18: Chapter 18 Make way, I'm not afraid of being extorted.

"What a coincidence, I happen to know how to fix air conditioners."

Bai Feng looked at the delivery guy with slight hesitation, but thinking that her husband would be back soon anyway, she said:

"Then please take a look for me; I'm nearly freezing to death."

Seeing the living room of such a large flat for the first time, it felt quite impressive.

Size is, at any time, one of the factors with the greatest visual impact.

The interior decor was luxurious, kept spotlessly clean, and everything was arranged in perfect order; it seemed she was a very capable housewife.

Upon seeing the wedding photo hanging in the living room, Zhao Xiaoshuai was shocked.

'It couldn't be that coincidental, right? He has such a beautiful wife, and he still goes out messing around?'

His heart was not at peace, but he kept a calm expression and began to check the living room air conditioner.

"There are air conditioners in every room, but to think they all broke at once; that's really bad luck."

Hearing Bai Feng's words, Zhao Xiaoshuai was speechless. He stopped what he was doing and found her home's electrical panel.

Sure enough, the dedicated circuit for the air conditioner hadn't been turned on.

It seemed he had been wrong before; this home was likely the result of the housekeeper's hard work.

Before long, there was a beep in the living room, and the air conditioner started running.

"Oh my, you're really skilled! Let's add each other on Weixun, so I can call you if there are any problems in the future!"

"..."

Ignoring the airheaded remark from this lady, Zhao Xiaoshuai deliberated for a moment and then asked:

"Ms. Bai, does your husband drive a black Mercedes GLC?"

"That's right, my husband does drive a black Mercedes. Do you know him?"

"On the night of February 1st, he came home very late, right?"

"The day before yesterday? He had a business dinner that night and did come home very late. What exactly are you trying to say?"

"Your husband is cheating on you."

"Impossible!"

"My husband loves me very much; he couldn't possibly be cheating!"

"Everything he has was given by my family; how could he possibly cheat!"

Bai Feng reacted strongly, and Zhao Xiaoshuai knew that she must have suspected something, she just didn't want to believe it.

"That night, nearly ten o'clock, I saw with my own eyes your husband driving and dropping off a woman as beautiful as you downstairs at her building, and he even went upstairs."

"No, I don't believe it! You're talking nonsense, you must be making it up! Why did you happen to see it so late!? This must be something you fabricated!"

"Because that beautiful woman is my ex-girlfriend. We had just broken up that day, and I was smoking downstairs at her place at that time."

Bai Feng fell silent and slumped onto the living room sofa.

Zhao Xiaoshuai continued to up the ante, "At noon on the 2nd, which was yesterday, I happened to see him and my ex-girlfriend shopping at an LV store. It looked like they were eyeing a few bags that cost over thirty thousand."

"Oh, right, it seemed they had already booked a room. After that, I suspect..."

"Stop, please stop! I beg you, don't say any more..." Bai Feng collapsed onto the sofa, sobbing uncontrollably.

"I've written down the time and location of the two times I ran into them for you. If you have a way to check location records, you'll know that what I said is true."

"Of course, you can also choose to continue deceiving yourself."

Zhao Xiaoshuai placed the written note on the table and left silently.

Not long after Zhao Xiaoshuai left, Bai Feng's phone played a familiar tune.

The ringtone played for a long time until the call timed out.

Shortly after, she received a message, and that was the end of it.

A long while later, Bai Feng wiped her teary eyes and unlocked her phone: [Something suddenly came up, I won't be home for a while. I have a business dinner tonight too, I'll be back later.]

She smiled miserably:

"Shen Lang, oh Shen Lang."

"Your wife didn't answer the phone, aren't you worried that something might have happened to her?"

"You just left a message and that's it? Couldn't you have shown even a little concern for me!"

"Even if you're just brushing me off, you could at least be sincere about it."

"I should have noticed sooner; I had noticed long ago... *sob*"

In the spacious house, only the sound of a woman's sorrowful weeping remained.

...

...

Meeting Bai Feng today was an accident; Zhao Xiaoshuai had just made a casual move, and the outcome no longer affected his emotions.

After delivering a few more packages, he passed by a small alley and suddenly saw several people gathered around something in the distance.

Walking closer, he saw it was a middle-aged woman who had collapsed on the ground for some unknown reason.

"There's no surveillance around here, I don't dare to go over and help her up."

Another person chimed in: "If this were in the past, I would have gone up without saying a word, but now I have elderly parents and young children to support. If I reach out, it could cost me one or two hundred thousand—I really don't dare to gamble on it."

"This isn't a solution either. Can one of you take my phone and record for me? In case something happens, everyone remember to be my witness." One person who couldn't stand it anymore wanted to help but was still hesitant; they just shouted without taking any action.

The onlookers grumbled, but none dared to take the risk.

Although there were multiple versions of the "truth" regarding that case from years ago, it was undeniable that the harm it caused had truly affected this generation.

If it were the young Zhao Xiaoshuai, he really couldn't imagine that such a scene would occur in the Northeast, a place known for its warmth and righteousness.

Just as the situation seemed to be at a stalemate, Zhao Xiaoshuai pushed through the crowd and stepped forward.

"Make way, I'm not afraid of being framed, let me handle this."

He briefly examined the woman; he couldn't tell what was wrong, only that her breathing was weak.

"She's still breathing, someone help me flag down a taxi!"

The onlookers quickly sprang into action, and soon they helped flag down a taxi.

The taxi driver frowned upon seeing the situation, but ultimately didn't say anything.

"Provincial University Hospital."

After getting in the car, he suddenly remembered that his electric scooter wasn't locked and still had two undelivered packages on it.

"The money deducted for this alone would make an ordinary courier cry. Such is life."

After finally arriving at the hospital, the driver helped him carry the middle-aged woman for a distance before hurriedly returning to his car and leaving.

He could very well understand the other party.

Regarding the debate of "to help or not to help," some voices online expressed that "this is just an excuse people use for the indifference in their hearts."

He didn't think so.

Before he had his cheat, he was the pillar of his entire family; he bore the future of his whole family on his shoulders alone.

At that time, he absolutely would not have dared to take on such a risk.

Even if the probability was very low, it still wouldn't do.

It wasn't about whether he wanted to or not; he simply didn't have the qualification.

He had always believed that neither the warm-hearted knights-errant nor the selfish, indifferent bystanders made up the majority of this world.

Most people are in that "middle ground"; many times, doing certain things is just a matter of a single thought—it could be done, or it could not be done.

So in this situation, a rumor that sounds very plausible carries a lot of weight in guiding people's actions.

This is the tragedy of the times.

Due to the unknown identity and unclear situation, the hospital was unwilling to easily accept the patient.

Zhao Xiaoshuai got into a big argument with them.

No matter how he reasoned, they just kept passing the buck. In the end, it was a woman dressed as a doctor who came out to take charge, and only then was the unconscious middle-aged woman successfully admitted.

That doctor had a pair of very beautiful eyes.

In the end, Zhao Xiaoshuai left behind a photocopy of his ID, his phone number, and paid an advance of 72,300 yuan for the "estimated hospitalization expenses" before he could leave the hospital.

If this were before, not to mention whether he would dare to do it, he wouldn't even be able to afford to pay the medical expenses.

The doctor who took charge was very experienced; she saw at a glance that the patient was likely suffering from a sudden cerebral infarction.

She immediately organized rescue efforts, and fortunately, because she was brought in on time, she safely passed the critical period.

After identifying the cause of the illness, the suspicion against the person from earlier was completely "cleared," but those who had questioned the loudest before didn't show any reaction.

At this moment, a very beautiful and sweet-looking young nurse walked up to the doctor.

"Sis, I told you, that man from earlier looked like a good person. It's so disheartening that he had to be given such a hard time for doing a good deed."

The doctor took off her mask, revealing herself to be a beauty who was no less stunning than her younger sister.

"I let you come for an internship so you would watch and listen more; many things are not that simple. At that time... they also had their own considerations."

The young nurse pouted, unconvinced. She pulled out her phone; she had just secretly taken a picture of the man who had performed the heroic deed.

She thought the way that man had pointed and scolded several staff members was very cool.