Chapter 658 — A Fierce Quarrel
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Gu Pengzhan's words left every parent stunned! None of them had imagined that Gu Pengzhan's own daughter was among the students in a coma. Their earlier speculations, then, truly did not hold up. No teacher or principal would dare lay a finger on the chairman's daughter unless they had grown a leopard's courage and had no wish to keep working at the school!
As for the middle-aged woman who had shouted the loudest before, she now fell silent. A little shame crept into her as well -- it seemed she really had wronged the man after all. If even the chairman's daughter lay in a coma, what right did she have to accuse him? In the end, they were all simply parents worried about their children.
"So the only thing we can do now is wait for the doctors' results! If this truly is the school's responsibility, then the school will certainly not shirk it. And even if it is not, the school will still do everything in its power to treat the children, and every last medical expense will be borne by the school!" Gu Pengzhan continued.
Hearing this, the parents who had been so vocal had nothing left to say. Gu Pengzhan's words were entirely reasonable and left them no room to argue. Better to wait for the doctors' results first.
The seconds and minutes ticked by. Gu Pengzhan and the parents alike waited anxiously for the doctors' results, but the light above the emergency room never went out -- which meant the resuscitation was still under way. After all, with more than twenty students, the matter could not be settled in a moment or two.
Suddenly, a hurried sound of footsteps and a clamor arose -- several people who looked like reporters came running up, lugging cameras and microphones! Some of them had been bought off by Li Cihua, and others were friends summoned by those who had been bought. Their purpose in coming was that they had received a news tip: twenty-eight comatose students had been admitted to the hospital. This was a big story, so even those who had not been bought were happy to come and stick their noses in.
"Hello, I'm Can Lang, a reporter for the XX Daily. I've heard that an extremely grave incident of mass student collapse has occurred at First High School. Are all of you the parents of the students involved?" This fellow was one of the reporters Li Cihua had bought, and the ringleader of this interview. He had once run with the underworld, but one time while out showing off he had been thoroughly beaten by a special forces soldier, and could no longer make a living in those circles; so he had pulled some strings and landed a job as a reporter at a sleazy street tabloid.
It had to be said, this Can Lang was a nasty piece of work: right from the start he sharpened his words to inflame the conflict, framing the matter as a grave mass incident!
Gu Pengzhan frowned, wondering how these reporters had come and where they had gotten their information! The parents had already been calmed down -- no one was shouting anymore, and it was hardly likely they had called the reporters themselves! Before they arrived at the hospital, they had not even understood the situation, and in their worry over their children's safety they would have been even less likely to phone the press!