Age of Dreams

() Sitting in the taxi, Taylor kept talking about Scott's son Andy. This young man, who is a little younger than himself, does his duty on weekdays, but he often comes into contact with a group of depraved young friends , so I occasionally do some small things that violate the law, such as drinking alcohol, racing cars, smoking marijuana while underage, but I will never do evil. This time it was just an accident. I didn't expect it to be such a big accident!

As soon as Xiao Qi heard it, he knew that this young man was a typical American middle-class child. Basically every middle-class child would do the things he did. Otherwise, how could the United States be called a decadent country?

It's strange to say that when they were young, they would be indulgent and decadent. Once they got to work, they would work conscientiously and honestly like a different person.

Such a huge contrast is sometimes incomprehensible even to experts and scholars in the United States, and I am afraid that it can only be explained by "they have grown up".

When I came to the hospital that Shirley mentioned, because it was night, there were not many people in the hospital, and there were only a middle-aged couple and two heavily armed policemen standing outside the operating room. There was a young man huddled in a corner. If you look carefully, you can see that there are shiny handcuffs on the young man's wrists.

Most of the middle-aged couple's energy was still focused on communicating with the police, but the two police officers were obviously a little impatient, and their eyes were more focused on the indicator lights in the operating room.

Before a high-level struggle is not involved, the American police can be regarded as relatively dedicated, and it is inevitable that there will be a few black apples occasionally. But more American police officers, the overall score is not low.

Seeing Taylor and Xiao Qi approaching, the two police officers thought they were the victim's family members, but when they saw Shirley walking up to meet them, they frowned and looked away.

"Sister Taylor!" The little boy also seemed very excited when he saw Taylor, and immediately wanted to stand up to speak, but the policeman next to him held his shoulders.

"Squat down for me!"

The policeman said to him viciously.

Although it is limited by law, it is impossible for the police to directly punish the sixteen-year-old him, but the words and deeds of the police are indistinguishable. It still makes people feel their annoyance.

The little boy was tall, with bruises on his face and body, and his clothes were torn, but fortunately, he was bandaged and there was nothing serious.

"Sorry, Taylor~~" Shirley walked to the girl's side in two or three steps, hugging her gently, "I really can't find anyone else to help... We will have a meeting with that child's parents soon, You help watch Andy here. Don't let him get away, you know?"

"Don't worry. Aunt Shirley, I will watch him."

Taylor nodded seriously.

Driving without a license, driving under the influence of alcohol, and bumping into people are exaggerated enough. If it is escape, the judge may not be able to pass the jury no matter how lenient they are. Then, the life of the little boy Andy will be destroyed.

What's more, the public prosecutors in New York are notoriously strict. People who want to punish criminals all day long to show their impartiality, this time they seized such an example of a typical middle-class depraved child, how could they not make use of it?

"How's the situation?" Taylor asked Shirley in a low voice after walking aside.

"The rescue is still going on inside, anyway the situation is not optimistic." Shirley frowned and said, "The hospital's test results for Andy have also come out. It belongs to drinking and driving, not drunk driving... This is the luck of misfortune. "

Drinking driving and drunk driving are two different concepts, the difference is very big, so Shirley still has a little luck.

But in Xiao Qi's view. Things are definitely more complicated than Shirley thought.

The laws of the United States are quite perfect, at least in this matter, there is no room for maneuver.

Scott was obviously aware of this too, from his clenched hands and frowning contemplative expression, it was clear that he was thinking about how to deal with the problem.

"Son! Where's my son?!"

At this moment, a shrill voice came in from outside, followed by a couple in their thirties, led by a policeman, they rushed to the operating room here, trying to He wanted to rush in to have a look, but was desperately blocked by the two police officers who stayed behind.

"Calm down, sir, ma'am!" The policeman, who was fierce just now, acted resolutely, but his tone was calm: "Your child is being rescued. I asked the nurse. The condition is fine. Please wait patiently. Interfere with the doctor's treatment!"

As soon as the last sentence came out, the couple immediately shut up, even the crying stopped, and the mother tightly covered her mouth, choking silently.

Scott quickly stood up and walked to their side: "Sir, madam, I'm sorry, I... ah!"

Undoubtedly, the man punched him heavily in the face, with such force that Scott fell on his back.

The three police officers watched from the sidelines, but they didn't intend to stop them.

Even if it is wrong to hit someone, the police are still human, so they will naturally have their own biases - don't doubt, in the United States, the police are very autonomous, as long as the law allows, they are usually willing to be very human. Law enforcement is not rigid and cold.

Seeing his father being beaten, Andy became anxious, rushed over quickly, and shouted: "I was the one who hit your son! Don't hit my father! Hit me!"

Seeing such a young Andy, the man's expression froze, and he raised his fist subconsciously, but this time, the policeman next to him grabbed his arm: "Sir, this young man is not yet an adult, you can't do it!" .”

"Underage?" The man trembled all over, lowered his voice, and roared angrily, "How can a minor drive? How did his parents teach him? What a bastard!"

Scott is not an ordinary person either, he was beaten so badly that his mouth was bleeding, he still struggled to get up with Shirley's support, "I'm sorry, we didn't want to do this either...but now that the accident has happened, why don't we go Sit down next to us and have a talk and see how to deal with it?"

"No time!"

The child's mother said coldly: "I have to wait until my son's operation! If my son is injured in any way, I swear that I will send your son to jail!"

Until now, the couple didn't know that Andy was driving under the influence of alcohol, otherwise the anger would have deepened.

After all, if there is an accident, everyone can barely accept it.

But if this kind of accident happened because of subjective reasons, it must be unforgivable-the American people also don't have the virtue of complaining with virtue.

ps: It's 12,000 in the sixth update again, I'm so tired that I can hardly lift my hands...