Hospital roommates

After the fight at Fortune House ended, neither Changqing Company nor the Su, Liu, Bai, and Kong Families took the initiative to report it to the police. What happened in the restaurant stayed in the restaurant. As for who still harbored resentment or refused to accept the outcome, those were problems for another day. For now, it seemed Uncle Su's case could be closed, ending with Changqing Company making a temporary concession.

Neither side caused any more trouble, which was exactly what the Police Bureau and the Zhannan District police wanted. They were happy to see peace on the streets without any thorny incidents, so they couldn't be bothered to pursue the brawl.

Since Changqing Company arrived in Dragon City, plenty of people had clashed with them. But the Su, Liu, Bai, and Kong Families were probably the only ones who had managed to force their hosts to back down at Fortune House and actually walk away with six hundred thousand in compensation.

Lu Feng had certainly been unlucky in all this, but Floral Shirt had undoubtedly paid the heaviest price. He had it rough. The evidence that he had severely injured the worker was conclusive, Wang Daolin had tacked an arson charge onto the case involving the destruction of the Su Family's waste processing plant, and the final shooting would definitely have to be solved too. With both sides wanting to smooth things over, Floral Shirt would most likely take the fall.

As the old saying went, once you had enough lice, another bite didn't matter. Floral Shirt was going to prison anyway. As long as Lu Feng offered enough money, someone like Floral Shirt wouldn't care much whether he served two years more or two years less.

On the Four Companies' side, Su Tianyu, Su Tianbei, Kong Zhenghui, Bai Hongbo, and the others had all suffered significant injuries. After leaving Fortune House that night, they were immediately taken to the hospital for treatment.

The Four Companies certainly couldn't call this fight an outright victory. At best, they had turned things around against the odds and gotten the outcome they wanted. More importantly, though, they had made the people at Changqing Company nervous too, especially Lu Feng. Apparently, after he was taken to the hospital, he was still instinctively shielding his head with both hands as the doctor examined his wounds. In his dazed state, he thought the fight wasn't over and Su Tianyu was still beating him. He had all but shouted, "Get that ashtray away from me!"

That showed just how badly Lu Feng had been traumatized. He probably wouldn't even use an ashtray when he smoked anymore. This was also why Su Tianyu and Kong Zhenghui had insisted on taking the six hundred thousand in compensation by force. Leaving Li Hongze aside, a man like Lu Feng had suffered a huge loss. If they acted timid while wrapping things up, he might well come after them behind their backs once the dust settled.

If you fought someone, you had to beat them into submission, make the lesson sink in! Even if you couldn't win, you still had to make them feel a chill whenever they thought of you, so they wouldn't dare bully you again.

The six hundred thousand in cash from Changqing Company was divided fairly: two hundred and fifty thousand for the Kong Family, two hundred and fifty thousand for the Su Family, and one hundred thousand for the Bai Family. The Liu Family didn't take a cent.

The Liu Family had contributed the least to this affair, practically coasting to victory while their teammates carried them with everything they had. During the battle at Fortune House, Liu the Second had also maxed out his dodging skills, using Lingbo Weibu throughout to avoid the bloody fighting. He knew perfectly well that the Liu Family had no business taking any of the money.

As for the Bai Family, Bai Hongbo had performed like roughly one-third of a man during the fight at Fortune House. He had been forced to fight back toward the end and had indeed found some courage, but he had contributed too little early on. He hadn't brought in the media, and the Police Bureau connections had nothing to do with the Bai Family either, so one hundred thousand was a fair share for him. Besides, Big Bai loved showing off. A couple of flattering compliments might mean more to him than money.

The key to turning things around had been the Su Family getting Wang Daolin on board, while the Kong Family had worked their media connections outside. They had been the main forces taking on Changqing Company, so splitting the compensation equally between them made perfect sense.

With the matter settled for the time being, Su Tianyu, Su Tianbei, Kong Zhenghui, Bai Hongbo, and the others settled into a long recovery. They all stayed at the People's Hospital and gradually got to know one another better.

Speaking of recovery, that remarkable specimen Big Bai deserved a mention. Since everyone had arrived in the emergency room for treatment at slightly different times that night, their rooms had been assigned at random. At first, Su Tianyu had been put in the same room as Bai Hongbo.

After three days with Big Bai, Su Tianyu couldn't take it anymore. The guy was just too good at bullshitting. He never stopped talking, and his topics were remarkably profound, ranging from the current state of sanitation workers to when Qin Taihuang of the Chinese District would finally die. He even asked Su Tianyu what he thought about interplanetary migration.

Su Tianyu didn't even have a fucking house of his own yet. How was he supposed to find time to bullshit with him about interplanetary migration?

Besides being talkative, Big Bai also had an extraordinary number of female friends. Over those three days in the hospital, Su Tianyu saw at least twenty scantily dressed women come to visit him, carrying fruit and nutritional supplements.

After learning a little more, he discovered that these women were either paid hostesses, recruited paid hostesses, or handled "big projects" at some entertainment club. Big Bai chatted with them for at least two hours at a time. Sometimes, when it got late, he would even ask Su Tianyu to step outside for a while.

Who the fuck could put up with that?

With no other choice, Su Tianyu found an opportunity to switch rooms with his second brother, Su Tianbei. What he hadn't expected was that Su Tianbei's roommate was Wu Shixiong. This guy... was a simpleton, and he couldn't even get his words out smoothly. Dog Six was starting to lose his mind.

Da Xiong had been injured when the Su Family's waste processing plant was attacked, so he had entered the hospital before Su Tianyu. With Dog Six having spent another three days in Bai Hongbo's room, Da Xiong was nearly ready to have his stitches removed by the time they officially became roommates, and he could move around without much trouble.

Da Xiong was a decent, straightforward guy, and he took good care of Su Tianyu. Since Su Tianyu's legs and arms were badly injured, Da Xiong sometimes helped him to the toilet to piss or shit, and he bought his meals at regular times too.

After spending a week together in the hospital, the two had grown fairly close.

That evening, Da Xiong sat in a chair, picking at his toes, and asked Su Tianyu, "B-Brother Xiao Yu, you know... they're always talking about doing women, doing women. How do you actually do it?"

Lying in bed, Su Tianyu froze for a moment, then replied, struggling to explain, "Don't ask so many questions about grown-up stuff!"

"...I... I've actually jerked off before... but I didn't really feel anything...?" Da Xiong was determined to discuss the subject.

Su Tianyu found that odd too. "How could you not feel anything?"

"I... I can't get one hand around it. Squeezing it hurts," Da Xiong answered after thinking for a long while.

Su Tianyu lost his composure on the spot. "Are you fucking with me?!"

While the two were shooting the breeze, a sudden stream of curses came from outside the door. "Fuck, I already told you, stop nagging. I'll bring it up in a minute. Just go home, will you? You don't know anything, so why are you tagging along?"

The shouting was loud. Puzzled, Su Tianyu turned his head toward the door of the ward.