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Chapter 137: Chapter 0137: Playing Possum
Ye Xunhuan really didn’t want to start a fight, but when he saw these bodyguards about to attack Qin Rumeng, he had no choice but to intervene.
After all, she was his aunt; how could he stand by and watch someone bully her?
Even though these men might not necessarily have the capability, he was still a man.
So when one of them tried to lay a hand on Qin Rumeng, Ye Xunhuan’s reaction was as fast as lightning. He grabbed the assailant’s wrist and yanked it, then quickly followed with a strike of his elbow.
"Bang!"
"Crack!"
The dull sound of the impact and the crack of breaking bones were almost simultaneous.
Then Ye Xunhuan’s right hand, like a whip, lashed out at another one of them.
This bodyguard’s face changed slightly at the sight and almost instinctively put out his arm to block.
"Bang!"
Although the bodyguard blocked Ye Xunhuan’s fearsome blow in time, the massive force still sent him flying.
Just as Ye Xunhuan was about to strike again, an authoritative voice immediately rang out, "Stop."
Upon hearing this voice, the remaining three bodyguards immediately halted and turned towards the source of the sound.
Ji Zhuoyuan and Zhao Wusheng hurriedly came from one end of the corridor.
Wang Shengli followed close by their side.
Even though Wang Shengli had come to the hospital, he hadn’t come upstairs—not that he didn’t want to, but because he didn’t dare. With Qin Rumeng’s temper, if she hadn’t clashed with Song Jia, now that would’ve been the strange thing!
Whose side would he take then?
So, in Wang Shengli’s opinion, it was safer and better to stay out of the way.
Exactly as expected, the "aunt" really did start fighting with someone, and she even threw the first punch.
Upon seeing Ji Zhuoyuan, Qin Rumeng snorted coldly, "So I should stop just because you say so? Huanhuan, keep hitting them for me."
This time, Ye Xunhuan didn’t listen to Qin Rumeng. When this "aunt" went crazy, there were no limits, and he certainly didn’t want to join in her madness, especially since these bodyguards were only following orders. There was no need to make things difficult for them.
"Miss Qin, I don’t know how my people have offended you!" Ji Zhuoyuan said with an apologetic smile on his face: "If they have offended you in any way, I apologize on their behalf. They are but simple men, please be generous and overlook their offense..."
Just then, Song Jia burst out shouting as if she had gone mad: "Ji Zhuoyuan, you bastard, you didn’t see your mother getting hit, and you’re apologizing to her? You should be beating her up for me..."
Ji Zhuoyuan had indeed missed seeing Song Jia beside him; he rushed over in a frenzy after learning that Qin Rumeng, the formidable lady from the Imperial City, had come looking to settle scores with his son. Yet, when he arrived, he saw his bodyguards fighting.
Now, hearing Song Jia’s words, Ji Zhuoyuan spotted the faint redness and the clear outline of a handprint on her cheek.
Seeing this, Ji Zhuoyuan’s face immediately darkened.
"Keep annoying me and see if I don’t slap you too," Qin Rumeng snorted coldly. "You think just because Ji Zhuoyuan has arrived, you can do anything to me?"
"Miss Qin, if my wife has offended you in any way, to the point of provoking you..."
"Are you questioning me?"
"I dare not!" Ji Zhuoyuan said somewhat displeased: "But Miss Qin, hitting someone is not very appropriate, right?"
"You say it’s not appropriate for this old lady to hit someone, but is it okay for your son to try to take my Huanhuan’s fiancée?" Qin Rumeng’s face suddenly turned cold: "Ji Zhuoyuan, well done, teaching your son to be so good that he can drive a decent person to prostitution, that he can just take someone by force!"
Hearing Qin Rumeng’s accusation, Ji Zhuoyuan’s face changed slightly: "Miss Qin, you need to be responsible for what you’re saying..."
"Of course I take responsibility!" Qin Rumeng said coldly, "What I, Qin Rumeng, say is definitive. If I say ’one,’ it’s ’one,’ if I say ’two,’ it’s ’two.’ I disdain to fabricate things that aren’t there!"
"Little Yu Rou, come here and tell this gentleman, did anyone at the bar touch you inappropriately? If there hadn’t been someone there to help, you might have been defiled..."
Tang Yurou suddenly felt at a loss, having never encountered something like this her whole life, especially with Ji Zhuoyuan standing right next to the helmsman of Jiangzhong City, Zhao Wusheng.
For a moment, Tang Yurou’s heart began to feel uneasy.
"I... I..."
"Don’t be nervous, don’t be scared, tell your auntie, did someone have designs on you and try to overpower you after being rejected!" Qin Rumeng said coldly!
"Mhm!" Tang Yurou nodded.
"Ji Zhuoyuan, did you hear that?" Qin Rumeng said with a hostile face. "If this matter were to get out, what do you think would happen to you?"
"That’s right, your son even said he’d pay money!"
"Are you very rich or something?"
"I..."
Cornered by Qin Rumeng’s preemptive strike, Ji Zhuoyuan suddenly didn’t know what to do, and cold sweat faintly broke out on his forehead.
Ji Zhuoyuan’s complexion changed unpredictably, "Miss Qin, there must be some misunderstanding here..."
"Misunderstanding, your grandpa’s misunderstanding!" Qin Rumeng burst out with a swear, "Tell your son to roll out of the hospital bed if he isn’t dead!"
"My poor child is now in a coma..."
"Is that so?"
Saying that, Qin Rumeng headed straight towards the hospital room.
But then, she was stopped by Song Jia.
"Does your face still itch?"
"You..."
"Song Jia, let Miss Qin through!" Ji Zhuoyuan glared fiercely at Song Jia. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝔬𝔪
Song Jia reluctantly made way after seeing Ji Zhuoyuan’s gaze.
After entering the hospital room and seeing Ji Yunlin lying motionless, Qin Rumeng burst into laughter, "My goodness, what’s with the mummy look, all wrapped up like that, and with so many tubes..."
"Miss Qin, my son had a little accident last night..."
"Did he get beaten up again trying to forcibly take a decent woman?" Qin Rumeng visciously taunted Ji Zhuoyuan, "Serves him right, why didn’t they kill him!"
"Miss Qin, please mind your language..."
"You better watch your own limits," Qin Rumeng said without any fear. "Your son wanted to take advantage of my little Yu Rou, I haven’t even settled the score with him yet!"
"You..."
"Ji Zhuoyuan, don’t tell me you knew I was coming and deliberately had your son play dead here to escape retribution?"
With those words, Qin Rumeng walked toward Ji Zhuoyuan.
"What are you doing?"
"To see if he’s really playing dead!"
Saying that, Qin Rumeng moved to pull out the tubes and wires connected to Ji Yunlin!
