Hospital ward.
When Tong's mother saw her daughter lying on the hospital bed covered in blood, wearing a breathing mask and with various tubes inserted all over her body, she almost fainted from crying.
The medical staff and policewoman in the ward were moved by her cries, and their noses tingled and their eyes reddened.
The doctor helped the mother, who was exhausted from crying, to her feet, settled her in a chair, and comforted her:
"Your daughter's condition is currently stable. Please take good care of yourself, Grandma. She still needs your care."
The mother asked anxiously, "Then...why hasn't she woken up yet? She's covered in so much blood, is she badly injured?"
The doctor quickly explained, "Don't be afraid, that's not her blood. We've checked, and there are hallucinogens in her blood. The only external injury is that knife wound on her hand."
"As for why she hasn't woken up yet, I haven't found the reason yet. I guess it's because she was too stimulated and frightened, and her body has temporarily entered a dormant state."
"When will she wake up?"
The doctor hesitated, "Well... it's hard to say. Maybe a day or two, maybe a month or two, maybe..."
The doctor fell silent, but everyone present understood what he meant.
Everyone looked at Tong's mother with concern, thinking she would break down again, but to their surprise, the old lady only cared about one question.
Are you sure you can survive?
The doctor nodded: "I can confirm that all of her test results are normal."
The mother breathed a sigh of relief and visibly relaxed.
The resilience she displayed after years of widowhood and raising her children alone was once again evident in this rural woman who was barely literate.
“As long as my daughter is alive, I will take care of her every day she doesn’t wake up, every year she doesn’t wake up, every year she doesn’t wake up, and for the rest of my life… I will take care of her until the day I die.”
Everyone was moved; women are inherently weak, but mothers are strong.
Qi An raised an eyebrow. Although the old lady was old-fashioned and stubborn, her love for her daughter was undeniable.
No wonder Tong Qian was indirectly harmed by her in her previous life and lost her life, yet she still remembered to take care of her in her old age and see her off when she prayed for her.
Most parents in this world are probably in this state of being both loved and hated by their children.
Wiping away her tears, Tong's mother personally wiped the bloodstains from Tong Qian's face and body, and changed her into clean clothes.
Having experienced the despair of believing Tong Qian was dead, she now felt calm and content.
As long as her child is alive, there's nothing she can't handle.
When she wiped the blood off her hands, Tong's mother looked at the deep, bone-revealing knife wounds on her daughter's palms, and tears streamed down her face once again.
That must hurt so much!
According to the policewoman, the injury occurred when Qianqian grabbed the blade of the knife that was being stabbed at her. Tong's mother could fully imagine how dangerous it was.
If it weren't for these injuries, she would be seeing Qianqian in the hospital morgue right now.
After the medical staff bandaged Tong Qian's hand injury, they left, leaving only Tong Qian, her mother, and a policewoman in the ward.
Until the verdict is reached, Tong Qian remains a murder suspect and must be under constant surveillance.
If she weren't unconscious, she should be in a detention center right now.
Old Qi has no desire to go to the detention center; he'd rather lie there pretending to be in a vegetative state and wake up when the time is right.
Tong's mother gently blew on Tong Qian's injured hand, saying, "It hurts a lot, doesn't it? Let me blow on it for you, it won't hurt anymore..."
The policewoman turned her head away, unable to bear it.
Tong's mother sobbed uncontrollably, heartbroken: "My Qianqian, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have disobeyed you and trusted that poisonous woman Wang Fang."
"Mom will never force you to go on blind dates again. Wake up early after you've rested, and Mom will make your favorite oil-splashed noodles."
Wang Fang?
The policewoman frowned.
Because Tong Qian was unconscious, the police were unable to question or investigate her.
Although surveillance footage and eyewitness testimonies can reconstruct the course of events, they are ultimately not as clear and detailed as what the parties involved know.
Once the mother had calmed down, the policewoman helped her sit down, poured her a glass of water, and then began to question her in a gentle tone.
"Auntie, I would like to trouble you to tell me the details of this blind date. Please tell me anything you know."
The policewoman subtly reminded her, "You must tell the truth, as this will affect Tong Qian's future judgment."
Tong's mother said angrily, "Qianqian did nothing wrong. This blind date was a trap set by Wang Fang and Hu Gang. They wanted to harm my daughter."
The policewoman became serious: "Please tell me in detail, don't leave out any details."
Then, Tong's mother started by talking about her fake sisterhood with Wang Fang, and how Wang Fang had been two-faced and scheming to push them into a pit of fire over the past few years.
She recounted what she overheard outside Wang Fang's house, about how Wang Fang collected money and conspired with Lao Hu and his son to set a trap for Tong Qian.
The policewoman wrote everything down and breathed a sigh of relief; Tong Qian's actions were definitely justified in self-defense.
With everything alright here for the time being, Qi An, feeling bored, wandered over to the morgue.
As soon as I entered, I saw Old Hu holding his son's lifeless body, crying like a madman.
Qi An exclaimed, "What a touching scene of fatherly love! I almost cried."
After Hu Gang went out for a blind date, Old Hu happily drank some wine at home, as if he could already see his son leading his high-achieving daughter-in-law into the house.
Over the years, he has tried to find a partner for his son through matchmakers, but they all immediately refused as soon as they found out that Hu Gang had killed someone and served time in prison.
He's already raised the bride price to 500,000 yuan, but he still can't find a girl willing to marry his son.
That's not quite right either; there are still a few girls who are willing to accept the 500,000.
Without exception, they were all young, superficial, and uncultured, with only money in their eyes.
Old Hu had no objection, as long as he could carry on the family line, but Hu Gang was unwilling.
Over the years, he has become increasingly paranoid and extreme, insisting on finding a woman with a high level of education.
It seems that not doing so would be admitting that one is not good enough for that dead woman, admitting that one and she are not from the same world.
This makes things much more difficult.
No matter how well a girl with a high level of education does, she always has an inherent sense of pride, which can also be described as the unique aloofness of a scholar.
She'd rather live alone than marry a rapist and murderer for a mere 500,000 yuan. It's not like she can't earn that much.
Five million, or fifty million, might be worth considering.
Old Hu had given up all hope, but unexpectedly, Wang Fang took the initiative to introduce him to someone, and she was the best girl he had met in recent years.
Old Hu thought to himself that when his son and Tong Qian got married, he would definitely throw a big banquet that would last for three days and three nights.
Let those matchmakers who rejected him see that there are plenty of high-achieving students willing to marry his son.
And those women who don't know their place, Gangzi only made a small mistake. His family is rich, marrying into his family will be a life of luxury, and they'll regret it later.
After quickly finishing a bottle of wine, Lao Hu was mentally reviewing the list of people he'd been slapped in the face when his phone rang.
He answered the phone, listened to the call in a daze, and thought it was a scammer trying to swindle money.
Just as Lao Hu was about to start cursing, they told him to go to the hospital morgue to identify the body.
What kind of scams require a trip to a morgue?
Old Hu felt dizzy and slid down the table.
The table tilted, and the glass bottle and the dish of peanuts fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
His son is dead?
Old Hu sobered up instantly and rushed to the hospital, where he finally saw Hu Gang's body, riddled with puncture wounds, in the morgue.
With his son dead, the Hu family's only hope was gone, and his lineage was wiped out!
What's the point of him living then?
Old Hu reached out and covered his son's wide-open eyes, his cloudy old eyes surging with murderous intent.
Gangzi, you wait, Dad will send them down to apologize to you soon.
Wang Fang, Tong Qian, Li Shuhui, you all have to die!
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