Chapter 404 - Before Operation (1/2)

[In the VIP ward of City Hospital]

A middle-aged man in a suit was seated by the hospital bed, with a bowl of bird’s nest soup in his left hand and a spoon in his right. He was holding the posture of reaching out to feed someone, but the hospital bed in front of him was empty.

Yang Hongzhi, who was supposed to be lying in bed, was like a six-year-old child. He was drooling at the corner of his mouth, hopping around in the ward in a patient’s gown and shouting, “I want to eat buns, I want to eat buns.”

There were another three people in the room, two solemn-looking bodyguards in black and Yang Hongzhi’s personal bodyguard, Ah Si.

Ah Si was on his feet, trembling in fear and drenched in a cold sweat. The person in front of him was one of the shareholders of a top-ten management company in the country, “Royal Shore,” and what’s more, its largest shareholder, Yang Yuanzhong. He was none other than the father of his young master, Yang Hongzhi. He was rich, powerful, and highly influential in both legal business and the underground mafia. Now that Yang Hongzhi had gone insane and turned into a fool, he was utterly devastated—he felt a suffocating depression like the heavy air before a raging storm.

Yang Yuanzhong put the spoon back into the bowl, and then gently placed the bowl on the bedside table next to the hospital bed. His cold pair of eyes glared at Ah Si with a chilling threat as he said, “You failed to protect your young master, how should you be punished?”

There was an unmistakable threat that Ah Si read between the lines, forceful and clear like the toll of a large bell, and rung with a deathly note.

THUD!

Ah Si lost the strength in his legs, dropping to the floor on his knees, as a look of abject fear emerged on his face, “Old Master, I… I…”

“You and Ah San were just two stinking beggars when you were young. When I first saw you two, you were fighting for food with dogs. It was I who brought you back, provided for you, and taught you martial arts. My request was simple, and your job was only to protect my son. But look at Hongzhi; he has been scared into a fool. Even toddlers know about basic living skills, but he is now even worse than a three-year-old. He pees on himself and doesn’t even know how to find what he needs when hungry or thirsty. Is this you and Ah San’s requite for my goodwill?”

Yang Yuanzhong’s voice was chilling. His body exuded an imposing aura, striking fear into everyone’s hearts in the room like a giant mountain, especially Ah Si, who couldn’t even move.

Bathed in a clammy cold sweat, Ah Si couldn’t stop shivering as he raised his head and stuttered, “Old Master, he…he is powerful, he is not a human, h-he is a monster…”

His voice was desperate, and he looked frightened.

SWOOSH~

In a howling gust of wind, Yang Yuanzhong appeared before Ah Si in an instant, then he bent over and stared right into his eyes. Yang Yuanzhong’s face was wrinkled, a sign of his experience and the countless challenges he had faced in life, but his eyes were cold. His presence was formidable, and he had the martial bearing of a monster.

Ah Si gasped, and his eyes widened in absolute terror.

“Is this your only excuse?” Yang Yuanzhong said as a chilling, murderous aura emanated from his body.

“I… I…”

Ah Si’s face turned pale, and his body shook uncontrollably, almost like a cow that was beaten by an electric baton on its journey to the slaughterhouse. Knowing that he was about to be killed, he was terrified and in utter despair.

“Death will be your apology.”

Yang Yuanzhong snorted and slammed his palm on the top of Ah Si’s skull.

BAM!

The immense power of the blow was channeled from Yang Yuanzhong’s palm into Ah Si’s skull, causing his brain to mash up like fruit inside a mixer. Death was instant as before he could even wail in pain, he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open and upper body stiff as a plank.

A short while later, blood bled out from his nose, ears, and mouth, and he was, undoubtedly, deader than dead.

“Ahh!”

Yang Hongzhi, who had been ambling about aimlessly, screamed in shock when he saw Ah Si collapse in a heap. He ran to a corner and curled up, trembling in fear, all the while gazing at Ah Si’s lifeless body.

Yang Yuanzhong looked impassively at the two black-clad bodyguards at the door and said, “Bury his body with Ah San’s. Clean this place up properly, and don’t let anyone discover any trails leading back here.”