C29 You Are a Bunch of Beasts!

"Is there really a chance to save my mother?"

Zhang Xiaoyu, upon hearing these words, momentarily forgot about Zhang Tiesheng's scorn. Her face, slightly swollen, showed a flicker of excitement.

But her voice had barely faded when the mention of a five hundred thousand yuan medical fee plunged her into despair. To her, that amount was astronomical.

"Doctor, could you please start treating my mother? I promise I'll find a way to get the five hundred thousand," she pleaded, biting her lip as she implored the middle-aged doctor.

The doctor feigned concern, expressing regret, "Miss Zhang, as you know, our hospital isn't a charitable institution."

He continued, "And this exceptional doctor is quite eccentric. Without the fee upfront, it's rather problematic."

Zhang Xiaoyu's innocent face clouded over with hopelessness, prompting a sly smile from the doctor. "Miss Zhang, if you're truly desperate to save your mother, there might be another solution. That is, if you're willing..."

At this, a glimmer of hope sparked in Zhang Xiaoyu's eyes. Other concerns cast aside, she blurted out, "Doctor, I'll do anything to save her, even if it means working like an ox or a horse."

The doctor, seeing her take the bait, wasted no more words and showed his true colors. "I've heard that the esteemed doctor recently split from his girlfriend."

"If you could take her place, the treatment fee would naturally be waived."

Become... his girlfriend?

Zhang Xiaoyu's expression shifted sharply. Despite her naive appearance, she wasn't naive to the implications of the doctor's proposition. A 'girlfriend' in this context was nothing more than a plaything.

"Go to hell, you scum, you animals! Is this your way of saying you want to toy with my daughter?"

"And you dress it up in such pretty words!"

Before Zhang Xiaoyu could respond, her father, Zhang Tiesheng, erupted in fury.

She caught her breath, seeing her father's rage. Could it be that he had turned over a new leaf and started to care for her?

But that thought was fleeting; in the next moment, Zhang Tiesheng was cursing up a storm again.

"I'm telling you, if you want a piece of her, it's gonna cost you 100,000 yuan. Otherwise, forget about it!"

Those words hit Zhang Xiaoyu like a thunderbolt!

Despair filled her beautiful eyes, and tears streamed down her cheeks.

Her mother was gravely ill, yet her father showed no concern for the family. Worse, he was looking to sell her off!

"100,000 yuan?"

Initially, the middle-aged doctor was concerned that Zhang Tiesheng, with his seemingly principled stance, might spill the beans.

But upon hearing the sum of 100,000 yuan, he nearly burst into laughter.

True to form, the scumbag was selling his own daughter for a measly 100,000 yuan.

"Mr. Zhang, if your daughter takes good care of that 'miracle doctor,' forget 100,000—she could earn up to a million yuan."

The middle-aged doctor gave Zhang Tiesheng a sly smile, dangling a lucrative carrot in front of him.

The so-called miracle doctor was none other than himself.

But before getting his hands on Zhang Xiaoyu, he wouldn't dream of parting with 100,000 yuan—not by a long shot!

Still, if Zhang Xiaoyu did a good job, he might consider parting with 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

"A million?"

"Zhang Xiaoyu, what are you standing around for?"

"Get over there and take good care of that 'miracle doctor'!"

Zhang Tiesheng's greed was piqued by the middle-aged doctor's grand promise.

Seeing Zhang Xiaoyu with her head down, motionless, he lifted his arm, ready to strike her.

"Stop right there!"

A calm voice cut through the corridor's tension.

It wasn't loud, but it carried an icy edge.

"And who the hell are you?"

"Do I need your permission to discipline my own daughter?"

Zhang Tiesheng glared at Lin Chen, who approached with a challenging look.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is you're going to pay for what you've done!"

Lin Chen stepped up, his gaze icy as he confronted Zhang Tiesheng.

"You can keep your 'next door' price to yourself!"

Zhang Tiesheng was mid-curse when Lin Chen's hand cracked against his cheek with a slap.

"This is for being a father who doesn't care for his own daughter, and worse, for insulting her!"

"Smack!"

"This is for selling out your daughter for money!"

"Smack!"

"And this one's for failing as a husband, for treating your wife's life with such disregard!"

After several slaps, Zhang Tiesheng's face wasn't just swollen like a pig's head; his mind was reeling too.

"You damn nuisance, you little punk, have the guts to tell me who you are!"

"When the time comes, I swear I'll have someone take you out!"

Zhang Tiesheng, feeling the stinging pain on his cheek, shook his throbbing head and bellowed at Lin Chen.

How could he, Zhang Tiesheng, face the world if he didn't retaliate after being humiliated by a kid in public?

"I'm someone you can't afford to cross!"

Lin Chen declared, then delivered a fierce kick to his abdomen.

He grabbed Zhang Tiesheng by the neck, hoisting him into the air.

"If you ever trouble Xiaoyu and her mother again, I assure you," Lin Chen's voice was icy, "you'll wish you were dead!"

"Don't believe me? Go ahead and test me!"

Lin Chen's eyes blazed with lethal intent, sending shivers down everyone's spine, including Zhang Tiesheng and Zhang Xiaoyu. In their eyes, Lin Chen was a wrathful deity, and crossing him could mean certain death.

"Cough, cough, cough... Kid, no, sir, I... I won't dare again, I truly won't..."

Zhang Tiesheng, gasping for air and gripped by the fear of death, coughed violently as he was suspended by Lin Chen.

With difficulty, he pleaded for mercy.

"This time, for Xiaoyu's sake, I'll let you off with your life."

With those words, Lin Chen tossed Zhang Tiesheng aside like trash.

"Dad, rest assured, you could give me ten times the courage and I still wouldn't dare to mess with Xiaoyu again."

"If there's nothing else, I guess I'll be on my way?"

Watching his callous father address Lin Chen with such familial warmth left Zhang Xiaoyu standing beside them feeling bewildered.

"The show's not over yet. What's the rush?"

Lin Chen said this and then turned to the middle-aged doctor next to him.

"Zhang Changwen, Dr. Zhang, it's been a while. How have you been?"

At Lin Chen's words, the doctor's face beneath the mask betrayed a flicker of panic.

"Lin... Chen, I need to remind you, this is a hospital."

"Don't cause a scene, or our hospital security won't let you off easy!"

Zhang Changwen, realizing Lin Chen had seen through his guise, was visibly alarmed, yet he didn't hesitate to issue a threat.

The memory of Lin Chen giving Ann Lan a thrashing was still fresh in his mind.

This guy was not only formidable but a complete madman to boot.

Provoking him could come with a steep price.

"Acting recklessly?"

"Fine, let's start with this: the patient in this room is Xiaoyu's mother, correct?"

"She doesn't have cancer, so why are you treating her for it?"

Lin Chen, after posing these questions, couldn't help but let out a sardonic laugh.

Zhang Changwen was indeed a case of old habits dying hard.

He had used this same trick on Ann Lan's mother back in the day, and now he was exploiting someone else in the same way.

He was beyond redemption!

"How did you find out?"

"No, Lin Chen, you're making false accusations!"

"We run a legitimate hospital here, and all our treatments are by the book. You..."

Zhang Changwen was cut off by the sound of approaching footsteps.

Straightening up, he scoffed, "Lin Chen, you've interfered with my plans time and time again."

"Today, I'm going to make sure you pay dearly for it!"

"And as for Zhang Xiaoyu here, she's your girl, isn't she?"

"Just wait, I'll have a little 'fun' with her right before your eyes!"

"And let's not forget that little tramp, Ann Lan!"