strictlysupreme Chapter 405 Get a good night's sleep
Chapter 405 Get a good night's sleep
The hospital where Tong Lingzhen received treatment has very good landscaping, with several tall and large ginkgo trees planted in the small garden downstairs.
Two months after the girl woke up, the case of intentional injury from years ago was finally reopened for a second trial. Su Xin came to the hospital, intending to discuss with Tong Lingzhen whether she should appear in court.
The capable policewoman looked at the worried Qin Yue and slowly spoke:
“I know you’re worried about having Lingling appear in court, but…”
The policewoman's gentle yet firm eyes met Qin Yue's, then looked at the gray hairs growing at her temples:
"The child needs to step out."
Tong Lingzhen is the bravest child Su Xin has ever met in all her years as a police officer.
But even the bravest child can be left with indelible psychological scars from being hurt by others.
Su Xin is a policewoman who has handled many cases of minors being harmed during her years of service.
Most of those vibrant and adorable children were left with immense psychological trauma afterward; a profound injury is like a needle stuck in the flesh of a young apple.
A single, devastating injury left her with a shadow she could never escape for the rest of her life.
Qin Yue walked to the window and looked down. Tong Lingzhen, dressed in a hospital gown, was playing with a large group of children under the maple tree.
Because she had been in a coma, she had also undergone brain surgery that year. The girl's hair was cut very short, and her bangs were blown aside in the cool autumn breeze, revealing her sharp and delicate eyebrows and eyes.
"Actually..." Qin Yue's voice was a little hoarse:
"Officer Su might find it a bit unbelievable that I'm saying these things."
"After Lingling woke up, she didn't seem to be my Lingling anymore."
“Lingling wasn’t good at dealing with children before, and she didn’t like going outside to play.”
Tong Lingzhen, who was downstairs, noticed someone watching her, turned around, and looked up at Qin Yue:
"mom!"
The girl held a large handful of golden ginkgo leaves, waved them at Qin Yue, tilted her head like a little rabbit, and smiled brightly.
"Okay, I agree to let her appear in court." Qin Yue smiled gently at her daughter, her voice soft yet hoarse.
She turned to look at Su Xin:
"I want Lingling to see that scumbag's sentence with her own eyes..."
"I want my daughter to completely escape that damp, rainy night!"
Qin Yue was afraid. She was afraid that Tong Lingzhen would have some kind of stress reaction from seeing that scumbag again, but she was also afraid that her daughter would be trapped.
She feared that every time her daughter saw a rainy day, she would be reminded of the despair and helplessness she felt then, and would be afraid that a sinister hand would reach out from a dark corner.
She feared that her daughter would be forever caught in that endless pursuit amidst uncertainty.
Su Xin looked at Qin Yue, and her eyes involuntarily welled up with tears.
This was a mother's most tender yet resolute decision.
The policewoman took her hand:
"I will protect her!"
Tong Lingzhen had no idea how difficult the decision her mother had just made. The girl made small butterflies out of the ginkgo leaves in her hand and distributed them to the children surrounding her.
Then I watched as the children, holding butterflies, stumbled and ran into the distance.
Free and fearless in the clear autumn day.
Six days later, the case went to trial.
In the plaintiff's seat, Tong Lingzhen saw the devil's face for the first time.
He was a middle-aged man who didn't look fierce or menacing; in fact, he seemed rather kind. His features were round and pleasing, but there was a deep scar above his right eyebrow that made it difficult for him to open his right eye.
Tong Lingzhen recognized the scar; it was from her.
She wasn't as strong as a man, but she was, after all, a girl who had studied martial arts for many years.
What the man thought would be an easy hunt turned into a life-or-death struggle.
The greedy and disgusting person not only failed to get the prey he wanted, but also lost a left leg and half an eye.
Moreover, given the egregious nature of the case, his beating of Tong Lingzhen constituted intentional injury, while Tong Lingzhen's beating of him... was entirely legitimate self-defense.
The middle-aged man originally thought that Tong Lingzhen would lie in the hospital for the rest of her life, living a half-dead, vegetative state, so that the police would have no way to convict him.
In two years at most, he can go out and enjoy life again.
But Tong Lingzhen woke up.
Unfortunately, he woke up just as he was about to be released from prison.
Thinking of this, the man's eyes were filled with vicious murderous intent as he looked at the girl.
It was like a cold, sticky tongue trying to entangle Tong Lingzhen.
The girl looked at the fierceness in the man's eyes and met his gaze with her dark, deep eyes.
The moment his eyes met the girl's, the man felt a chill run down his spine, making him shiver involuntarily.
In that instant, he seemed to remember who was standing in front of him.
She was the girl who broke her leg and almost gouged out one of her eyes in an alley two years ago.
Will she let herself go?
What if I go out by myself?
I don't know when this terrible thought arose in my mind, and fear was like a small snake coiling around my heart, tightening little by little.
The middle-aged man's legs went weak, and he actually wanted to sit down.
However, his wrists were bound to the table, and any large movements only made his wrists hurt more, which incidentally attracted the attention of the bailiffs.
A small commotion broke out in the courtroom. The middle-aged man, who had been vicious and refused to confess, seemed to be frightened by something terrible. Before the judge could ask any further questions, he blurted out everything he had done.
Among them are two cases from four or five years ago.
Everything seemed to have come to an end.
Holding her mother's hand, she walked out of the courthouse and returned home.
As soon as she entered the house, Tong Lingzhen felt something burning hot in the pocket of her hoodie.
The girl quietly reached in and touched something round.
Qin Yue was walking ahead when she suddenly felt the person holding her hand behind her stop.
The woman slowly turned her head and saw Tong Lingzhen holding a particularly exquisite small mirror, quietly looking at her.
Overwhelmed by fear, the middle-aged woman reached out to grab the small mirror from her daughter's hand.
"Lingling, give me the thing!"
Qin Yue rarely spoke to Tong Lingzhen in such a stern tone; the woman's voice was filled with fear.
She was afraid of losing it again.
Tong Lingzhen... no, she should be called Xue Tong now.
The girl put the small mirror in her pocket, grabbed Qin Yue's hand, and rushed into the woman's arms.
"mom!"
"The friend who helped me get back said that Lingling is a little fish..."
"There are so many rivers separating me from my mother!"
"Mom, I want to help her... so I'll leave for a little while!"
Qin Yue's voice was so hoarse that she could barely hold the girl in her arms.
"Mom...Mom's going to take a nap..."
"return……"
Her daughter is the bravest and kindest child in the world.
The girl responded softly:
Good afternoon, Mom! Have a good nap.
"See you this afternoon..."