Chapter 213 Suicide

Jiang Zhizhi felt her mind explode. Watching the ambulance drive away, she tightly gripped Zhou Xiye's hand: "Sister Song Man committed suicide."

Although Zhou Xiye was not familiar with Song Man, he knew how oppressive the atmosphere was in the Song family. He held Jiang Zhizhi's hand and said, "I'll go home first and call Brother Song, and then I'll go to the hospital."

After making the phone call, the two went to the hospital, where Song Man was still undergoing emergency treatment in the operating room.

Zhou Xiye went to the ward to deliver food, while Jiang Zhizhi went up to the emergency room on the second floor.

Chen Limin sat crying on a bench outside the emergency room: "How could she be so cruel? I just said a few words to her, and she drank pesticide..."

She cried and complained that Song Man didn't understand her as a mother.

When Jiang Zhizhi heard that it involved drinking pesticide, her scalp tingled with fear. How much did she drink? When was it discovered? How much was absorbed?

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. During her time in the countryside, she had heard of many women drinking pesticides.

Song Dong rushed over and yelled at Chen Limin, who was sitting on the bench: "Mom! Are you satisfied now? Are you satisfied now that you've driven Xiaoman to her death?! Why are you always like this, always doing things your way?"

Chen Limin was already very upset, but when she saw her son, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, come up and yell at her, she got angry too: "Wasn't I doing this for your own good? Who am I doing this for? Wasn't it all so that you could have a better life?"

"I did all this for your own good, and in the end I became a class enemy. What did I gain? I advised her to get married, and she threatened to kill herself in front of me. In return, I'm the one who's not human."

"Who is she threatening with suicide? I raised her all these years, do you know how hard it was for me? Wasn't it for her own good that I arranged for her to get married? How could she possibly kill herself in front of me..."

She spoke incoherently while crying.

Song Dong clenched his teeth in anger, his cheeks puffed out, and glared at Chen Limin, but he didn't know what to say.

Turning to look at the door of the emergency room, her eyes involuntarily reddened again.

Chen Limin still felt wronged: "You're taking it out on me, but wasn't I doing it for Xiaoman's own good? She's not getting married, but she's always thinking about Zhou Xiye. She may be shameless, but I still have my pride..."

"mom!!"

Song Dong angrily yelled at Chen Limin, never expecting his mother to say such things in front of so many people.

Jiang Zhizhi was also a little dumbfounded. What kind of mother was this? Was she afraid that her daughter would not die?

Zhou Xiye happened to be going upstairs and heard this. He frowned and walked over to Jiang Zhizhi.

When Chen Limin saw Zhou Xiye, she was stunned for a moment and quickly turned her head away, realizing that she might have really said something wrong.

Song Dong was furious, but he couldn't vent his anger on his mother. He gritted his teeth and scratched his hair a few times in anger, then walked over to Zhou Xiye and said, "I'm sorry, you've all had to see this."

Then, looking at Jiang Zhizhi, he said, "Sister-in-law... Xiaoman isn't that kind of person, she didn't..."

Jiang Zhizhi quickly interrupted, "Brother Song Dong, I understand. I know what kind of person Sister Song Man is. She's a very good and outstanding person, and she also has her pride. She's already let go of the past... Besides, who hasn't had a crush on someone when they were young?"

Song Dong nodded excitedly: "Thank you for your understanding. Xiaoman is really not that kind of person."

The surgery lasted more than three hours, which temporarily saved his life, but he still needs to be observed for another 24 hours before he is out of danger.

The doctor frowned and said, "Luckily you were brought in in time. If you had been any later, your organs would have failed, and even a miracle wouldn't have saved you. We'll wait until you wake up tomorrow morning to see what happens. We don't know yet if there will be any long-term effects."

"As family members, how could we let such a young girl commit suicide in despair? We should have been more understanding."

After the doctor left, Chen Limin breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest, sobbing uncontrollably.

Song Dong sighed and turned to look at Chen Limin: "Mom, I'm begging you, can you please stop pressuring Xiaoman? If she doesn't want to get married, then she shouldn't. Marriage is about fate. If it's not meant to be, what good will it do to force her?"

"Look at Bian Yucheng, whom you introduced to her before. If things had really gone down together, wouldn't Xiaoman be pitiful now?"

Chen Limin reiterated, "I'm doing this for your own good, but none of you appreciate it. Am I doing this for myself? If your sister doesn't get married, who will take care of her when she gets old? Who will care for her in her old age and see her off in her final days?"

Song Dong closed his eyes briefly: "I don't want to argue with you right now. I'm just asking you, once Xiaoman is better, can you please stop pressuring her? Can you?!"

The last sentence was almost shouted, his eyes were bloodshot and he looked like he was about to burst out of his skin, which frightened Chen Limin so much that she trembled and didn't say anything more.

Jiang Zhizhi felt suffocated just looking at them. She reached out and touched Zhou Xiye, signaling the two of them to go downstairs first, so that the mother and son could handle the family matters themselves.

As I was about to go downstairs, I saw Li Simin leaning against the stairs with red eyes.

Seeing them approach, Li Simin quickly concealed the sadness on her face: "Zhizhi, Brother Zhou..."

Jiang Zhizhi knew why he had come: "Sister Song Man won't be out of danger until tomorrow, so please come again tomorrow."

Li Simin shook his head: "It's alright, I'll stay here and watch over her. I overheard the nurse downstairs saying that she drank most of a bottle of pesticide. Luckily, Aunt Chen came home early and smelled the pesticide, otherwise..."

His voice choked up a little as he said the second half of the sentence.

What hurts even more is that he's younger than Song Man, making her unable to notice him.

Why is my health so poor that I can't protect the people he wants to protect?

Jiang Zhizhi comforted Li Simin, "You can't help here, so go back and rest first, and come back tomorrow morning."

Li Simin didn't move: "It's getting late, you and Brother Zhou should go back first."

Seeing that she couldn't persuade Li Simin, Jiang Zhizhi could only go downstairs and go home with Zhou Xiye, without going to see Zhou Xiaochuan.

On the way back, Jiang Zhizhi remained silent. After arriving home, she suddenly grabbed Zhou Xiye's hand and said, "If we have children in the future, we must communicate with them more and not let one person dictate the conversation. Such a family is too suffocating."

Zhou Xiye gently hugged her: "Don't overthink it. Aunt Song has always had this kind of temper. I hope that this incident with Song Man will change her."

"By the way, Mom and Dad are arriving in Beijing tomorrow afternoon. Shall we go see them tonight?"

Jiang Zhizhi was surprised: "You arrived so quickly? Then I'll hurry back after school this afternoon."

She knew that the parents Zhou Xiye was referring to were Jiang Zhenhua and Song Wanying.

Zhou Xiye gently patted her back: "It's getting late, go to sleep, you have class tomorrow."

Before going to sleep, Jiang Zhizhi reminded Zhou Xiye, "Don't forget to ask Zhao Haibing about that security guard tomorrow. Be quick, or they might find something amiss and kill you to cover it up!"