Chapter 62: You Are a Madwoman

At hearing this, Qin Feng’s hand trembled involuntarily. Although he had acted very relaxed in front of Hu Jiayun, claiming he didn’t care at all, how could he possibly not care in his heart?

"Hearing the word dismissal must sound very familiar to you; this should be your second time being fired, shouldn't it? You got lucky last time, running right into an inspection by the discipline inspection commission that saved you, but who is going to save you this time?"

"Let me whisper a secret to you: I did all of this. You being bullied in Bishan, being fired the first time, and now this—I engineered every single one of them."

"Oh right, you probably didn't know yet, but that fire wasn't a natural wildfire; I arranged it all. Hahahaha! But there's nothing you can do about it, because you have no evidence. Even if you had evidence, you couldn't touch me."

"Punk, weren't you full of yourself when you beat me up back then? Come on, hit me again! Come on, get up right now and hit me! Hit me!" Li Ji laughed so hard he could barely contain himself.

"Punk, I told you a long time ago, crushing you to death in Shannan is as easy as crushing an ant. Humph, too bad you got lucky this time and didn't burn to death." Li Ji had come to the hospital specifically today to vent the pent-up frustration in his chest.

Adored by everyone since childhood, he had never suffered the slightest grievance in his life, yet last time he had been beaten up by Qin Feng, and worse still, he couldn't do anything to Qin Feng immediately. How could his fragile ego endure that? Ever since then, he had even been dreaming about how to destroy Qin Feng.

Qin Feng looked coldly at Li Ji without uttering a single word.

"What? Cat got your tongue? Weren't you so arrogant before? Did you ever think you'd end up like this when you hit me? Come on, hit me again..." Li Ji continued to sit there taunting Qin Feng, feeling immensely gratified.

Right at that moment, Hong Yue, who had always been gentle and kind-hearted, suddenly stood up, walked over to the clothes-drying rack in the ward, picked up a hanger, and struck Li Ji across the body with it.

Taken completely by surprise, Li Ji was struck and nearly tumbled off the chair. He roared, "You psycho..."

"Get out..." Hong Yue yelled, beating Li Ji continuously with the clothes hanger.

"You're a crazy woman! Stop hitting me, or I'll hit back..." Shielding his head with his hands, Li Ji retreated step by step until Hong Yue chased him straight out of the ward. The moment he was out, Hong Yue slammed the ward door shut behind him.

Qin Feng stared in wide-eyed disbelief, unable to believe this was the same Hong Yue he knew—the one who barely spoke above a whisper. She seemed like a completely different person.

Hong Yue spun around, flushed with anger, and caught sight of Qin Feng’s astonished gaze. Instantly, her face turned crimson with shyness, and she muttered, "That man is just too hateful."

With that, Hong Yue hurried over to the balcony to put the clothes hanger back in its original place, not daring to meet Qin Feng’s eyes at all.

Watching Hong Yue's reaction, Qin Feng couldn't help bursting into hearty laughter. This girl was simply formidable.

"You're still laughing..." Embarrassed even further by Qin Feng's laughter, Hong Yue's face turned beet red with indignation as she playfully protested.

"Alright, I'll stop, I'll stop. You were truly magnificent just now, possessing the formidable aura of the heroine Hua Mulan."

"You're still going..." Teased by Qin Feng, Hong Yue stepped forward and began "gently" beating his arm with her hands.

"Alright, alright, my fault, my fault, I surrender..." Qin Feng obediently surrendered and admitted defeat.

Blushing deeply, Hong Yue sat back down beside Qin Feng, picked up an apple, resumed peeling it, cut it into small pieces, and fed them to Qin Feng one by one.

"Was what he said just now true?" Hong Yue asked Qin Feng.

"Which part?"

"What he said about you being disciplined and fired."

"Uh... maybe." Qin Feng smiled, though the smile looked rather forced.

"Why? You nearly lost your life saving people from that fire, and now you have broken bones. Shouldn't they be rewarding you? Why would they still punish you? Is there any justice left in this world?" Hong Yue couldn't understand it, her voice filled with agitation.

"Justice... Heh..." Qin Feng let out a faint smile.

"If you really get fired, where will you go?" Hong Yue asked, then muttered softly under her breath, "You certainly won't stay in Bishan anymore."

Qin Feng did not answer Hong Yue's question, because he had no idea where he would go himself.

Because of this topic, the atmosphere between the two of them turned heavy and subdued for the rest of the evening. Both remained silent, casting a gloomy mood over the hospital room.

Meanwhile, during that very evening's Dongyang News Simulcast, a two-minute segment was dedicated to reporting on the Bishan forest fire. Within those two minutes, a minute and a half focused on Qin Feng's heroic deeds of risking his life to fight the fire. In particular, the footage captured by villagers showing Qin Feng with a broken leg, covered in blood, being carried out of the blazing inferno, drew widespread public attention.

With limited airtime on the news broadcast, it was impossible to provide exhaustive details. However, television stations could hardly pass up such stellar material—one that was politically correct and promoted positive energy. Therefore, during that evening's late-night news program, the station spent nearly fifteen minutes in a special follow-up report tracking the incident.

The production team interviewed villagers and citizens who had participated in firefighting efforts, recounting Qin Feng's decisive leadership and heroic acts when the fire first broke out.

Additionally, at the end of the segment, the television station left a lingering suspense: one villager mentioned seeing someone creeping furtively out of the mountains just before the fire started, while another participating villager reported finding a gasoline-scented fuel drum at the scene. The cameraman even made a point of filming a brief shot of the fuel drum.

Modern television stations all pursue a matrix development strategy; alongside traditional television media, new media has become a major focus of their expansion.

Consequently, at that exact same time slot that evening, multiple new media platforms and accounts under the Dongyang City Television umbrella simultaneously released several short videos and news briefs concerning the Bishan forest fire.

Just like the television broadcast, Qin Feng risking his life to fight the fire was used as the explosive hook published across the entire internet. This earned Dongyang City Television an immense volume of exposure, given that Qin Feng's deeds—especially the video of him being carried out of the fire—carried massive viral potential.

While the entire internet was buzzing with heated discussions about this incident, Qin Feng remained completely oblivious, as he and Hong Yue were simply sitting together in the hospital room, binge-watching a television series.