Chapter 107: To Avoid Wasting Time

“All right, let’s dispense with the formalities and get inside. We shouldn’t waste any more of your time,” Zhao Qiang said, patting Lu Hao on the shoulder.

Everyone immediately followed.

Before long, Lu Hao entered the First People’s Hospital, nominally the finest hospital in the city.

The last time he had come here, it had been because his father was receiving treatment. His father had nearly been declared critically ill and never woken again. If not for the power of his Azure Dragon inheritance, Lu Hao would probably have been left with only one living parent.

As he stepped into the hospital, the pungent smell of disinfectant filled his nose. The stark white walls, the green-painted sections, and the strange looks from those around him combined to place an invisible weight upon his shoulders.

To be honest, Lu Hao felt an instinctive resistance toward treating members of the Sun family in a hospital.

Soon, he saw Miss Sun Zihuan in the special-care VIP ward.

Warm sunlight streamed through the window and fell upon the young woman seated in a wheelchair.

She wore a simple blue-and-white hospital gown. Her hair had been cut short, and her thin face was expressionless—indeed, almost vacant.

Yet her eyes, dark as black jewels, and her delicate, graceful features still revealed how breathtakingly beautiful she had once been.

Her milk-white skin and high, elegant nose had both been inherited from her mother, who had been a dance instructor.

She had once been a wealthy young lady, the heir to the Sun Group, in the prime of her youth—obedient, sensible, academically gifted, ambitious, and full of ideals. All those descriptions had once applied to her.

Sadly, the previous car accident had nearly taken everything from her.

When a person loses consciousness, they can scarcely be called human anymore, for the entirety of the human soul lies in the mind.

“Doctor Lu, why don’t you take a look and see how far her condition has progressed?” Sun Linhai stepped forward and ushered Lu Hao inside.

Before long, Lu Hao was seated before Miss Sun, Sun Zihuan.

The atmosphere in the ward, however, was extremely hostile.

Sun Wen’guo’s father, Sun Aicai, had also arrived.

The moment he saw Lu Hao’s face, his blood pressure began to soar.

After all, the injuries to his son had been caused by Lu Hao.

His beloved son had been raised to adulthood only after years of painstaking effort and immense expense. Yet someone had broken both of his arms outside. One had suffered permanent damage and could never be used again.

His son would be disabled for the rest of his life!

The thought had made it difficult for him to sleep night after night. Half the hair on his head had already turned white.

One could imagine what it meant for him to see the culprit who had crippled his son.

“Linhai, how could you invite someone like this to treat Zihuan? Are you out of your mind?” Sun Aicai’s face had darkened with rage, and his blood pressure seemed ready to erupt as he glared at Lu Hao.

“What’s wrong? Dean Zhao Qiang said that, at present, he may well be the most skilled doctor in all of Hong County—or even in the entire H City,” Sun Linhai replied helplessly.

Sun Aicai immediately grew agitated.

“I think you’re so desperate that you’ll believe any doctor. Don’t you know what kind of relationship he has with my son, Wen’guo? Those two are mortal enemies. Aren’t you afraid Lu Hao will do something to your daughter?”

“He dared to cripple my son. Do you really think he’ll spare your daughter, who is currently in a vegetative state?”

Sun Linhai was stunned.

When he thought about it, he had to admit that his elder brother had a point.

How could anyone ask an enemy to treat a member of their own family?

Wouldn’t that simply give Lu Hao an opportunity to harm her?

The thought filled him with hesitation.

Then he glanced at the woven fertilizer sack Lu Hao had brought with him. A portion of the metal tool inside was exposed—and it was a hammer.

Who came to treat a patient carrying a hammer? A hammer in a hospital looked even more like a weapon.

At once, Sun Linhai began to feel uneasy.

“Doctor Lu…”

He hurried over to Lu Hao.

Lu Hao happened to be seated beside the table, holding the arm of the unconscious Sun Zihuan and taking her pulse.

“Doctor Lu…” Without making a fuss, Sun Linhai removed Lu Hao’s hand from his daughter’s wrist.

“Are you confident you can do this today?” he asked seriously, looking Lu Hao in the eye.

Lu Hao frowned, not understanding what Sun Linhai meant.

“What are you talking about? I already told you that before I can know whether she can be cured, I need to examine her physical condition.”

Seeing Sun Linhai standing protectively before his daughter with a wary expression, Lu Hao quickly understood most of what was going on.

Damn it. The Sun family had tried to kill me and had even assaulted my mother in front of me. I haven’t come here to take revenge; I’ve come to help treat your daughter. And you still dare to suspect me?

“Well… Doctor Lu, perhaps you should listen to Dean Zhao Qiang and the others’ diagnosis first. After all, they’re renowned experts and authorities in the field…”

Sun Linhai spoke with some unease.

The reason he said this was that he had changed his mind. He wanted to send Lu Hao away before anything happened that he did not wish to see.

He was torn. On the one hand, he hoped that Lu Hao could truly cure his daughter. On the other, he feared that Lu Hao might harm her and was unwilling to let him get too close.

After weighing both sides, he decided it would be best to send Lu Hao away for the time being.

“All right. She’s your daughter, not mine. Do as you please.” Lu Hao rose and walked toward the door.

Since he had come, he still intended to treat her. He also did not want to completely antagonize Sun Linhai.

Lu Hao and Sun Wen’guo were now sworn enemies—enemies who would fight to the death.

Even so, Sun Linhai could still restrain his son, because Lu Hao himself had no personal grudge against him.

Although Sun Wen’guo had falsely claimed that Lu Hao was responsible for what had happened to Sun Zihuan, Sun Linhai was not foolish enough to believe him without question.

Therefore, for the time being, Lu Hao’s strategy toward the Sun family was certainly to keep Sun Linhai on his side.

Moreover, if he could truly cure Sun Zihuan, Sun Wen’guo would not dare continue making things difficult for him. At least, he would no longer act with such brazen impunity in public, because Sun Linhai would find a way to keep him in check.

At that moment, Lu Hao followed Zhao Qiang outside.

“Lu Hao, let me introduce you to someone. This is Wang Qiang, the chief physician of our hospital’s psychiatric department.”