With Su Zhichen's arrival, Song Wanying felt much more at ease and began to give her explanation.

After the interrogation ended, Fu Jing came out, glanced at the indifferent Su Wantang, and said to Su Zhichen, "The situation is not optimistic."

"Based solely on Comrade Song's one-sided account, her accusation that someone framed her is untenable. Many people witnessed her taking out a stone and hitting someone on the head. If the victim insists on pursuing the matter..."

Fu Jing didn't explain it clearly, but everyone understood his implication.

Su Zhichen's mind worked quickly. He immediately asked, "What if... that person doesn't pursue the matter?"

"It can be transferred to a civil dispute, and the matter can be settled by paying compensation."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Jing felt an unpleasant gaze glaring at him.

Her master was Su Wantang.

...

Knowing Su Zhichen's romantic nature, Su Wantang's words weren't wasted. She first calmed Lu Zhentian down and sent him back to the compound. Then, she took Su Zhichen directly to the hospital.

I asked a nurse and found the ward.

After knocking on the door and receiving permission, Su Zhichen went inside carrying a basket of eggs he had hurriedly bought at the hospital entrance.

"Who are you?" the middle-aged man standing by the hospital bed asked in a hostile tone.

"I am Song Wanying's husband."

Who is Song Wanying?

Su Zhichen pursed his lips, hesitant to speak, but Su Wantang spoke for him.

"He's the guy who smashed the head of a woman lying in bed."

"Wantang!" Su Zhichen called out in a low voice.

Qian Peng's voice suddenly rose: "You still dare to come?"

Su Zhichen placed the gifts on the table and pleaded in a low voice, "My wife didn't do it on purpose. She just acted impulsively. We're willing to compensate her. Let's discuss a price, and you can go to the police station to drop the case, okay?"

Su Wantang frowned, unable to bear seeing Su Zhichen like this, but she also understood that if she didn't let him do this, he wouldn't give up.

The hand that was raised to pull the person down slowly fell back down.

Qian Peng shoved Su Zhichen aside: "So what if you have a few stinking coins? My wife's head's been cracked open by your wife! I don't want money! That bitch has to go to jail!"

Looking at his poor appearance, carrying only an egg, how much money could he possibly give?

The person who encouraged them to cause trouble gave them 100 yuan and even arranged an internship for their son, Tianwang, at a steel factory.

Su Wantang helped Su Zhichen, who was staggering backward, and asked with concern, "Dad, are you alright?"

"Dad, it's okay."

Su Wantang turned to Qian Peng and said, "If you don't drop the case, then you don't drop it. If you lay a hand on my dad again, believe me, I'll sue you."

Qian Peng's pupils shrank, he picked up the basket of eggs, hesitated for two seconds, then took out only one egg and smashed it at the feet of Su Wantang and Su Zhichen.

"roll!"

Su Wantang dragged Su Zhichen out, and of course, she didn't forget to take the eggs with her. Although she didn't need them, she couldn't let the people who bullied her father get them for free.

As Su Wantang retrieved the eggs, she inadvertently caught Qian Peng's eyeballs, which had fallen to the ground, as if to say, 'No, you came to apologize, and now you're taking your things back?'

Su Wantang felt a surge of relief.

At the same time, it dawned on him that his grandfather had said Huo Qing was stingy, so he figured the person he had found probably hadn't been paid much money either.

"Dad, you saw that man's attitude just now. He's not someone to mess with. Don't worry about this. Leave it to me."

"If all else fails, let Song Wanying stay in jail for a few years."

Su Zhichen disagreed, saying, "How can that be?"

"Dad, why not? No matter what, didn't Song Wanying hit the person?"

"yes."

"If someone does something wrong, shouldn't they be punished?"

"yes."

"Besides, Dad, you won't abandon Song Wanying just because she's been to jail. It's just a matter of moving her to a different place for a few years, it's not a big deal."

On one hand, Su Zhichen felt that Su Wantang was wrong. How could it be no big deal? He was half-buried and didn't care, but Su Wantang was still young and had a mother who was in prison. If word got out, wouldn't people gossip about her?

On the one hand, Su Zhichen felt that Su Wantang's words made a lot of sense; mistakes should be admitted, and he would not abandon Song Wanying because of this.

Seeing the wavering look on Su Zhichen's face, Su Wantang added fuel to the fire.

“Dad, you know why Song Wanying got into trouble. She was trying to see Liu Cuicui. I gave her five hundred yuan, but she gave it all to Liu Cuicui.”

Mentioning this made Su Zhichen feel guilty.

"Tangtang, your mom—"

Looking into Su Wantang's clear eyes, Su Zhichen couldn't bring himself to say the words he always used to defend Song Wanying.

After a long pause, he finally said in a low voice, "Tangtang, Dad will listen to you."

When the two left the hospital to go home, a nurse accidentally bumped into Su Wantang.

Su Zhichen asked with concern, "Tangtang, are you alright?"

Su Wantang clenched the note in her hand and shook her head: "Dad, wait for me a moment, I'm going to the bathroom."

"Then Dad will wait for you in the hospital lobby."

Once out of Su Zhichen's sight, Su Wantang opened the note in her hand.

[Comrade Su, I can get Qian Peng and his wife to recant their testimonies.]

With just one sentence, Su Wantang guessed the identity of the person behind it all.

Huo Zhan.

She crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

Everyone thought she would try to save Song Wanying, her biological mother? Sorry, she'd rather have Song Wanying stay in there for a few more years than anyone else.

Then, take advantage of these few years to properly cleanse her father of his love-struck mind.

"Dad, let's go."

Neither of them saw that not far away, a woman in a white coat looked incredulous when she saw Su Zhichen's familiar profile.

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