I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 60. The Skewers Incident 2
As the saying goes, having connections in high places makes things easier.

It was originally just a simple civil dispute that could have been settled with some money, but that shrew insisted on knowing some high-ranking leader and demanding to go to the hospital for a medical examination and teach Xu Aiguo a lesson.

The police officers naturally had no right to stop the woman from going to the hospital for a medical examination. However, when they arrived at the hospital and found out that she would have to pay for the examination herself, the shrew immediately refused. She sat on the ground and threw a tantrum, accusing Xu Aiguo and his comrade of conspiring to cheat and bully her, a vulnerable woman.

It was just a minor scrape, but Wu Lingyu's mother was pulled by the hair and slapped, yet she didn't even ask for a medical examination. This whole commotion has left both sides embarrassed.

Xu Aiguo couldn't swallow this insult, and despite Li Meijuan's objections, he paid out of his own pocket to register her for a medical examination.

You want to have a trauma examination? Then let's do it together!

In the end, somehow, the doctor diagnosed Li Meijuan with a suspected concussion, and what was originally a civil dispute suddenly escalated into intentional injury.

According to Article 234 of the Criminal Law, anyone who intentionally injures another person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance.

What was originally just a matter of spending a few days in detention for refusing mediation has suddenly escalated to the point where one has to operate a sewing machine and wear a silver bracelet.

The shrewish women who had been causing trouble immediately fell silent. Even while still in the hospital, they started fighting amongst themselves, shifting the blame onto others, and their verbal abuse escalated into a physical fight.

Xu Aiguo patted his comrade on the shoulder, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Fang Xiaohai smiled and shook his head, saying ambiguously, "Everything is in accordance with procedure, and the case is being handled impartially!"

Unlike other injuries, concussions cannot be detected even with advanced medical technology twenty years later. Doctors can only make decisions based on the patient's description.

During the medical examination, the doctor asked Li Meijuan, "Do you experience tinnitus, dizziness, headache, nausea, or weakness?"

Having just been slapped several times, it's perfectly normal to have these symptoms, and Li Meijuan admitted to having them all.

After careful consideration, the doctor naturally gave a diagnosis of suspected concussion.

After the group returned to the police station, the women who had been so arrogant suddenly changed their tune and started crying and begging Li Meijuan to let them go before they even entered the station.

The one who was boasting about knowing some high-ranking official in his family just a second ago was also the one who knelt down the fastest.

"Sister Li, please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me. I have elderly parents and young children to support."

"Sister Li, I'm begging you on my knees. Please just ignore me, okay? I really know I was wrong."

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Xu Aiguo watched from the sidelines, secretly pleased. [Serves him right!]
Since it was only a suspected concussion, the police naturally hoped to negotiate peacefully. Faced with the injury assessment report given by the hospital, the women had no choice but to accept Xu Aiguo's extortion.

Ultimately, both parties reached an agreement that the six women who participated in beating Li Meijuan would compensate her a total of 10,000 yuan for medical expenses, lost wages, nursing expenses, transportation expenses, and hospitalization meal allowances.

After their families brought the money, Li Meijuan immediately signed the letter of understanding, and the matter was thus resolved.

After the group finished eating the fried skewers, Xu Qingfan picked up a piece of broken tile from the roadside and started drawing a hopscotch house on the sidewalk.

Neither Zhang Yiyi nor Wu Lingyu had ever played hopscotch before. After Xu Qingfan demonstrated the rules of the game, the children had a great time playing it all afternoon.

The rules of hopscotch for Xu Qingfan and his friends are: hop back and forth across eight squares without stepping on the lines. After successfully hopping, you can throw a beanbag. Whichever square you hit means that square is occupied, meaning a house has been built. Other players must avoid this square when hopping. The player who occupies the most houses at the end wins.

The sunset reflected in the clouds, the sky was flushed red, and the setting sun cast long shadows of a group of children playing hopscotch on the street. Their clear voices drifted away on the evening breeze.

After jumping and hopping around for a while, the little ones were all a bit tired, and the energetic Lin Wanning even fell asleep on Xu Qingfan's lap. "How long will it be before Uncle Xu and the others come back?" After deciding the winner of this round, Xiao Ruanwen looked at the setting sun and asked.

"They're here!" Xu Qingfan pointed to the taxi that was approaching from afar and said with a smile.

Everyone looked in the direction Xu Qingfan pointed, and soon they saw Xu Aiguo and Li Meijuan getting out of the car.

"Mom!" Seeing her mother return safe and sound, Wu Lingyu felt the urge to cry again and ran forward to hug her mother.

"It's alright, it's alright, Xiaoyu, thank you Uncle Xu." Li Meijuan picked up her daughter and gently patted her back to comfort her.

"Thank you, Uncle Xu!" Wu Lingyu obediently called out.

"You're welcome!" Xu Aiguo said with a smile, pinching Wu Lingyu's cheek.

"Hehe. Strawberry cake is the best, Brother Qingfan." Xu Qingfan gently patted Lin Wanning's face. The other party showed no sign of waking up, and sweetly talked in his sleep while resting his head on Xu Qingfan's lap.

Zhang Yiyi gave them a push, and Xu Qingfan carried Xiao Wanning on his shoulder. After saying goodbye to Wu Lingyu, the five little ones reluctantly got into a taxi.

After getting into the car, the little girls all seemed drowsy, while only the father and son kept talking to each other.

"Dad, how was this matter handled in the end?" Xu Qingfan asked.

Xu Aiguo recounted how the group had compensated Li Meijuan with 10,000 yuan: "Those shrewish women are really something. After signing the letter of understanding, they immediately acted like they were something special, they have no shame at all!"

Xu Aiguo grew angrier as he recalled the verbal attacks he and Wu Lingyu's mother received after leaving the police station.

"Losing 10,000 yuan isn't bad," Xu Qingfan said casually.

Ten thousand yuan in 03, if calculated based on inflation, is roughly equivalent to sixty or seventy thousand yuan twenty years later. If converted to housing prices, it would be worth more than one hundred thousand yuan.

The car fell silent. Xu Qingfan felt something pressing on his backside, which made him very uncomfortable. He reached in and pulled out a slightly bulging envelope.

He opened it and saw that it was full of bright red hundred-yuan bills.

"Dad, have you been hiding money from your family?" Xu Qingfan showed the envelope to Xu Aiguo.

"Hey! Isn't this the compensation money given by those shrewish women? Your classmate's mother probably left it in the car." Xu Aiguo immediately turned around and went back.

When the taxi returned to the fried food stall, the roller shutter door had been pulled down at some point, and Wu Lingyu and her daughter were nowhere to be found.

Xu Qingfan thought even more deeply: "Dad, I'm wondering if Aunt Li deliberately left this money in the car to thank you? You can't accept this money, or I'll go back and tell Mom you're hiding money!"

"You brat! Is this the kind of person your dad is?" If he weren't still driving, Xu Aiguo would have loved to reach out and break the seal on Seven Wolves, so his son would know why the flowers were so red.

Xu Qingfan had an "I knew it" look on his face: "Dad, you really did hide some money from me. I'll tell Mom as soon as I get back!"

"Hahaha, you little rascal, trying to fool your father, huh!"

"Hahaha~" Feeling the scene of fatherly love and filial piety in the carriage, the little girls who were originally drowsy also laughed from the bottom of their hearts.

(End of this chapter)