"But--"
Jiang Xiaoluo was still worried and looked at Liu Jin's face hesitantly.
Liu Jin had no choice but to tell the story of what happened in the ward. At the end, he said, "She thought 100,000 yuan was not enough, so I gave it to your father. Anyway, you have done your best. It is good enough to have done this step. Don't feel guilty anymore."
Jiang Xiaoluo nodded and sighed softly, "I hope they can think it through."
I guess it’s difficult.
Seeing Aunt Jiang's look, Liu Jin was determined to squeeze Jiang Xiaoluo dry, so Jiang Xiaoluo had better not appear in front of them in the near future.
"How about you and Tiezhu take Qiqi out to relax during this time? Doesn't Qiqi want to go to an amusement park? I remember there's a new amusement park opening in the next city. You can go there for a few days."
If Liu Jin hadn't mentioned it, Jiang Xiaoluo would have forgotten that Qiqi had been shouting about going to the amusement park every day some time ago.
But she really didn't have the mood to accompany her daughter on a trip and could only shake her head.
"No, the company is very busy recently, and Tiezhu may not be available."
Liu Jin saw her true thoughts, but did not expose them. He just patted her on the shoulder and said, "Okay, then you should stay at home more and go out less during this period of time. Let's talk about it after everything is almost resolved."
"Well, thank you, sis. I'm sorry to bother you today."
"Why are you being so polite to me?"
Liu Jin treated her as her own sister. When she was isolated and helpless in the Jiang family, she saw Jiang Xiaoluo, who was in the same situation as her, and she felt sympathy for her. Later, when Jiang Xiaoluo came to her, she treated her as her own sister.
No matter what her position was, she had to help Jiang Xiaoluo resolve this matter.
She was the one who brought Jiang Xiaoluo out, so she couldn't bear to watch Jiang Xiaoluo go back to that hell.
"Come on, I'll take you home."
Jiang Xiaoluo shook her head gently, "No, sister, I'm going to the company. Qiqi was taken to the company by Tiezhu, I have to bring her back."
"Okay, let's go to the company together. I have something to discuss with Tiezhu."
"good."
Liu Jin and Jiang Xiaoluo went to the company to find Zhao Tiezhu and went straight to Zhao Tiezhu's office. As soon as they opened the door, they saw Zhao Tiezhu holding Qiqi in one hand and flipping through documents with the other hand.
"Baby, be good, mommy will be here soon - hey, you guys are here!"
Qiqi was still twisting in Zhao Tiezhu's arms, but when she saw Jiang Xiaoluo, she immediately opened her arms to hug her.
"Mommy, mommy, hug me."
Her daughter looked so adorable that Jiang Xiaoluo, who had been uneasy for two days, finally found a moment of peace. She held Qiqi in her arms and sat on the sofa, playing with colored ropes with her.
Liu Jin and Zhao Tiezhu sat together. Zhao Tiezhu did not ask them what they did in the morning. He just looked at Qiqi and Jiang Xiaoluo lovingly, with happiness and satisfaction written on his face.
Liu Jin saw this and became even more determined not to let Jiang Xiaoluo leave with Aunt Jiang and the others.
The happy life we have now is hard-earned and must not be destroyed by anyone.
In the hospital.
After Liu Jin left, Aunt Jiang forced Uncle Jiang to take out the money.
"Old man, where's the card?!"
Uncle Jiang held the card tightly, sighed deeply and closed his eyes.
"You can't take this money."
"Why not?" Aunt Jiang exploded immediately, "This is what she should give to us as a filial piety!"
Uncle Jiang looked at her in disbelief. "She has suffered so much since she was a child. You either beat her or scolded her. Now you want her to give you money. She has already given you 100,000 yuan. Let's just leave it at that!"
He had thought it through. She just wanted money, so he could give up treatment and leave the hundred thousand to his wife for her retirement.
"You are getting old and confused!" Aunt Jiang certainly disagreed. She slapped the bed and stood up. "Who will take care of us in our old age? We don't know how much it will cost to treat your illness. You can't ask an old woman like me to go out and earn money to treat your illness!"
"Didn't I give you 100,000 yuan? I won't be treating my illness anymore. This money is just enough for my retirement."
"What's good about that!"
Aunt Jiang glared at Uncle Jiang fiercely, not understanding why she married such a useless man!
"When I was young, I never had a good life with you. Now that I'm old, you've made me have no one to take care of me and see me to the end of my life. If I had known earlier, I could have picked someone better than you with my eyes closed."
Uncle Jiang was so angry at this that he gasped for breath. The other family members of the patients in the ward heard that this was a bit too much and hurried to persuade him, "Auntie, don't say that. Haven't you and Uncle lived like this for so many years? Just bear with it for a while."
"Endure? I can't endure it! It's been decades, and I'm already very happy that I don't complain about him not making money. It's absolutely impossible for me to continue to suffer with him when I'm old. If you want to suffer, you can do it. I definitely won't!"
Aunt Jiang just left, slamming the door of the ward with a deafening bang!
The patients and their families in the room looked at each other, not knowing whether to comfort Uncle Jiang.
Uncle Jiang was so angry that he kept coughing, and it sounded like he was about to cough out his lungs. Fortunately, a family member of a patient in the next bed was kind enough to hand Uncle Jiang a cup of hot tea.
"Grandpa, please be more relaxed. Your wife..." Others wanted to persuade her, but they didn't know where to start.
Uncle Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, I know what's going on."
"It's good that you know the answer. It's been like this for so many years. Forget it!"
If it only concerned himself, Uncle Jiang would be fine with anything, but now it also involves Jiang Xiaoluo, Uncle Jiang decided to be strong and never compromise with Aunt Jiang.
He took his cell phone from the cabinet with trembling hands and called Jiang Xiaoluo.
As expected, Jiang Xiaoluo didn't answer.
But that's true, why should he ask Jiang Xiaoluo to answer his call.
Uncle Jiang sent her a text message instead: Xiaoluo, I received your money. One hundred thousand is enough. If your mother asks you for money again, you don't have to give it to her. I just hope you can come and see me when you are free, okay? I don't have much time left.
The scary thing about cerebral hemorrhage is that you don’t know when the next one will happen, so Uncle Jiang also understands that his life is counting down.
Ten minutes after the message was sent, there was still no reply.
Uncle Jiang closed his eyes in disappointment and fell asleep in tears.
"Ding——" Jiang Xiaoluo glanced at her cell phone and stood there in a daze, not even noticing that the hair tie handed to her by her daughter fell to the ground.
"Mom!" Qiqi saw her mother's absent-minded look and pouted, "You are not serious!"
"Sorry babe, can we do this again?"
Jiang Xiaoluo decided to ignore it. Just as Liu Jin said, after giving the money, their relationship would be completely severed.
When he woke up again, it was already midnight. Uncle Jiang had a dry mouth and subconsciously called Aunt Jiang.
"Old lady, pour me a glass of water."
No one answered, only the snoring of others in their sleep could be heard, which made Uncle Jiang feel very uncomfortable.
He tried to reach for the water on the bedside table, but found that he couldn't reach it at all.