Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 728 Asleep
After such a tumultuous night, when Chen Shu returned to the hotel, he was surprised and warmed to find that Chen Chuan, Zhu Yiba, and Jiang Hai were all awake and waiting for him.

On the surface, the three pandas joked about Chen Shubao's head being wrapped up like a rice dumpling, but in reality, they were all filled with sleepless worry and concern.

Chen Shu smiled but didn't say anything. He sent them back to their respective rooms and took a cold shower, feeling a little refreshed.

Lying on the sofa, I opened my phone and scrolled through short videos about the pitiful mother and daughter. The internet was filled with insults directed at him and "blessings" for his entire family.

"Beast," "heartless rich," and "fake second-generation rich" are all relatively polite adjectives. Some of the more hurtful words were so sharp that Chen Shu didn't even want to look at them a second time.

However, besides these, many comments have also appeared online offering to donate money for the girl's medical expenses, and even donation links have appeared in many places.

Several leading internet platform companies specializing in social medical assistance stepped forward and offered to raise funds for the mother and daughter's medical treatment free of charge.

Chen Shu clicked on one of the donations, and switched his phone screen from Douyin to the app "Yongli Chou". The donation amount for the mother and daughter in the app had now risen to an extremely exaggerated level.

Chen Shu let out a long sigh and solemnly placed his phone on the small coffee table beside him, as if it contained something extremely precious.

Then he took out a pack of yellow cigarettes and a lighter from his pocket, stood by the window of the room, and lit the cigarettes with a snap.

The yellow cigarettes were left in the room by Chen Chuan, originally intended for everyone to smoke freely. Chen Shu saw that Jiang Hai, who was still a student, was nearby, so he casually put them away.

When Chen Chuan saw it, he assumed that Chen Shu had also taken a liking to the flavor of this special-supply cigarette, so he insisted on stuffing a whole carton into Chen Shu's suitcase, saying it was for him to relax.

Chen Shu couldn't resist Chen Chuan's persistence, so he finally took a pack. It wasn't just a polite gesture; these days, the group was traveling, and it wasn't practical to always have cigarettes on hand. Taking a pack was really just to help them relax.

Their relationship was that of classmates and comrades-in-arms. In this peaceful era, it was an extremely precious bond, one that they would risk their lives for without hesitation, let alone a cigarette.

Back when Chen Shu went to Myanmar to rescue people, Chen Chuan, who was usually very careful with his life, insisted on coming along.

Thinking of this, Chen Shu suddenly remembered Zhang Yang, who had been working tirelessly on the front lines of anti-fraud efforts, and wondered where he had gone today.

I glanced south instinctively, wondering if that guy, bursting with a sense of justice and always on the go, had gone to that place again.
hiss.
Chen Shu finished his cigarette in a few puffs, took out the cigarette pack and shook it. There was only one cigarette left. Thinking about it, he realized that he had indeed taken too few.

Chen Shu smoked slowly, but inhaled deeply, and finished his second cigarette in no time. Finally, he slowly stubbed it out in the ashtray, leaving it to keep company with the other dozen or so cigarette butts.

Picking up his phone from the coffee table, Chen Shu smiled and opened the donation link for the mother and daughter, entered "50000", and pressed confirm without hesitation.

Immediately, a line of text popped up on the phone screen:

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Chen Shu smiled brightly, tossed his phone onto the bed without even looking at it, got up and stretched lazily. Suddenly, he heard a "beep" as the door opened, and then caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba barged in wearing pajamas, and Jiang Hai even barged in wearing only a bath towel.

Chen Shu was taken aback and asked first, "Why aren't you all asleep yet? Oh, wait, how do you have my room key?"

"Did you get stunned by a rock?" Even in his pajamas, Chen Chuan had a cigarette dangling from his mouth. "I was in charge of getting rooms for everyone, so naturally everyone has a room key. This is called PLAN B!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yiba, who was originally standing next to Chen Chuan, instinctively took a few steps back and said in a daze, "We're all men, why are you keeping room cards?"

Having understood Zhu Yiba's meaning, Jiang Hai nervously jumped two steps to the side and stared wide-eyed at Chen Chuan.

"Tch, traitor." Chen Chuan slowly walked to the cabinet door, opened it, and took out Chen Shu's coat and hat. While shaking the clothes and black baseball cap, he asked, "Without my room card, you thought you could come here tonight to interrogate me?"

His reminder brought everyone back to the reason for their late-night visit.

Zhu Yiba took out his phone and opened a video. It showed the news that was currently causing a stir online: a mother and daughter kneeling and begging a rich second-generation to donate money. The person filming appeared to be standing next to the kneeling mother and daughter. The video first circled around the people involved several times, and then the camera made a 180-degree turn, pointing towards the hospital entrance.

At that time, a tall, slender man wearing a black baseball cap and a black coat was standing at the door.

According to the person who filmed the incident, the man was the fake rich kid who promised to help the kneeling mother and daughter with their medical expenses.

Then the scene cuts to several young men, covered in sweat, indignantly recounting the story of the fake rich kid who escaped.

During the incident, someone suggested hitting the fake rich kid on the head with a stone.

With a click, Zhu Yiba locked the phone.

The three people in the room stared intently at Chen Shu, their emotions a complex mix of feelings.

Zhu Yiba was the first to speak out.

He pointed at the coat and hat in Chen Chuan's hand, with a pain like a dream shattered: "Brother Chen, these are all our brothers, so please stop making excuses, okay?"

Chen Chuan said with exasperation, "Shu, if you really want to vent, I wouldn't mind if you drank more at the bar, acted wildly, and got into a fight with some other young people. But going after those two unfortunate people was just wrong!"

Jiang Hai, being the youngest, was also furious. His hero had committed such an outrageous act.

"I really misjudged you!"

???

Chen Shu was speechless. After all, it was something he had done, and it wouldn't be in his nature to refute it. After thinking for a moment, he simply said that he had made a mistake while drunk.

After a long period of cursing and swearing, the group finally forced Chen Shu to donate 20,000 yuan to fulfill his promise, based on a plan they had discussed beforehand.

Chen Shu declined.

Chen Chuan didn't stand on ceremony. He glanced at the phone and saw it on the coffee table. He picked it up casually, quickly entered the password, and opened the phone screen. He saw a line of text neatly displayed:

[A mother and daughter received a donation of 50,000 yuan. They are deeply grateful to you, a complete stranger!]

The three of them looked at each other.

"Oh, I didn't expect Chen Da to be a rich second-generation. Not bad, not bad." Zhu Yiba said, then, with his eyebrows arched and hands behind his back, swaggered away.

"Tsk tsk, could it be someone who's been lost for many years?" Chen Chuan snorted for a while, then turned and left.

"Thank goodness, my sister didn't misjudge me." Jiang Hai scratched his head and followed Chen Chuan out of the room.

The room fell silent again. Chen Shucheng lay sprawled on the bed, and couldn't help but laugh as he thought of the child's long eyelashes.

When he touched the little girl's chubby cheeks, she looked like she was sleeping with her eyes closed, but her long, trembling eyelashes betrayed her.

Are you afraid of him?
Chen Shu tilted his head and stared at the dark ceiling. Is that so?

Anyway, the medical expenses are covered; I won't worry about anything else.
Soft, slow breathing gradually began, and a sense of tranquility emanated from Chen Shu's body. A faint smile outlined his unusually relaxed face.

Chen Shu is asleep.

(End of this chapter)