"Get lost!
Gao Xiang reached out and forcefully pushed Li Na's hand away from Su Ming.
"What were you doing earlier? Now that trouble has come, you think of Brother Ming? You want him to pay for your face treatment? Have you forgotten how you treated Brother Ming during the day?"
"Hmph... No thirty thousand, no wedding! Who said that? Do you know what you are? A scheming hypocrite!"
"Well done! What a true friend!"
Su Ming silently gave Gao Xiang a thumbs up in his heart.
Li Na was stunned by Gao Xiang's words, but she knew she couldn't give up. If Su Ming didn't agree and didn't provide the money, she was finished—utterly and completely.
"Wah... Su Ming, I was wrong, I really was. Three years, three years of our relationship, can you really just let it go like this?"
"You promised to take me to see the Aegean Sea, to go to Sanya and sunbathe. We haven't done any of those things yet, wah..."
Li Na's eyes welled up with tears, her sincerity and genuine emotions on full display.
If this had happened before, Su Ming might have softened. But after everything that happened during the day, his heart had hardened completely. He felt no sympathy for Li Na's carefully crafted performance.
As Gao Xiang said, she was just a scheming hypocrite, and the greatest skill of such people is their acting.
"Stop! It's too late to play the emotional card now. It won't work!"
Su Ming spoke without mercy. Pausing, he took a deep breath and continued, "Li Na, I demand that you immediately return the dowry I gave you. Otherwise, I will not hesitate to use legal means to recover my losses."
"W-What? Su Ming... Can you really be so heartless? After all this, you still want to kick me when I'm down?"
Li Na was stunned, and then her anger erupted. The pitiful look vanished, replaced by a menacing glare.
"S-Su Ming... Can we have some time to return the dowry? Look at Nana now..."
Li Na's parents, also worried, chimed in.
"No way! Return it immediately, or we'll call the police!"
Li Chao, realizing the gravity of the situation, shouted.
"What? Return the dowry? What about my dowry? No, you can't have this money!"
Li Chao, aware of the seriousness, roared angrily.
"Oh? You don't want to return it?"
Su Ming's brow furrowed, and an invisible aura rose around him. In an instant, he seemed to transform into a beast.
Li Na's parents, Li Chao, and even Gao Xiang felt a chill.
Su Ming's gaze suddenly fixed on Li Chao.
Li Chao froze, feeling as if he were being targeted by a wild animal. His body turned cold, and his teeth chattered uncontrollably.
In Su Ming's eyes, it was as if a knife was aimed at him.
"Ahh!"
Unable to bear the pressure, Li Chao collapsed to the ground, a yellow liquid seeping from between his legs, filling the air with a foul stench.
"Chao!"
Li Na's mother screamed, rushing to help him, but Su Ming's gaze stopped her in her tracks.
A wave of unprecedented fear washed over her, freezing her in place, unable to move.
Li Na's father and Li Na were similarly paralyzed, rooted to the spot.
This, of course, was the result of Su Ming's soldier skills. To become a king among soldiers, one must have faced countless enemies, and the aura they cultivate is something these city dwellers could never withstand.
"One last time, are you going to return the dowry, or not?"
Su Ming's words carried a chill, and the temperature seemed to drop.
No one spoke. Li Na's family was extremely reluctant, but Su Ming was too terrifying. They sensed that refusing would lead to dire consequences.
"Ahh!"
At a critical moment, Li Na's mother screamed and fell backward.
"Jiafeng, what's wrong?" Li Na's father caught her and called out.
"Mom! Are you okay?" Li Na cried anxiously.
But the fallen mother did not respond; instead, she discreetly pinched her husband.
Realizing something, Li Na's father shouted, "Help! Someone is attacking us!"
Su Ming and Gao Xiang were stunned. This move left them utterly bewildered. They hadn't moved an inch.
"What's going on? What are you doing? This is a hospital!"
Two security guards, tall and in uniform, rushed over with rubber batons.
"They, they attacked us!" Li Na's father pointed at Su Ming and Gao Xiang.
The guards saw Li Na's mother lying on the ground, Li Chao sprawled with urine and blood, and were shocked.
"Don't move!"
"Stay there!"
The guards raised their batons, pointing at Su Ming and Gao Xiang. One quickly grabbed a radio, calling, "Xiao Li, Xiao Li, call the police, there's trouble on the second floor, surgery department!"
"Copy, copy!"
"Gentlemen, there might be a misunderstanding! We didn't attack anyone!" Gao Xiang raised his hands, looking helpless.
Su Ming shrugged, standing calmly, showing no agitation.
The guards were confused. This didn't look like a fight, but they said, "We don't care what happened. There are cameras, and we've already called the police. You can explain to them."
"Fine! Let's wait for the police, there are cameras anyway!"
Gao Xiang sat down, and Su Ming followed suit.
The guards exchanged glances, starting to believe Gao Xiang.
Hearing "police," Li Na's family looked panicked but had to maintain the victim act.
The police arrived quickly, within ten minutes. Three officers, led by a woman with sharp, black hair and a determined look, approached.
Everyone was struck by her beauty, her bright eyes, and the air of authority in her uniform.