Upon hearing the shout, Xiang Pengfei saw Zhou Chengzhi. It was like seeing an enemy; his eyes blazed with hatred. He stopped helping the nurse pull the cart, walked straight up to Zhou Chengzhi, and said, "Come with me!"

When Zhou Chengzhi saw Xiang Pengfei's furious expression, as if he were about to be devoured, he knew that Xiang Pengfei loved his sister and was therefore fearless. So he followed behind Xiang Pengfei without any fear.

The two arrived at a secluded, deserted place. Suddenly, Xiang Pengfei turned around and punched Zhou Chengzhi in the face.

Zhou Chengzhi's head lolled to the side from the punch, but he quickly raised it, twisted his head, wiped the blood from his mouth with his finger, and snorted, saying, "Hmph, Xiang Pengfei, you're something else! You even dare to hit your brother-in-law. Aren't you afraid I'll have someone deal with you?"

Xiang Pengfei glared at Zhou Chengzhi and said, "Then come at me! If you're so capable, come at me. What kind of ability is it to bully my aunt, an old lady?"

Upon hearing Xiang Pengfei's words, Zhou Chengzhi immediately understood what was going on. What puzzled him was how Xiang Pengfei knew about this matter. He had clearly instructed the person in charge to keep a sharp eye on things and only take action when no one was around.

Zhou Chengzhi's eyes darted around, and he immediately suspected that Xiang Pengfei was trying to extort him. So he pretended to be unaware and said, "What does it have to do with me that your aunt is being bullied? Don't think that just because you're making up an excuse, I won't bother you. Where's my sister?"

"Your sister caught a cold and was taken to the hospital!"

"You, Xiang Pengfei, I introduced my sister to you so you could take care of her and help her get better. But what you've done is worse—you've made her sick and hospitalized. How could you do this to me?"

“Zhou Chengzhi, stop talking about this. Last night, Liu Wu and Hao Liu were driving a white truck. I saw them clearly.”

"Ah! You, you really saw it?"

"Do you know why your sister caught a cold? It's because I was helping my aunt, and your sister was watching my car. She was dressed too lightly and that's why she caught a cold!"

"So you two were both there. What kind of mess have Liu Wu and Hao Liu made? I'll have to teach them a lesson when we get back!"

"Speak! Who gave you permission to do this?"

"Yes, it's Liu Jian. Wu Shanshan and her husband want to open a Xinhua Bookstore and asked me to deal with the Zhuang family. They also asked me to take care of the old lady!"

"You are utterly despicable! How could you lay a hand on an unarmed old man? Are you even human?"

Zhou Chengzhi suddenly knelt down and cried as he said to Xiang Pengfei, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, please forgive me this time, brother-in-law. I'll listen to you from now on, okay? I can't go to jail. If I go to jail, all my family property and money will be confiscated, and Yuxiang will be implicated too, brother-in-law!"

Xiang Pengfei looked around again and then said, "Get up right now. You know what you're supposed to do next, right?"

"I know, I know, I'll go get the household registration book right away and let you two get married, okay, brother-in-law!"

"Get out of here right now, don't let me see you again, you're disgusting!"

"Yes, yes, I understand, I'll leave right away!"

Xiang Pengfei watched Zhou Chengzhi leave, spat at his retreating figure, and then went to find Zhou Yuxiang.

Meanwhile, Zhuang Chaoying and Wu Jianguo arrived at the entrance of the Public Security Bureau. Just as they were hesitating whether to go in, Li Yong suddenly appeared at the door.

It turned out that Li Yong was here to work. When he saw Zhuang Chaoying, he immediately recognized her and went up to her, asking, "Hello, are you Tu Nan's father?"

Zhuang Chaoying naturally knew that he was Tu Nan's former fellow patient, so she said, "Yes, yes, that's me!"

What brings you to the police station?

Zhuang Chaoying is a teacher and has a somewhat introverted personality. As a result, she is hesitant and indecisive, which is what people would call being a bit chubby.

But Wu Jianguo was a rough man; he was a coward, otherwise how would he find work to make a living? So Wu Jianguo said, "It's like this, comrade policeman, his wife, who is also Tu Nan's mother, was hit by a car around 3 a.m. this morning!"

"What?"

Li Yong also looked very surprised. He said, "These smugglers are really lawless. Come on. I'll take you to the traffic department to check the video. By the way, where were you hit?"

Zhuang Chaoying then said, "From the post office to the intersection on our main street, there are four traffic lights. If my wife checked at the post office, it was the third intersection; if she checked from our house, it was the second intersection. That's where the accident happened!"

"The second intersection?"

Li Yong thought for a moment and said, "So you mean the intersection on Xinhua Street, right?"

Zhuang Chaoying and Wu Jianguo said almost simultaneously, "Yes!"

"Alright, let's go to the traffic police station and take a look at the video footage from that time!"

Li Yong drove a police station car and took Zhuang Chaoying and Wu Jianguo to the traffic police brigade.

After chasing Zhou Chengzhi away, Xiang Pengfei returned to the place he had just left, only to find that Zhou Yuxiang was nowhere to be seen. He then went to the service desk and asked a nurse, only to learn that Zhou Yuxiang had gone to bed six in ward three of the respiratory medicine department.

When he found Zhou Yuxiang, the nurse was covering her with a blanket. As soon as she saw Xiang Pengfei, she said, "What have you been doing? The patient's family isn't staying with her. Why are you running around like this? Can't you take some responsibility?"

Xiang Pengfei quickly apologized, "I'm so sorry, nurse. I had to go to the restroom just now. I really couldn't help it. I'm so sorry!"

"Alright, it's alright. I've added an extra blanket for you. Make sure the patient stays warm. Let me tell you, these are your wife's periods these days. If she gets cold, it will affect her ability to conceive. You'll regret it if she can't get pregnant!"

"ah!"

These words startled Xiang Pengfei, leaving him speechless.

After the nurse left the ward, Xiang Pengfei suddenly thought that he should give Zhou Yuxiang some hot water. He noticed that Zhou Yuxiang still had a lot of IV fluids, so he thought of buying a thermos and a cup. He said to the family member of the patient in the next bed, "Hello, Auntie, could you please keep an eye on my IV fluids while I go buy something?"

"Okay, it's fine, young man, just don't take too long!"

"Okay, I'll just buy a few things and be right back!"

After Xiang Pengfei finished speaking, he walked outside.

When he reached the hospital entrance and was about to go to the store across the street to buy a thermos, he saw Zhuang Xiaoting with tears streaming down her face and hurriedly called out, "Xiaoting, Xiaoting, why are you back?"

With tears streaming down her face, Zhuang Xiaoting asked, "Where...where is my mom? Where is she?"

"My mom is watching from the doorway in the emergency room! My aunt is still in the operating room!"

"Still in the operating room? How long has it been? Still in the emergency room?"

"It's been more than three hours!"

"Oh! More than three hours? What has my mom suffered? It took more than three hours, my mom, my mom is suffering so much!"

"There was nothing I could do. She was all alone when the car accident happened. Luckily, I was passing by at the time, otherwise my aunt would have been in danger!"

"Where's the emergency room? Take me there, I need to see my mom! I need to see my mom!"

"Xiaoting, don't get excited. My mom is watching over your aunt. What I want to tell you is that my girlfriend, Zhou Yuxiang, is also sick. She got sick because she was waiting for me. When I took your aunt home, she was waiting for me in the car, so she's quite sick now. I need to buy her some things!"

"Alright! You go ahead! I'll find the emergency room myself!"

Xiang Pengfei watched Zhuang Xiaoting stride towards the emergency room, his eyes also filled with tears, but he was trying his best to control himself and not let himself cry, because he was a man and had to bear all of this.

Zhuang Xiaoting ran to the emergency room and saw her aunt Zhuang Hualin waiting at the door.

As soon as Zhuang Hualin saw Zhuang Xiaoting, he said, "Child, why are you back?"

"Dongzhe's mom called me and asked me to come back. How is my mom now?"

Zhuang Hualin glanced at the emergency room door and said, "They're still in surgery, aren't they?"

Zhuang Xiaoting, holding onto her aunt's arm, kept calling out, "Mom, why aren't you coming out yet?"