Hospital 444
Chapter 508 - 10 Distorted Video

Chapter 508: Chapter 10 Distorted Video

Bank card after bank card, An Xiunian’s eyes completely lit up.

She couldn’t even care about the bountiful breakfast on the table, uncontrollably caressing the bank cards.

She imagined the stacks, no, bundles of cash that corresponded to the numbers on the cards.

All of them were the highest level VIP bank savings cards.

Perhaps the annual interest alone far exceeded all of her savings for a year?

Even though she knew this wealth didn’t belong to her, even though she knew it was unearned, An Xiunian couldn’t suppress the desires within her heart.

An Xiunian always felt that the most hypocritical aspect of this world was the bizarre idea that the less one valued money, the more one conformed to universal moral norms.

If it was firmly declining illegal income, that would have been understandable. But film, television, and books encouraged people to reject all money, including compensation and rewards they could legitimately claim.

Yet in reality, people didn’t worship those who were morally noble but rather those with money. Every definition of success by those teaching success definitely used personal wealth as the standard.

But now that she had become wealthy, she understood. After so many years of shouting "let the first to get rich help others get rich," did anyone really want to help others get rich? No. The rich hoped they’d always be rich, the classes permanently set in stone, the poor forever embracing the neglect of money as the highest moral principle.

Once someone crossed class boundaries, their entire perspective naturally changed completely.

No one wanted to betray their vested interests.

That’s just how people are. Morality that aligns with self-interest is championed; when it doesn’t, everyone turns into a social Darwinist.

Even though she didn’t know the password for the cards, as long as she visited the bank with Yan Xin’s ID card, she could easily change the passwords.

Each card here would surely surpass all of her previous savings.

All right.

She admitted she was getting arrogant.

But right now, An Xiunian just wanted to check the balances on the cards as soon as possible. And then go shopping with them.

Yes, she lacked for nothing anymore, but the thrill of shopping and spending was irresistible.

"You’ve been staring at that wallet for a long time,"

At the other end of the dining table, her current "mother," Lin Rui, asked, "What exactly are you looking at? Do you want to buy a new wallet?"

"Um, yes, yes, Mom."

Now, facing Lin Rui, An Xiunian could very naturally call her "Mom."

Her father, Yan Shixiong, was not there, as he had already gone to the company. As a housewife, Lin Rui stayed home, but she hardly had any chores to do—the villa had plenty of servants to order around, otherwise they would never keep up with even the cleaning.

Wait a second...

An Xiunian suddenly thought of an issue that she had always overlooked.

What was Yan Xin’s job?

Did she hold a position within Lanxin Group? But her new parents hadn’t mentioned this to her at all.

So naturally, she couldn’t ask.

She had to find a way to log into Yan Xin’s social media accounts, QQ, WeChat, Weibo... She needed to know more about Yan Xin.

"You..."

Suddenly, Lin Rui gave An Xiunian a meaningful look and said, "After this failure, when do you plan to try again?"

Failed...?

What did that mean?

However, An Xiunian obviously couldn’t respond that way.

What failed? She couldn’t guess at all. Could it be that Yan Xin’s corporate project had failed?

"We’ll, we’ll see how things go."

When An Xiunian stiffly uttered this phrase, Lin Rui’s expression suddenly changed.

She stared fixedly at An Xiunian and said, "What... What did you just say?"

It was a blunder!

How should she even respond?

"Explain to me, what does that sentence mean?"

Just then, a maid came over to refill the teacup in front of Lin Rui.

As a result of Lin Rui’s agitation, she lifted her hand, and the boiling water ended up spilling right over her hand!

"Madam! I’m, I’m so sorry!"

The frightened maid turned pale and hurried to wipe Lin Rui’s hand.

But Lin Rui, having been scalded, didn’t attend to her hand at all; she continued speaking: "You have to understand, you and us, we are different. I’ll ask you again, after this failure, when are you going to act next?"

"Mom, your hand?"

Lin Rui’s hand was visibly red from the scald, but she completely ignored it, persistently questioning An Xiunian about the issue.

An Xiunian didn’t know how to explain, but in the next moment, something even more bizarre happened.

The voice of Lin Rui began to slur and become indistinct.

"You have to... act... "

The sound was like that of an old, noisy radio.

What was going on?

Soon after, Lin Rui sat down.

It took a while before her speech became normal again.

"Madam, Miss." At this time, another person came over, "There’s something I need to report to you."

This person was Shen Heng, the butler of the mansion.

Lin Rui looked at Shen Heng and said, "What’s the matter?"

"There’s a little problem with the surveillance video."

"Problem?"

"Yes. The specific time was after three o’clock this morning. It occurred on the east side of the mansion and lasted for about thirteen seconds. If you allow, Madam, I will send the video to your phone right away."

"You’re the only one who has seen the video, right?"

"Yes, I haven’t shown it to anyone else."

"Draw the curtains and have everyone else leave. Send the video to my email."

"All right."

Subsequently, all the curtains in the first-floor dining room were drawn, making it pitch black.

Lin Rui took out a laptop and opened it, clicking into her email.

An Xiunian came over and stared at the computer screen with her.

Soon, they saw that the video footage was of a hallway.

But just then, the video image suddenly distorted.

As the image became distorted, An Xiunian noticed that the video looked like rippling waves, similar to a broken old black and white TV. Not only that, but the clarity of the video had also dropped significantly.

The situation lasted for thirteen seconds.

"What do you think?" Lin Rui asked An Xiunian, "Did you notice anything?"

An Xiunian didn’t notice anything—she just felt that the video surveillance was broken.

"I didn’t notice anything."

"Is that so?" Lin Rui was silent for a moment and then said, "That’s good."

What did she mean by that?

An Xiunian began to realize that Yan Xin seemed to have hidden quite a few secrets.

"Also, about the replacement matter."

"Hmm..."

Another replacement, couldn’t you add a direct object? What exactly needs to be replaced? Replace what, hey? Speak up!

"We can’t delay any longer."

"Hmm, I..."

"The replacement will be done by your father. So, all you need to do is give your approval."

Is that so?

So what exactly needs to be replaced? Wallpaper? Curtains? Computer? No, that shouldn’t be it.

Is it about getting a new car for myself?

Yes, that’s very possible!

"Well, okay then."

"That’s good," Lin Rui nodded and said, "I’ll talk to your father about it."

"Uh, that’s the thing. Today, I want to go see Guan Ning."

"Guan Ning? When will you go?"

"I wanted to ask, what’s his mobile number? I don’t have a phone now, and I’ve forgotten his number. I’ll go out to buy a phone later and save his number. Mom, you have his number, right?"

"I do."

That’s good.

Guan Ning is her fiancé, and talking to him would make things much easier.

...

"You mean to say, you want to investigate this person named Yan Xin?"

Song Min looked at Gao Heyann and asked, "She’s not a patient, is she?"

Gao Heyann replied, "This matter is very important to me, Director Song. I must find out about this person. I’ve discussed it with Director Mei, and she also said that it would be best to utilize your expertise."

Song Min thought for a moment and said, "You’re fine, don’t bother Director Mei any further. Also, I want to bring up a matter concerning Dai Lin."

"Dai Lin?" Gao Heyann immediately realized something, "Could it be that..."

"Yes. Dai Lin, he’s still alive!"