The appearance of Lin Hai and Baldy Qiang immediately drew everyone’s attention.
People began pointing and chattering amongst themselves. After all, carrying a stretcher to watch the Youth Singing Competition was just too bizarre.
Lin Hai looked completely calm as he stood in line, paying no attention to anyone’s stares. Only Baldy Qiang kept shooting fierce glares back at anyone who looked their way, scaring them into quickly averting their eyes, afraid of bringing trouble on themselves.
After lining up for over ten minutes, it was finally almost Lin Hai’s turn.
“Dad, Mom, Auntie, you guys go in first with Yunyun and Xiaoqing, and find good seats,” Lin Hai said to his parents and Zhao Fang up ahead.
“Alright, Xiao Hai, take good care of your Uncle Liu,” Song Qin said, linking arms with Zhao Fang. The group checked their tickets and went in first.
“Three people,” Lin Hai said when it was his turn, handing three tickets to the staff member.
“No stretchers allowed,” the young woman checking tickets said impatiently without even looking up.
“Miss, if we don’t bring the stretcher, how are we supposed to get the patient inside?” Lin Hai said with a frown.
“Who are you calling ‘miss’? You’re the ‘miss’ here! Are you going in or not? If not, get to the back!” The young woman immediately got upset.
“How are you talking? Believe me, I’ll slap you!” Baldy Qiang behind them wasn’t having it. If he hadn’t been carrying Liu Shan, he would’ve come over and given her two slaps.
Unexpectedly, the young woman was even more arrogant than Baldy Qiang.
“Slap me? Go ahead and try, you bastard! Don’t think shaving your head and wearing some cheap gold chain makes you look like some gangster. Who knows if that crappy chain of yours will lose its color when it gets wet, idiot.”
“Fuck your ancestors, say that again!” Baldy Qiang’s face turned red with anger, nearly losing it. That cheap chain he was wearing? It really did lose its color.
“So what if I said it? What are you gonna do about it? Are you going in or not? If not, stop blocking the people behind you!” The young woman gave Baldy Qiang a contemptuous look.
“Hey, hurry up up there!”
“Are you going in or not? We’re still waiting!”
“Yeah, don’t hold up our entry because of you!”
The people queuing behind them all started yelling impatiently.
Lin Hai frowned and was about to speak when suddenly a figure walked over from inside.
“What’s going on here? All this noise!” A captain with one bar and three stars walked over.
“Guo Fei?” Lin Hai’s eyes lit up.
“Lin Hai? Haha, is that really you?” Guo Fei also recognized Lin Hai and walked over with a smile.
“Are you here to watch the Youth Singing Competition?”
“Yeah, what are you doing here? On duty?” Lin Hai noticed Guo Fei was wearing a duty belt around his waist and guessed.
“Yeah, there are too many people. The police and armed police aren’t enough, so the municipal committee coordinated with the military commander and sent our guard company to help maintain order,” Guo Fei said with a smile.
“Hey, people behind are still waiting to buy tickets. If you want to chat, go somewhere else. Don’t hold up others,” the young ticket checker said with a disgusted look.
“Let’s go in first, we can talk inside,” Guo Fei said awkwardly, quickly stepping aside and speaking to Lin Hai.
“I’d love to go in, but they won’t let me,” Lin Hai said with a bitter smile.
“What do you mean?” Guo Fei was taken aback.
Lin Hai explained what happened, and Guo Fei immediately frowned.
Turning around, Guo Fei politely saluted the young woman.
“Comrade, their situation is rather special. There’s a patient here. Just let them in. They’ve already bought their tickets. You see—”
“Who do you think you are?” Before Guo Fei could finish, the young woman curled her lip disdainfully.
“Don’t you know what you’re here for? Just stand at your post. Our business is none of your concern.”
Guo Fei’s face instantly turned red, and his fists clenched involuntarily.
“You—” Guo Fei’s eyebrows shot up, about to argue with her.
Seeing this, Lin Hai quickly pulled him back.
“Forget it, don’t bother. Talking to an idiot like this is beneath us.”
“Who are you calling an idiot? Fuck your mother!”
The female ticket checker rushed over, about to get physical, but Guo Fei quickly blocked her.
“I’m telling you, you bastard, you’re not getting in today. Even with a ticket, I won’t let you in!” The female ticket checker jumped up and down, screaming.
“Fine, you won’t let me in? Okay!” Lin Hai nodded angrily.
“Qiangzi, let’s move the stretcher to the side first. Don’t block the people behind us.” Lin Hai and Baldy Qiang carried Liu Shan to the side.
“Lin Hai, sorry I can’t help you,” Guo Fei said, also feeling frustrated. But he was only here to maintain order—there was nothing he could do about something like this.
“It’s fine,” Lin Hai waved his hand.
“Officer Guo, there’s a situation at the VIP entrance. Go take a look,” a staff member ran over, drenched in sweat, and said urgently to Guo Fei.
“Lin Hai, I’ll head over there first,” Guo Fei said, startled. He quickly said goodbye to Lin Hai and left with the staff member.
“Master, want me to go slap that little bitch to death?” Baldy Qiang said angrily after setting down the stretcher.
“No need. Don’t you think it’d dirty your hands?” Lin Hai was angry too. He pulled out his phone and made a call.
“Young Master Ye, I’m at the entrance of the Youth Singing Competition. I have a ticket but can’t get in. You figure it out.” Lin Hai hung up right after saying that.
On the other end of the line, Ye Ziyu, who was in the middle of a meeting, stared blankly at his phone after hearing the dial tone.
“What’s wrong, Xiao Yu?” Ye Feng was giving a speech and noticed Ye Ziyu’s strange expression. He stopped and asked in a low voice.
“Dad, Lin Hai went to watch the Youth Singing Competition, but he said he has a ticket and can’t get in. He told me to figure it out and hung up. From his tone, he seems really angry.”
“What!” Ye Feng was shocked. In his heart, he had long regarded Lin Hai as someone godlike. He wished he could take Lin Hai home and enshrine him, afraid of offending him in any way.
So when Lin Hai mentioned wanting tickets earlier, he didn’t hesitate to have Ye Ziming give all the front-row seats to Lin Hai, just to build a good relationship with him.
But who would’ve thought that now Lin Hai had tickets and still couldn’t get in—and was angry on top of that.
“That bastard Ziming! What the hell is going on!” Ye Feng immediately halted the meeting, walked out of the conference room, and called Ye Ziming.
“Dad, what is it? I’m busy right now.” Ye Ziming’s end was noisy—he was making final preparations for the Youth Singing Competition.
“Busy my ass! Why won’t you let Mr. Lin in? How important is Mr. Lin? Wasn’t what I told you yesterday clear enough? You still dare to offend him—do you not want the Ye family to prosper?” Ye Feng scolded him outright.
Ye Ziming held the phone, completely dumbfounded.
“Dad, when did I ever stop Lin Hai from getting in?” Ye Ziming felt wronged.
Last night when he got home, Ye Feng knew he and Lin Hai had some friction, so he specifically talked to him for an hour, explaining in detail how terrifying Lin Hai was and how important he was to the Ye family.
Although Ye Ziming was a bit slow, he wasn’t stupid. Once Ye Feng explained, he immediately understood—Lin Hai was someone to please from now on, not to offend.
Now he was dying to run over and kiss up to Lin Hai. Who knew, it might save his life someday. How could he possibly offend him again?
“Hmph, Mr. Lin is at the ticket checkpoint right now, and he seems very angry. You get over there right now. If you can’t calm Mr. Lin down, then get out of the Ye family and don’t come back.” Ye Feng hung up with a slam.
Ye Ziming was startled when he heard this.
Lin Hai at the ticket checkpoint? Lin Hai angry?
“Fuck your mother, who the hell pissed off this ancestor!” Ye Ziming shot up in fury.
“Wang Debiao, get your ass to the ticket checkpoint right now!” Ye Ziming angrily made a call, then ran toward the checkpoint himself.
