Special District 9 Chapter 50: Quandary

In the hospital.

The effects of anesthesia had finally faded. Qin Yu was lying on a hospital bed with a pale face, looking extremely frail. He sighed deeply and said, “Heh, Yuan Hua sure knows how to pick off on easier targets. He doesn’t dare to touch Old Li, and he’s afraid that he would agitate Old Li into doing something extreme if he were to touch you, so he chose to vent his anger on me.”

Old Cat looked at Qin Yu with a guilty expression as he said, “It’s my fault. I didn’t think so deeply into it back then and forced you into this. Your initial decision of not helping Qi Lin was right. I have Old Li behind me, so he doesn’t dare to touch me easily. But you…”

“What’s done is done. What’s the point of talking about all of this now?” Qin Yu replied as he touched the bandage on his bottom. “Since we can’t get him yet, let’s just put our guard up for the time being.”

“Don’t worry, we’ll take turns to guard you during this period of time,” Zhu Wei, who was standing by the window, interjected. “The riot at Dirt Street caught the attention of far too many people. The Police Headquarters are furious as well. I doubt that they would dare to make a reckless move for the time being.”

“Thanks, Zhu Wei and Guan Qi. You have saved my life,” Qin Yu expressed his gratitude to them earnestly.

“There’s no need to say all of this,” Guan Qi replied with a wave of his hand. “Just make sure that you recover quickly.”

While they were chatting with one another, the door to the ward opened, and Superintendent Li walked in.

“Superintendent Li!”

“Superintendent Li!”

“…!”

Everyone quickly got up and greeted him with a salute.

Superintendent Li took a look around the room before saying, “Old Cat, you can stay. The rest of you, I want to have a private chat with these two, so I need you to excuse yourselves for a moment.”

“Yes, sir.”

Zhu Wei and Guan Qi nodded before swiftly leaving the ward.

“Superintendent Li.” Qin Yu held onto the railings by the bed and tried to straighten his body up.

“You should lie down,” Superintendent Li said as

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