Chapter 259: The person is dead, don't you have any responsibility at all?

Although we often say that you never know when an accident or tomorrow will arrive, sometimes, when an accident happens, it really catches you completely off guard!

I had already decided to go eat beef noodles, but suddenly I saw the old man sitting on a stone stool slowly tilt his head downward, and his whole body began to slump.

"Hey, mister, mister, are you okay? What's wrong?"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhou Yi hurried up to support him; otherwise, he would have fallen straight to the ground.

As soon as he supported him, he discovered that the old man's entire state seemed wrong—he was limp and experiencing slight convulsions.

No way, right? Although it felt like everything had returned, there was no need for it to be this realistic, right? He just had a medical episode?

Or was he faking it? He just wanted to be a good person; he didn't want to be framed by someone.

But now that he had already helped him...

Forget it, don't think about these things for now; saving a life is the priority.

Zhou Yi hurriedly shouted, "Quick, call an ambu... forget it, I'll call!"

The people around clearly saw the situation and didn't dare to come up; some even took out their phones, ready to record.

But no one called for an ambulance—a normal phenomenon.

After all, because of the phrase "If you didn't hit them, why did you help them," many, many similar sayings have been derived.

Such as "If you didn't hit them, why did you call an ambulance," and so on.

So, after shouting halfway, Zhou Yi didn't say anything else and directly took out his own phone to start dialing 120.

Morality is something that should always be used to restrain oneself, not to kidnap others.

Only the law is used to restrain others.

"Yes, that's right, at the entrance of Yuefu Residential Quarter. Yes, hurry, the patient's condition here is very critical!"

This time, calling the ambulance went smoothly; not long after, an ambulance arrived and rushed the person to the hospital.

Zhou Yi no longer had the heart to eat, so he conveniently made a police report first, and then headed to the hospital with Sun Daye, the grandfather of that little brat.

Sun Daye was currently in a state of complete bewilderment; he had been playing chess when he suddenly heard someone say his grandson had been hit by someone.

This was unacceptable; he hurriedly packed up and wanted to come over to ask clearly.

As a result, just after arriving, he heard people say that the old man who hit his grandson had collapsed first.

What a mess; on one hand, his grandson was crying incessantly, and one could see he was injured.

On the other hand, this old man clearly had a problem; although he wasn't very old, in his sixties, when a person gets to that age, whether they are sturdy or not depends on the situation.

This one clearly had some illnesses, though it was unknown what they were.

This is truly sitting at home when disaster strikes from the sky.

"Little Zhou, you say this is such a mess... of course, I'm not blaming you, you're helping me, I know that," Sun Daye said with a worried face while sitting in the car.

"It's okay, Sun Daye," Zhou Yi comforted him, "This matter has nothing to do with us, set your mind at ease."

Sun Daye shook his head, wanting to say something, but it didn't come out.

Zhou Yi understood what he wanted to say—it was nothing more than that if, unfortunately, the old man passed away, it would truly be like getting mud in your crotch; even if it isn't shit, it's still shit.

"The person is already dead"—this phrase is just as infuriating as "he is still just a child."

But compared to the latter, you have even less of a way to argue with the former, because the person is truly gone; what can you say?

Zhou Yi was also helpless; he could only hope that the old man would hold on. These days, some people can stir up three-foot waves even when they are in the wrong, let alone if something really happened to the person—the consequences were something even Zhou Mouren couldn't imagine.

People have a hundred ways to make him, Zhou Mouren, uncomfortable.

He himself was "cheating," so it didn't matter, but his parents were still in Jingzhou.

If something really happened, it would be better to let his parents return to Lincheng first, rent a place to live for a while, and avoid the trouble.

After all, truthfully speaking, this was a mess he had caused; he couldn't implicate his parents.

All the way to the hospital, Zhou Yi and Sun Daye entered the lobby, and after asking the doctor, they learned that the old man had already been sent in for emergency treatment; it was said to be a severe cerebral infarction.

There was no other way; they could only wait for the police to arrive.

Not long after waiting, Zhou Yi saw Lao Li, whom he hadn't seen in a few days, walk into the hospital.

"Who reported... Zhou Yi, you were the one who called the police, right? What's going on?" Lao Li walked over and asked, looking at Zhou Yi.

"Uncle, there really was no other way for this matter. It's like this: earlier, I was at the entrance of the residential quarter hesitating about what to eat..."

Zhou Yi roughly explained what had happened earlier.

"Uncle Li, you tell me, what else could I do? He hit someone; he definitely couldn't just walk away. I went up to stop him, and then, it turned into this."

Hearing this, Lao Li was also a bit helpless; this kind of thing is really, very annoying, especially annoying.

So Lao Li could only say, "Wait a while first, see how the rescue goes. I'll see how to notify his family members."

After this kind of thing happened, of course, the family had to be notified.

Lao Li got the other party's phone and immediately began contacting the family according to the address book.

Soon after finishing the call, Lao Li came back and said, "Little Zhou, get ready..."

But before he could finish his sentence, he saw a doctor come out from inside, walk over, take off his mask, and sigh, "The police comrade is here too? Fine, you can check; the patient inside is already gone."

"In fact, he was already gone on the way to the hospital. Severe cerebral infarction, stage three hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cerebral vascular malformation—such a condition, logically speaking, shouldn't have been out and about at all."

The doctor said very responsibly.

"What? The person is already gone?" Lao Li's expression suddenly became very serious. "I understand, I need to request reinforcements."

The person was gone, and since the police had already been called, they definitely had to conduct relevant investigations.

Lao Li called his colleagues over, and on the other side, not long after, a shout rang out in the corridor.

"What's going on, what's going on? Where is my dad? How was he perfectly fine when he left the house, and now the person is gone?"

Following the sound, Zhou Yi looked over and found that five or six people had rushed over, both men and women. The one who had just roared was one of the men, about forty years old, quite fat, and sporting a potbelly.

At this moment, his face and head were covered in sweat, shouting as he walked.

"Is the police comrade here? Where did they go? Who can tell me what's going on here?"

The woman behind the fat man was also shouting incessantly.

Seeing this scene, Lao Li, who had already called his colleagues over, hurried forward and said, "You must be Mr. Fang Yufeng, right? I am the police officer who notified you earlier. Please don't get agitated for now; our colleagues are currently assisting the doctor with the death investigation."

Fang Yufeng nodded upon hearing this and said, "Officer Li, is it? How can I not be agitated? My father is gone; how could I possibly not be agitated?"

"He was perfectly fine before he went out, and now you suddenly tell me he's gone. We have to know how it happened, right? Didn't they say my father had a conflict with someone earlier? What happened? Was it them!"

Fang Yufeng pointed a hand at Zhou Yi and Sun Daye.

Sun Daye's face was full of bitterness at this moment, while Zhou Yi felt a bit helpless.

Oh, System Grandpa, although I was a tiny bit cocky earlier, there was no need to play it this big.

A person is gone; that is a completely different matter from someone still being alive.

In all fairness, if he himself encountered such a problem, he wouldn't be calm either.

This is truly an unprovoked disaster. No wonder everyone says not to be a busybody in daily life. He just relied on the System's backing and went up to stop them.

Fortunately, Lao Li was very capable. As a veteran grassroots police officer, he quickly began to handle the situation.

The main task was to describe the previous situation.

Of course, one couldn't just take Zhou Yi's word for it, so a colleague had already pulled up the Monitoring. It was clear as day on the Monitoring that it was that old man who bumped into the other person's child.

And when Zhou Yi went up, he only stopped them, and from beginning to end, there was no physical contact whatsoever.

Of course, as for what was said, Zhou Yi had a Sports Camera there. After listening to it roughly, there were no overly aggressive remarks.

Added to what the doctor said earlier, it could basically be determined that it was the other party's own medical condition.

It was just that the colleagues still needed to re-investigate to rule out other possibilities.

"So you're saying my father was stopped by him, right? Who told him to stop him?" Fang Fengyu said as he bypassed Lao Li and began to roar at Zhou Yi.

"So it's you, right? You stopped my father, right? Who told you to stop him? And you wouldn't let him leave, right? Fine, now that he's gone, you tell me, how are we going to handle this?"

Zhou Yi looked at Sun Daye beside him. Forget it, the person is gone, so letting the other party say a few words is nothing.

So he didn't speak. Seeing this, Fang Fengyu's face became even more furious.

And behind him, the others also began to shout incessantly.

Just then, the police officer and the doctor who went in to investigate walked out and handed over the death notice.

"Fang Fengyu, right? The Fang Hongxing inside is your father, right? This is his death notice. After our careful examination, we can determine that the cause of death was a severe cerebral infarction."

Fang Fengyu subconsciously took the death notice, flipped through it casually, and said, "Officer, I believe what the hospital says, but my father is dead; doesn't that person have any responsibility?"

It was Fang Fengyu pointing at Zhou Yi again.

The police officer didn't speak, and Zhou Yi behind him finally couldn't hold back.

Yes, your father is gone, and we are very sad too, but that is not a reason for you to spout nonsense here!

"What, you say I have what responsibility? Did I do anything? There is Monitoring everywhere there, every word and action is recorded. What responsibility do I have?"

"Who told you to stop my father? If you hadn't stopped him, could this have happened? And if you hadn't said anything to him about bumping into someone, would he have died of a cerebral infarction?"

"You still dare to say you have no responsibility? Officer, shouldn't he go to jail for this?"

Hearing these words becoming increasingly outrageous, Lao Li hurried forward and said, "Mr. Fang, we have already investigated clearly. Your father's cerebral infarction was very severe; one could even say that his cerebral infarction could have flared up at any time."

"With such a condition, he shouldn't have been out and about. How could Mr. Zhou possibly have any responsibility?"

It would have been fine if he hadn't said that, but as soon as he did, the woman behind Fang Fengyu exploded.

"No responsibility? Is this how you police officers speak so irresponsibly? A person is dead and you can still say there's no responsibility? If it weren't for him, how could my father be gone!"

"You are colluding and conspiring! I am going to file a complaint against you!"

Hearing this, Lao Li's dark face immediately became very serious.

"This comrade, Mr. Fang passed away due to a severe cerebral infarction. Mr. Zhou bears no responsibility in this incident. This is our investigation result. If you do not accept it, you can file a complaint with our superior department, or go to the Court to file a Lawsuit. These are all your legal rights."

Lao Li's serious look was quite intimidating. The woman was about to say something else, but was stopped by Fang Fengyu.

"No need, Officer. You said he has no responsibility, so he doesn't have to go to jail, right? Then what about compensation? My father is already gone; he doesn't have to pay anything?"

"A living person is gone, and he has no responsibility at all? What if he hadn't stopped him that time?"

Lao Li didn't speak this time. The tall police officer beside him spoke up: "Mr. Fang, this aspect does not fall under our jurisdiction. If you feel the other party should pay compensation, we suggest you take legal channels."

They only needed to determine the Criminal Case aspects when they came over. As for whether there should be civil compensation and how much, that was not for them to manage.

"What? We have to go file a Lawsuit? This is unreasonable. Why should we have to be the ones to sue?"

The woman behind Fang Fengyu shouted again.

"Don't speak yet!" Fang Fengyu said in a deep voice.

"Officer, what is his name?"

Lao Li glanced at Zhou Yi. Before he could speak, Zhou Yi had already stepped forward and said, "My name is Zhou Yi. Heard it clearly now? Zhou Yi."

After saying this, Zhou Yi grabbed Sun Daye and was about to leave.

As a result, they were stopped.

"Want to leave? You want to leave just like that? I'm telling you, today, if there's no result to this matter, don't even think about leaving!" someone shouted.

Huh? Zhou Yi looked at Lao Li with a surprised expression upon hearing this. Lao Li's dark face had turned black to the extreme.

"I am warning you again: your behavior of stopping the other party from leaving is illegal. You can take legal channels, but you cannot resolve this by restricting the other party's personal freedom."

Lao Li stepped forward and said again.

At the same time, several of Lao Li's colleagues also walked up. They were still here, and yet they were saying "don't even think about leaving without a result." What did they think the police were for?

They were here to maintain order; you absolutely must not start a conflict.

"Fine, let him go. But Zhou Yi, right? I have remembered you. I'm telling you, this matter is not over!"

Zhou Yi glanced at the fat man named Fang Fengyu and didn't speak. It wasn't that he didn't like to make threats, but it was truly unnecessary.

Walking out of the hospital, Sun Daye said with a bitter face, "Little Zhou, what do you think we should do? They will definitely cause you trouble. Sigh, how did it turn into this?"

Zhou Yi smiled upon hearing this and said, "Sun Daye, there is really no need to worry. If they want to cause me trouble, let them. It's fine. After all, in their own words, the person is gone."

"You don't need to worry; as for me, I really am not afraid of this kind of thing."

The second update is here; thanks to Yun Zhi Yuxue and Wenchidage for the tips, thank you both brothers, requesting monthly votes.

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