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"Second Brother, you're back."
Zhong Luochen glanced at his sister without saying much, then asked directly, "What's the situation exactly?"
Third Miss of the Zhong family looked rather grim. "The doctor said it will probably happen within the next couple of days. Grandfather is barely conscious now and doesn't recognize anyone at all."
Zhong Luochen nodded and pushed open the door.
Inside the luxurious suite, a group of people stood anxiously around the bed. Two doctors and three nurses were also watching the heart monitor that had been brought here.
"Luochen, you're finally back." Another square-faced middle-aged man by the bed called out to him.
Zhong Luochen hurriedly nodded and walked inside—the Zhong family was large, but there were not many true direct descendants. Old Master Zhong had only one son and one daughter in his life.
Zhong Luochen's father had contracted a strange illness years ago. Since then, he had become unable to care for himself. Though his condition was no longer critical, he could only sit in a wheelchair, and even his speech was slurred. As for Zhong Luochen's aunt, she had died in childbirth. The man who had just greeted him was Wang Guoli, Zhong Luochen's aunt's husband.
"Luochen, your grandfather probably... You should stay here properly for the next few days." Zhong Luochen's mother sighed.
Zhong Luochen suddenly said, "Mother, move aside first... You two doctors over there, prepare the paperwork as quickly as possible. I want to transfer my grandfather somewhere else."
At what should have been a sorrowful, bleak moment, Zhong Luochen appeared exceptionally decisive. The Zhong family's third generation had three outstanding members, and the bearing Zhong Luochen displayed intimidated everyone... Almost no one had recovered from his words.
"Luochen, have you gone mad?"
Just then, another young man hurried over—Zhong Luoyun, the Eldest Young Master of the Zhong family's third generation! He strode forward quickly. "The doctors said Grandfather is almost gone. Don't put him through this now. Do you want him to suffer inhuman pain during his final moments?"
"Luochen?" Zhong Luochen's mother also looked at her son in confusion.
Zhong Luochen took a deep breath. "Listen, I don't have much time to explain. But... if you all want to save Grandfather's life, do as I say! There can't be the slightest hesitation!"
Zhong Luoyun frowned. "The best doctors in the country and abroad have all examined him. What other method could you possibly have?"
"Anyway, it's a way to save his life." Zhong Luochen shook his head, then turned to the doctors and nurses, saying solemnly, "What are you standing around for? I told you to prepare immediately!"
"Stop right there!" Zhong Luoyun snapped, grabbing his younger brother's arm. "Luochen, I don't know what you're planning, but if you don't explain yourself, don't even think about leaving this place... These past few days have been far too sensitive. I absolutely won't let you take grandfather away alone! Little sister, where do you stand?"
Third Miss of the Zhong family, suddenly asked, frowned. "I agree with the eldest brother, but I want to hear the second brother's explanation too. If there really is a way to save him, I'll be the first to support it. Second brother, moving grandfather is no trivial matter... Whatever difficulties you may have, you need to make all the elders present understand."
How could he explain it? Tell them about the club? That kind of wild fantasy... It was impossible to say, and hardly anyone would believe it anyway.
"If you're worried that I'll do something along the way, you can come with me." Zhong Luochen spoke swiftly. "Listen, staying here means waiting to die, but following my arrangements offers a sliver of life force! Rather than stay here until the end, why not take a gamble?"
"Anyway, if you don't explain yourself, I absolutely won't agree." Zhong Luoyun snorted coldly. "The Zhong family isn't yours to call the shots!"
Zhong Luochen gritted his teeth... He truly was not the only one who could make decisions here. Right now, the family was leaderless; a single move could affect everything, and no one could force the others down.
"Wait."
At that moment, an elderly man who had been silently keeping watch beside the bed suddenly spoke.
The moment the old man spoke, almost everyone's gaze turned toward him—the old man did not bear the surname Zhong, yet his standing in the Zhong family was extraordinary. He had followed Old Master Zhong throughout his life. It could be said that half of the Zhong family's foundation had been built through this old man's efforts. He had no children and had lived alone all his life. Old Master Zhong had treated him like a blood brother, even saying that as long as he lived, the old man would live as well. He had even formally taken all members of the Zhong family's third generation in as his god-grandchildren.
"Grandpa Luo!" Zhong Luochen's eyes lit up as he looked at the old man.
The old man said something rather ambiguous. "Luochen, have you met that person?"
Zhong Luochen nodded.
A gleam immediately appeared in the elderly man's eyes, as if the gloom on his face had been swept away in an instant. He said forcefully, "What are you all standing around for? Hurry up and begin transferring Old Master Zhong! If anyone delays, I'll make sure he can't catch his breath for the rest of his life!"
Incredible! This elder, whose status in the Zhong family was extraordinary, had directly agreed?!
Zhong Luoyun and Third Miss of the Zhong family both changed expression slightly—had Zhong Luochen done something to earn such trust from Grandpa Luo?
Luo Qiu nodded to Zhang Qingrui inside the car, thanked her, and got out outside the auction venue.
Zhang Qingrui had wanted to take him inside directly, but Luo Qiu felt that would attract attention and be too troublesome, so he simply refused.
After all the pleasantries had been exchanged, Zhang Qingrui entered the venue's underground parking lot first. Luo Qiu, meanwhile, took You Ye through the proper channels and passed the inspection at the entrance.
"The security here is really lax."
As they walked through the passageway, You Ye said indifferently, "Master, if you truly want that jade token being auctioned, You Ye can easily obtain it. This place is far inferior to that place in France known as the Palace of Ten Thousand Treasures."
Luo Qiu looked around and saw that no one had noticed You Ye's remarks. It was not that he doubted her words; rather, because he trusted her too much, he seriously refused.
"I know you've been in and out of the Louvre... But Zhang Qingrui is still my classmate in name. I don't want to cause her any trouble." Luo Qiu shook his head. "In the end, I'm just more interested in it. I have no intention of occupying another jade token."
Besides, if something was not judged to be trade gold, it could not be sacrificed.
Even if he obtained the other jade token, and even if the two really were connected and had originally been a pair, they had already been separated into two different concepts.
Unless Luo Qiu was willing to have the jade token in his possession stored, only then could the jade token he held be freed from the concept of trade gold.
"I understand." You Ye smiled faintly. "Then it will be enough to obtain it through normal means, right?"
"Normal means?" Luo Qiu was taken aback, then shook his head. "I know the club possesses enormous wealth all over the world, but the handbook clearly states that this wealth can only be used as goods in customer transactions. Even I can't embezzle it for personal use, can I?"
You Ye smiled faintly. "In the past, some customers would also give You Ye small gifts."
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