Chapter 644

The clerk said, "This piece is five hundred and eighty-eight yuan."

Su Xinghui said, "So expensive? Xiaoya, how about we change to another store and look around."

Lu Xiaoya, however, had already taken out her wallet and counted out six hundred-yuan bills: "Let's take this one."

The clerk gave the change and brought a large paper bag, wanting to help Su Xinghui pack the jacket. However, Lu Xiaoya let Su Xinghui take everything out of his old jacket, then packed the old jacket into the large paper bag, and also asked the clerk to bring scissors to cut off the tags and such from the new jacket, letting Su Xinghui wear the new clothes onto the street.

After getting on the street, Lu Xiaoya found a trash can, threw the old jacket into it, and then held Su Xinghui's arm with a sweet face: "Xinghui, you look so handsome in this jacket."

Su Xinghui looked at Lu Xiaoya's sweet appearance, feeling warm in his heart. He asked, "It's almost dinner time now. Where do you want to go for dinner? Still want to eat Western food?"

Lu Xiaoya shook her head quickly: "I don't want to eat Western food anymore. I'm not used to it. I think our Chinese food is better."

Su Xinghui said, "Then let's find a Chinese restaurant to eat."

Lu Xiaoya said, "How about we go to the snack street ahead and eat snacks?"

The snack street was not far from here; it was a food street that gathered all kinds of famous snacks from Jiangcheng. Going there to eat? Su Xinghui hesitated. Would this wrong Lu Xiaoya? Today was their first Valentine's Day.

Lu Xiaoya thought of the snack street and suddenly became excited. She pulled Su Xinghui and ran forward: "What are you still dazing for? Hurry up, we still have to go see Teacher Jiang tonight."

The two arrived at the snack street. Lu Xiaoya bought a little bit at every store. She only tasted them; if she tasted something good, she ate more, and if it didn't suit her taste, she ate less. From time to time, she would feed Su Xinghui a bite or two. The two looked very sweet.

Not long after, Lu Xiaoya hadn't eaten enough, but Su Xinghui was already full. Most of the things Lu Xiaoya ordered went into Su Xinghui's stomach.

After finally waiting for Lu Xiaoya to be full, Su Xinghui's stomach was a bit bloated. Looking at Su Xinghui's miserable face, Lu Xiaoya giggled: "Full?"

Su Xinghui said, "More than full? I'm bloated."

Lu Xiaoya said, "Then let's walk slowly to the hospital. Consider it digesting the food."

The two walked together toward the Army Hospital. On the way, Su Xinghui bought some fruit, nutritional supplements, and such. Soon, the two arrived at the hospital.

Su Xinghui went to the emergency department to ask which ward the victim of the car accident at noon was in. The nurse told him, and the two went to the inpatient department and found the ward where Editor Jiang was staying.

Editor Jiang was staying in a high-ranking cadre ward; the conditions were quite good. He was the only one in the whole ward. Now there were several people in the ward; Editor Jiang's wife and children were all there. Lu Xiaoya called out, "Teacher Jiang, I've come to see you!"

Editor Jiang was lying on the bed, resting his eyes. Hearing Lu Xiaoya's voice, he turned his head with effort. Seeing Lu Xiaoya, he was somewhat surprised: "Little Lu, why are you here?"

Lu Xiaoya pulled Su Xinghui into the ward, let him put all the things he bought on the bedside table, and then said, "Teacher Jiang, when you had the accident at noon, we were eating in a restaurant by the road. It was he who sent you to the hospital."

Editor Jiang was somewhat excited: "He sent me to the hospital? Thank you so much. He left after sending me to the hospital and even helped me pay one thousand yuan. Old Chang, hurry up and return the one thousand yuan to this young man."

Editor Jiang's wife and children were all very grateful to Su Xinghui. His wife was even preparing to get money to return to Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui said, "Don't be in a hurry to return the money. Teacher Jiang, is your body okay?"

Editor Jiang sighed: "Consider it a misfortune among blessings. Besides the fractures in my left foot and left hand, the rest are just skin injuries, not too serious."

Editor Jiang's wife counted out one thousand yuan and handed it to Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui declined slightly, then accepted the money and took out the hospital receipt and handed it to her.

Lu Xiaoya said indignantly, "That person driving was too outrageous. Drunk, driving against traffic, speeding, and even wanted to run after hitting someone. Fortunately, he has been caught by the police now. He will pay the price he should pay."

Su Xinghui discovered that Editor Jiang's wife and children did not have that kind of overly indignant expression. Just now when Editor Jiang's wife counted the money for him, it could be seen that there was quite a lot of money in her bag. He estimated that the Yan family had already come to work on the Jiang family.

This was a very normal thing. After all, Editor Jiang had no life-threatening danger. If they reached a settlement with the Yan family, they should be able to get a large sum of money. His family naturally knew how to choose. However, no matter what, Su Xinghui would make Yan Qing face charges.

With this discovery, Su Xinghui felt that sitting here was somewhat dull. Of course, he didn't mean to blame Editor Jiang's family. They were just ordinary people. Choosing between a large sum of money and offending a department-level official, anyone would choose this way.

This is human nature!

Of course, even if the victim chose to settle, with Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya's statements, Yan Qing could not completely escape punishment; at most, the sentence would be shorter. Because this was not an ordinary traffic accident case, it had to be forcibly prosecuted.

Su Xinghui stood up and said, "Xiaoya, let's go. We've been out for a day, I'll send you back."

Lu Xiaoya originally wanted to sit for a while, but since Su Xinghui proposed to leave, she naturally would not go against Su Xinghui's wishes. She also stood up and said, "Teacher Jiang, Aunt Chang, then we won't disturb Teacher Jiang's rest. Teacher Jiang, rest well, I'll come see you again when I have time."

Editor Jiang's wife and children sent the two out, thanking them all the way until they sent them into the elevator.

Out of the hospital, Lu Xiaoya asked, "Xinghui, what's wrong with you?"

Su Xinghui smiled indifferently: "Xiaoya, didn't you notice?"

"Notice what?"

"Teacher Jiang is staying in a high-ranking cadre ward, and they didn't indignantly condemn the perpetrator. Just now, Editor Jiang's wife's bag seemed to have quite a lot of money. I estimate that the Yan family has already reached a settlement with them. You still said these things to them; you won't get a response, it's very awkward."

Lu Xiaoya recalled the scene in the ward just now. She nodded thoughtfully and said, "Listening to you say that, it really is. How did they reach a settlement with Yan Qing so quickly?"

Su Xinghui said, "This can't be blamed too much on them. They are just ordinary people. Choosing between a sum of money and offending a department-level official, anyone would choose this way."

Lu Xiaoya laughed: "Then that means we two are not ordinary people."

Su Xinghui said, "We are certainly not ordinary people, but there are still more ordinary people in this world."

Lu Xiaoya said somewhat suspiciously: "Xinghui, you are only one year older than me, how do you understand human nature so deeply?"

Does he understand human nature deeply? Of course. He was reborn, after all. With so many experiences, could his understanding of human nature not be deep?

Of course, this also brought some side effects. Sometimes, watching others perform in front of him, Su Xinghui often felt a sense of dullness, just like playing a game—starting at max level, naturally there would be no feeling when fighting small soldiers.