(Era Setting, Marriage Substitution, First Marriage Then Love, Ruthless Against Villains) After a car accident, Xia Yuhuan wakes up and realizes she has transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s....
Chapter 54 The kidnapping case still has doubts.
Hearing the noise, Chi Shaokang turned his head to look.
Upon seeing Zhang Xianya, she was overjoyed: "Xiaoya, you're here! Quick, please talk to Xiaohuan, she..."
Before Chi Shaokang could finish speaking, Zhang Xianya, with a stern face, strode forward and grabbed his ear.
"Hey, honey, why are you pulling my ear? It hurts, it hurts..." Chi Shaokang cried out in pain.
Xia Yuhuan was also somewhat stunned by this turn of events, staring wide-eyed at the couple, her eyes filled with confusion.
"How dare you say it hurts? Xiao Huan suffered so much and is lying in bed recovering from her injuries, and you still bully her and make her cry. How can you be so shameless?" Zhang Xianya roared.
"No, I didn't make Xiao Huan cry, I'm innocent!" Chi Shaokang hurriedly reached out and grabbed Zhang Xianya's wrist.
"Wife, be gentle, be gentle, you're going to twist my ears off."
"It's better to wring it off, so you won't be so disobedient." Zhang Xianya gritted her teeth: "You dare say Xiao Huan didn't cry because of you?"
Upon hearing this, Chi Shaokang opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.
Although he didn't intentionally make Xia Yuhuan cry, she was genuinely moved to tears by him, so he couldn't really say that Xia Yuhuan wasn't crying because of him.
For a moment, Chi Shaokang felt he had been wronged to death.
Xia Yuhuan finally realized what was happening and quickly said, "Mom, you misunderstood. It wasn't Dad who made me cry; I just couldn't hold back my tears."
“Xiao Huan, you don’t need to explain for him, and you don’t need to be afraid of him. With Mom here, he won’t dare to do anything to you.” Zhang Xianya seemed to be standing up for her.
Xia Yuhuan quickly explained, "No, Mom, it's because Dad is so good to me that I'm so touched that I couldn't help but cry. Please let go of Dad."
“Dad was worried about me. He sat in my hospital room all night and didn’t get any sleep. Can you bear to let him suffer any more?”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xianya looked at Chi Shaokang and asked, "Is that so?"
Chi Shaokang quickly nodded: "That's right, that's really right. Even if you don't believe me, you can believe Xiao Huan, right?"
Zhang Xianya then let go of Chi Shaokang, sat on the edge of the bed, held Xia Yuhuan's hand, and said with red eyes, "Xiaohuan, my good child, you've really suffered. Does your injury still hurt? Where does it hurt? Is there anything Mom can do to ease the pain?"
Having been misunderstood, had his ear pulled, and received no comfort whatsoever even after the misunderstanding was cleared up, Chi Shaokang remained silent.
He stood silently to the side, rubbing his ears, looking rather pitiful.
Despite being a high-ranking leader, he listens to his wife very much and has no airs in front of his family. Such a good man is truly rare.
Xia Yuhuan silently withdrew her gaze, looked at Zhang Xianya and said softly, "Mom, I'm fine now. The injuries on my body are all superficial. They've been bandaged up where they needed to be. I just need to take good care of myself. Don't worry about me."
Zhang Xianya raised her hand and touched Xia Yuhuan's face.
"Look at you, you look so tired after just one day. It's all his fault, why did he send you all the way to the military region!"
"In the middle of nowhere, they didn't even send someone to pick you up, which led to this accident."
As Zhang Xianya spoke, she glared fiercely at Chi Shaokang again.
She had this resentment yesterday.
However, she had to rely on Chi Shaokang to find someone back then, so she couldn't lash out. Now, she's taking this opportunity to lash out.
Xia Yuhuan quickly tried to persuade her, "Mom, don't say that. What happened yesterday really wasn't Dad's fault."
“First of all, Dad arranged for Uncle Yan to pick me up. Their schedule changed, and Uncle Yan called to say that he could arrange for someone else to pick me up, but I refused and said I would ride my bike over.”
"Secondly, Dad didn't know someone would take this opportunity to kidnap me on the street, did he?"
"Furthermore, I'm a living, breathing person. I can't always have someone pick me up and drop me off when I go out. That's too inconvenient and restricts my freedom, don't you think?"
"Besides, my kidnapping was the work of the kidnappers, so how can you blame Dad?"
Zhang Xianya snorted and said, "Since you put it that way, Xiao Huan, then I'll forgive him for now."
"Oh, right, I brought you some porridge and eggs. Do you have an appetite now? Can you eat these?"
"Okay, Mom, but I need to use the restroom first," Xia Yuhuan said softly, a little embarrassed.
She was too embarrassed to say anything when Chi Shaokang was there.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xianya quickly replied, "Okay, I'll help you there right away."
"Mom, there's no need to go to so much trouble, I can do it myself," Xia Yuhuan quickly said.
Zhang Xianya was still worried and insisted on helping Xia Yuhuan to the restroom.
She said, "You've just been injured and your body is still weak, so you need to be careful. Let me support you and take good care of you; there's no harm in doing so."
Xia Yuhuan had no choice but to cooperate.
Early in the morning, after being moved by Chi Shaokang, Xia Yuhuan was also moved by Zhang Xianya. She felt her heart was soaked with emotion and swelled up.
Her mother-in-law and father-in-law were so wonderful that she couldn't bear to lose even a little bit of them.
So she decided that once Chi Yanzhou woke up, as long as he didn't have incompatible values with her and they couldn't get along, she would definitely try to get along with him and strive to be her parents' daughter for life.
After Xia Yuhuan finished taking care of her personal matters, she washed up in the bathroom. When she came out, Zhang Xianya had already taken out all the food she had brought.
Seeing her come out leaning against the wall, Zhang Xianya hurriedly went forward to help her: "Why are you so disobedient? Didn't I tell you to call me when you were done and I would help you?"
Xia Yuhuan smiled faintly: "It's just a few steps. I walked out by holding onto the wall. Mom, I'm really not that bad. As long as I don't move too much, I'm fine."
"No, I won't listen to you on this. I've seen it, and that's it." Zhang Xianya was stubborn and opinionated.
Xia Yuhuan looked helpless, but her heart was incredibly tender.
Zhang Xianya helped her to bed, and then Zhang Xianya set up a small table and brought her food.
If Xia Yuhuan hadn't insisted, Zhang Xianya would have fed her porridge.
While Xia Yuhuan was eating, Yan Hu came to find Chi Shaokang.
"Boss, there's something I need to report to you," Yan Hu said.
"Okay." Chi Shaokang replied, then said to Xia Yuhuan, "Xiao Huan, you eat first, I'll go out for a bit."
“Okay, Dad, you go ahead with your work, don’t worry about me,” Xia Yuhuan said quickly.
Chi Shaokang and Yan Hu arrived outside the ward together.
"Is there any progress on the kidnapping of Xiao Huan? Tell me about it," Chi Shaokang asked.
Yan Hu nodded first, then shook his head.
His nod and then shake of his head surprised Chi Shaokang.
Could it be that Xia Yuhuan's kidnapping is a complicated and troublesome matter?
Yan Hu said, "The two people who kidnapped Xia have confessed to the kidnapping. They also have an accomplice named Gangzi, who is the mastermind behind the kidnapping. We have already sent people to look for him."
"The two of them were just recruited by Gangzi. The specific reasons for the kidnapping will only be known after Gangzi is arrested."
"However, they said that Gangzi was likely instructed by Xia Zhuyu to kidnap Xia."
"Xia Zhuyu? Wasn't she already sent to the countryside? Is she so jealous of Xiao Huan's success that she not only went to the countryside herself, but also arranged for someone to kidnap Xiao Huan?" Chi Shaokang frowned, his eyes full of displeasure.
“Sir, on the surface, this seems to be the case, but during the interrogation, I discovered some suspicious points. I feel there's more to this than meets the eye,” Yan Hu said in a deep voice.