Chronicle of the 70s-Chapter 378 - 355: Preparations

Li Xianglu finished introducing and then handed over the food bucket. By this time, Chen Zhong felt half-relieved and was already starving. He picked up the food bucket and started to gulp down the wontons and two buns. In about ten minutes, everything was gone.

Qin Xi was frowning slightly at this time, Chen Zhong, Chen Zhong, suddenly her mind flashed with insight, her eyes opened wide involuntarily, and then she scrutinized the man named Chen Zhong up and down.

Was this man the same Chen Zhong from her past life, who, after his wife’s injury was neglected and she bled to death, went mad and killed seven people?

Qin Xi shook her head to cast the news of the murderous lunatic out of her mind, then asked when Chen Zhong finished wiping his mouth, "Brother Chen, what happened? How did your wife get beaten and injured?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhong slammed the chair beside him so hard that the wooden chair creaked loudly. Li Xianglu tried to appease him, saying, "Brother Chen, don’t panic, let’s talk things through and see how we can help you."

Chen Zhong then calmed down a bit, catching his breath, and said: "It’s still about the loan. Spring planting is upon us, and our distillery needs construction or it’ll be too late. So I, along with some folks from the village, went to the bank here in Huai County, but the bank said there was no such service available. Then we went to the government to ask why other counties had this service but ours did not, and the government people wouldn’t even let us in."

Having said all that in one breath, Chen Zhong continued: "After returning to the village, I took a carriage with a few people to another county town, wanting to inquire if there were any loan services available there. But just halfway there, someone from the village came riding up to report that someone had smashed my home, and Hua’er was injured as well."

So that’s what happened—the government and banks in this county are both problematic. Li Xianglu was indignant; these people are too conniving and ruthless. She continued to inquire, "So what’s the deal with the hospital refusing to treat the injuries?"

Chen Zhong, struggling to contain his anger, slapped the chair again, causing the long wooden bench to crack. Qin Xi glanced over and thought to herself, true to his reputation for killing seven people with his bare hands, he really has considerable strength.

Li Xianglu quickly said, "Oh dear, Brother Chen, you really need to change this temperament of yours, this is, after all, hospital property."

Chen Zhong cracked a somewhat embarrassed smile, but as soon as he thought about the frustration and helplessness he felt when the hospital refused to treat Liu Huahua, he couldn’t smile anymore.

It turned out that when Chen Zhong arrived at the hospital and the patient was taken to the emergency room, the doctors came out before long to say that they lacked medical resources and asked to have the patient transferred to a provincial hospital.

It would take seven hours to get to the provincial capital, so would the patient even survive the journey? Therefore, Chen Zhong thought of Li Xianglu, remembering that she had mentioned her man was a ******** in Huai County, and perhaps he could lend them a hand.

After Qin Xi heard the whole story, her eyes darkened with anger at the lawlessness of these people, who had taken control of a county’s government affairs, bank, and even dared to interfere with a hospital—a place meant for saving lives and assisting the injured.

Li Xianglu was also fuming with anger, but fortunately, an hour later, the surgery room door opened. Liu Huahua had been injured in the head from a hit, the wound was quite large and had caused a lot of blood loss, but it was now stitched up. However, she was still unconscious.

It was already past midnight, so Qin Xi settled Chen Zhong into the hospital room for the night, telling him not to worry about the other matters and that she would find a solution. Then, the three of them left.

Back at home, Qin Xi washed up quickly and then lay down with Li Xianglu.

Li Xianglu lay comfortably in Qin Xi’s arms and let out a breath, saying, "It’s really nice without the naughty kid around!" Since the two of them had to go out, the children’s beds were moved to Su Yan and Mr. Li’s room.

Qin Xi chuckled and lifted her up a bit, saying, "If our son knew how much his mother despises them, who knows how heartbroken he’d be."

Li Xianglu pursed her lips and said, "As if they would forget, you know how big your son’s hearts are!"

Qin Xi nodded in agreement, indeed, the twins had just been beaten up, and the moment they saw something new, they forgot about it, typical of remembering the treats but not the beatings.

Qin Xi looked at Li Xianglu, who was still wide-eyed with no sign of sleepiness, thought for a moment, and then spoke about Chen Zhong’s past life.

Upon hearing this, Li Xianglu was completely sleepless. Her eyes widened, "A serial killer? Brother Chen?"

Qin Xi nodded and said, "That’s how the news reported it at the time. I checked later, and found that he had killed because his wife died due to untimely medical treatment. However, I found it strange then that Chen Zhong not only killed people from the hospital but also several government leaders and some bank staff."

Li Xianglu frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Could it be possible that Brother Chen’s wife died because she wasn’t saved in time, and when he had no one to turn to, he decided to kill those people?"

Qin Xi nodded and said, "Looking back, it seems quite possible."

Li Xianglu sighed deeply after hearing this, "To actually drive someone to this point!"

Qin Xi nodded with deep eyes and said, "Yeah, drive a person mad, how could they not kill? If one day I encountered such a situation, I’m afraid I might be even more extreme than Chen Zhong."

Feeling Qin Xi’s unstable emotions, Li Xianglu quickly patted his chest gently and said, "That won’t happen, things will change."

Qin Xi nodded but held the person in his arms even tighter.

The next day, early in the morning, was a weekend, so everyone didn’t have to get up early. However, Li Xianglu had to deliver food, so she got up earlier, took out a portion of chicken porridge, a portion of mixed vegetables, and hot steamed buns from the Storage Ring, and let Qin Xi deliver the food first while she stayed at home to make breakfast for the family.

Sister Su got up and saw Li Xianglu cooking porridge and smiled, bringing out the washing machine, intending to wash the week’s dirty clothes and such.

Li Xianglu cooked the porridge and went to buy dozens of deep-fried dough sticks and pancakes, putting half in the Storage Ring and bringing the rest back.

When the porridge, pancakes, and deep-fried dough sticks were all on the table, Qin Xi also drove in, saying that Liu Huahua had woken up and could eat.

Finally relieved, Li Xianglu discussed Chen Zhong’s incident with Qin Xi during breakfast. Su Yan was so angered upon hearing it that she almost slammed the table. To think there was such a place without law and order! In cahoots with each other!

Mr. Li was also furious, what were they trying to do, to rule over the entire Huai County? To govern the county’s economy, public welfare, medical care, what was this, bandits? Have they no regard for the country’s legal system!

Li Xianglu was also helpless, she had heard about these incidents in her past life but had never witnessed them firsthand, and could not have imagined they were true.

Qin Xi, however, urged everyone to remain calm. This matter couldn’t be rushed. In case some people, pushed into a corner, destroyed the evidence, then they would suffer a loss greater than the gain.