"Shut up!" The head nurse, unable to bear it any longer, rushed over again and warned, "If you make another sound, I'll have the security guards throw you all out!"
The nurse's ultimatum finally worked; the three glared at each other, but ultimately dared not utter another word.
Meng Xueyun's chest heaved violently. She knew that continuing the stalemate would not benefit anyone, and finally gritted her teeth and made a concession.
“Fine,” she squeezed out through gritted teeth, “then let’s compromise.”
"We'll split this money into three parts!"
“Our Ye family will take a share, you, Huang Qiaoling, will take a share, and he, Liu Mingxuan, will take a share!”
“But,” she changed the subject, her sharp gaze sweeping over the two of them, “neither of you are leaving. You both have to stay in the hospital and wait!”
"Once the final total amount is determined, I'll fill the amount into the IOU. Nobody can pull any tricks!"
Although Ye Zhenghua was extremely unwilling, he had no choice but to go to the window and pay the money with a dark face.
He walked back with the payment slip and showed the numbers to everyone. Meng Xueyun and Huang Qiaoling, who had been paying close attention, immediately took out their notebooks and wrote down the details.
To prevent Liu Mingxuan from slipping away in the chaos, Meng Xueyun handed him paper and pen and coldly ordered, "You must write the IOU right now!"
Seeing that his plan to get away with it or find a chance to escape had completely failed, Liu Mingxuan's face fell, and he reluctantly wrote down the IOU.
Just as Liu Mingxuan and Huang Qiaoling finished writing the IOU and Meng Xueyun carefully put it in her pocket, the emergency room door opened.
A nurse poked her head out and called out, "Meng Zihan's family, the stitches are done, get ready to transfer her to the inpatient department."
Ye Zhenghua then went to complete the formalities.
A short while later, Meng Zihan was pushed out on a wheeled flatbed by a caregiver, with the IV drip hanging beside the bed swaying back and forth as the wheels rolled.
The remaining three people, Meng Xueyun, Huang Qiaoling, and Liu Mingxuan, each with their own thoughts, silently followed behind the bed.
In the long corridor, only the creaking of the bed wheels and the uneven footsteps of the three of them echoed, making one feel uneasy.
The ward was a three-person room, and there was already a patient in the seat by the window.
However, I didn't see anyone.
I guess they went home for the Chinese New Year.
The caregiver and nurses worked together to move Meng Zihan to the middle bed.
The nurse quickly changed the IV bag, adjusted the drip rate, gave a few instructions, and then turned and left.
Meng Xueyun leaned closer and looked at Meng Zihan carefully.
Meng Zihan had not yet woken up; she lay there quietly, motionless.
After this series of ordeals, her already slender body appeared even thinner, and even when the blanket was covering her, there was no visible movement.
His cheeks were deeply sunken, making his cheekbones stand out even more, and his lips were completely bloodless, with a faint bluish-white tinge.
Her forehead was wrapped in thick white gauze, and a few strands of blood-soaked hair stuck to the edge of the gauze, which had dried to a dark red color, making her look shocking.
Meng Xueyun reached out to touch Meng Zihan's wound, but her fingertips stopped an inch from her forehead, trembling violently.
She could no longer hold back, covered her mouth, and tears streamed down her face like broken beads, one after another, while suppressed sobs escaped her throat.
"My little Han, what deity did you offend to suffer so much? Nothing has gone smoothly for you lately!"
If I had to say what bad luck I had, it all started when I met Liu Mingxuan!
Meng Xueyun immediately found the culprit, turned around, and stared intently at Liu Mingxuan, who was standing at the door, with bloodshot eyes.
He roared hoarsely, "Liu Mingxuan, look at this! Look what you've done to Xiaohan! You're not human!"
Liu Mingxuan trembled at her shout, and immediately became angry again.
What does this have to do with me?
Is it my fault again?
He immediately yelled, "Why are you yelling at me? What does this have to do with me!"
He shrugged, making an innocent expression: "I already said I wanted to break up, but she kept pestering me and insisted on moving into my house. What could I do?"
He got angrier and angrier as he spoke, and started making harsh remarks.
"You think you can just break up like that? Let me tell you, no way!"
He pointed towards the hospital bed and said fiercely, "When Meng Zihan is discharged, she must come back with me!"
"If she doesn't come with me, I'll go to your cafeteria every day and make a scene, so everyone knows what your family has done!"
Seeing his shameless behavior, Meng Xueyun was even more furious. She pointed at him and cursed, "You're dreaming! Xiaohan is already like this, and you still won't let her go?"
"Are you only satisfied when you've killed her?!"
Huang Qiaoling is also a mother, and seeing Meng Zihan lying lifeless on the hospital bed, she felt terrible.
She gently tugged at Meng Xueyun's arm, turned to Liu Mingxuan, and kindly advised, "You can't be too ruthless. Heaven is watching what people do. You'll get your comeuppance eventually."
Liu Mingxuan scoffed as if he'd heard the biggest joke in the world, glancing sideways at Huang Qiaoling: "Me, suffer retribution? You're a mistress who broke up someone else's family and you're not afraid of retribution, so why should I be afraid?"
He pointed with his chin at himself and Meng Zihan on the hospital bed, and said confidently, "Meng Zihan and I are dating, we are both single, it's perfectly aboveboard!"
He looked Huang Qiaoling up and down with disdain and said sarcastically without any politeness, "What right do you have to stand here and talk to me, a woman who brings a child into someone else's family and interferes in their affairs?"
Meng Xueyun didn't have time to argue with Huang Qiaoling and immediately retorted, "How can you be single? You're dating Xiaohan, but you still went to harass Ye Linchen and his roommate, and ended up getting arrested and taken to the police station. What kind of person are you?"
Liu Mingxuan was taken aback. He hadn't expected Meng Xueyun to speak up for Huang Qiaoling, and his face turned extremely ugly.
He glared at Meng Xueyun and cursed, "Are you out of your mind? She's going to ruin your family, and you're still defending her?"
He leaned forward and threw the knife fiercely towards Meng Xueyun's heart.
"I think you deserve it! You deserve to lose your man, and you deserve to lose your daughter!"
Meng Xueyun's rationality vanished in an instant, her eyes turning bloodshot as she screamed and lunged at Liu Mingxuan: "I'll fight you to the death!"
Huang Qiaoling reacted quickly, grabbing Meng Xueyun's waist tightly from behind and urgently pleading, "Sister Meng! Sister Meng, calm down! This is a hospital, you can't fight!"
Meng Xueyun wouldn't listen to any more advice. She struggled desperately in her arms, trying to scratch Liu Mingxuan with her hands and feet, shouting repeatedly, "Let me go! Let me beat this scumbag to death! I'm going to beat him to death today!"
The three were making a ruckus and didn't notice Meng Zihan slowly opening her eyes on the bed, her gaze filled with a coldness and confusion that didn't belong to Meng Zihan.
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