Your second brother is in the district's prosecutor's office, and your third brother-in-law is in the district court.”At night, the three siblings arrived. The eldest son and daughter-in-law shared their thoughts. The six selfish and greedy people did not want to bear the medical expenses. Usually, they could not stand each other and quarreled. At this time, they really had the same bad taste and hit it off.
Hence, there was this farce.
As for Jiang Zhihan, he forced himself to calm down and think. Then, she greeted her mother and went to Shi Lin's house. After he told them what had happened, both father and daughter were furious. Jiang Zhihan came over to borrow his phone. He first called Lin Suo and explained the situation. Lin Suo pondered for a while and told him,""For you, the key is to have at least one witness to prove that you went later. You know our laws here don't follow the assumption of innocence. Therefore, if neither of you has a witness, it will be more difficult because the other party dares to be so arrogant, most likely because they have some connections in the court. They sent two police officers to your house so quickly. Most likely, they were there to find out more and scare you. This kind of stupid thing couldn't even be filed. Why did the police go to mediate and interrogate overnight?”He added,"See if you can think of a way to send out something like a missing person notice and find as many witnesses as you can." If it really doesn't work and we really have to go to court, I'll see if I can find a way to find someone to make the trial as fair as possible.”
Jiang Zhihan returned home a little dejected. He lay on the bed, looked at the ceiling, and thought of a solution. Slowly, he fell asleep.
After sleeping for an unknown period of time, a ray of light shone through the curtains. Jiang Zhihan rubbed his eyes, opened them, and sighed. He still couldn't think of a good solution. Lying on the bed in a daze, Jiang Zhihan's eyes wandered between the ceiling and the wall without focus. He inadvertently glanced at the newspaper his mother had placed on the bedside table. It was the Zhongzhou Evening News. He picked up the newspaper and saw a supplement. On one of the pages, it read," Concerned about social issues, perspective on social hot topics." Jiang Zhihan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and jumped up excitedly.
Early in the morning, Jiang Zhihan arrived at the city library. It wasn't time for work yet, so he sat on the stone steps and waited. At 7:45 pm, Shanshan had just reached the entrance when she saw Jiang Zhihan standing up from the stone steps and walking over. "Were you waiting for me?" Shanshan was a little surprised. Jiang Zhihan briefly explained what happened yesterday. Shanshan, of course, had some feelings of sharing a common enemy. She said,"Is there anything I can help with?”Jiang Zhihan said,"I want to find a reporter to write an article. I wonder if you know him?"”He had also heard what Alum said yesterday, so he had come to Shanshan today with the attitude of a dead horse trying to make a living. "I have a good friend who's an intern reporter at the society section of the evening newspaper, but his father seems to have some influence in the editorial department."”Jiang Zhihan was overjoyed." I'm looking for a reporter from the society section," he said.”Therefore, Shanshan went to make a call and finally made an appointment to have dinner together.
On this day, Jiang Zhihan was feeling uneasy in the reading room, and he couldn't really read. Although he had repeatedly reminded himself to have the demeanor of a great general and to lift heavy things as if they were light, it was very difficult for a young man to do such a thing. He forced himself to calm down and wrote a detailed account of what had happened, so detailed that he could remember every detail and every conversation.
When it was finally dinner time, Shanshan and Jiang Zhihan went to a restaurant to wait for her friend, a female reporter named Xiao Qin. After a while, Xiao Qin arrived on time. The girl had her hair cut very short, even shorter than some boys. His facial features were delicate, but his features were a little hard.
Jiang Zhihan asked the two ladies to order. Although he was very anxious, he had to be patient and eat first. Shanshan brought up the topic a few times, but Xiao Qin suppressed her and talked to her about shopping and old classmates 'gatherings. Jiang Zhihan was having a hard time with the meal, but he still maintained his smile and chimed in from time to time. After all, he had a favor to ask of others.
After dinner, Xiao Qin said to Shanshan,""Is your friend only in high school? He's very calm." He turned to Jiang Zhihan and asked straightforwardly,""What do you need me to do? But let me say this first, I can't guarantee that I can do it.”Jiang Zhihan didn't say anything and handed over the paper he had written in the afternoon. Xiao Qin took it and looked at it. Her eyebrows twitched in the middle. She was surprised by the details of this material. After reading it, she looked at it again from the beginning and turned to ask Shanshan,"Can you believe what your friend said?”"I can guarantee that my younger brother is absolutely trustworthy."”Jiang Zhihan's heart warmed and he couldn't help but look at Shanshan gratefully.
Jiang Zhihan said,"I don't ask you to write only my side of the story." Who was right and who was wrong was an open question. I just hope that when the people present see this report, they will come out and tell the truth.”
Xiao Qin said,"You don't have to say 'you' or 'you'. Since you call me Sister Shanshan, I'm also your sister." To be honest, we also publish this kind of civil dispute, but I don't know if there's a better way to convince the editor? I have to think about it. Since this is Shanshan's first time begging me, I'll definitely do my best.”
" Sister Xiaoqin," Jiang Zhihan said," when the two policemen were talking to me, they mentioned something. I think it's worth discussing." According to them, the children there said that it was unreasonable for strangers to help others, so I must be the culprit. Think about it, we were taught to help others since we were young. We have to do good deeds without leaving a name. Had society become so cold today? Helping others was seen as an act that did not conform to social logic? I can't imagine what society will become in the long run.”
"You're quite good at exaggerating," said Xiao Qin with a smile. I think this entry point is not bad. It has a lot of educational significance. Let's do it. I'll try my best to get this matter out in the papers within a week.”
After discussing this matter, Jiang Zhihan bid farewell to the two of them. Xiao Qin teased Jiang Zhihan,"You Lei Feng, the key to getting into trouble is to leave your name."”Jiang Zhihan smiled bitterly.”
On Thursday night, Shi Lin excitedly ran over and knocked on the door, telling Jiang Zhihan that the article would be published tomorrow. In order to contact them in time, Jiang Zhihan left Shi Lin's name and her home phone number for everyone involved.
On Friday, Jiang Zhihan was no longer in the mood to go to the library and stayed at home to practice. When it was two o'clock in the afternoon, he received the first evening newspaper and eagerly found the society section of the supplement. On it was an eye-catching article title that read,
" A rare injury compensation dispute."
The sub-title was: Is it unreasonable to help others?
Jiang Zhihan quickly skimmed through the article and saw that the newspaper's hot line and the police station's phone number were left at the end of the article, urging the people who knew about it to come forward and tell the truth. Jiang Zhihan heaved a sigh of relief. He had done everything he could. The rest would depend on fate.
This Saturday was long and difficult to endure. At seven o'clock in the evening, there was a knock on the door. Jiang Zhihan jumped up from the sofa like a spring. When he opened the door and saw Shi Lin's beautiful smile, he knew that he had succeeded. Jiang Zhihan let out a long sigh. The boulder that had been weighing him down for a week finally fell to the ground.
Jiang Zhihan, his mother, and Shi Lin were chatting happily in the living room when someone knocked on the door again. Jiang Zhihan opened the door. It was Chen Yimeng, Qu Yingmei, and a beautiful girl with an oval face. Jiang Zhihan was a little surprised, but he still politely invited them into the house and introduced them to his mother and Shi Lin.
"I called the newspaper office and the police station." Qu Yingmei smiled.”
Jiang Zhihan was a little confused.
"Xiaoxue and I were at the scene that day. We arrived before you." I'm sorry, we're not as noble as you. I saw you when you squeezed in. I even called you later, but you didn't hear me and left in a taxi. It was Snowy who saw the article in the evening newspaper yesterday and told me this afternoon. I called immediately after hearing about it.”
Jiang Zhihan sighed and said,"The world is so small." He put his palms together and bowed."Thank you so much this time."
After sitting for a while, the three of them stood up and said goodbye. Jiang Zhihan expressed his gratitude again. Qu Yingmei said,""You helped me once, so this time we're even. But remember, I owe Xue 'er a favor. I'll repay it slowly in the future.”As he spoke, he pulled his good friend away with a smile.
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