The atmosphere inside the VIP ward had already grown tense, but Lena and Benjamin showed no intention of stopping their mockery.Lena folded her arms and continued staring down at Connor as if he were something unpleasant that had somehow ended up in the wrong place.“You know,” she said with a faint laugh, “the more I look at this situation, the more ridiculous it becomes.”Benjamin nodded slowly beside her.“You are right,” he replied. “This whole thing makes no sense.”Connor remained lying on the hospital bed, his injured arm resting carefully beside him. The dull pain still pulsed through the bandage, but he forced himself to remain calm.“What exactly are you talking about now?” Connor asked, his voice steady despite the tension building inside him.Lena turned toward the nurse with an expression full of irritation.“I am talking about this,” she said, gesturing toward Connor’s bed. “Why is someone like him occupying a VIP ward?”The nurse looked surprised by the sudden questio

CHAPTER 153Connor was still in the corridor.The bandage around his injured arm was still fresh, and though the bleeding had finally stopped, the dull pain lingered. His expression, however, showed little concern for his own condition. His mind was fixed on something else entirely.He slowly shook his head as he watched the hallway, thinking about what had just happened.A young nurse stood a few steps away from him, shifting nervously from one foot to the other. She had witnessed everything earlier when the doctor angrily fired another nurse for defending Connor during the argument about his discharge.Connor glanced at her and said calmly, “Excuse me.”The nurse looked up quickly. “Yes, sir?”Connor nodded toward the exit of the corridor. “The nurse who was just fired… she has probably left the building by now. I want you to go after her and ask her to wait.”The nurse’s eyes widened immediately with fear.“Sir… I cannot do that,” she said nervously.Connor raised an eyebrow sligh

Connor lowered his phone slowly after the call had ended and looked up at the two nurses standing beside his bed. The corridor had become unusually quiet for a moment.The fired nurse stared at him with a mixture of sympathy and concern. After a long pause, she sighed and shook her head slightly.“I appreciate what you tried to do,” she said gently, “but you should not put yourself under this kind of pressure for someone you barely know.”Connor raised an eyebrow. “Pressure?”“Yes,” she replied softly. “Five hundred million dollars is an enormous amount of money. Most people will never even see one million dollars in their entire lifetime, let alone five hundred million.”The other nurse nodded in agreement.“That man was not exaggerating,” she added. “Hospitals like this cost fortunes to build and maintain. It is not something an ordinary businessman can simply purchase.”The fired nurse folded her arms uneasily. “Even if you were a millionaire, spending five hundred million doll

“I… I still cannot believe this,” she murmured quietly. “Just a few minutes ago I was fired, disgraced in front of everyone, and now you are telling me that I own the entire hospital.”Connor leaned casually against the wall with a faint smile on his face. “You need to stop saying that you cannot believe it,” he replied calmly. “Because whether you believe it or not, it is now the truth.”She stared at him, her hands trembling slightly. “But how am I supposed to act like the owner of such a place? I have worked here for so many years as a simple nurse.”Connor folded his arms and spoke in a patient tone. “That is exactly why you must change your mindset immediately. If you continue behaving like a frightened employee, people like Lena and Benjamin Carver will crush you. They will refuse to accept the reality that this hospital now belongs to you.”The nurse swallowed hard.Connor continued, “They will argue, threaten, and possibly even insult you. They will claim that it is impossibl

Everyone in the room seemed to be holding their breath, waiting to see what Benjamin would do next.Benjamin stared at Connor for a few seconds, then suddenly let out a short, mocking laugh.“So this is what you want?” he said sarcastically. “A phone call?”Connor shrugged calmly. “That seems like the fastest way to clear up the confusion.”Benjamin turned toward the nurse with a look of contempt.“You must really enjoy humiliating yourself,” he said coldly. “Because after I make this call, the truth will be exposed in front of everyone here.”The nurse did not respond, but her heart pounded nervously inside her chest.Benjamin continued speaking arrogantly.“You truly believe you can fool people into thinking you bought this hospital? You are nothing but a fired nurse.”Lena folded her arms and smirked.“This whole performance is honestly embarrassing,” she said mockingly. “But I suppose desperate people will say anything.”Benjamin looked at Connor again.“Since you insisted on a