Chapter 699 — Fainting With Rage Again

The three of them entered Inpatient Building One, climbed to the second floor, and arrived at the door of Room 218—only to find police officers patrolling nearby. Seeing the three about to enter, someone immediately stepped forward to block them. "Excuse me, who are you three looking for?"

Chen Yuxuan had come earlier with Qiu Lingshan, so the officers on guard naturally let him through without question. But Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu—harmless as they looked—were not to be taken lightly either.

"We're here to see An Liwen," Wei Zhao said. He hadn't expected An Liwen to be under police protection.

"An Liwen is one of the victims under our protection. May I have your names? I'll need to check with the party concerned and my supervising officer..." the officer on guard asked.

"And who is your supervising officer? Qiu Lingshan? Or Liu Wangli?" Wei Zhao hadn't expected visiting An Liwen to be such a hassle.

"You... you know Captain Song and Captain Liu?" The officer blinked in surprise. "Captain Song is right inside. Wait a moment—I'll go call her."

Hearing that Wei Zhao knew not only his squad leader Liu Wangli but also the captain, Qiu Lingshan, he dared not be negligent. Having said this to Wei Zhao, he went into the ward.

"Captain Song, there are people at the door to visit An Liwen—and they know you..." the officer on guard reported.

"They know me?" Qiu Lingshan was briefly taken aback. "I'll go out and take a look."

When Qiu Lingshan came out of the ward, she saw Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu. Wei Zhao coming to see An Liwen struck her as rather odd—did Wei Zhao even know An Liwen?

"Wei Zhao?" Qiu Lingshan glanced at him, her expression somewhat unnatural, since Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were standing right there. But she quickly regained her composure. What was she afraid of? They weren't Wei Zhao's girlfriends—whatever the relationship between her and Wei Zhao was, what business was it of theirs?

"Why is An Liwen under protection?" Wei Zhao asked.

"He's one of the victims of the kidney-harvesting ring. We need him to testify in court," Qiu Lingshan said. "You know him?"

"I know him—not well." Wei Zhao shrugged, finding it a little funny. An Liwen testifying against his own criminal gang? An Liwen might be the mastermind of the case, but by now he had probably destroyed every last piece of evidence. Wei Zhao couldn't be bothered to bring any of that up with Qiu Lingshan.

Qiu Lingshan nodded and followed behind Wei Zhao into the room like a meek, put-upon little wife, not daring to step ahead of him.

No one else noticed this detail—Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu paid it no mind, and Chen Yuxuan didn't read anything into it. He simply could not believe that Qiu Lingshan had ever been anyone's meek little wife.

"Xiaoshu, Yao Yao... Wei Zhao, you're here." Chen Yuxuan sounded a little unnatural when he said Wei Zhao's name. Deep down he held Wei Zhao in the utmost respect and addressed him as Instructor Eagle; calling Wei Zhao by his bare name felt disrespectful to him.

Shen Yushu saw her brother, then saw Qiu Lingshan behind him, and her face fell. She simply could not fathom why her big brother had to be so pigheadedly single-minded. Qiu Lingshan obviously didn't like him, yet he kept doggedly pursuing her. It was utterly mortifying!

That vixen Qiu Lingshan was a menace too—she really deserved a good dressing-down... Hm? Shen Yushu's eyes suddenly lit up. She had an idea.

An Liwen perked up with delight when he saw Gu Mengyao arrive, while Shen Yushu beside her was automatically ignored. But when An Liwen saw Wei Zhao behind Shen Yushu, his expression instantly froze!

Wei Zhao knew he was the head of the kidney-harvesting ring! Just this morning he had been about to cut out Wei Zhao's kidney, and instead it had ended up being his own... Of course Wei Zhao must hate him. Could it be that Wei Zhao had rescued Qiu Lingshan?

At this thought, An Liwen's hatred for Wei Zhao grew even deeper—and so did his fear! He was afraid Wei Zhao would inform Qiu Lingshan of his identity, and furious that Wei Zhao had destroyed his life's work in an instant! It never occurred to him that if he hadn't had Wei Zhao and Qiu Lingshan captured, his kidney-harvesting ring would not have been wiped out so quickly.

Thinking it over carefully, An Liwen actually breathed a sigh of relief. So what if Wei Zhao told Qiu Lingshan? There was no evidence! The tattooed man would surely hold out and never betray him, and Dr. Wang—the only other person who knew his identity—had committed suicide. Who else could prove he was the head of the kidney-harvesting ring?

When the time came, he would deny everything to the death, and Qiu Lingshan wouldn't be able to do a thing to him! The An family was not to be trifled with—surely Qiu Lingshan wouldn't dare touch him without evidence. At this, An Liwen felt much more at ease, and he put on a somewhat hypocritical face. "Brother Wei Zhao, you came too? To think you'd still remember your old brother at a time like this—once I'm well, I'll treat you to a meal, I insist!"

An Liwen had no choice but to keep up this act to preserve his image in Gu Mengyao's eyes—otherwise she might think him petty and small-minded, and that would never do.

"Oh, Brother Jianwen, if you lose a kidney, can you still get better? You won't die, will you?" Shen Yushu spoke up before Wei Zhao could say a word.

"Huh?" An Liwen was struck dumb, his face instantly flushing red from Shen Yushu's words, and he cursed inwardly: Damn it, would you die if you lost a kidney? Can't you get through a conversation without provoking someone? But An Liwen truly did not dare curse Shen Yushu aloud. He could not afford to offend the Chen family, and Chen Yuxuan was right there in the ward besides! And on top of that, Shen Yushu was Gu Mengyao's closest friend. If he cursed her out, did he still expect things to go well for him?

"Xiaoshu, don't say such things. Losing a kidney only affects your health somewhat. It won't kill you," Chen Yuxuan said. He was helpless against his little sister and could only try to explain it to her.

"Oh, I see. That's what I figured!" Shen Yushu nodded. "I heard that when a man loses a kidney, he's no longer a complete man. Brother Jianwen, your dream with Sister Yao Yao is shattered now, and I bet you definitely can't handle a threesome anymore either!"

"Huh?" An Liwen's face turned purple-red on the spot. He had not expected Shen Yushu to be so vicious, bringing up exactly the topic he least wanted to discuss. He really should never have let her come along. Was she here just to humiliate him in front of Gu Mengyao?

"Xiaoshu, don't say such things. Even if he were a man, I would never sleep with him," Gu Mengyao said with a frown. She felt Shen Yushu had gone a bit too far, as if she herself had agreed to be with An Liwen!

But Gu Mengyao's words carried an ambiguity, and hearing them, An Liwen felt a chill run straight through him. Even if he were a man? Did that mean she did not count him as one now?

The more An Liwen thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. Why was he so unlucky? Was there anyone in the world more unlucky than he was? As he brooded, the rage surged through him, and he passed out cold on the spot. RO