Chapter 269: Chapter 184: This Daughter-in-Law Seems Reliable

The man who walked in looked about forty years old, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a light blue shirt, and casual trousers paired with versatile leather shoes.

His skin was fair, with regular features and meticulously groomed hair, belonging to the type of gentlemanly handsome uncle.

Of course, regardless of appearance or figure, he was still quite inferior compared to Shen Qiushan, who had been modified by the system.

But it was clear that he must have been a stunner when he was young.

This middle-aged man is Lin Yufei’s father, named Lin Kaixuan.

At this moment, Lin Yufei’s mother, Zhou Yamin, was following behind him, the couple having rushed over together.

Originally, Zhou Yamin’s plan for today was to fly to Hu City to find her husband Lin Kaixuan, but last night she received a call from the police station, saying her daughter was being harassed by a group of thugs.

Upon hearing this, Lin Kaixuan immediately canceled his work in Hu City and booked the first flight to Beijing.

Zhou Yamin picked up her husband at the airport and rushed together to the hospital.

Actually, they arrived at the hospital almost the same time as Shen Qiushan; just that the couple took a slight detour while finding the ward.

“Are you Shen Yixiao’s father?”

Zhou Yamin immediately recognized Shen Qiushan and proactively asked.

“Hello, I’m Shen Qiushan.”

“How should I address you both?”

Shen Qiushan didn’t know Zhou Yamin, but the night before, when he called his son, a girl answered the phone, so he knew this middle-aged couple must be the parents of that girl.

“I’m Zhou Yamin, Yufei’s mother.”

“This is my husband, Lin Kaixuan.”

Zhou Yamin responded politely, and upon discovering that Shen Yixiao’s father was this famous writer, she specifically searched online for more information about Shen Qiushan.

This “future in-law’s” experiences were legendary, and Zhou Yamin admired him quite a lot.

“Are you the author of ’Three-Body Civilization,’ Teacher Shen?”

Lin Kaixuan stepped forward and shook Shen Qiushan’s hand.

“I wouldn’t dare to call myself a teacher.”

Shen Qiushan replied with a smile, then curiously asked, “Are you the Lawyer Lin from Kuaiyin?”

When Lin Kaixuan entered the ward, Shen Qiushan felt some familiarity and quickly associated him with a famous lawyer on Kuaiyin, who had millions of followers and was witty and insightful during online interactions, gaining quite a fan base with his good image.

Shen Qiushan had never watched his live streams, but had seen clips of them, discussing explosive cases.

“Yes, you still find time to browse Kuaiyin, Teacher Shen?”

Lin Kaixuan was rather surprised to be recognized by Shen Qiushan.

“It’s the self-media era, who isn’t browsing short videos?”

“I’ve watched some of Lawyer Lin’s videos; clear logic, sharp views, very impressive!!”

“It’s child’s play compared to yours, Teacher Shen; you’re the only Nebula Award winner in the country, the renowned writer…”

After a wave of mutual praise between the two elder men.

Lin Kaixuan asked, “Teacher Shen, I heard your son was injured?”

“Don’t call me Teacher Shen, it’s awkward; just call me younger brother, I’m 38, probably younger than Lin Law.”

“Not just a bit younger, I’m 45.”

“45? You don’t look it at all!”

“Younger Brother Shen doesn’t look 38 either; more like early thirties.”

The two elder men started praising each other again.

At this moment, a sudden rush of footsteps echoed down the corridor.

“Director Liu, Uncle Zhang the gatekeeper said Shen Yixiao from ward 605 ran off early this morning, around four o’clock.”

“How are you managing this shift, losing a living person just like that? If something happens, who takes responsibility? Can our hospital afford it?”

“…”

Amid the words, a middle-aged female doctor in her forties and a young nurse entered the ward.

Seeing the number of people in the ward, both the middle-aged doctor and the nurse were taken aback.

“Who are all of you?”

The middle-aged female doctor frowned and asked.

“Hello Director Liu, I am Shen Yixiao’s father.”

“You’ve arrived just in time; the child says he’s in your hospital, yet after I flew over from Sanjiang, he’s gone…”

Shen Qiushan obviously heard their conversation; Wang Yunpeng also mentioned Shen Yixiao might have gone to watch the flag-raising ceremony, but it needed to be addressed.

Though his own rascal son was wrong to escape from the hospital, the hospital clearly held some accountability for lax supervision.

“Your son escaped early in the morning!”

“We’re looking for him too!”

Director Liu nodded to the nurse beside her: “Xiaowang, explain the specifics.”

“He ran off with a girl!”

“That girl was pushing a wheelchair; Uncle Wang the gatekeeper tried to stop them, but by the time he made the call they had left, caught a taxi…”

The young nurse described what she knew of the situation.

“Girl?”

“Should be Yufei.”

Zhou Yamin immediately pulled out her phone and dialed her daughter’s number.

Lin Kaixuan frowned; he heard yesterday about his daughter getting close to some rascal, and had it not been for work obligations, he would have flown to Beijing yesterday.

Now hearing about his daughter pushing a wheelchair, leading Shen Yixiao on an “escape.”

In his view, this was not an escape but practically an elopement!

“Yufei, where are you?”

On the other end, the call had already connected.

“Uh, outside…”

“Is Shen Yixiao with you?”

“Yes, he is.”

“So early in the morning, where did you two run off to? I, your dad, and Shen Yixiao’s father are all in the ward!”

“We went to watch the flag-raising ceremony; we’re already on our way back.”

“How long until you get here?”

“Twenty minutes…”

After ending the call, Zhou Yamin shrugged at Shen Qiushan: “The two of them ran off to watch the flag-raising ceremony.”

Shen Qiushan nodded. Wang Yunpeng had mentioned this earlier, and now it seemed to be confirmed.

“Younger Brother Shen, let’s go out and wait!”

Lin Kaixuan suggested.

“Okay!”

Shen Qiushan had no objections, then turned to Lin Xiamo and instructed: “Momo, you stay behind and talk to Director Liu to find out about Xiaoxiao’s condition.”

“Yanran, you don’t need to fuss either, just wait upstairs!”

After making arrangements, Shen Qiushan followed Lin Kaixuan and Zhou Yamin out of the ward.

Lin Xiamo went with Director Liu to her office to find out about Shen Yixiao’s condition.

The once lively ward suddenly only had Shen Yanran and Wang Yunpeng left.

“Wang Yunpeng, aren’t your parents coming?”

Shen Yanran asked casually.

“They should be on their way.”

“So, it was just you and Shen Yixiao in the ward last night?”

“Uh, no…”

Wang Yunpeng was about to explain when Kong Xiaoyi, who had gone out to buy breakfast, returned to the ward.

Seeing a beautiful girl, with appearance and figure not inferior to her best friend Lin Yufei, chatting with Wang Yunpeng, Kong Xiaoyi was surprised and even a bit jealous. She couldn’t help but silently complain: Is someone like Wang Yunpeng who looks like an African so popular?

“Wang Yunpeng, is this beauty your friend?”

Kong Xiaoyi asked while assessing Shen Yanran.

“No… Uh, yes!”

Wang Yunpeng instinctively denied it, but quickly felt it was inappropriate, so he changed his response.

“She’s Shen Yixiao’s sister.”

Wang Yunpeng added.

“Shen Scumbag’s sister?”

“Oops, Brother Xiao’s sister?”

Upon hearing that Shen Yanran was Shen Yixiao’s sister, Kong Xiaoyi inexplicably let out a sigh of relief and showed a bright smile.

“Scumbag?”

“When did Shen Yixiao become a scumbag?”

Shen Yanran frowned lightly. Although she often bickered with Shen Yixiao, she didn’t think her brother was a scumbag.

“Haha, he said it himself.”

“He was heartbroken, so he decided he wanted to be a scumbag!”

Kong Xiaoyi laughed and tossed the buns she bought to Wang Yunpeng, who was lying on the hospital bed.

“So childish!”

After hearing Kong Xiaoyi’s explanation, Shen Yanran couldn’t help but comment.

She thought this kind of talk was typical of Shen Yixiao, but he was just saying it casually.

“Oh, I’m Kong Xiaoyi.”

“From Beijing University of Political Science and Law, a good friend of Yu Fei.”

Kong Xiaoyi introduced herself.

“Oh, I’m Shen Yanran from Sanjiang University.”

“Hey, what’s going on between Lin Yufei and Shen Yixiao?”

Shen Yanran responded and then curiously asked.

Previously, when Shen Yixiao called her, he talked about a girl who helped him and sent a WeChat message to Luo Yao.

It was that message that made Luo Yao accuse her brother Shen Yixiao of being a scumbag.

“Speaking of them, it’s quite interesting. Sit down and let’s chat slowly…”

Kong Xiaoyi said as she sat on the hospital bed that originally belonged to Shen Yixiao.

Shen Yanran followed and sat down, eager to hear stories about her brother Shen Yixiao.

At the hospital entrance.

Lin Kaixuan handed Shen Qiushan a cigarette: “Younger Brother Shen, I’m really sorry. Our Yu Fei didn’t think things through. Your Xiaoxiao has a bone fracture, yet she still took him to the flag-raising ceremony.”

“I will definitely give her a good scolding later!”

“Maybe it was my rascal’s idea.”

“Before coming to Beijing, he kept shouting about wanting to see the flag-raising ceremony. Now he’s gotten his wish!”

Shen Qiushan took the cigarette and said with a chuckle.

“Regardless of whose idea it was, Yu Fei was too reckless in this matter!”

“Young people are prone to impulsiveness!”

Shen Qiushan didn’t take the matter too seriously. The two kids ran off to see the flag-raising ceremony, which wasn’t a bad thing.

“By the way, Brother Lin, what did the police station say?”

“I heard Xiaoxiao mention several small troublemakers!”

“I don’t quite understand the situation yet. I plan to go to the police station later!”

“Want to come along?”

“Sure, I want to chat with the police too!”

The two smoked and chatted leisurely.

After a while, a taxi stopped at the hospital’s main entrance.

“It’s Yu Fei!”

“They’re back.”

Watching the taxi’s passenger area intently, Zhou Yamin spoke up and quickly strode over.

Shen Qiushan and Lin Kaixuan followed close behind.

At this time, the rear door of the taxi opened, and Lin Yufei got out first.

After seeing her, Shen Qiushan instinctively nodded: Hmm, this daughter-in-law looks much more reliable!

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