After mailing the letter, Xia Wan took a bunch of things and went straight back to the hospital.
She wasn't worried about leaving this time, because in her opinion, Wu Baoping, that coward, whether he was truly convinced or not, at least wouldn't dare to cause any more trouble on the surface.
However, to her surprise, when she returned, she found an extra man in the ward.
Wu Zhaodi was standing next to the man, talking animatedly: "You've already received your salary, right? Give me this month's paycheck. I still need to buy some supplements for your cousin; he's lost weight these past few days in the hospital!"
The man was drinking water with his head down, his face full of impatience, clearly not taking her words to heart.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Wu Zhaodi seemed quite angry: "Xia Tao, did you hear me? I'm talking to you! Give me the money right now!"
"Didn't you give it to me last month? I didn't see you this anxious when my dad was sick. If the villagers hadn't told me my dad was hospitalized, I wouldn't even have known. You've taken such good care of my dad that he ended up in the hospital!"
Xia Tao glared at Wu Zhaodi, feeling both angry and heartbroken. Over the years, Wu Zhaodi had completely destroyed what little mother-son affection they had left.
He hadn't been taken care of much since he was little, and after his father got sick, things got even worse. He only wanted money and didn't care about anything else.
Wu Zhaodi curled her lip, not feeling she had done anything wrong at all: "How was I supposed to know he would be knocked out by a child? He's getting more and more useless."
"If you hadn't been so indifferent every day, how could they have dared to go to such lengths! Didn't you promise that as long as you gave me money, you would take good care of my father?" Xia Tao's face turned red with anger, but he was only concerned about his filial piety; otherwise, he would have really wanted to start cursing.
Xia Wan frowned as she listened at the door of the ward, but seeing her father sitting on the bed reading a book, she was not affected at all.
Xia Wan's expression softened slightly as she entered the ward: "Dad, I'm back."
Her voice drew everyone's attention, especially Xia Tao, who was drinking water. He suddenly stood up and looked at her, somewhat at a loss.
Xia Wan simply nodded to him without saying anything more. However, from Wu Zhaodi's few words just now, she already knew the other party's identity.
"You're back. Why did you buy so much stuff again?" Xia Jianguo smiled, glanced at his son, and introduced him: "Xiao Wan, this is your brother, his name is Xia Tao."
"Sister... Sister..." Xia Tao scratched his head, somewhat at a loss, but his eyes were full of eagerness as he looked at Xia Wan.
Xia Wan, however, was poised and nodded to him: "Brother, did you just get back from Suzhou?"
"Oh, right, I just got back from Suzhou." Xia Tao smiled sheepishly. "Thanks to Xiao Wan for taking care of Dad these past few days!"
"It's my own father, isn't it my duty to take care of him? There's no question of hardship!"
Xia Wan took out the dried fruit she bought from the supply and marketing cooperative and placed it on the table, giving each of them a handful, completely ignoring the Wu family aunt and niece in the ward!
Xia Wan was quite satisfied with the older brother's performance just now; at least he didn't immediately give Wu Zhaodi the money when she asked for it.
Xia Wan knew she couldn't expect Xia Tao to be like her, ignoring Wu Zhaodi or cursing at her, since Xia Tao was different from her.
He is Wu Zhaodi's biological son, and was raised by her from childhood.
Unlike herself, who had only been in this world for a couple of days and whose only thought was of her own father, she was different.
After calmly greeting her brother, Xia Wan walked straight up to Wu Baoping with a cold face.
Under the other person's questioning gaze, he slapped them twice with his backhand.
[Congratulations, host! Wu Baoping has contributed 5 points, bringing your total to 12 points. Please keep up the good work!]
"Little system, can you turn this broadcast off?" Xia Wan felt that listening to it made her stomach churn, so she decided to avoid it if possible and just take a look when the time came!
[Yes, the host can manually close it in the system panel!]
A dialog box popped up in the system. Xia Wan clicked close next to the points broadcast before she had time to pay attention to Wu Baoping, who looked aggrieved after being beaten.
Do you know why I hit you?
Wu Baoping shook his head, feeling wronged. He didn't know! He felt he had taken good care of his uncle, and had even gone out to get them a kettle of hot water!
Why did she hit him without asking anything after she came back? He felt very wronged, but he didn't dare to say anything, afraid that Xia Wan would beat him even more!
"Xia Wan, what right do you have to hit your cousin? He didn't do anything wrong!" Wu Zhaodi's eyes reddened with anger. She felt that ever since Xia Wan arrived, the whole world was against her.
Even her once easily fooled and obedient son has changed; he's actually started talking back to her!
Xia Wan smiled, her eyes crinkling, but upon closer inspection, her gaze was full of malice: "Because... your aunt scolded my dad again."
After saying that, he turned to look at Wu Zhaodi: "He didn't provoke me, but you did. I've said it before, if you insult my father again, or if my father is even slightly unhappy because of you, I will vent all my anger on your nephew."
"He took that beating for you! How about that? Aren't you touched? Tsk tsk, you two have such a good relationship!"
As soon as Xia Wan finished speaking, Wu Baoping glared angrily at his aunt: "What's wrong with you? Why did you scold my uncle! Do you just want to see me get beaten? What did you promise my grandparents? Didn't you say you would take good care of me? Is this how you take care of me?!"
He was incredibly timid when facing Xia Wan, but when facing Wu Zhaodi, he instantly felt like he could stand up straight.
Wu Zhaodi simply lowered her head, looking as if she had done something wrong: "Baoping, don't be angry. Don't tell your grandparents, don't let them worry. Your aunt was wrong! It's all your aunt's fault! Your aunt shouldn't have made you get beaten!"
Xia Tao was dumbfounded by Xia Wan's actions. He had no idea that it could be done like that.
His sister is amazing!
Why didn't he think of that before?
He used to worry about this and that, which made a mess of his life.
He was thinking of everyone so that his father could enjoy a good life, but who would have thought that in the end, someone else would be the one to enjoy the good life, while his father was always hungry and cold and even got beaten up by a brat!
Every time he went back home, his father would only report good news and not bad! And he himself was careless, thinking that his family was taking good care of his father.
And those people did exactly that in front of him, showing concern for his father, cleaning up his excrement and urine, and boiling water for his bath.
Damn it! All I want is this little bit of salary I have.
How could he be so careless?
Oh, it seems that because of Xia Qiao, she should be called Qiao Qiao now!
The woman said her father had always lived a good life and that his family took good care of them.
He originally thought Xia Qiao was his younger sister, his father's daughter, and that she would never help those people deceive him!
Who would have thought that the woman didn't utter a single truth?
If it weren't for what his father had just said to him, he would still be completely in the dark.
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