Chapter 900: What Else Is There to Talk About If Not Women?

The next day.

Lin Dongfan came to the hospital again to visit Su Yang.

As he was leaving, Lin Dongfan also gave Su Qianqian a new phone and told her, "If you ever run into any trouble, just contact me directly."

What's valuable isn't the phone itself, but the phone number stored in it.

For ordinary people.

This means you can reach Heaven's Hearing directly!

The antiseptic smell in the ward no longer seemed as pungent as before; at least Su Qianqian felt that way, as if the air were filled with the scent of happiness.

Su Qianqian sat by her father's bedside, the bank card she had received yesterday placed on his pillow.

The five hundred thousand in the card was enough for her father's kidney transplant surgery, enough for his follow‑up treatment, enough…… enough that she wouldn't have to worry about money for Along time.

But what she was thinking about wasn't any of that.

It was that man just now.

He stood in the ward, sunlight streaming through the window and landing on his shoulder, like a god!

His voice wasn't loud, yet every word was reassuring. When he comforted her father, his eyes held no condescending charity, only a natural sense of responsibility.

"The compensation that's due won't be short by a single cent."

If someone else said that, it might be an empty promise, but coming from him it sounded as solid as a nail driven into a board.

Su Qianqian recalled the experiences of the past year or so.

After her father was injured, she ran herself ragged.

The Zhao Group wouldn't even let her in the door; their security shoved her out like they were chasing away a beggar.

Huang Jintang of Huang Engineering Company, legs crossed, cigarette dangling from his lips, gave her a sideways glance: "Your dad's kidney was pierced by rebar—what's that got to do with me? Get lost!"

She went to the Labor Bureau, but the staff said it wasn't their jurisdiction.

She went to the Petitions Office, which told her the case had been recorded and to wait for news; after waiting over a month, nothing was resolved.

She went to see a lawyer again.

After hearing her situation, the lawyer merely sympathized: "For a case like yours, winning doesn't guarantee you'll get the money, and losing means you'll still have to pay lawyer and court fees—think it over."

That period……

Every night she lay in the dormitory, staring at the ceiling, over and over asking herself, "Is there still justice in this world?"

No one gave her an answer.

Only after the Zhao Group was destroyed did she learn that there was a person named Lin Dongfan in this world.

When she saw that news report on TV, she cried alone in the dormitory for Along time. Those were tears of excitement—Zhao Tianyu, who had callously taken lives, had finally died; it was retribution!

Later she also saw on the news that Huang Jintang had been arrested.

The man who had smoked, crossed his legs, and told her to get lost finally got to eat prison food.

After that……

It was just yesterday—Huang Jingrong showed up at the school gate with a bunch of people to block her.

She had once thought her life was ruined.

She never expected that the man she had only ever seen on TV would suddenly appear before her, pulling her back from the brink of despair.

That god‑like man not only saved her life, he also settled her father's medical bills.

Su Qianqian lifted her head to look out the window.

The sunset was slowly sinking, dyeing the sky a warm orange, and her heart welled up with mixed feelings.

She suddenly recalled a line from the Book of Songs: "Upon seeing a noble person, how could one not be happy?"

Before, when she read that line, she only thought it was beautiful.

Only today did she understand what "seeing" really means.

Having seen him, she now knows what peace of mind feels like.

Having seen him, she now knows what it means to rely on someone.

Having seen him, she now knows that a person can become another's light.

She lowered her head to look at the new phone in her hand.

This is the contact device that god‑like man personally gave her this year. The card has been activated, and the address book holds just one number, labeled "Mayor Lin".

Just that one number opened a direct line to Heaven's Hearing, making her feel utterly secure.

Probably, as the saying goes, "No one knows a daughter better than her father."

Lying in the hospital bed, Su Yang saw his daughter staring blankly at her phone, guessed what was on her mind, and gave a soft cough: "Qianqian…"

Su Qianqian snapped out of her daze: "Dad, what's wrong?"

Su Yang looked at her, his eyes holding a complex emotion: "That Mayor Lin is a good person."

Su Qianqian nodded: "Mm, he's a good person."

Su Yang fell silent for a few seconds, then added meaningfully: "He's a mayor; someone of his stature is far beyond our reach."

Su Qianqian froze for a moment.

Then she gave a helpless, wry smile: "Dad, I know—I wasn't thinking about all that."

Su Yang looked at her and sighed.

He didn't say anything else.

He knew his daughter was sensible, knew she wouldn't do anything outrageous, but he could also see that her longing for that "light" showed in her eyes and couldn't be hidden.

That was the symbol of a young girl's heart being moved.

……

At the same time, Lin Dongfan's special car was heading toward the Wuzhou City Intermediate People's Court. Fang Xiaoqian had just called, saying that Deputy Governor Deng's former wife, Jiang Yinghong, had shown up at the door.

Lao Ba glanced at Lin Dongfan in the rearview mirror and chuckled, "Fan Ye, what are you planning to do with Su Qianqian?"

"What do you mean, how to arrange?"

Lin Dongfan leaned back in his seat, closed his eyes to rest.

Lao Ba chuckled: "Stop pretending, just now her look at you was obviously off. I'm not blind, are you?"

Only Lao Ba would dare to joke like that with the Mayor.

Lin Dongfan's eyes snapped open and he kicked the driver's seatback: "Damn it, since you're not blind, why don't you have the ability to marry her?"

"She's not interested in me, I'd be marrying a ball of yarn."

Lao Ba was totally justified, as if it weren't any kind of regret, as if it being the case that he's overlooked is just the normal script of his life.

At forty, he's only been married once, and even that was a sham marriage.

Lin Dongfan exclaimed in frustration: "If you still don't find a woman to marry, in a few years your little tadpoles won't be able to swim, and by then you won't be able to become a father even if you wanted to."

"What nonsense, with this strong physique I could still shoulder a rifle and go to battle at eighty."

In terms of physical fitness, Lao Ba has always been completely confident.

He gently pressed the brake.

He steadily brought the car to a stop at the red light intersection.

He added, "Fan Ye, seriously, don't you think Su Qianqian's vibe is a bit like that of Wang Minning from before? They're both classical beauties, but Wang Minning is sharper-tongued than she is."

Speaking of Wang Minning, Lin Dongfan felt quite emotional.

Wang Duidui followed her sister Wang Minjuan overseas for many years, returning home only once in between, and they had arranged to meet, but that was already several years ago.

Lin Dongfan closed his eyes again: "Don't talk to me about women anymore."

"There's no one else in the car, if we're not talking about women, what else is there to talk about?" Lao Ba wore a bored look: "Talk about work? It's mentally exhausting; even a robot needs to rest."

"You're just a coarse oaf, and you still won't accept it." Lin Dongfan closed his eyes and smirked: "With your level of awareness, even if I dragged you up by force, you'd still get killed by others."

"What a ball of yarn." Lao Ba snorted: "I'm turning down a ten-million-a-year bodyguard job to go work as a beast of burden in the system? You think I'm stupid? Furthermore..."

"Furthermore what?" Lin Dongfan slightly opened his eyes.

Lao Ba smirked: "You're the mayor of a city, don't you also rely on my protection? Even if I'm just a driver and bodyguard, there are plenty of people asking me to handle things. When you're not around, I'm the big boss. It's just that I have high standards; ordinary people asking me to handle things, I can't be bothered. I won't cause you trouble."