Chapter 28: Sheng Yu, can you do me a favor?

"Grandpa!"

Zhu Yuan ran back in a panic.

She saw a drunken man who had appeared from nowhere kick open the ward door with force; he held a wooden stick in his hand, knocking it about, smashing the thermos on the bedside table, and shouting curses at the top of his lungs.

Zhu Qi was so frightened by the sudden commotion that his face turned pale, and his lips gradually took on an unusual deep purple hue.

"Grandpa, are you alright!" Zhu Yuan ran over to hold him, pressed the call button frantically, and shouted aloud, "Grandpa, take deep breaths! Doctor, nurse!"

The nurses rushed over and called the security office; soon, security guards came up to drag the drunken man away.

The doctor was examining Zhu Qi, and Zhu Yuan stood by the hospital bed, her whole body icy cold, countless thoughts flashing through her mind; she felt like she was going crazy!

She looked coldly at the drunken man being restrained by security at the door, picked up a shard of the broken thermos from the floor, and rushed over to slash at the man's shouting mouth!

She kicked the man in the chest.

The man's screams echoed through the corridor.

The security guards hurriedly pulled her back, "Miss, please don't be impulsive!"

Zhu Yuan shook off their hands, stared at them with bloodshot eyes, and questioned them sternly: "Now you know how to hold me back? When I called you for help, why didn't you show up?"

Several security guards looked embarrassed and exchanged glances.

Zhu Yuan looked at her grandfather by the hospital bed, who had already calmed down; after cooling off, she realized she had been impulsive and blamed the wrong people—they hadn't appeared because they must have been controlled by someone.

She picked up the phone from the floor; the call hadn't ended yet, "Lou Yi, if you have the ability, come at me! If you dare to touch my grandfather, I will never let you off!"

"It's very simple if you don't want me to touch your grandfather: come over and spend the night with me, and once you've served me comfortably, I'll withdraw my people. Otherwise, the good show has only just begun. As for whether your grandfather's surgery can proceed as scheduled tomorrow, I can't guarantee that."

"You want to sleep with me, is that it? You'd better have the life to do it!"

Lou Yi sneered, "Well said, Xiao Fengzheng. You've got backbone. Then let's wait and see."

Not long after the nurse gave Zhu Qi a sedative, he fell asleep.

No more noise came from the neighboring ward.

But Lou Yi's words still rang in her ears; his threats certainly didn't end there.

Zhu Yuan didn't dare leave the ward for even half a step; she went to the restroom and called the Zhu Family.

It was already twelve o'clock midnight.

After the call went through, it was finally answered after more than ten seconds.

It was Zhu Chaoqin's cold, heavy voice: "Why are you calling back?"

"I want to ask you for a favor," Zhu Yuan said hoarsely.

Zhu Chaoqin let out a cold snort; he was still working overtime in the study, his eyes red from exhaustion, "Aren't you very capable? Can't you find a way to solve everything yourself?"

"Grandpa is having surgery tomorrow. To be safe, can you send two Bodyguards to me?" She knew the Zhu Family had Bodyguards; although there weren't many, they should have two to lend her.

For a family like the Zhu Family, even if they were truly defeated in business and fell into a crisis, they wouldn't easily dismiss their Bodyguards.

On the other end of the line, Zhu Chaoqin was silent for two seconds; just as Zhu Yuan thought he was going to scold her again, the call was suddenly hung up.

More than ten minutes later, just as Zhu Yuan thought her hope had vanished, her phone received a text message: Arriving in one hour.

But when one hour passed, then two hours passed, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

The Bodyguards still hadn't appeared.

Zhu Yuan sat by the hospital bed, not daring to relax for a single moment, and didn't close her eyes to rest until dawn.

Taking advantage of the time before her grandfather woke up, she called Zhu Chaoqin again, but to her surprise, as soon as Zhu Chaoqin heard her asking about the Bodyguards, he cursed angrily: "You still have the face to ask me for Bodyguards! Solve the mess you stirred up yourself!"

Zhu Yuan was stunned. Why had he suddenly changed his mind?

Before she could ask, Zhu Chaoqin asked her, suppressing his anger: "I've already investigated; it's Lou Yi who is causing trouble, right?"

"You hooked up with Lou Yi yourself and now you can't shake him off; you brought this on yourself!"

Zhu Chaoqin hung up the phone and threw it down in a rage!

"Dad!" Zhu An'an was startled; she hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhu Chaoqin's arm, her expression grave, "I also heard people say that Yuanyuan was chased by Lou Yi's men a while ago. I guessed that when she called back to ask you for Bodyguards, it was because she was being harassed by Lou Yi. So it really was."

"Dad, please think of a way. Lou Yi doesn't have a good reputation outside. He and Ling Bing dated for a while, at least, and when they broke up, he didn't leave her any face at all. A person like him is just fickle. Since he dares to use such forceful, predatory tactics, he won't treat Yuanyuan sincerely." Zhu An'an was pacing back and forth in a panic.

"It's all her own doing!" Zhu Chaoqin slammed his palm on the dining table, "None of you are allowed to help her!"

Zhu An'an looked at Feng Mingyue for help, "Mom, please persuade Dad; don't be angry with Yuanyuan."

Whenever Feng Mingyue thought about seeing her buying contraceptives at the door of Zhu Yuan's house a few days ago, she felt angry just thinking about such an unself-respecting daughter, "Your father is right; she brought this on herself."

"But she only approached Lou Yi to treat Grandpa Zhu's illness. She has deep feelings for the Zhu Family, so this was unavoidable."

It would have been better if Zhu An'an hadn't said that; at the mention of this, Zhu Chaoqin's face turned livid, "She has deep feelings for the Zhu Family, but even if we acknowledge her, she'll only be ungrateful! An'an, I know you feel bad for her, but don't interfere in these matters; let her fend for herself!"

……

At seven-thirty, the nurse came over to communicate the pre-operative preparation items to Zhu Yuan again.

Soon, Zhu Qi's hospital bed was pushed into the elevator.

Zhu Yuan gripped Zhu Qi's thin, withered hand and tucked the corner of his blanket, "Grandpa, just go in and take a nap. When you wake up and come out, you'll be able to see me."

"Good, good," Zhu Qi gently patted the back of her hand.

"After I get better, I must thank your parents properly for helping me so much."

Looking at the emotion in her grandfather's eyes, Zhu Yuan felt nothing but bitterness in her heart.

She didn't tell her grandfather the truth because she didn't want him to see that she wasn't valued or loved in the Zhu Family, and she didn't want him to worry.

The elevator stopped at the floor of the operating room.

Just as the doctor and nurse were pushing the hospital bed forward, a group of Bodyguards suddenly swarmed out from nowhere and directly restrained the doctor and nurse!

"What are you doing!"

"This is illegal!"

The lead doctor shouted, but his mouth was covered.

The black-clad Bodyguard said coldly and ruthlessly: "Miss Zhu, our Young Master Lou said that as long as you obediently go to him, your grandfather's surgery can proceed smoothly. The choice is yours."

Zhu Yuan reached back to shield her grandfather's hospital bed; what was meant to come had arrived after all.

Lou Yi would never let this go until he got her.

Yet once she fell into Lou Yi's hands, one could only imagine the kind of life she would have to endure.

"Yuanyuan, what happened? Who are they?" Zhu Qi pulled his granddaughter into his arms in a protective stance.

Zhu Yuan patted his arm, "It's okay, Grandfather, I'll handle it."

She looked at the people opposite her, "I want to make a phone call to Lou Yi first."

The Bodyguard nodded.

With the Bodyguards opposite them poised for battle and even the area outside the operating room guarded, Zhu Yuan stood here shielding the hospital bed, isolated and without support.

Zhu Yuan took out her phone, pretending to call Lou Yi, but actually opened her messages; there was a text from an unfamiliar number sent a few days ago, containing only two words: Sheng Yu.

It was from that day she wanted to give Sheng Yu the IOU; because she didn't have his phone number, she had called Situ, and after getting out of the car, she received this text, but she hadn't saved the number as a contact.

At this very moment, she pressed the number without hesitation.

The phone rang three times and was answered.

Zhu Yuan only felt a flash of white light cross her mind, her whole body felt weightless, and her voice was as light as a feather brushing across the surface of a lake, "Sheng Yu, can you do me a favor?"

On the other end of the line, a lighter flicked, and the man's indifferent voice came through, "Speak."