"Bang—"
With a deafening thud, a fiery red supercar violently crashed into the courtyard, which was filled with potted plants. Nearly half of the courtyard wall collapsed, the door bolt as thick as two arms snapped, and the heavy, decaying wooden gate flew open to the sides.
Yang Pinru, clearly guilty, was so startled she fell to the ground. Chen Xingwu, a henpecked husband, quickly scrambled to help her up. At the same time, Wang Haoran and the siblings Chen Mingxing and Chen Mingyue also stood up in shock, looking at the supercar screeching to a halt in the courtyard.
Fiery red, it gleamed, dazzling and magnificent.
What was most astonishing was its diamond-like sturdiness; it was completely undamaged when it stopped!
Chen Mingyue's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed in disbelief:
"This imported coupe costs over ten million yuan, and there are only a few in Quan Juxian City. Haoran, could it be your friend?"
Wang Haoran found the license plate vaguely familiar:
"If I remember correctly, this should be the luxury car Zheng Shao bought not long ago."
Chen Mingyue became even more excited:
"Zheng Youzhi, the nephew of Vice Chairman Zheng? Haoran, I never expected you to be such good friends with Zheng Shao."
Chen Mingxing, however, was completely bewildered:
"Brother Haoran, since Young Master Zheng is your brother, why did he drive his car to knock down my family's courtyard wall?"
"This..."
Wang Haoran was speechless.
Chen Mingyue retorted with an air of taking things for granted:
"How could Young Master Zheng care about a mere broken wall? It can be repaired after all! As long as Haoran can build a good relationship with Young Master Zheng, nothing is a problem!"
Saying this, she quickly strode towards the fiery red coupe. Intentionally or unintentionally, she pulled her low-cut neckline even lower and her miniskirt hem even higher, her swaying hips seeming to have a small motor installed.
But when she saw that the person getting out of the car was Chen Xiao, her flirtatious smile instantly turned cold:
"Chen... Chen Xiao, why are you driving Young Master Zheng's car?"
Wang Haoran, who followed closely behind, sneered:
"Mingyue, didn't I hear that your cousin was interning at the Central Hospital? How did he also become Young Master Zheng's driver?"
Chen Mingyue's fear grew with every thought, and she unleashed a barrage of curses at Chen Xiao:
"So you drove Young Master Zheng's luxury car without permission just to rush back to see your mother? You reckless dog, do you know how expensive this car is? And you still dared to hit the wall! If it gets scratched or damaged, you deserve to be killed by Young Master Zheng, but how will this implicate my family?"
With a dark expression, Chen Xiao fiercely grabbed Chen Mingyue by the neck:
"Hand over my mother! If she gets so much as a scratch, I'll twist your chicken neck off!"
His suppressed rage from the entire journey caused him to involuntarily lift Chen Mingyue, who was more than a head shorter than him, almost off the ground.
Wang Haoran immediately recoiled in fear. Chen Mingyue, her toes barely touching the ground, stammered fearfully:
"Cousin... Cousin, you... you calm down first, Auntie... Auntie is lying on the stretcher in the main hall..."
Chen Xingwu and Chen Mingxing, father and son, quickly and clumsily carried the stretcher to the doorway.
Yang Pinru cried out nervously, begging:
"Good nephew! My dear nephew! Please don't hurt your cousin, or your auntie won't be able to live, sob sob..."
"Mom—"
Suddenly seeing that the Sheng Sheng Zao Hua Needles on Chen Qing had been removed, her condition worsening rapidly, and that without immediate life support she would be completely beyond saving, Chen Xiao's reason instantly collapsed. He cried out and rushed forward, kneeling on one knee beside the stretcher. Then, he fumbled to take out silver needles to re-acupuncture Chen Qing.
But before he could insert a needle, Chen Mingxing suddenly swung a long stool and smashed it hard onto his back.
With a dull thud, the old and rotten long stool broke into two pieces. Chen Mingxing roared furiously:
"You bastard surnamed Chen, hand over the property deed for Ji Shi Tang immediately!"
Enduring the pain that felt like his chest was about to shatter, Chen Xiao gritted his teeth and held on.
"Bang—"
Chen Mingxing showed no mercy, and the half of the long stool in his hand smashed onto Chen Xiao again:
"If you don't hand it over, I'll beat you to death!"
Chen Xiao gasped in pain, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, his body trembling uncontrollably, but his hand holding the needle remained steady and unhurried.
After all, in front of outsiders, he could only acupuncture through Chen Qing's hospital gown. A slight misplacement of the needle could be fatal.
Ignored, Chen Mingxing became even more enraged, roaring and smashing the half of the long stool towards the back of Chen Xiao's head, his face contorted like a bloodthirsty demon:
"Still pretending to be deaf and mute? I'll beat you to death, you bastard with a mother but no father..."
At this critical moment, Chen Xiao finally, by the narrowest of margins, managed to insert a life-saving Sheng Sheng Zao Hua Needle into Chen Qing.
Secretly activating the Da Meng Jin Gang Divine Skill, he effortlessly snatched the long stool that was aimed at his head:
"Bastard, you've gotten addicted to beating people, haven't you?"