Chapter 47: Father Su Causes a Scene at the Hospital

"What's wrong with you?"

Faced with Jiang Changyuan's inquiry, Su Yingying grabbed his sleeve.

She was like a drowning person clutching at a final reed of grass, praying it could pull her ashore.

"I-I-I... my... my dad..."

The stammered words seemed to drain her of all strength. Suddenly, she pushed Jiang Changyuan away and started walking outward.

"I-I... I have to protect my mom."

"Su Yingying!"

Pale-faced and having taken only a couple of steps, Su Yingying's legs grew weak from overwhelming terror. Jiang Changyuan hurriedly stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her from behind.

He grasped her hands, but the warmth of his palms failed to transmit any strength to her.

Su Yingying turned her hands over to grip Jiang Changyuan's wrists tightly, her anxious face filled with pleading.

"Jiang, Jiang Changyuan, my mom... my mom..."

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

His gentle and steady voice briefly calmed Su Yingying. Jiang Changyuan gave Shen Yu a look, and the latter immediately understood, stepping in to steady Su Yingying.

"I'll have someone come over, be careful."

"Yeah."

Jiang Changyuan strode outward. The closer he got to the ward, the clearer the commotion inside became.

"Bitch! Get your ass out of this hospital right now and get back every penny spent on your medical care! I need to make a comeback."

By this time, quite a few family members had gathered outside the ward, pointing and whispering at the scene within.

With a cold face, Jiang Changyuan approached and saw the utter mess across the floor, along with Wang Hongfang being dragged off the bed.

"I'm talking to you, are you mute? Where's the money?"

"Damn it, you have money for a private room, but no money for me?"

The man threw tables, chairs, and bedding into disarray. After searching the entire ward and finding no money, he walked toward Wang Hongfang in a rage.

Wang Hongfang, collapsed on the floor with disheveled hair, offered no pleas, no begs, and no crying or arguing.

It was as if she had long grown accustomed to such treatment; once disappointments accumulate into despair, indifference follows, even when facing imminent physical violence.

"Damn it, I'm going to cripple your leg today and see how you get medical treatment."

Seeing the man raise his foot to step on Wang Hongfang's injured leg, Jiang Changyuan forced his way through the crowd blocking the doorway.

He took a running start and unleashed a fierce flying kick right as he reached the man.

Thud, thud, thud!

Taken completely by surprise, the man staggered back several steps, only avoiding a fall by grabbing onto a hospital bed.

"Screeech!"

The harsh sound of the fixed bed wheels scraping against the floor seemed to sober the man up slightly.

"Damn it, you little punk dare kick me?"

His expression turned vicious as his left knee buckled upward. Just as he was about to counter-kick, Jiang Changyuan delivered a second fierce blow first.

Before the raised leg could generate any force, Jiang Changyuan's kick forced it right back down.

"What kind of little punk are you, damn it? Believe I'll slaughter you?"

"Wang Hongfang, you bitch, you've gotten bold, daring to have someone beat me?"

While clutching his right knee in agony, the man still hurled fierce threats.

Wang Hongfang's field of vision suddenly darkened. Looking up, she saw Jiang Changyuan standing right in front of her, blocking the man's threatening glare.

For a moment, tears welled up in her eyes, then slipped silently down her cheeks.

In her world, apart from her daughter whom she treasured like a precious jewel, everything else was an impassable quagmire where anyone could spit on her and anyone could despise her.

Yet she had never imagined that in her most humiliating moment, it would be Jiang Changyuan who protected her—even though she had previously warned her daughter to stay away from him...

Jiang Changyuan looked coldly at the man, his thin lips parting slightly.

"Get lost!"

"Bah, you fucking..."

The man's cursing abruptly stopped. He narrowed his eyes slightly and sized up Jiang Changyuan.

"Kid, you look like you're dressed well. Since you care so much about this bitch, give me on..."

"No, give me fifty thousand, and I'll leave immediately."

"Dreaming in broad daylight. Is something wrong with your brain?"

Jiang Changyuan's face was filled with mockery. He felt nothing for the man before him.

Not only because Su Yingying's hard life was a gift from this biological father, but also because the man's current expression bore a striking resemblance to the person who had betrayed him in his past life.

"Damn it, if you aren't giving me money, get out of my way. Keep meddling, and see if I don't cripple you!"

"Young Jiang, don't worry about me, hurry and leave."

Terrified that the man would turn violent, Wang Hongfang urged Jiang Changyuan to leave.

If she couldn't get money, the worst that would happen was a beating for her. But if Jiang Changyuan got hurt by this man because of her, she would never be able to forgive herself.

This debt of gratitude would be even harder to repay.

Jiang Changyuan remained silent. He could walk away, but thinking of Su Yingying's helpless, pleading gaze, his feet refused to budge an inch.

"Little brat, looks like you're dead set on meddling in our family's business?"

With that, the man suddenly threw a punch, aiming straight for Jiang Changyuan's face.

Little did he know, Jiang Changyuan was well-prepared. The moment he raised his arm to block, he struck back in kind.

The two men began to brawl. One had his body hollowed out by alcohol and women, while the other was in the prime of his youth. Jiang Changyuan moved like a tiger descending from the mountain, pinning the man down and pummeling him.

Pinned to the floor, the man raged impotently with a stream of foul language, while Wang Hongfang stood frozen in place, scared out of her wits.

Elsewhere, Shen Yu had brought the security guards, along with Zhang Qiang and Wang Kang who had come to the hospital to report on work.

"You guys go disperse the family members first and keep the impact to a minimum."

Shen Yu dismissed the guards and walked toward the ward, praying silently that Jiang Changyuan hadn't actually started fighting.

However, when she reached the doorway of the ward and saw the scene inside, she let out a piercing scream of shock.

"Xiao Yuan, watch out!"

"Jiang Changyuan!"

Su Yingying, seeing the situation inside as well, instantly lost all the color in her face.

A second earlier, having completely lost his reason from the beating, the man had groped around blindly, grabbed a stool, and swung it with all his might toward Jiang Changyuan's head.

Hearing Shen Yu's warning, Jiang Changyuan had no time to retreat, barely managing to raise his arms to block the incoming stool.

Bang!

The dull thud of wood striking flesh instantly made the eyes of Zhang Qiang and Wang Kang turn red.

"Damn it!"

"Let's break them up."

Zhang Qiang and Wang Kang knew how to break up a fight, grabbing the man tightly by the left and right.

Seeing this, Shen Yu brought Su Yingying inside hurriedly and immediately slammed the ward door shut behind them.

A sharp, needle-like pain radiated from Jiang Changyuan's right arm, but he didn't even frown. Seeing the man subdued, he was about to step forward when Shen Yu pulled him back.

"Haven't you beaten him enough? Do you have to make a public spectacle of it?"

"Let me look at your arm right now."

Rolling up his sleeve, the area struck by the stool was already visibly swelling.

"Have you got a death wish? Do you know that if you hadn't blocked it, that blow would have hit your head squarely?"

"If something happened to you, how would I face Uncle Jiang and Auntie Zhong?"

Heartbroken and exasperated, Shen Yu scolded Jiang Changyuan, her eyes turning faintly red.

She had been genuinely terrified just now, and her heart was still pounding wildly.

Jiang Changyuan curled his lips and pointed at the man.

"I'm fine, deal with him first."

"Zhang Qiang, Wang Kang, take him out through the stairwell. I'll find you guys in a bit."

Without needing further instructions, the two men knew exactly what to do.

The man still harbored anger and continued cursing, prompting Wang Kang to pull off his stinky sock and shove it straight into the man's mouth.

"Jiang Changyuan, I'm sorry, I dragged you into this."

"I'm taking Xiao Yuan to get an X-ray first."

Ignoring Su Yingying's apology, Shen Yu dragged Jiang Changyuan away.

"I object to you being with Su Yingying."