Chapter 40 A Joke About the Innate Bond Between Mother and Daughter and Blood Ties
Before Zhou Yue even arrived, she loudly rejected the doctor's suggestion, "What's the point of treatment? We don't have that much money to spend on her. No treatment, I'm taking her home right now."
He looked at Zhou Yue with a serious expression. "Madam, your daughter's left ear could become completely deaf if something goes wrong. I'm not joking."
"So what if I'm deaf? If I can't hear with my left ear, I still have my right. It's not a big deal."
Zhou Yue's words shocked the doctors and nurses, as well as Kong Ying's parents who arrived later. They simply couldn't believe that there could be such a heartless mother in the world!
Yan Songyu and Feng Yu, the only two who knew the truth, had no intention of explaining it to them.
Kong Ying quietly nestled in her mother's arms and told her what had happened. Kong Ying's mother thanked Yan Songyu, "Thank you so much, Feifei's mom. My little rascal is so naughty, I hope he didn't scare Feifei?"
When she heard the news that Kong Ying had been hospitalized, she almost fainted. Fortunately, he was alright. Knowing her son as she did, she knew he was easygoing and that a meal would restore his energy. He would forget about it in a couple of days and wouldn't be scared.
Feifei listened intently to Zhou Yue's argument with the doctor. When she heard Kong Ying's mother ask her a question, she took the time to reply, "Auntie, I'm fine. Kong Ying even helped me move a stool."
"That's good. I'll take this brat home first; his grandparents are worried about him."
Kong Ying's mother patted Fei Fei's head. The little girl was so cute. No wonder her son liked her. But it was wrong for this brat to follow people and scare them.
Zhou Yue insisted on taking Zhou Mu out of the hospital, and Fei Fei was so anxious and helpless that she couldn't get a word in edgewise. She could only look at her mother for help.
Yan Songyu knew her daughter's soft heart and kindness best. She had been crying the whole way from school to the hospital. She always thought that everything Zhou Mu had experienced today was because of her. What a silly girl!
Seeing that Zhou Yue was about to pull out Zhou Mu's IV drip, Yan Songyu stopped her hand. "Ms. Zhou, although Zhou Mu is your daughter, you have no right to disregard her life and obstruct her treatment."
“Ms. Yan, don’t think you can meddle in other people’s business just because you have some money. Zhou Mu is my daughter, and how I treat her is my business.” Zhou Yue looked at Yan Songyu with a self-righteous and provocative gaze.
Yan Songyu smiled contemptuously, ignoring Zhou Yue's secret excitement. "Is that so? Then why don't you call the police? Child abuse resulting in disability. Let's see how many years Zhou Mu's injuries are enough to get you sentenced to."
Zhou Yue's face instantly darkened, but she still stubbornly insisted, "Don't threaten me. If you want to report it, then report it. Every child gets a beating. A sapling won't grow straight if it's not pruned. What's wrong with me, as a mother, disciplining my daughter?"
"Whether you are teaching your daughter or abusing her, you know it in your heart."
Yan Songyu's mocking gaze fell on Zhou Yue as if she were being slowly tortured to death; Zhou Yue had always regarded Yan Songyu as her imaginary enemy.
"Fine." Zhou Yue awkwardly looked away and decided to act like a rogue to the doctor. "We won't leave the hospital, and I don't have any money to pay the fees. You have to treat her quickly. If you don't, I'll come after your hospital if anything happens to my daughter."
The young doctor was so angry that his face turned ashen. It was truly a case of ugly people causing trouble. This was the first time he had ever encountered such an unreasonable and heartless shrew.
The ward fell silent for a moment, and Feifei finally had a chance to speak, "I'll pay for her, I'll treat her, okay, Mom? I'll use my allowance."
To prevent Feifei from getting stuck on her own thoughts and to lessen her guilt, Yan Songyu naturally agreed, "Okay, Feifei can decide for herself what her money is."
But Zhou Yue started causing trouble again when she heard this. How could her daughter's money be spent on Zhou Mu?
"No need, little girl. How much money could a child like you have? Keep it for yourself to buy good food and fun things. Her life is worthless, she's not worth your time."
Feifei glared angrily at Zhou Yue, "Auntie, everyone's life is precious and priceless. You shouldn't treat your daughter like this. Aren't you really Zhou Mu's mother?"
Upon hearing this, suspicious glances fell upon Zhou Yue from those around her, and she instantly clenched her hands inside her sleeves.
"Only Snow White's stepmother would be so wicked as to want Snow White to die."
Feifei's innocent words caused Zhou Yue's heart to fluctuate wildly, but then, upon hearing Feifei call her malicious, Zhou Yue's heart ached terribly. Her daughter disliked her and thought she was malicious...
"Okay, let's treat her."
Zhou Yue compromised, and the sadness in her eyes made Yan Songyu feel a little uncomfortable, but the thought that these things would become the sharp blades Zhou Yue would use against him made him feel better.
A tear rolled down Zhou Mu's cheek as she lay in her hospital bed. She had been awake for a long time, but she wished she hadn't.
Despite repeatedly telling herself, "If Mom doesn't love me, then I don't want to love her either," the heartache she felt when she heard that she had been abandoned was unbearable. She tried to close her eyes, but tears still streamed down her face from the pain.
When Zhou Mu was hospitalized, Feifei would visit her every day after school, bringing her nutritious meals and small cakes made by Grandma Liu, telling her jokes to cheer her up, and even teaching Zhou Mu to recognize characters while she was doing her homework, then praising her exaggeratedly, "Wow, Mu Mu, you're so amazing! You learned it after just one time."
Whenever this happened, Zhou Mu would blush and look shyly at Feifei, saying, "Thank you!"
Yan Songyu always accompanied Feifei. At first, Zhou Yue was worried that Yan Songyu would notice something, but after observing for a few days, she found that Yan Songyu's attention was entirely on Feifei, and she was only polite and distant towards Zhou Mu. It was clear that she only regarded Zhou Mu as a poor, unfamiliar girl, at most an ordinary friend of her daughter.
Zhou Yue had mocked him in secret more than once: "Yan Songyu, Yan Songyu, you can't even recognize your own daughter right in front of you. The natural bond between mother and daughter, thicker than blood, has become a joke in your eyes!"
At the same time, Zhou Yue became more concerned about Feifei. She specially made red bean mille-feuille for Feifei, saying, "Thank you for paying Zhou Mu's medical bills. This is a small token of my appreciation. I hope you won't find it offensive."
Feifei is a polite and well-behaved child. Although she doesn't like Zhou Yue, she still accepted the gift from Xie, saying, "Thank you, Auntie!"
"Mumu, try this! Your mom's cooking is pretty good, it's delicious." Feifei presented the red bean mille-feuille to Zhou Mu and took a piece for herself.
Zhou Mu took a piece, took a small bite, and said, "It's delicious. I didn't even know my mom could make pastries."
"Who told you to eat this!" Zhou Yue saw the pastries in Zhou Mu's hand when she came back from fetching water, and her face instantly darkened. These were made for her daughter, how could that brat Zhou Mu be worthy of eating them!
She instinctively slapped Zhou Mu across the face, but Fei Fei lunged forward to block it, and instead, she slapped Fei Fei on the shoulder.
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