Zhou Chen used recording equipment to record the conversation and manipulate them.
They could indeed have treated Zhou Chen the same way.
but,
On second thought, Zhou Chuan felt something was wrong. It seemed that they were not in the right. Even if they recorded it, what would be the use? It would be the same as helping Zhou Chen record it, which would be completely unnecessary.
After speaking her mind, Zhou Ling fell silent, because it was indeed true; there was absolutely no need to imitate Zhou Chen.
after all,
They wanted to gain benefits from Zhou Chen, not the other way around.
To avoid giving Zhou Chen any leverage, all they could do was to be in the right. But the problem was, Zhou Chen wouldn't give them that opportunity. Besides, morally, they were inherently inferior to Zhou Chen because they were raised by Zhou Chen's parents.
Thus, a vicious cycle is formed.
With their hearts heavy with worries, Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan, siblings, remained silent all the way back to their rented apartment complex. Just as they reached the stairwell, they heard crying and realized that Zhao Xiaoya might have woken up. The two quickly hurried upstairs.
Sure enough, the crying was coming from Zhao Xiaoya.
After opening the door,
The two saw Zhao Xiaoya lying on the ground, crying loudly, with blood flowing from her head. Zhou Ling quickly ran over and picked her up with heartache.
"Third sister, let's take Xiaoya to the hospital quickly."
"Yes, yes, to the hospital."
After Zhou Chuan reminded her, Zhou Ling came to her senses, quickly picked up Zhao Xiaoya, and took a taxi to the hospital.
Fortunately, it was just a minor scratch; it was a false alarm.
After a simple disinfection and bandaging, the two brought Zhao Xiaoya back.
As Zhou Ling passed by the crowd gathered downstairs in her apartment complex, seeing the elderly men and women chatting and laughing, she felt a surge of anger, as if they were mocking her.
"What's so funny? They were all downstairs and heard my child crying, but not a single person called the police. Why are you so indifferent? Are you cold-blooded animals?"
“If I hadn’t come back in time, my daughter might have suffered irreversible harm because of your indifference and neglect. I’m telling you, if anything happens to my daughter, you will be the culprits.”
"Touch your conscience, doesn't it hurt?"
Zhou Ling posed a soul-searching question, shifting the blame onto her neighbors.
Zhou Chuan also felt that these neighbors were too cold-blooded. Zhao Xiaoya was crying so loudly that it could be clearly heard in the hallway, but none of these people paid any attention to her.
It's utterly inhumane, a distortion of humanity, and a moral decay.
"Third sister, some people don't deserve to be called human. They've lived such a long life, but it's all been for nothing."
Zhou Chuan's veiled insults caused the elderly men and women, who were already frowning because of Zhou Ling's words, to suddenly raise their eyebrows even higher.
“Young man, you should be reasonable. You think we deliberately didn’t help? It’s because she didn’t want us to meddle and said we were like dogs catching mice.”
"When that little girl cried last time, we intervened, and what did we get in return? They said we were meddling and told us to worry about our own business. Today she cried again, and we didn't intervene, but they turned around and said we were cold-hearted. So, the whole truth is in your family, and it's wrong whether we intervene or not?"
"Besides, even if we don't help, so what? Helping is a favor, not helping is our right. No one owes your family anything."
The elderly men and women started to speak up, retorting to Zhou Chuan and Zhou Ling.
Hearing this, Zhou Chuan was stunned. He didn't know about this. He looked at Zhou Ling with a pleading look. Zhou Ling thought about that day. She had indeed said those things and had a very unpleasant argument with these neighbors.
But she would never admit her mistake in front of these people.
In Zhou Chen's eyes, she did nothing wrong. So what are you, her complete strangers, and why should I apologize to you?
"Even if I said those things, it doesn't justify your refusal to help someone in distress. Putting aside the facts, are you completely without fault?"
"You should reflect on yourselves and try to accumulate some good karma for your descendants."
"Fourth brother, let's go. There's no need to waste words on these heartless people."
Zhou Ling didn't want to argue any further, so she quickly pulled Zhou Chuan back upstairs.
After the two left, the elderly people downstairs who had been asked to reflect on their actions and labeled as cold-blooded and heartless erupted in anger again, feeling extremely displeased.
They were concerned, saying it was no one else's business.
They don't care, they call them cold-hearted.
No matter what they do, it's wrong. Asking them to reflect on it is shameless.
evening,
"Oh? Second sister, what brings you here?"
When Zhou Ling saw Zhou Na suddenly arrive, she was stunned. Zhou Na smiled, recalling the strange looks she had received from the elderly people downstairs when she passed by earlier.
Of course, it's also possible that she's overthinking it.
"Second Sister."
Zhou Chuan also stood up and greeted Zhou Na.
Zhou Na nodded, then looked towards the bedroom and asked, "Is Xiaoya asleep?"
"Second sister, wait a moment."
"What's wrong?"
Zhou Ling quickly pulled Zhou Na away, not wanting Zhou Na to see Zhao Xiaoya's injured appearance.
"Second sister, Xiaoya is asleep. Don't disturb her. She didn't sleep at all last night, and it was only with great difficulty that I managed to coax her to sleep just now," Zhou Ling said, offering an excuse.
Seeing this, Zhou Chuan quickly smiled and chimed in, "Yes, Second Sister, let Xiao Ya sleep for a while first, and we'll come see her again later."
Seeing Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan blocking the doorway as if afraid of being discovered, Zhou Na immediately sensed something was amiss; these two were definitely hiding something from her.
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