353: Chapter 347: Meeting 353: Chapter 347: Meeting When Fourth Aunt Jiang Guixian and her party set off for Shen City, they had called Chen Hai.
Cell phones, due to the lack of a mobile communication network in Shen City at the time, were temporarily unusable.
However, there was a landline telephone in the guest room where Chen Hai was staying.
Before, when he had called his parents to inform them about his cousin Huang Yong’s situation, he had already given them his temporary contact information.
If it were just Jiang Guixian and her husband, even knowing the address, they might not have been able to find the exact location.
But with cousin Jiang Dalong accompanying them, their group of people directly found the door to Chen Hai’s guest room.
After hearing the knocking at the door, Chen Hai took a few steps to open it.
Seeing it was Fourth Aunt Jiang Guixian and the others, he hurriedly welcomed them in.
“Whimper… whimper…”
Inside the guest room, Huang Yong, though he had known his parents would come, still became uncontrollably emotional upon actually seeing them.
Regrettably, he could only whimper; even if he had a thousand words, he could not articulate any of them.
“What’s happened to Yong…”
Seeing her son Huang Yong whimpering and then looking at his legs that were gone below the knee, Jiang Guixian’s tears couldn’t be controlled, falling like pearls off a broken string.
In just a few steps, she was beside her son, full of pity, embracing his head and beginning to sob.
Compared with Jiang Guixian, Fourth Uncle Huang Shengli wasn’t faring much better at that moment.
However, as a man, he was holding it in, trying not to let the tears flow outright.
Now, the one who spoke up was cousin Jiang Dalong.
At the door, when he saw Chen Hai, there was a bit of a smile on his face.
But now, his eyes seemed as if they could devour a man, his face had darkened to the extreme.
In terms of age, he was quite a bit older than both Chen Hai and Huang Yong, but their families had good relations with each other.
Otherwise, Jiang Guixian and her husband wouldn’t have asked him to accompany them here.
“Yong, when he came from Wan City to Shen City, slept in the park for the first few days because he didn’t find work!”
“According to him, that night he was sleeping in a daze when suddenly he felt someone patting his shoulder a few times.”
“After that, he knew nothing!”
“When he woke up, he was already locked up.”
“His legs were sawn off by that gang, and his tongue was also cut by those people!”
…
With a heavy sigh, Chen Hai, filled with compassion, briefly recounted what had happened to Huang Yong to the people in the room.
These were the things he had learned from Huang Yong during their communication over the past few days.
Huang Yong couldn’t speak and could only communicate using a pen.
Now, to make him explain these things to his parents himself would be too difficult to clarify in a short period.
Since Chen Hai already knew, it was naturally more appropriate for him to speak on his behalf.
“Those goddamn beasts, capable of such inhumane acts, are not human at all; they’re pure animals!”
“Hai, since you could find Yong, what about those beasts?
Have the police caught them yet?”
“Those people deserve to die, all of them should be sentenced to death…”
Having learned of her son Huang Yong’s ordeal from Chen Hai, Jiang Guixian, who was only sobbing before, started to wail loudly.
While cursing those people, she also didn’t forget to throw a question at Chen Hai.
“Fourth Aunt, Fourth Uncle, the animals who hurt Yong will never have the chance to commit evil again, rest assured!”
After a slight hesitation, Chen Hai fell silent for a moment, then began to explain.
“Brother Biao’s gang got caught by the cops, will they be sentenced to death?”
He felt that the possibility was extremely low.
After all, they had only maimed someone and hadn’t actually killed anyone.
According to the domestic criminal law, even Brother Biao, as the principal offender, might not meet the standard for the death penalty, let alone the accomplices.
If it weren’t for this reason, Chen Hai wouldn’t have taken matters into his own hands and taken care of them all.
His previous words had been a bit cryptic.
After all, things like having wiped out Brother Biao and his crew were not something he could state too directly in front of Jiang Meixian and her husband.
After listening to Chen Hai’s explanation, Jiang Guixian and Huang Shengli just nodded; they didn’t say much!
The sight of their once lively son suddenly turned into his current state had left them heartbroken beyond measure.
Jiang Meixian, embracing her son Yong, had been sobbing uncontrollably.
Huang Shengli, who had already sat down on the sofa, was silent, his face filled with a look of having nothing left to live for.
“Fourth Aunt, Fourth Uncle, there is paper and a pen on the coffee table.
To talk with Yong, you can have him write his replies directly!”
“I’ve booked several rooms in the hotel.”
“This room, I’ve reserved for you.
When I first found Yong, he tried to run as soon as he saw me.
You should communicate with him properly!”
“You must be exhausted from the journey.
Rest in this room if you need; I won’t disturb you further!”
He gave Jiang Dalong a meaningful glance and was ready to leave first.
For Fourth Aunt Jiang Meixian and Fourth Uncle Huang Shengli, seeing their son Yong suddenly in this condition, it was inevitable they would be emotionally overwhelmed.
Giving them a private space to talk and calm down was definitely necessary.
“Hai, thank you!”
“We didn’t bring much money with us.”
“Whatever expenses you incurred in finding Yong, just keep track of them, and we will reimburse you once we return!”
Fourth Aunt Jiang Guixian, still weeping profusely, just nodded in response.
Fourth Uncle Huang Shengli, with a bitter look on his face, sighed deeply and then thanked Chen Hai.
“Fourth Aunt, Fourth Uncle, you should know a bit about my situation from my parents.”
“With Yong ending up in this state, I, as his cousin, should naturally lend a hand if I can.
It’s the right thing to do!”
“With the relationship between our two families, talking about money is really too impersonal!”
…
He quickly interjected with a polite refusal and, pulling Jiang Dalong, headed outside the guest room.
After the two left the guest room and stepped into the hallway, he didn’t forget to close the door behind them.
“Brother Long, last Chinese New Year, when I visited your place to extend greetings, you were in Yuedong and not home.”
“It seems it’s been nearly two years since we cousins last saw each other, hasn’t it?”
“We don’t get the chance to meet often; do you want to find a room to rest for a while?”
“Or should we find a place to have a few drinks, so I can welcome you properly?”
Chen Hai smiled and asked Jiang Dalong, who was following closely behind him as he emerged from the guest room.
Jiang Dalong, also raised on rice and standing at a towering six feet tall, was indeed no small figure.
It was only now, having bulked up considerably, that Chen Hai was robust himself.
In the past, standing in front of Jiang Dalong, he would have looked like a little sprout next to the stocky and robust Jiang Dalong, forming a stark contrast.
“What’s there to rest for?
I hear from my parents you’ve been doing pretty well these last two years.”
“You’re inviting me, so I’ve got to take the opportunity to make you treat me to a good meal!”
Jiang Dalong rolled his eyes and joked.