My Courtyard Refuge

: Xiao Wang’s accident

The next day, at breakfast time, at the dinner table.

“Dad, I don’t want a tractor.” Lele sobbed softly.

Xu Dong felt a headache. Since last night, his youngest daughter has been making troubles, insisting on exchanging gifts with her sister, but Ke Ke also likes the violin very much.

“How could it be a tractor? It’s clearly a Transformer, okay? A tractor is just one of its transformed forms. Didn’t Dad show you the Transformers anime?”

“Even if it’s Transformers, I don’t like it. I want a violin.” Lele said with her lips pursed.

===Section 55===

“Hey, don’t cry, Dad will buy you the violin later, okay?” Xu Dong coaxed.

He bought both the violin and the Transformers from the Panjiayuan flea market. Speaking of which, the one-meter-high all-aluminum Transformers are much more expensive than the violin.

“Then dad, do you want to keep your word?”

“When did Dad ever lie to you? Eat quickly, or you’ll be late for school if you don’t eat.” Xu Dong wiped his tears from the little padded jacket with a napkin.

“Hmm… Baha… Baha…”

Throughout the breakfast time, Yang Lina kept a cold face and didn’t say a word, watching the father and daughter going back and forth the whole time.

What a touching picture of fatherly kindness and daughterly filial piety!

…

After work, Xu Dong walked leisurely towards the north gate, as usual, holding a water glass.

“Brother Xu, you’re here.” Chen Yang greeted warmly.

Compared with Xu Dong, a middle-aged man, Chen Yang, a young guy, is more self-motivated and passionate about power.

Ever since Chen Yang became the deputy captain of the North Gate, the spirit of the entire North Gate has almost taken on a new look. Even Section Chief Li praised Xu Dong in the department meeting.

With a subordinate who worked hard, Xu Dong finally found a little feeling of being a leader, which was not bad to be honest.

“Well, is everyone here?”

“Everyone has arrived except Xiao Wang.” Chen Yang reported immediately.

Although Xiao Wang is older than him, in the workplace, “the master is the teacher”. Chen Yang thinks that he has a higher position than Xiao Wang. In order to suppress the other party, it is obviously more suitable to call him “Xiao Wang” than “Brother Wang”.

“Did you call him?”

Xu Dong frowned subconsciously.

Ever since Chen Yang came to the North Gate, he and Xiao Wang had inexplicably disliked each other, and the two even quarreled many times due to work reasons.

Could it be that Xiao Wang quit in a fit of anger?

Chen Yang nodded and said: “Called, but not connected, the phone has been shutting down.”

Xu Dong waved his hand and let Chen Yang go about his own business, while he sent a text message to Section Chief Li, asking him to inquire about the security company’s situation.

Ten minutes later, Section Chief Li called in person, and the security company confirmed that there was nothing unusual about Xiao Wang this morning, and he left at 6:30 as usual.

As for why they didn’t go to work, they don’t know exactly what happened because they couldn’t get through the phone.

Xu Dong had no choice but to let this matter go temporarily. Maybe after a while, Xiao Wang would take the initiative to contact him. After all, the relationship between the two has always been pretty good.

It’s just that I didn’t expect that there was bad news waiting for this class!

Near noon, two police officers came to the power company suddenly.

Only then did everyone know that something had happened to Xiao Wang in the morning, no wonder he didn’t come to work, and the police came to Xiao Wang’s door based on his work card.

In Section Chief Li’s office, Section Chief Li, as the head of the department, and Xu Dong, as the direct supervisor, are being questioned.

Before the inquiry started, Xu Dong first asked the most concerned question:

“Officer Wang, is Xiao Wang in danger now?”

Officer Wang nodded: “He and the victim are receiving treatment in the hospital, and neither of them is out of danger yet.”

Xu Dong wanted to continue asking, but was stopped by Police Officer Wang. Before the case was clarified, the relevant information was kept strictly confidential.

Next, the inquiry officially began.

“How is Wang Minzheng normally?”

“He is quite decent. He is a veteran. He has a cheerful personality. He is very strict with himself and his work. He also takes good care of his colleagues.”

Although he didn’t know the specific situation, Xu Dong tried his best to say it in a positive way, which was also what Section Chief Li told him in private.

“Then has he encountered any difficulties recently? For example, a relationship crisis, poor money, or some bad habits?”

Xu Dong immediately shook his head:

“No, Xiao Wang has always been single. He usually plays games and has no bad habits. And he is saving money to buy a house. He should not be short of money.”

Next, Xu Dong answered several questions one after another, all of which involved some situations in Xiao Wang’s usual work.

The two policemen left after questioning.

The only information that Xu Dong has so far is that Xiao Wang and a young manMs. Qing was found collapsed in a certain park at the same time.

Both of them had stab wounds, but the knife was held in Xiao Wang’s hand. It is not known exactly what happened.

In the next two days, Xu Dong made several consultation calls to Police Officer Wang, but the case was still inconclusive.

Until the third day, after the female victim Ms. Wu woke up, the police quickly caught the real suspect based on the information provided by the other party.

After some interrogation, the case finally came to light.

It turned out that Ms. Wu was running in the park that morning. Unexpectedly, she ran into a robbery in broad daylight.

What was even more unexpected was that after the robbers finished the robbery, they saw Ms. Wu was young and beautiful, and then they started to have crooked thoughts.

Ms. Wu would rather die than follow, but was stabbed by the gangsters. At this time, Xiao Wang, who was exercising nearby, ran over to save others after hearing the cry for help.

After some fighting, Xiao Wang was also stabbed several times and fell to the ground.

The gangster should be a novice. While taking away all the belongings from the two of them, he also stuffed the knife into Xiao Wang’s hand, trying to frame the blame so that he can get away with it.

In fact, the police have ruled out Xiao Wang’s suspicion long ago. The reason why they didn’t choose to make it public is that they want to stabilize the real suspect first, lest the other party jump over the wall in a hurry.

The only regret is that Xiao Wang still failed to survive and sacrificed his young life.

Afterwards, the government officially awarded Comrade Wang Minzheng the title of “Brave in Action”, and a one-time compensation of 5 million yuan. Xiao Wang’s photo even appeared on the front page of Daxia Daily.

The power company, also unwilling to let others down, mobilized all employees to donate. In three days, a total of 4.58 million yuan was raised.

Even Xiao Huang, who has resigned, entrusted Xu Dong to donate 1,000 yuan.

As for Xu Dong himself, he directly donated 10,000 yuan. Originally, he wanted to donate a little more, but Section Chief Li stopped it in time.

Xu Dong felt very uncomfortable.

Firstly, he had a good relationship with Xiao Wang, and the other party’s untimely death really made him feel very sorry;

Secondly, no matter how you say it, he and Section Chief Li are the biggest beneficiaries of this incident. How about that famous saying:

“The credit of the subordinate is also the credit of the boss.”

He doesn’t want to eat “human blood steamed buns”, but he can’t refuse this “credit”, which is really depressing.