Chapter 284
Chapter 284
“Uncle, what’s wrong?”
The little girl shrank back slightly under the white-coated doctor’s stare.
After a long silence, he asked, “Do you need legal assistance?”
“N-no.”
He studied her carefully, then sighed quietly.
He dumped Li Yang roughly onto the cart and headed toward the Morgue.
He had originally intended to get his revenge on Li Yang, but now that desire had vanished.
A moment’s thought was enough to tell him that difficult days lay ahead for the young man.
Practically anyone except Li Yang could understand the look in that girl’s eyes.
And there was still Gu Yue here at the Amusement Park.
What could he do? He was only a humble doctor.
With something like this, the obvious choice was to enjoy the show with his boss!
The little girl followed him step by step on shaky legs.
Her large eyes never left Li Yang.
Time flew. After the Ferris Wheel, Li Yang experienced the Drop Tower, the Giant Swing…
They didn’t cover every attraction, but he still endured a full two hours of torment.
If Old Yu hadn’t needed to take the girl for an examination, who knew how much longer it would have continued?
After seeing off the two mental-health doctors, Zhang Bei yawned at the nearly exhausted Li Yang.
“Why are you still here?”
“I’m just resting for a minute! Even factories in the fifteenth century didn’t exploit their workers like you do!”
Zhang Bei was silent for a moment. “I meant, aren’t you going to make things up with Gu Yue?”
“Why would I need to…”
Li Yang stopped halfway through.
Terror dawned in his eyes.
Holy fucking shit!
“She saw everything?”
Zhang Bei thought back carefully. “Everything except the photos that girl secretly took on the Giant Swing.”
Li Yang nearly burst into tears.
He and Gu Yue were on the verge of becoming a couple.
They had known each other for so long. For all the tricks they played on one another, they understood each other well.
Gu Yue knew Li Yang’s emotional intelligence rivaled their boss’s.
Li Yang knew Gu Yue’s deviousness rivaled their boss’s too.
At the thought of her witnessing everything that had happened today, a song lyric flashed through his mind.
Cold moonlight turns longing for you into a river…
He turned pleading eyes toward his boss.
“Save me! Save me!”
Zhang Bei sipped his tea and gazed up at the sky.
“To borrow a famous saying: moonlight falls upon the ground, revealing two shadows. One is mine. The other is also mine.”
It took Li Yang’s less-than-brilliant brain more than ten seconds to catch on.
Right. His boss had never been in a relationship in his life.
What the hell was the point of asking him?
Some people always appeared in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A certain horror novelist, for instance.
“Boss, long time no see!”
Gu Chen approached Zhang Bei, holding his girlfriend’s hand.
Li Yang looked up and studied the pair’s tightly clasped hands.
“Boss, how many years do you get for murder?”
Gu Chen stared in confusion.
Zhang Bei set down his teacup. “Fifteen for killing someone in the heat of the moment. With good behavior, you might get it reduced to ten.”
Gu Chen swallowed and quietly backed away two steps.
It wasn’t cowardice. As a regular at the Amusement Park, he knew exactly how strong this guy was, even if he hadn’t visited lately.
Knocking someone onto a wall like a hanging picture wasn’t just a figure of speech. He could really hit someone so hard they stuck there and couldn’t be peeled off.
Couldn’t afford to offend him. Couldn’t beat him. Time to go.
“We’re off to enjoy the rides. Goodbye!”
As the pair fled, Zhang Bei turned his attention back to Li Yang.
“I think you’ll still have a chance if you go and talk to her soon.”
Li Yang snapped out of it and immediately ran off.
Time passed, and Zhang Bei walked into the Cafeteria.
Instead of its usual cheerful atmosphere, the air today held a murderous chill.
A group of women huddled together, occasionally glancing toward Li Yang nearby.
The men sat in another corner, their eyes full of helpless sympathy.
Of course, the two old professors and the doctors couldn’t get involved in such matters.
They were all eating snacks with Chef Li, watching the farce unfold.
Zhang Bei surveyed the scene in silence for a moment, then moved toward the doctors.
A show was always more fun with company.
Meanwhile, at Central Hospital, a group of balding middle-aged men seethed with anger.
The angriest of all was Qi Tang from cardiology.
He and Xu Kuan had been classmates. After graduation, one had entered surgery, the other internal medicine.
Qi Tang knew exactly what sort of place the Amusement Park was.
“Where did that bastard Wu go?”
The young nurse quietly backed away two steps from the furious Qi Tang.
“His flight left ten minutes ago. He’s gone to Yanjing for a lecture.”
“Well, fuck him! Is that bastard never planning to come back?”
“I’ve passed on the message. The documents should arrive shortly.”
Having accurately conveyed Director Wu’s instructions, the nurse fled the scene.
“Old Qi, is that place really so terrifying?”
At the voice behind him, Qi Tang forced down his anger.
“‘Terrifying’ doesn’t begin to describe it.”
After a pause, he explained with the most vivid comparison their profession could offer.
“It’s like finishing an operation and realizing you’ve left the scissors in the patient’s abdomen.”
For everyone present, nothing could have been easier to understand.
Qi Tang sighed at the dismay and uncertainty in their eyes.
“Let’s have lunch. We’ll buy some gifts on the way and visit Professor Wei.”
“All right. I’ll hand over my work.”
Internal medicine was a large department at Central Hospital, with cardiology under its management as well.
Even if half its staff were sent to experience the Amusement Park that afternoon, the rest could cope.
Of course, the remaining half would have to experience it the following week.
There was no escaping it. All they could do was add something to Wu’s late-night snack.
Back at the Amusement Park, the four-way talks were gradually changing shape.
Lured by Li Yang’s promise of a feast, the men had joined his side.
Now it truly was a Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Gu Yue’s faction tried to force Li Yang into submission with their stares.
Li Yang’s faction huddled with their heads lowered, offering suggestions.
Boss Zhang’s faction ate popcorn and drank cola, stopping just short of clapping and cheering.
One person’s sorrow was another’s joy. The murderous atmosphere lasted until lunch began.
Chef Li set several large clay pots on the tables.
“Someone brought us a few farm chickens this morning. I made soup.”
Zhang Bei lifted a lid and sniffed. They really were proper free-range chickens.
“Who brought them?”
Chef Li glanced hesitantly at Li Yang.
“That little girl’s father. He wanted to thank us for looking after his daughter.”
When it rained, it poured. Of all the sore spots to touch!
Li Yang froze just as he was about to drink some soup.
He felt like Heizi after that… incident.