Chapter 28 Mom, Wake Up
Li Aiju went out and hurried to the street. In the past, when she went to school, if it was in the morning, she would take the mayor's ride. If it was in the afternoon, she would either ride a bicycle, walk or take Hongjiang's human-powered tricycle.
She didn't feel well today, so she didn't ride her bike when she went out.
He hailed a rickshaw and said, "Master, please help me, Jiang'an Community."
Going to school is definitely not going to work because Ma Xiaowu is not in school. I can only go to his house and try my luck. If that doesn't work, I will have to call the police.
After the tricycle started moving, Li Aiju secretly regretted that she should have called Deputy Director Shen Fuzheng of the Public Security Bureau first.
If you don't think about the future, you will have immediate worries.
Li Aiju was extremely anxious, but no matter how fast a human-powered tricycle was, it could never exceed a motor vehicle.
It never rains but it pours.
When a person is unlucky, even drinking water will get stuck in his teeth.
This is exactly what Li Aiju is facing now. The human-powered tricycle is already slow enough, but at the intersection ahead, several branch alleys connecting to the main street are blocked by the crowd.
The rickshaw slowly approached, and the driver stepped on the pedal and stood up. "It seems like there is a fight. Oh! There is a fight. Oh my God! There are knives..."
As he spoke, he got out of the car and pushed backwards with his hands.
Li Aiju was anxious, but there was nothing she could do. The driver complained, "Young people nowadays are terrible. They take out knives and steel pipes at any time. Some even take mountain-chopping knives. If they really use them on people, how can there not be accidents?"
Li Aiju's heart was moved when she heard this, "Please stop!"
Seeing Li Aiju getting off the car, the driver hurriedly advised, "Comrade, don't go! Those people have no eyes, what if..."
Before she finished her words, Li Aiju took out five dollars and handed it to him, then ran towards the crowd that was gathering and dispersing, screaming and exclaiming from time to time.
Whatever you fear will come true!
As soon as I squeezed through the gap in the crowd, I saw dozens of people fighting in a group. Two or three of them were surrounding one person and hacking him, while four or five of them were running away. The scene was extremely chaotic.
Every time someone slashed at the other person, there would be a scream from the crowd. Some shouted to call the police, some tried to stop the fight, and some suggested running away...
When Li Aiju's eyes were fixed on a young man in a white shirt on the field, she seemed to be frozen.
Ma Xiaowu!
How could Xiaowu still have the image of an outstanding student in school at this moment?
He held a steel pipe in his left hand and a samurai sword in his right hand, and he attacked with both hands. His white shirt was splattered with blood.
Looking at Ma Xiaowu's face full of hostility, his bloodshot eyes, the corners of his mouth twitching from time to time, and his whole body exuding a sinister and bloody aura.
Li Aiju was completely stunned.
Ma Xiaowu chased after two people and hacked at them, ignoring everyone else. The two men, who had short hair, black short-sleeved shirts, and arms covered with tattoos, resisted Ma Xiaowu calling out to others.
Li Aiju had never witnessed such a group fight, especially one where people were stabbed with knives.
In such a scene, there are students whom she treats like her own children, students whom she has high hopes for, and prodigal sons whom she has painstakingly cultivated.
How could she just stand by and watch?
"Xiaowu!" Li Aiju's scream was so shocking that even she herself was surprised!
The sound penetrated the crowd. Li Aiju ignored the danger and forcefully pushed the crowd apart, stumbling into the circle.
Ma Xiaowu raised his head and looked at Li Aiju in astonishment. His lips moved and he uttered a faint "Teacher Li"...
The two short-haired guys took advantage of the gap and suddenly pounced on Ma Xiaowu.
Li Aiju screamed in fear, "Be careful!"
But it was too late. Ma Xiaowu was knocked to the ground by one of them. The other one snatched the steel pipe that someone had thrown on the ground and hit Ma Xiaowu on the head .
He swore at the same time.
Li Aiju rushed over like crazy, yelling "Stop, stop... Stop hitting me!"
She forcibly pulled away the man wielding the steel pipe, and then pulled away the short hair pressing on Ma Xiaowu. She rushed forward without hesitation, and then her eyes went dark.
Two steel pipes fell on her body and head like heavy rain.
She was facing Ma Xiaowu, so the exposed back and the back of her head were severely hit.
Ma Xiaowu had just come to his senses when he saw his most beloved head teacher pounce on him and take the beating from the steel pipe.
At that moment, Xiaowu went crazy!
"Fuck your mother!" He pushed Li Aiju aside and was about to stand up when the sirens blared. The fighters fled in all directions. The police car stopped and the officers chased them frantically.
The scene was in chaos. Ma Xiaowu couldn't find anyone. He saw Teacher Li lying in a pool of blood. Blood was oozing from the back of his head, slowly dyeing his fair face red. His eyes were closed, and his hair was tied into a bun and scattered on the ground, like a bloody lily.
Ma Xiaowu picked up Li Aiju and gently slapped the teacher's face, "Teacher Li, Teacher Li, wake up, wake up!"
Li Aiju felt like she was soaking in hot water, and her whole body was wet and uncomfortable. She seemed to hear someone calling, but she couldn't be sure.
In her drowsiness, she seemed to hear Ma Xiaowu calling her.
Oh, by the way, Xiaowu!
Thinking of this name, Li Aiju resolutely opened her eyes with all her strength. The face in front of her was blurry and she couldn't be sure if it was Ma Xiaowu.
"Xiao, Xiaowu..."
Seeing that the teacher had woken up, Ma Xiaowu nodded and agreed quickly, "Hey, Teacher Li, it's me. How are you? Are you in pain?"
Li Aiju smiled happily, "It doesn't... hurt... You, belong to... the teacher, good boy, no, don't fight, study hard..."
Ma Xiaowu's tears rolled down one after another. He didn't know what to say and only responded with "ah hey" in his mouth. Since he was old enough to understand, he had never felt so scared and helpless. Looking at the teacher's pale face and relieved smile, his mind went blank.
At this moment, his mother, whom he had searched for thousands of times in his dreams, and her smile overlapped with that of Teacher Li Aiju in his arms.
When the police and emergency personnel arrived, Ma Xiaowu was still holding Li Aiju, tears streaming down his face.
He lowered his head and looked at Li Aiju, who was unconscious again in his arms, unconsciously shouting "Mom, Mom, Mom..."
Hu Jianguo had just returned from the construction site of the High-tech Community. When his car entered the city government compound, he thought about his wife's poor complexion in the morning. Should he take advantage of the lunch break to go back and take her to the hospital for a check-up?
As soon as the car stopped, Lao Zhang from the petition office rushed over and said, "Mayor, wait a minute! The city hospital just called and said that Teacher Li was beaten up..."
Hu Jianguo's head buzzed and the secretary hurriedly supported him, "Hurry, to the hospital!" After saying that, he glared at Lao Zhang.
Watching the car disappear into the distance, Lao Zhang muttered to himself, "The hospital said he's in critical condition and needs emergency treatment."
Hu Jianguo didn't hear what Lao Zhang said, but he rushed to the hospital and saw the director of the Public Security Bureau, the hospital director, the principal of Hongwu Middle School, and the secretary general of the municipal government...
A long line of people was waiting outside the operating room of the emergency department. Secretary-General Liu Youlin looked very bad and his lips were tightly pursed.
Hu Jianguo looked at him with an extremely peaceful look, like a stream of clear water flowing through his eyes. Liu Youlin said helplessly, "He is being treated. The main injury is a skull fracture and intracranial hemorrhage. The situation...is not good..."
Hu Jianguo blinked vigorously a few times and looked at Public Security Bureau Chief Chen Wenbo again.
"The course of events has been preliminarily ascertained. When Teacher Li was resting at home, she received a call from the school saying that a student in her class had not come to class. She rushed out to look for the student, but on the way she encountered the student fighting with a gang with weapons. So Teacher Li rushed over to protect the student..."
Hu Jianguo looked at the hospital director.
"The initial examination showed that the situation was not good. The steel pipe that hit Teacher Li was not hollow, but filled with lead. It caused a comminuted fracture at the back of his head, and the capillaries in his brain were damaged, causing intracranial hemorrhage... With the technology in our hospital, we can only... do our best to maintain it."
Liu Youlin added hastily, "The secretary just contacted the brain trauma expert at the provincial military hospital. He is one of the top three brain trauma professors in the country. The provincial party committee secretary has contacted the provincial military and political commissar Bang Jian. In half an hour, the expert will arrive by helicopter from the military."
Hu Jianguo looked at the hospital director and asked, "Can you guarantee an hour?"
The dean was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to make this promise! The person inside was the mayor's wife, an outstanding educator in the province, and a special-grade middle school teacher.
Seeing the dean's anxious face, Hu Jianguo sighed slightly, and his face suddenly seemed to have aged ten years. "You guys, do your best."
The secretary helped him sit down.
Hu Jianguo looked at the police chief again, "Where is the student that Aiju was protecting?"
Chen Wenbo's entire vest was completely wet. As the person in charge of the city's public security, such a vicious gang fight had actually occurred, and the mayor's wife was seriously injured. Judging from the current situation, it is still unclear whether he can save his life.
"The student's name is Ma Xiaowu. In a previous intentional homicide case, the victim was Ma Xiaowu's friend. This fight was caused by the murderer appearing in Hongjiang. After Ma Xiaowu and others got the news, they took revenge." Deputy Director Shen Fuzheng came forward at the right time to answer the mayor's questions.
The principal of No. 5 Middle School also hurriedly answered, "Ma Xiaowu was also a gangster in the past. Since Teacher Li became the class teacher, this student has made great progress. In last week's final test, his total score exceeded 500. He is a key target of the school."
"Ma Xiaowu, are you injured?"
Shen Fuzheng nodded. "He was stabbed a few times, but not in vital areas. According to eyewitnesses, if Teacher Li hadn't pounced on him, the kid would have been beaten to death..."
Hu Jianguo waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and do your work. Catch the murderer as soon as possible."
There was a sudden commotion in the corridor. Hu Jianguo looked over and Chen Wenbo rushed over to deal with it. Two minutes later, "Mayor, it's that student. He wants to know the situation."
Hu Jianguo thought about it and finally nodded, "Let him in. Don't embarrass him. He's still a child."
Ma Xiaowu, accompanied by two police officers, walked to the door of the operating room. The bandages on his body were stained with blood, and his eyes were red and swollen. He was extremely regretful now.
Looking quietly at the door of the operating room, Ma Xiaowu bent his knees silently, and knelt outside the door with a "dong".
Everyone present changed color.
Hu Jianguo stood up with the help of his secretary and walked up to Ma Xiaowu. The principal of No. 5 Middle School hurriedly introduced him to Ma Xiaowu, "This is Teacher Li's lover, Mayor Hu."
Ma Xiaowu's eyes were empty and indifferent, as if he could see through the door of the operating room.
Hu Jianguo looked at him. Was this the student whose life his wife saved?
Patting Ma Xiaowu on the shoulder, Hu Jianguo said earnestly, "Stand up, kid. Your teacher Li doesn't want to see you like this. She saved you not to make you kneel down to her. I think she hopes you can study hard, which is the most important thing. Stand up. Sit with me."
Ma Xiaowu did not move, but his eyes had already turned to Hu Jianguo, and his voice was unusually hoarse, "Teacher... will you be okay?"
Hu Jianguo nodded and said confidently, "Yes, she will be fine. I will also watch you all walk past her and go to college one by one."
Ma Xiaowu turned to the operating room door and said, "I got up only after the teacher is fine."
At this moment, the provincial military plane had arrived, and the hospital director breathed a sigh of relief, finally making it!
The rest of the rescue work will be entirely handed over to the expert team.
Hu Jianguo was arranged to the dean's lounge, and Li Aiju's operation was moved to a temporary neurosurgery operating room. From the dean's lounge, the operation could be observed through the one-way glass.
Ma Xiaowu also followed in and knelt directly in front of the one-way glass.
His father came, his eyes dim and tears rolling down his cheeks. He left the hospital dejectedly, saying, "Take him and shoot him. Just beat him to death..."
The operation officially started at 1 p.m. and lasted until the evening. Although Hu Jianguo was in critical condition several times, he still sat calmly.
Every time he was in critical condition, Ma Xiaowu kowtowed vigorously and muttered to himself, but no one could hear what he was saying.
The nurse kept wiping the sweat off his face as she watched Li Aiju's head being gently cut open and then the expert slowly operating under the microscope.
Four hours had passed since the operation.
Hu Jianguo walked to the window, but was deeply shocked by the scene on the hospital lawn:
At some point, all the students from Class 8 of Grade 2 of Hongwu Middle School arrived, along with students from other classes. They lit white candles and formed four warm characters: "Mom, wake up."
Hu Jianguo had suppressed his grief for the entire day, and at this moment, it suddenly burst out. Holding onto the window glass, Hu Jianguo burst into tears, "Aiju, Aiju... come and see... see your children..."
The secretary, the hospital director and others left quietly, with tears in everyone's eyes. At this time, each of them hoped that Teacher Li Aiju could complete the operation smoothly.
The children sat quietly around the candles, each holding two candles. Looking at their young faces with childishness in the candlelight, they appeared extremely pious, as if they wanted to transform their youthful life into streams of power and transmit it to their beloved teacher.
Hu Jianguo looked at the grass outside the window through his tear-blurred eyes, and at his "mother" who was quietly lighting up in the night.
Time flies, that young and beautiful face, with a sweet smile, "Hu Jianguo, is this Teacher Hu?"
It was their first meeting. Looking at the beautiful female teacher in front of him, Hu Jianguo was at a loss, "Yes, yes, please, are you Teacher Li, Li?"
That was the first time we met, and it was a blind date arranged by the older generation.
He fell in love with her at first sight.
I still remember the Prague dress Aiju wore at that time, with red and white checkered patterns. Her two braids hung down in front of her chest, her bright black eyes were a little cute, and her long, curved eyelashes fluttered briskly on her eyelids.
They got married.
Then Hu Jiao was born. At that time, he had just transferred from the teaching bank to work in the Organization Department of the County Party Committee. When he received the news, his son had already been born in the hospital.
"Aiju, I'm a father? We have a son?"
His wife's smile at that time was more beautiful than the spring flowers in March. The look in her eyes when she looked at her son showed the happiness of being a mother for the first time. That was also the second most beautiful moment in Hu Jianguo's life!
"Ai Ju..."
The secretary stood outside the door for a long time. Every five minutes, he would quietly look through the crack in the door. When he found something wrong, he would rush in immediately. Hu Jianguo could no longer hold on and passed out in shock.
He hadn't had a drop of water all day, and had been anxious and worried all day. At this moment, he finally couldn't stand the torture of his wife struggling on the line between life and death.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or God’s will.
As soon as Hu Jianguo went into shock, Li Aiju seemed to hear her husband’s affectionate call, as well as the affectionate call of her “children”.
The operation was successful! Li Aiju struggled back from the brink of death!
