On the third floor of the hospital, in the surgical inpatient departnt.
At this mont, with the arrival of a group of people, the entire floor had been cleared out, leaving only the departnt head to stand guard outside.
So of the evicted patients and their families stood outside the cordon, pointing and whispering, furious but not daring to speak out.
"What is this? On what grounds are they kicking us out? This hospital is huge. Do they think they own the place?"
"Keep your voice down if you don't want trouble. They say it's the Luo Family. You know Luo Yunhai, who just retired from the Elders' Court? He's the Family Head of this Luo Family."
"I just can't stand it. Why do we have to be thrown out just because the Luo Family is here? Are we not people? Don't we need dical care?"
All sorts of discussions filled the air. However, even the complaints were kept to a whisper; no one dared to shout wantonly. That was the Luo Family, after all. How could common folk like them dare to cause offense?
The hospital director in charge of security cast a disdainful glance at the crowd. The smirk on his face and his rigid posture seed to declare that he was not of the sa class as these dregs of society.
Chen Yang, who had just arrived, gleaned the gist of the situation from their murmurs. Just as he had suspected, mbers of the Luo Family had indeed co.
They couldn't have co all this way just to visit those girls and give them so consolation money, could they?
Surveying the scene, Chen Yang's eyes quickly landed on a middle-aged woman inside the cordon. Dressed in a blue-and-white porcelain-patterned cheongsam, she was flanked by a large entourage as she walked forward.
Perhaps she dislikes the sll in here?
She held a silk handkerchief to her nose and mouth, her eyes and carefully made-up face revealing a thick, undisguised layer of disgust. With each step, her embroidered shoes trod carefully, as if she were afraid of stepping on sothing unclean that might ruin her mood, or even her appetite for the entire day.
Nearing fifty, she still possessed a lingering charm. The sway of her hips, though not deliberate, exuded a coquettishness typically seen only in young won. It had to be said that her temperant was utterly out of place, clashing starkly with the hospital's atmosphere.
Chen Yang's eyes narrowed slightly, the coldness on his face slowly receding.
Yang Hu had already started a conversation with the hospital director guarding the cordon, using his glib tongue to strike up a cheerful rapport with the man.
"There's nothing to be done. You'll just have to wait for the people inside to co out." Faced with Yang Hu's flattery and sweet-talk, the middle-aged, balding man wavered but ultimately shook his head and refused. He grinned, revealing a set of yellow, smoke-stained teeth.
His voice wasn't quiet, drawing the gazes of many people nearby. Even the noble middle-aged woman walking toward one of the patient rooms turned her head with a frown. After a brief word with an attendant, she paid them no more mind, though the look of disgust on her face only intensified.
"Go on, there's no room for negotiation on this," the director, whose na was Shen Kun, said, waving his hand dismissively. He had already accepted a handso sum from the Luo family. Since he had taken their money, he naturally had to do a beautiful job for them.
"Fine, fine." Yang Hu didn't press the matter, asking instead with feigned ignorance, "Director, what's going on here?"
"Them? They're from the Luo Family," Shen Kun said, gesturing for Yang Hu to light his cigarette before continuing. "The family of Luo Yunhai, the forr Great Elder of the Elders' Court."
"I've heard of them," Yang Hu said, lighting a cigarette for himself as well.
"A couple of days ago, a few young, beautiful girls were admitted here. They looked so honest and innocent; I had a pretty good impression of them. But today, after hearing what Madam Luo had to say, I found out they're just a bunch of little wretches who specialize in seducing the sons of rich families to blackmail them."
Shen Kun shook his head in disbelief, a gloating expression then appearing on his face. What he failed to notice was the cold, murderous glint that suddenly flashed in Yang Hu's tiger-like eyes.
Shen Kun continued, "The Luo family said that Young Master Luo Chen saw through their sche and taught them a lesson. But who would have thought that those little wretches would actually hire assassins to kill him and then turn around to play the victim! Tell , isn't that just devoid of all conscience? Fortunately, the mbers of the Luo Family are all broad-minded. They're just here today to make those little wretches publicly confess to their despicable actions. They don't intend to give them any real trouble. Otherwise, with the Luo Family's power, killing them would be as easy as snapping their fingers, right?"
Madam Luo?
Standing to the side, Chen Yang had heard everything clearly. He naturally guessed that the woman being fawned over by the crowd was most likely Luo Chen's mother. The video of Luo Chen taken before his death had put the Luo Family in the eye of the storm, making them the target of public condemnation. How could they let things continue like this? Especially for a mother whose son was about to be buried; she would naturally want to find a way to clear his na. Thus, she had orchestrated this private little spectacle.
"I must say, these great families are on another level. If it were anyone else, they would probably be baying for their blood," Shen Kun concluded. He was not only self-righteous but also wore an expression of profound respect, as if he shared in their glory.
"So that's how it is." Grasping the whole situation, Yang Hu curled his lips into a sneer. The one who deserved to die is already dead, yet they won't even let the survivors live in peace? Kicking up such a fuss just to whitewash the na of that dead scion? And how do they plan to do it? Force those traumatized girls to stand before the dia and confess that they were the ones who tried to seduce and blackmail him, making Luo Chen out to be the real victim? Just to stop the public from cursing their family na?
"I've t plenty of shaless people, but I've never seen anyone this shaless," Yang Hu sighed, shaking his head. Do the rich and powerful really get to do whatever they want?
Though seemingly muttered to himself, his words made Shen Kun fly into a rage.
"Who are you calling shaless? Kid, I had a feeling you were bad news from the start. Are you here to cause trouble?" Shen Kun's face darkened as he dropped his earlier cheerful deanor. "The Luo family is magnanimous and benevolent, rely trying to clear their dead son's na, and you have the gall to call them shaless?"
Yang Hu laughed.
Broad-minded and kind-hearted? If he hadn't personally witnessed Luo Chen's beastly behavior, he might have actually believed that.
"What are you laughing at?" Yang Hu's ill-tid laughter completely ignited Shen Kun's fury. "Am I wrong? If they weren't benevolent, how could the noble Madam Luo deign to set foot in a place like this?"
HUFF.
Yang Hu blew a cloud of smoke into Shen Kun's face, a cold smile playing on his lips. "So you're saying you were there? You saw it with your own eyes? Is that why you're so certain?"
"No," Shen Kun said, undeterred as he stood his ground. "I trust Madam Luo, and I know…"
"Is she your mother? You know her that well?"
Shen Kun was speechless.
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