The 3 B's- Beauty, Brains and Bravery

Chapter 444: "She is in pain."

Orgueil Banquet Hall, 18:10;

Clueless about their Kiddo's state, the Six tigers were focused on dealing with Luo Chen. Deep down, almost every invitee witnessing the ruthlessness of the girl's brothers was aware of the fact that whatever it was that they were doing, it wasn't illegal. Defamation of Country X's Military Chief was a terminal offense, the punishment of which, according to the Military Protocols, was death. Notifying police would only complicate matters for Luo Chen, for there was no escape from the subsequent decree in the history of Country X. 

The Superfamily was carrying out the government and Military's job, and at most, they'd be charged with a fine for violence in the end. Not that any of the high-class socialite public there tonight were interested in standing up for Luo Chen. 

Luo family had a reputation for living off of the Xi family's favors. In fact, Luo Youyou's marriage in the Xi family was but a result of greed and temptations. Unlike Xi Chongkun and Li Jungah's love marriage, Xi Chonglin was charmed by the woman's beauty and smartness years ago. Moreover, Luo Youyou hailed from a wealthy family background back then, so there was no hindrance in their marriage. Ages later, the Luo Family was on the verge of bankruptcy due to some financial inflation, leaving the Xi family with no choice but to lend a hand to them. 

After Luo Youyou's father passed away, Luo Chen took over, assured that he had the Xi family's back. Even Xi Yuan didn't care about such trivial issues after he'd replaced his grandfather at the age of eighteen, aiding the Luo's every time they were in trouble. But as dependency became his habit, Luo Chen's behavior changed, arrogance and insolence reeking off him. Luo Youyou, too, knowing all of it, would turn a blind eye to her younger brother's temperament, allowing him to benefit from the Xi's.

That, though, never went unnoticed. No one in the event tonight was even remotely fond of Luo Chen. They, in fact, were enjoying the show to their fullest. Who would've thought this man would overstep the boundaries created by Superfamily, one day? Afflicted by Luo Chen's rash and tyrannical threats, every businessman there was left with no mercy to help this bully of a man anymore. He wasn't worth drawing swords against the Six men, after all. Let's just watch him rot of humiliation, they decided ultimately. 

"So, Mr. Luo, our sister is pathetic, you say?", Zhi Xi mocked his victim, inserting further pressure over the man's twisted hand, his tone dark, dull. 

"N-no! Ah!", the man winced his eyes in sheer pain, "Let me go, please. I- I didn't mean to hurt anyone."

"Hurt?", Mo Zixuan raised his brows, walking over to where Lu Wei sat, passing him a glass of whiskey, "You really believe you are capable enough of 'hurting' us? Just what world do you live in?"

Laughing out, Zhi Bo nodded, "Thankfully, our Xinghe isn't here. She hates the mention of the Rong family, to start with. What more, you had the audacity to address her as one of those. She would've been upset by what you said, Mr. Luo. And if that were to happen, we would've involved the Military directly. But she isn't present here.

"As for us? You've simply offended us. She was fourteen when we took over her custody. We've been her rightful guardians ever since. You made it seem like her entire upbringing had nothing to do with her brothers. Now, that is plainly unacceptable, don't you think? So tell me, how do you want to make it up to us?"

Luo Chen did not know what to say at this point. There was nothing he could offer the Superfamily. Money, fame, honor, popularity. They were the synonyms to all those terms, literally. They were playing with him, using him to re-establish their somewhat lost fear among the diplomats and the rich. And there was nothing he could do to get out of it but to beg Xi Chongkun for help. 

"Save me.", he cried out, "Please, brother Chongkun!"

But before Xi Chongkun could say anything, all the phones owned by the Superfamily's members, the ones in the men's pockets and those in the ladies' purses beeped up with a message, together. Stunned, they pulled their devices out, only to find a message from Xi Yuan in their common chat group.

'OTW to Elite Multi-speciality Hospital. Something's wrong with Xinghe. Unconscious. Reach ASAP!', the text read. 

The message was a bolt from the blue for the family. Subconsciously, the members turned to stare at Su Rogguang, muddled. Being the girl's official doctor, Su Rogguang kept track of her medical history and medications along with her diet. How come, all of a sudden...

Su Rogguang and Rong Xiao, equally shocked by the news, caught each other's eye across the room, worried. So far, Rong Xinghe was recuperating just fine from her recent wounds, neither was there any symptom of the Migraine kicking in. Then just what was happening?!

Pushing Luo Chen away from himself, Zhi Xi adjusted his suit, nodding at Lu Wei faintly. Nothing was more important than her. Everything else could wait. Even the renewal of their forgotten strength.

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Elite Multi-Speciality Hospital, 18:30;

As Rong Xinghe lied upon the stretcher, amid the busy corridor, a physician and a neurologist checking on her. Xi Yuan stood beside, catching his breath, his hand refusing to leave her relatively cold one. It hadn't been even a minute since he'd stepped foot inside, and he'd already summoned the most senior doctors currently available in the hospital, such were his worries.

Meanwhile, the two men, calmly, noted down the pattern of her breathing, the size, and the reactivity of her pupils, her eye movements, and her oculovestibular responses, as a frown of confusion appeared across their faces gradually. 

Glancing at Xi Yuan, one of the two men said, "Mr. Xi, we need to shift her into the emergency ward right about now. Her body seems weak, yes, but fine. Only after running some blood tests and imaging scans of the brain, can we say anything. She shouldn't have fainted, assuming that she's been taking her medications and food on time. Usually, with Migraine patients, such incidents could get lethal in a blink."

Listening to the man, Xi Yuan nodded, leaning down to place a sweet kiss against her forehead, finally letting go of her hand. 

"I'll handle the formalities.", he said after some time then, his eyes still fixed upon her fatigued colorless face, "Just... help her.", he added, the next few words more of a whisper, "She is in pain."

As the man looked at the girl disappear from his line of sight, he picked up the phone that'd been vibrating in his pocket for a while now, "Mr. Shou.", he acknowledged the person on the other end. Why was Rong Xinghe's assistant calling him out of nowhere?

"President Xi! Military Chief's life is in danger.", the old man reported in a rush, as if he'd just ran a mile, "We just caught... a weasel who was trying to sneak into the Military Chief Office. Before we could interrogate him, he shot himself to death. But his phone rang up as we searched his body. It was the mastermind, I believe. 

"Sir... Military Chief, she is being poisoned."