Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 586 Keeping a Canary in Captivity (65)

Yan Zhen looked away: "Let's go to the hospital."

Upon arriving at the hospital, Xiao Yun followed Yan Zhen into the ward, only to learn that Yan Zhen had brought him to visit Gao Shenghan.

Upon seeing Gao Shenghan's appearance, Xiao Yun paused in his steps.

Gao Shenghan lay on the hospital bed with a catheter inserted into his lower body, an IV needle in the back of his hand, and bandages wrapped around his body in many places. A section of his right skull was sunken, giving his head an irregular shape.

At this moment, his eyes were closed, his face was ashen, and his breath was so weak that it seemed as if he was about to die at any moment.

In a short period of time, he became so thin that he was almost unrecognizable.

Upon seeing Yan Zhen arrive, the caregiver who was in the ward wisely got up and left, closing the door behind her.

Hearing the noise, Gao Shenghan barely opened his eyes.

His gaze first fell on Yan Zhen, then slowly moved to Xiao Yun's face, his expression momentarily blank.

Looking at Gao Shenghan like this, Xiao Yun couldn't help but think of the old-fashioned computer in the middle school computer room many years ago that was struggling to run.

After more than ten seconds, it seemed that Gao Shenghan's brain, which was missing a piece, finally processed Xiao Yun's information and recognized who he was.

"What...are you...doing here!" Gao Shenghan became agitated, slurring his words as he yelled at Xiao Yun, "Get out! Get out of here!"

But he couldn't move much at this moment. His anger, resentment, and unwillingness were trapped inside his body. He could only stare at Xiao Yun with wide eyes, his forehead bulging with grotesque veins, and the sound he made was as low as a mosquito's hum.

"Why are you so agitated?" Yan Zhen walked over to Gao Shenghan. "The doctor said you can't have too many emotional fluctuations right now, or you might die suddenly."

Gao Shenghan: "..."

He valued his life after all, and upon hearing Yan Zhen's words, his chest heaved several times as he forcefully suppressed his emotions.

Yan Zhen saw his reaction and said with regret, "You've learned to control your emotions... It seems you won't die anytime soon."

Gao Shenghan: "..."

He glared at Yan Zhen fiercely.

Yan Zhen didn't stay in the ward for long; he soon came out with Xiao Yun, who seemed somewhat lost in thought.

Once they reached the hospital parking lot, Xiao Yun seemed to finally realize what was happening and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"He was restless, so he got into a car accident." Yan Zhen asked meaningfully, "Did it scare you?"

Xiao Yun shook his head: "No, it's just..."

He was a little taken aback when he suddenly saw Gao Shenghan in this state.

"One should know one's own limitations. If you don't have the skills, don't take on a job beyond your capabilities. Having ambitions beyond your abilities will eventually backfire." Yan Zhen looked at Xiao Yun with a half-smile. "Don't you agree?"

Xiao Yun's expression became subtle: "Are you warning me?"

Yan Zhen countered, "Do you think so?"

Xiao Yun pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

"Good that you figured it out." Yan Zhen started the car and drove out of the hospital. "You came back last night without telling me, and you're dressed like this today. What, do you have a girlfriend?"

Xiao Yun was taken aback, then realized what Yan Zhen meant. He was both amused and exasperated: "No, I came back because there was an emergency at home. I went home to deal with it as soon as I got off the plane. As for why I didn't tell you, firstly, I didn't want you to worry, and secondly, my phone died after I got off the plane. I didn't get back to my place until four in the morning. As soon as I charged my phone and turned it on, I sent you a message."

Yan Zhen was skeptical: "What's the urgent matter?"

“My brother and sister got into a fight. One of them smashed up the house, and the other threatened to jump off the building. It got pretty bad, so I had to come back to deal with it.”

Upon hearing that it was related to those two ungrateful wretches from the Xiao family, Yan Zhen became interested: "Tell me in detail."

Xiao Yun recounted the process.

It turns out that ever since the last time she had a falling out with her younger siblings at the hospital, Xiao Yun has stopped covering their expenses, except for giving each of them 2,000 yuan a month for living expenses. She no longer covers their previous expenses for clothes, electronic products, or gaming.

As for Xiao's mother, after she was discharged from the hospital, Xiao Yun hired a nanny to take care of her. He transferred the money for grocery shopping and daily necessities directly to the nanny. At the same time, he opened a family card for Xiao's mother for daily expenses, thus eliminating the possibility of his younger siblings continuing to exploit their mother.

Xiao Yun's actions didn't bother her younger sister. She lived at school and only went home once every two weeks. She ate and slept at school, so she could save half of her two thousand yuan living expenses.

But my younger brother is different. He's used to spending money lavishly, and his monthly game subscriptions are a significant expense.

The two thousand yuan that Xiao Yun transferred to him was spent in a week. He then set his sights on his sister. Last weekend, while his sister was not at home, he stole her bank card that she kept at home.

My sister came home this weekend and found that the money in her bank card had disappeared.

That was the money she had saved up for college, living frugally. Fifty or sixty thousand yuan vanished into thin air, and she broke down emotionally, crying and making a scene at home.

Left with no other choice, Xiao's mother had to call Xiao Yun, who was filming a movie thousands of miles away, for help.

After listening to his mother's words, Xiao Yun suddenly remembered that Yan Zhen had reminded him to be careful of his younger brother, who was a cunning and ruthless character.

Xiao Yun immediately called her younger siblings out and held an online video conference.

Under his repeated questioning, the younger brother couldn't withstand the pressure and admitted that he had swiped the money. The younger sister immediately lashed out and beat him up, demanding that he return the stolen money.

But his younger brother had already spent all that money on games.

In a fit of rage and despair, the younger sister smashed the house to pieces, making a scene that the whole neighborhood knew about.

The younger brother felt ashamed and ran to the rooftop threatening to jump, which even alerted the fire department.

Upon seeing this, Xiao's mother immediately called Xiao Yun and asked him to return to Hangzhou.

Yan Zhen chuckled: "And then?"

Xiao Yun said, "When I came back, my brother had already been persuaded to come down from the rooftop by the fire department. I beat him up first, and then reached an agreement with him and my sister that the 4,000 yuan monthly living expenses would be directly transferred to my sister's account, and my sister would decide whether to give it to him and how much to give him. If she was unwilling to give it, my brother would have to find a way to solve his food problem himself until the debt was paid off."

Yan Zhen was somewhat surprised by the solution Xiao Yun offered.

She could sense that Xiao Yun no longer cared for his younger brother and sister as much as before, but instead remained detached, viewing them from the perspective of an outsider.

Only by stripping away those superfluous emotions, by not feeling sorry for his sister who had worked so hard to save money only to have it stolen, and by not feeling sorry for his brother who would have to struggle to make ends meet for the next few years, could he calmly and fairly offer this solution.

"Good, you didn't keep being taken advantage of," Yan Zhen praised.

Returning the conflict to the person who created it, and no longer being held hostage by emotions, is Xiao Yun's first step in overcoming inferiority and internal strife.