Wei Hong led Lin's father, mother, and grandfather into Lin Piaoxue's hospital room. Upon seeing several police officers inside, Lin's mother's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly asked, "Officers, what are you doing in the hospital room?"

Liu Wei said solemnly, "Someone at the hospital reported that someone had gone mad and harmed a comatose patient. I came to the hospital to investigate, and Lin Piaoxue is a prime suspect."

Lin's mother said nervously, "Officer, even if it's snowing and it hurts Qinghuan, it's just a fight between the two sisters. It's a family matter, and we can handle it privately. You can go back now."

Looking at the expression on Lin's mother's face, Liu Wei frowned slightly. "Unless Lin Qinghuan withdraws the case, we will not sit idly by."

Lin's mother said unhappily, "Officer, Qinghuan is still unconscious. How can she drop the case? Are you deliberately making things difficult for me?"

A young policewoman looked at Lin's mother with a faint sneer on her face, "Don't you know Lin Qinghuan has already woken up?"

Lin's mother was stunned for a moment. Qinghuan had woken up?

When did you wake up?

When Grandpa Lin heard that Lin Qinghuan had woken up, he was overjoyed, glanced at Lin Piaoxue with disgust, and then turned and left.

He couldn't care whether Lin Piaoxue, that scourge, was alive or dead; he wanted to go see that poor girl Qinghuan.

Lin's father walked up to Lin Piaoxue with a gloomy expression and slapped her hard across the face. The crisp sound of the slap echoed in the ward.

Lin Piaoxue's face was slapped to the side, half of her face was numb, and blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

Liu Wei and the others were completely dumbfounded.

Lin's mother roared angrily, "Lin Lao Er, what are you trying to do?"

Lin's father slapped Lin's mother across the face again, saying, "A doting mother spoils her son. It's all because of your pampering and indulgence that she dared to hurt Qinghuan without fear."

Lin's mother covered her slapped face, but instead of making a scene as usual, she silently lowered her head.

Seeing her father's angry expression, Lin Piaoxue knew she had completely enraged him. She covered her burning red face and dared not utter a word.

"Qinghuan was stabbed by a robber while protecting the family's money and me and your uncle. She is lying in bed with her life hanging in the balance. Instead of being grateful, you took advantage of her unconscious state to hurt her again and again. How could you do that?"

As he spoke, Lin's father looked at Lin's mother and said with an icy expression, "If you say one more word for Lin Piaoxue, you won't have to come back to the Lin family."

“Piaoxue is our daughter, our own daughter, how can I abandon her?” Lin’s mother said painfully.

"Qinghuan is your own daughter, and the eldest son and the others are your own sons too. You are not just Lin Piaoxue's mother," Lin's father said hoarsely.

Lin's mother staggered, almost losing her balance. She looked helplessly at Lin's father, her lips moved slightly, and she closed her eyes in despair, saying sadly, "I can't abandon Piaoxue, I can't watch her suffer."

"You can't bear to see Piaoxue suffer, but you can bear to see Qinghuan suffer? Isn't Qinghuan good to you? Does being an obedient child mean you have to suffer in every way?" Lin's father asked with heartache.

“Qinghuan is smart and has such a good boyfriend as Weixiao. The eldest son and the others are men, so what does it matter if they suffer a little more? But Piaoxue is a girl and doesn’t have a boyfriend. If I don’t feel sorry for her, who will?” Lin’s mother said with tears in her eyes.

The round-faced nurse looked at Lin's mother with a complicated expression and said in a low voice, "Lin Qinghuan being reborn into your womb is her greatest tragedy. You should only have one child, Lin Piaoxue."

Lin Qinghuan's attending physician, Xing Yun, smiled awkwardly, "An intern, she doesn't know any better." After saying that, he pulled the round-faced nurse out of the ward.

Liu Wei and the other police officers exchanged bewildered glances, their faces showing surprise. Judging from the words of Lin's father and mother, it seemed that Lin Piaoxue had injured Lin Qinghuan's face.

They remembered the bloodstains on the fruit knife and felt utterly bewildered. What kind of hatred could have driven them to hate each other?

Lin Piaoxue didn't want to be stigmatized, so she looked at her father and said, "I didn't hurt Lin Qinghuan. I have nothing to hide. The police can investigate me however they want."

Lin's mother blurted out, "Did you hear that? Piaoxue said she didn't hurt Qinghuan."

Mr. Lin glanced at Mrs. Lin with a dark look in his eyes, "Since Piaoxue says she didn't hurt Qinghuan, then let the police investigate."

Lin's mother's pupils contracted slightly as she looked at Lin's father, hesitant to speak.

"The long arm of the law will eventually catch up with you. There are so many people in the hospital, surely someone saw the criminal enter Lin Qinghuan's ward," Liu Wei said righteously.

A nurse in her thirties stood hesitantly at the ward door, looking at the police as if she had something to say.

Liu Wei, with his sharp eyes, walked up to the nurse and asked, "Is there something you need?"

"I saw Lin Piaoxue follow a man up to the fourth floor. He was the same man who helped her with the hospital admission procedures. I don't know if she injured the patient's face," the nurse said.

Liu Wei was overjoyed and quickly asked, "When will Lin Piaoxue return to the ward?"

"I saw her running downstairs for about a few minutes," the nurse said.

Lin Piaoxue's face showed horror. "You're lying."

"You bumped into me when you ran into the ward," the nurse said.

Lin's father looked at Lin Piaoxue with a face full of disappointment, then closed his eyes with a bitter expression.

Lin's mother plopped down on the ground, her face full of dejection.

The patient sharing a ward with Lin Piaoxue exclaimed in shock as he looked at her, "My goodness, did you really scratch your sister's face?"

"I didn't. Don't talk nonsense. You can't accuse me based on just one sentence," Lin Piaoxue argued.

...

Lin Fu leaned against the door of the ward. When he saw Grandpa Lin and Wei Hong arrive, he immediately stood up straight and respectfully greeted Grandpa Lin, "Boss!"

"Qinghuan is really awake?" Grandpa Lin asked happily.

"He's awake, but he's too weak and fell asleep again," Lin Fu said.

Grandpa Lin pushed open the door to the ward, walked quietly to the bedside, looked at the bandaged wound on Lin Qinghuan's face, and asked softly, "How badly is your face injured?"

"The wound is deep, it will definitely leave a scar," Lin Fu said guiltily.

"Lin Piaoxue went too far," Wei Hong said.

Lin Fu lowered his head and said, "Boss, it was my mistake that caused Miss Qinghuan to get hurt. Please punish me!"

"Make a note of it," Grandpa Lin said with a stern face.

Lin's mother led the police into the ward. She came to the bedside, looked at the injuries on Lin Qinghuan's face, and was shocked. How could Piaoxue do that?

Grandpa Lin looked at Grandma Lin and asked, "What do you want to do?"