C7 Chapter 7

Chen Dong had just pulled his vibrating phone from his pocket when he rubbed his nose and announced with composure, "I'm here."

Moments before, Lee Susu had been visibly shaken with fear. But upon laying eyes on Chen Dong, a whirlwind of emotions overcame her, and she glared furiously at him. "Chen Dong, what are you doing here? Isn't it chaotic enough already?"

Disregarding the foolish woman, Chen Dong stepped forward from the crowd to confront Chu Yun directly. "Release her."

Chu Yun glanced at the police officers below with contempt and mocked Chen Dong, "You think I'm scared because you brought the cops?"

Chen Dong just shrugged off the accusation. "They weren't my call."

He had no illusions about the police making a difference, squinting in agreement with Chu Yun's sentiment.

Chu Yun sneered as he clutched the woman tighter, his arm slick with nervous sweat. "Brave of you to show up."

Chen Dong was at a loss for words.

When had he ever backed down?

Chu Yun was too full of himself, too dangerous to provoke...

"You can have her released," Chu Yun said, a cold gleam in his eye as he pulled a knife from his pocket and tossed it onto the ground, where it clattered sharply.

It was a surgical scalpel, the kind doctors use in operations.

The sound struck a nerve with the onlookers, causing everyone except Chen Dong to flinch.

"Pick up the knife," Chu Yun commanded, nudging Lee Susu slightly forward as he menaced Chen Dong.

Chen Dong complied, bending down to slowly pick up the knife, then sighed, "And then what?"

"I want one of your hands and one of your feet," Chu Yun demanded with a cold huff, clearly pleased with his own proposal, anticipating it more than ever.

"Are you planning to make a stew with them?" Chen Dong quipped, rolling up his sleeves and lightly pressing the blade against his elbow, drawing a faint line of blood.

"No! Don't..." Lee Susu managed only a couple of cries before Chu Yun muffled her, leaving her struggling to articulate another word.

Previously, Lee Susu had scorned this good-for-nothing, never imagining he'd dare to ascend to the rooftop! Her heart was a tumult of emotions, as if a jar of spices had been overturned within.

Chen Dong was far from foolish. He flipped the knife in his hand and tossed it aside with a nonchalant air. "Do you take me for a fool?"

Chu Yun was just a hair's breadth from success when he watched Chen Dong discard the knife, his frustration boiling over. "Don't you care if your wife survives?"

With a dismissive shake of his head, Chen Dong burst into raucous laughter, the sound of it almost jubilant, as if he were on the verge of clapping in delight. His laughter was jarring to everyone around.

"What's so funny?" Chu Yun's voice, in stark contrast to Chen Dong's laughter, was subdued and carried a much lower tone. He bellowed, "I'm asking you what's so funny! Shut your mouth!"

Even Lee Susu was baffled. Had Chen Dong lost his mind?

Chen Dong's laughter subsided, yet his lips continued to curl upwards uncontrollably. "You know, Chu Yun, you've really done me a huge favor."

"You saw it yourself back at the hotel. My wife couldn't stand me. If she were gone, Susu Fashion would fall into my hands," he said with conviction. Chen Dong sneered with disdain. "Being dominated by her has been unbearable. As a man, I'm relieved she's gone. No one can boss me around anymore."

Unbeknownst to him, Lee Susu's chest heaved with rage upon hearing his words, her complexion shifting from ghostly white to a fiery red as she exploded in fury. "You worthless scum! If I die, all my money goes to my parents! You can forget about getting a cent!"

Chen Dong nonchalantly cleaned his ear and mocked, "I reckon my mom's quite fond of me. A little sweet talk, and the money will be mine, no doubt."

Driven to the brink, Lee Susu's eyes reddened with urgency. "Chen, we're getting a divorce! A divorce! You're out of the Lee family!"

Her incessant nagging grated on Chu Yun's nerves, prompting him to roar, "Damn it, shut up!"

In her moment of agitation, Lee Susu had forgotten the peril she was in, her face once again draining of color.

"Tsk, you saw it too." Chen Dong dismissed with a wave of his hand and turned to leave. "Go ahead and kill me if that's what you want. You'd be doing me a huge favor."

Chen Dong's insolence had ignited Chu Yun's fury. Releasing his grip, Chu Yun lunged for the knife on the ground, lifted it, and aimed for Chen Dong's back.

But Chen Dong merely tilted his head slightly to dodge the gust from behind, causing Chu Yun to miss his mark.

Lee Susu was far less fortunate. Chu Yun had flung her off the building, and she was enveloped in a swirling gust of air, her body contorting in the violent tug: "Aaah!"

The air cushion the police had set up below wasn't fully inflated yet, and the onlookers scattered, each person eager to avoid getting involved.

"My child... My child..." Wang Lifang's forehead veins bulged with distress. Had it not been for the people holding her back, she would have thrown herself forward to cushion her child with her own body.

It was then that Chen Dong, without a moment's hesitation, leapt down after his wife, his arms flailing to accelerate his descent.

Watching Chen Dong plunge downward, Chu Yun was momentarily stunned. The knife slipped from his grasp and clattered to the ground as he let out a low chuckle, "Good riddance. Better if they're all dead."

By the time Chen Dong caught her, Lee Susu had already passed out from terror. As if time itself had slowed, Chen Dong's mind was razor-sharp amidst the chaos.

Some hospital windows had mops hanging out, their handles jutting out. As Chen Dong fell past the third floor, he managed to grab onto one of the mop handles.

The crowd gasped in unison, watching the pair entwined and dangling from the third floor. Could their luck be any better?

Just then, the air cushion finally inflated. The window, strained by the weight of the mop handle, cracked and seemed ready to give way.

And in the next instant, the window shattered, sending shards of glass plummeting alongside Chen Dong. He twisted his body to shield the woman as he pulled her into his embrace.

With a resounding plop, it was as if his heart had plummeted right back into place.

Wang Lifang was so terrified that her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

"My goodness! How fortunate is this couple! To think they managed to take control of their fate mid-fall with just a mop—what incredible luck!"

"In entertainment news, the perpetrator has been apprehended, and the couple is only temporarily unconscious. Doctors are working tirelessly to save them."

The flurry of entertainment reports was relentless, eclipsing even the most scandalous celebrity gossip.

Falling from the rooftop of the 24-story hospital in the city center would typically leave one in a vegetative state, even with an air cushion below. Yet, someone miraculously survived!

A miracle indeed!

"What are you all discussing?" Xu Rong inquired as she entered the conference hall, catching her employees in a buzz of whispers. A trace of frost crept over her already cool demeanor.

These people never showed such enthusiasm for their work, but they were certainly eager when it came to idle gossip.

"President, there's been a recent incident in the city. Someone fell from the rooftop of the central hospital and survived. It's quite the talk of the town," an employee remarked, clutching the freshly released news.

A mist of steam clouded the air as Xu Rong's gaze turned icy, and she slammed her teacup onto the table with a thud.