Chapter Fifty-One: Lu'er Loses Her Memory

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  In the hospital, Wang Yan stood upright in the empty corridor waiting for the detailed examination report to come out. She didn't sit down and seemed like she wanted to say something but couldn't express it, wanting to do something but couldn't do it. In the ward, Luo Er was still quietly lying there, her pale face gradually losing its vitality, without any expression, seemingly neither sad nor happy, with only Lu Xiang Sheng accompanying her by her side.

  On the other hand, Wu Jian pulled Li Chao out of school and hid behind a abandoned short wall, panting heavily. Both of them were somewhat exhausted, and the speed at which they had just run exceeded their expectations.

  "Wu Ge, thank you." Li Chao said breathlessly, his eyes filled with gratitude.

  Wu Jian pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and took a deep drag, furrowing his brow as if he wanted to say something, but still didn't open his mouth.

  "I'm going back to school, I'll go surrender myself, so as not to implicate you all." Li Chao wiped the sweat from his forehead and patted his clothes, ready to leave.

  "Don't go, there are more than one or two people who have a crush on Bai Shi. Whether you can come out alive is another story. Moreover, the principal will definitely not let it go easily. His doting on Bai Shi is well-known far and wide." Wu Jian exhaled smoke rings and took out his phone to refresh the school forum.

  Li Chao listened to Wu Jian's words and also felt that they made sense. He widened his eyes and asked, "Then what should we do? Can't just stay here forever, right? If I don't go back to class today, does it mean I won't be going from now on?"

  Wu Jian looked at the new message flying all over the forum and sighed: "Call Shen Kai, ask him to come out, let's go to the hospital to see your sister first, and then think about what to do next!"

  Li Chao nodded and took out the mobile phone given by Lu Xiansheng, sending a message to Shen Kai, Zhi Quan and Lu Xiansheng.

  After about ten minutes or so, Shen Kai and Chen Zhiquan came out of the school's side door, one in front of the other, and started looking around. Li Chao blew a whistle to give them a signal, and the two crossed the road and quickly joined up with them.

  "What's going on, Lí Chāo? What's with your neck?" Chen Zhìquán asked him, looking at the bruise on Lí Chāo's neck.

  "Nothing!" Li Chao pulled up his collar to cover the mark.

  "Why did you go and recite that poem? And in front of so many classmates and teachers too? Do you know how big a hole you've dug for yourself?" Shen Kai said with a face full of anger and frustration.

  Wu Jian looked at Shen Kai's expression and burst out laughing, coldly mocking: "Are you heartbroken? I think there's nothing wrong with hitting Bai Shi, it's just that the time and place weren't chosen well, causing trouble!"

  "What do you mean?" Shen Kai retorted.

  "You don't know that Li Lu'er was beaten by Bai Shi in the first class and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment? Oh..." Wu Jian slapped his forehead, made a sudden realization expression, and continued: "But it's also true, why would you care about Li Chao's sister? Although you grew up together since childhood, aren't you still on Bai Shi's side? Last week, she almost suffocated her own younger sister to death, and this week she still wants to continue shielding Bai Shi?" Wu Jian spoke so bluntly, without considering Shen Kai's feelings, in his eyes, Shen Kai was now a scumbag.

  Shen Kai finally understood why Wu Jian had been holding onto Li Chao in the corridor just now. It wasn't that they were quarreling, but rather he wanted to protect Li Chao. In his eyes, Bai Shi was nothing, yet he still wanted to protect the person by Luo Er's side. So it was like this...

  "We've all skipped class, since we're out here, let's go take a look at Luo first. There's no use talking about this now, what was meant to happen has happened, and what wasn't meant to happen also happened. Let's go to the hospital and see how things are, then discuss with Xuan Sheng what to do next!" Chen Zhiquan looked at the three people who didn't seem to be leaving, but he didn't want to get entangled anymore. Although he didn't like Shen Kai, that wasn't the most important thing now. Everything still depends on what the monster thinks.

  "Brother Kai, you should go back to class, don't let us few affect your studies! We're going to the hospital to find my sister!" Li Chao said to Shen Kai, although his tone was as polite as usual, but there was a hint of formality in his voice.

  Shen Kai looked at Wu Jian's indifferent face and didn't say much, knowing that further explanation would be futile. He simply walked to the side of the road, hailed a taxi, and directly occupied the front passenger seat.

  Li Chao saw this situation, took a deep breath, grabbed Wu Jian with his left hand and Chen Zhiquan with his right hand, and forced them into the car. Although these two people were somewhat reluctant to travel with Shen Kai, they also didn't dare say much.

  "Red Star Hospital, Master!" Wu Jian hastily handed over ten dollars.

  All four people sat in the taxi and didn't say a word, the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

  "Xiao Xuan, come down and pick me up, I'm at the hospital entrance." Shen Kai sent a message to his sister on the way.

  Shen Xiaoxuan's emotions had just calmed down a bit, and she had been standing guard outside the door. She didn't want to disturb Lu Xiansheng from telling stories to Luo'er, nor did she want to be moved herself. But when she saw Shen Kai's message, she really didn't know whether she should go downstairs and bring Shen Kai up. One wave subsides, another rises - what kind of situation would arise when Xiansheng and his brother meet again?! Headache...

  Lu Xiansheng inadvertently turned back and saw Shen Xiaoxuan holding his mobile phone in a daze, walked closer to finish reading the message but Xiaoxuan still hadn't noticed.

  "Go ahead." Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile.

  Shen Xiaoxuan snapped back to reality and quickly put away her phone, only then realizing that Lu Xiansheng had been standing beside her for who knows how long.

  Watching Lu Xuan Sheng return to Luo Er's bedside as if nothing had happened, Xiao Xuan sighed and turned to go downstairs.

  Lu Xiansheng patted Li Chao's shoulder to comfort him as he watched Li Chao rush upstairs. Seeing that Li Chao was a bit emotionally unstable, Lu Xiansheng smiled and said: "Your sister is fine, she'll probably wake up soon. She was given an effective injection during the examination, so she's still sleeping. Don't worry!"

  "It's fine if nothing happens, but now something even more serious has come up..." Chen Zhiquan said with a frown.

  Lu Xuan Sheng looked up at him, unsure what kind of exaggeration Zhi Quan would make, and let out a bitter laugh.

  "Don't believe it... damn! Li Chao beat Bai Shi, and it's still during class time!" Chen Zhiquan said, shaking his head with a look of bad luck.

  Lu Xuan Sheng felt a chill run down his spine, and the anxiety in his heart surged up. Damn it! What was he thinking?! Wasn't things chaotic enough already?!

  "It hurts... it hurts..." Luo Er suddenly woke up again with a severe headache.

  "How is it? Is it still uncomfortable?" Lu Xiangsheng hastily sat down at the head of the bed and carefully lifted up Luo'er.

  "It's okay, it just hurt a lot earlier..." Luo'er slowly loosened her tight grip on Lu Xiangsheng's arm. With effort, she opened her eyes and everything in front of her gradually became clear. She shook her head, looking at the crowd of people in the room, and asked in confusion: "Why are you all here?"

  "We've come to see you! Are you feeling any better now?" Chen Zhiquan poured a cup of boiling water and placed it on the table.

  "Look at me? Why?" Luo Er still felt very confused, suddenly looking at the clothes on her body, and then looking at this entire white space, even more bewildered: "Am I in a hospital? Why?"

  Everyone was shocked and stared at her. They were all thinking about how to comfort her, but suddenly she became like this.

  "Luo Er, are you really okay? Do you remember what happened just now?" Xiao Xuan asked anxiously, but still carefully avoided those sensitive words.

  "Just now? Just now..." Luo Er thought hard, but suddenly felt a severe headache and curled up in Xuan Sheng's arms, trembling.

  Lu Xuan Sheng tightly hugged Luo Er and shouted at Chen Zhi Quan, who was in a daze: "Call the doctor! What are you thinking, stupid Wang's ugly concubine!"

  Wu Jian rushed out in front of Zhi Quan and called for the doctor in charge and Wang Yan to come in together.

  The doctor came in, looked at Luo's situation, and only took out the brain CT picture. He pointed to a black spot and said that when Luo hit his head on the ground, there was a small piece of blood clotting. Although the blood clot is slowly dispersing, due to the cerebral concussion, all memories before and after the concussion are completely lost, and temporary recovery is not possible. It can only be slowly nursed back to health, maybe one day he will suddenly remember, or maybe for his whole life there will be no memory.

  "If this is what must be gone through, perhaps the outcome will be even better!" Lu Xiangsheng said softly.

  "What did you say?" Shen Kai asked in confusion.

  "Would you like Lu Er to always remember what Bai Shi did to her? With a shadow in her heart?"

  Shen Kai didn't say a word, yes, this was probably the best ending. It's already senior year, all of this shouldn't have happened in the first place. Since it's been forgotten, then let's just forget about it and end everything here.

  "It's bound to be a day when I'll remember...". Xiao Xuan felt a bit uneasy.

  Lu Xiansheng interrupted her: "Let's talk about it until that day, from now on, let's pretend nothing happened. As for Li Chao beating Bai Shi, we'll settle it privately, but you skipping class is a serious offense, especially since you're dragging the student council president along..."

  "It's okay, I'll take care of the skipping class today, as long as Luo doesn't get in trouble." When Shen Kai said this, Lu Xiansheng and Chen Zhiquan both turned to look at him, while Wu Jian was still leaning against the side, looking careless.

  Wang Yan looked at the few children discussing and quietly exited the ward, she was still at ease with Lu Xiangsheng and Shen Kai, as for waiting for her students to wake up, she felt there were more important things to do.

  "Li Chao, we're not going back tonight. Your sister needs to stay in the hospital for observation. You figure out how to explain it to your mom and grandpa."

  Looking at Lu Xiansheng's serious face, Li Chao pulled Xiao Xuan to discuss and finally decided to let Shen Kai go home with Li Chao. Xiao Xuan stayed at home to prepare for the phone call, everything was set up, just waiting for tonight to return and show off their acting skills.

  As for Bai Shi, Li Chao followed Wu Jian's footsteps and ran away. She cried and left the class to find her father, Bai Qiuren.

  The substitute teacher was scolded by Bai Qiren in the office, his body covered in bruises and blood.

  Bai Qi-ren called Zhang Xue-liang over for a discussion, preparing to take revenge for his beloved daughter.

  But Zhang Xueliang did not agree with Bai's approach. "Bai, what punishment are you planning to give Li Zongren?"

  Bai Qiren flipped through the school rules and regulations, pointing to the last article, advising him to drop out of school: "That's it, let him go home! He dared to beat my daughter in public! How can I, as a principal, have any face left?"

  "Haha, did Bai Shi hit his sister?"

  Zhang Xueliang's question made Bai Qiren wake up from his anger. Ah, yes, it was true that he had beaten Bai Shi, but if he expelled him, wouldn't that make all the students and parents think poorly of him? If things went on like this, all the blame would fall on himself, while Li Chao would get to keep his reputation as a hot-blooded hero.

  Bai Qiren stubbed out the cigarette butt on the table, let out a sigh and said to Bai Shi: "Baby girl, consider this matter settled. We'll plan slowly for the future, but for now, just keep a low profile in this turbulent time...and try not to bother that sister and brother too much..."

  "What for? Am I just going to take a beating for nothing?" White Poetry's eyes were filled with flames of hatred, as if feeling humiliated by his father's words.

  "I went to the hospital last night to see that girl, gave her some money and told her not to make a big deal out of it. You hit her, her brother hit you back, no matter what crime her brother is charged with, they'll charge you first, so let them off this once, and let yourself off too..."

  Bai Shi listened to these words, threw her head back and laughed loudly, the laughter was ear-piercing and slightly hysterical. She stared at Bai Qi Ren, waited stubbornly until a tear rolled down from her eyes, then turned around and ran out of her father's office...