Hearing this, the man was somewhat skeptical.
"I'm giving you ten minutes. If you can't bring Dr. Li back, I'll slit her throat right now!"
"Brother Mo, ten minutes isn't enough! Even if I run there and back, it will take more than ten minutes. Can you give me twenty minutes? Please!" The nurse was anxious, and tears instantly streamed down her face.
"Alright, hurry up. Twenty minutes. Every minute more and you can expect to collect the corpse!" The man glanced at the time, his face turning menacing. "It's 11:50 now. If I don't see him by 12:10, you'd better watch out."
I'm warning you again, if you dare call the police, you know what the consequences will be!
"Don't worry, don't worry, they definitely won't call the police!" Lu Jia quickly replied, pulling the nurse along as they rushed towards the elevator.
Only after entering the elevator did the nurse cry out, "What are we going to do? Dr. Li went home a long time ago, we can't find him at all!"
"Don't cry. You know the hospital best. Take me to the stairwell and I'll sneak up there." Lu Jia looked anxiously at the elevator. After going down three floors, she immediately pulled the nurse out of the stairwell.
The nurse was terrified and sobbed.
Lu Jia quickly stopped him, saying, "Don't make a sound, or it will be troublesome if that person hears you."
The nurse quickly covered her mouth, nodded with a look of fear in her eyes, and then tiptoed with Lu Jia toward the stairwell.
Then, without making a sound, he moved his lips and told Lu Jia that going up from here would lead to the stairwell behind the thugs.
Lu Jia lowered her body, took off her shoes and placed them at the bottom of the stairs, then quietly prepared to climb the stairs. Turning to the nurse, she said in the softest voice, "Go find the hospital security guards and wait on the floor above. If anything happens, I'll shout for you, and then the security guards will rush up to help."
But remember, unless I call you, you must not make a sound.
The nurse nodded frantically like a chick pecking at rice, then took off running towards the elevator.
Lu Jia carefully walked up the stairs, keeping close to the handrail, barely daring to breathe.
Reaching the last floor, the most crucial moment, he quietly began to ascend.
"Brother Mo, I just heard the nurse call you Brother Mo, so I'll call you Brother Mo too. Let's talk things over calmly. Please calm down first."
"I can find the best doctor in Beijing to examine your wife again. If all else fails, we can bring in a top-tier medical team from abroad for a consultation. There's always a way, right?"
"Are you kidding me?!" The man looked at Wei Qiao suspiciously. "Who are you? How could you so easily arrange for top doctors to consult on my wife's case?"
Wei Qiao was momentarily speechless; he couldn't very well say that he was a member of the Rong family.
In that case, Shen Zhi Qiu's identity would likely be exposed.
If a man hates the Rong family's hospital so much, he will surely hate the Rong family members even more.
"He's the richest man in Nancheng, and the Gu family's bodyguard!" Shen Zhi Qiu blurted out on a whim.
Wei Qiao's jaw nearly dropped in astonishment, but seeing the man turn to look at her, Wei Qiao immediately straightened her back and shouted, "Yes!"
"And what about her? Who is she?" The man's eyes darted around, and he immediately tightened his grip on the knife.
"She's the young mistress of the Gu family, our CEO Gu's wife!" Wei Qiao shouted, disregarding everything else. "So now you can believe me, right? Our CEO Gu will definitely agree to hire a top-notch medical team for your wife, as long as you release her!"
"Words are meaningless, why should I believe you?" The man softened slightly, pursed his lips, and began to ponder Wei Qiao's words.
“I can have someone transfer some money to you right away,” Shen Zhi Qiu added immediately. “With a large sum of money, you can focus on treating your wife and hire the best doctors for her yourself.”
"If I take the money and you immediately call the police to arrest me, I'm afraid I'll have the life to take the money but not the life to spend it!" The man sneered. "Don't even think about teaming up to trick me into releasing him!"
"That's it!" Wei Qiao shouted, "When we transfer the money, we'll specify that it's a gratuitous gift, and we'll have our lawyer issue a statement clearly stating that this is a gratuitous gift from our CEO Gu to you, and that we will absolutely not try to get it back! Nor will we call the police. Can you rest assured now!"
Think about it, if you release him, your wife will be saved, you'll have money, and your daughter's life will be better from now on! It's a win-win-win situation! If I were you, I would agree immediately.
Wei Qiao pressed her advantage, coaxing him gently. As she spoke, she caught a glimpse of Lu Jia's figure behind the man out of the corner of her eye.
Lu Jia gave him a wink, and Wei Qiao, quick-witted, continued shouting to attract the man's attention: "Name your price, bro! Name your price! Is ten million enough?!"
The man was clearly taken aback. He pursed his lips but didn't say anything.
"Thirty million?!" Wei Qiao shouted again, "If you're willing, I'll call our CEO Gu right now!"
"Add some more!" The man was clearly tempted. "Fifty million, one price. I'll release him as soon as I see the transfer!"
"Okay, it's a deal!" Wei Qiao immediately took out his phone to make a call.
"Take your time getting your phone, let me see if it's another weapon!" The man saw how quickly he moved and, considering his bodyguard status, worried that if he suddenly charged at him with a weapon, he might not be a match for him.
"Okay, okay, I'm just getting my phone." Wei Qiao slowed down her movements.
"Get back!" For some reason, as if sensing danger, the man suddenly panicked and shouted at Wei Qiao.
"Okay, okay, I'll step back right away!" Wei Qiao did as instructed.
But the man was still a little uneasy, so he grabbed Shen Zhi Qiu and retreated abruptly.
He had just taken a step back when he caught a glimpse of Lu Jia approaching the stairwell.
"Fine! You actually dared to team up and deceive me!" The man's emotions collapsed at once. He stabbed the knife in, cutting Shen Zhi Qiu's neck, and blood immediately flowed out.
"No!" Lu Jia roared, his voice trembling.
Seeing Shen Zhi Qiu injured, he felt heartbroken and regretted that his plan was not perfect enough and had been discovered.
Wei Qiao was also startled, and gritted her teeth, growling, "Don't hurt her. What I just said is true, and the money transfer to you right now is also true!"
"Hahaha, you still want to fool me! I've been fooled once, and I'm not going to fall for it twice!" The man was furious, his eyes bloodshot with rage, and he roared fiercely at Wei Qiao.
"I promise, I really won't lie to you. Give me your bank card number now, and I'll have someone transfer the money to you right away, as long as you don't hurt her!" Wei Qiao frowned, her eyes fixed on the knife in the man's hand.
The man was now completely enraged. He smirked and gripped the knife tightly again.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
