Chapter 48: Suspend

"You can come whenever you want!" On the phone, Flora's mother, Raisley, said indifferently. "At ten in the morning on Saturday, Xinhai Tree Funeral Garden."
"Tree funeral?" Su Yutan hesitated slightly when he heard the way of the funeral.
In the space era, mainstream funeral methods include: tombs, tower burials, water burials, tree burials, and space burials.
Tombs and tower burials are more traditional funeral methods, suitable for people with more traditional concepts.
Water funerals and tree funerals are more environmentally friendly, and people who like nature usually choose these two methods.
Burial in space is a more desirable way for those who yearn for the stars and love freedom.
Su Yutan feels that Flora may prefer space burial.
Because she likes "Wandering All Stars" so much, she is very familiar with astronomical terms such as globular clusters, spiral galaxies, Cepheid variable stars, absolute magnitudes and so on. In her usual conversation, she also unconsciously showed her curiosity and longing for the starry sky.
She told Rathley the idea.
Raisley said ironically, "Do you think you know her well?"
Su Yutan said with patience: "I dare not say that I understand it, but I still have a certain degree of certainty."
She also explained the reason for this judgment.
Lei Sili said impatiently: "You social workers are really annoying! When Flora is alive, you point and paint, how to bury Flora when you die, and you continue to point and paint, and it is disgusting. I want Bury with a tree, what can you do with me? Go to court and sue me! "
After speaking, she hung up the phone directly and no longer gave Su Yutan any chance to speak.
Su Yutan stayed for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly.
She felt bad. If Flora didn't go that sudden, she might have a chance to explain it.
On Flora's funeral day, the sky was very gloomy, just like Su Yutan's mood.
At the funeral, Su Yutan first met Flora's father, Bandy, face to face.
Bandy is a lawyer with a gloomy temperament. When he saw Su Yutan, he sneered at the corner of his mouth and looked at her deeply.
Su Yutan noticed his expression, but she was too lazy to think deeply.
Today, sending away Flora is the most important thing.
In addition to Flora's parents, several relatives from her family and several doctors and nurses familiar with Flora came to the funeral.
Miss Cindy is still in the isolation ward, so the only social worker who came to the funeral was Su Yutan.
The method of tree burial is very simple: dig a pit in the tree funeral garden, put the ashes on the bottom of the pit, plant a tree that the deceased loved in his life, and set up a small tombstone in front of the tree. Funeral It's finished.
The procedure for Flora's funeral is also simple. Except for the emperor of the tree funeral garden, who briefly introduced Flora's life, no one spoke.
It's not that no one wants to say something, but that the funeral rituals are set by the family. If the family members do not invite guests to speak, it is difficult for others to say much.
Su Yutan could only say to Flora silently in his heart: I'm sorry!
No crying, no tears, no eulogy.
In a cold and quiet atmosphere, Flora was buried quietly.
From then on, she was accompanied only by an ornate columbarium and a cypress tree that she did not know whether she would like.
At the end of the funeral, Flora's parents quickly left and did not say hello to those who attended the funeral.
The others were a little sad and left in silence.
Su Yutan stood alone in front of Flora's tombstone.
I do not know when the drizzle began to fall, wet her hair and shoulders, and wet her heart. She wanted to cry a lot but couldn't cry.
The slight footsteps sounded and came to her from a distance.
A large black umbrella was blocked above her head, and a familiar atmosphere appeared on her side.
Su Yutan turned his head subconsciously, not accidentally seeing Qiao Wangchuan's handsome face.
He smiled gently at her, and said only four words gently: "I am with you."
This morning, Qiao Wangchuan sent Su Yutan to the tree funeral garden.
Qiao Wangchuan didn't know Flora and was not invited, so he was not an unwelcome guest at the funeral. Before, he stood and watched from a distance until the others were gone, and he came over this umbrella.
In Qingqing Cemetery, a small sapling just planted and a tombstone just erected, an umbrella and two people stood quietly for a long time.
The drizzle fell and shrouded them like smoke.
Rain silk slowly condensed into water droplets on the treetops of the young saplings, crystal clear like tears of angels.
One week after Flora's funeral, Su Yutan was suddenly called to a meeting of the Social Affairs Bureau.
The reason: Flora's lawyer's father, Bandy, brought both Fusheng Hospital and Xinhai Social Affairs Bureau to court for huge compensation.
The complaint stated: Su Yutan, a social worker of the Xinhai Social Affairs Bureau, misconducted and took Flora out of the hospital without the consent of his guardian, which indirectly led to Flora's death.
Su Yutan felt ridiculous.
How could she become "without the consent of her guardian" when she obviously asked Raisili for her consent? If Bandy wants to find someone to claim, he should also find the perpetrator of the takeoff dish collision?
When she rushed to the conference room, she found that there were already a dozen people in the conference room.
Her immediate supervisor, Tang En, and the leaders of the Social Work Section, the Uninsured Department, and the Social Affairs Bureau were present. Several people, including Avril Lavigne, also came from the Legal Affairs Office and the Public Relations Office.
Avril is responsible for briefing you.
The serial crash of the take-off dish that led to Flora's death was a young man in his early 20s named Mao Zhuang.
On the day of the accident, his flying saucer suddenly changed its established flight path and speed, and hit another flying saucer, which led to a serious accident in which the flying saucer collided.
The police found the black box of Mao Zhuang ’s flying saucer. After investigation, it was believed that the cause of the accident was that Mao Zhuang had illegally driven by hand over the city.
The flying saucer's automatic driving system will apply for a route to the global transportation network before the flying saucer takes off.
When the global transportation network assigns routes, it will also strictly limit its flight rhythm: take off at a few minutes and seconds, at what speed to fly out of the disc library, and in which acceleration zone and how much, and where Lane, which flight segment maintains which speed, and finally which disc library or temporary parking point ...
In the city, so many flying saucers come and go.
The reason why they do not collide with each other, and the fact that they can converge into layers of spectacular
stacking flows
is based on the precise command of the global transportation network and the precise execution of the flying saucer autonomous driving system.
It is impossible for a person's executive ability to achieve that level of precision.
The autonomous driving system is based on the artificial intelligence of the "Earth Alliance Traffic Safety Law". It will fly strictly in accordance with the restricted rhythm, and will never have any driving behavior that affects traffic safety.
Therefore, the "Earth Alliance Traffic Safety Law" prohibits anyone from manually driving a flying saucer within the city limits.
When the flying saucer is flying over the city, the passenger cannot switch the flying saucer from the automatic driving state to the manual driving state unless he or she has illegally modified the flying saucer.
Mao Zhuang illegally modified his flying saucer, and added a back door to the flying saucer control system that can be switched to manual driving at any time.
On the day of the accident, he did not know for whatever reason, using this control of the back door, forcibly switched the flying saucer from an automatic driving state to a manual driving state.
At that time, the flying saucer was too fast, and he failed to control it, which led to the accident.
In the accident, three flying saucers were affected; two buildings below the accident airspace were hit by flying saucers, the offices of four companies were damaged; and four buses were damaged in the streets and squares.
Two people died and 17 were injured in the accident. One of the two dead was Mao Zhuang, and the other was Flora.
This loss can be said to be quite heavy.
However, because the flying saucer has been illegally modified, the flying saucer manufacturing company is not liable for compensation.
Because Mao Zhuang had switched the flying saucer from automatic driving to manual driving at the time of the accident, the global transportation network did not assume liability for compensation.
Therefore, the only person responsible for this serious traffic accident is Mao Zhuang.
However, Mao Zhuang has already died in the accident. The little legacy he left behind is not enough to compensate the accidental loss.
If the victim has bought accident insurance or property insurance, he can get a little compensation from the insurance company.
If the victim has not bought the corresponding insurance, basically he can only bear the loss himself.
Unexpectedly, Bandy could find another way to claim from the hospital and the Social Affairs Bureau.
The director of the Social Affairs Bureau is named Sun. He asked the Chief of the Legal Affairs Department, Zhou: "We have all seen Xiao Su's work video just now. She took the child's mother's consent before taking the child out of the hospital. Why did the court want Accept this case? "
Director Zhou is a gray-haired lady who looks very smart.
She explained: "This involves a controversial point: After the consent of the child's mother, is it still necessary to obtain the consent of the child's father?
"In terms of human relationships and habits, whether it is to go to the hospital for surgery, to go to school to enroll their children or whatever, it only requires the consent of a parent. This is a convention.
"However, in the current marriage and family law, spousalism is a fundamental proposition. Jurisprudentially speaking, it can be determined that before divorce, the rights of parents to guard their children are equal and independent.
"Although Bandy and Rathley divorced on the day of Flora's funeral. When the accident happened, they were still married.
"In this case, Xiao Su only sought the consent of the child's mother and did not seek the consent of Bandy, which means that Bandy's custody of the child was indeed ignored. Bandy accused us and argued that Compensation is not untenable. This is why the court accepted the case. "
The people in the conference room were dumb.
Su Yutan also paused. She thought that she had been cautious enough in her usual time, but did not expect that there would be such a big pit waiting for her.
"Then what is the chance that we will win the case?" It was still the Master.
Chief Zhou shook his head and said with some anxiety: "Although there is no specific jurisprudence to refer to, I estimate that we are more likely to lose."
"Why?" Director Sun frowned, his face full of doubts, "Is there no law in this issue? Is there no law, our social workers are not illegal. Why do we lose the law?
Some other people in the conference room were also very confused.
Director Zhou said: "If the law is not explicitly provided, it is based on custom and legal principles. But whether to follow" customs "or" legal principles "has been debated in the legal profession for hundreds of years. In recent decades, it has been ' First according to law, 'has prevailed.
"29 years ago, there was a pK of jurisprudence and human customs. That time, jurisprudence won. This time, I guess that jurisprudence will prevail."
Director Sun paused, and then asked: "Can you seek reconciliation out of court?"
Chief Zhou shook his head again: "I'm afraid it's difficult. Because we went to the magistrate's court to accuse Bandy and his ex-wife and won the case, making Bandy's reputation in the lawyers world.
"He sued us this time, with obvious intent to retaliate, and the possibility of agreeing to reconciliation is very low, unless we pay him huge compensation. I don't agree with paying huge compensation to settle with him."
"Why don't you agree?"
Director Zhou said: "The first reason: In this case, whether we have made a mistake is open to question. Even if we actually lose the lawsuit in the end, we may not lose the hearts of the people. There will certainly be many people supporting us;
"The second reason: our money is financial allocation. If there is a large amount of compensation, we need to explain it to the taxpayer; if we do not fight for it, we will directly compensate, which will have a greater and worse impact on our reputation. "
Director Sun thought for a while and asked the others in the conference room: "What do you think?"
Several chiefs in the conference room all agreed to a lawsuit with Bandy.
Su Yutan was just a small shrimp. He didn't get a chance to speak, but he also strongly agreed to a lawsuit.
She wondered if the judge and the public would think she was wrong.
"Then bring a lawsuit with him." The director decided.
After making a decision, Director Sun started to arrange a lawsuit and discussed with the people in the public relations office about external publicity.
In the end, he said to Su Yutan, "Xiao Su, although I don't think you have done wrong, now that you have this lawsuit, you are on the cusp. According to the rules, we have to suspend your duties. This ... you understand? "
Su Yutan only smiled bitterly: "I can understand."
"That's good!" Director Sun smiled and comforted her. "Don't be burdened with thoughts. Just as Director Zhou said, even if we lose the lawsuit, we may not lose hearts. During this time, you will be fine Take a break, walk around and relax. "
Su Yutan can only thank the leaders for their concern.
After the meeting, Tang En comforted Su Yutan and left in a hurry.
Cindy is still in the isolation ward. It was originally Su Yutan's class on behalf of Cindy. But now, Su Yutan can't replace the class, Cindy's class has to be shared equally with the others in the group. Everyone has to work overtime again!
Su Yutan looked at the back of Tang En's hurried departure, and was very confused.
She felt that her career as a social worker was really a disaster. Why did she catch up with her? Was it Shui Ni or did she rush into this business?
She grabbed Avril and asked, "How long will this case take?"
Avril gave her a soothing smile and said softly, "One or two months. Don't think too much, maybe things are not as serious as Director Zhou said."
Su Yutan hugged Ai Weier and expressed her gratitude silently.
When Ai Weier was busy with the case, she trot caught up with Chief Zhou and disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Su Yutan stood alone outside the conference room for a while, then slowly walked into the underground disc library, got on his own flying saucer, and felt depressed.
She just wants to be a good social worker and do something for the children who have been treated unfairly. Why is she always facing such troubles?
She was preparing to go home for a while, and Qiao Wangchuan suddenly made a video call.
He seemed to have just come out of the laboratory, and while taking off his lab coat, he said to her, "I'll come to you right away. Are you still in the underground library of the Social Affairs Bureau? Just waiting for me."
Su Yutan could not help but smile bitterly: "Did you hear anything?"
Qiao Wangchuan nodded: "Yes! Miss Avril told me the situation. Don't worry, no matter what happens, I will stand by your side."
Su Yutan sighed: "Thank you! However, you don't have to leave your job to find me, I'm fine."
Qiao Wangchuan said without hesitation: "No matter what is all right, you need an emotional vent today. I don't want to see you accumulate more negative emotions in your heart, that will not do you any good."
Su Yutan was silent, and no longer objected, but said, "You don't have to come here. I'm preparing to go home, you come to my house to find me!"