24. Crying and Laughing
24. Crying and Laughing
"You're lying to me, aren't you!"
In the conference room, Ann Marie, who had learned all the truth, passed through the half-closed door, and her reaction was clearly transmitted to the ears of the group outside.
"Tell me honestly, everything you are saying now is just a story made up to make me give up this exclusive report. Please, I promise I won't be angry, Daddy..." Kneeling beside my father's knee , She kept shaking her father's legs and said.
"You're a big girl, Ann Marie. Daddy trusts you to face this calmly and handle it well—"
"No! I'm not! I don't want to be a big girl, I want to be Daddy's baby for the rest of my life. You can't die, I don't believe...you are such a good person, God will not let you get anything so cruel Incurable disease. This can't happen to you, I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"
Intermittent choked sobs, and finally turned into uncontrollable wailing.She fell on Beneder's knees, crying like hell.
Those who stayed outside, including the secretary Fan Pio and the members of the consumption room F, all looked serious and mournful.Even as a doctor, Ouyang Yingzhi, who was used to seeing the scenes of life and death, frowned slightly, unable to hide his speechless sentimentality.
"...In other words, have we all been tricked by the old fox?"
Only the man in the floral shirt standing against the wall with his hands crossed in front of his chest raised the corners of his lips and said with a half-smile:
"People say that there is no business without adultery, but I think politicians are not too lenient. Even in the face of death, they are thinking about the gains and losses. How to use this bad news to exert the greatest positive influence...isn't it Ordinary people can do it. Not to mention that he also played an Oscar-winning actor, which is really amazing.”
Van Pio, with red eyes and bloodshot eyes, turned his head, looked at him fiercely, and said, "Shut up."
"Relax, stupid dog. I'm complimenting your master."
"You don't have any qualifications to comment on Beneder. His contribution to this world is hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of times that of you, a scum of unknown origin. If you criticize him again, I will It will hit you all over the floor." The calm face in the past was no longer seen, and Fan Pio pointed at Xia Huan with an agitated expression, pointing his fingers and cursing.
"Hahaha..." Xia Huan shrugged: "Contribution to the world? Do you think everyone likes to revel in the masturbation pleasure of power desire like you? I don't. If I want to have sex, I like to find a tight and Heat, the real body that can make me want to die. You and your master, soak in your contribution to the world, and go to heaven!"
Fan Pio didn't give any more warnings - a powerful iron fist of sanctions, he swung it towards Xia Huan's face as soon as he said it.If he was hit, it might not be solved by a few days of bruises, at least a broken nose or something--but Xia Huan, who watched him throw a punch, stood motionless, not even blinking. in place.
boom! !
The fist hit the flesh forcefully, and there was an intense impact sound like sparks, which exploded in the tight space.
However, it was not Xia Huan's arrogant face that took this heavy blow.It was the palm of Ouyang Yingzhi who shot at the last second, in a flash.
Fan Pio couldn't hide his surprise. First, he didn't expect that his punch with all his strength would be blocked so easily, and second, he didn't expect that it would be the doctor who blocked it.
"Now is not the time to be noisy." Ouyang Yingzhi caught his fist with one hand, and said lightly with his black eyes sweeping towards the direction of the conference room next to him.
Fan Pio turned his head and looked at An Marie, who was crying and fell into her father's arms. She had changed from crying to sobbing, and seemed to be slowly accepting the cruel reality.The anger burning in his chest, wanting to blame others and find others as scapegoats, was also replaced by intense heartache.
He withdrew his hand angrily, gritted his teeth and said to Xia Huan: "I don't care about this with you now, but it doesn't mean I will forget it. If you didn't meddle this time, the master could have fulfilled his wish. I taught you a valuable lesson for the lady before. In the future, I will definitely ask you for this debt, wash your neck and wait for me."
"There are a lot of people in this world who want me to pay the bills. You should queue up slowly." Xia Huan raised her eyebrows and replied nonchalantly.
Van Pio was almost irritated again by his unapologetic, unreflective attitude, but before he got angry a second time, the voice of "Van Pio..." came from the conference room.
"I'm here, sir." Immediately put aside distracting thoughts, put on the side of a professional secretary, and came to the door of the conference room.
"I am calling an emergency cabinet meeting for two o'clock this afternoon."
"Master, you...really want to..."
Van Pio knows very well what the content of this meeting is. Once Benede's illness is made public, he will inevitably hand over the prime minister's seat-now that the country is facing severe financial difficulties The crisis has only gotten worse.
Bened nodded slowly, stroking the hair of the daughter in his arms, and said, "Since Anmarie already knows about this, I don't want her to hide the truth because of me."
"Daddy, no..." Ann Marie raised her red and swollen eyes, shook her head with sobs and said, "If it's necessary, I don't have to report it. Who cares, I'm not a very competent reporter anyway. I You can quit this job—”
"No, Ann Marie." Bened said sternly, angrily, "Is the work attitude you learned from me anticlimactic, leaving the mess and running away when you encounter problems? I, Bened, never taught that Your own children. If you are my daughter, you are not allowed to do such irresponsible things.”
Even though his face was pale and his breath was disordered, the courage displayed by the old man still shocked the audience.Ann Marie and Vampio also kept their mouths shut, unable to disobey Beneder's wishes.
"Doctor..."
Bened looked at the white-robed man outside the meeting room for the last time, and smiled weakly.
"I have troubled you. Please give me one more day at the end. I will come back after finishing my business, and let you operate on me."
"...No, Mr. Bened. I am very sorry..." Ouyang Yingzhi stepped forward and said, "Since you want to make this matter public, it is inconvenient for me to perform surgery on you. I believe that the Prime Minister will be with you The professional medical team will conduct a more detailed examination for you and propose a more complete operation plan—you don’t need my opinion anymore.”
"Is it...?" Bened smiled wryly, "Indeed, I have forgotten that this is not an ordinary hospital, and you are not an ordinary doctor. However, I think... If God is willing to create a miracle on me, He I will use your hand to perform it for me. Can you really...can't operate on me?"
He didn't answer Benedard's question - because in the consumption room F, the person who can make decisions is not him.
Benede smiled knowingly, stopped asking him, and instead asked them to prepare a wheelchair for him. Not long after, he left the consumption room F with the company of Fampio and Ann Marie.
Their departure means that the "task" entrusted by the F Foundation has completely failed.Inspector General Pan Xin, who had a rather ugly face, followed Bei Shi and his group and left without saying a word.Kang E'an shook his head and sighed, leaving a sentence of "Thanks for your hard work", and locked himself in his office.In the end, only Yingzhi and Xia Huan were left in the reception hall.
"Actually, you really want to do the surgery for the old man, right?" Xia Huan let go of her hands around her chest, straightened up, and said while looking at Yingzhi's side face.
The black-haired man with an indifferent expression turned his eyes from the empty door to Xia Huan. "you guessed wrong."
"Don't be stubborn. I know you haven't had surgery for a long time, your hands must be itchy."
Yingzhi raised the hand that had just received Vampio's fist, so that Xia Huan could see his palm clearly—it was just a red palm, and it was already swollen.Not to mention holding a scalpel, he can't even lift a piece of tofu with his hands now.
Xia Huan's expression changed, "You idiot... Hurry up... Get some ice cubes..."
Yingzhi wrapped Xia Huan's neck with his uninjured other hand, and kissed Xia Huan proactively on his lips.
Facing Xia Huan who suddenly opened his eyes with a dazed expression on his face, Eiji said without changing his face: "This is a reward for the amoeba, accept it."
Xia Huan was dumbfounded for two seconds, then clicked her tongue for the last time, put her arms around Yingzhi's waist, and muttered, "This reward is not enough! Let's go get ice for your hands first—then, you go wait and see."
Inji smiled.
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