Chapter 276: Chapter 276

His forehead was drenched in cold sweat, his expression serious and grim. He disregarded everything around him, focusing entirely on battling death itself.

Luo Qian was startled by the scene. His unblinking eyes fixated on the young doctor performing the rescue. That moment left an indelible impression on his youthful mind.

Chen Shu immediately stepped in front of Shen You’an and Luo Qian, watching as several emergency beds rushed by and disappeared just as quickly.

Shen You’an withdrew her gaze. "Let’s go."

Luo Qian’s face was still pale as they got into the car.

He muttered, "That male doctor earlier—isn’t he the one who performed my surgery?"

He remembered the day he was brought to the hospital. Though unconscious, he vaguely opened his eyes on the operating table.

It was a very handsome young doctor, who had comforted him softly, telling him not to be afraid.

Shen You’an took a bottle of water out of her bag and handed it to him. "His surname is Leng. He’s a trainee in the emergency department."

Luo Qian gulped down two swigs of water, screwed on the cap, and turned his glowing gaze toward her. "Sis, I want to be a doctor someday."

Shen You’an chuckled. "Of course you can."

Luo Qian suddenly perked up, his eyes sparkling with resolve. "I want to be a doctor who saves lives and heals the injured—saving as many patients as I can."

Clenching his fists, he cheered himself on.

Acting as the driver, Chen Shu watched this scene through the rearview mirror, his feelings a complex mix.

Good brothers like him always seem to belong to someone else.

Look at that thinking, that sense of purpose.

Chen Shu felt the urge to pull the bedridden Chen Zun up and punch him again. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novᴇlfire.net

At the gate of the residential area, just before the two were about to leave, Chen Shu hurriedly grabbed a gift box from the front passenger seat and chased after them.

"Miss Shen, this is century-old wild ginseng I asked a friend to procure. Your little brother has truly suffered this time—he needs to recuperate properly."

Luo Qian stayed a little distance away, watching silently.

Shen You’an made no move to accept it. Her dark eyes quietly fixed on Chen Shu.

Chen Shu felt a chill under her gaze, his hands trembling so much he almost couldn’t hold the box steady.

"An eye for an eye. We’re even now. There’s no need for this."

Chen Shu’s face fell. "Miss Shen..."

Shen You’an took a few steps away, then turned back to glance at him indifferently.

"The building is about to collapse. If you don’t want to go down with it, better get out early. Take care of yourself."

With those words, the young woman didn’t look back again, disappearing into the night alongside the boy.

Chen Shu stood frozen in place.

"The building is about to collapse"? What building?

An unsettling feeling welled up within Chen Shu, but he couldn’t yet confirm it.

Almost as if to validate his unease, his phone suddenly rang sharply.

Chen Shu felt his heart skip a beat. He quickly fished his phone from his pocket.

"Hey, Dog, what’s wrong?"

"Shu-ge, it’s bad! The cops raided Brother Qian’s hideout—no one got away. What should we do? Should we run?" The voice on the other side trembled in fear.

Chen Shu snapped his head up, but the girl’s figure had already vanished into the night.

The chill of early winter weighed heavy. The wind carried an even sharper bite, making the hair on his back stand on end.

Gao Jie had six collection teams under his command, operating in gray areas. Over the years, he had grown accustomed to the risks.

But who would have thought that just recently, Ma Liu and his crew’s greed had inadvertently offended Mr. Liu, creating a massive problem? Gao Jie had to sell off half his assets just to smooth things over.

After that incident, Gao Jie warned them to keep their heads down for the foreseeable future.

However, Chen Shu had lately sensed that something was off—Qingzhou’s dynamics were changing. Mayor Liu wouldn’t stay in Qingzhou for much longer. At the latest, by next year, before leaving, he’d surely stir up trouble.

Over the years, Gao Jie had been fattened up, merely waiting to be slaughtered and feature as an achievement on Mayor Liu’s record.

Gao Jie seemed to have anticipated his own fate long ago and hadn’t been idle. He’d cozied up to the Leng family.

Unfortunately for Gao Jie, his luck had run out—he’d backed the wrong horse again.

Leng Hao hadn’t managed to outplay his nephew.

With a new regime comes new allies. And this Young Master Leng was evidently an enigma—no escape routes remained.

A gust of cold wind hit, and Chen Shu involuntarily shivered.

Without further hesitation, he drove to a residential area five kilometers away.

When he unlocked the door, a woman in a silk nightgown pouted and leaned toward him. "Oh, you devil—what brings you here at this hour?"

Chen Shu didn’t even glance at her, storming straight into the bathroom and locking the door behind him.

He removed the lid of the toilet’s water tank, fishing out a small black box encased in a waterproof bag.

Opening the box to check its contents, he confirmed the USB drive was intact. Stuffing it into his jacket, he replaced the tank lid and hurried out.

The woman chased after him coquettishly. "Hey, what’s the rush? Leaving already?"