Chapter 420: Counterattack

"At the time, there was a fierce internal struggle within the hospital's leadership. Due to the conflict between two departments, a baby's treatment was delayed. It was a man-made medical accident. When the child's mother learned of this, she sought an explanation from the hospital. However, the hospital and local government officials colluded, and the government suppressed the matter. Later, the child's mother strapped dynamite to her waist, went to the neonatal department, and pressed the button. The entire department on the floor, including the obstetrics department where surgery was being performed next door, was destroyed."

As Su Man finished speaking, the evening breeze blew by.

The plants beside the table swayed gently, like ghosts in the dark night.

Shen Qing swallowed his saliva and said nervously:

"You, you're talking nonsense. How could I not know about this? I was born and raised in Haicheng and have eaten more rice than you have eaten salt. If such a big thing happened, it would have caused a sensation in society and been on the social news. There's no way I didn't know anything about it."

"This incident was of egregious social nature and involved a wide range of people. All medical and government personnel involved were investigated. To contain the spread of the incident, it was ultimately suppressed. The families of the deceased infant and mother received substantial compensation and pensions. The outside world continued to thrive, with no one paying any attention to the horrific tragedy that occurred in this small corner of the world."

Su Man stared at the void behind the coffee shop. "Because of this incident, the hospital's business has become increasingly bleak. I don't know when it started, but a bad rumor has been circulating about this hospital. It's said that too many babies and mothers have died here, and the place is filled with their ghosts, filled with resentment and negative energy. Women are reluctant to give birth here. When children of nearby residents fall ill, parents would rather take their children and take a detour to a farther hospital than come to this maternity and children's hospital. Later, the hospital closed down, and the rumors became even more outrageous. Passersby said they saw the ghosts of dead babies in the hospital. Drivers driving by in the middle of the night, using their headlights, saw a mother bleeding profusely running through every floor of the hospital, searching for her child. Nearby residents said they occasionally heard the crying of babies coming from the abandoned hospital building..."

"Stop talking!"

Shen Qing interrupted Su Man with a loud shout, "Do you think you can scare people by telling me this?"

"What I said is true. If you don't believe me, I can only let you see it."

As Su Man spoke, she suddenly stood up and walked to the door of the coffee shop.

There was a sky-blue mailbox on the wall at the door with peeling paint, and even the corners were rusted.

Su Man opened the small door of the mailbox, revealing the power switch.

Su Man gently moved her hand.

"Gada"

All the lights went out instantly.

The entire cafe, as well as the terrace, was plunged into darkness.

At the same time, there was also a roar like a monster coming from the generator.

Shen Qing was frightened by Su Man's action, but she still sat on the table and stared at Su Man coldly:

"What's wrong with you..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Qing's eyes, which had adapted to the darkness, saw a tall building standing behind the coffee shop, like a huge monster lurking in the night.

Quiet, dangerous, mysterious.

Shen Qing's scalp tightened and she screamed!

Eyes completely accustomed to the darkness gradually revealed the original appearance of the hospital: corridors, doors and windows, mottled exterior walls, and dilapidated hospital signs...

There really is an abandoned hospital here.

Suman didn't lie!

Shen Qing thought of the rumors Su Man had just mentioned, and her whole body tensed up, her blood was boiling, but her limbs were cooling down at an extremely fast speed.

People who do business are the most superstitious.

Shen Qing asks a Feng Shui master to tell her fortune every year. How could she not be afraid of these gods and ghosts?

She silently chanted Namo Amitabha in her heart and scolded Su Man:

"Do you think I'll be scared just like that? Even if there are ghosts and gods in this world, I have no grudge against them. If you think you can save your son with these little tricks, that's ridiculous!"

Su Man smiled faintly,

"I'm not telling you this to scare you, but to tell you what a mother can do for her child. Similarly, aunt, if you push me too far, I'll be like that mother, risking my own life to take someone else with me. Even if I become a ghost, I won't let go of the person who harmed my child."

Shen Qing suddenly felt that Su Man in front of him was frightening.

Since childhood, Su Man has always appeared weak and obedient in front of Shen Qing.

Although sometimes cunning and rebellious, in the end he still obeyed Shen Qing's orders obediently.

But now, Suman is like a little beast that has finally shown its fangs. She is not a rabbit, but a female leopard that only knows how to bite people.

Su Man didn't give Shen Qing much time to react. After the psychological shock, she was ready to use real weapons.

She took a few steps forward and pushed Shen Qing towards the fence.

Shen Qing was not careful for a moment and was pressed against the fence by Su Man, with his entire waist hanging in the air.

Shen Qing screamed in fear.

Her panicked cries echoed in the empty streets.

A gust of wind blew past and it disappeared.

"Manman, what are you going to do to me?!"

"When you just found out the truth about my divorce with Xiao Beisheng, were you thinking about cooperating with Luo Yan? Sacrificing me and Doudou?"

"You, you think too much, I don't have such thoughts!"

"Really? But I think, with Aunt's personality, she might do that. After all, you're capable of even trying to persuade me to sell my child."

"What do you want to do? I am your aunt. Even if we are not related by blood, I raised you and have done you a favor. You don't want to kill me, do you?" When Shen Qing mentioned the word "kill", her teeth trembled.

"Then it depends on whether Auntie can promise me that she will always keep Doudou's life story in her heart and from now on, she will not let this matter disrupt our lives again."

At this time, Shen Qing realized that the situation had reversed:

Originally, she was the one threatening Suman;

Now, it was Suman who threatened her.

Su Man asked him to come over, not to compromise, but to fight back.

"What can you use to negotiate with me? If you are really capable, then kill me. If someone dies, you have to pay with my life, and your son will still be without a mother." Shen Qing maintained the last bit of his sanity.

Su Man laughed twice, not feeling threatened at all.

"Aunt, why do you think I dared to ask you over tonight and force you like this?"

Shen Qing's eyes rolled around a few times.

Yeah, why?

Su Man and Xiao Beisheng are divorced and no longer have anyone to rely on.

Su Man dared to do this, she must have some hidden trick up her sleeve.

"My father came to me and told me that he wasn't just a gambler, but also the second-in-command of Haicheng's entire gambling district and a trusted subordinate of the big boss behind the Golden Gate. He told me that I would have someone backing me up from now on. Tell me, why would I dare to do that?"