Chapter 116 Ward Dispute

The group arrived at the hospital, travel-worn, the next afternoon. In the hospital corridor, if Yao Weimin hadn't been there, Li Chunying wouldn't have recognized Yao Fanghua and her family. Even with Yao Weimin present, Li Chunying stared for a long time without daring to speak.

Her daughter has become so extravagant these past few years?

She wore a simple dress, her hair was simply tied up, and she only wore a ring on her hand, but she still looked elegant and sophisticated.

The two children beside Yao Fanghua, one in a princess dress with a small hair crown on her head, and the other in overalls and shorts, held hands and followed each other.

Needless to say, Wu Peng knew exactly how to return home in style; his suit, shoes, watch, and hairstyle were all carefully chosen. Holding a child in his arms didn't diminish his elegance in the slightest.

Two nannies followed behind them, carrying large and small bags.

Oh, and there's Yao Weimin carrying big bags and small bags too.

"Mom, how is Grandpa?"

"He's awake. He woke up this morning, saying he was upset and wanted to go home." Li Chunying came to her senses and led them to the ward.

When the group went in, Grandpa Yao was sleeping with an IV drip in his body.

This is a ward with several patients. The ward is noisy, with eight patients and their families. One patient needs to take medicine, another needs to get an injection, and there's even a toddler who makes a fuss when getting a shot. Relatives also come to visit from time to time. It's so crowded that the ward is never quiet during the day.

Yao Fanghua and Wu Peng both frowned.

Wu Peng whispered a few words to Yao Fanghua, handed the child to her, and left.

Soon, several medical staff came to transfer the old man to a different ward.

They were transferred directly to a single room on the top floor.

Fang Guizhi, who had been following them all the way, was furious. She blocked the medical staff from leaving, demanding to know why they had been transferred here without their family's consent. This was clearly a high-class ward, a single room with a TV, a fan, a radiator under the window, a private bathroom, a bed for the caregiver, and a sofa. This wasn't a hospital; it was far better than home. How expensive must this be? Who would pay for it?!

"Are you trying to charge more? I don't have the money to put the old man in this nice ward."

Fang Guizhi stopped the medical staff, but her eyes were fixed on Yao Fanghua and Wu Peng.

Yao Weimin became more and more successful each year, as did Zhong Er and Yang Liu. Every New Year, news about Wu Peng and Yao Fanghua could be heard in the courtyard—new products, new companies, villas they'd bought…

Every word Fang Guizhi heard made her feel unhappy and resentful. She felt that Wu Peng should have married her daughter, and that all of this should have belonged to her daughter.

This couple has finally returned. Look at Yao Fanghua now, look at this family, they look rich. All of this should have been her daughter's.

Yao Fanghua nodded: "Since we transferred it to you, we will naturally pay for it. Auntie, don't worry."

Fang Guizhi then released the medical staff and said sarcastically, "My niece is really rich now. When will you let your aunt benefit from her wealth?"

Yao Fanghua: "If my aunt is ever hospitalized and Wei Ming and the others don't care about you, I will definitely pay for your hospitalization."

"You're talking nonsense! Wei Ming and the others are very filial, much more so than you, who's been married for years and hasn't come home to visit! The Yao family thinks you're heartless! Cold-hearted and heartless, you live a life of luxury while your relatives suffer. If you had even a little bit of money, your relatives wouldn't be cursing you so harshly. Don't you even take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror? You still have the nerve to criticize others! You should show some filial piety to us elders first!" Fang Guizhi didn't care about the hospital or anything like that, and started cursing with her hands on her hips.

Li Chunying wouldn't stand for it. She unleashed a torrent of curses, pointing at Fang Guizhi and yelling, "Who cursed whom? Name them! I haven't even said anything about my own daughter, so who are you to meddle? Why are you interfering in my family affairs? Even if my daughter is rich, does she have the right to give her to you? Does she have the right to give her anything to you? Who do you think you are?! Are you all insanely jealous?! Are you all obsessed with money?! You think you deserve anything from me?!"

"That woman surnamed Shen framed my daughter back then, and now that she's in trouble, she's confessed to everything! Who wrote that whistleblower letter? People are coming to you to investigate!! Everyone knows it was Yao Fangfang who wrote the whistleblower letter; her aunt confessed long ago, only you and your daughter are stubborn!! That soy sauce was left at the door by her aunt, and Yao Fangfang wrote the whistleblower letter—a pair of damned scourges!! Now you still have the nerve to bring up leaks, trying to ride on my daughter's coattails, ugh, shameless!"

Fang Guizhi's face turned red, but she still stubbornly retorted, "Nonsense! It was all her aunt's doing. What does it have to do with my Fangfang!"

Yao Fanghua hasn't mentioned coming back to visit for years, am I wrong?

"None of your business!! You're like a dog chasing a mouse!! Yao Fangfang stays home all the time, you want to marry her off, but too bad her reputation is ruined. Oh right, she can't get married anyway, so she might as well stay home and keep you company for the rest of your life!"

When the topic of Yao Fangfang's inability to get married came up, Fang Guizhi got really angry. "You surnamed Li, I'll fight you to the death!"

"Come on, come on," Li Chunying said calmly, raising an eyebrow in a defiant manner. Her son, daughter, and son-in-law were all there; she didn't believe Fang Guizhi would suffer a loss. She wanted to see if Fang Guizhi dared to rush forward.

The ward entrance was packed with people; this VIP ward hadn't been this lively in a long time.

Hearing the commotion, several people in wheelchairs clamored to come out and see what was going on.

The nurses arrived quickly and ushered Li Chunying and Fang Guizhi out of the ward.

Yao Fanghua and Wu Peng not only discussed changing wards, but also hired two caregivers.

Originally, Li Chunying and the others had planned that Li Chunying and Fang Guizhi would keep watch during the day, while Yao Deyi and Yao Deren would come at night.

Now that there are caregivers, they're no longer needed. Fang Guizhi finished her argument and left. Since Li Chunying and Zhang Xiuxiu weren't around, she needed to search the old man's room.

No sooner had she left than Wu Peng instructed the security guards and medical staff on that floor not to allow Fang Guizhi to go upstairs again.

Li Chunying's eyes lit up as she listened, "We shouldn't have let her come. The old man gets upset whenever he sees her."

Wu Wenxin was intimidated by this fierce grandmother he had never met before. When she saw her grandmother looking over, she grabbed Jiang Ming's hand and quietly hid behind her.

"Hello, Grandma. My name is Mingming and this is Xinxin. I've heard Mom and Uncle talk about you a lot. I'm so happy to meet you."

Wu Wenxin glanced at Li Chunying, then timidly greeted her, "Hello, Grandma."

"Okay, okay." Oh my, that little mouth is so cute. She looked at the two children, then at her daughter, and then at Wu Peng.

Didn't they say they only had one son and one daughter? The one they're holding must be the younger son, so who is this? Were they twins? That doesn't seem like it. Wait, what was that child calling "Mom" and "Uncle" again?

Li Chunying had a strange look on her face, and it was hard to tell whether she admired her daughter or sympathized with her son-in-law. She looked at Wu Peng with a guilty conscience.

Yao Fanghua quickly stopped Li Chunying from imagining things, "Mom, don't overthink it, this is my friend's child."

Wu Peng is no longer the same as before. He used to scoff whenever Yao Fanghua introduced him like that. Now that his child is older, he has learned to smile and agree, "Yes, he is our friend's child. We raised him like our own son."

Li Chunying breathed a sigh of relief and straightened her back in front of her son-in-law again, "Your friends are really something, how could they let someone else raise their own child?"

Wu Peng: "Our friend is all alone and can't take care of his child, so he begged us to raise him. We had no choice, he's a friend, and besides, I've liked Mingming since he was little."

Jiang Ming frowned slightly. He kept calling him a friend, and now he said he'd liked him since childhood? Uncle, you're such a hypocrite.