Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Make some noise.
These people were obviously close to Lu Yanxiao. After they came in, some of them greeted him noisily, some sang, some played cards, some drank and chatted... The private room became lively, and the ambiguous and awkward atmosphere just now was immediately dispersed.
Lin Mo's nervousness gradually calmed down. When she realized that no one cared about her, she found a seat in a corner and sat down. She spent her time watching the big screen and listening to songs.
After she thought it was almost time, she sent a message to Lu Yanxiao: [Mr. Lu, it’s almost time. I’m going home first. Have fun~]
After finishing his post, he cast his gaze towards the tall, elegant figure. Even lazily reclining on the sofa playing cards, his demeanor stood out from the crowd, always making him catch his eye at first sight. Someone tried to pour him a glass of wine, but Lu Yanxiao calmly placed his palm over the rim to block the flow and refilled his own glass with juice.
Even though I have such sharp attention span, I still didn't notice the message on my phone.
Lin Mo waited for a full ten minutes, but Lu Yanxiao didn't pick up his phone, so naturally he couldn't see the WeChat message she sent.
There were many people watching them play cards, and she didn't want to spoil their fun. It looked like their game would last a long time. She had just come in for show, and since she had already sent the WeChat message, Lu Yanxiao would see it sooner or later.
Lin Mo left the box silently.
The hall outside was still bustling with people, but Xu Tingzhou and Wu Xinyue were missing. She automatically blocked the gazes of others and quickly walked out of the club.
Lin Mo went down from the club's special elevator to the hotel lobby and arrived at the parking lot. The parking attendant who had helped her park her car before seemed to have been waiting for a long time. He frowned bitterly when he saw her.
"Ms. Lin, I'm sorry..."
Lin Mo and he came to the underground garage and looked at the stuck door in confusion.
It turned out the underground parking garage was quite full today. Since she was a guest Lu Yanxiao had asked to pick up, the valet, as usual, parked her car in Lu Yanxiao's private garage. There were two private garages in a dedicated area next to the elevator, each with six spaces, offering greater privacy and security, complete with a retractable lift gate.
When the valet was helping one of the customers retrieve his car, the lift gate suddenly malfunctioned and became stuck ten inches from the ground, unable to move at all.
"I'm really sorry Miss Lin, President Xiao has already scolded me." The parking attendant's eyes were red. He fiddled with the door several times, but the door still didn't move.
Lin Mo tried but there was no solution.
"When will it be repaired?" Lin Mo asked.
"Maybe tomorrow."
"Then I'll pick up the car tomorrow."
Now that things had come to this, there was no way to panic. After all, the hotel wasn't far from her home, so it would be easy to get a taxi back. It was obvious that the parking attendant was afraid of Lu Yanxiao and was almost crying with anxiety. Lin Mo smiled and comforted him, "It's okay, it's not a big deal."
The valet's condition didn't improve. "Ms. Lin, no, this is a matter of great importance to our hotel's reputation. Not only your car, but also the cars of two other guests are trapped inside. We must follow unified standards to properly handle the aftermath of the guests' stay, and..."
"This is my fault. President Xiao has issued a death order. If I can't handle the aftermath properly and it affects the reputation of the club and the hotel, I will be fired and have to pay compensation. I..."
The parking attendant was on the verge of tears as he spoke, which was really heartbreaking.
"How to deal with the aftermath?" Lin Mo asked.
The valet took her about ten meters ahead and parked in front of another garage. The door of this garage was wide open, and inside were five luxury cars. The license plate number of each car revealed the owner's high status.
The valet shook the bag containing the keys and said, "Boss Xiao said you can choose any car from here and drive away."
"Are these Mr. Lu's private cars?"
"Yes, but Mr. Xiao has only driven most of them a few times. He sometimes lends them to important guests. Before you came, a guest had already taken one." The parking attendant pointed to the empty parking space at the far end and said sincerely, "Ms. Lin, please choose one, otherwise I will be embarrassed to explain."
"Sorry, I can't drive these cars." Lin Mo smiled and gently refused the parking attendant.
It was undeniable that Lu Yanxiao had given her the impression of being a good person over the past few days of knowing him, but she could not ignore the subtle uneasiness and fear in her heart when facing Lu Yanxiao. Especially after today's experience in the club and the luxury cars all around her, the feeling of oppression was even stronger.
The phone has been returned, so it’s better not to have any further contact.
Besides, these cars are very valuable. At first glance, the cheapest ones are in the seven figures. Firstly, it does not fit the nature of her job. Secondly, if they are damaged, the compensation amount is painful to think about.
Lin Mo wrote down her phone number and handed it to the parking attendant: "Call me tomorrow when it's fixed."
*
The next day, Lin Mo didn't hear from the hotel valet, but instead received a call from the nursing home that afternoon. The nurse said Lin Jingwen had suddenly collapsed, and the ambulance had just arrived. He was on his way to the hospital, where her father, Lin Zhijie, worked.
Because of his anxiety, the nurse spoke vaguely, but the nursing home has a professional medical team. Normally, if it is a minor illness, it can be treated in the nursing home. If an ambulance is called, it means the situation is more serious.
Lin Mo's heart was in her throat. She casually put on a down jacket and took a taxi to the hospital.
When they arrived, Lin Jingwen was still receiving emergency treatment. Lin Zhijie and the nurse were waiting anxiously in the corridor. When they saw Lin Mo, they both came over to greet her.
"What happened?" Lin Mo, still catching her breath, hurried to the emergency room.
Lin Zhijie frowned, patted her shoulder, but said nothing.
Lin Mo became even more anxious.
Although Lin Zhijie is the chief physician of orthopedics, he has always been relatively clear about Lin Jingwen's condition. Normally, if Lin Jingwen was unwell, he would have some idea in his mind. But now, Lin Mo saw the factor of "uncertainty" in his eyes.
Lin Mo's eyes gradually turned red, and her voice was filled with tears: "Dad, Grandpa will be fine, right?"
"With acute cerebral infarction and high blood pressure, the situation is not optimistic. We must be mentally prepared."
Lin Zhijie was wearing a white coat and had obviously rushed over from his own department, but he spoke in a low and clear voice, as calmly as if he was talking about another unfamiliar patient.
Lin Mo was already anxious and worried, and when she was suddenly provoked, she became inexplicably angry and tears fell down her face.
"What mental preparation! Nothing will happen, Grandpa will be fine." He seemed to be venting his anger on Lin Zhijie, and also seemed to be brainwashing himself.
People always seek benefits and avoid harm, and will deliberately forget some unpleasant past events and present a happy appearance to the outside world. But how can those once deeply engraved memories be completely ignored? They will suddenly emerge at a moment like this, biting like a venomous snake.
Lin Mo sat on a chair in the corridor, staring blankly at her toes, thinking about the past years.
In fact, she had a childhood that was so beautiful that it was like a dream.
Her parents were each other's first love. They fell in love when they were students and got married two years after graduation. In the third year, she was born to the anticipation of her family. As parents for the first time, they took care of everything and poured all their love on her.
Her father, Lin Zhijie, is a doctor. Even though he's busy with work, he never forgets to tell her stories every day, encourage her to exercise, and take her to the park and the Children's Palace on weekends...
After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, her mother, Xu Jinyan, worked in an art museum. Being an artist herself, she nurtured her like a young artist, dressing her in beautiful dresses, combing her hair, taking her to concerts and exhibitions, and teaching her piano, dancing, and painting...
But within a few years, both Lin Zhijie and Xu Jinyan received promotions at work, and their workloads increased, leaving them with little time to care for their family. Their daughter was still young, and they couldn't leave her to a nanny 24/7. After much discussion and debate, Xu Jinyan was forced to compromise and resign to become a full-time mother.
The family atmosphere began to change from this time.
Her once gentle mother became constantly angry and insomniac, requiring medication to sleep. Her father, who used to tell her stories every day, stopped coming home for a week.
Their divorce was an inevitable result, but what Lin Mo didn't expect was that neither of them wanted her.
She was only seven years old at that time and still in elementary school.
Xu Jinyan had applied to a French university to pursue a master's degree and was unable to take care of the child; Lin Zhijie had been sent to the United States on an academic exchange program and was also unable to take care of the child. They dumped her on Grandpa like they were getting rid of a burden.
My grandfather served in the army in his early years. After his discharge, he was assigned to the Aerospace Group in Changli Town, where he worked as a maintenance worker. He loved the aerospace industry and the small town of Changli, and he worked and settled in the town, where he lived his entire life.
When Lin Zhijie and Xu Jinyan threw their granddaughter to him, he was still a few years away from retirement.
Driven by his personality and sense of responsibility for his career, he could not resign, nor could he let his granddaughter be a left-behind child and fear that no one would want her.
But Xiaolin Mo went to school in the city and took various interest classes. The city's educational resources were much better than those in town. He finally made up his mind and left Xiaolin Mo in the care of a nanny during the day. After work in the evening, he would drive two hours back to the city to take care of her, and then drive to town to work early the next morning before daybreak.
During his days of traveling back and forth, Grandpa suffered from severe sleep deprivation and extreme fatigue, yet he seemed to have a certain energy that kept him going. It wasn't until retirement that that energy seemed to suddenly fade, and his body gradually weakened. To care for his granddaughter, upon retirement, Grandpa left his beloved small town and moved to the city to live with Xiaolin Mo, taking care of her daily meals and daily routine.
Later, Lin Zhijie returned from abroad, but he was still busy with work and had his own new family with a baby son. After graduating, Xu Jinyan stayed in France and married a Frenchman.
Lin Mo and her grandfather depend on each other and become each other's support.
But now, her hopes seemed to be drifting away from her.
Lin Mo hugged her knees helplessly, lowered her head and prayed silently in her heart: As long as grandpa is safe, no matter what the price, she is willing to pay, and pray to all the gods to make grandpa safe.
Pop.
The door of the emergency room was pushed open from the inside, and the doctor took off his mask with a smile on his face.
"The operation was very successful."
Lin Mo cried with joy, the gods heard her prayers.
While waiting for Lin Jingwen to wake up, Lin Mo finally had the energy to ask the nurse, her attitude returning to her usual gentleness: "Sister Zhang, what exactly happened? When I left the nursing home yesterday, wasn't Grandpa already much better? How could he suddenly faint?"
The nurse became angry when this matter was mentioned, and seemed to want to say something, but after looking at Lin Mo, he stopped talking.
Lin Mo was surprised. There must be something wrong here.
"It's okay, just tell me. I'll talk to whoever has the problem."
After careful consideration, the nurse finally said, "It's your fiancé's parents."
The incident started yesterday when she went to the club to deliver a mobile phone to Lu Yanxiao.
Xu Tingzhou's parents were extremely happy and proud that their son could marry Wu Xinyue. Last night was the first time that Xu Tingzhou and Wu Xinyue attended a high-end cocktail party as a couple. As soon as their son came back, the two of them asked him all kinds of questions.
Unexpectedly, what he heard was that Xu Tingzhou offended the heir of Lu Group at the cocktail party.
Xu Tingzhou was too embarrassed to tell his parents that it was his misunderstanding of Lin Mo, and he cursed and put all the blame on Lin Mo. His parents naturally believed that Lin Mo didn't want to break up, and she was causing trouble with their son, chasing him to the club, which caused their son to offend Lu Yanxiao.
So, this morning, the two of them ran to the nursing home in a rage. Not only did they tell Lin Jingwen that the wedding was cancelled and they had broken up, they also had a quarrel with Lin Jingwen, scolding him for thinking Lin Mo was well-behaved in the past, but they didn't expect her to be so mean. Even after they broke up, she insisted on ruining their son's good fortune. They asked Lin Jingwen to take good care of his granddaughter and not let her be the kind of girl who had parents who gave birth but no parents who raised her. It was shameful!
"They were so loud that many people could hear them clearly," the nurse said, her teeth itching with rage. "When we heard them, we immediately rushed in and chased them away. The old man was fine at the time, but in the afternoon, he suddenly... "
"I'm sorry, we were also negligent."
Lin Mo subconsciously clenched her fists, but tried to remain calm on her face and shook her head at the nurse.
The nurse had seen Xu Tingzhou and his parents visit Grandpa at the nursing home before, and not knowing they had broken up, she naturally assumed they were just there to visit the elderly. How could she have foreseen this outcome? It was the two who knew Grandpa was in poor health, yet they acted recklessly to provoke him.
"Did they take any action?" Lin Mo asked calmly.
Nurse: "No, it was the old man who hit them with his cane, and they hid far away."
"Lin Mo——"
Lin Zhijie seemed to sense what she was about to do. "In this situation, they can't be held responsible. Grandpa is fine now, don't be impulsive."
Lin Mo lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then ignored Lin Zhijie and walked out directly past him.
I walked out of the hospital building and breathed in the fresh air, but I still felt irritable, as if a heat wave was swirling in my head and my heart felt like it was being pressed down by something heavy.
If we can’t hold them accountable, should we just let it go?
Since she was little, everyone has praised her for being well-behaved and having a good personality, so, are they sure that she won't make trouble?
However, she couldn't let her grandfather suffer in vain. Even if it was irrational, even if it was just to make them feel more upset, she had to make a fuss.
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