"No, no..." Luo Yan refused to go to the hospital no matter what, and then she started crying uncontrollably.
Luo Shicheng couldn't be appeased, and Liang Zhizhong and Liu Xuanzhi's attempts to negotiate were also ineffective.
Liu Bo knew the problem lay with him, so he leaned over, grabbed Luo Yan's hand, and slapped it onto his face.
"It's Uncle's fault. Yan Yan, go ahead and hit her. Hit her however you want to vent your anger. After you're done, we'll go to the hospital."
"You're the one who told me to hit you!" Luo Yan said, taking advantage of Liu Bo still holding her wrist, and slapped her several times in quick succession.
Luo Yan controlled her strength, hitting hard without making a sound, leaving the unsuspecting Liu Bo rolling his eyes.
Liu Xuanzhi clicked his tongue when he saw this, "How much pain can a few slaps hurt? Stop pretending."
Liu Bo's head was buzzing, and it took him a long time to recover.
"Grandpa, I wasn't pretending. This girl is the one pretending. It hurts so much when she hits people."
Liu Xuanzhi scrutinized Liu Bo's face. "No redness, no swelling, no broken skin. What's there to hurt? You're asking for a beating."
Liu Bo had no way to express his bitterness and wanted to secretly take revenge on the little girl. The little girl cried and nestled in Luo Shicheng's arms.
"Uncle is so scared..."
Luo Shicheng could tell that Luo Yan had used extremely ruthless methods, which made him feel somewhat better. He picked up Luo Yan and walked outside.
Liu Bo didn't move, but Liu Xuanzhi hit him with his cane.
"Go get the car, what are you doing standing here pretending to be dead?"
When the group arrived at the hospital, Liang Zhizhong was quite old, and Luo Shicheng couldn't let the old man run up and down the stairs, so he led the way to the ward in the west gate.
Pushing open the door, Ximen Bei sat alone on the hospital bed, his back to her forlorn figure. Luo Shicheng carried Luo Yan inside.
"Grandpa..."
Ximen Bei turned his head and saw that it was Luo Shicheng. His dim old eyes lit up instantly.
Luo Shicheng invited Liang Zhizhong in and introduced the two elderly men to each other.
Liang Zhizhong excitedly grasped Ximen Bei's large hand.
"Brother Ximen, a lone hero who single-handedly took down an entire Japanese company, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Liu Bo followed him in and was shocked to see that Luo Shicheng's godfather was actually Ximen Bei, who had once formed a self-defense corps to fight against Japanese pirates and whose martial arts were renowned throughout China. He was nicknamed Fang Bulei. Liu Bo looked at Luo Shicheng with admiration and envy.
Ximen Bei also recognized Liang Zhizhong.
"I have long admired the brilliant strategist Liang Dadan. It is an honor to meet him today."
It was a rare occasion for the two stubborn old men to meet so happily, and Luo Shicheng and Ximen Bei said this.
"Grandpa, you and Grandpa Liang chat for a while, I'm going out for a bit."
Ximen Bei waved his hand, "Go on, go on, I'll take care of your Grandpa Liang, you don't need to be here."
Luo Shicheng was about to leave with Luo Yan in his arms when Luo Yan, who hadn't seen Xiang Yu tending to Ximen Bei, had a bad feeling.
"Aunt Xiang?"
"Little girl, didn't you hate Xiang Yu? Why are you remembering him again?" Ximen Bei didn't even look at Luo Yan, and just replied casually.
“Your Aunt Xiang Yu has a friend who had an accident and hasn’t been around for the past few days.”
At this point, Ximen Bei's tone was dejected.
As people get older, they always hope that the younger generation can stay by their side. Xiang Yu used to be around him every day, so it was really hard to get used to her leaving so suddenly.
Luo Shicheng carried Luo Yan out of the house, while Liu Bo stayed by Liang Zhizhong's side, pretending not to see them, and listened with admiration to the two old heroes recounting their past.
Luo Shicheng first took Luo Yan to register for a check-up, and only felt relieved after hearing from the doctor that everything was fine.
As they left the clinic, Luo Yan patted Luo Shicheng, "Aunt Xiang, Mom."
She had a gut feeling that Xiang Yu wasn't involved in any friend's accident, but rather that he had taken advantage of her father's absence to bully her mother.
In the original text, Xiang Yu and Hua Li had never met, and she didn't know why she thought that way, but she had to go home to see them.
"Does Yan Yan mean that Xiang Yu left to find your mother?" Luo Shicheng was skeptical.
Perhaps she was overthinking it, but Xiang Yu had only left today and would arrive in Jiangcheng by train in two days. She and Xiao Xiu would share a seat, so she could go back anytime. Therefore, she had plenty of time to remind her mother to be careful of Xiang Yu.
Luo Yan nodded.
Luo Shicheng, "You want to go back?"
The father and daughter understood the unspoken message, and Luo Yan still nodded.
"We'll decide tonight."
Luo Yan did not object.
Back at Ximen Bei's ward, Ximen Bei had already agreed to visit Liang Zhizhong's house, and Liu Bo had gone to handle the discharge procedures.
Ximen Bei then noticed that half of Luo Yan's face was swollen and asked what happened.
Luo Shicheng gave a brief explanation, and Ximen Bei was so angry that he curled his beard.
“I want to see how your parents handle this. If they dare not treat everyone equally, I’ll make sure they never do so for the rest of their lives.”
Anyone who sides with their father is a good person, and Luo Yan found Ximen Bei much more agreeable.
Suddenly, the sounds of smashing and breaking came from next door, occasionally mixed with a woman's suppressed moans.
None of the three people in the ward paid any attention, but Liu Bo, who had just returned after completing the formalities, heard it and ran to the next room to knock on the door.
Liu Bo knocked on the door for a long time before Zhou Bing opened it with a pale face.
"What's going on with you guys...?"
Upon seeing the bloody footprints at Zhou Bing's feet, Liu Bo swallowed the rest of his words.
Liu Bo called a nurse to carry Zhou Bing away and send her to the emergency room.
Even as she was being lifted onto the stretcher, Zhou Bing didn't forget to explain.
"I fell by accident, I'm sorry for the trouble."
Liu Bo was speechless with astonishment.
The nurse sighed, "You just had a miscarriage from a fall, and then you had a postpartum hemorrhage from another fall in the ward. You only have one life, so you should be careful to avoid falling."
Ximen Bei and Liang Zhizhong came out of the door, with Luo Shicheng carrying Luo Yan and Ximen Bei's luggage behind them. Liu Bo hurriedly stepped forward to take the luggage and carried it in his hands.
Upon hearing the nurse's words, Luo Shicheng glanced coolly at the half-open door of the ward next door and walked indifferently downstairs.
"Quickly, the patient is bleeding heavily, get him to the operating room immediately."
The nurse who pushed Zhou Bing away shouted, and several nurses pushed the gurney and rushed towards the special passage.
Luo Shicheng, who had just walked down a few steps, heard this, came back, put Luo Yan by the door, went into room 216, and closed the door behind him.
Hearing the sounds of fists hitting flesh and the man's miserable groans, Luo Yan secretly cheered for Luo Shicheng.
Dad, hit him hard, let the abusive man taste the bitterness of domestic violence.
Five minutes later, Luo Shicheng emerged with water droplets on his hands, picked up Luo Yan, and carried her downstairs.
Luo Shicheng was the last to carry Luo Yan into the car, and the three people in the car all acted as if nothing had happened.
Liu Bo drove back to the compound and parked the car in front of Liang Zhizhong's house. The group got out of the car.
Upon entering, Liang Zhizhong instructed the nanny to prepare two guest rooms and also asked her to prepare dinner.
After Liang Zhizhong and Ximen were seated on the living room sofa, Luo Shicheng spoke directly.
"Grandpa Liang, may I borrow your study?"
Liang Zhizhong took out the key and tossed it to Luo Shicheng. Luo Yan wanted to go, but Luo Shicheng told her she was going to sleep and sent her to the guest room.
Luo Yan knew that Luo Shicheng must have something important to do, so she didn't insist on going with him. After Luo Shicheng went out, she locked the door and waited obediently in the guest room.
While waiting for Luo Shicheng, Luo Yan looked through the things she had taken from the five people on the train.
Matches, cigarettes, keys, an ivory cigarette holder, a knife, a comb, a few biscuits, two pieces of fruit candy, a few pieces of paper with writing on them... cash totaling over eight hundred, and several various tickets.
A pile of useless junk. Luo Yan picked up a piece of paper with writing on it and flipped through it.
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