Lin Xiazhu needs to eat snacks several times a day, otherwise she will be hungry and listless, and in a bad mood. Lin Taozi had just arrived less than half an hour ago, and it was time for Lin Xiazhu to eat snacks.
"Wow, what a treat! I didn't eat too much at lunch." Lin Taozi's eyes narrowed with laughter when she saw the pot of soup the maid brought out.
"You're an artist, you need to watch your diet. Don't get too fat. If you lose your figure, no one will dare to hire you for acting," Lin Xiazhu teased her.
"Fatty is cute too. Besides, one bowl won't affect my figure. Big sister, don't worry about not having enough to eat. There must be other delicious food in the kitchen. Just share some with me." Lin Taozi said, already serving herself a bowl of soup and adding a few pieces of chicken.
The two sisters were enjoying their meal when a maid announced that guests had arrived. Lin Xiazhu quickly finished her soup and got up to go to the living room.
The guests had already entered; it was Li Honglian with her six-year-old daughter. Both mother and daughter had red eyes, and the older one was still sobbing softly. They hadn't seen each other for two months since her divorce. What was the reason this time?
As soon as Lin Xiazhu entered the living room, Bai Ruan came down from upstairs. He walked quickly down and then put his arm around Lin Xiazhu and led her to sit down on the sofa. He had been having a video conference upstairs, and just as the conference was coming to an end, he saw Li Honglian and her daughter come in from the balcony.
It's Xiaozhu's fault again. Bai Ruan frowned slightly and immediately ended the meeting. Xiaozhu could make a move at any time. No matter what happens to others, he would not let her get involved. If there is a problem, just come to him. If he can solve it, he will have someone else solve it.
Li Honglian wasn't stupid; she could sense Bai Ruan's unwelcome attitude towards her. But besides Lin Xiazhu, she really didn't know who else to turn to. She was at a loss, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally explained her purpose.
"Xiaozhu, please help me again. I really have no other choice. That woman is inhuman. Xiangxiang is covered in bruises from her beatings, and she often doesn't let him eat his fill. We agreed that I would visit him once a week, but she won't let me see him. Last time, I secretly waited for her at the school gate and saw her..." Li Honglian sobbed uncontrollably, looking incredibly pitiful.
Wang Shi wouldn't let her see Zhang Xiang, who was her and Zhang Yu's son. Li Honglian went to wait at the school gate, but was also stopped by Wang Shi's people and not allowed to see him. A few days ago, she finally found an opportunity to see Zhang Xiang and found that her son had not only lost a lot of weight, but was also lifeless and had no vitality at all.
He looked like an old man about to be buried, uninterested in anything and unwilling to pay attention. But Zhang Xiang is only nine years old. How could a nine-year-old child seem to want to die after a separation?
Upon seeing this, Li Honglian burst into tears on the spot. Without saying a word, she took the child away and went straight to the hospital for a checkup. The results showed that the child's body was covered in new and old injuries, with marks from whippings and fingernails, and he was also malnourished.
This was abuse. Even if Li Honglian was ignorant, she knew that this was illegal. She wanted to take the hospital's certificate to report the case, but as soon as she left the hospital, Zhang Xiang was robbed by Zhang Yu and his men, who also slapped Li Honglian.
"Zhang Yu, are you even human? That's your own son! How can you bear to see him suffer like that? If you have any conscience at all, give your son back to me so I can take good care of him." Unable to win the plea, Li Honglian could only plead, hoping Zhang Yu would soften his heart and spare the child.
But Zhang Yu had no heart since choosing Wang Shi. He seemed not to hear Li Honglian's cries. He carried Zhang Xiang into the car. Zhang Xiang could only silently shed tears while being held by his father. He didn't even dare to shout. He was afraid of being beaten. When he saw Zhang Yu and Wang Shi, he was like a mouse seeing a cat.
Lin Xiazhu and Bai Ruan, both parents, felt deeply sympathetic and indignant upon hearing this. They thought that if anyone dared to harm even a single hair on Xiao Mo Xun's head, they would be furious and make the other party pay tenfold.
"Is this really true?" Bai Ru'an remained relatively calm. He didn't want to believe everything Li Honglian said, as helping others and being used are completely different things.
Li Honglian took out the hospital's examination report for Zhang Xiang from her bag and handed it to Bai Ruan. She cried and said, "This happened the day before yesterday. I've tried to report it to the police these past two days, but the Wang family has been blocking my way. I can't fight them. I really don't know why they're targeting a woman like me. Did I dig up the graves of the Zhang and Wang families in my past life to make them treat me like this in this life?"
"Sister-in-law, don't cry. Don't worry, we will definitely help you." Lin Taozi had a soft heart; she had cried with Li Honglian several times since then.
"Taozi, don't call me sister-in-law anymore. I have nothing to do with Zhang Yu now, and I never will." Li Honglian now hates Zhang Yu to the core. How could he be so heartless to his own son? She really misjudged him.
Zhang Yu used to be such a righteous and upright person, how could he suddenly change so drastically and become unrecognizable? The Zhang Yu of the past is dead.
“Sister Honglian, you have to be strong. You have to hold on for the sake of your child. It’s not worth it for someone like that. Look forward. We will definitely find a way to help you win back custody of Xiangxiang.” Lin Taozi clenched her fist and said indignantly.
"Make sure you keep the hospital's medical report safe. It's crucial evidence, and it will give you a better chance of winning a lawsuit," Lin Xiazhu instructed.
"Why don't you leave all this evidence with my brother-in-law? Otherwise, that bastard Zhang Yu will snatch it away. If he tries to take it by force, you won't be able to," Lin Taozi, the gang leader, suggested.
Bai Ru'an: "..." Did he agree to work this hard? When did Taozi become so opinionated and even help him make decisions?
Li Honglian wanted to, but she was afraid of Bai Ru'an. She couldn't withstand even a glance from him, so she wouldn't dare ask him to keep anything for her.
"Brother-in-law, don't you think this is a safer approach? You'll definitely help Sister Honglian, right?" Lin Taozi stared wide-eyed at Bai Ruan.
Bai Ru'an didn't like being told what to do, but his wife was sitting right next to him, and he couldn't embarrass his sister-in-law by speaking up. Just as he was about to say something, Lin Xiazhu cried out in pain.
"It hurts... my stomach hurts so much, oh dear... I think I'm going into labor." Lin Xiazhu clutched her stomach and cried out in pain.
Now nobody cared about Li Honglian anymore. Bai Ruan picked up Lin Xiazhu and ran while shouting, "Butler, quickly prepare the car, we're going to the hospital right away!"
Seeing this, Lin Taozi and Li Honglian quickly ran out. The latter was still holding her daughter's hand. Lin Taozi jumped into the car quickly and went to the hospital with Bai Ruan and the others.
Watching the car disappear into the distance, Li Honglian felt lost and desperate, unsure of what to do next. Fortunately, the housekeeper came over and asked her, "Madam, would you like me to arrange a driver to take you home?"
After thinking for a moment, Li Honglian said, "Could you please have the driver take us to the hospital? I'd like to visit your young mistress."
The butler thought for a moment and then agreed. This person had been to the Bai family twice before, and he roughly knew the relationship between the person and the young mistress. In any case, the young mistress wanted to help her, so if she wanted to go to the hospital to wait, he would let her go.
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