Returning Spring Hall lobby.
Lu Cheng's few airy words, like poisoned daggers, fiercely pierced Lin Fan's heart!
Lin Fan only felt the last string of reason in his mind completely snap!
"Lu Cheng—!!!"
Lin Fan's eyes instantly turned blood red, like a wounded beast, letting out a roar that didn't sound human!
All his humiliation, anger, and unwillingness erupted at this moment!
He sprang up from the ground, as if mad, and fiercely clawed at Lu Cheng's neck!
He wanted to strangle this devil!
He wanted him to pay for everything he had done!
However.
His hand hadn't even touched Lu Cheng.
A blur flashed by!
"Slap!"
A crisp slap!
Lin Fan only felt a huge force hit him, and his whole body stumbled back a few steps uncontrollably.
Immediately after, before he could react.
Lu Cheng's fist whizzed towards him.
Lin Fan didn't even see his movements clearly!
He only felt a sudden sharp pain in his chest!
It was as if he had been hit by a freight truck at full speed!
"Ugh—!"
He let out a painful groan, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string.
He crashed heavily against the hard wall behind him.
"Bang!"
A dull thud!
Lin Fan felt as if his internal organs were displaced and his bones had come apart!
He slid down the wall in a mess, collapsing to the ground, his chest throbbing with unbearable pain, making even breathing difficult, and a sweet, metallic taste surged in his throat!
He even felt like he had almost been embedded in the wall.
Hearing the dull thud, the reporters and the people in the medical hall in front finally noticed, turning their cameras and gazes towards him.
Lin Fan clutched his throbbing chest; he still couldn't believe it. Lu Cheng... his... his strength was even greater than that of his own high-level bodyguards... This absolute crushing force shattered his last shred of illusion.
Lu Cheng ignored Lin Fan, who was like a dead dog on the ground.
He straightened his sleeves, a gentle smile still on his face, as if he hadn't been the one who had just made a move.
He spoke first, with a hint of helplessness in his tone, explaining to the surrounding reporters and the crowd:
"Everyone, I'm truly sorry, a small accident occurred."
"This... uh, Mr. Lin Fan, is, after all, the main person responsible for the previous patient's condition worsening."
"I just wanted to ask him if he also had any collusion with Holy Heart Hospital or anywhere else, and if he deliberately came to Returning Spring Hall as an undercover agent to cause trouble and ruin the reputation of Chinese medicine."
"I didn't expect..." Lu Cheng shook his head, showing a helpless expression, "Seeing his conspiracy exposed by me, he became angry out of shame and suddenly attacked, trying to hit me!"
"I was also forced to... defend myself."
His words were watertight, placing himself completely in the position of a victim.
And Lin Fan became the culprit who, angry out of shame, attempted to commit an assault!
"What? He even tried to hit someone?"
"This Lin Fan is too arrogant!"
The reporters, hearing about the new development, immediately pointed their cameras and microphones at Lin Fan, who was groaning in pain and unable to move on the ground.
"Mr. Lin Fan! Are you really being instigated by someone and deliberately came to Returning Spring Hall to cause trouble?"
"What exactly is the unspeakable transaction between you and Holy Heart Hospital?"
"Did you take money from Western medicine to intentionally frame Chinese medicine?"
He lowered his head, clutching his chest tightly with both hands, the bone-shattering pain making him almost unable to speak.
Lu Cheng's punch was too heavy!
He felt several of his ribs were broken!
He wanted to refute! He wanted to curse! He wanted to expose Lu Cheng's lies!
But he couldn't make a sound at all!
His current strength was simply no match for Lu Cheng!
Suddenly, the reporters' questions stopped, and their voices ceased abruptly.
A cold voice, full of anger and disappointment, rang out above Lin Fan's head.
He laboriously raised his head.
He met Luo Qingyan's beautiful eyes, which were originally as clear as water but were now burning with raging fury!
She looked at Lin Fan, who was in a miserable state on the ground, like a stray dog, her voice trembling slightly with anger.
"You!"
"Lin Fan!"
"My Returning Spring Hall kindly took you in! Treated your injuries! Provided you with food and lodging! And you... you're actually such a heartless ingrate?!"
"Tell me! What conspiracy do you and Holy Heart Hospital have?! Why do you want to frame our Returning Spring Hall like this?! Why do you want to blacken the name of Chinese medicine?"
"Your Pure Yang Nine Needles before, you used it so skillfully! You clearly possess superb medical skills! Why do you want to help the wicked?"
"I truly... I must have been blind to trust you!"
"Now! Immediately! Get out of Returning Spring Hall!"
Luo Qingyan grew angrier and angrier as she spoke, the last few words practically a shout!
This Lin Fan... not only did he cause trouble, but he even dared to lay hands on Lu Cheng?
Lin Fan endured the severe pain in his chest, a hoarse, intermittent sound coming from his throat:
"Qing... yan..."
"Lu Cheng... he... he's lying to you..."
"He is... the mastermind..."
However, no one listened to his weak defense.
Or rather, no one was willing to believe the words of a "murderous quack."
Several medical hall assistants who had long held grudges against Lin Fan rushed over immediately.
They had long disliked this fellow!
Now that Divine Doctor Luo had spoken, they were naturally happy to oblige!
They directly hoisted the weak and gasping Lin Fan and dragged him out of the medical hall!
If it were normal times, with Lin Fan's strength, these ordinary assistants wouldn't even be able to touch him.
But now... Lu Cheng's punch had almost shattered his internal organs!
He didn't even have the strength to stand up, so he could only be dragged out of Returning Spring Hall's main entrance like a dead dog.
Then, he was mercilessly thrown next to the stinking pile of garbage in the back alley... After dealing with the small interlude of Lin Fan.
The atmosphere in the lobby gradually returned to normal.
With Lu Cheng's help, Luo Qingyan continued to calmly answer the media reporters' questions.
Lu Cheng always stood beside her, like a solid backing, holding the fort for her, occasionally adding a few words to guide public opinion in a direction favorable to Returning Spring Hall.
After a long while.
The reporters finally left, satisfied with their scoops.
The medical hall also reached closing time.
In the lobby, only Lu Cheng and Luo Qingyan remained, along with a few assistants cleaning up the mess.
Lu Cheng stretched, a lazy smile on his face, and turned his head to look at Luo Qingyan beside him, his tone gentle.
"After a busy day, our Divine Doctor Luo must be hungry, right?"
"I wonder... do I have the honor of inviting Miss Miraculous Doctor to dinner?"
Luo Qingyan listened to his teasing tone and words.
On her face, which was usually as clear as jade and untouched by worldly dust and smoke, a smile unexpectedly bloomed.
It was like the most gentle and bright warm sun of spring, carrying a beauty and tenderness that could almost melt one's heart.
Her laughter was clear and melodious, like silver bells.
Following Lu Cheng's words, she replied with a hint of playfulness:
"Then... I'll trouble Mr. Lu?"
Lu Cheng smiled, extending his hand gallantly.
Luo Qingyan hesitated for a moment, then gently placed her slightly cool fingertips in his palm.
And so, the two of them walked hand in hand to the Rolls-Royce that had been waiting for a long time.
And all of this.
Was seen clearly by Lin Fan, who had just used his last ounce of strength to barely climb up from beside the garbage heap.
He watched the luxury car speed away, this scene... it was exactly like the first day he was released from prison... identical.
But this time, what made him even more painful was that everything happened right in front of him, yet he... was utterly helpless.