The young nurse stood at the door of the ward, and the tall man gestured with his eyes.
"you say!"
The young nurse glanced guiltily at Granny Chang before quickly looking away.
"That's right, I can testify. She was faking illness and staying in the hospital just to get her son transferred back to Beijing. She's perfectly fine!"
The old lady in the next bed immediately joined in with a hiss.
"I knew it! I saw that she was perfectly healthy, yet she kept staying in the hospital. So that's what she was up to!"
The crowd gathered outside the ward, watching the spectacle, were abuzz with discussion. They had never heard of such a precedent before; they were truly astonished. This family was utterly shameless!
Granny Chang felt a lump in her throat. How could the young girl speak like that!
She never had a falling out with the nurse, and she believed she had done right by her conscience.
"You, you...you're wrong to say that!"
The tall man shouted sternly, "Quiet!"
Granny Chang shuddered in fright. She keenly sensed the man tilting the scales to the other side, and her blood surged for a moment.
Zhang Guifen pulled Granny Chang aside and whispered, "Auntie, the common people can't fight against the officials, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
She argued, "Ordinary people like us can only accept our fate when things happen like this. Who told us to be unlucky! Ordinary people have no power or influence, so we can only accept it! I advise the old lady to quickly take all the blame, confess and be treated leniently, resist and be punished severely. I hope the higher-ups will see our sincere attitude and give us a break!"
Granny Chang was stunned for a moment: "...No, that's not true..."
How can you admit to something that didn't happen!
Her second son is doing very well in Northwest China, and her family is so proud of him that they wouldn't even dare to have such thoughts!
"Auntie, I'm doing this all for your own good!"
Zhang Guifen declared with righteous indignation: "Justice resides in the hearts of the people. Even if we admit it, so what? The authorities will not allow innocent people to suffer injustice!"
Granny Chang never thought the worst of people, and she actually felt that what was said made some sense.
Granny Chang hesitated.
Outside in the corridor, Xianglan watched the nurse standing at the ward door spouting nonsense, and she was so angry she wanted to grind her teeth.
She usually takes care of Grandma Chang at the hospital and runs errands for her. She knows better than anyone how good Grandma Chang is to this heartless bastard!
I always remember to give some of the good stuff to the nurses!
That nurse is such a jerk!
Xianglan angrily withdrew her gaze. She couldn't rush over and beat up the nurse to vent her anger; she had to hurry back to get reinforcements.
By the way, Sister Zhou—
Xianglan turned around and ran downstairs.
In the ward, Granny Chang held Zhang Guifen's hand and suddenly thought of something.
"Guifen, where's Xianglan? Quickly tell Xianglan to go and call her family over so I can make a decision!"
Oh no, I forgot about that brat Xianglan—
Zhang Guifen shouted, "Where is our little nanny, Xianglan! She was wearing a dark blue floral shirt and cotton pants!"
The tall man glared at him coldly, then summoned his subordinate and gave him a few stern instructions. The subordinate nodded and hurriedly left with a few men.
Seeing this, Granny Chang felt increasingly uneasy; she seemed to have no advantage whatsoever! Only by abandoning this unprecedented situation could she escape this predicament!
"Hey! What are you doing! This is a public place! Why are you blocking the entrance and not letting people in! Mom! Mom! Come out and say something!"
Granny Chang's face lit up with joy; someone from her family had come!
"Young man, those two outside are my daughters, let them in quickly!"
The man originally intended to ignore them with a cold face, but the crowd blocking the ward to watch the commotion shouted, "Let the two women who just arrived in in! We have to see what this family with a belly full of bad intentions is planning to do!"
So, the Chang Lanhua sisters were pushed and shoved through the crack in the door.
The Changlan sisters were completely bewildered. What had happened?
Chang Meihua sensed something was wrong, went over and grabbed Chang Pozi's hand, looking frightened.
"Mom, what happened? We won't get involved, will we?"
Chang Lanhua knew this was unacceptable. If she had known something had happened here, she would never have come, and she would stay as far away from her parents' home as possible from now on.
Chang Lanhua hurriedly called out, "Mom, please say something! What happened? A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl; we shouldn't be held responsible for our family's troubles!"
Granny Chang herself was completely baffled and couldn't explain it at all.
All she knew was that her family was likely in for trouble this time.
Zhang Guifen then quietly told the Chang Lanhua sisters what had happened.
After hearing this, the Chang Lanhua sisters turned around and looked in horror at the group of uniformed people blocking the doorway.
"Inspectorate!"
"Mom, how could you do such a foolish thing! You've really dragged us down with you!"
The Chang sisters ignored everything and immediately began to accuse each other.
Granny Chang was sweating profusely and hurriedly explained, "Orchids and plum blossoms? That's all nonsense!"
The Chang sisters were furious.
"How can you say it's not true? They've come knocking on our door!"
"Mom, my older sister is right. They must have evidence to come to our door. You should admit to this and explain to them that this has nothing to do with me or my older sister!"
Zhang Guifen smiled. The sisters' unexpected appearance had surprised her; she had thought things would take a turn for the worse, but they turned out to be her help.
The Chang sisters were afraid of being implicated by their maternal family. Even the legitimate Inspectorate had been mobilized, so their maternal family might be doing something bad behind their backs.
That's true. Once a daughter is married, she's no longer considered part of the family. What does it have to do with her family if they do bad things?
Chang Lanhua came up with a terrible idea: "Mom, since this was caused by my second brother, why don't you put all the blame on Zhou Hongyu! I bet you and Dad never thought of this! It must be Zhou Hongyu who's behind this!"
Chang Meihua nodded: "Mom, say it out loud, I believe you. This must be Zhou Hongyu's responsibility. My second brother has been in the Northwest for so long, and you and Dad have never complained once. You've always been so proud of this!"
“Zhou Hongyu couldn’t take it anymore and came up with this terrible idea that killed the whole family. You and Dad shouldn’t cover for her. This time, let her suffer the most!”
Granny Chang was even more confused. What was going on? How did this get involved with Xingwang's wife?
Granny Chang had already been swayed by Zhang Guifen's fallacious reasoning.
Upon hearing her two daughters' words, a surge of determination rose within her; she was determined not to give in to this situation no matter what!
She committed suicide by jumping off a building before being taken away by the inspectorate. She was willing to risk her life rather than let her daughter-in-law be implicated!
The tall man standing at the door of the ward frowned.
The old lady was about to admit it, but then she changed her mind!
Zhang Guifen couldn't understand why Granny Chang had suddenly become so smelly and stubborn; it just didn't make sense!
Since that's the case, she has no choice but to use her trump card: blame the Chang family for ruining her plans—
*
"Xianglan, what are you rushing off to?"
Zhou Hongyu frowned and called out to Xianglan, who looked anxious, as if a demon was chasing her.
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