Chapter 170 - 168: Accident
As usual, the special police team’s vehicle arrived punctually at the entrance of Chen Xin’s refuge, bringing the supplies for exchange while also preparing to transport the vegetables Chen Xin had produced this month.
What’s strange to Chen Xin was that it was not Qin Lan accompanying the car today, but the young officer who had come before along with another officer he didn’t recognize.
"Why are you guys here today, isn’t Lan coming?" Chen Xin asked the two officers retrieving goods, furrowing his brow.
Qin Lan had previously agreed with him to come and stay for two days every month when fetching the goods. She wasn’t someone who would break her word; unless something had delayed her, Qin Lan would never miss the appointment.
Sure enough, asked about why Qin Lan hadn’t come, the two officers exchanged glances, with expressions of hesitation and unease appearing on their faces.
This made Chen Xin increasingly worried, he asked the two nervously, "What’s happened to Lan? Did something happen?"
"This... Chen, don’t be nervous, Lan didn’t come because she got injured and is currently in the hospital!" The young officer, who had come before, hurriedly tried to soothe Chen Xin’s emotions, knowing that his relationship with Qin Lan was not ordinary, he quickly explained the situation: "Yesterday, Lan went on a mission, and an accident occurred, she got shot by a stray bullet in the shoulder and is now receiving treatment in the hospital."
Perhaps to assuage Chen Xin’s worries, the young officer added reassuringly: "Chen, don’t worry too much, Lan was only grazed by the bullet, the situation isn’t serious, the doctor is just worried about her wound getting infected, that’s why she’s hospitalized, she really is fine!"
Listening to the young officer’s explanation, Chen Xin’s face completely darkened, he hadn’t imagined Qin Lan would encounter such an incident.
Though the young officer seemed to downplay the severity, saying it was just a graze, anyone could think and deduce that being grazed by a bullet implies there had been a gunfight - where else would the stray bullet come from?