As soon as Ye Qingtian finished speaking, the more than twenty professional thugs following behind him immediately rushed forward like they had been injected with chicken blood, surrounding Chen Xiao. They all had fierce expressions and exuded hostility.
However, Ye Tiezhu was right at Chen Xiao's feet, so none of them dared to make the first move. They could only shout insults at Chen Xiao, aiming to show their loyalty to the Ye father and son.
Ye Qingtian, instead of advancing, retreated. As soon as he finished speaking, he had already stepped back several paces.
After all, in his memory, Ye Tiezhu's martial arts attainment before his disappearance had already far surpassed Leng Shan at that time. Now that he had returned in glory, he must be even more formidable.
But the Ye Tiezhu, who he thought was invincible, was now curled up on the ground, covering his head like a helpless cripple, enduring Chen Xiao's beating.
Recalling Long Xiaolin, who had been inexplicably hospitalized, and Leng Shan, who couldn't be contacted for the life of him, he suddenly realized that perhaps he had underestimated Chen Xiao's capabilities from the very beginning.
In an instant, his face turned as ugly as if he had eaten shit. Cold sweat poured down his forehead, his heart pounded, and he was filled with inexplicable terror.
If it weren't for his pride, he would have taken the opportunity to abandon Ye Tiezhu and run.
"Young Master Tian, how can you expect me to die without a burial place if you hide so far away? I remember you used to be quite arrogant. What happened, did you get scared after spending a few days in Juxian Mountain Prison?"
Chen Xiao completely ignored the group of cursing thugs and looked directly at Ye Qingtian, his expression filled with undisguised disdain. As he spoke, he kicked Ye Tiezhu on the ground again.
"Ah—"
Ye Tiezhu let out a pig-like scream and frantically threatened Chen Xiao:
"You... you... Chen, if you don't want to die, hurry up and let me go! Otherwise... otherwise, my son will personally chop you into meat paste!"
"What a joke! I don't even bother with you, why would I fear your son?"
Chen Xiao stepped on Ye Tiezhu's face and continued to say to Ye Qingtian:
"Young Master Tian, don't retreat. Didn't you see your father is counting on you to save the situation?"
As he spoke, he suddenly swept his cold gaze across the surrounding professional thugs who were cursing, his tone suddenly sharp:
"A bunch of trash who are willing to be lackeys for a few bucks, if you don't want to see me stomp Ye Tiezhu's face into pulp, get lost immediately! If something unfortunate happens to your Chairman Ye, I certainly won't fear the consequences, but what about you?"
"..."
As his words fell, the twenty-odd professional thugs who had been spewing profanities a moment ago fell silent. Then, like cocks that had lost a fight, they scrambled to retreat, putting distance between themselves and Chen Xiao.
After all, if something happened to Ye Tiezhu, they couldn't afford to take the blame. Even though they were all martial arts masters who possessed inner strength, if just three or five of them attacked together, even Leng Shan couldn't handle them.
"I... I... I..."
Ye Qingtian watched this unfold and was filled with anxiety. For a moment, he couldn't even speak coherently. His shiny leather shoes seemed to move on their own, continuing to retreat rapidly. In just a moment, he had involuntarily retreated to the entrance of the waiting hall. Then, he said with a lost soul:
"Dad... Dad, please... please bear with it for a moment. I... I'll... I'll go get reinforcements right now..."
Before he could finish speaking, he had already turned and fled, even leaving behind a shoe.
The twenty-odd professional thugs followed suit, scrambling to escape without regard for anything else.
"Prodigal son! You unfilial son!"
Ye Tiezhu saw Ye Qingtian and the others fleeing in disarray through the sole of Chen Xiao's shoe and was completely despairing. The moment before, he had struggled a bit, but now he lay there stiffly, his reddened eyes filled with tears.
Chen Xiao clearly hadn't expected Ye Qingtian, who had seemed so formidable when targeting him at Zhegutian not long ago, to abandon his own father and flee alone. He was momentarily stunned, and after a pause, he kicked Ye Tiezhu away with a look of disgust.
"Chairman Ye, you should have begged me to cure your fertility issues like Vice Chairman Zheng did at the beginning. Now you're watching your main account get ruined without any chance to have another one and start over. How tragic is that? But then again, you deserve it!"
Chen Xiao no longer bothered to torment Ye Tiezhu with the Shakyamuni Eightfold Needle. As he spoke, the mysterious, wordless golden formula in his mind stopped circulating.
Ye Tiezhu suddenly felt the intense pain in his body disappear as if he had been reborn. He quickly scrambled away like a drowned dog that had escaped with its tail between its legs. His exquisite inner strength was pushed to its limit, as if he had oiled his soles. In just a flash, he was gone without a trace.
The large waiting hall fell into an eerie silence once more, with not a soul in sight.
It wasn't until Chen Xiao turned and entered examination room number eight that the people who had huddled together, heads down, in the nurse's station, examination rooms, equipment rooms, functional rooms, and even the restrooms, because they hadn't had time to escape, dared to cautiously peek out. They then scrambled to flee, as if any slight delay would result in the same fate as the Ye father and son.
As time passed, batches of newly registered waiting patients continued to flood in. The vast and silent waiting hall finally managed to regain some of its usual liveliness. Some unsuspecting patients even voluntarily registered for Chen Xiao's appointment in examination room number eight.
At the end of the dark and deep fire escape, Lin Chenggang, Gou Shunquan, and He Sha, hiding behind a door crack, witnessed the entire process of Chen Xiao single-handedly defeating the Ye father and son. Their expressions were as uncomfortable as if they had eaten shit.
He Sha, heavily made up and provocatively dressed, exclaimed in disbelief:
"Is the cripple Chen Xiao was trampling underfoot really Young Master Tian's father, Ye Tiezhu? I heard that Ye Tiezhu had received the true martial arts teachings of Ye Canglan and was as fierce and formidable as a living Overlord. Even if he had neglected his martial arts training abroad over the years, there's no reason for him to be so thoroughly dominated by the slender Chen Xiao!"
Lin Chenggang's jaw almost dropped to the floor, his expression filled with undisguised anger and fear:
"Old Gou, didn't you say that the more than twenty professional thugs Young Master Tian brought this time were all martial arts masters with inner strength? If so many masters attacked together, even a single spit from each of them would be enough to drown that little bastard surnamed Chen! But what did they do? They all fled without even fighting! It's one thing that they ran away, but if Chen Xiao finds out that I, Luo Qingping of the security department, let them in, will I be alright? You're going to get me killed! Damn it!"
Gou Shunquan stared intently at the open door of examination room number eight, his face extremely grim:
"If you want to blame anyone, blame us for not clarifying that Young Master Tian's useless father had already fallen into Chen Xiao's hands before we conspired with Young Master Tian to act. This led to Young Master Tian putting in all his effort but being unable to strike for fear of breaking the vessel, ultimately leading to a humiliating defeat. But then again, after this incident, as long as you casually team up with a few vice presidents to pressure Bai Su, even if that bitch Zhou Wannong still wants to protect Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao won't be able to stay at the Central Hospital anymore, right?"
"Exactly! Exactly!"
He Sha nodded in agreement:
"Director Lin, your act of bypassing Luo Qingping and letting the security department bring Young Master Tian into the hospital is a serious violation. However, Luo Qingping has always had a good personal relationship with you, and he especially respects Old Dean Lin. He definitely won't betray you. In that case, wouldn't it be justifiable for you to find Dean Bai to pursue Chen Xiao for public assault and severe disruption of the Central Hospital's order and image?"
Lin Chenggang gradually calmed down and quickly agreed with Gou Shunquan and He Sha's reasoning. He nodded confidently:
"That's right! I'll arrange to meet with a few administrative vice presidents and directors to see Bai Su right now! Chen Xiao has made too big an enemy of the Ye family. If I fire him now, not only will I get revenge, but I can also show my goodwill to the Ye family. It's truly killing two birds with one stone!"
Saying this, he was eager to leave.
Gou Shunquan was a little uneasy and said:
"Director Lin, why don't you call Luo Qingping first? He's been quite close to Chen Xiao lately."
"Call him for what? If it weren't for my father's strong cultivation, would Luo Qingping be where he is today?"
Lin Chenggang walked with a gust of wind, not looking back, completely disregarding Gou Shunquan's words.
Gou Shunquan didn't pay it any mind and continued to say to He Sha with a grim expression:
"He Sha, tell Song Hongzhang, Bao Xinlai, and Niu Kunpeng to hurry up and scout out Jishi Tang. Regardless of whether Lin Chenggang can get Chen Xiao kicked out of the Central Hospital, or how the Ye family retaliates against Chen Xiao, I want to tie up his promiscuous mother for revenge!"
He Sha nodded without hesitation:
"The preliminary kidnapping plan has been decided. One of Niu Kunpeng's cousins lives near Jishi Tang and often goes there to see a doctor and get medicine. We can first lure Chen Qing to Niu Kunpeng's cousin's house, and then act without anyone noticing."
As they spoke, the two of them, like rats that couldn't see the light of day in a sewer, put on masks and hats and secretly left the Central Hospital.
Coincidentally, this scene was witnessed by Xu Jingyin, who was trembling in a corner of the fire escape further inside.
Before this, Lin Chenggang, in order to leave Chen Xiao in a desperate and isolated situation, had specifically instructed people in the pharmacy to delay Xu Jingyin from picking up medicine for various reasons, even deliberately causing a power outage for the elevator.
Xu Jingyin's only thought was to deliver the medicine to Chen Xiao as quickly as possible to save his life. Even when the elevator suddenly malfunctioned for maintenance on her way back, it couldn't stop her determined steps. She decisively chose the fire escape, which was a shortcut entirely composed of staircases, and then accidentally ran into Gou Shunquan and He Sha.
She covered her mouth and held back her tears until Gou Shunquan and He Sha left. Without thinking, she rushed towards examination room number eight, her expression filled with unconcealed terror.
Ignoring that Chen Xiao was currently seeing a patient, she nervously leaned close to Chen Xiao's ear and whispered:
"Dr. Chen... Dr. Chen, I just overheard Director Gou and Nurse Supervisor He talking in the fire escape. They... they seem to be planning to kidnap your mother, sob..."
Before she could finish speaking, the extremely tense Xu Jingyin couldn't help but burst into tears.
Boom!
Chen Xiao felt Xu Jingyin's whispered words by his ear like a bolt from the blue. Without bothering to inform the patient he was seeing, he shot up and rushed towards the fire escape.
Just then, Luo Qingping called him.
On the phone, Luo Qingping said in a nervous tone:
"Dr. Chen... Dr. Chen, are... are you alright? I'm... I'm truly sorry. I'm currently negotiating with the police about Jiang Xiuzhu's matter. I just found out that a group of thugs stormed into the hospital to deal with you."