Chapter 169: Are You Worthy?

"How I live my life is none of your concern!"

Seeing her father, Shen Yina let out a cold laugh, unable to restrain herself.

"Impudent! Is that any way to speak to your father?"

Shen Donglai grew furious. Glaring at her, he slammed his hand down on the table with a loud *bang*, startling Wang Xiang and his mother.

"Alright."

Qin Xuan frowned and stood up.

He could tell that Shen Yina and her father had a very poor relationship. Combined with Shen Donglai's previous behavior, Qin Xuan's opinion of him was quite low. Even as an outsider who had only just met Shen Donglai, Qin Xuan could immediately sense that he cared very little for his daughter.

Every family has its hard-to-read scriptures, Qin Xuan thought with an inner sigh, preferring not to meddle in their family affairs. Right now, he simply wanted to heal Shen Yina. After all, she had been injured because of him, and he naturally bore the responsibility.

"Mister, you can just ask your daughter if she feels any discomfort anywhere. Like I said, some injuries cannot be detected by hospitals. They say she'll recover in a couple of days... utterly ridiculous. Let me tell you, if Shen Yina's injury isn't cured, she definitely won't live past thirty."

Qin Xuan looked calmly at Shen Donglai. "I hope you can think of your daughter and not ruin her entire life."

Though his tone was flat, the meaning behind his words was crystal clear, giving them quite a shock. Could Shen Yina's injury really be so severe that she wouldn't even live past thirty?

Even Shen Yina was stunned upon hearing this. "Qin Xuan, is it really that serious?"

"If it's not cured, yes. But with the Tianshan Great Replenishing Pill, you'll be fine." Qin Xuan turned his head to her with a reassuring smile.

"Mn."

Shen Yina instantly felt relieved and nodded.

"..."

Shen Donglai seemed to consider this seriously before saying, "Qin Xuan, was it? What you're saying is hard to believe. However, if Shen Yina has no objections, I have no objections either. I only have one thing to remind you of—if something goes wrong, can you take responsibility?"

"Of course I will bear the consequences," Qin Xuan replied.

"Pah! You can take responsibility? You might be able to afford it, but our First Hospital certainly cannot. If you want to eat strange things like that, go do it outside; don't cause trouble here in the hospital just in case something happens and it gets blamed on the First Hospital."

Wang Hongying spat out in disgust, still eager to drive Qin Xuan away. This time, however, she seemed intent on chasing Shen Yina out along with him.

In Wang Hongying's eyes, what kind of status did her son hold? With connections to the Beijing Wang family, they could walk all over Jinling. Although this young woman before her was quite pretty, she had actually shown utter disdain for her son and even wanted to cozy up to this Qin Xuan?

To Wang Hongying, such a woman simply didn't know what was good for her. She wouldn't even dream of letting such a person cross the threshold of the Wang family in the future. To prevent any accidents at the hospital, she wanted to chase both Shen Yina and Qin Xuan out and be done with it.

Hearing the expulsion in Wang Hongying's tone, Shen Yina said with disdain, "We'll leave then. Who cares about this place?"

With that, she attempted to get up from the hospital bed once more. Her injury was in her left shoulder and wasn't very severe, so getting out of bed posed no problem at all.

"Nonsense! Shen Yina, lie back down right now."

Shen Donglai hastily barked out a stern reprimand.

Qin Xuan frowned and supported Shen Yina's delicate body, preventing her from sitting up. Shen Yina didn't care; she simply glared at Shen Donglai, devoid of any warmth one would expect between a father and daughter.

"Mr. Shen, you don't need to be so fierce either," Wang Hongying glanced sideways at him. "This was all her own choice. If she weren't acting recklessly, of course I'd welcome her to stay. But if she insists on acting foolishly, my humble First Hospital really cannot shoulder that kind of responsibility."

Originally, Wang Hongying had been quite keen on forming a marital alliance with Shen Donglai, but that was under the condition of total harmony. Now, she was extremely displeased with Shen Yina and naturally lost all interest in that prospect. Since they had already cast aside all pretense and taken the Beijing Wang family as their backing, what was a mere branch bank manager when all was said and done?

Seeing that Qin Xuan remained unmoved, Wang Hongying let out a disdainful, cold laugh. "Qin Xuan, don't think you can do whatever you want in Jinling just because you have the Zhao family backing you. Strictly speaking, even Elder Zhao is nothing more than a lackey of the Wang family. You think you can throw your weight around here? You've got the wrong idea."

At these words, Shen Donglai, standing nearby, couldn't help but be startled, his mind racing instantly.

As expected, this Qin Xuan really did have the Zhao family backing him up; his guess hadn't been wrong. But this Wang Hongying wasn't even afraid of the Zhao family? The Wang family she spoke of... the only Wang family that wouldn't fear the Jinling Zhao family was the Beijing Wang family.

The Beijing Wang family?

Shen Donglai broke out in a cold sweat all over. He was well aware of what this represented, and he hurriedly asked Wang Hongying in a soft voice, "When you mention the Wang family, could it be *that* Wang family from Beijing?"

"Of course, which other one could it be?"

Wang Hongying looked down at Shen Donglai with an air of condescension.

This realization instantly forced Shen Donglai to make a decision. Abandon Qin Xuan and help Shen Yina hook up with Wang Xiang right in front of them! The Beijing Wang family—that was a power that usually made Shen Donglai tremble just hearing about it. If he could truly establish a connection...

Good lord, Shen Donglai didn't even dare to imagine how soaring his future success would be.

Therefore, without the slightest hesitation, he shifted his attitude, looked toward the hospital bed, and began to lecture righteously, "Qin Xuan, initially your uncle here rather appreciated you, but I never expected you to rely on your connections to cause trouble in the hospital. Look at young Mr. Wang here—even with the Beijing Wang family behind him, he doesn't act as arrogant and domineering as you. The hospital doesn't welcome you anymore, why aren't you leaving yet?"

Although he now looked down upon Qin Xuan, he knew the Zhao family behind Qin Xuan wasn't someone he could afford to provoke, so his tone remained somewhat polite.

Qin Xuan sneered inwardly and ignored him. He hadn't expected Shen Donglai's skill in trimming the sails to be even more practiced than that tall, thin police officer's. He had just wanted to cultivate a relationship with him a moment ago, only to immediately turn around and suck up to Wang Xiang.

Such a shameless face was truly the most despicable Qin Xuan had seen since coming down the mountain.

Once he finished speaking to Qin Xuan, Shen Donglai turned and barked harshly at Shen Yina, "And you, Shen Yina! Today, I forbid you from leaving the door of this hospital room!"

To bring Shen Yina and Wang Xiang together, Shen Donglai would force her to stay here by any means necessary. As for Qin Xuan and that so-called medicinal pill, they naturally had to be driven away, lest they ruin the wonderful opportunity Shen Donglai had envisioned.

"On what grounds?"

Shen Yina wasn't as calm as Qin Xuan and immediately confronted him tit for tat.

"On the grounds that I am your father!"

Shen Donglai glared at her.

"Father?"

Shen Yina sounded as though she had heard some cosmic joke, her voice turning somewhat shrill and desperate. "Do you even deserve that title?"

*Do you even deserve it?*

These three words seemed to encapsulate all of Shen Yina's emotions. Years of suppressed helplessness, sorrow, grievance, and rage finally erupted at this very moment!