Mr. Su was extremely grateful and spoke earnestly, "You are my daughter's saviors. If it weren't for your help, Yu Mei wouldn't have been found so quickly from the human traffickers. This is a little token of my appreciation."
He handed Li Chuchu a bag with a brown envelope in it.
It felt like a stack of banknotes in her hand, probably worth a few thousand yuan.
Li Chuchu was startled and quickly declined, "No, no. You're being too polite."
Seeing that Li Chuchu was determined not to accept it, Su Wan finally had to take the money back, with a slightly apologetic smile on his face. "Sorry, I was being too abrupt."
The other party didn't seem short of money, and one couldn't simply buy off someone's kindness with money.
Su Wan changed his approach and handed Li Chuchu a business card.
Li Chuchu just glanced at it and almost got blinded by the words on it.
Su Wan, the Secretary of the Ningcheng Municipal Party Committee.
She never expected that the first time she did a good deed, she would actually meet such a high - profile and powerful figure.
If she were to be titled as "the savior of the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee's daughter" in the future, wouldn't she be able to walk around Ningcheng with swagger?
She looked at Shen Yanshan in surprise.
There wasn't much surprise on Shen Yanshan's face.
He had long noticed that the man had a different air about him. Combining that with the way the police had talked to him and the importance the police attached to this matter, he could more or less guess.
Li Chuchu swallowed hard, trying her best to contain the turmoil in her heart.
The man opposite said seriously, "My name is Su Wan. This is my private number on it. If you ever encounter any problems in the future, you can call me."
Two thousand yuan is a fixed amount,
but sometimes a single word from the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee is worth more than a few thousand yuan.
Shen Yanshan had dealt with such people before and knew how many dinners and how much alcohol one had to consume to get a private phone number from them.
His eyes flickered slightly, but he remained calm.
Li Chuchu hesitated for a moment and then accepted the business card Mr. Su had offered. It was noble to decline the reward, doing good deeds without expecting anything in return. But it would be stupid to reject the olive branch thrown by an important person.
"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Su. We appreciate it. How is your daughter?"
Su Wan looked worried. "The doctor said there are no major problems for the time being. But the child is so young. This experience might leave a psychological shadow on her. She'll need to be comforted after she wakes up."
He looked into the ward.
The girl with her face wiped clean was sleeping quietly in the bed. Her messy short hair indicated all the disasters that had happened that day.
If his daughter hadn't been found today, he didn't know what he would do. Nor did he know how he could face his wife in the future.
Inside the ward, the little girl's eyelids fluttered slightly.
"She's waking up! She's waking up!"
Li Chuchu exclaimed in delight.
Shen Yanshan called the on - duty nurse in the corridor, and the doctors and nurses walked into the ward.
Su Wan saw his daughter slowly open her eyes and quickly stepped forward. "Xiaomei, how do you feel? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Xiaomei shrank her body. With so many people suddenly rushing in, she was a little scared. She timidly glanced at these people in white clothes and then curled up in her father's arms.
Su Wan gently patted his daughter's shoulder.
"Don't be afraid. They're all here to check Xiaomei's body."
Xiaomei's gaze fell on a very beautiful sister behind the crowd.
Su Wan noticed her gaze and quickly introduced, "Xiaomei, do you still remember? It was this sister who saved you from the human traffickers."
Li Chuchu felt a bit embarrassed. It wasn't as exaggerated as Mr. Su had said.
Xiaomei's eyes trembled slightly. She lowered her eyes and said softly, "I don't remember. But the sister is pretty."
Su Wan couldn't help but smile.
The medical staff beside them also couldn't help laughing and joked, "It seems we're not as useful as a pretty sister."
Seeing how close Xiaomei was to Comrade Li, Su Wan made a silent decision in his heart.
After the medical staff finished checking Xiaomei's body, her eyelids began to droop. It was obvious that she was getting sleepy again.
Li Chuchu quietly walked out of the room so as not to disturb the child.
Su Wan noticed and quickly came out to see them off. "I'm really sorry to trouble you. It's a pity that I can't invite you to my place. When Xiaomei recovers, I'll come to thank you in person."
Li Chuchu smiled. "You're welcome. We'll leave first."
Su Wan nodded and wanted to see them off to the hospital entrance. Li Chuchu stopped him. "No need. There's no one to take care of Xiaomei. Mr. Su, please stay here."
Su Wan thought for a moment. "Okay. Be careful on your way."
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On the way back,
Li Chuchu looked at the wound on Shen Yanshan's arm. She held his arm wrapped in white bandages carefully, afraid of touching his wound. She couldn't help complaining, "Look at you. You're usually such a shrewd person. Why didn't you know to stay away at that time?"
Seeing the concern in her eyes, Shen Yanshan suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure.
He couldn't help but want more of her exclusive attention.
Shen Yanshan frowned slightly and pondered for a while. Under Li Chuchu's gaze, he slowly let out a breath and said with a hint of melancholy, "I saw that you were so eager to save that little girl at that time, so I wanted to help you save her. I didn't think too much... Did my injury cause you any trouble?" His tone was as if he felt guilty for getting injured.
Li Chuchu thought to herself: I'm such a jerk!
He got injured while trying to save someone for her. How could she blame him?
Li Chuchu quickly denied it. "No! How could you be a trouble? Does the wound still hurt? Is there anything I can do to help?"
Shen Yanshan hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly, "Well... could you help support my arm a bit? But would it be inconvenient for you to walk?"
"No!"
Li Chuchu immediately carefully and respectfully supported his arm. Her posture was like that of a eunuch serving an emperor.
Shen Yanshan couldn't hide his look of disdain at this posture. He coughed lightly. Li Chuchu quickly looked up. "What's wrong? Did I hurt you?"
"Could you... lower my hand a bit? It's a bit uncomfortable like this."
"Like this?"
Li Chuchu quickly moved her hand down a bit.
"A bit lower."
Li Chuchu moved her hand down a bit more. But at this angle, she couldn't lean on Shen Yanshan like before. She could only hold his hand and protect his arm by her side as much as possible to prevent it from being bumped into by others.
Shen Yanshan felt the fair, delicate hand that carefully grasped his in his palm. His heart seemed to be filled with something unknown, and a small firework bloomed inside.
But his voice still pretended to be calm. "This is about right."
Li Chuchu was a bit puzzled. Was this posture really more comfortable? Wouldn't it accidentally touch the wound?
She didn't quite understand, but she respected it.
She dutifully escorted this injured arm all the way home safely.
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