Chapter 45 - 1#
Chapter 45: Aftermath
As soon as the words fell, the figures in the distance saw Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou and ran over from afar.
Gu Chenzhou couldn’t be bothered with He Hailou and asked the first person who ran over, “Did you catch anyone?”
As soon as these words came out, the person who was about to speak was instantly stuck: “This… I’m very sorry, Young Master Gu, we…” He was really embarrassed to say that he couldn’t even keep one of them—after those people found them coming, they all decisively retreated at the first moment, and they had to find Gu Chenzhou, so they didn’t have much thought to pursue the other party…
“Forget it.” Gu Chenzhou’s expression was indifferent. If they didn’t stay, they didn’t stay. If they stayed and it was found out who did it, it would be a bit troublesome.
The team leader who caught up breathed a sigh of relief and quickly reached out to help the person leaning on Gu Chenzhou’s shoulder: “Young Master Gu, let me.”
“Get lost.” He Hailou, who had been silent, heard this, lifted his eyelids, and slowly spat out this sentence.
The team leader’s outstretched hand froze in mid-air.
Gu Chenzhou frowned slightly: “It’s okay, I can do it myself… This is Young Master He. Young Master He just got hit and is not in a good mood.”
“Actually, I’m in a pretty good mood right now.” He Hailou corrected.
But neither of them paid any attention to him. Gu Chenzhou continued to help the person walk forward, and the team leader was instantly relieved: He Hailou, the great Young Master He, is famous for his unpredictable moods. If you take him seriously, you lose!
After doing some self-psychological construction, the team leader felt that his HP, which had been reduced by a third, was full again. He quickly took a few steps forward to clear the way for Gu Chenzhou, and at the same time raised his voice to greet his companions, telling them to go to the big step between the foot of the mountain and the highway, ready to pull the person up.
“Can you hold on?” As the distance to the highway became closer and closer, the moonlight and streetlights allowed Gu Chenzhou to see He Hailou’s situation clearly: he was hit on the head, and blood flowed down his hair, covering half of his face. Plus, the two of them rolled down the slope all the way. Now He Hailou’s face was a mixture of blue, red, gray, and yellow. Not to mention the dead branches and rotten leaves, which were almost like fruits on a cake, dotted in his hair.
Gu Chenzhou didn’t have to think much to know that he was probably as disheveled as He Hailou at this moment—the evidence was that He Hailou turned his head and looked at him seriously for a while, then burst out laughing: “It’s rare to see Young Master Gu so disheveled!” He looked both amused and satisfied.
Gu Chenzhou thought he could still say such things—right, and the previous sentence—his head probably wasn’t broken. He continued: “It’s not the first time.”
He Hailou was stunned for a moment, and obviously also remembered the mudslide in Qingxiang County: “It’s really not. But we are really fated. We’ve been unlucky together twice.”
Gu Chenzhou originally wanted to complain that you were the one chasing me both times, but thinking about it, the room for interpretation of these words was too large, so he wisely remained silent.
But if anyone thought that this could stop He Hailou, then they were weak! And! Wrong!
He Hailou grinned, his expression ambiguous: “Speaking of which, I took the initiative both times. Next time, Young Master Gu should also take the initiative once. Maybe we can have a wild—”
The team leader walking in front heard half of it and didn’t understand, thinking to himself that He Hailou was actually so looking forward to being chased and hacked. What kind of problem is this?
“Young Master He.” Gu Chenzhou suddenly interrupted He Hailou’s words. He bet his own name that the other party wanted to say “wild sex.”
“Hmm?”
“Say a few words less, if you don’t want me to throw you down.” He looked ahead, feeling that his bottom line was in jeopardy—he actually wanted to throw He Hailou down and then argue with him—this world is too desperate. “My age is almost ten years younger because of you.”
“Ha? Hahaha… cough cough cough, cough cough!” The unlucky He Hailou laughed halfway and was choked by his own saliva. The big laugh turned into a violent cough. After coughing, his head hurt even more…
A fifteen-minute journey took the two injured people nearly thirty minutes because of He Hailou. The medical staff on the ambulance that had been parked on the roadside for ten minutes looked even more anxious than Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou themselves. They had prepared everything early, and were just short of jumping down from the highway to carry the people up.
Gu Chenzhou finally helped He Hailou to the bottom of the highway. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The two injured people, on the contrary, showed no expression. Gu Chenzhou let go of He Hailou’s hand and handed it to the person next to him: “Help Young Master He up first.”
He Hailou didn’t speak this time, closed his eyes and let a few people hold him and send him up to the highway.
These people wanted to use the same method to send Gu Chenzhou up as well, but Gu Chenzhou waved his hand, grabbed a hand that was extended from above, kicked the earthen wall in front of him hard, and climbed up to the highway himself.
This time, the two finally completely broke free from the dark trees and weeds. Gu Chenzhou looked at the time under the streetlight, 8:40. It had been less than an hour since they left National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance. Forty minutes ago, they were sitting in a high-end hotel, well-dressed and talking and laughing. Forty minutes later, they were almost half-dead…
“Let’s go.” He Hailou’s lazy and somewhat slurred voice came from the side, and he extended a hand to him.
Forget it. Gu Chenzhou didn’t have the strength to argue this time. After helping the other party onto the ambulance, he also got on.
Soon, the ambulance door closed, and the driver who had never turned off the engine immediately stepped on the accelerator and at the same time sounded the siren:
“Woo—woo—dee-doo-dee-doo—”
Three months later, the director of the Beijing Hospital once again received important figures who were rarely seen in the hall: Organization Minister Gu and Vice Premier He!
The ambulance had arrived ten minutes ago. The two injured young masters were also properly arranged. The best experts in the hospital were found for consultation and treatment. The director, who had rushed down early to arrange the work in an orderly manner, bowed his waist and said respectfully to the two big figures who arrived one after another with somewhat familiar words: “Hello, Premier He, hello, Minister Gu! Young Master Gu’s injuries are mainly multiple soft tissue injuries, which are not a big problem; Young Master He’s forehead was broken by a blunt instrument, but from the initial look, Young Master He is conscious, and some more serious possibilities can be ruled out…”
“Where are the people?” He Nanshan, who rushed over immediately after receiving the news, leaned on his cane and asked directly.
“On the third floor of the comprehensive building.” The director, who originally had many long speeches, immediately abandoned those useless words and said the key point directly, “Premier He, Minister Gu, I will take you two up!”
Saying this, he turned around and led the way forward without stopping for a moment.
In this sudden attack, Gu Chenzhou was actually not seriously injured—even less than Wei Xiangjin’s car accident before. In that car accident, he had his arm in a sling for more than half a month, but this time, he only needed to take off his clothes and rub the bruises from hitting the tree trunk and stones.
But unlike the car accident that was prepared for, this time, Gu Chenzhou was attacked completely unexpectedly. From the beginning of the attack, his spirit had been tense and not relaxed. In addition, his body and face were covered in mud, so he looked particularly disheveled and tired. This also successfully made Gu Xinjun’s face, who had rushed over to see his son’s situation, darken by half.
“Dad.” Gu Chenzhou saw Gu Xinjun walk in from outside. He didn’t care about the expert who was rubbing his shoulder, propped himself up on the back of the chair with his elbow, and was about to stand up.
“Sit down,” Gu Xinjun waved his hand, frowned and asked the expert who was treating his son, “Doctor, how is my son?”
“Nothing serious.” The expert said quickly, “Rest for two or three days, and the bruises will all fade.” He added an extra sentence here, “Young Master Gu rolled down a slope in the woods, right? He was really lucky, basically not injured at all. Some unlucky ones might have broken bones or ruptured internal organs.”
“That slope is relatively flat.” Gu Chenzhou said this and then fell silent.
The old expert in the white coat was also very observant. He stopped talking, concentrated on finishing the work in his hands, and then wrote a prescription, saying that the medicinal wine in it could be applied or not, it was just a matter of how fast it healed.
Gu Chenzhou walked out of the consultation room with the prescription and Gu Xinjun. Gu Xinjun frowned and asked, “What happened?”
“Not very clear,” Gu Chenzhou shook his head, and then briefly talked about what happened tonight, especially introducing Wang Rongze’s situation, but did not describe his own attack too much—this matter is not complicated, there are only two factions, either you or me; but to say it is not complicated is also particularly complicated. I am afraid that today’s matter is like Wei Xiangjin’s car accident, and it cannot be found out.
“Wang Rongze has people from Secretary Wang with him, it seems they are here to watch him.”
Gu Xinjun thought for a moment: “What do you think of Wang Rongze?”
“Not magnanimous enough,” Gu Chenzhou said truthfully, “but Secretary Wang doesn’t seem to be very indulgent with him either. At the dinner party tonight, the people sent by Secretary Wang blocked Wang Rongze’s actions several times and pressed him to sit down.”
Gu Xinjun nodded and said nothing. The two came to the elevator. Gu Chenzhou reached out and pressed the up button—the place where He Hailou was receiving treatment was upstairs.
Looking at his son’s actions, Gu Xinjun suddenly asked: “What about that He family boy? How did he suddenly appear there?”
“I don’t know either.” There was no one around, but Gu Chenzhou still lowered his voice, “Not long after those people came out, He Hailou drove up.”
The elevator went from downstairs to upstairs. The two walked in, and Gu Xinjun asked again: “Is He Hailou seriously injured?”
“His head was broken.” Gu Chenzhou replied.
“What do you think of him?” Gu Xinjun asked Gu Chenzhou for his opinion on others for the second time.
What kind of person is He Hailou? What do I think of him? Gu Chenzhou also asked himself.
Not lacking in means, perverted, psychopathic, sinister, arrogant and unrestrained?
He shook his head: “I’m not sure yet.”
Facts have proved that Gu Chenzhou’s luck is good, and He Hailou’s is not too bad—although his head was broken, his injuries were not serious. After cleaning the blood on his face and sewing two stitches, there was no problem. As for the black patches in his eyes before, the consulting expert used a bunch of jargon, which can be summarized in two sentences:
One, no major problem.
Two, you can eat some blood-enriching food.
Of course, just in case, the hospital still recommended that He Hailou stay in the hospital for one night for observation, so that any emergencies could be dealt with at any time.
When Gu Chenzhou and Gu Xinjun came to the outside of the ward, He Hailou’s head was already wrapped in white gauze, his clothes had been changed, and he was leaning on the bed looking a little idle. Next to his bed, He Nanshan sat on a chair, exactly the same as when Gu Chenzhou saw him in the hospital last time, with a cold and stern expression, not speaking.