The eyes were big and round, filled with tears of deep grievance, and the look was clear and innocent, easily making others want to protect her. The effect was like one plus one is greater than two.

Just as Alarieka expected, the crowd around got even angrier. “I want to see who’s backing them, daring to bully old folks and kids in broad daylight. They’ve got no shame at all. Everyone, listen up, we agreed, no one from this family gets away. We gotta make them give the beds back!”

“Yes, I support it! You guys don’t even think about leaving!”

Natalie was forced to step back by everyone, her face pale. Looking at a bunch of fierce-looking people, Natalie and the others didn’t have as much confidence as when they faced Alarieka. They were forced into a corner, their faces turned a bit pale, and their mouths opened and closed, but they just couldn’t say anything.

The middle-aged man in the hospital bed hurriedly shoved the fried chicken drumstick into someone else’s hand and wiped the chicken crumbs and grease from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.

Right away, he fell onto the hospital bed, clutching his chest and gasping for air.

“Aiyo, me, aiyo, it hurts so much. Call the doctor, it hurts so much.”

Everyone could tell the middle-aged man in the hospital bed was faking it, but Natalie and that family acted like they had something on them and immediately blamed Alarieka, Jaylene, and the crowd watching. Natalie was especially angry, her eyes full of hatred, almost grinding her teeth to pieces.

“It’s all because of you! My dad’s having an episode now, and you still won’t get out of here!”

Everyone immediately sneered, “You think we’re stupid?”

“This place was for treating stomach problems, and I saw your dad’s medical record—he came for gastroenteritis. Why was your dad holding his chest? If his chest hurt, he should’ve gone to cardiology or some other department. Why did he come here?”

“At least pretend a little better, you guys. You’re just making yourselves a joke for nothing.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man wailing on the hospital bed suddenly looked guilty and carefully moved the hand covering his chest down to his stomach. After finding a good spot, he started wailing again in no time.

Natalie gritted her teeth: “Dad!”

People saw this and all started laughing. Bursts of laughter were like slaps landing on Natalie’s face, and her cheeks turned all bruised and purple—what a scene.

“Don’t talk about anything else, just give the bed back to the old person. You took the old person’s bed and you’re not even embarrassed!”

The middle-aged man finally couldn’t help but sit up and start cursing. “What did it have to do with you? I took this spot when I left, so don’t even think about taking it!”

Natalie went black in front of her eyes when she heard this. Doesn’t this just prove that they really used their connections to take Lorelai’s hospital bed, just like what Alarieka “complained” about?

There was a big commotion here, and the doctors and nurses quickly rushed over, constantly calming the crowd. But the crowd was furious, and even the doctors and nurses couldn’t stop them.

Finally, Natalie gave Alarieka a hard glare and pulled her dad away. It wasn’t over yet, the leading uncle and aunt blocked the way of the doctors and nurses, demanding that they immediately put the bed information back in the records.

The doctor and the nurse kept nodding.

Alarieka saw the people leave, walked to the crowd, and bowed with Jaylene. “Thank you, really, thank you. If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have known what to do.”

The auntie standing in front waved her hand, “It’s nothing, just lending a hand. We just couldn’t stand seeing that group bullying you two little girls.”

“You guys were filial kids, we liked you a lot too, later you should study hard and make your grandma proud.”

Jaylene nodded hard.

Even though she got her hospital bed back, there was still a cloud of gloom on her face. Next, Jaylene was in charge of taking Lorelai to the hospital bed in the ward, and Alarieka was in charge of going out to buy fruit to give to the people around who helped, as a thank you.

Although Lorelai was old, she still had ears to hear the people talking around her. Lorelai immediately grabbed Alarieka’s hand and wouldn’t let go, her voice old: “Thank you, girl, you’re a good girl, thank you.”

Alarieka patted the back of her hand: “It’s okay, Mrs. Cowan, no need to thank me.”

“Alarieka, how was it you?”

When Alarieka heard Roschelle’s voice, she actually wasn’t surprised.