Chapter 127

Chapter 127 - 127 121 Changling Xie Shangs first powerful alliance Chapter 127: 121: Changling Xie Shang’s first powerful alliance Chapter 127: 121: Changling Xie Shang’s first powerful alliance It took a week to renovate the VIP building.

Today, Wen Changling was on the night shift. At four in the afternoon, Xie Shang drove her to the hospital.

The car stopped in the underground parking lot of the hospital.

Before Wen Changling got out of the car, Xie Shang said, “I’ll come to pick you up tomorrow morning.”

Because she often got lost, Xie Shang would pick her up whenever he was free.

“Don’t come tomorrow morning, I’m going to Jiahui’s place to celebrate her birthday.”

“Won’t you be tired after a night shift?”

“I can sleep at her place for a while.”

“Then give me a call when you’re done.”

“Okay.”

At the elevator, a colleague was calling Wen Changling.

“Changling.”

The elevator was about to leave.

“I’m off to work.” Wen Changling opened the car door, got out without closing it, and hurried to catch the elevator.

Xie Shang got out of the car, closed the passenger door, didn’t rush to leave, stood by the car, and waited until he saw Wen Changling enter the elevator before going back to his car.

There were three people in the elevator: Wen Changling, Qiao Yi, and another colleague from the VIP building. This elevator was designated for the VIP building and required an employee card for access.

“Did your boyfriend drop you off?”

The colleague’s name was Yu Shasha. She was outgoing, and after Wen Changling transferred to the VIP building, Yu Shasha was the first person to take the initiative to greet her.

Wen Changling nodded in reply.

Qiao Yi added sarcastically, “Don’t show off too much.” She glanced at Wen Changling and took out a small mirror to touch up her makeup, “Haven’t you heard? Showing off your love brings a swift demise.”

There were not many patients in the VIP building.

Each department had only two wards, not due to a lack of rooms, but because too many would not be scarce. Resources and services became more valuable and sought after when they were scarce.

Because there were few patients, the night shift here was quite idle.

It was past midnight, and Yu Shasha had just returned from administering medication to a patient. She yawned, “Changling, I’m going to take a nap in the duty room. Call me if you need anything.”

“Okay.”

The duty room was a small room behind the nurse’s station.

Qiao Yi had recently gotten close to a patient’s family member and had been out of sight since a while ago. The head nurse had gone to the gynecology and obstetrics department to arrange a consultation for the next day.

Wen Changling was the only one left at the nurse’s station.

It was quiet all around. She looked at the time, it was eleven minutes past midnight. She turned on the computer at the nurse’s station, hacked into the security system, and replaced the live surveillance feed with footage from the same time the previous week.

After finishing this, she took her cellphone and turned left towards Zheng Lvhong’s office.

Zheng Lvhong’s office required his fingerprint to unlock it. Since the fire last week, Wen Changling had taken the opportunity to obtain his fingerprint. The area was deserted, and she placed her finger with the replicated print onto the sensor.

Three seconds later, the door automatically opened.

Wen Changling entered, closed the door behind her. Zheng Lvhong’s office was large, with two rows of cabinets at the back. She had a clear goal, went directly to the computer, turned it on, and connected her cellphone.

Ten minutes later.

The elevator doors on the seventh floor opened, and Zheng Lvhong and Vice President Zhong stepped out.

Vice President Zhong reported in a low voice, “The person has been found, currently at Shichuan Branch Hospital.”

Dihong Hospital is a high-end private hospital, primarily aimed at a small fraction of the population who can afford the expensive medical fees. In theory, there was no need for Dihong Hospital to open branches in cities beyond the third tier, such as small county towns like Shichuan. However, in reality, Dihong Hospital had branches in many small places, publicly claiming to give back to society.

“Make sure it’s done cleanly this time, without any loose ends like last time.”

Vice President Zhong responded, “Rest assured, I’ve already instructed the staff.”

The two arrived in front of the office door.

Zheng Lvhong unlocked it with his fingerprint.

“Chairman Qiao can’t wait. You need to hurry this up.”

Vice President Zhong followed him in, “The surgery is already being arranged.”

Zheng Lvhong suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He had obsessive-compulsive disorder, requiring everything to be centered, but the mouse on the desk wasn’t in the center, someone had touched it. He exchanged a look with Vice President Zhong.

Understanding immediately, Vice President Zhong pulled a syringe out of his pocket and cautiously moved forward. The office was completely visible, with only one hiding place; Vice President Zhong pulled out the chair under the desk in one swift motion.

Zheng Lvhong approached and saw a pair of beautiful, panicked eyes.

“It’s you.”

At one forty-eight in the morning, the head nurse returned to the seventh floor from the gynecology and obstetrics department, finding only Qiao Yi at the nurse’s station.

The head nurse asked, “Where’s Wen Changling?”

Qiao Yi was looking at her phone, “I don’t know, probably skiving off somewhere.”

The head nurse felt it was odd, Wen Changling wasn’t the type to slack off.

Time rewound...

Eleven hours earlier, one thirty-six in the afternoon, Imperial Capital Time.

Vice President Zhong went to the seventh floor to meet Zheng Lvhong, “President Zheng, these people all had contact with that computer the other day.”

Zheng Lvhong flipped through the files and paused on one of the pages.

Vice President Zhong added, “This nurse just transferred to the VIP building not long ago.”

She had been at Dihong Hospital for just over two years.

Zheng Lvhong tore off the photo attached to the profile, “She’s Xie Shang’s girlfriend.”

“The Xie Family of KE?”

Dihong Hospital had no ties with the Xie Family.

Vice President Zhong speculated, “If it’s her, could it be under the instructions of the Xie Family?”

“Who knows.”

Zheng Lvhong tore the photo into pieces and threw them into the trash can.

*****

Nineteen minutes past midnight.

Zheng Lvhong received a call from the technical team, “President Zheng, someone has hacked into the computer at the nurse’s station again.”

So brazen.

“Go see which little thief it is.”

*****

As the sun rose in the east, Wen Changling’s phone was unreachable at eight thirty in the morning.

Perhaps she was still handing over her shift. Twenty minutes later, Xie Shang called again, and it was still unreachable.

He called Wen Changling’s colleague, Jiahui.

“Hello, this is Xie Shang.”

“Mr. Xie, Changling hasn’t shown up yet and her phone is unreachable. Did she forget the time she arranged with me and go home?”

“Isn’t she there with you?”

“No, she’s not. Didn’t she go home?”

Xie Shang immediately got up and walked outside, “If she contacts you, please let me know.”

Wen Changling was missing.

Her phone remained unreachable, and the Head Nurse of VIP Level Seven said that Wen Changling had requested leave by phone and left the hospital around three o’clock in the morning, not to be seen again after that. The surveillance at the hospital entrance also captured Wen Changling leaving the premises.

Yan Cong was certain, “That’s not Wen Changling.”

Indeed, it wasn’t.

Even if the person was wearing Wen Changling’s clothes and glasses, Xie Shang could recognize that it wasn’t Wen Changling.

Dihong Hospital was very accommodating and willing to release the surveillance footage. Most suspiciously, at two fourteen in the morning, an ambulance drove out of the hospital, not returning until seven in the morning.

Xie Shang and Yan Cong were alone in the ward.

“Yan Cong, tell me what you know.”

Yan Cong hesitated briefly, “There’s a lot of unsavory stuff in the VIP building.”

That was all he could say.

Upon leaving the hospital, Xie Shang contacted Qian Zhouzhou first, “Pull up all the information related to the Zheng Family.

Additionally, release a notice that we will buy up any pawns related to Dihong Hospital at Pawn Gold, no exclusions.”

Ruyi Pawnshop would accept anything for pawn, such as information, secrets, leverage.

Wearing a Bluetooth earpiece, Xie Shang drove fast, his fingers white from gripping the steering wheel tightly, as he made a call to He Dongzhou.

“Dongzhou, help me.”

Without asking any unnecessary questions, He Dongzhou replied, “You tell me, what do you need?”

It was now ten eighteen in the morning, Imperial Capital Time.

Vice President Zhong’s syringe was loaded with medicine.

Wen Changling felt her eyelids heavy, with muffled voices talking beside her ear.

“Dr. Pang, I can’t get this off.”

It was a female nurse’s voice.

She was struggling to pull off a bracelet from Wen Changling’s wrist, which was just tight enough around the bone to be immovable no matter how hard she tried.

Then, a somewhat elderly voice said, “Don’t bother with it, the hand will be useless in a few moments anyway.”

Wen Changling opened her eyes at that moment; the first thing she saw was the shadowless lamp above the operating table, and she instinctively closed them again due to the brightness.

“She’s awake.”

She opened her eyes again and saw the face in front of her.

It was an older man with some gray at the temples, dressed in the sterile green of surgical clothes, “You’ve woken up quite early,” he said while holding a syringe.

Only then did Wen Changling notice she was dressed in hospital garb, “What are you doing?” she looked at the male doctor, “I know you, you’re from ophthalmology.”

Dr. Pang from ophthalmology had retired a year ago.

“Correct,” Dr. Pang gave Wen Changling a smile, “Next, we’re going to harvest your corneas.”

Wen Changling showed a panic-like expression, “I want to see Zheng Lvhong.”

Dr. Pang took anesthetic drugs and filled a syringe, reassuring her, “Don’t be afraid, you will be anesthetized.”

“I have something here that would interest him, I just need a moment to make a call,” she tried to persuade Dr. Pang. “Just one phone call to him.”

Dr. Pang considered it, set down the syringe, removed his gloves, and made a call to Zheng Lvhong, walking outside as he said, “President Zheng, the lady who was brought here this morning wants to see you.”

After Dr. Pang left, the female nurse attempted once more to remove Wen Changling’s bracelet. Changling’s clothes were changed by her, her hearing device was not removed but checked—there was no need to remove it as patient consciousness might need to be confirmed during the surgery. Only the bracelet remained, stubbornly staying in place.

“Why can’t it come off?”

Wen Changling’s hand was red.

Of course, it couldn’t come off—if it could, she wouldn’t have been wearing it in the first place.

Dr. Pang returned and switched the phone to speaker.

Zheng Lvhong asked over the phone, “The interesting thing you mentioned, is it yourself?”

“I’m not valuable. I have something here that’s far more valuable,” Wen Changling coaxed, “Do you know how Tong Taishi got in?”

Tong Taishi and Zheng Lvhong were childhood friends.

Wen Changling slowly threw out her bargaining chip, “President Zheng, do you still remember what you and your three friends did in Wind Town of Flower City seven years ago?”