<h4>Chapter 823: Chapter 822 Why Should I Apologize</h4>


    The Director was stunned and looked at his nephew tremblingly, "You... you said such a thing?"


    The doctor hesitated slightly but still nodded, "I... I did say that..."


    "You... you’re really audacious!" The Director pped the doctor across the face and cursed angrily, "You dare say anything, don’t you? You... you... go kneel and apologize to Young Master Zhao right now..."


    The doctor was taken aback for a moment. He actually had considered apologizing. But to kneel and apologize, that was something he truly did not want to do.


    Hu Wannian and the others had arrived with imposing force, and he was actually very scared. However, he wasn’t the Director and didn’t know much about these powerful families.


    In his view, although the trouble he had caused was not minor, what could these powerful families do to him? At worst, he could abandon everything here and leave Liuan City. He could still live!


    So, apologizing was eptable, but as for kneeling in apology, losing face like that, he would definitely not do it!


    "Uncle, I haven’t done anything wrong. You can ask me to apologize, but why should I kneel?" The doctor spoke loudly, "A man, in his life, can kneel to the heavens, kneel to the earth, kneel to his parents. But why should I kneel to a stranger? Just because he is powerful, just because these prominent people are on his side, should I kneel to him? I don’t believe it. I won’t kneel today. What can he do to me!"


    The Director was almost spitting blood. He had wanted his nephew to kneel and apologize, to admit his mistake and beg for mercy, hoping that Zhao Ping’an would spare them. He had not expected his nephew to be so bold. To dare say such things in this situation, was he not courting death?


    "You... how can you say such things..." the Director was furious, and again pped him.


    The doctor blocked the Director’s hand and indignantly said, "Uncle, what exactly are you trying to do? These people are causing trouble in the hospital, and you don’t reprimand them. First, you ask me to kneel and apologize, then you hit me. Are you on my side or are you helping them?"


    "I... I am trying to save you..." the Director said through clenched teeth in a low voice, "Do you really want to die?"


    "Die what death!" the doctor retorted ungratefully and yelled, "What, are they going to kill me? I don’t believe it. These people are rich and powerful, so what? Let them try and touch me!"


    The Director was close to copsing. His nephew had always been too arrogant and unruly, and he had never disciplined him. He had no idea the severity of offending these powerful families. Still defiant at a time like this, who could save him now?


    "Director, it seems your nephew doesn’t appreciate your kindness!" Zhao Ping’an said coldly, "Don’t make him kneel anymore, I can’t ept it. We’ll settle today’s matter between us alone!"


    The Director opened his mouth but ultimately dared not speak. He also knew that anything he said now would be pointless.


    "You want to settle it with me alone?" the doctor red at Zhao Ping’an, "Fine, let’s settle it. You’re causing trouble in the hospital, I was just defending myself..."


    Before the doctor could finish, Zhao Ping’an pped him across the face, and the doctor fell to the ground once more.


    The doctor was furious, yelling as he tried to get up. But by then, the Hu Family’s people had already charged forward and pinned him down.


    "Take him away. I will settle the score with himter!" Zhao Ping’an waved his hand.


    The Hu Family’s people didn’t say a word, just grabbed the doctor and started dragging him outside.


    The doctor realized something was wrong—being abducted in front of so many people, these folks truly feared no one!


    "What are you... what are you doing? Let go of me, let go, I won’t go with you..." the doctor immediately started screaming, "Help, kidnapping..."


    A p from one of the Hu Family’s mennded on his face, cutting off his words abruptly. Another person by his side stuffed a sock into his mouth without hesitation. Despite the doctor’s muffled cries and struggles, he couldn’t resist and was dragged away by the Hu Family’s people under the watchful eyes of the public.


    Many onlookers surrounded the scene, yet not a single one dared to speak up. Even his colleagues from the hospital opted to avoid trouble, fearing the ferocity of the Hu Family’s members.


    The doctor was forcibly shoved into a car, and as the door closed, tears almost spilled from his eyes. At that moment, how he wished he didn’t have socks stuffed in his mouth, how he wished he could speak. Then, he would’ve loudly told Zhao Ping’an that he was willing to kneel and apologize.


    Unfortunately, it was toote. He thought he was significant, not realizing that to those major families, he was insignificant as an ant. With just a casual flick of their finger, these families could crush him!


    Outside, the hospital director stood by, shivering. Although he was the doctor’s uncle, he dared not utter a single word.


    "I said before that your nephew must kneel and apologize to my friend..." Zhao Ping’an looked at the director with a cold voice, "It seems your nephew isn’t too keen, but what I say must be done. Or perhaps, you would like to take his ce?"


    The director’s face turned red with humiliation, and kneeling in front of everyone would mean losing all his dignity.


    But considering his nephew’s fate, he eventually dared not refuse. He knew if he didn’t kneel, he would surely be taken away by these people. By then, it wouldn’t just be a simple matter of kneeling; whether he could even survive was uncertain!


    Xu Cheng stood beside Zhao Ping’an, feeling panicky inside. Although he had been loud and aggressive earlier, he was still intimidated by high-ranking individuals like the hospital director.


    Moreover, if the director were to kneel down, the matter would surely escte. He didn’t know what Zhao Ping’an’s situation was at the moment, but as an ordinary person, he didn’t dare to demand that the director kneel.


    "Ping’an, there’s... there’s no need..." Xu Cheng said in a low voice, "I... I haven’t really been wronged..."


    "That won’t do, what I promise must be fulfilled!" Zhao Ping’an patted Xu Cheng on the shoulder and stared coldly at the director, "Do you need my assistance?"


    The director shuddered and finally knelt down with a trembling voice, "So... sorry, it’s... it’s our fault..."


    Xu Cheng was also frightened and hurriedly went to help the director up, "It’s... it’s okay... Director, actually... we were also at fault..."


    "Don’t bother with him!" Zhao Ping’an cut in directly, "From today on, he’s no longer the director of this hospital!"


    "Ah?" Xu Cheng blinked in surprise. What’s happening?


    Zhao Ping’an looked at the director with a cold tone, "I’m offering you early retirement to enjoy your twilight years, are you willing?"


    The director was startled, then nodded repeatedly. What else could he dare to wish for now? Being able to enjoy histter years was already more than he could ask for, as if his ancestral graves were smoking green. Otherwise, if these powerful families were to investigate, the best oue for the rest of his life would be in prison!