121: 121. Big Joke

Jingdu Aikang Hospital is a private hospital controlled by the Xu Family. At this moment, the VIP floor on the top floor of the hospital's inpatient department was filled with bodyguards.

As the elevator doors opened, Xu Ting and Xiao Dao, among others, had just stepped out when they were immediately blocked by four bodyguards in black suits with stern faces.

The lead bodyguard captain was expressionless and spoke stiffly: "Sorry, Young Miss. The Second Master has given orders that the Old Master needs absolute rest, and no one is to disturb him! Please go back!"

Xu Ting was burning with anxiety, barely suppressing her anger: "I am his biological granddaughter! I want to see my grandfather! Move aside!"

The bodyguard captain still stood in front, unyielding: "Apologies, these are the Second Master's strict orders! No one is allowed! Please don't make things difficult for us!"

Xu Ting ignored them and tried to force her way in! Seeing this, the bodyguards immediately reached out to stop her!

Just as their hands were about to touch Xu Ting—

Xiao Dao, who was standing behind Xu Ting, moved!

His movements were as fast as lightning! With a blur of motion, his fist, whistling through the air, accurately struck the lead bodyguard's face!

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, the bodyguard didn't even see the movement. He just felt a sharp pain in his nose, his vision went black, and he fell backward without a sound!

Xiao Dao shook his hand and said, "Miss Xu, please enter."

Xu Ting was incredibly grateful: "Thank you... I'll leave it to you."

Xiao Dao and the two other men escorted Xu Ting, forcing their way in.

Seeing their comrade struck down, the other bodyguards around also came over. Xiao Dao and the two other team members were like tigers entering a flock of sheep. Fists and feet flew, and a brief fight immediately broke out in the corridor.

Although Xu Jianfang's bodyguards were numerous, they were no match for someone like Xiao Dao, who had spent years on the edge of a knife, plus the two team members he had personally trained. Soon, people were laid out on the floor.

The remaining bodyguards were somewhat panicked. One of them shouted into his walkie-talkie: "We can't hold them! Quickly notify Li Tian to come over!! Hurry!"

No sooner had he spoken than urgent and heavy footsteps echoed from the stairwell! Immediately after, the safety exit door was violently pushed open!

A sharp, cold glint, like a venomous snake striking from its hole, stabbed directly at Xiao Dao's back!

An alarm blared in Xiao Dao's mind. Without looking back, his right hand swiftly swept down to his pant leg, and a specially made military dagger was already reversed in his grip. Without even looking, he blocked backward!

With a "clang!", the two daggers collided, sending sparks flying.

"Li Tian is here!!"

"Great! With Li Tian here, these guys are dead!"

"Damn it, that kick just now almost broke my ribs!" The bodyguards on the ground cried out as if they had seen their savior.

Seeing his attack blocked, Li Tian frowned. He reversed his grip on the knife and parried, simultaneously delivering a fierce side kick aimed directly at Xiao Dao's abdomen!

Xiao Dao calmly dodged, his dagger spinning. He stabbed, slashed horizontally, cut vertically, and chopped, wielding the dagger with incredible skill. Almost every move was aimed at taking a life.

However, the opponent was clearly also a trained fighter, reacting extremely quickly. He blocked, dodged, and counterattacked with clean and decisive movements. For a time, he fought Xiao Dao to a standstill, the sound of daggers colliding echoing endlessly.

Xiao Dao was somewhat surprised, suddenly realizing that the opponent's fighting style carried a familiar military flair!

He suddenly put force into a heavy chop, forcing his opponent back, and took the opportunity to stare at his face for a few seconds, then exclaimed: "Shanying?! Is that you?!"

This was actually his comrade!

The man called Shanying had a look of astonishment on his face. After stopping his movements, he said in a daze: "You are... Xiao Dao!"

"Damn it, you're that Li Tian? Aren't you called Ding Wei? Why are you doing this kind of dirty work? Helping people with illegal activities and kidnappings?" Xiao Dao was both shocked and angry, heartbroken.

After his real name was called out, a flicker of shame and struggle crossed Ding Wei's eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Dao, I'm sorry! Don't blame me, people die for money!"

He charged forward with his knife again, but his momentum and fighting spirit had clearly waned, and his moves became disorganized.

Xiao Dao sighed inwardly, but his hands showed no mercy. With a few precise blocks and heavy blows, he slammed the hilt of his knife hard into Ding Wei's neck, knocking him unconscious, and then dragged him to the corner and laid him down.

"Shanying... sigh..." Xiao Dao looked at his unconscious comrade, his heart filled with complex emotions.

Seeing that even the strongest "Li Tian" had fallen, the remaining bodyguards were completely terrified, trembling, and no one dared to take another step forward.

Through the glass window of the ward, Xu Ting saw her grandfather, covered in tubes and kept alive by a ventilator, and she froze.

Only then did she truly believe that something had genuinely happened to her grandfather.

Xu Ting's mood instantly became incredibly complex.

She hated her grandfather's decision to cover up the truth and protect the real culprit, but seeing the old man in such a miserable state, the ties of blood kinship brought her a pang of heartbreaking pain and worry.

Just then, a doctor came out of the ward. Xu Ting immediately stopped him and anxiously asked, "Doctor, my grandfather... how is he?"

The doctor recognized Xu Ting, sighed, and shook his head: "Miss Xu... the Old Master's condition is not optimistic. He suffered a sudden large-scale cerebral hemorrhage. Although he was rescued, he is old, and the brain damage is extremely severe... basically... he's in a vegetative state. It will be very difficult, almost impossible, for him to regain consciousness."

Xu Ting's heart sank to rock bottom.

Just then, Xu Jianfang, having received the news, rushed over with a large group of people, including the company's legal team and executives.

Seeing Xu Ting and Xiao Dao, among others, blocked outside the door, his face immediately adopted a hypocritical expression of sorrow and anger: "Tingting! You are too thoughtless! How can you cause trouble here?! Dad needs absolute quiet! And you brought these people of unknown origin to force your way into the hospital? Are you trying to anger the old man to death?! If you have anything to say, go to the conference room next door! Don't embarrass the Xu Family here!"

He suppressed his anger and opened the adjacent VIP ward, ushering Xu Ting inside.

Xu Ting gave him a cold glance and walked into the room, with Xiao Dao following closely behind.

As soon as the door closed, Xu Jianfang immediately dropped his pretense and arrogantly demanded: "Speak! What rumors have you been hearing outside? Who told you all that nonsense?!"

Xu Ting sneered back, her eyes like daggers: "You know best what I know! Xu Jianfang, aren't you afraid of divine retribution for killing your brother to usurp his position?!"

Xu Jianfang was fearless, grinning maliciously: "Know best? What do I know best? Where's the proof? Show it! I'm telling you, don't think of slandering me with those unsubstantiated rumors."

Xu Ting stared at him intently, enunciating each word: "Do you really think no one knows? Do you really think Grandfather has nothing?!"

Xu Jianfang's expression changed slightly, but he immediately smiled again, even with a hint of smugness: "Hmph! I don't know what you're talking about? But unfortunately, he won't wake up! What good is a vegetative person who can't wake up to you? Xu Ting, stop dreaming! You lost!"

"Given your unstable mental state recently, and your alleged spreading of rumors and damaging the group's reputation, the board of directors has decided in an emergency meeting to temporarily freeze all your authority within the group! At the same time, we will investigate the projects you handled previously. I hear some capital flows are very unclear! You'd best cooperate with the investigation, otherwise..."

Xu Ting trembled with anger, listening to his outrageous words.

Then, Xu Jianfang looked at Xiao Dao behind Xu Ting with a sinister gaze and sneered: "Once I deal with this little trouble of yours, the next one will be that kid named Lu! Tingfeng Capital, right? A wildcat private equity firm that popped up out of nowhere, daring to stir up trouble behind the scenes? I'll let him know what happens when you offend me, Xu Jianfang!!"

Xiao Dao, who had been silently standing behind Xu Ting, heard Xu Jianfang's arrogant words and let out a cold laugh: "Just with you? A frog in a well. If Mr. Lu wanted to, he could crush someone like you with a single finger."

This was what Yu Tianxiong had told him before they set off. When he said this, the usually calm middle-aged man had a rare look of fanaticism on his face.

And Mr. Lu, standing nearby, neither refuted nor was modest, but instead smiled and said, "No matter what you encounter that needs help, you can call me..."

That's why Xiao Dao was so dismissive of Xu Jianfang's arrogance.

Xu Jianfang seemed to have heard the biggest joke, laughing uncontrollably: "Hahahaha! Crush me? That's a really big mouth! Unless he's a god descended from heaven, capable of making my father wake up instantly from afar to testify against me! If that were truly the case..."

His laughter abruptly stopped, and an extremely sinister expression appeared on his face. He spoke each word slowly and viciously:

"I'd, damn, really, have, to, thank, him, properly! Hahahahaha!"