Insufficient balance

  Perhaps it was because everyone slept late last night, so until Ye Jun left, the main door of the house had not shown any signs of movement. It's likely that Su Wen Yu and Guo Xiao Yu were still in bed making up for lost sleep, after all they didn't fall asleep until after 1 am, even if they overslept, it was indeed a normal human behavior. Of course, Yang Jing was a typical exception, Ye Jun couldn't help but maliciously think that this woman could probably fall asleep instantly as soon as she lay down on the bed, without needing any buffer time, otherwise why would she get up so early for no reason?

  With a heart full of hope, Ye Jun bought a breakfast outside the hospital and planned to fill Liang Tao's hunger after keeping watch for a night.

  As he walked into the intensive care unit, what entered his eyes made Ye Jun pause for a moment. He saw Liang Hao frowning and making faces, putting his finger to his lips while pointing at Liang Tao who was snoring on the hospital bed.

  Ye Jun was both surprised and delighted, a hint of a smile spreading across his face as he said in a low voice, "Hao Ge, thank you."

  At this moment, he moved a stool and sat down. Ye Jun looked at Liang Hao in front of him and found that neither his complexion nor his spirit was like a patient's. He could lean against the bed, which was obviously not the mental state that a patient who had just undergone major surgery could have.

  Jian Yu sat down, and Liang Hao smiled and waved his hand: "Xiao Jun, I still want to thank you. If it wasn't for you, I might have died already. To be honest, you've saved me twice."

  It seems that Ye Jun has caught a glimpse of Liang Hao's expression, and he scratched his head, saying: "With your personality, you're not the type to be impulsive or overbearing. Yesterday at the police station, you openly provoked the police officers on the scene. At first, I didn't understand your behavior, but when you lay down in the ambulance, I suddenly understood. You weren't trying to annoy or blame those police officers, but rather use your actions to attract my attention and keep me conscious until the ambulance arrived."

  It seems that Ye Jun did not expect Liang Huan to see through this layer, and he smiled ambiguously: "Hao Ge, you blocked the bullet for me, I should be the one saying thank you. If it wasn't for your selfless efforts, I'm afraid the one lying in the hospital bed would be me."

  "After all, none of us expected a madman like this would appear at the police station."

  Liang Hao took over the conversation, elegantly adjusting his glasses with a finger. It has to be said that Liang Hao, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, is indeed a typical elegant gentleman, exuding an air of refinement and culture reminiscent of a scholarly family. A man like him would undoubtedly be the ideal lover for career women and female bosses in a 9-to-5 office setting.

  Ye Jun smiled and put breakfast on the table, saying: "Anyway, it's good that nothing is wrong now, Hao Ge, why don't you eat something first?"

  "I won't eat anymore, let's leave it for brother to eat instead. After all, he's also tired. Doctor Li came at dawn and saw me trying to get up, so he came over to help. At the same time, he told me that if I hadn't woken up within three days earlier, I would have become a vegetable completely. And coincidentally, it was you again, Xiao Jun, who saved me once more. I owe you so much, I don't even know how to repay you."

  Liang Hao's seemingly bitter tone actually contained too much unspoken gratitude. Ye Jun understood and also guessed Liang Hao's current mood, so he smiled and said: "Hao brother, we're a family, no need to speak of two families, from now on we're brothers, no one owes anyone anything, okay?"

  "Good!"

  Liang Hao stared at Ye Jun for a full minute, as if trying to see through his words, but his eyes kept flowing with a thread of gratitude that seemed to be there and yet not there, until he smiled and nodded after slapping hands with Ye Jun.

  Ouch...

  A sound of shattering glass came, and a peasant woman was seen covering her face, which was splashed with tears, as if she didn't dare to believe what she saw before her eyes.

  "Mom!"

  Liang Hao called out in a loud voice, and his eyes also misted up. As if hearing Liang Hao's call, the peasant woman didn't care about the broken vase on the ground. This mother who had mustered up the courage to come to the hospital hadn't expected that her son lying in bed would wake up so quickly, nor did she expect to hear him call out a familiar "Mom".

  "Ah Hao, let Mom touch you, is Mom dreaming?"

  At this time, Liang Tao also woke up with a start, first looking at his birth mother who was walking towards him in confusion, perhaps still not fully awake, so he looked a bit dazed. However, when he reacted, he suddenly turned his head and stared at Liang Hao in front of him, who had a smile all over his face. After less than three seconds of silence, Liang Tao suddenly stood up and hugged Liang Hao tightly: "Ahao, you're actually awake! It's too unbelievable, the doctor didn't lie to me, didn't lie to me..."

  "Older brother... mom..."

  Before long, the mother and son were hugging each other tightly until Liang Hao let out a cough that he could no longer endure, breaking the warm and intimate family scene. The peasant woman gently patted Liang Tao and pretended to be displeased, saying: "Ahao's body hasn't recovered yet, how can you use so much strength?"

  "I forgot."

  Liang Tao was grinning from ear to ear, his face full of joy, seeing his younger brother wake up. He felt better than anyone else. After all, they had lost their father at a young age, and the village kids often bullied Liang Hui, who would run back home crying and say that someone had scolded him for being a fatherless bastard. At those moments, Liang Tao wouldn't go and argue with them like a stubborn donkey, but instead, he would put on a serious face and say: "Whoever scolds you, you scold back! Whoever hits you, you hit back! We can't let the village's good-for-nothings look down on us, we can't let these good-for-nothings bully our mom!"

  After that, it was often seen that Liang Hao would run back home with a dirty face, sometimes even with scraped skin and fresh blood, but he never cried. After a year, the wound healed, and the village children gradually dared not to provoke Liang Hao again. Whoever dared to scold or beat him would be like provoking a mad dog that bites anyone it sees.

  "Huh? White police officer?"

  It seemed that there was a movement outside the door, and Liang Tao involuntarily turned his head to see Bai Bing standing at the door in casual clothes, neither in nor out.

  "Come in." Liang Tao said with a smile.

  "No, thank you."

  Bai Bing was also extremely surprised in her heart, she didn't expect Liang Hao to wake up so quickly, seeing that the situation had already passed the critical period, the huge stone that had been pressing on her heart all night suddenly crumbled. Bai Bing first politely greeted Liang Tao and others, then shifted her gaze to Ye Jun, a faint blush rising to her cheeks as she asked: "Can we go for a walk downstairs?"

  Ye Jun wasn't clear what medicine was being sold in the white ice gourd, to be honest, from the very beginning he hadn't blamed White Ice, so yesterday's stern face had something to do with White Ice's uniform. Because as soon as he saw the police uniform, Ye Jun thought of a scene in the office, and at that time Liang Hao was missing, even if Ye Jun had a good temper, it would be hard for him to remain calm like an ordinary person.

  "Alright, white police officer, let's go down now."

  Seemingly surprised by Ye Jun's change in attitude, she saw the man walking towards her and Bai Bing subconsciously said: "Not angry anymore?"

  "When did I get angry?"

  Ye Jun was taken aback, knowing that Bai Bing still had a grudge against yesterday's incident. He couldn't help but smile wryly and say: "Actually, I'm not angry, really! Don't look at me with that expression, as long as you don't wear that police uniform, I guarantee nothing will happen."

  "Oh? So you still haven't let go of your prejudice against the police?"

  Two people walked and chatted, in the eyes of others, a man and woman who brushed past each other were a perfect match. In fact, Bai Bing, without her police uniform, was not inferior to Su Wen Yu and other women in terms of beauty, and even had a more charming and seductive aura than Yang Jing! As if sensing Ye Jun's deliberate ignorance on this issue, Bai Bing suddenly stopped in her tracks, revealing a hint of flirtatiousness, and smiled: "My family has several police uniforms, why don't we go back now, I'll change into each one to show you, to dispel your prejudice against police uniforms, how about it?"

  Hearing this, and seeing Bai Bing's charming and flirtatious expression, Ye Jun was visibly taken aback, subconsciously asking: "Really?"

  "What do you think?"

  Bai Bing deliberately arched her back, revealing the perfect curves of a woman. Ye Jun glanced at Bai Bing's deep cleavage exposed by her leaning forward, then glanced again at her proud buttocks accentuated by her bent waist. He swallowed hard and smiled: "Let's go! We're going back right now!"

  "Thought so! I was just testing whether you have a bias against police uniforms, and indeed, the fox's tail is exposed so quickly."

  Bai Bing's expression changed as if it was previously a gentle spring breeze, but then suddenly became a shocking thunderstorm. The speed of this change in expression was comparable to flipping through the pages of a book, and it was so fast that Ye Jun's thinking almost short-circuited.

  Ye Jun secretly gave a thumbs up, and in a low voice said that this move was brilliant. It seemed that the innate capital of women had been used by Bai Bing with amazing skill. It looked like he had underestimated the thorny rose in front of him who was outstanding in the police circle.

  It seems that Bai Bing's pretty face is getting more and more entangled, Ye Jun shifts the topic with reason: "Call me down, what do you want to say? Since there's no one here, just speak directly."

  Yè Jūn's single knife cut straight to the point, and Bái Bīng put away her angry expression, calmly saying: "I hope Mr. Yè can help me prove that I have nothing to do with the police station's affairs."

  Is it just for this?

  Ye Jun thought to himself that the world is easy to change, but one's nature is hard to shift. This was the truest side of Bai Bing, and in this world, if you don't take care of yourself, you'll end up being destroyed by heaven and earth.

  As for Bai Bing's nature, Ye Jun didn't feel disgusted, but rather a bit uncomfortable. Since he was clear that Bai Bing was the kind of person who would do whatever it takes to achieve her goals, Ye Jun wouldn't get angry at her request. He calmly said: "To be honest, this matter actually has nothing to do with you. Don't rush to smile, I'm not finished speaking yet. However, even if the whole thing had nothing to do with you, don't forget that if it weren't for accepting your invitation and your sudden departure on a pretext, none of this would have happened. From my personal perspective, I'm not angry or resentful, nor do I blame you for your negligence. That's already being very generous. But if you want me to step in and clear up the misunderstanding, may I ask, what makes you think I should?"

  Bai Bing didn't expect Ye Jun to be so difficult to deal with. She had thought that since Liang Hao was safe and sound, she could easily persuade the seemingly inexperienced Ye Jun. But now it's clear that the Ye Jun in front of her is not easy to fool. At least from this conversation, Bai Bing very reasonably thinks that Ye Jun is taking advantage of the situation to extort money. If they can't come up with a satisfactory price, she's afraid this matter will likely fall through.

  "How dare you threaten me?"

  Bai Bing's lips were tightly pursed, her face slowly darkening, as if she was enduring immense anger.

  "Hmph, white cop, don't try this trick on me, it won't work. Don't even mention that I'm not threatening you, even if I told you that I am indeed threatening you today, what would you dare to do?"

  Ye Jun coldly sized up the white ice in front of him, and this remark obviously brought a great shock to White Ice, as if he had only now realized that Ye Jun was not just an ordinary person. The calmness with which he sang on the same stage as the Han family father and son, his calling the Jiangling giant tycoon "brother", the favor of Colonel Gao Changhe, the astonishing identity that allowed him to come and go freely in the Qingyan Club... each piece of information that floated into his mind made White Ice's cold sweat flow. If he really dared to make a move on this man who looked like a student, he feared that the military, political, and business worlds would all join forces to help this man!

  Thinking of this, Bai Bing couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. But thinking that if Ye Jun didn't loosen his grip, it was likely to leave a stain on her political record. Suddenly she felt both wronged and indignant: "What do you want?"

  "I hadn't thought of it before, but you just reminded me."

  Ye Jun's mouth curled up with a sly smile, which made Bai Bing feel uneasy. She searched her mind for their previous conversation, and suddenly, her face turned pale with anger: "If you have something to say, just say it clearly, I don't like guessing blindly."

  "Do I still need to guess? Isn't it just changing a few police uniforms to reduce my prejudice against the police?"

  For Bai Bing's deliberate questioning, Ye Jun was not at all concerned, on the contrary, this calm and determined tone sounded in Bai Bing's ears as if Ye Jun had already eaten her up, which made Bai Bing rise with a sense of shame that was hard to express, suddenly angry: "Don't even think about it!"

  "In any case, I've said my part, the decision is up to you. If you come around, you can contact me again. But let's get the ugly talk out of the way first, I'm very busy." Yu Jun's originally sunny smile suddenly fell, and he turned his head to leave without giving Bai Bing any chance to explain herself.

  "Wait!"

  After walking for several steps, I finally heard Bai Bing's obstruction behind me.

  It seemed that the outcome had been anticipated, and Ye Jun stopped in his tracks at the first moment, turning his head around. In sight was a delicate and pretty face with a mixture of grievance and anger, only to see Bai Bing biting her lips tightly, after a good long while, she said angrily: "Fine, I agree to you."