Chapter 53: Not on the Same Path p1
The weather was gradually getting colder, especially in the morning, when you could even feel the biting cold. The ginkgo trees lining the road to the school, after a night of cold wind, had shed a thick layer of bright yellow leaves on the ground. Only a few scattered leaves and ginkgo fruits were left on the branches.
Everything was ready for winter.
Zhou Wanfeng was still wearing thin clothes. She had always worn less than others. When some of the students in the class were already wearing thermal underwear and sweaters, she was in a high-necked, thin cashmere sweater, a jacket, or a high-necked short jacket, and her top had to have pockets.
When the school required her to wear her school uniform, she would wear it over her clothes. Her pants were always on the thin and tight side.
Wang Feili’s interpretation of Zhou Wanfeng’s style was that she was going for a cool and dashing look, and that wearing thick and bulky clothes was not only unflattering but also inconvenient for moving, running, and jumping.
Zhou Wanfeng wore less, probably because she wanted to always be in her best condition. She had to be quick with her hands and her kicks had to be as fast as lightning.
Yun Jingya always felt that Zhou Wanfeng was cold. Every time she touched her hand, it was not very warm.
Recently, Zhou Wanfeng had been a little quiet, and especially taciturn.
Lu Qing had asked her several times in the field. “What’s going on with you guys? Are you taking turns? Before, you were half-dead, on the verge of crying, and now it’s Zhou Wanfeng’s turn? Look at her expression. It’s not even winter yet, and she’s already so cold, she looks cold.”
Zhou Wanfeng had always had a stern face and was not very talkative. Her eyes were sharp, and now they were even more so. When she walked into the class, the people in front and behind her would immediately quiet down, as if talking would affect her.
The class president, Wu Junfeng, was even influenced by his deskmate. He would maintain order by standing up, with a death glare and a single finger.
Yun Jingya tried to ask Zhou Wanfeng what was wrong, but Zhou Wanfeng just looked at her a few times and didn’t say anything. Many times, if she didn’t want to talk, she would just quicken her pace and leave.
Yun Jingya’s mood was much better. She had called home and her grandmother had said that her mother had finally come to her senses and was preparing to sign the divorce papers. She thought that with the divorce, the family drama would finally come to an end, and the heavy stone in her heart felt like it was slowly being lifted.
It was a cloudy day on Wednesday. The sky was covered with a layer of gray, and not a single ray of sunlight could be seen. The temperature also dropped.
The second period in the afternoon for First Year, Class Three was physical education.
Kong Xiaoxu led the whole class to run two laps around the playground, to stretch their limbs and also to warm up.
When they were running, especially from the leeward side to the windward side, the students all pulled up their collars, hiding half their faces, shivering with cold.
As they were running, Zhou Wanfeng suddenly stopped and turned to look at the school gate. A speeding black sedan had stopped at the old place.
The classmates all turned to look back. “Kong Xiaoxu, behind, behind.”
Kong Xiaoxu glared at the classmate who had reminded him. Didn’t he see it? He had seen it at first glance. “Don’t talk. Keep running. Be careful not to get wind in your mouth.”
Jiang Chen was running and turning his head to look, stepping on the person in front of him several times.
Before he could figure out what was going on, he saw the homeroom teacher, who was wearing a black wool coat, coming towards the playground against the wind.
Zhou Wanfeng went up to meet him.
The two of them were talking with their backs to the wind. The homeroom teacher handed a note to Zhou Wanfeng.
By the time the line came around again, Zhou Wanfeng called out coldly, “Yun Jingya, come out.” The homeroom teacher, Xu Lei, went to explain the situation to the physical education teacher, and as he spoke, he pointed at the main gate.
Yun Jingya had already noticed that something was wrong. She vaguely felt that the black sedan at the main gate was her grandfather’s Crown, but she couldn’t be sure because it was a little far away.
Hearing Zhou Wanfeng call her, she walked over, slightly out of breath.
All she saw was that the homeroom teacher had already spoken to the physical education teacher and was waving at the main gate.
Zhou Wanfeng didn’t wait for Yun Jingya to approach. She was already walking towards the main gate.
In fact, the leave slip that the homeroom teacher had written only had Zhou Wanfeng’s name on it, not Yun Jingya’s.
It was Zhou Wanfeng who had called Yun Jingya.
“Wanfeng? What’s wrong?” Yun Jingya followed, her gaze on the black sedan at the main gate. “The car at the gate seems to be ours.”
“Something has happened at home,” Zhou Wanfeng said coldly from the front.
Yun Jingya’s heart skipped a beat. She stopped, a flash of panic in her eyes.
“Your mom hit Zhou Zhiru with her car.”
Zhou Wanfeng turned around, her gaze on the stunned Yun Jingya, whose mouth was agape. “You don’t have to go. The car is here to pick me up.”
Yun Jingya felt as if she had been choked by the cold air. She was panting heavily, her hands clenched tightly, trying to suppress her emotions. “Is… is he okay? Are they both okay?”
“I don’t know. They didn’t say.”
The people in First Year, Class Three just saw the homeroom teacher say a few words to the physical education teacher, and then they saw Yun Jingya and Zhou Wanfeng walk out of the school gate and get into a car at the entrance.
The people in the class were all sighing.
Heh, the world of the rich.
The car was not heading towards South Lake Mansion, but towards the Yunhai City Second People’s Hospital.
After asking at the information desk, the two of them went to find the room.
They saw Yang Yijun and Yun Haisheng sitting on the chairs at the entrance of the hospital room, as well as Yun Lan, who had a bandage on her forehead and was in a daze, being questioned by two people in police uniforms.
Yun Jingya called out “Grandma” and ran up.
Yang Yijun’s eyes were red. After hugging Yun Jingya, her gaze fell on Zhou Wanfeng, who was at the very back.
All she saw was her ignoring everyone and walking to the door of the intensive care unit, looking in through the glass. The police had already contacted the traffic police to handle the matter. They seemed to have run out of patience and had to give up on communicating with Yun Lan and went to talk to Yun Haisheng.
“She hit him with her car near the underground garage of Ziyuan Court. She didn’t leave after she hit him. She even asked a passerby to help her call the police and 120. It’s just that her mental state is not very stable right now, so we can’t question her properly. The car has already been impounded and towed away according to the law…”
They said a lot of things. The summary was that it was confirmed that she was the one who had hit him, but after she had hit him, she had followed the ambulance to the hospital, crying and going through the admission procedures while begging the doctor to save him.
The car that had caused the accident had been towed away, and the subsequent related issues, such as the on-site investigation and the confiscation of the driver’s license, would be handled by the traffic police.
Yun Haisheng listened briefly and just said that he would cooperate with the work. But he still held onto the police officer’s arm tightly. It was clear that he was a little panicked. He pointed a trembling finger at the muttering Yun Lan and asked, “Officer, may I ask, my daughter…”
The police officer naturally knew what Yun Haisheng wanted to ask. “The person involved and the injured are husband and wife. And the person involved did not flee the scene after hitting him. She actively called 120…”
In other words, if the injured person’s immediate family did not sue or pursue the matter, it was basically their family’s business.
It was just that the traffic police would have some problems that they needed to cooperate with, such as the car’s insurance and the time the car was impounded.
Yun Jingya had already squatted down next to Yun Lan, holding her cold and trembling hand. “Mom, are you okay?”
Yun Lan looked up, her tears falling one by one. She hugged Yun Jingya tightly. “Waaah, Jingya, I don’t understand! Why does he want to divorce me? He clearly told me that he would be with me forever and never leave me, waaah.”
Yun Lan was crying uncontrollably.
Zhou Wanfeng had already found the doctor’s office and was sitting in front of Zhou Zhiru’s attending physician. “Hello, doctor. I am the patient, Zhou Zhiru’s, daughter. I would like to know the details of his injuries.”
The attending physician had originally looked at Zhou Wanfeng’s young age and had wanted to ask her to call an adult over.
“Of all the people who have come, I am his only immediate family member. I should have the most right to know about his injuries.”
Zhou Wanfeng’s expression was cold and calm. The attending physician had seen many families of car accident victims, and he had also seen many of them in a state of panic and at a loss.
The one before him was not old, but she was really calm and composed.
The attending physician took out the medical record and handed it to Zhou Wanfeng. “He was given emergency treatment when he was sent here, and then he had surgery. All I can say is that he was sent in time and treated in time, so his life has been temporarily saved. But there is bleeding in his brain, and his brainstem and brain tissue are also damaged, as well as some other external injuries… We’ll have to wait until he wakes up to do a more detailed examination and injury assessment.”