As soon as Liu Mingxin arrived at the county hospital, she jumped off the tractor and ran quickly into the hospital. She had already found out which ward Wu Qiaoqiao was in while on the tractor. Zhao Xiangxiu was helped off the tractor by two policemen and Feng Mingran. After all, she was not young, and if she fell in a hurry, it would be hard to tell who would take care of whom.
Before Liu Mingxin even reached the door of Wu Qiaoqiao's ward, she heard a series of cries from afar. When she ran in, she saw a disheveled old woman sitting on the ground outside Wu Qiaoqiao's ward, kicking her legs and crying out.
"Someone come here! Come and see this old woman! My poor son and daughter have been sent to the police station and locked up by my daughter's in-laws. They're unreasonable! They're heartless!"
A crowd had gathered outside the ward, pointing and whispering. Some medical staff tried to help the old woman up, telling her not to make a scene in the hospital and disturb the patients' rest. But every time a medical staff member tried to help her up, she would scratch them. Wu Mingxin even saw two young nurses with red scratches on their faces, now standing nearby, covering their faces and crying.
This was truly a case of enemies meeting with intense hatred. Liu Mingxin looked at Granny Cai, who was crying and making a scene. Yes, the old woman wailing in front of the ward was her sister-in-law's biological mother. However, Wu Mingxin had never looked down on Cai Shufen, and now she refused to acknowledge Cai Shufen as her sister-in-law, because she was unworthy. Seeing Granny Cai's eyes redden in front of her second sister-in-law's ward, Liu Mingxin roared and rushed towards Granny Cai.
"Bullshit! You old hag, I'm going to settle the score with you! Instead of hiding, you think you can show your face in front of me? I'll fucking fight you!"
Then, the people present first heard a roar, then felt a gust of wind rush towards them, and then they heard the old woman on the ground scream in pain. When they looked down, they saw a young woman sitting on the old woman who was throwing a tantrum. The young woman grabbed the old woman's collar and slapped her repeatedly, first on the left and then back again, all while cursing.
"You old hag Cai, you dare to cause trouble at my second sister-in-law's hospital room before I've even gone to look for her! You've caused her to remain unconscious until now. You should know she was pregnant with twins. If anything happens to her, it could be a triple tragedy, and you still dare to say that? Your son and daughter were sent to the police station, didn't you dare to do that?!"
The people around finally understood what had happened. They all looked at Granny Cai with disdain. "Your son and daughter are practically murderers, and you still want the person lying inside, still unconscious, to give you a letter of forgiveness? You're dreaming!" Before they could say anything, Granny Cai's daughter-in-law, seeing her mother-in-law being beaten, tried to help. But Liu Mingxin was simply too strong. She held Granny Cai down with one hand and swung the other at Granny Cai's daughter-in-law, who was about to pull her hair. A loud slap was heard, and Granny Cai's daughter-in-law, dizzy from the blow, fell to the ground with a thud.
The place where Cai's daughter-in-law fell down was too close to Liu Mingxin. When Liu Mingxin saw this, he quickly reached out and grabbed Cai's daughter-in-law's hair and pulled it down, making Cai's daughter-in-law lie down next to her mother-in-law. Then Liu Mingxin did a split, pinning the two of them down with his legs, and started slapping them face with both hands.
The onlookers were stunned and didn't react for a moment, including the policeman who was at the hospital. It wasn't until Zhao Xiuxiang and Feng Mingran brought in two other policemen that the three women were separated. When they were separated, the Cai mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's faces were swollen like pig's heads from being slapped, while Liu Mingxin's hair was just a little messy. As she was being pulled apart, Liu Mingxin kicked the two women twice while cursing.
"You'd better pray that my second sister-in-law is alright, or I'll make you pay with your lives. Get out of here and don't ever show your face in front of me again, or I'll beat you every time I see you."
Later, with the mediation of three police officers, the matter was resolved peacefully. However, Wu Mingxin was required to pay for the medical expenses of Cai's mother and daughter-in-law. Wu Mingxin then took out two yuan from the bag she was carrying and slammed it on the table.
“Well, I’ll pay for it, but I still have to say that I’ll beat you every time I see you, and I’ll pay for your medical treatment every time.”
The Cai family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were initially delighted to see ten yuan, but when they heard Liu Mingxin say that he would beat them every time he saw them, and that he would pay for their medical treatment each time, they were both terrified. Although they would receive money each time, Liu Mingxin's beatings were too painful, and the two of them did not want to be beaten again. Thus, the Cai family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dared not cause any more trouble, and the two of them helped each other out of the hospital. Police officer Lao Zhang and another junior police officer, Shan Xiaxia, stayed behind to watch over Wu Qiaoqiao and see when she would wake up.
Liu Mingxin and the others asked the people at the hospital why Granny Cai was making a scene. They learned that after being released from the police station, Granny Cai had contacted someone who said that if the person involved wrote a letter of forgiveness, her son wouldn't have to be sent to a farm for reform. So Granny Cai brought her daughter-in-law to the hospital to get Wu Qiaoqiao to write the letter of forgiveness, but Zhou Cuihua scolded her. As a result, Granny Cai started making a scene at the ward entrance.
Several people were chatting in Wu Qiaoqiao's hospital room. Liu Mingxin, Zhao Xiuxiang, and Feng Mingran looked at Wu Qiaoqiao lying on the hospital bed. Feng Mingran was a little better, after all, he was a boy and didn't cry, but Liu Mingxin and Zhao Xiuxiang were already wiping away tears. However, Feng Mingran and Liu Mingxin only then learned that Liu Mingfeng was also injured and hadn't woken up. The two of them felt very sorry for Wu Qiaoqiao, and from then on, Liu Mingxin treated Wu Qiaoqiao even better.
Later, everyone agreed that Liu Mingxin, Zhao Xiuxiang, and Feng Mingran would stay at the hospital, while the others would come and take turns occasionally. So Liu Mancang drove the tractor back to the village with Ma Daya and Zhou Cuihua.
At the hospital, Feng Mingran noticed it was getting late and said she was going to the state-run restaurant to buy some food for the three of them. Wu Qiaoqiao was still unconscious and receiving intravenous nutrition. Liu Mingxin, hearing about the restaurant, suddenly remembered she hadn't asked Manager Niu for leave. So, she grabbed her bag and quickly walked outside, telling everyone she was going to buy food and make a phone call.
So everyone took turns caring for Wu Qiaoqiao in the hospital until she woke up three days later.
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