Encouraged by this glimmer of hope, Zhou Qiqi immediately stood up and prepared to take action.
"etc!"
However, just as she took a step, her arm was suddenly grabbed by a slightly trembling hand!
It's Qin Peilan!
Instead of showing the same joy as her husband, her face became even paler, and her lips lost their color.
She gripped Zhou Qiqi's sleeve tightly, her voice trembling, and asked, word by word:
"Wait...wait a minute, Qiqi, don't rush. First, figure out what 'scene recreation' means?"
She asked softly, her eyes fixed on Zhou Qiqi.
But the look in his eyes didn't show genuine confusion; rather, it was as if he understood but wished he had misunderstood.
Zhou Qiqi stopped in her tracks. Looking into her mother-in-law's eyes, which were filled with fear and resistance, she immediately understood.
She bit her lower lip, feeling somewhat reluctant, yet forced to tell the truth. She could only soften her voice as she spoke:
"Mom, it's...it's what you mean..."
Upon hearing the answer, Qin Peilan abruptly released her grip, staggered back half a step, her eyes momentarily unfocused, and murmured, repeating:
"What I meant...?"
She looked up, her eyes shifting between Zhou Qiqi and Shen Zhenbang, and asked:
"You mean, you want Zhouzhou to relive...relive what happened that night?"
He finished speaking without waiting for their reply.
Her breathing quickened, her chest heaving as if she couldn't catch her breath, and she was so excited that she almost screamed:
"No! Absolutely not!!!"
She grabbed Shen Zhenbang's arm, tears welling up instantly, and questioned him:
"Old Shen! Are you crazy?! How could you agree to this?! Is this 'scene recreation'? This is like ripping a child's heart out with a knife! She's only seven years old! Seven years old!!"
"Have you forgotten what the child looked like when she was rescued?! Have you forgotten how she was hiding under the bed, trembling with fear?! We put in so much effort and suffered so much to help her slowly forget that nightmare, and now she finally has a smile on her face!"
"Now... now you're actually going to push her back into that hell with your own hands?! To make her relive all that blood and fire... all the suffering her parents endured?! You're killing her!!"
Qin Peilan became more and more agitated as she spoke, and her emotions completely spiraled out of control. She seemed to see that tragic scene from years ago again, and her heart ached beyond measure.
She felt a dull ache in her heart, clutched her chest, and said, tears streaming down her face:
"Even I, an old woman, can't bear to think about that memory; it makes my heart clench. How can you expect a little girl like Zhouzhou to bear it?! She'll be scared to death! Absolutely not! I'd rather die than agree to it!!"
When Zhou Qiqi saw her mother-in-law clutching her chest, her face pale, and her breathing rapid, her heart sank.
She knew best about her mother-in-law's angina pectoris; she couldn't handle any major shocks. She quickly turned around, grabbed the emergency medication, and handed it to Qin Peilan, gently comforting her:
"Mom, I know, I know you're worried about Zhouzhou. Please don't panic, please don't get agitated. Here, take your medicine first. Now is the crucial time to find a solution for Zhouzhou. If you get sick again, what will happen to this family? What will happen to Zhouzhou?"
Qin Peilan stubbornly turned her head away, refusing to take the medicine. Tears streamed down her face as she cried, "..."
"I, I'm fine, I don't need medicine! Qiqi, good girl, you... you just need to promise Mom not to use that method, not to let Zhouzhou suffer like that again! Then Mom will be perfectly fine! Really!"
Her words practically used her own body as a bargaining chip.
Zhou Qiqi felt both anxious and pained, knowing that her mother-in-law was stuck in a rut, so she could only continue to patiently persuade her:
"Mom, this isn't about making Zhouzhou suffer, it's about saving her! The information says so..."
No matter what she said, Qin Peilan wouldn't listen, repeating only one sentence over and over:
"No, we can't do that! She's still a child! How can she handle that!"
Just as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were locked in a stalemate, one insisting on giving the medicine and the other stubbornly refusing to take it—
Shen Zhenbang, who had been keeping a tense expression and remaining silent, suddenly raised his hand and slammed it heavily on the table with a loud bang!
He said in a deep voice, "Enough! Perrin!"
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