My first thought was: This must be the robber who stole the ring from that elevator operator!
This guy seemed to be having a blast robbing people with the ring's help! He got a lot of money! But he couldn't escape the ring's side effects... and ended up losing his life...
The television screen briefly showed an image of the man who had fallen into the river and drowned; it only flickered a few times. But I noticed more closely that he was completely soaked, and he wasn't wearing a ring on his hand…
It was probably washed away in the river...
I shook my head and sighed.
Without the aid of a measuring device, the higher the level of the ring, the more terrifying the backlash from its side effects!
In the current situation, that top-tier ring is no longer a ring of luck, but a ring of misfortune! Whoever gets it will be doomed!
However, I still feel a little regretful.
How wonderful it would be if that ring were in my hands?
Hmm, should I go and try to retrieve it from that section of the river?
However, the thought quickly passed by.
Impossible. The river is raging; it's long gone... Sigh, who knows which guy will find it on the riverbank someday... (This book is purely fictional; readers are strongly advised not to go to the riverbank to retrieve it! Haha)
I spent another day in the hospital, thinking I'd be discharged in a day. Then the phone rang.
When I saw it, I was stunned for a moment.
The number was actually from Mu Tou! That's rather strange! Getting Mu Tou to say a word is harder than getting money to fall from the sky! Why would he call me on his own initiative?
After the call connected, I said, "Hello? Is this Wood? What's up?"
The voice on the phone was charming yet sharp: "You little rascal, what have you been up to lately? I haven't seen you in ages, hurry up and crawl out of your dog hole!"
The voice is actually Miss Qiao Qiao's!
I listened carefully and could hear Aze laughing nearby. I immediately realized that these three beasts must be hanging out together and then remembered me, the guy who hadn't shown up for days.
Indeed, I haven't contacted Huan Ge and his friends for over a month since my incident with him. While we often went without contact before, it never lasted more than two weeks. They're probably worried something might have happened to me.
Thinking about this, I felt quite warm that my friends were concerned about me. I sighed and said, "I'm in the hospital, my life is hanging by a thread. I can't crawl out now."
Sure enough, Qiao Qiao's voice on the phone immediately became more serious, losing its teasing tone. Although still charming, it was clearly concerned: "Chen Yang, what happened to you? Are you really in the hospital?"
"Yes," I replied, "XX Hospital, XX Ward."
"OK, we'll be there in ten minutes." Then the call ended.
I glanced at Yan Di and A Mei beside me: "I have a friend coming over in a bit... um..." After thinking for a moment, I cautiously said to A Mei: "Hey, be careful later... my friend likes pretty girls the most... you should wear another layer of clothing and cover your little body up a bit."
"Tch!" Ah Mei, who was peeling an apple, brandished her fruit knife upon hearing this, glaring at him: "You dare! I'll cut off his gun!!"
I sighed in frustration.
Cut?
Uh... Aze might be intimidated by you... but what about Qiaoqiao? You want to cut her? She doesn't even have anything for you to cut!
...
Ten minutes later, the ward door was slammed open, and Miss Qiaoqiao rushed in with a dashing air. Behind her, Aze followed with a lewd expression, while Mutou carried a bag of fruit with a displeased look on his face. I suddenly remembered that Mutou seemed to dislike going to any hospital ever since he was demoted from the hospital.
Miss Qiao Qiao's charm remains captivating, radiating beauty! She wore a dashing black trench coat, looking like something out of The Matrix, but once she took it off, we were stunned…
She wore a leather jacket underneath, a leather mini-skirt, and high-heeled black leather boots. On top was a small leather jacket with a deep V-neck, revealing her white breasts and a glimpse of cleavage. With her pointed chin and seductive eyes, she looked every bit like a female demon. Her hair was permed into curls, giving her a Medusa-like feel.
The worst part is... her outfit...
If she had a whip in her hand and a candle in her hand... she would be the epitome of an SM queen from adult films!
Amei was clearly stunned, her eyes fixed on Qiaoqiao's proud chest, her expression revealing a hint of inferiority.
A female hooligan is a female hooligan! Qiaoqiao's eyes immediately fell on Amei, especially since Amei was wearing a nurse's uniform today... which was quite in line with that kind of uniform fetish... Now, standing next to Qiaoqiao in her SM queen outfit, if I were added to the mix... cough cough... it would be a standard pornographic film set...
The female hooligan strode over, then suddenly reached out, hooking a finger around Ah Mei's chin. She licked her lips with her pink tongue, speaking in a tone reminiscent of a spoiled young master harassing a respectable woman: "Beautiful lady, give me a smile~~~"
The little money-grubber had never seen anything like this before! He froze on the spot, his face turned ashen, and he even dropped the fruit knife in his hand.
I, on the other hand, was gloating.
Cut? Where are you going to cut?!
Aze's gaze clearly fell on Yan Di beside me, his eyes immediately gleaming with interest. This bastard ignored even me, the patient, and strode up to Yan Di, saying with deep affection, "Beautiful lady, do you know? I feel a surge of artistic impulse emanating from you!" Then, he quickly pulled out a business card and handed it over: "My name is Aze, a figure painting artist..."
I held it in for a full ten seconds before yelling, "Aze, you fucking die! This is my woman!"
At this moment, the little money-grubber suddenly screamed and quickly hid behind Yan Di, not daring to look at Qiao Qiao even once.
Aze glanced at me before awkwardly saying, "Yours? Oh, never mind yours. But when did you manage to hook up with such a gem?"
Qiao Qiao squinted at the little money-grubber a few times, her eyes full of keen interest, before turning to look at me, frowning, and asked, "Xiao Wu, what happened to you? Why are you wrapped in bandages?" Then, her eyebrows shot up, and she shouted, "Were you beaten up? Which bastard did it? I'll go chop him up! Daring to touch my brother, he doesn't want to live anymore!"
The little money-grubber's face turned deathly pale, and he trembled with fear. Clinging to Yan Di, he looked at me and asked in a trembling voice, "Chen Yang... are these all your friends? They all look like... are..."
"Beast."
It wasn't me who said those two words, but the wooden figure standing next to me.
Lord Wood's expression remained indifferent, but he nonchalantly pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one for himself...
Dude! You used to be a doctor too! Don't you know smoking isn't allowed in the wards?
A bunch of bastards
With the addition of these beastly fellows, the room immediately became much livelier. After the legendary healer examined my injuries and confirmed that they were almost fully healed, the three unscrupulous guys immediately stopped taking me, their patient, seriously.
Aze even immediately dragged a chair over and sat down next to my bed, then lifted his legs up and put them on my bed, kicking me: "Move over a bit, give me some room, how can you be so inconsiderate?"
Qiaoqiao, on the other hand, still maintained a bit of a womanly demeanor and sat down next to me, while Amei had already distanced herself... I guess this little money-grubber has never been teased by a woman before.
"Chen Yang...I have something to tell you," Qiao Qiao said.
"Huh? What?" I asked, a cigarette that Mu Tou had given me dangling from my mouth.
Qiao Qiao sighed and said quietly, "I'm getting married."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"With a man?" It was Aze, the boldest of them all, who said this.
"How novel!" Qiao Qiao glared at him: "You know the country doesn't allow same-sex marriage."
I was completely confused.
Qiao Qiao is getting married? With a man?
Holy crap!
Heaven and earth unite, mountains lose their peaks, snow flies in June, and thunder roars in winter!
These are all fucking possible!
But how could Qiaoqiao possibly get married?! With a man?!
"You have to help me," Miss Qiao glared at the three men in the room. "Otherwise, you're all dead. If I die, I'll drag you all down with me!"
Part One: In the Martial World, Not in Control of One's Own Fate, Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Great Operation of Adultery
The next day, I was discharged from the hospital.
I underwent a thorough physical examination, which fully complied with national standards and contained no quality defects. In Amei's words, I was as robust as an animal.
I went to the company to report for duty immediately in the morning.
It must be said that Fang Nan didn't come to see me again during the few days I was in the hospital... I guess what happened that day probably left her with a very embarrassing impression. But I've convinced myself: since I shouldn't have provoked her, it's wiser to nip the trouble in the bud.
Fang Nan was indeed very good to me. She covered almost all my medical expenses. On the day I was transferred to a new ward, she sent someone to deliver a check and deposited a sum of money at the hospital.
You could say she's done more than enough for me. But on my way to the company, I felt a little ashamed and uneasy about seeing Fang Nan.
Why? It's simple... I lost someone's diamond brooch worth hundreds of thousands, and a ring worth millions... Do you think this is a small matter?
No matter what, I've made up my mind that I must find a way to pay her back! Even if it means selling my internal organs, I absolutely refuse to owe her any more money!
Anyway, as for how angry she gets when I see her, or how furious she gets, or how she vents her frustrations on me, or even yells at me, punches and kicks me... I'll just have to put up with it! In short, I owe her something now!
By the way, I also have a bank card with me.
The card contains the vast majority of my current assets.
I had 200,000 yuan from the lottery I won before, and 300,000 yuan I embezzled from Zhou Jing. Plus my own savings, all added up, I scraped together over 500,000 yuan… Although this amount is only enough to compensate her for the diamond brooch… I'm very confident. Now that I have the complete ring, I'm sure I can earn the money to pay her back as soon as possible!
I parked Fang Nan's Audi A8 in the underground parking lot. These past few days, she's just left the car there without even asking about it… Perhaps she doesn't want to see me?
I went upstairs to the company. As I walked in, the hot, sexy girl at the entrance of Deep Blue Entertainment saw me and smiled, but there was a hint of curiosity in her smile.
As I walked through the office, many of the white-collar women from different departments stood up and looked at me, their gazes somewhat unnatural. I paused for a moment, then quickly checked my clothes… Hmm. My zipper wasn't open…
"Sister Pan!" When I arrived at Fang Nan's office door, Qian Pan was on the phone. She simply nodded at me, indicating I should wait a moment, and then continued her call.
"Okay, okay... I'll tell Miss Fang when she gets back. Okay... Don't worry... Okay, goodbye."
After finally waiting for Qian Pan to finish her call, my first words were, "Miss Fang...isn't she inside?"
"Hmm, not here." Qian Pan smiled at me. Her smile was quite meaningful. This woman in her thirties exuded a shrewd and capable air. She smiled and asked, "Chen Yang, are you fully healed?"
"Okay," I replied casually, then asked, "Fang...she's not inside? Where did she go?"
Qian Pan noticed that I addressed Fang Nan by her name directly, and seemed to smile slightly: "Miss Fang has already gone abroad and won't be back for another week."
One sentence extinguished all my wild thoughts...
Fang Nan, she actually went abroad!?
“Miss Fang went to South Korea. She finalized that business deal with Minister Kim and his team. She went there on official business the day after you were injured and hospitalized. She flew away.” Qian Pan said while tidying up the documents on her desk, “Chen Yang, are you really better?”
I sighed, hesitated for a moment, and then remained silent.
To be honest, I came here today for two reasons. First, I want to talk to Fang Nan. At least I deserve an explanation for losing her things! As for the second reason... I'm here to resign!
Fang Nan's attitude towards me is so off that even a blind person could see something was wrong... Now that I've made up my mind, I shouldn't continue working for her! That would be dangerous for both of us!