Chapter 2174 — It Can't End Like This
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Bai Weituo mulled it over and spotted the flaw as well! Though he came from a family of physicians, he was no detective, and he had little personal experience with diagnosing injuries or illness—which was why he had made such a rookie mistake.
"He fell face-down..." Bai Weituo said.
"Fell face-down? Then you fall face-down for me and let me watch. Headfirst? No concussion, and only a broken sternum?" Wei Zhao said. "So what actually happened?"
"Ah, I knew I couldn't hide it from Brother Lin!" Bai Weituo said helplessly. "When the freshmen enroll, every year the upperclassmen come to the dorms to peddle things—the so-called 'seniors helping juniors.' In reality it's forced selling! It's an unspoken rule that's been at this school for years. There are actually some small gangs on campus, and those upperclassmen peddling goods are members of those gangs. They come to the freshman dorms to sell their wares, and under the pressure everyone has no choice but to buy. If I'd been in the dorm that day, I definitely wouldn't have let Zhao Shengji lose his temper. But I wasn't there—it was just Zhao Shengji and Song Xiaodao. They didn't want to buy, but the students peddling forced them, and under the pressure they had no choice but to buy. But afterward, Zhao Shengji went to the student affairs office and reported those few. So the school dealt with them and gave them a demerit..."
"The school didn't know about this before?" Wei Zhao frowned.
"They knew, but no complaint, no inquiry. After all, every university has students doing a little business on campus. It's just that the school leaders didn't know they were that overbearing. This time they finally caught a typical case..." Bai Weituo said.
"And what does that have to do with Zhao Shengji getting hurt? Did they come back for revenge afterward?" Wei Zhao asked.
"They didn't come—nobody dares to commit offenses while the crackdown is on. But their crowd did come, people from the school's boxing club. Song Xiaodao wasn't in the dorm at the time, so they beat Zhao Shengji up and broke his ribs..." Bai Weituo said with a bitter smile. "The leader of the boxing club is Li Biaohan, a very famous figure at school. They say he has influence outside the school too. The boxing club is basically a small gang—it takes in all sorts of hoodlums and thugs, just with a cover on the surface..."
"Li Biaohan? I see. Let's go see Zhao Shengji first, and then how to handle this matter—let Zhao Shengji decide," Wei Zhao said.
"Brother Lin, we can go see Zhao Shengji, but as for causing trouble for Li Biaohan, let's forget it..." Bai Weituo said with a bitter smile. "I've been around this school for years now, and I know a thing or two about Li Biaohan. He's very skilled—most people are no match for him..."
"Oh, that's fine. I'm not most people," Wei Zhao said indifferently.
"Ugh, Brother Lin, I know you're rather formidable—you don't even fear lions and tigers. But that Li Biaohan... hey, how should I put this?" Bai Weituo looked troubled. "My grandfather used to be an alchemist, so he came into contact with a lot of things. Have you ever heard of ** practitioners?"
"I've heard of them," Wei Zhao nodded.
Bai Weituo was somewhat surprised—he hadn't expected Wei Zhao to have heard of ** practitioners too. That made it easier to explain. "That Li Biaohan is a ** practitioner. We'd better not provoke him; there's no benefit in it. Besides, Zhao Shengji has turned misfortune into blessing this time—he's officially dating Chai Xiaoling now..."
"One thing is one thing, and that doesn't mean it can just be let go like this," Wei Zhao said. "Let's go, first see Zhao Shengji. I know a little medicine—I can help him recover a bit faster."
"All right." Bai Weituo had no way out and could only accompany Wei Zhao to the campus hospital.
Sure enough, Bai Weituo had been right. Although Zhao Shengji was lying in a hospital bed, Chai Xiaoling was at his side, and he looked utterly blissful.