Chapter 165
The sudden slap left Gao Tianqi completely stunned.
"Director... Director Liu, what is the meaning of this?"
Liu Yun’s expression was frosty. "You’ve interrupted me time and again, and you still have the gall to ask me what I mean?"
"I..." Gao Tianqi’s face flushed. "I apologize, Director Liu. I was out of line just now. But I was just trying to clear the room for you so you’d have space to conduct your business. Even if you were displeased, you shouldn’t have slapped me in front of everyone, should you?"
"Not convinced?"
"It’s not that. I just feel you went a bit too far."
Liu Yun scoffed. "I slap you once and you think I’ve gone too far? Then what about when you were throwing your weight around to bully Chenyang? When you tried to get rid of him right in front of me, and even wanted to cripple or kill him? How come you didn’t think *that* was going too far?"
Gao Tianqi froze.
’How does Director Liu know Chenyang’s name? And why did she suddenly bring him up?’
’Don’t tell me they know each other?’
As the thought surfaced, a wave of panic washed over Gao Tianqi.
But on second thought, he decided it was impossible.
After all, An Xiaoqing had just said that Chenyang was here for a job interview.
If Chenyang and Liu Yun knew each other, let alone well enough for her to consider him a friend, he wouldn’t need to come to the HR department himself to go through the hiring process. A single word from Director Liu, and An Xiaoqing would have eagerly handled everything for him.
With this in mind, Gao Tianqi immediately said, "Director Liu, you must have misunderstood. I wasn’t throwing my weight around to bully that bastard Chenyang. He was the one who came here to cause trouble first. I only called Captain Wang and the others to protect the hospital and uphold its reputation."
"As for getting rid of him in front of you, that was just to make room so you could take care of your important business!"
Liu Yun sneered. "Everything was for my sake? For the hospital’s?"
"That’s right. Surely you know the kind of man I am. From my very first day at City Hospital, I’ve worked myself to the bone for the hospital and for leaders like yourself. What’s more..."
"I don’t know if you’ve worked yourself to the bone, but I’m perfectly aware of all the disgusting things you do, harassing young nurses, interns, and even patients’ family members every so often."
"Director Liu, that..."
"What? Am I not speaking the truth? Or perhaps you don’t dare admit to all those sordid affairs in front of Director An?"
Choking on her words, Gao Tianqi’s face burned red. He forced himself to change the subject. "Weren’t we talking about Chenyang? Why are you digging up dirt on me?"
"I’m digging up your dirt so you’ll stop sickening me with that hypocritical act."
As she spoke, the CLICK-CLACK-CLICK of her high heels echoed as she walked to Chenyang’s side.
"And as for Chenyang, do you really think I don’t know you’re abusing your position to settle a personal score? That I don’t know you’re deliberately throwing your weight around to bully him?"
"I... I’m not. He’s the one who..."
"The one who what?"
"Well..." Gao Tianqi desperately wanted to say that he was only retaliating because Chenyang had slept with his wife. But being cuckolded was a deep shame. If the security guards and Liu Yun found out, he’d become the laughingstock of the entire hospital in a heartbeat.
After hemming and hawing for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "It was Chenyang who provoked me first."
"And the reason?"
"The reason is... he tried to take advantage of my wife!"
Liu Yun turned to An Xiaoqing. "Did Chenyang take advantage of you?"
An Xiaoqing shook her head, her expression one of pure innocence. "No. In fact, he saved me."
"Saved you? He fucking slept with..." Gao Tianqi seethed. "An Xiaoqing, are you really going to lie right in front of Director Liu?"
An Xiaoqing’s voice was firm. "When Chenyang came in, I was choking. He saved me. That is a fact. If I’m telling a single lie, may I get hit by a car the moment I step outside."
"Bullshit! He wasn’t saving you, he was clearly fuck—"
"Shut up!"
Liu Yun cut off Gao Tianqi’s impotent rage, her voice icy. "I didn’t see Chenyang take advantage of Director An, and I didn’t see him provoke you. All I saw was you bullying him."
Hearing this, Gao Tianqi finally snapped. He yelled back, "So what if I was bullying him? Director Liu, do you really have to come after me so hard for a worthless nobody like him?"
"Worthless? A nobody?"
"Yeah."
"Chenyang is one of mine. He has the hospital leadership’s approval and is a promising doctor we intend to invest heavily in. When you call him worthless, are you questioning my judgment? Or are you suggesting the hospital leadership has lost their minds, hiring a ’worthless’ person to be a doctor?!"