The five-and-a-half-year-old baby doctor comes to the city to cure those who refuse to listen.

The lieutenant colonel's voice was like a hammer, striking the hearts of everyone in the main hall.

The whole world fell silent.

Lin Fu's face, filled with ecstasy, resentment, and schadenfreude, all froze into an utterly ridiculous expression. His mouth was agape, his eyes wide like a dead fish, and he knelt on the ground, motionless, as if someone had acupunctured him.

Lin Jianguo's mind went blank with a "buzz".

He instinctively shielded Chu Chen, but his palms were drenched in cold sweat. He looked at the officer who saluted his grandson, then at the heavily armed soldiers outside, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.

What's going on?

What exactly is going on?

Inside the room, the only one who could still move was Chu Chen.

He slowly slid down from the armchair, his short legs landing firmly on the ground. He didn't look at the officer, but instead walked step by step to Lin Fu, who was frozen in place.

He squatted down, reached out his little hand, and patted Lin Fu's distorted face.

"Uncle Fu".

Lin Fu's body jerked violently, as if he had been electrocuted.

Chu Chen tilted his head, looking completely innocent, and spoke in a childish voice.

"What did you just say?"

"I didn't hear you clearly, could you say it again?"

Lin Fu's pupils shrank to pinpoints with extreme fear. Looking at the smiling face so close to his, a chill ran from his tailbone to the top of his head.

"I...I..." He made a gurgling sound in his throat, his teeth chattering, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Chu Chen's smile grew even brighter.

"Oh, I remember now."

You called me a little beast.

"You're saying I stole something and I'll be arrested and go to jail."

"You even said that I'm going to ruin the Lin family."

With each word he spoke, Lin Fu's body trembled, and the color drained from his face.

Chu Chen stood up, put his hands behind his back, walked up to the lieutenant colonel, and looked up.

"Uncle Bing, he said he did all this for the good of the Lin family."

"Do you think he's a good person?"

The lieutenant colonel didn't blink once from beginning to end. When he heard Chu Chen's words, he slowly turned his head, his eyes, which had seen countless deaths, coldly falling on Lin Fu.

"Who are you talking to?"

The officer's voice was not loud, even calm, but it was like a biting wind at minus thirty degrees Celsius, making Lin Fu's bones ache.

At this moment, Lin Fu's psychological defenses completely collapsed.

"I was wrong! I was wrong! I'm not human! I'm worse than a pig or a dog!"

He seemed to suddenly come to life, frantically banging his head against the bluestone slabs on the ground, making dull "thump thump thump" sounds.

"Mr. Chu! No! Grandpa Chu! Please, have mercy on me and spare my life!"

"I'm foul-mouthed! I'm blind! I'm worthless! Just ignore me and let me go!"

A foul odor quickly filled the main hall.

Lin Fu, kneeling on the ground, had his silk trousers soaked through at a visible speed.

He kowtowed so hard that blood appeared on his forehead, mixed with snot and tears, covering his face, making him look extremely disheveled.

Lin Jianguo stared at the scene, opened his mouth, and was completely dumbfounded.

This distant nephew who had been dominating the Lin family for decades, this head steward who had just pointed at his grandson's nose and called him a "little beast," has now turned into a groveling dog just because of a child's words.

Chu Chen didn't even glance at the puddle of mud on the ground.

He walked over to Lin Jianguo and tugged at his sleeve.

"Grandpa, is he... having a breakdown?"

Lin Jianguo snapped out of his daze. Looking into Chu Chen's clear eyes, he felt a turmoil of emotions churning within him.

Yes, I'm on the defensive.

Not only Lin Fu broke down, but this old man who has lived for over seventy years is also about to break down.

Chu Chen ignored the two men and turned to the lieutenant colonel, waving like a little adult.

"Get him out of here, I don't want to see him."

"Also, it's too noisy outside, tell them to be quiet."

"yes!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the lieutenant colonel waved towards the door.

Two guards rushed in immediately, one on each side, and lifted Lin Fu, who was still kowtowing and begging for mercy on the ground, up like a chick.

"Grandpa Chu! I was wrong! Please give me another chance!"

Lin Fu's pig-like screams were quickly dragged away and disappeared outside the door.

The officer spoke a few more words into his headset.

Soon, the engines of the military vehicles outside shut off in unison. The police tape that had been put up was also removed, and the street was open to traffic again, but no one dared to linger in front of Jishetang for even a second longer.

A major event that could have shaken the capital was so easily dismissed by a single sentence from a child.

"Mr. Lin."

The lieutenant colonel walked up to Lin Jianguo, saluted him, and was respectful but not servile.

"My name is Li Weiguo, and I am the bodyguard staff officer of Commander Zhou."

"The commander said that Mr. Chu had given him a second chance at life. Mr. Chu's safety is of paramount importance."

"Starting today, we will assign a squad of soldiers to provide 24-hour security around the Jishetang. You and Mr. Chu can give them any instructions you may have."

After Li Weiguo finished speaking, he glanced at Chu Chen again, his eyes filled with heartfelt admiration.

Yesterday, Chu Chen's innocent remarks about the jade pendant's origin had already been relayed back to the Zhou family compound word for word. Upon hearing this, Elder Zhou was not angry at all; instead, he slapped his thigh and laughed heartily, praising the child as "quick-witted and capable of great things."

The old commander had spent his life in the military and had seen all kinds of people. What he admired most were people who were both capable and intelligent.

After listening to Li Weiguo's explanation, Lin Jianguo finally felt relieved.

He looked at Chu Chen, opened his mouth, wanting to ask, "Who exactly are you?" and "How come you have such a deep relationship with the Zhou family?"

But he swallowed the words back down his throat.

He knew that asking would be pointless.

If this child doesn't want to talk about something, no one can get him to open his mouth.

"Thank you for your trouble, Staff Officer Li." Lin Jianguo cupped his hands in thanks to Li Weiguo.

Li Weiguo saluted again, turned and left, just as quietly as he had come.

The grand main hall was now empty except for the grandfather and grandson.

Lin Jianguo looked at the mess on the ground and the lingering stench in the air, and let out a long sigh.

He walked to Chu Chen's side, squatted down, and stretched out his aged hands to tightly grasp Chu Chen's small hand.

"Chen'er, Grandpa..."

"Grandpa, I'm hungry."

Chu Chen interrupted him directly, and touched his own little belly.

Lin Jianguo was stunned for a moment, then his eyes welled up with tears.

"Yes, yes, yes! I'm hungry! Grandpa's getting confused!"

He quickly stood up and was about to call the servants to prepare some snacks.

Chu Chen stopped him.

"Grandpa, I want to see our family's medicine storehouse."

Lin Jianguo paused, turned around, and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Chu Chen raised his small face, his eyes filled with an irresistible seriousness.

"It's that old warehouse that's over a hundred years old."

"The old man with the white beard in my dream said that there was something inside that could save my mother."