Chapter 524: I Have Never Seen Such a Request in My Life

Zhou Yi and Zhou Xinran, who were just about to go handle the paperwork, looked at each other and were both stunned.

I mean... these words sounded too familiar, especially the three words "Letter of Forgiveness"; in the past, he, Zhou Yi, would often refuse to sign a Letter of Forgiveness.

But now, inexplicably, the other party had actually said such things!

After his shock, Zhou Yi pointed at himself and said, "Are you... talking to me?"

His demeanor immediately made Han Ying even more annoyed, and she roared, "Who else would I be talking to if not you, a dog? You were hell-bent on sending my brother and husband to jail before, and now you've dealt such a heavy blow. What's the matter, is being an internet celebrity so impressive, huh!"

There were quite a few people at the hospital window, and soon there was a crowd watching.

Zhou Yi shook his head and didn't argue; he pulled Zhou Xinran and was about to leave. After all, this was a hospital, and it was best to try not to quarrel here.

However, Han Ying wouldn't let him leave and blocked his path directly.

"You think you can just walk away like that? I'm telling you, no way. My brother's Medical Expenses have already cost this much; you pay for the Medical Expenses first."

"Otherwise, so what if you're an internet celebrity? I'll post this online tomorrow. I'll let everyone see, let them see what kind of person you are!"

Behind Han Ying, Lao Pang had originally wanted to say something, but everyone knows that once some people start arguing, you simply have no time to get a word in.

When Zhou Yi heard this, he was truly unsettled. To be reasonable, he had never encountered such a request in his life!

"So if I don't agree to pay the Medical Expenses, you'll post it online? Fine, I beg you to post it online. Seriously, regarding this matter, your brother brought it upon himself; he won't get a single cent for Medical Expenses!"

"Also, whether you sign some Letter of Forgiveness or not has nothing to do with me, but please remember what you said: a Letter of Forgiveness is something that must absolutely never be signed!"

"Let's go, Xinran!"

Zhou Yi pulled Zhou Xinran and was about to go handle the paperwork, but Han Ying still intended to come up and stop them, only to be quickly held back by Lao Pang.

"Alright, alright, his shoulder is still injured. If you make a move, what will happen to your brother? Doesn't your family have any relatives left on the outside?"

Lao Pang was truly exhausted; why are people these days so impulsive?

Although it is said that if you want to know which place has the best sewing machine skills, you look to the prison first, but no matter how keen you are on going in to learn skills, at least leave a relative on the outside; don't all go in at once.

Otherwise, there won't even be anyone inside to send money or clothes...

Under Lao Pang's persuasion, Han Ying finally calmed down a little.

"Go ahead and leave, but the Police Station is already investigating. You just wait to go to jail!"

After dropping another harsh threat, Han Ying walked to the side and started dialing Lao Ma's number.

She wanted to tell Lao Ma that the so-called Zhou Yi had already left the hospital, and it looked like his situation wasn't serious; if they wanted to arrest him, they could do it now.

It was a pity that Lao Ma's words were very simple: the matter was still under investigation, which left Han Ying very disappointed.

After chatting with Lao Pang for a while and sending the Lawyer away, Han Ying returned to the ward.

Just at this moment, Han Guoxing woke up.

"You're finally awake. How is it? Do you feel okay?" Han Ying hurried over and asked.

Han Guoxing said with a pale face, "It still hurts a lot. Sis, that... how is that guy surnamed Zhou? Has he been arrested yet?"

Han Ying shook her head and said, "Not yet."

"What is going on, Sis? I've been beaten like this, why hasn't he been arrested yet!" Han Guoxing immediately shouted there.

Han Ying shook her head and said, "It's not what you think. Because he was also injured, the Police Station side said they are investigating. But don't worry, I've already asked Lawyer Pang, and he said the other party should be guilty of Intentional Injury or Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble."

"As long as we don't issue a Letter of Forgiveness, he will definitely go to jail!"

"That's fine then. Sis, anyway, my brother-in-law and I are definitely going in this time. There's no need to beg him about that Small Residential District matter, so the Letter of Forgiveness must not be signed. I just want to see him go in too!"

By the end, Han Guoxing was practically gnashing his teeth. He and Wang Fuxing were in this position all because of that Zhou Yi.

They were making money just fine, and then he went and collected evidence to report them to the police...

The siblings had discussed it well. Fortunately, the money could still be retrieved. Since the case hadn't been sentenced yet, both families had earned quite a bit of money before.

Thinking that Zhou Yi would also be going in, Han Guoxing felt it was worth it. A big internet celebrity, a big internet celebrity who specialized in getting others sent to jail, was now going to go in himself. After thinking about it, his wounds didn't even feel painful anymore.

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The Guangming Branch was holding a meeting to discuss. Lao Ma and the other police officers had already clarified the whole situation, and the materials had been submitted.

"So, this matter is actually that Han Guoxing went to retaliate against the other party. He felt that Zhou Yi's previous actions would cause him to go to jail, and he was the one who provoked the incident first, made the first move, and grabbed the fire extinguisher bottle first."

On the side, the former Liu Suo of the Zhonglou Police Station, now the promoted Deputy Bureau Chief Liu, spoke up: "Yes, the video taken by the girl named Zhou Xinran and the Monitoring footage are both very clear. Although Han Guoxing's injuries are severe and Zhou Yi's are relatively light, he only kicked once during his counterattack."

This is critical. If there had been subsequent acts of harm, it could potentially be considered Excessive Defense.

As for that Long Ge, the two slashes the other party made later didn't hit...

In practice, Legitimate Defense certainly doesn't mean you only get one chance to counterattack, but the criteria for recognition are indeed very strict.

And Zhou Yi's actions really had a textbook-like feel to them.

But everyone was meeting to discuss now, and they still needed to clarify whether it was Legitimate Defense or Excessive Defense.

This required judging whether Han Guoxing's actions at the time had seriously threatened Zhou Yi's safety!

It seemed like a redundant effort, but the necessary investigation had to be done.

Even if it were a decision not to file a case, the situation had to be clearly explained in the Notification Letter.

Not to mention that it involved a big internet celebrity like Zhou Yi, who had also cooperated with the Political and Legal System and the Propaganda Department of Jingzhou on multiple occasions; every action had to be cautious!

Otherwise, if someone caught a handle on them, no one would come out well.

The relevant videos had already been studied countless times, watched at many times slower speed.

But this meeting still didn't have a result, and it wouldn't be that fast.

However, the Branch decided that the Police Station would summon Zhou Yi the next day to question him properly.

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Zhou Xinran escorted Zhou Yi all the way to his home. This was her first time coming to Zhou Yi's home at Guangming Peak.

"You live in such a big house all by yourself? Don't you feel scared sleeping at night?"

Looking at the massive flat, Zhou Xinran couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Yi shook his head: "What's there to be scared of? There's no difference between day and night. Are you afraid of those things that don't exist?"

Zhou Xinran curled her lips: "Alright, I won't bicker with you. The doctor said you still need to apply the medicine before going to sleep tonight, remember that. I'm heading back now."

Watching Zhou Xinran leave, Zhou Yi lay on the bed alone. Looking around, especially at the empty, spacious bed, he suddenly felt it was truly a bit empty...

Time quickly arrived at the next day.

This kind of injury actually doesn't hurt much on the first day; it's only after waking up from a night's sleep that it hurts the most.

It's just like spraining an ankle; at the time, you might even be able to keep playing ball, but the next day when you wake up, your ankle will be swollen like a steamed bun, and you won't even be able to walk.

But he still had to go out. Zhou Yi planned to make a trip to the Police Station; he wanted to apply for an Injury Appraisal!

There was no help for it. Originally, he had only thought about filing a Lawsuit to get some Medical Expenses; after all, one shouldn't go too far.

The main thing was that the other party was already in the period of Bail Pending Trial and was definitely going to go in.

It was just unexpected that when checking out of the hospital, that Han Guoxing's sister actually said such things!

"I absolutely will not sign a Letter of Forgiveness for you, just wait to go to jail..."

This made Zhou Yi very uncomfortable. Your younger brother came to retaliate and provoke on his own, and now that he's been injured by my counterattack, I haven't even said anything yet, and you all jump out first to say you won't sign a Letter of Forgiveness for me?

Then Zhou Yi had to have a word or two about it, not for anything else, just to smooth out this breath!

And to smooth out this breath, he needed an Injury Appraisal Report. If it were a Minor Injury, the Police Station would not initiate a Criminal Case and would instead conduct Mediation.

But for a Minor Injury, if there is clear evidence to prove it, one can initiate a Private Prosecution!

You think that since he's already going in, there's nothing to worry about, right? Fine, let's add some more weight.

Jail is for learning skills, after all; learning for another two years will definitely be even better!

He didn't plan to trouble Lawyer Fang with this matter; when the time came to file the Lawsuit, he would just let Zhou Xinran go.

As it turned out, just as he was preparing to go out, his phone rang.

He picked it up and looked, feeling a bit curious; it was a call from the Police Station.

As mentioned before, the last three digits of a call from the Public Security Bureau are definitely those three numbers, unless they are using their own mobile phones to call.

Soon the call connected, and a man's voice sounded.

"Hello, is this Zhou Yi? I am from the Heping Street Police Station. We met yesterday. You have already been discharged from the hospital, right? Come to our Police Station at ten o'clock this morning to accept an investigation."

This was like having a pillow handed to him just as he felt sleepy. He had been worried before that since he had never done an Injury Appraisal, it might be troublesome to go to this new Police Station.

As it turned out, this was a coincidence.

"Fine, no problem, Officer. Is now okay? I can come over right now!"

On the other end of the phone, Lao Ma was stunned again. He checked the time; it wasn't even nine o'clock yet, and many Companies probably hadn't even started work!

Although he had long known from the rumors among his colleagues that this young man named Zhou Yi seemed to have a slightly abnormal feeling.

But still, he had never encountered such a situation when summoning others...

Not only was there no dragging his feet, on the contrary, he actually moved the time up!

He actually wanted to come over early, and judging by his voice, he even sounded quite happy!

Is it that I, Lao Ma, am old, or is this society something I can no longer see clearly...

His stomach was full of doubts, but Lao Ma still said: "This time is also fine, you come over."

Sigh, he could only hurry to grab some time to eat something quickly. He had originally planned to go eat that better breakfast, but now he couldn't worry about it.

It was less than twenty minutes later, and just as Lao Ma put down his rice bowl, he heard the notification that Zhou Yi had already arrived.

He hurriedly tidied up and came to the front, only to see a young man with his shoulder in a sling already sitting in the lobby of the Police Station.

What is called supporting the work of the Public Security Bureau? This is what's called supporting it, alright!

The police officers coming and going all felt this young man was not bad.

Look at him, his shoulder is already like that, and when called to say he was being investigated, he rushed over ahead of time. This awareness—you tell me who else could do that!

"Zhou Yi is here? Over here, we need to take a statement."

As he spoke, Lao Ma himself felt something was wrong. Since when was he so polite to someone being summoned...

It was as if, as if this wasn't a Public Security Bureau investigation, but rather an invitation for him to come and chat with everyone.

Shaking his head to drive this thought out of his mind, Lao Ma began to formally take the statement.

"So that day, you had no idea he was coming, right?"

"Yeah, I had no idea. I was preparing to go back to my hometown to attend a wedding. That day I went to buy clothes with my friend, and suddenly he rushed up and started cursing at me."

Lao Ma nodded; the situation was about the same as what they understood.

"Then later, when the other party attacked you..."

They were all relatively ordinary questions, and Zhou Yi handled them very easily.

The statement took about half an hour, and basically, there were no problems.

After being influenced by Lawyer Fang, Zhou Yi was particularly careful and cautious when speaking in this regard.

"I absolutely did not kick that foot out of a desire for revenge; it was only because he was holding a fire extinguisher. If that had hit my head, I would definitely have suffered a Serious Injury."

"So I was protecting my own life and safety!"

You wouldn't have any problems with this anywhere.

"Alright, it's all clear. Do you want to take a rest or head back directly?" Lao Ma said casually.

Then he saw Zhou Yi opposite him walk forward, smiling so broadly that his white teeth showed: "Officer, how do we do this Injury Appraisal? I would like to apply to do one..."

The second update is here! Goodnight everyone, this case will conclude tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)