Chapter Thirty-Five: Seeing Mu Feng Again

After paying the medical bill and returning with the receipt to the corridor of the ward area, Nangong Yuchen heard a clamor and instinctively looked toward the sound.

His gaze swept over the crowded scene ahead, and his pupils abruptly contracted. His entire body went rigid.

“Miss Shangguan, we were only joking with Doctor Guo just now. Please show mercy!” Zhao Shu and the other man pleaded from the side as they watched Shangguan Yueling repeatedly stomp on Zhou Lingtian, who had foamed at the mouth and passed out.

At that, Shangguan Yueling not only failed to stop, but even leaped onto Zhou Lingtian’s stomach and said impatiently, with her cherry-colored lips pursed, “Do you two want to try it as well?”

The moment she spoke, Zhao Shu and the other man shivered and dared not say another word. Terrified of offending the little devil before them, they could only cast helpless looks at the unconscious ward chief.

As for the people gathered around, they stared at the theatrical scene before them, mouths agape in shock, unable to calm themselves. The ferocious man who had been shouting just a minute ago, threatening to blow up the hospital, was now pinned beneath what looked like a middle school girl and dared not resist. The contrast was so absurd that they could scarcely wrap their minds around it.

“So she’s the mayor’s younger daughter, Shangguan Yueling. No wonder Zhou Lingtian doesn’t even have the courage to fight back!” someone murmured in sudden realization.

At that moment, the young nurse beside him, who was wiping blood from Doctor Guo’s face, said with glee, “Fight back? Heh. Setting aside her status, her strength as a first-tier mecha warrior alone is enough to uproot Zhou Lingtian’s power completely. Would he dare resist?”

“No way. She’s a first-tier mecha warrior at such a young age?”

“Didn’t you see the black pistol in her hand just now? That’s a mecha weapon!”

“This... As expected of the mayor’s daughter. A mecha warrior at such a young age—she’ll be something extraordinary in the future!”

Nangong Yuchen listened in stunned silence to the murmurs around him, never imagining that bringing Ke Xin to the hospital would lead him to run into the very two men who had assassinated him, as well as the little girl he had met at the café last time.

At the same time, two names surfaced in his mind: Shangguan Youran, Shangguan Yueling.

“So they’re both the mayor’s daughters of Ruixia City. No wonder they could break through to the first tier at such a young age!” Nangong Yuchen thought in shock.

Then he looked again at Zhou Lingtian, who lay unconscious on the floor, and was startled. He was grateful he had not crossed paths with them on the way here, or else things would truly have...

At the thought, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He had originally planned to stay here for a few days until Ke Xin recovered, but now it seemed he would have to leave at once, or the consequences would be unthinkable.

Just as he was about to leave, a cool female voice suddenly came from behind him. “Lingling, had enough fun yet? Come back with me immediately. There are arrangements for tonight!”

Hearing that, Nangong Yuchen turned slightly and saw a cascade of purple hair drift past before him, followed by a beautiful, alluring back.

“Oh, all right, Sis!” Shangguan Yueling shouted back from afar, then directly jumped off Zhou Lingtian and ran toward Shangguan Youran. On the way, when she passed the old dean, she stopped briefly and instructed him, “Old man, don’t forget to go to Ward Z008 to treat Mu Feng later. Otherwise, if I come back tomorrow, I really will blow up your hospital!”

Having said that, Shangguan Yueling did not wait for a reply. She bounced after Shangguan Youran and left with her.

“It’s... her!” Nangong Yuchen stood frozen in place, staring at the disappearing purple figure. This was the third time he had seen Shangguan Youran, yet she seemed to remember nothing about him at all.

“Of course. She’s a first-tier mecha warrior. She did save my life, but I’m just an ordinary citizen—how could she possibly remember me?” Nangong Yuchen thought of the cold, indifferent beauty in her eyes when they had met earlier, then shook his head with a faint smile. He quietly backed away toward the corner behind him.

A few minutes later, he returned to Ke Xin’s ward and looked at her pale little face as she slept. His heart ached. He had clearly sworn last time that he would never let his sister be hurt again, and yet now he could not even remain in the hospital.

“Haah.”

After hesitating for a while, he finally called softly, “Ke Xin!”

Nangong Ke Xin slowly opened her hazy eyes, looking puzzled.

“Ke Xin, we need to leave here right away, or else...” Nangong Yuchen told her about seeing Zhao Shu and the other man in the corridor, deliberately leaving out Shangguan Yueling and Shangguan Youran.

After hearing this, Nangong Ke Xin’s face grew even paler. She gripped Nangong Yuchen’s arm tightly and asked anxiously, “Yuchen, they won’t see us, will they?”

As a girl, she was obviously even more frightened than Nangong Yuchen by this sort of thing. She had thought they had escaped disaster, only for them to run into it again at the hospital after just one day.

“No, I’ll go out and take a look first. Put on your coat!” Nangong Yuchen comforted her a few times, then hurried out of the room.

After making a cautious roundabout inspection, he strangely arrived at another ward area and kept glancing at the room numbers as if searching for a specific room.

That’s right. He was looking for Mu Feng’s ward. Before leaving, he had learned about him from Shangguan Yueling, so Nangong Yuchen had risked coming here.

After searching for more than ten minutes, he finally stopped before Ward Z008. Taking a deep breath, he turned the handle and stepped inside.

Creak.

This was a high-end private ward, fully equipped with everything. As soon as Nangong Yuchen entered, he saw the burly middle-aged man on the hospital bed not far away—Mu Feng.

Mu Feng, who had also noticed the movement, saw Nangong Yuchen enter and was momentarily stunned. He did not understand why this young man had come here.

“Phew.”

Nangong Yuchen drew a breath, somewhat nervously walked over, and asked, “Are you Mu Feng?”

Mu Feng did not answer. He merely looked straight at Nangong Yuchen.

“Thank you for saving me a month ago. I came today because I have something I’d like to ask of you!” Nangong Yuchen got straight to the point. Although the middle-aged man before him was a mecha warrior, for the sake of his future safety, he could only steel himself and state his purpose.

“Saved you?” Mu Feng gave a self-mocking shake of his head, his expression suddenly turning dim, as though Nangong Yuchen’s words had stirred up some unpleasant memory.

The atmosphere in the room grew a little heavy. Nangong Yuchen stood there at a loss, thinking he had touched a sore spot. He became increasingly uneasy, unsure whether he should continue.

After a long while, Mu Feng’s expression returned to normal, and he said, “You came to me about Cheng Tianyou, didn’t you?”

His rough voice made Nangong Yuchen tense. That was precisely why he had come. But then the next words rang out, and he froze on the spot.

“I never mentioned to anyone what you did—taking Cheng Tianyou’s weapon, mecha, and time-space ring. So if there’s nothing else, go back.”