In the hospital, the three members of the Qiao family occupied three consecutive beds, neatly arranged. Even so, members of the Qing Gang made their regular visits right on schedule. Doctors and nurses wisely found things to busy themselves with when the time came—what exactly they busied themselves with didn't really matter.
Since Du Shaofeng was still locked up at the station, they would just play the waiting game. Beating people and issuing threats were crimes, plain and simple. Once you commit a crime, you have to face the music; fines should be levied, arrests made, and detentions served.
The Qing Gang was fully cooperative, content to see who could outlast whom. While Du Shaofeng was surely living it up in detention as if he were at home, the three members of the Qiao family spent every waking moment in the hospital trembling with fear and anxiety. Not a single person dared to help them arrange a transfer to another hospital, and they themselves couldn't move an inch.
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