Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The door of the clinic slowly opened, and those who had witnessed Jiang Chi’s brutality subconsciously moved back a little. Even the woman who was aggressive before couldn’t help but lean back behind her husband. After she reacted, she felt that she couldn’t lose the momentum, so she moved forward again, staring at the two people with red and swollen eyes, and said sarcastically: “Do you think that others won’t know that you are a monster just because you wear a hat? There are so many of us, so many pairs of eyes have seen it clearly!”
Jiang Lan walked out slowly, holding Jiang Chi’s hand, and looked at her coldly: “I think you may have made a mistake. The distinction between humans and monsters is not based on appearance, but on the inside. For example, you look like a decent human being, but in fact you have low quality and a vicious heart. You don’t even have the basic legal and moral bottom line, otherwise you wouldn’t have slandered and insulted a child in front of the police and so many people. But my brother, before being attacked by you, although he was introverted, he was sensible and filial, abided by the law, and never took the initiative to hurt anyone.”
Glancing around, Jiang Lan sneered, “In comparison, aren’t you more like that ugly monster who’s eager to throw dirty water on others for greater benefits?”
His eyes were sharp and penetrating, and he revealed the woman’s true intention in one sentence.
“Isn’t your son still in the operating room? His life or death is still uncertain. Instead of staying with him, his own mother hastily asked relatives to come to the hospital to cause trouble. Why don’t you just tell me directly how much compensation you want?”
“What nonsense are you talking about?!” The woman’s face turned red, but her arrogance unconsciously weakened.
Of course she was worried about her son, but the hospital staff had just told her that her son had only broken his ribs and would be fine after surgery and some rest.
She and her husband only had this one son, and they had to rely on him for their old age. Now he suddenly got mentally ill, and something like this happened in the hospital. It was hard to say what would happen in the future, so she naturally wanted to take the opportunity to make a big fuss and ask for more compensation.
Although she thought so in her heart, her face felt hot when someone said it to her face.
The way people around them looked at their family also changed, especially the nurses who had been scolded before. Although they didn’t dare to say it openly, there was some resentment in their eyes.
When something happened to a patient in the hospital, the hospital was certainly not immune from responsibility, but there were also different levels of responsibility. When her son was going to be admitted to the general ward, the head nurse did not agree to admit him, fearing that problems would affect other patients. At that time, it was only after she persuaded her with all her might and promised that the couple would stay with him 24 hours a day that the hospital reluctantly accepted him. As a result, after only two days, the couple’s 24-hour care shift ended up being a one-person job. When the accident happened, the patient was left alone in the ward, while she was eating and chatting in the tea room.
Perhaps she realized that the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, so she shrank back behind her husband. But her husband, who had been silent all along, spoke up at this time: “The child is in the operating room, and it’s useless for us all to wait outside. Why don’t we take care of the chores now so that we can concentrate on taking care of the child later.”
“We deserve compensation. We must first clarify the whole story and then negotiate the amount of compensation.” He seemed to be more reasonable than his wife, but in fact he was making a threat: “If we can’t negotiate, we will take legal action and let the court decide. We all obey the law.”
The two relatives who came with him also echoed: “Your child hurt someone. Even if he doesn’t have to be sentenced, he still needs to pay for medical expenses, lost work wages, and mental damages, right?”
“You can’t deny this. You will have to pay compensation even if we take you to court!”
On one side was the hospital, and on the other side was the murderer. No matter which side it was, they probably didn’t want to make a big deal out of it. They looked at Jiang Lan fearlessly, as if waiting for him to compromise.
Jiang Lan nodded in agreement: “You are right. According to the law, mentally ill people have no civil capacity and are not responsible for injuring others. However, the guardian has failed to fulfill his guardianship responsibilities and should bear civil compensation. After the police find out the truth, I will let my lawyer contact you.”
“We haven’t sued you yet, and you want to sue us? The thief is crying thief, is there any law in this world?!” The woman jumped up again when she heard that.
She grabbed the police and said, “Look, police comrades, they killed my son, and now they dare to be so arrogant. This is contempt of the law!”
The policeman who was caught by her looked quite helpless. After breaking free from her shackles, he spoke in peace: “We will know who is right and who is wrong after our investigation.” He looked at Jiang Lan: “Is the child’s mood stable? Are you sure he can accept our questioning now?”
Jiang Lan’s expression relaxed a little, and he touched Jiang Chi’s head and said, “It’s OK. We also want to finish it as soon as possible so that his grandma can pass away in peace.”
Everyone then remembered that the child’s grandmother had passed away not long ago.
Thinking about it this way, the child must have suddenly gone crazy because he heard the news of his grandmother’s death. It was probably really shocking.
“Then let’s go to the ward first. Please tell us what happened first, Jiang Chi. As for the fall, the recording of the surveillance cameras in the corridor and hall are already being retrieved.”
The group walked towards the ward.
Jiang Lan led Jiang Chi and walked in front. Ward 618 still retained the mess from the previous fight. A deformed iron kettle was lying on the ground. The other two beds were empty. Only bed number three at the innermost was standing alone, with the body of the deceased under the white cloth.
Jiang Chi stopped, raised his head, and stared at the bed with his dark eyes. He was unable to move for a long time.
Jiang Lan felt the clenching force of the little claws in his palms, and the trembling coming through the clasped hands.
He looked back at the policeman following behind him. The other party understood what he meant, so he stopped and nodded at him.
“Go see her for the last time.” Jiang Lan let go of his hand and patted him gently on the back.
Jiang Chi stood there in a daze, trembling for a moment before stepping in again.
He walked to the bed, lifted the white cloth, and like he did every time he came to the hospital, he first touched grandma’s hand, then put his hand to her chest and listened –
The warm hands had become cold and stiff, the steady pulse no longer beat, the chest was silent, and the throbbing heartbeat could no longer be heard.
The corners of Jiang Chi’s lips finally turned down and his eyelashes kept trembling, but he didn’t cry.
He held the old woman’s cold and stiff hand and stood there for a long time with his eyes downcast, then silently covered her with the white cloth again. He walked to Jiang Lan’s side, pointed to the bed near the door and said, “He suddenly got sick and broke free from the straps, then rushed over to pull out grandma’s IV tube. That’s why I pushed him.”
Jiang Chi’s voice was still a little hoarse, but he spoke fluently: “He got up and choked me by the neck. I couldn’t breathe, so I could only hit him with the boiling water bottle.”
He looked up and showed them the bruises on his neck. “I rang the call bell several times, but no one came.”
His skin was still a bit unhealthy and sallow, and there was a circle of purple strangle marks on his thin neck.
They didn’t expect that he would be so active in cooperating with the investigation. The police were surprised. When they received the report, they heard that both parties in the dispute had mental illnesses. But after they came, they found that the family members were more difficult to deal with than the patients. They thought it would be difficult to understand what happened. They really didn’t expect that Jiang Chi, who was so young and had just experienced the death of a relative, could explain what happened to them in an orderly manner.
The policeman couldn’t help but look at him with a hint of sympathy.
He walked to the bed to check the restraints. There was a restraint on each side of the bed, used to restrain the patient’s hands and feet. Three of the four restraints had been torn off, and one was not used because the patient had a broken leg and had a cast. The other two restraints in the middle of the bed, used to restrain the waist and legs, were also intact. It seemed that they were not used, so they were not torn off.
“It was definitely broken.” said the policeman, looking at the jagged broken ends.
The woman who was squeezed at the door and looking inside couldn’t help but say, “My son is sick and has a broken leg. How could he possibly tear off such strong restraints?! Police comrade, don’t listen to his nonsense. He even said that my son strangled him, but why didn’t I hear him say it before? Maybe he strangled himself in the clinic just now and is now framing my son!”
She analyzed it rapidly, as if she had already grasped the truth.
Another young policeman who followed them couldn’t help but say, “The evidence is all here. We will figure out the truth based on the evidence. It’s useless to just talk. If we check one by one to see if what this kid said is true or not, won’t we know?”
“Don’t worry, we will enforce the law impartially!”
The woman was choked by him and was speechless, so she could only shut up awkwardly.
The head nurse said, “The restraints are wrong. The two middle restraints are supposed to be used. If they were used, they should have been torn apart together.”
She turned around and asked sternly, “One of our requirements when we agreed to take him in was that the restraints must not be loosened. You can only untie them and let him relax for a while after the doctor’s approval.”
“You untied the patient’s two restraints without permission?”
The woman looked a little guilty, and after hesitating for a long time, she said, “The doctor said he was very stable. I, I just saw that he was really uncomfortable being tied up…”
“So you untied the restraints without permission?” The head nurse’s expression became more serious: “You didn’t tell us about this before.”
The woman laughed dryly: “It’s just two… If someone hadn’t deliberately stimulated him, he wouldn’t…”
“The call logs are out.”
After hearing what Jiang Chi said, the nurse who went to the nurse station to check the call records interrupted her and said, “During the time period when the accident happened, bed number three did call three times. The first and second calls were five or six minutes apart, and the next two calls were consecutive. It was lunch time, and there might have been no one at the service desk, so the calls were missed.”
Afterwards, the scene was in chaos and no one cared to look at it. If Jiang Chi hadn’t mentioned it himself, no one would have thought of checking the records.
The police looked at the records, glanced at the woman with flickering eyes, and said, “So far, the evidence matches what Jiang Chi said. When the patient comes out, collect his palm data and compare it with the handprint on Jiang Chi’s neck.”
The woman panicked: “How is this possible? You should investigate it carefully. He must have been the first to act…”
The police looked at her coldly and said in a deep voice: “Please rest assured, we will investigate carefully and will never wrongly accuse anyone.”
The three words “anyone” were pronounced with emphasis on purpose.
The woman’s face changed slightly, and her husband and two relatives also looked surprised and confused.
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