"This..."
Wang Hailong was speechless, inexplicably regretting bringing up the incident of Chen Xiao being falsely accused of stealing toys when he was a child.
Chen Xiao chuckled self-deprecatingly, then suddenly kicked Wang Dong, who was curled up on the ground, sending him spinning like a top across the floor.
"Thanks to you, I've been notorious since childhood, bearing countless slanders. Now that I've finally caught your son accusing someone of theft, I naturally have to vent my anger!"
"You..."
Wang Hailong watched with his own eyes as Wang Dong was knocked unconscious on the spot. He was both furious and anxious, wishing he could pounce and fight desperately. However, his belly was full and his body flabby, and he was no longer the brave man he once was. He didn't dare to go head-to-head with Chen Xiao, who was all about fists and feet. So, he knelt on the ground in despair, protecting Wang Dong and issuing a threat:
"Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao, you just wait. I'll make your mother personally apologize and compensate my son for his medical expenses! If Ji Shi Tang isn't bankrupt, my son will never be discharged from the hospital!"
"You want to stay in the hospital so badly? Then I'll send you to accompany your son."
Chen Xiao's anger intensified. He suddenly grabbed a heavy office chair nearby and swung it towards Wang Hailong.
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, Wang Hailong, his head bleeding, collapsed on the spot, the solid wood office chair shattering into pieces.
"Ah—"
Xu Jingyin screamed in fright, and uncontrollably pulled Xu Jingwen, who had stopped crying and was standing there stunned, and they fled downstairs in panic.
After running out of the school gate in the rain, she finally regained some composure. Then, while nervously calling the emergency center of the central hospital, she grabbed Xu Jingwen and continued to sprint.
Xu Jingwen, who was only about 1.4 meters tall, was already out of breath, but he couldn't help but look back frequently. When he saw the cool headlights of the Maserati appear at the school gate behind them, he suddenly shook off Xu Jingyin's hand:
"Sister, that big brother just now helped us, we haven't thanked him yet!"
As he spoke, he waved excitedly at the approaching Maserati with a face full of excitement.
Chen Xiao stopped the car by the roadside, a wry smile on his face. He apologized to the Xu Jingyin siblings:
"I have some personal grudges with that father and son, so I lost control of my hands for a moment. I must have scared you, right?"
His sallow face flushed red with excitement. He shook his head vigorously as if he had been injected with a stimulant:
"Big brother, Wang Dong always bullied me. If I wasn't worried about causing trouble and having Sister clean it up, I would have beaten him long ago!"
As he spoke, he had already gotten into the car and urged Xu Jingyin:
"Sister, why are you still standing there like an idiot? Get in the car quickly! Tsk tsk tsk, this is a Maserati, I've never ridden in one before!"
"This... that... I..."
The timid Xu Jingyin was still shaken, and her fear of Chen Xiao was evident in her expression. She reluctantly wanted to sit in the passenger seat with Xu Jingwen, but found that the passenger seat was filled with clutter besides Xu Jingwen. With no other choice, she lowered her head and squeezed into the passenger seat:
"Dr. Chen, I... I am very grateful for your help to my brother, but you publicly injured Wang Dong's father and son. They will definitely come looking for trouble with you. Hitting people feels good for a moment, but in the end, it's all about money..."
Glancing at the trembling Xu Jingyin beside him, Chen Xiao suddenly interjected:
"It always feels good to hit people."
"I..."
Xu Jingyin suddenly dared not speak, for fear that she would also be beaten by Chen Xiao if she continued. After much hesitation, she took out her phone to check her bank balance, her voice lowered:
"The commission in the emergency hall is high. Although I earn seven or eight thousand yuan a month, my expenses are even higher. I have to support my grandmother at home and pay for my brother's education, and I owe a large debt. For Wang Dong's father's medical expenses, I can only pay you after I get my salary each month, is that... is that okay?"
The more she spoke, the more wronged and embarrassed she became. By the time she finished speaking, her voice was filled with a strong sob, and she lowered her delicate forehead even further, subconsciously repeating her earlier words:
"Hitting people is actually about hitting money. I have no money, so I'm afraid of fighting. Please don't fight because of me anymore, okay?"
Wasn't this also Chen Xiao's heartfelt thought since childhood? Under the dim streetlights outside the car window, he looked at Xu Jingyin beside him, who was so helpless she seemed to have curled into a ball. He remained silent all the way until he dropped the Xu Jingyin siblings off at the downstairs of their rental apartment in the suburban development zone, and then he gently nodded:
"Okay."
"Thank you."
Xu Jingyin looked at Chen Xiao gratefully and then fled the car to open the rear door. She suddenly discovered that Xu Jingwen had fallen asleep at some point, and his forehead was frighteningly hot. She immediately became as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, constantly patting Xu Jingwen's face:
"Jingwen! Wake up! Dr. Chen has already taken us home..."
Chen Xiao quickly pushed open the door, got out of the car, and pulled Xu Jingyin aside. Then, he reached out to touch Xu Jingwen's forehead. The mysterious, wordless golden formula in his mind operated as he thought:
"Fever of 40 degrees Celsius!"