They Regretted it After Their Hearts Turned to Ashes - Chapter 8

Ren Chenbai didn’t notice that his hands were shaking.

His expression became even colder, as if he was completely irritated by such a childish trick played by Luo Zhi. The warm mask had disappeared long ago, leaving only the darkness of his eyes.

“Luo Zhi.” Ren Chenbai whispered, “Playing dead with me?”

He picked Luo Zhi up, threw him on the bed, and reached out to probe the artery on the side of Luo Zhi’s neck.

It must be because he couldn’t find a way to do it. He tried to find it several times to no avail. It was not until he put his palm directly on Luo Zhi’s chest that he finally noticed the weak and slow beating of the heart inside.

The light in the room was not too bright.

The silvery moonlight streamed in, flowing over Luo Zhi’s bloodless profile, and finally settled on the closed eyelashes.

It was as if a cold light of quiet mockery had been scooped up.

A faint crack finally appeared on Ren Chenbai’s calm and cold face.

He grabbed the back of Luo Zhi’s head and hugged him closer.

Seemingly disturbed by this, Luo Zhi finally showed a faint reaction. His limp body shook slightly, and suddenly heaved a sigh of relief.

Ren Chenbai seemed to wake up suddenly and stopped moving immediately.

He obviously did the most foolish thing to be ridiculed, so the anger that was suppressed by the momentary confusion increased exponentially. With his right hand, Ren Chenbai grabbed Luo Zhi’s hair and scoffed. “Have you had enough fun?”

“You are so easy to coax.” Ren Chenbai sneered coldly, “If I give you a little sweetness, you won’t be able to play anymore?”

Luo Zhi didn’t respond and his hand fell out of the bed.

This time, Ren Chenbai would not be fooled by his clumsy means again. He threw Luo Zhi back on the bed, pulled over the ECG monitor beside the bed, and lifted Luo Zhi’s empty hospital gown with his left hand.

The body under the hospital gown was frighteningly thin, and the pale skin was covered with large bumps and bruises.

Ren Chen’s eyes jumped, but he didn’t seem to care. He just turned on the instrument and stuck the electrodes properly on his skin in the right positions one at a time.

“Let me tell you, Luo Zhi.”

Ren Chenbai warned slowly: “I will make you pay for this little trick, you…”

As the last patch touched the cold and pale skin, the ECG monitor suddenly sounded a harsh, piercing alarm.

Ren Chenbai’s body stiffened.

As if he suddenly had a realization, he reached out to probe Luo Zhi’s neck and chest, trying to feel for Luo Zhi’s breathing again.

For the first time, his movements showed some signs of panic. No matter how many times he checked and rechecked, there was only silence.

When a person is about to die, will he hold his last breath in his throat and wait to listen to the movement around him?

The Ren family has long been involved in medical-related fields, and this private hospital is Ren Chenbai’s own industry. Even though he has never received professional clinical training, Ren Chenbai actually has more medical knowledge than the average person.

His actions from just now has shown him that he had lost his composure, just because the person lying in front of him is Luo Zhi.

Ren Chenbai hated Luo Zhi, this much was a fact. He hated him so much that he only wanted Luo Zhi to live so that he could be tortured bit by bit while he was still alive. He hated him so much that he approached him with the pretense of a gentle brother, which disgusted even himself, in order to trap this monster in despair for the rest of his life for atonement.

Jian Huaiyi, the moth who occupies the magpie’s nest, always feels uneasy, and must take away everything that belongs to Luo Zhi before he can rest assured. Although Ren Chenbai looks down on such a shameless villain, he still doesn’t mind cooperating with the one surnamed Jian to get what he wanted.

He wanted Luo Zhi to atone for the sins he had committed all his life, instead of letting Luo Zhi get rid of it so easily.

So Luo Zhi must live.

It must be so.

It can only be so.

Do people hear movement around them before they die?

Ren Chenbai patted Luo Zhi’s shoulders and cheeks, and at the end he almost shook him vigorously.

He never knew that someone’s face could be so cold and white, as if the last drop of warm blood had been shed, or as if the soul, consciousness, or something else had been separated from the body.

Ren Chenbai’s movements became more and more urgent, and in the end he didn’t even know what he was doing, until he was carefully persuaded to leave by the emergency personnel who followed the alarm sound of cardiac arrest, and then watched more people surrounded him in a hurry.

Ren Chenbai grabbed someone’s arm, his voice hoarse: “Can he live?”1

The doctor on duty who rushed over was startled by him, and nodded quickly: “He can live, he can live!”

Ren Chenbai released his hand.

The doctor on duty rushed over, waited for the nurse to apply the conductive paste, shouted “Get out of the way”, and pressed the electrodes of the defibrillator against Luo Zhi’s thin chest.

People are not difficult to save, it is a malignant arrhythmia2 caused by hypoglycemia.3

Of course, it is urgent to say it is urgent, but to say it is serious, it is not the kind of trouble that is helpless in the critically ill patients who are routinely treated in the emergency room.4

In fact, if the family members or the accompanying nurses found out earlier, and notified the nurse in time to take a blood test and then hang a bag of glucose, it would have been fine a long time ago.

The doctor in charge of the rescue was busy in an orderly manner, and no one spoke rashly, only carefully exchanging glances.

In fact, they don’t understand how a patient who has no underlying diseases related to blood sugar can become critically ill in a deep coma twice due to hypoglycemia.

…

Obviously, there will be obvious signs and manifestations before falling into a coma. It is not difficult to notice as long as the caregiver has eyes.

Obviously, this Mr. Luo was in the ward, and many people came to see him.

Ren Chenbai stood outside the ward.

He received a call from Luo Cheng.

Luo Cheng had been brought home by the Luo family, and she called to thank him for what happened today, and to ask Ren Chenbai for the contact information of a highly respected old director.

The director’s surname is Gong, his name is Gong Hanrou, and he and Ren Chenbai’s mother used to be close pen pals who had a good relationship with each other.

Director Gong Hanrou is currently working on a TV documentary related to the fight against trafficking, which is a semi-documentary interview and semi-deductive restoration technique. The filming has not yet been completed, and the popularity and expectations are already very high.

Luo Cheng wanted to enter the entertainment industry. She originally asked her second brother to buy the script that she said was going to bid for. But Jian Huaiyi apologetically explained to her that the company’s capital turnover was a bit difficult recently, and that since Huaisheng Entertainment, which he had just taken over, was caught in a scandal again, he had to spend a lot of money for public relations.

Although disappointed, Luo Cheng was still very sensible and did not embarrass the second brother.

After all, these things cannot be blamed on Jian Huaiyi.

The scandal was caused by Luo Zhi, and who doesn’t know how Luo Zhi did not do his job right and ruined a good Huaisheng entertainment like this.

Luo Cheng didn’t understand the family’s business at all. She regarded Ren Chenbai as a close and gentle elder brother, grumbled a few complaints in a low voice, and then tried to beg him softly: “Brother Chenbai, can you give me Teacher Gong’s contact information?”

Ren Chenbai held the mobile phone in one hand and leaned back against the wall, his gaze falling on the ward.

“The work of an artist should be the responsibility of the company.”

His tone returned to the same gentleness: “Xiao Cheng, didn’t he assign you a team and arrange an agent and assistant for you?”

“Brother Huaiyi is busy.” Luo Cheng was a little lost, but he understood, “It’s because the time on my side is too tight. If I don’t have a filming work, I have to submit the final sketch work at the end of the period, but I haven’t found a suitable script.”

Luo Cheng actually just came back from Huaisheng Entertainment.

Completely different from her excited imagination, this experience was not pleasant at all.

After the shareholders and the board of directors left with her father and brother, for some reason, Huaisheng Entertainment, from the manager to the department employees, to the management team, and even the artist assistants who were in charge of running errands, did not look favorably on her.

After confirming that Jian Huaiyi will be responsible for Huaisheng Entertainment and Luo Zhi will never return to the company, the manager of the Artists Department has always been cold and polite.

The manager apologized to Luo Orange kindly, saying that Miss Luo’s identity was too important, and that he was afraid that the arrangement would not suit President Jian’s wishes. They can only deal with it when President Jian personally assigns a team to Miss Luo.

So Luo Cheng called Ren Chenbai. In fact, she also had a temper, trying to prove that she could find resources without relying on that broken company.

“I’ve inquired, Brother Chenbai. The next unit that Director Gong is going to shoot is called ‘Flames’. The main character is a seven year old boy who is sold. The wife of the family is also an abducted college student. She is only 20 years old and is about my age.”

“I heard that it happened more than ten years ago. They were so pitiful, they suffered a lot, almost died, and fell ill… Fortunately, they all escaped in the end, those bad guys also faced their retribution.”

There were already parts of the internet that were allowed to be made public in the investigation of the case at that time. While Luo Cheng was just reciting what she found, she couldn’t help but feel a little sympathetic and subconsciously lowered her voice slightly.

Speaking of the final result, her tone became light again: “Half of it is an interview, and the other half of the film is a complete restoration of the real situation. The abducted female college student has been found, but after the boy was taken back by his family, he has not been located…”

“Oh.” Ren Chenbai said softly, “It hasn’t fallen yet.”

The tone of his words was a little strange.

Luo Cheng was stunned for a moment, she didn’t know what she said wrong, she hesitated and stopped: “…Brother Chenbai?”

Ren Chenbai smiled and said: “It’s okay.”

He took the initiative to apologize: “I’m sorry, Xiao Cheng, I just got distracted.”

How could Luo Cheng care about him because of this kind of thing, and hurriedly shook her head on the other side of the phone: “It’s alright, Brother Chenbai, if it’s inconvenient for you…”

“Of course it’s convenient. I’ll introduce you to Teacher Gong.” Ren Chenbai said, “Xiao Cheng, you must work hard to get this role.”

Luo Cheng was obviously pleasantly surprised: “Really?”

Ren Chenbai agreed: “Really.”

The ward was quiet.

Seeing that Mr. Ren was on the phone, neither the doctors nor the nurses dared to disturb him. After confirming that the patient’s vital signs were completely stable, they quietly left the ward.

This time, they did not dare to hand over the patient to someone else to be responsible, and directly monitored Luo Zhi themselves. The data on the instrument fluctuated smoothly at the lowest line of normal values.

Luo Zhi was out of danger.

He remained motionless, quietly trapped in pure white pillows and bedding. He had to wear a nasal cannula5 to help him breathe, and an IV was put in his right hand to infuse glucose and nutrient solution.

When Ren Chenbai walked into the ward, he saw Luo Zhi’s eyelashes trembling slightly like feathers.

This shows that Luo Zhi is awake.

Luo Zhi disappeared at the age of seven, was found and brought back at the age of ten. Since then, he has been in foster care at Ren’s house.

Because of his mother’s instructions, Ren Chenbai had taken Luo Zhi with him since he was ten years old, coaxing Luo Zhi to sleep every day, and he was very familiar with these little actions.

However, after the mother was killed by Luo Zhi, these familiar details all turned into deep and cold hatred bit by bit.

What is Luo Zhi?

Probably a natural cold-blooded monster, a demon best at camouflage and deception.

Ren Chenbai stretched out his hand and tucked the corner of the quilt for Luo Zhi.

His strength was as gentle as when he was a child, and when he stroked the thin shoulders of the hospital gown, he noticed that Luo Zhi’s body was shaking slightly uncontrollably in his palm.

… That’s right.

Ren Chenbai showed a satisfied smile.

He originally just wanted to take Luo Zhan back and lock him up at home, so that Luo Zhan could enjoy the despair his mother felt before he left.

But after what happened this time, Ren Chenbai suddenly realized that his purpose was not to let Luo Zhi die.

It’s too easy to die.

As long as he thought that Luo Zhi had killed his mother, but he had easily put his life on the line and died, he could not hold suppress the cold hatred oozing out of his every bone.

He still wanted to see Luo Zhi’s heart as dead ashes, lingering on life.

So he didn’t mind helping a little bit more, lifting the protective shield covering that Luo Zhi had built by deceiving himself, so that Luo Zhi could see everyone in the Luo family clearly.

“Xiao Cheng.” Ren Chenbai said mildly, “I’m not in the hospital now.”

He leaned over and pressed the speakerphone, intentionally so that Luo Zhi could also hear the voice on the phone: “I remember when we left the ward, you were the last person to see Luo Zhi, right? You also talked to him.”

Luo Cheng’s tone really became cold: “Brother Chenbai, why did you mention him suddenly?”

“Well, I want to ask you if you found anything unusual about his body before you left.”

Ren Chenbai said slowly: “If the hypoglycemia becomes severe, the brain cells will be damaged, which will cause irreversible damage to the body and brain… He may be in a coma, may be paralyzed in bed, or it may affect his mind.”

Ren Chenbai said, “If you find something wrong with him, tell me. I’ll send someone to see him. So don’t be surprised.”

At the other end of the phone, Luo Chen gave a soft “ah”.

Then there was a long silence, if not for Luo Cheng’s slightly flustered and nervous breathing, one would almost think that Ren Chenbai had hung up the phone accidentally.

In the end, Ren Chenbai smiled: “It’s alright.”

Ren Chenbai hung up the phone.

He stood up, put the silent mobile phone beside Luo Zhi’s pillow and left the ward.

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T/L

YESSSSSS!!! At Huaisheng Entertainment we treat Luo Zhi with all of the love and respect he deserves and more~

And since you’ve done in our boss, we will do you in as well 

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HUAISHENG ENTERTAINMENT used Mutual Harm!

It’s super effective!

THE LUO FAMILY fainted!

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I was going to translate this as “Can you save him?” but then I thought that these words were better since RCB is only focused on keeping him alive for punishment rather than genuinely caring about LZ.

“An arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, is a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat.” – NHLBI

“A condition in which your blood sugar (glucose) level is lower than the standard range.” – Mayo Clinic

Basically saying that LZ’s condition is something that needs to be treated ASAP, but it’s not so dangerous that he needs to be put into the ER for it.

“A medical device to provide supplemental oxygen therapy to people who have lower oxygen levels.” -WebMD