Before going to bed, Li Rui chatted with Lu Qingman and told her that she would change the medicine tomorrow. Lu Qingman thought for a while and said, "Then take advantage of the fact that when the father and son of the Gao family come to see you tomorrow, in front of them, ask the doctor to change your dressing." Let them see what they have done. ”

Li Rui also has this idea, wanting to get more benefits from the Gao family father and son, since they have come all the way to visit him, it is definitely not as simple as apologizing, there will definitely be other substantial benefits, such as gifts or gift money, showing them their injuries, can invisibly increase the guilt of their father and son, and the benefits to themselves will not be more?

It was already past eleven o'clock, and Lu Qingman still couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.

Li Rui took the initiative to chat with her: "Wife, are we living together like this?" Lu Qingman said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and go to bed." Li Rui smiled: "Aren't you unable to sleep?" Lu Qingman said: "You can fall asleep if you sleep slowly." Li Rui smiled and said, "Wife, I want to go to the toilet." ”

Lu Qingman had helped him to go to the toilet twice before, but she was shyer than Qin Ruifang, and never refused to stand inside to "accompany her", but after helping him in, she retreated outside and waited.

Lu Qingman got up and said, "Okay, I'll help you go to the bathroom." ”

After relieving his hand, Lu Qingman helped him out again. Li Rui said with emotion: "Wife, how good should it be for you to help me like this for the rest of my life?" Lu Qingman said angrily: "Do you want to exhaust me?" Li Rui laughed and said: "I'm not tired, when you go to the toilet, I'll help you again." Lu Qingman was embarrassed and said, "I don't need your help." ”

When he came to the hospital bed, Li Rui whispered: "Wife, you see that my bed is so big, why don't you sleep with me." Lu Qingman pushed him hard and said, "Don't get an inch, you're not afraid of being embarrassed, I'm still afraid of being embarrassed." Today, the head of your propaganda department sarcastically mocked me so hard that I lost my face. Li Rui smiled: "It's daytime, and no one will disturb us at night." It's a complete two-person world. Lu Qingman snorted: "That's not good, lie down quickly." After saying that, he angrily went back to his bed and fell asleep.

The next day, it was not until about 4 p.m. that Lu Zhouxing, executive vice governor of the provincial government, and Gao Guotai, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, came to the hospital ward to visit Li Rui, accompanied by Du Minsheng, secretary general of the municipal party committee.

In fact, since the morning, Lu Qingman has kept in touch with her uncle Du Minsheng, when her father Lu Zhouxing rushed to Qingyang, when he went to Shuanghe County to comfort the victims and inspect the post-disaster reconstruction work, when he returned to Qingyang, and when he set off to the city's second hospital, all under her control.

Therefore, when Lu Zhouxing and Gao Guotai father and son came to the ward, they "just happened" to catch up with the doctor changing Li Rui's dressing.

Seeing the deep red and purple wound on Li Rui's back, the dense stitches like centipede feet, and then seeing his face flushed, his cheeks shaking, as if he was clenching his teeth, and his left fist was clenched tightly, and the muscles of his left arm were knotted, as if this was the only way to resist the huge pain caused by disinfection, Lu Zhouxing and Gao Guotai each tolerated themselves. Gao Dongdong looked at the wound on Li Rui's back with a frightened face, and his upper and lower teeth struck.

After the doctor finished changing the medicine and went out, only Lu Zhouxing and Gao Guotai father and son, Du Minsheng, Li Rui and Lu Qingman were left in the house, a total of six people.

Lu Zhouxing stepped forward to Simmons and said to Li Rui warmly: "Xiao Rui, you have been wronged. ”

Li Rui tried to get up, but Lu Qingman held him firmly and reprimanded: "What's the matter? The doctors and nurses have explained, let you not move, the wound will be torn if you move, do you still want to recover?"

Lu Zhouxing was also busy: "Yes, Xiao Rui, don't move." Li Rui said apologetically: "Governor Lu, I'm so unruly, don't mind." Lu Zhouxing said: "Don't call me governor, this is not an official occasion." Li Rui and Lu Qingman glanced at each other, and changed his words: "Oh, then I'll call you Uncle Lu." Lu Zhouxing asked: "Does the wound still hurt badly? How is your body in the past two days? Are you okay with eating? Are there any other indications?" Lu Qingman glanced at Gao Dongdong and hurriedly said: "Dad, Xiao Rui has been in pain every night for the past two days, and he can't eat much, and he has lost several pounds." As he spoke, his eyes turned red. Lu Zhouxing sighed and said, "Xiao Rui, you have suffered. ”

Gao Guotai coughed and walked up.

This is a short and fat old man in his 60th grade, who looks older than Lu Zhouxing, has a short back, has shiny black hair, wears a pair of wide-rimmed glasses like President Jiang, the previous state leader, and has a simple appearance, and his mouth shape is naturally a little joyful, giving people the feeling of a loyal elder. But absolutely no one thinks that he is kind and deceitful because of this, and who can mix with people at the provincial and ministerial level is easy to get along with?

When Lu Zhouxing saw him coming, he stepped back and gave him some space.

Gao Guotai asked in a harmonious voice: "Little friend, are you Li Rui?" Li Rui looked at him with a slanted face, listened to his words, and immediately became angry, and said in his heart: "You are a child, your whole family is a child." He nodded, with a painful look on his face, as if he had twitched a wound, and he didn't say anything when he took the opportunity, firmly grasping the initiative and not wavering.

Some people wonder, how can he take the initiative when he doesn't speak? Isn't this completely limited to passivity? Hehe, in some cases, the party that takes the initiative does have the initiative, but in some special cases, the person who maintains a passive attitude will have the advantage. As a simple example, in a negotiation event, the person who speaks later usually takes the initiative. For example, when a man and a woman fall in love, the party who confesses first will appear passive. In response to an old Chinese saying, "strike later".

Taking the situation in front of him, Li Rui was cut by Gao Guotai's son, and Gao Guotai brought his son over to apologize, which is as it should be. If Li Rui behaves too actively, it will seem that he is at a loss. And if you don't say a word and behave more reservedly, as you are now, you will have at least two advantages: first, you will appear too injured to speak, and second, you will leave the impression of a wronged and helpless victim on the other side, and increase the guilt of the other party.

Gao Guotai sighed: "Xiao Li, it's all my godson who has no way to make such a big mistake and cause you both physical and mental damage." As Gao Dongdong's father, I sincerely apologize to you here. With that, he straightened up and bowed to apologize. Li Rui saw that his posture was sufficient, and in front of Lu Zhouxing, it was not good not to give him face, and hurriedly said: "Gao ...... Uncle Gao, you are too polite, this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't need to be like this. Gao Dongdong and I are still young, and I am still very immature, compared to you are still children, it is very common for children to fight, and you have to work all the way from the provincial capital, I am really ashamed to be a junior. I...... Qingman, help me hold Uncle Gao, don't be polite, I can't stand it. ”

Lu Zhouxing stood behind Gao Guotai, saw Li Rui say this, nodded secretly, glanced at Gao Dongdong, and saw that he was still frozen in place, motionless, and shook his head again.

Lu Qingman helped Gao Guotai in vain, Gao Guotai waved his hand at her, signaled that he was not polite, and said with feeling: "Qingman, I still have to trouble you to ask for leave to take care of Xiao Li in this matter, I am very sorry not to go." Lu Qingman said lightly: "It's only natural for me to come over to take care of Xiao Rui, and it's nothing to take a few days off." ”

Gao Guotai bowed slightly, glanced at his son, and saw that his face seemed to be stupid and stupid, as if he was looking at this side in shock, but he was motionless, secretly angry, and shouted: "Animal, don't you come to apologize to Xiao Li?!"

Gao Dongdong was suddenly startled, startled, and said, "Oh...... Oh oh, I'm ...... I said...... Apologize. As he spoke, he walked over with a twist, stood beside his father, and said to Li Rui: "Li ...... Li Rui, I apologize to you, I'm sorry for you, I shouldn't ...... You shouldn't have asked someone to hit you, I was wrong, you ...... You forgive me. After speaking, he seemed to want to bow, but because the angle was not enough, he seemed to nod indiscriminately. Gao Guotai said angrily: "Don't you know how to bow, and use me to teach you?" Gao Dongdong hurriedly stood up straight, closed his legs, and made a standard bowing posture.

Li Rui saw that the left side of his face was flushed, and the skin on his face was lumpy and slightly raised, which was obviously different from the right side of his face, as if he had just been slapped not long ago, with his identity as a little prince, who would dare to beat him? Naturally, it was his father Gao Guotai. It can be imagined from this that Gao Guotai didn't know about him instructing Wang Hai to cut himself, and he must have lost his temper after knowing it, and beat him. Of course, I won't pity him because of this. said: "Brother Dongdong, you don't have to apologize to me......" At this point, he pretended to pause.

When Lu Zhouxing and Gao Guotai heard this, they had doubts at the same time, what's the matter, Li Rui is still angry in his heart, is this not accepting Gao Dongdong's apology?

But I heard Li Rui continue: "...... Because there's something wrong with me in this matter. At the beginning of Qingman's house, you insulted me and Qingman, and after I heard it, I relied on my kung fu skills, so I beat you. Now that I think about it, it was so wrong. I should apologize to you. You have a lot of adults, don't be like me. ”

After hearing what he said, Lu Zhouxing and Gao Guotai glanced at each other and nodded.

Gao Dongdong couldn't have imagined that he could apologize to himself as a victim, he was a little flattered, and said dumbfoundedly: "Li Rui, you ...... You ......" Li Rui smiled bitterly: "Brother Dongdong, I am at fault in this matter, you are at fault, we both have something wrong." It just so happens that Uncle Lu and Uncle Gao are here today, in front of his two elders, let's expose this matter and forget it. From now on, let's talk about whether we can be friends or not, but don't make things difficult for each other again. You see, it's Qingman and the two uncles, and I really don't want to go. Gao Dongdong was extremely embarrassed by him, his lips pursed, but he couldn't say a word.