"Why are other people's marriages so happy, but I was blind to choose such a scumbag?"
"So handsome. This is exactly how the man in my dreams looks."
"Holy crap, that woman is too beautiful. I feel like I've seen her somewhere before."
"Hiss, yeah, she looks a bit familiar."
...
North Lane, Minquan Road, Lancheng.
"Run, let's see where you can run!"
After chasing for two blocks, Han Yu finally apprehended a criminal suspect. With an over-the-shoulder throw, he slammed the person onto the ground, pinning him with one knee on his back. He then reached for his handcuffs from his waist and secured the suspect.
He slapped the suspect's head, "Quite the runner, huh? Is this physique from running away every day?"
Ring ring ring—
Suddenly, his phone rang from his pocket.
Han Yu, still panting, answered, "Hello?"
"Hello, this is Lancheng High School. Are you Cheng Xiaorui's guardian?"
The person on the other end of the line inquired.
Han Yu frowned, glanced at his colleagues catching up behind him, and pointed at the suspect on the ground, "Take him to the station first."
"Yes, Captain Han. Phew, phew... Damn it, this kid can really run."
His police colleague, wiping sweat from his forehead, walked over, dragged the suspect up, and said, "Come with me!"
Han Yu moved aside and replied, "Yes, I am."
A jolt of surprise went through him. Could Cheng Xiaorui have caused trouble at school?
She was usually so well-behaved, it shouldn't be.
"Please come to the school as soon as possible. Cheng Xiaorui just fainted in class."
"Fainted? What happened?"
The homeroom teacher on the phone stammered, "The infirmary... the people in the infirmary said she, she fainted from hunger... hunger."
Even as they said it, the homeroom teacher found it unbelievable.
In this day and age, someone could still faint from hunger.
"Fainted from hunger?"
Preposterous.
Han Yu regularly transferred money to Cheng Xiaorui every week, an amount more than enough for her weekly expenses.
How could she have fainted from hunger?
"Alright, I'll be there immediately."
Han Yu made a call to a colleague, then jogged out of the alley and hailed a taxi by the roadside, "To Lancheng High School."
Along the way, Han Yu repeatedly urged the taxi driver to speed up.
Finally, after more than forty minutes, they arrived at Lancheng High School.
After explaining the situation at the school gate, he entered the campus and headed straight for the infirmary.
Knock knock knock—
He knocked on the infirmary door and walked in, addressing the people inside, "Hello, I'm Han Yu, Cheng Xiaorui's guardian."
Since it was during working hours and he was on duty, and the incident was sudden, Han Yu hadn't had time to change out of his police uniform.
Cheng Xiaorui's homeroom teacher immediately stepped forward, "Oh, Officer Han, right? Please come in."
Han Yu entered and asked directly, "Xiaorui, what's her condition?"
"She's awake now and getting an IV drip."
The homeroom teacher pointed towards the ward inside.
Han Yu walked to the ward door, glanced through the half-open door crack, and saw Cheng Xiaorui lying blankly on the bed, silent.
His heart clenched involuntarily.
Tiptoeing back to the infirmary, Han Yu asked the homeroom teacher, "Has Xiaorui shown any unusual behavior at school?"
The previous week, when he visited Cheng Xiaorui, he saw her picking up discarded items late at night.
And this time, she had fainted from hunger.
He couldn't imagine what she had been through recently.
"Although Xiaorui doesn't speak much, she's a smart child and very well-behaved. She writes down any questions she has and her exam results are always among the top."
The homeroom teacher thought for a moment, then shook his head, "Unusual behavior... nothing out of the ordinary, really."
"I see."
Han Yu didn't press further and went to the ward.
Entering the ward, he closed the door and walked directly up to Cheng Xiaorui, "Shouldn't you tell me what exactly happened?"