Chapter 23: Keep Your Voice Down, His Girlfriend Pei Nanli Is There

May 30, 2004, 11:30 PM, Sanjialing Police Station Office.

Jiang Jinrou held the phone handed over by Inspector Li, "It's Director Jiang's call."

Inspector Li didn't listen, walked straight into the interrogation room; he couldn't imagine how a medical student who acted bravely for a just cause was being accused of fraud again.

"Wang Chuan, speak up, where did the twenty thousand yuan come from." Inspector Li opened the backpack in front of Officer Lu.

Officer Lu looked somewhat disdainful: "Wang Chuan, don't tell me it was Xiao Yuchu, a minor girl, who willingly gave it to you."

After hearing this, Wang Chuan thought, No way, damn it, Xiao Yuchu, you turned your back on me as soon as you returned to Jiangcheng.

Outside the interrogation room, Jiang Jinrou said anxiously, "Dad, Wang Chuan could not possibly be a fraudster."

A low but gentle voice came from the other end of the phone: "Daughter, this is a call made personally by the victim to Dad."

"The victim? Where is the victim? These past few days, I've been with Wang Chuan."

"Didn't your mother tell you that you and Wang Chuan are not suitable? You two are still together. Never mind, let's not talk about that for now."

Director Jiang's speaking speed noticeably quickened.

"The victim is someone we in Xinzhou are actively trying to attract for investment; we are introducing Xiao's Group from Jiangcheng."

"Wang Chuan defrauded the minor daughter of the boss of Xiao's Group of twenty thousand yuan. There are witnesses; Xiao Zanzhi, the younger brother of the boss of Xiao's Group, who was present, can testify. The report phone call accusing Wang Chuan was also made by him."

After hearing this, although Jiang Jinrou had only seen the act of throwing the baseball cap and not the act of giving money, she was willing to believe Wang Chuan.

Pausing for a moment to organize her thoughts, she said, "Dad, I was there at the time. It was that Xiao Yuchu who gave it herself; Wang Chuan didn't even have time to refuse. That little girl threw down the money and ran."

"I am the witness. Call that Xiao-something-Zan to confront me. He was downstairs, not at the scene at all."

Inside the interrogation room, Wang Chuan said slowly, "Two officers, I am also a law-abiding citizen. Xiao Yuchu indeed voluntarily gave me the twenty thousand yuan to thank me for saving her brother."

"The four elements of the Fraud Crime require me to fabricate facts or conceal the truth, causing the victim to fall into a mistaken understanding, the victim disposing of property based on that mistake, and the perpetrator acquiring the property causing loss."

"Do you think this holds up? What did I fabricate? What did I conceal?"

After Wang Chuan finished speaking, both Inspector Li and Officer Lu were stunned; was this a medical student or a law student?

Officer Lu, unwilling to give up, said, "If it's not fraud, then it's the Extortion Crime."

"Extortion, is it? Then I must have committed threatening or coercive acts, causing the victim to feel fear, the victim disposing of property based on that fear, and the perpetrator acquiring the property."

"This doesn't hold up either, right? Unless you bring Xiao Yuchu here to confront me face-to-face; how did I threaten her?"

By the morning of May 31, 2004, after Director Jiang's father contacted Xiao Zanzhi, Wang Chuan was finally released.

Although it didn't constitute a criminal offense, there were flaws in the civil conduct.

Xiao Yuchu is a fourteen-year-old minor, belonging to persons with limited civil conduct capacity; her act of gifting, if not ratified by her legal representative, constitutes an invalid gift. Although Xiao Yuchu's father is abroad and has not yet returned, he cannot ratify it.

But Wang Chuan did not want to argue anymore; he needed to start his internship on June 1, so he agreed to return the twenty thousand yuan.

He could only buy a train ticket departing on the evening of the 31st, arriving in Jiangcheng at 6:30 the next morning.

He could only go to Jiangcheng first, then take a bus to Mingzhou.

He asked Li Wei not to change the ticket, but to take the early morning train back to Jiangcheng today and take leave on his behalf.

On the upper berth of the hard sleeper, Wang Chuan opened a bag of oranges given by Jiang Jinrou and found a stack of money and a piece of paper underneath.

'Wang Chuan, I don't know if you really need money. This is two thousand yuan I saved from my own allowance. Take it and use it first; I am currently on probation at the newspaper and receive a salary every month. Signed, Jiang Jinrou.'

Wang Chuan knew Jiang Jinrou had a huge argument with her father; otherwise, even though he considered himself innocent, he wouldn't have been released so quickly. Besides sighing, he felt grateful to Jiang Jinrou.

June 1, 2004, 6:39 AM.

Wang Chuan had just walked out of the train station, preparing to cross the road to take a bus to the long-distance bus station, from where he would take a bus to Mingzhou.

He received a text message from Li Wei: the school bus had already departed from the Medical School at 6:10, heading to Mingzhou.

"Wang Chuan, little brother, over here."

Wang Chuan saw Lin Weiwei, the boss of the 'Nanshan Blue Fire' bar in Jiangcheng, waving at him from the street.

"Today, I happen to be going to Mingzhou. I heard you are going too, so I'll give you a ride since it's on my way. I really want to thank you for saving my father."

Wang Chuan walked over to Lin Weiwei's side and saw a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S.

June 1, 2004, 10:20 AM, back gate of Mingzhou First People's Hospital.

Nineteen senior clinical medicine students from Jiangcheng University School of Medicine got off the bus one after another.

Cheng Keyuan was the second to get off the bus, looking very proud, having just been appointed Group Leader of the internship group by the team leader, Teacher Shu.

At that time, there were no WeChat groups; mobile QQ only appeared in 2003, had few functions, and creating QQ groups wasn't feasible either.

The school usually designates one Group Leader to coordinate communication between the interns and the internship hospital.

"Welcome, outstanding students from Jiangcheng University School of Medicine. I very much hope that a year from now, some of you will become Outstanding Interns and stay to work at our hospital."

After Vice Dean Yang Guohua of Mingzhou First People's Hospital finished speaking, he invited Teacher Shu, the team leader from Jiangcheng University School of Medicine, to the Dean's Office.

It was then Section Chief Duan Chun of the Medical Affairs Section's turn to assign the interns to their departments.

"Next, please invite our hospital's youngest Attending Physician, Doctor Yang Fang, to say a few words."

A young doctor standing nearby said, "I am Doctor Yang Fang. If you have any life or hospital-related issues, you can find me through your Group Leader, student Cheng Keyuan, or come directly to the General Surgery Department to find me."

Some female students exclaimed, "So handsome!"

"I heard he is not even twenty-six!"

"General Surgery Department. Pity, my first rotation internship department is not the Surgical Department."

An intern who looked like an ice beauty, with her hair half-tied in a high ponytail, a few stray strands falling by her cheeks, skin as pale as fresh Snow, and a high nose, was looking around for a while.

Turning her head, she asked Cheng Keyuan, "Where is Wang Chuan? Is he not interning?"

"Beauty Pei, I guess Wang Chuan might have borrowed money to trade stocks and lost it all, so he's too afraid to show his face."

"Cheng Keyuan, you're talking nonsense!" Li Wei grabbed the collar of the 1.7-meter-Gao Cheng Keyuan.

"Li Wei, by the way, you and Wang Chuan were together a few days ago; where is he?"

"He went home to see his grandmother. He only bought a train ticket arriving in Jiangcheng at 6:30 AM today. The bus doesn't run that early; he probably won't arrive in Mingzhou until this afternoon."

Suddenly, a doctor ran over in a hurry and said to Section Chief Duan Chun of the Medical Affairs Section, "Section Chief Duan, our Emergency Department needs people too."

"Director Gao, everyone has been assigned!"

Director Gao snatched the assignment sheet, "Section Chief Duan, no, Teacher Shu from the Medical School just saw me and told me that twenty interns have come this time, but your list only has nineteen names."

"Is that so? Let me count!"

Suddenly, Cheng Keyuan raised his hand: "Report, Section Chief Duan, there is also one named Wang Chuan who is late and will arrive this afternoon."

Gao Cheng patted Duan Chun's shoulder: "Alright, then take him to the Emergency Department. But this intern has quite a personality, daring to be late on the very first day."

Li Wei whispered, "Cheng Keyuan, do you have a grudge against Wang Chuan? Where does an intern go to the Emergency Department for their first rotation?"

"Exactly, they must go to other departments first, get proficient with the procedures, and then go to the Emergency Room." Pei Nanli also felt it was inappropriate.

Cheng Keyuan stepped back a few paces, afraid Li Wei would grab him again, "Damn! What does it have to do with me? Director Gao decided it."

A high-pitched engine roar approached from the distance.

A guard-red Porsche 911 Carrera 4S tore through the dull afternoon Air.

The carbon fiber rear wing cut a sharp arc in the sunlight as it drifted to a sudden stop at the back gate of Mingzhou First Hospital.

The passenger door opened, "I'm not late, am I? Wang Chuan, reporting on time, it is exactly ten thirty now."

The tall and handsome Wang Chuan stepped out and glanced around.

The driver's door slammed open, and Lin Weiwei's motion of tossing off her sunglasses raised a fragrant Wind.

Her red lips leaned close to Wang Chuan's ear, exhaling warm breath: "Little brother, is my driving skill okay?"

"Sister Weiwei, you drive very well."

Nearly a dozen gazes were welded onto the two of them.

The girls' whispers were clearly audible; someone moved forward to get a better look and accidentally stepped on another classmate's instep.

Li Wei looked excited: "Damn! Chuanzi, are you here for an internship or filming 'Speed and Passion'?"

Wang Chuan withdrew his gaze from Lin Weiwei's face, walked stylishly to Director Gao Cheng, took out his Internship Report Certificate, and said, "Wang Chuan reporting."

"Give your Internship Report Certificate to Section Chief Duan. Come on, hurry up and get to work."

The hem of Pei Nanli's skirt suddenly tightened, her hands clenched into fists as she heard the girls behind her discussing in suppressed, trembling voices.

"This is Wang Chuan from Class Three."

"Yes, a very handsome guy."

"Even more handsome than Doctor Yang."

"That's natural, he is younger."

"Keep it down, Wang Chuan's girlfriend Pei Nanli is right there."