Chapter 244: 243: A Ruthless Person
Chapter 244: Chapter 243: A Ruthless Person
The more Yu Zhiming examined her, the angrier he became.
It’s often said that bullying between women is even worse than between men, mainly because the methods used are particularly insidious and cruel.
Today, Yu Zhiming was seeing it firsthand.
Aside from the bruises and contusions covering the unconscious woman’s entire body and face, Yu Zhiming also found many needle marks on her.
The woman’s chest, in particular, was covered in pinpricks and flecked with blood.
The blood loss from her lower body was caused by a sharp object piercing her uterus.
Yu Zhiming also discovered a broken needle embedded in the flesh of her private area.
It had nearly pricked his hand.
In response to Gu Qingning’s questioning, Yu Zhiming said nothing. He simply took a pair of tweezers and, right in front of her, extracted the blood-stained broken needle.
Seeing this, Gu Qingning was overcome with rage. She swung her hand and slapped Feng Sisi hard across the face…
The police and the ambulance arrived quickly, getting there within ten minutes of Gu Qingning’s call.
The paramedics immediately took the still-unconscious woman, whose injuries Yu Zhiming had given preliminary treatment, to the hospital.
After giving their statements and leaving their contact information at the scene, Yu Zhiming and Gu Qingning were allowed to leave.
Yu Zhiming drove the Mercedes, with Gu Qingning in the passenger seat, slowly leaving the Yaqing Garden District.
“In my memory, Sisi was always a bit mischievous, but she was still a reasonable kid.”
“I never imagined she would do something so infuriating.”
“I feel like I don’t even know her anymore.”
Gu Qingning let out a long breath and asked, “Zhiming, what about that girl?”
Yu Zhiming said slowly, “Overall, aside from some excessive blood loss, her life isn’t in danger.”
“Also, the injuries were mainly concentrated in her private areas. The psychological trauma will be immense.”
“Her uterus was also injured, which might affect her ability to have children in the future.”
Gu Qingning murmured an “oh” and asked, “What level would her injuries be classified as in a forensic assessment?”
Yu Zhiming shook his head. “That falls under forensic science, which I don’t know much about. It’s hard to say.”
“But regardless of the injury assessment, she probably won’t be able to escape a charge of indecent assault.”
“Also, your cousin is already twenty. She’s not a child anymore.”
Gu Qingning was silent for a moment, then asked, “Zhiming, do you want my cousin to receive the punishment she deserves?”
“Shouldn’t she?” Yu Zhiming retorted.
Gu Qingning bit her lip and opened her mouth, but in the end, she slumped into her seat as if all the air had gone out of her.
A moment later, her phone rang.
It was a call from Gu Qingran.
Gu Qingning answered the call and explained everything about Feng Sisi in detail.
“Qingning, just tell the truth about this. Especially to the police, don’t even think about covering anything up.”
“This whole thing is a disgrace. You should stay out of it. Let the adults handle it from here.”
Gu Qingning hummed in agreement, then said defensively, “Brother, I’m an adult too. I stopped being a kid a long time ago.”
Gu Qingran’s voice came again, “In my eyes, you’ll always be my little sister who never grew up.”
“Alright, you don’t need to worry about this anymore…”
Gu Qingran’s call seemed to be just the beginning.
On the way back, and even after they reached her place at Zijin Garden, Gu Qingning’s phone didn’t stop ringing. She took one call after another, all from relatives asking about the situation.
Yu Zhiming had no choice but to go into the kitchen himself. He boiled two plates of dumplings, sliced some braised beef, poured out some small pickled vegetables from a large jar in the fridge, and made a small dish of minced garlic.
“Qingning, dinner’s ready.”
Gu Qingning put her phone on silent, tossed it onto the sofa, and sat down at the dining table next to Yu Zhiming.
“I don’t have an appetite!”
Yu Zhiming glanced at her and said, “Then don’t eat for now. You’ll have an appetite when you’re truly hungry.”
His words made Gu Qingning’s cheeks puff out. She had a strange urge to bite him.
She silently fumed for a moment, only to see that Yu Zhiming was ignoring her. He was dipping his dumplings in minced garlic and other things, savoring each and every bite.
Gu Qingning felt she should be even angrier, but then she had a second thought. ’Why should he have to console me?’
’This mess was caused by my own relative.’
’He even went out of his way to cook dumplings for me.’
’For a guy like Yu Zhiming, who rarely sets foot in the kitchen, this is the greatest act of consideration and comfort he could offer…’
After talking herself around, Gu Qingning picked up her chopsticks, grabbed a dumpling, and popped it into her mouth.
She’d glance at Yu Zhiming, chew on a dumpling, and found that it actually whetted her appetite. Soon, she was eating properly…
After dinner, Yu Zhiming returned to his bedroom.
He turned on his computer, opened his email, and pulled up the surgical plan for Mr. Cao sent by Doctor You Weixian to prepare for the midnight operation…
「At midnight」
Yu Zhiming was woken by his alarm.
He got up and left his bedroom, only to find the living room brightly lit. His third sister, Fourth Sister, Xiaoxue, and Qingning were all awake.
“Did I wake you?”
Yu Xinyue chuckled. “We knew you had to get up at midnight for the hospital, so we didn’t go to sleep.”
“Go wash up. You can eat something before you leave for the hospital.”
Yu Zhiming grunted in acknowledgment, went to the bathroom to wash up, and when he came out, there was a steaming bowl of fragrant noodles with vegetables, shrimp, shredded pork, and egg on the dining table.
Normally, one shouldn’t eat food with too much liquid, like soup, before performing surgery.
However, the part of the midnight operation that Yu Zhiming was responsible for wouldn’t take more than an hour, so he was confident he could hold it.
Yu Zhiming took a few bites and asked, “Zeng Yan, she…”
Yu Xiangwan cut in, “I spoke with her on the phone tonight. She said it’s no problem, she can handle it.”
“She also said that Dr. Bao is taking good care of her.”
Yu Zhiming snorted. “Let’s hope that guy is still so confident after another day has passed.”
Yu Xinyue asked, “Fifth Brother, if she really pulls through and doesn’t change her mind, are you actually going to arrange for her to transfer universities and change her major?”
“Binhai Aquatic University is just an ordinary university, but Binhai Jiaotong University is a nationally renowned 985 university.”
“That’s a huge leap.”
Yu Zhiming said casually, “I’m just going to give it a try. It would be best if it succeeds.”
“If it doesn’t, then Zeng Yan will either have to give up on studying medicine, or drop out and retake the entrance exams.”
Yu Xinyue chuckled slyly. “I hope it succeeds too.”
“If you manage to pull it off, my two kids…”
Yu Zhiming interrupted, “Third Sister, you’d better not get any ideas. Let those two little ones work for it themselves.”
He said with a serious expression, “Just because I can do something now doesn’t mean I’ll be able to do it in the future.”
“Most importantly, I’m only willing to help Zeng Yan because she has the talent to be a doctor and the determination to endure hardship.”
Seeing Yu Xinyue about to speak again, Yu Xiangwan quickly interjected, “Third Sister, don’t you think it’s a bit too early to be talking about things that are years away?”
“Fifth Brother is about to perform a surgery. Don’t distract him.”
Yu Xinyue fell silent…
After Yu Zhiming finished eating and drinking, Gu Qingning insisted on driving him to the hospital.
“You accompanied me this afternoon to deal with my cousin’s situation. I can’t sleep anyway, so I might as well get some activity in and drive you to the hospital.”
Seeing Gu Qingning’s insistence, and noticing her furrowed brow and worried expression, Yu Zhiming agreed.
It wasn’t until the car had left the residential complex and turned onto the main road that Yu Zhiming finally asked, “Qingning, did something happen that I don’t know about?”
Gu Qingning forced a smile. “It’s just about my cousin, that’s all.”
“That girl was also spoiled by her family.”
“Her parents are furious. They’re refusing to negotiate or forgive, and they insist on going through legal channels to get justice for their daughter.”
Yu Zhiming made a sound of understanding. “For something so heinous, getting punished now isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Your cousin still has a long life ahead of her.”
Gu Qingning let out a long sigh and said no more.
The drive to the hospital’s neurosurgery department was smooth. Yu Zhiming first met up with Doctor You Weixian.
Then, the two of them went to the patient’s room, where Yu Zhiming performed a preoperative examination of Mr. Cao’s intraspinal tumor.
Afterward, Yu Zhiming and Doctor You returned to the office and, based on the latest condition of the tumor, made some final minor revisions to the surgical plan.
At 1:55 AM, the surgery officially began.
The main objective of this operation was to create seven puncture holes in the patient’s cervical and thoracic vertebrae.
Yu Zhiming would use puncture needles to deliver specially made radioactive seed rods to the core of the tumor.
The hope was that after more than a month of radiation therapy, the tumor would shrink to a reasonable size, which would significantly increase the success rate of the tumor resection surgery to be performed by Doctor You.
Therefore, tonight’s puncture procedure was merely a preliminary step for a more complex and difficult surgery to come.
It took forty-five minutes for Yu Zhiming to complete his part: the punctures and the delivery of the radioactive seed rods.
He cleaned up, stepped out of the surgical isolation doors, and after briefly explaining the surgery’s status to Mr. Cao’s family who had gathered around, he walked over to Gu Qingning, who was waiting off to the side.
Yu Zhiming noticed a well-dressed middle-aged man and woman standing next to Gu Qingning.
“Zhiming, let me introduce you. This is my aunt and uncle, Sisi’s parents…”
After Gu Qingning’s introduction and they had acknowledged each other, Yu Zhiming asked with a hint of confusion, “Is there something I can help you with?”
Feng Sisi’s father sighed softly. “Dr. Yu, we’re also very angry that Sisi did such a thing.”
“But what’s done is done, it’s too late to say anything else. We can only deal with the situation now.”
“We will absolutely be proactive and offer generous compensation.”
“It’s just that…”
Feng Sisi’s father’s brow furrowed. “The girl was found to have four fractures: a broken collarbone, two broken ribs, and a fractured left forearm.”
Hearing this, a storm raged in Yu Zhiming’s heart.
’That girl… she’s truly ruthless.’
Feng Sisi’s father’s voice sounded in his ear again. “Sisi swore up and down that…”
“…she isn’t sure about the other injuries, but they absolutely did not injure the girl to the point of breaking her left forearm.”
“Dr. Yu, you examined the girl’s injuries at the time. Did you happen to notice any fractures?”