Chapter 9: Emotion and Righteousness

  Just then, Qin Wanshu's phone rang. She opened it and saw that her heart was racing - it was a text message from Luolin.

  "Aunt Qin, it's getting late, get some rest early, you've been working hard for over a month, have a good sleep or you'll easily get dark circles under your eyes. PS: The takeout is delicious."

  Qin Wanshu stared at the message for half a day, and smiled sweetly in her heart: This kid is still very caring.

  Lorraine sent a text message and sat in front of the computer.

  Today's incident with Qin Auntie may not be a bad thing, but it can't go too far. Even if Lorraine can overcome the age and generational gap, Qin Auntie won't be able to. This matter needs to unfold naturally. In fact, at the root of it all, in many people's eyes, Lorraine is still just a kid. Who would want to fall in love with someone who hasn't even grown out of their awkward phase? So, Lorraine must strengthen herself, whether it's for personal growth or career development. Reborn and given another chance, if she doesn't achieve something, wouldn't that be wasting the heavens' favor?!

  "Ding-dong."

  Just then, the mobile phone received a text message.

  Lorraine opened it and her expression changed instantly.

  "Brother, Liangzi was beaten by Chi Shi!"

  The one who sent the message was a younger brother of Lorraine's, named Liu Wanchuan, a high school sophomore, one year junior to Lorraine. After rummaging through his memory, this kid is not bad, doesn't like studying, a bit naughty, but very loyal to friends. As for that Liangzi who was said to have been beaten by Chi Shi, he's in the same class as him, named Wang Liang, also a very loyal guy.

  Although Lorraine was a bad egg in the past, he still attaches great importance to brotherly righteousness.

  Come on, Chi Shi, don't dare to hard hit me, take my little brother to vent! This is what you asked for yourself, I was worried that I didn't have a reason to meet with you!

  Lorraine quickly dialed back without hesitation:

  "Xiao Chuan, where are you guys?"

  "The orthopedic emergency room on the third floor of the Second People's Hospital in the city, brother, Lianzi doesn't want me to tell you, but I think this matter should be known to you..."

  "Alright, wait for me there!"

  She hung up the phone and Lorraine hastily put on her clothes and ran out of the door.

  Lorin, who had been reborn and returned, understood a truth: in this world, there was no distinction between black and white.

  In the previous life, Pan Jiajun, the young master of the Pan Group, lost because he was defeated in awareness. A family, a person, to mix to a certain extent, can't be too pedantic, only means! What's wrong with mixing? Inside, there are still many bloodthirsty men! This time, Liangzi was beaten, obviously because Chi Shi didn't dare to confront himself directly, and took advantage of Liangzi and Xiao Chuan, the two younger brothers, to vent his anger. Luo Lin, as the older brother, must come forward, not for the sake of face, but for Liangzi's sense of justice!

  Lorraine was still hesitant, wondering if she should temporarily sever ties with those hoodlum friends after her rebirth. This time, Liangzi's taking the beating for herself had clearly given her an answer.

  At Lorraine's urging, the taxi sped towards the hospital and arrived at its destination in about twenty minutes.

  Quickly arriving at the orthopedic emergency room on the third floor, I saw Liangzi with a pale face and gritted teeth, as well as Liu Wanchuan who was anxiously pacing back and forth.

  "Brother!" Liu Wanchuan was quick-witted and spotted Luo Lin at a glance.

  Wang Liang obviously didn't know Lorraine was coming, his pale face looked a bit unsightly, he glared at Liu Wanchuan angrily and then stood up to greet Lorraine: "Brother... I, I'm fine, why did you come..."

  "Sit down!" Lorin didn't give Wang Liang a chance to speak, and went up to press his left shoulder, discovering that his right elbow was a large piece of dark purple, and looking at Wang Liang's pale face with gritted teeth, his heart ached.

  "Where is the doctor?"

  Liu Wanchuan said: "The doctor has gone out to fetch medicine and will be back soon!"

  "Come on! This hospital is a rip-off! You haven't paid yet, have you?"

  Liu Wanchuan and Wang Liang were speechless, they were both high school students, they didn't even dare to tell their families about being beaten up, where would they get the money from? It was only when there was no other way that they called Luolin, actually Wang Liang had been clenching his teeth for almost an hour now, but the doctor said he went out to fetch medicine and still hadn't returned.

  Lorin didn't say a word, took out his wallet from his pocket, pulled out a bank card and threw it to Liu Wanchuan: "Wanchuan, there's a bank downstairs, go get me 10,000 yuan, the password is three 8s and three 9s, hurry up!"

  "Brother, this..." Liu Wanchuan was stunned. 10,000 yuan, this is the combined salary of his parents for three or four months!

  "Brother, you can't take the money!" Wang Liang was a fatty, and at this moment he had broken out in a cold sweat all over his body, but his tone was still tough. Seeing Luo Lin wanting to pay for him made him anxious.

  Lorraine completely ignored Liangzi, glared at Liu Wanchuan and said: "Xiao Chuan, Liangzi's bone is injured. If he doesn't receive timely treatment, his right hand will be disabled for the rest of his life. You don't go down to fetch it? That's fine! We'll face difficulties together. From now on, we two brothers will play with Liangzi using our left hands!"

  Lorraine made a not-so-big-or-small joke, but no one found it funny. At this time, Liu Wanchuan was no longer shy and awkward, and without saying another word, he quickly ran out of the emergency room with his head down.

  Money makes things easier indeed.

  Liu Wanchuan retrieved the money, and Luolin took it herself to go outside. Before long, she followed the doctor back to the emergency room in a hurry. The doctor also blamed her with a medical paternalistic tone: "It's already injured like this, don't you know to treat it in time!"

  Liu Wanchuan was clever and knew how to navigate social relationships, so he didn't take the doctor's words seriously.

  Wang Liang felt annoyed in his heart. Seeing the doctor's smug face, he wanted to go up and slap him, but was glared back by Luo Lin with a single glance.

  After a flurry of activity, the emergency treatment was finally completed and a plaster cast was applied. The doctor in charge arranged for a quiet rest room, where Wang Liang lay resting on the bed, with Luo Lin and Liu Wanchuan sitting on either side of his head.

  Smoke.

  Luo Lin tossed a cigarette to Liu Wanchuan, then lit one for Wang Liang and himself.

  "Liangzi, tell your brother what's going on today."

  After treating his wounds, Liangzi calmed down a lot. Earlier, he saw Luolin paying the bill and knew that he hadn't spent less money. He remembered Luolin's kindness in his heart and hesitated for half a day before answering: "It's nothing, brother. That Chi Shi is usually arrogant and likes to cause trouble. I heard that I was quite impressive when I played with Xiao Chuan in high school, so he wanted to take me down a peg."

  Liu Wanchuan understood Liangzi's meaning, not wanting to add trouble for Luolin, and also chimed in: "Brother, what Liangzi said is right. That Chi Shi is usually arrogant and domineering, relying on his father being the deputy mayor."

  Lorraine's face was expressionless as he smoked, his eyes narrowed to a slit as he glanced at Liangzi and then at Xiaochuan. Suddenly, he smiled: "You two, don't consider me your brother anymore."

  Liangzi and Liu Wanchuan were shocked: "How could this be?"

  Luo Lin's cigarette butt crackled: "If you treat me as a brother, then tell me the truth. What did he say, how did he move his hands, tell me everything in detail."

  I don't know if it's an illusion, but both Ryoko and Ogawa felt that Rorin's entire demeanor had changed. The last time they were with Rorin, he was still the same old Rorin who went to hit on underclass girls, giving off a feeling of being a mischievous little devil king, with a somewhat arrogant attitude, although he was still quite loyal to his brothers, but didn't have much of an older brother's aura.

  But now Lorraine gave them an unfathomable feeling, her slightly narrowed eyes seemed to be able to see through any corner of their brain.

  Liu Wanchuan unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva and lightly touched Wang Liang: "Liangzi, let's tell Lin Ge about it."

  Liàngzi wanted to say something, but feeling the natural dignity on Luó Lín's body, she gritted her teeth and didn't speak.

  Luo Lin knew that Liang Zi was a person who would go all out for his friends and turned to look at Liu Wan Chuan.

  Liu Wanchuan couldn't withstand Luo Lin's gaze, took a deep breath and honestly confessed: "Lin Ge, it was like this. This afternoon after school let out, I hid in the bathroom with Liangzi to smoke, and we left a bit late. When we exited the school gate, most of the students had already left. I reckon that's when Chi Shi took notice of us. By the time we reached the west side of the school at Hutong Alley, Chi Shi led 7 or 8 people in blocking our way, said a couple of things to us, Liangzi got angry and kicked Chi Shi, then someone behind him directly smashed a bottle on Liangzi's head, Liangzi raised his hand to block it but his arm took the hit. I was also knocked down by a fat guy, they beat me and Liangzi senseless before running off."

  Lorraine asked quietly, "What did he say to you?"

  At this time, Liangzi's temper flared up, and he took over the conversation: "What can I say! That Chi Shi relied on his own strength in numbers, threatened us, said that I and Xiao Chuan would follow him from now on, and even said to let us teach Lin Ge a lesson! Damn it, what does he take me Liangzi for!"

  At this time Lorraine understood the cause and effect, went up and patted Liangzi's shoulder: "Good brother."

  Liangzi was just getting excited when she suddenly felt Lorin's warm and big hand on her shoulder, and her heart calmed down: "Nothing, it's just a decoration!"

  Liu Wanchuan said: "Brother, what should we do now? We must get an explanation from that bastard Chi Shi!"

  "This must be said, but not now." Lao Lin stood up and extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand. "Chi Shi's father is the vice mayor, we can't openly move against him, or else we'll be in for it. I heard Chi Shi wants to become the top dog in the city, let's start from there."

  Luo Lin's family background, in school except for the principal, no one knows, and he doesn't plan to tell anyone about his own background, at least not now. Wang Liang and Liu Wanchuan are both children of ordinary working-class families, if Luo Lin were to reveal his own wealthy family background, a barrier would appear between them as youngsters.

  "How did you get it? How did you get it?" Liangzi suddenly became interested, his eyes shining brightly. "Brother, I'm telling the truth, if Chi Shi can be considered the number one in the city, I, Liangzi, will be the first to rebel!"

  Liu Wanchuan excitedly chimed in: "That's right, brother! With just one word from you, we'll immediately bring our brothers to confront Chi Shi!"

  "Haha." Luolin gently patted Liu Wanchuan's head, "What era is this? You think it's old Shanghai? Are you kidding me? Do you think the public security department eats shit?"

  Liu Wanchuan scratched his head: "Brother, what do you say we should do? Lianzi and I will listen to you!"

  Ryouko was also looking at Lorraine with a firm gaze by her side.