As soon as Xia Canglan saw the dean arrive with a group of security guards, her eyes darted around. She pretended to hide behind the crowd, but before she could even find a good spot to watch the drama unfold, she was pulled aside.
“Lanlan, how are you? Are you alright? I just heard that a nurse at the hospital was kidnapped by thugs. Could it be you?”
Xia’s father anxiously examined his daughter, worried that she might have leaked or bled.
“Uh, Dad, why are you here too? It’s too dangerous here. You should go back to your office.”
Xia Canglan caught Zhou Fumei’s evasive gaze out of the corner of her eye and immediately understood.
Wow, this little chubby girl is quite bold, daring to tattle on her father. I’ll deal with her when we get back.
Mr. Xia frowned. “Lanlan, you know it’s dangerous here, why did you come alone? You asked me to go back because you were worried, but don’t you think I’m worried about you too?”
“Uh, no, Dad, I’m going to help in the operating room. How could I possibly run to a dangerous place? Your daughter isn’t stupid.
Besides, you’re the hospital director, there are so many patients waiting for you in your office. It’s good that the director is here.”
The director, who was just there for show: “…”
Wasn’t he afraid of danger?
Mr. Xia looked around, unable to see the situation clearly, but what his daughter said wasn’t wrong. It was good that the director was here.
When he came out, there were indeed patients in the office, and he couldn’t just leave them there.
“Lanlan, you should know when to stop. Don’t go over there. What if those people start fighting and accidentally hit you too? Run if you need to, understand?”
“Okay, okay, Dad, let’s go.”
After finally seeing Xia’s father off, Xia Canglan wiped away her cold sweat. Out of the corner of her eye, she grabbed the little chubby girl who was trying to run away.
“Little chubby girl, you’ve got some nerve. You even dare to—”
“Damn it, just because you’re the hospital director doesn’t mean you can be so great. I’m handling my own affairs. What right do you, the director, have to tell me what I’m handling?”
The two gossipy girls’ eyes lit up instantly. They huddled together, took out some snacks, and stood in the best spot to watch the drama unfold.
The director’s face darkened. “I don’t care what you’re handling, but you can’t cause trouble in the hospital, and you can’t do anything to my patients, or I’ll definitely take action.”
The thug leader laughed loudly,
“Oh, I’m so scared, you old geezer, are you sure you want to hold onto this damn scum?”
The damn scum, Ji Wuren, crawled on the ground with a ferocious expression, his hands covered in blood, struggling to stay afloat.
“Save me… anyone who saves me, I—I’ll give them ten thousand yuan, quick, save me…”
“Hiss!” The onlookers were stunned by the reward.
One of the bolder members of the crowd, his eyes darting around, immediately shouted,
“Are you sure you’re going to save me? You’ll really give us ten thousand yuan? Cash?”
Ji Wuren nodded weakly, saying,
“My family is rich. If you save me and kill this guy, I’ll give each of them ten thousand yuan.”
Xia Canglan caught a glimpse of the thug leader’s eyes flashing with sarcasm, a wicked smile playing on his lips, an excited expression of anticipation for trouble. How perverted!
“Tsk tsk,”
Xia Canglan thought to herself, “none of them are kind people. But there might be an even bigger show to watch later.
” “I’ll save you! In broad daylight, I refuse to believe anyone would be so lawless as to harm someone.”
A fat, middle-aged man raised his hand.
“Me too!”
“With me and the rest of us, plus the security guards the director brought, we can definitely drive these thugs out of the hospital.”
Four or five men stepped forward, each speaking very politely. If their eyes hadn’t revealed greed for money, they might have believed them.
The thug leader raised an eyebrow, a wicked smile playing on his lips.
“Brothers, did you hear that? Don’t hold back later. Let these guys see what happens when they mess with Huo Ba. They won’t leave without some interest.”
Huo Ba?
In an instant, the faces of the men who had just been shouting to teach someone a lesson changed drastically.
One of them asked in a trembling voice, “What did you say? You are Huo Ba’s men?”
Huo Ba, the Huo family started as generals in their ancestors’ generation. Later, they couldn’t stand the corrupt practices of the court and retired to the mountains with their troops early on.
When war broke out, Huo Ba was the first to take the lead in killing all the local people who came here. He also sent a lot of supplies and weapons to the troops, which totaled more than tens of thousands of yuan.
At the time, the top leader clearly stated that the Huo family were truly comrades-in-arms who cared for the people and dared to take responsibility.
The Huo family patriarch even took a group photo with the various leaders, which still hangs in the center of their house.
Anyone who dared to offend the Huo family was offending not only the youngest but also the older generation, and even more terrifyingly.
The Huo family members were also notoriously stingy, fiercely protective of their own, always siding with their relatives regardless of right or wrong, and incredibly domineering.
Their reputation was utterly appalling, enough to bring tears to one’s eyes.
The gang leader—the youngest son of the Huo family, now the head of the household—Huo Xuan sneered, looking at the cowardly followers who wanted to back down.
“What? Are you still going to save him or not? If you don’t come to his rescue, he’ll really be crippled. Ten thousand yuan, that’s enough for you to live on for a lifetime, right? Are you sure you really don’t want to try again?”
“Maybe you’ll actually succeed?” Huo Xuan grinned wickedly.
The group exchanged glances, some tempted by Huo Xuan’s words, but the fat, burly man retreated in terror, waving his hands frantically,
“I…I don’t want the money, I’m leaving now!” He quickly ran away without hesitation.
The remaining four fought back,
“Damn it, I’ll fight you to the death!”
“I’d rather die than give up my money, anyone who dares to come near me I’ll beat them up.”
“…”
“Bang bang bang, slap slap slap…”
“Awooo~~”
In less than a minute, the four men were beaten to a pulp. They stared in disbelief at the motionless dean and the security guards behind him.
Perhaps their accusations were too obvious, the dean shifted uncomfortably,
“Ahem, well, it wasn’t me who stopped them, it’s just that they were too scared to come forward, I couldn’t do anything about it, I didn’t even have time to say anything before you guys rushed out.”
Xia Canglan chuckled inwardly; this dean still liked to make his words sound so elegant.
Zhou Fumei whispered in her ear, “Lanlan, that scumbag is trying to escape. I wonder if the gang leader has noticed?”
Xia Canglan’s eyes darted around, and she certainly saw Ji Wuren trying to sneak out in the chaos.
Unfortunately, he didn’t see Huo Xuan’s gaze fixed on him. Escaping was going to be difficult.
Sure enough—
“Ahhhhhh~~ Ughhh…” A heart-wrenching scream escaped Ji Wuren’s lips as a rag was stuffed into his mouth.
Huo Xuan grabbed Ji Wuren’s hair, grinning maliciously,
“Come on, tell me, why did you kidnap my little sister?”