Jiang Nuan placed the groceries by the entrance and answered the phone.
"Yingying."
"Nuannuan, can you come over? My grandpa fainted," Hua Ying's voice was urgent.
Jiang Nuan frowned. "How could this happen? Grandpa Hua was fine when I left this morning."
But Jiang Nuan heard a noisy sound from the other end.
"Yingying, if you don't hand over the shares and the company today, I'll die right here for you to see. They've given me the final deadline. If I can't repay the debt, I'm also dead."
Jiang Nuan's brow furrowed.
"I'm sorry, Nuannuan. Grandpa fainted from being angered by my elder brother. Doctor Song is performing emergency treatment, but I don't know if he'll make it." Hua Ying started to cry.
Jiang Nuan said, "Okay! I'm coming right away. Don't worry."
Jiang Nuan hung up the phone.
Seeing her mother's dejected expression, she apologized, "Mom, I wanted to cook a nice meal for you, but something has happened at the hospital. I have to rush over. If we have time, we'll come back for dinner with you."
Jin Yan responded, "Oh!"
Her voice lacked enthusiasm, and she sounded very disappointed.
She wished her little ray of sunshine would be safe and healthy, not so busy. Life was short, and if all her days were filled with work, she wouldn't be able to enjoy life.
Jiang Nuan quickly left and drove to the hospital.
...
At the hospital, Hua Ying blocked Hua Yulong from entering the room.
Lu Jinyan also stood by, glaring at the frantic Hua Yulong.
Hua Yulong cast a cold glance at Lu Jinyan. "Lu Jinyan, if you want to marry my sister, how about a betrothal gift of three billion? Give me the betrothal gift now, and you can take my sister home tonight."
Hua Yulong, desperate to save his life, was disregarding everything. He just wanted to pay off his gambling debts. He didn't want to be beaten to death, nor did he want to lose a hand.
Lu Jinyan was speechless. Three billion!
It wasn't that he was unwilling, but he didn't have that much money.
He was just an unknown agent. The only star under his management who made money was his younger nephew, and even then, his nephew only made money for him on weekends.
Then there were the dividends from the family company. He was just coasting along. Where would he get so much money?
Hua Ying looked at her brother with tears in her eyes. "Are you trying to sell me?"
"Heh heh..." Hua Yulong chuckled shamelessly. "Yingying, how is this selling you? You'll have to get married sooner or later. Marrying into the Lu family, the Lu family has the means to provide such a betrothal gift. Why should I ask for less?"
"With this money, you can also live a good life."
Hua Yulong tried to persuade his sister.
Hua Ying sneered, "If they give such a large betrothal gift, do you have enough return gifts?"
Hua Yulong acted as if he heard a joke. "What era are we in now? Who asks for return gifts? Just tell me if you're marrying or not!"
No matter what, he had to get the money today. No, he had to get the company back.
His father, always biased towards sons, also supported him in doing this.
Hua Chun, standing by, looked at his daughter's tear-streaked face and felt a surge of irritation.
"Yingying, you can't manage the company right now. Without a leader, the company will eventually be swallowed by other shareholders. If you don't trust your elder brother, give me your shares, and I'll manage the company."
Hua Chun, always arrogant, had long wanted to control the company, but his father had always held the reins.
Hua Ying glared at the shameless father and son. "Don't dream about it. Get out of here immediately."
Hua Ying glared at them. If Lu Jinyan weren't there, she would have collapsed.
Hua Yulong said angrily, "If you don't hand over the company today, I'm not leaving."
His aggressive stance frightened Hua Ying, and she slightly shrank her shoulders.
Lu Jinyan watched, his heart aching.
Hua Ying cried out emotionally, "Grandpa is still in rescue. He doted on you since you were little. Don't you feel any guilt? At least as long as Grandpa is alive, the company will never fall into anyone else's hands. But if the company is in your hands, it will go bankrupt within a year. Grandpa said this. You only look at immediate gains and can't strategize."
These were the words her grandfather had told her when he was lucid.
Her grandfather said that the business world was like a battlefield. As long as one's weakness was in the hands of the opponent, one would soon be calculated to nothing.
Her grandfather, at his age, had seen all sorts of deception in the business world.
"Hahaha..." Hua Yulong was amused to the point of anger. His expression was somewhat frenzied. "I'm dying, how can I have the energy to care about the old man? If you want me to care about him, you can help me pay off my debts."
Hearing this, Lu Jinyan finally couldn't hold back. The anger within him exploded at this moment.
He couldn't help but walk over, grab Hua Yulong by the collar, and shout, "Hua Yulong, are you even human? How could you say such a thing?"
Lu Jinyan was fundamentally different from Hua Yulong. He couldn't bring himself to say truly vile things.
However, his deep and handsome eyes stared furiously at Hua Yulong.
Hua Yulong was happy to see this happen. He provocatively looked at Lu Jinyan. "Lu Jinyan, do you see those reporters over there? If you dare to hit me, news of the Third Young Master of Lu Corporation hitting someone will immediately spread online."
"Don't believe me? Try it."
Hua Yulong smiled like a venomous snake. If Lu Jinyan dared to hit him, he would extort money from the Lu family.
Lu Jinyan smirked, swung his fist, and landed a heavy punch on Hua Yulong's face.
"Ah..." Hua Yulong let out a scream of pain.
"It hurts so much, did my tooth fall out?" He felt a foreign object in his mouth.
"Pfft..." He spat onto the floor. Blood and a tooth landed on the ground.
Lu Jinyan was the type of person who would kill if he took action.
When he wasn't acting, he was a gentleman!
"Ahhh... Dad, my tooth." Hua Yulong saw his tooth fall out.
He cried out in fear.
Lu Jinyan frowned. Such a big man, crying out in pain over such a small thing.
"Truly not a man," Lu Jinyan couldn't help but mock.
This comment instantly touched a nerve for Hua Yulong.
He immediately flew into a rage and roared at Lu Jinyan, "Lu Jinyan, am I a man or not? I'll show you right now."
Lu Jinyan was speechless.
"No, no, no, don't show me. I'll find it disgusting. Whether you're a man or not has nothing to do with me." Lu Jinyan stepped back in disgust.
"Third Young Master, this is a bit too much bullying. You like my daughter, and you hit my son. Aren't you afraid I won't agree?" Hua Chun was also angry seeing his son beaten.
He summoned the authority of a father-in-law and looked at Lu Jinyan.
Hua Ying bit her lip, looking at Lu Jinyan. Lu Jinyan was truly wonderful!
Lu Jinyan, however, gave a cold smile. "Yingying no longer has anything to do with you."
"You..."
Before he could finish, his words were interrupted by a clear, cold voice, "Enough! This is a hospital. All of you, shut up."