Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Qin Baobao was wearing her OL outfit, which was the exact one she wore when she went to work. On the way home from work, she received her father’s call that said Qin Ze was hospitalized. Without saying anything else, she wanted to go over immediately. However, his son getting injured was something serious; Old Master told her to fetch her mother first and said the incident briefly. Once Qin Baobao heard that her brother was stabbed, her hand shook; and her car almost crashed into the barrier. Luckily, Qin Ze was not in a serious condition; even if so, she tried hard to suppress her anger the entire way.
At this point, when she saw Old Master puffing in the ward, her eyebrows rose to the highest point; and her heels clicked and clacked. With a sweep of her hand, she snatched the cigarette and threw it onto the floor to extinguish it. “Dad, will you die if you don’t smoke for a day? You can’t smoke in the ward. Qin Ze is still lying on the bed. Do you want him to breathe in second-hand smoke? How do you become a father?”
The anger filled in Qin Baobao’s stomach finally had a release, causing Old Master to be especially awkward.
Mother Qin was a beautiful housewife who still retained her looks—this description seemed to be a little indecent; anyway, she had reached her middle age; but her looks did not expose that about her. Her figure was maintained pretty well, just that there were additional fishtail wrinkles at the corner of her eye.
Both mother and daughter did not look very alike; the mother was an elegant beauty while Qin Baobao had a foxy face—charming and mesmerizing.
Mother Qin’s eyes reddened as she said, “Son, you scared me to death. If something happened to you, I wouldn’t want to live anymore.”
Qin Ze said, “Mom is still the best. Dad was still lecturing me just now.”
Then, Mother Qin said, “Ignore him. He only dares to be a tyrant at home. His son got stabbed, but he’s still acting as a big-tailed wolf.”
Old Master awkwardly explained, “I was also frightened so I told him to be more mature.”
Mother Qin completely ignored him as she sat by the bed and said gently, “Why did you fight with others? You’ve always been obedient since young.”
Qin Ze said indignantly, “I don’t know either. I met with a bunch of gangsters that were causing trouble. Once there was something we didn’t see eye to eye, they beat me up.”
Mother Qin said, “What a rascal that has been through so much. Serves him right for getting jailed.”
The mother and son continued rambling while Qin Baobao sat at a side and wiped her tears.
“Son, are you hungry? Mom will go and buy something for you to eat,” Mother Qin said.
“There’s a stall that sells porridge opposite the hospital,” Qin Baobao sniffed and said, “Mom, I’ll go and get it.”
Kuang! The ward door was pushed open, and a middle-aged couple walked in as they surveyed the surrounding furiously.
Old Master’s eyebrows knitted. “You are…?”
Before he finished his sentence, the chubby middle-aged lady pointed at Qin Ze and yelled at the top of her lungs, “You’re the bastard that injured my son.”
Old Master’s face darkened. “You’re that gangster’s parents?”
“What gangster? Don’t talk with your dirty mouth.” The middle-aged man pointed at Old Master and hollered.
Old Master said, “A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.”
Mother Qin scolded, “Ridiculous piece of thing.”
The middle-aged lady shouted, “Your whole family, just wait! Don’t think you’ll be fine after beating my son up. Wait to go to jail.”
Qin Baobao was angered. “It’s your son that stabbed my brother. We haven’t even said anything about you yet.”
“What bullshit. My son has been obedient since young and would never fight with someone else. If it wasn’t for your bastard that went to mess with him, why would he beat him? Don’t think that our family is easy to bully. You broke my son’s nose. If you don’t pay for the medical bills today, I’ll go to court and sue you.” The middle-aged lady screamed loudly.
Old Master said in a low voice, “Your son was the one who held a restricted weapon and injured others. If we go to court, justice is not on your side.”
“What restricted weapon? Don’t talk nonsense. You can beat someone up, but you don’t allow my son to retaliate?” The middle-aged lady scolded. “It would be the best if this kind of trouble-maker was stabbed to death.”
Mother Qin was furious until her body shook in anger.
This family had stabbed her son, and up till now, they were still trying to shift the blame.
Old Master was a university professor and could not do things like scolding shamelessly in public as it was akin to being hung and beaten up. Since young, Mother Qin was taught well and learned culture and the arts when she was a teenager so she could not scold vulgarities. The only words she could say were ‘shameless’ or ‘don’t be too much’. On the other hand, Qin Baobao wanted to directly go up and slap the crazy lady, but she was held back by Mother Qin so she could only glare at her with her phoenix eyes.
Taking advantage of the space where the woman was breathing, Qin Ze asked, “Who is your son?”
“Why? Are you acting coy? You don’t dare to admit after beating someone up?” The middle-aged lady looked disdainfully from the corner of her eye and spat.
“That’s your son? He bit whoever he saw. If someone didn’t know, they would think that he was someone’s dog that wasn’t leashed well.” Qin Ze pretended to be shocked.
“Little rascal, don’t talk nonsense.”
“Old bitch, your mouth isn’t any cleaner.”
“Say it again.” The middle-aged lady pointed at Qin Ze, and her body shook in anger.
“I’m not your son; I won’t bark just because you asked me to.”
Old Master widened his eyes in shock.
Mother Qin’s mouth was agape.
Qin Baobao smiled delightfully. She knew the strength of Qin Ze’s mouth cannon as they quarreled frequently, and she had not won once before. Of course, in front of their parents, Qin Ze was very polite and would not spout vulgarities. It was just the difference of a child at home and outside. As the old chauffeur in all kinds of posts and forums, he had seen all sorts of god-like comments—words that could scold people without using vulgarities and scolding that were filled with vulgarities.
Come on, let us compare our mouth cannons. I have the billions of netizens behind me.
“If I don’t cause you to squat in jail, I’ll write my name backward1.” The middle-aged lady reprimanded.
“Your head.”
“What did you say?”
“Idiot. Your son is an idiot, you’re an idiot… your entire family are idiots.”
“…”
“Has your son died yet? If he hasn’t, don’t come crying here. You should roll back and see if he’s taking his last breath. If he is, then I can prepare funeral money for him.
“…”
“I’m too lazy to argue with uncultured beasts like you. If I win, I’ll be more beast-like than a beast; but if I lose, I can’t even be compared to one.”
“Wait until you go to jail.” The middle-aged lady screamed.
“Sue me then.”
“Don’t think I wouldn’t dare.”
“Sue me then.”
“If anything happens to my son…”
“Sue me then.”
“…”
“Sue me then.”
“…”
“Sue me.”
Perhaps the commotion was so big that even the nurse was attracted to their counter. She knocked on the door and warned, “This is the hospital. If you want to quarrel, go out and do so.”
The middle-aged lady clearly noticed that her mouth cannon skills were weaker than her opponent’s. Besides, if this incident was blown up, it would not be nice to have people spectating and laughing at her. Harshly, she glared at Qin Ze. “Bastard, you just wait.”
“Sue me then.”
This sentence again…! The middle-aged lady’s face was green as she stormed out of the room.
Finally, it was peace and quiet. Qin Ze grimaced due to the fiery and excruciating pain in his abdomen. After this, he noticed that the ward was eerily quiet; and both Old Master and his mother were staring at him blankly, reflecting a common thought: so you are like this.
In his parent’s heart, their impression of Qin Ze was stable, mature, polite, gentle, but a little useless. However, there were differences between the child in his parent’s eyes and him outside. For example, some children would fearlessly tease and play around with their friends, using all sorts of words like ‘you hoe’, ‘piss off’, or ‘heck’. If they went home and tried saying ‘piss off’ to their parents…
A slap would come flying towards them.
Qin Baobao tried her best to hold in her laughter as her red, phoenix eyes squinted to become a crescent moon.
“Um, Mom, I’m hungry…”
He could not rely on his sister so he had to break the awkward atmosphere himself.
“Wait here, Mom will buy it for you.” Mother Qin could not scold him at this place as well.
Once their mother left, Qin Baobao’s playful face immediately darkened. “Dad, should we sue them first or…?”
Old Master said, “Tomorrow, we’ll go to the police station to charge the case. Then, we’ll wait for your medical report to come out. Minor injuries and above, it would be a criminal case. The problem is… Qin Ze has also injured someone. It seems like his nose bridge is fractured so it is considered as a minor injury as well. In this situation, it’s not suitable to use criminal law to fight the case. We should use the safety management law to go about it instead…”
The sister and brother stared at each other blankly.
They only had a tiny bit of law knowledge. After hearing Old Master ramble on, they only felt one thing: it seemed pretty cool even if they did not understand him.
Qin Baobao stomped her foot and felt wronged. “No, he stabbed Ah Ze so it’s his fault. We must sue him.”
Qin Ze was touched as he said, “Sister, I didn’t love you for nothing.”
Qin Baobao did an action similar to petting a dog’s head. “Because I watched you grow up.”
“No, no. I was the one who meticulously took care of you until you became an adult.”
“What sh*t? I was the one who brought you up by taking care of your sh*t and your urine.”
The sister and brother started teasing each other again.
Old Master knitted his brows and threw a stare over. The siblings immediately ceased their fire; Old Master’s authority at home was not to be challenged with.
“We can also sue him. Let’s charge him. Aren’t there surveillance cameras in the Internet cafe? I’ll find some colleagues from the law side, and I’ll get their help to fight the lawsuit.”
Suddenly, Qin Ze thought of something. “Dad, how did that woman know that I was in this ward? When he was taking my statement just now, the police officer wouldn’t even tell me where that fellow was. He just said that he was in the hospital.”
“Perhaps it was a lucky guess,” Qin Baobao said.
“It wouldn’t be so fast either. They were doing their statements at the same time on the other end. It’s impossible she could guess her way over. It needs time. Besides, she was sure that I was the one who beat her son up,” Qin Ze said.
Once he finished his sentence, the ward door was pushed open. A middle-aged police officer walked in followed by the arrogant and ferocious couple.
“I’m Wang Guomin, the police officer from Hongkou Jiangwan police station.” The middle-aged police officer’s eyes swept across the room and landed on Qin Baobao for a while before he looked towards Qin Ze on the bed. “You’re Qin Ze, right?”
Qin Ze nodded. “It’s me.”
“Brother, it’s him. He’s the one that injured my son.” The middle-aged lady pointed at Qin Ze with fire in her eyes.
Brother?
There was a pang in Qin Ze’s heart.
The middle-aged police officer glared at her before he said nonchalantly, “I received a report that said you’ve injured someone. Your previous statement was not detailed enough so I want to record another statement.”
Qin Ze pretended to play on his phone, but he secretly opened the video recording function and held his phone in his hand. The camera was placed sideways and shot the three people accurately. He knitted his brows and said, “I want to see your identification.”
He had watched too many police and criminal films so he knew the importance of obtaining evidence. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, he should first record a video.
Frustrated, the middle-aged police officer took out his identification and showed it for a while, without caring if Qin Ze had taken a good luck at it.
Qin Ze said, “You’re Police Officer Wang Guomin from Hongkou Jiangwan Police Station, right? Ask whatever you want to ask.”