Chapter 294 Fainting and Being Sent to the Hospital
What are you up to?
Lu You scoffed and casually tossed her bag onto the entryway cabinet, making a loud noise.
She walked step by step to Madam Cheng, her height and aura instantly creating a sense of oppression.
Lu You narrowed his eyes, looked at Madam Cheng's well-maintained face, and sneered, his voice clear and resounding.
"Madam Cheng, please make this clear: it wasn't me, Lu You, who begged and cried to marry into the Cheng family; it was you who came to my door time and time again, pleading with me to marry Cheng Zhou!"
Her words were cold, ruthlessly tearing away the veil of pretense.
"Now I'm married into this family."
"What, do you think it's up to you how I use my uterus?"
"Whether or not to have children, and when to have them, is up to me, Lu You, to decide, not you!"
Standing at the door, Shang Wu listened to Lu You's merciless words and inwardly cried out that something was wrong.
That's too harsh a statement.
As expected, Madam Cheng was thoroughly hurt by these words.
Her biggest worry was that she had cried and begged Lu You to marry her, so that her son wouldn't leave home and become a cook outside, never to come back and inherit the family business.
When Lu You exposed her in public, her face flushed red and then turned pale, and her breathing suddenly became rapid.
Madam Cheng clutched her chest, her finger trembling as she pointed at Lu You.
"You...you..."
She hesitated for a long time, unable to utter a single word, then her eyes suddenly rolled upwards, and her body slumped backwards.
"mom!"
Cheng Zhou's expression changed drastically. He rushed forward and supported his mother, who had fainted.
"Mom! What's wrong?"
"Youyou! Call an ambulance quickly!"
Lu You was stunned; she hadn't expected Madam Cheng to faint from anger.
Shang Wu was the first to react. She immediately took out her phone, dialed the emergency number, and quickly explained the situation and address.
The ambulance arrived quickly and took Mrs. Cheng to the nearest private hospital.
After emergency examination and treatment, the doctor said that Mrs. Cheng suffered from acute myocardial ischemia caused by excessive emotional excitement, accompanied by hypertensive crisis. She needs to be hospitalized for observation for a few days, but her life is not in danger at the moment.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Cheng Zhou stood by his mother's bedside, watching her pale face and the oxygen mask on. He frowned and remained silent.
Lu You and Shang Wu didn't leave either. They helped with the hospitalization procedures, bought light meals and drinking water, and quietly helped take care of the patient in the ward.
However, the atmosphere turned icy. Cheng Zhou didn't say a word to Lu You from beginning to end. His gaze would occasionally fall on Shang Wu, and he would whisper a thank you or ask about the precautions the doctor had given him, as if Lu You were invisible.
This deliberate ignoring is more painful than direct accusation.
Lu You's anger and resentment intertwined, burning ever brighter.
She ran around doing everything she could, only to be met with such coldness.
Shang Wu handed the warm water to Cheng Zhou once again.
Cheng Zhou ignored Lu You and only thanked Shang Wu.
Lu You, unable to bear it any longer, abruptly put down the items she was organizing, making a "bang" sound.
She walked up to Cheng Zhou, her voice trembling slightly.
"Cheng Zhou, what do you mean?"
"From the moment we arrived at the hospital, you've been acting like I don't exist, haven't you?"
She pointed to Mrs. Cheng, who was sleeping soundly on the hospital bed, her eyes slightly red.
"Do you think today's situation is entirely my fault? That I'm the one who made her this angry?"
Cheng Zhou finally looked up at her, his eyes filled with complex emotions, including exhaustion, helplessness, and a hint of barely perceptible resentment.
He took a deep breath, his voice hoarse.
“Youyou, I’m not blaming you. I know my mom said hurtful things, but…”
Cheng Zhou paused, his tone tinged with helplessness.
“You could have talked to her nicely. There was no need to be so harsh. Don’t let things get out of control. She is, after all, my mother, and she’s getting old…”
"Speak properly?"
Lu You felt as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.
She interrupted him, her voice filled with unbelievable sarcasm.
"Cheng Zhou, is that how your mother talks? She immediately pointed her finger at me and accused me of having bad intentions, and of causing the Cheng family line to die out! How am I supposed to talk to her nicely? Kneel down and promise to have a baby right away?!"
Her voice sounded particularly jarring in the quiet hospital room.
Upon seeing this, Shang Wu immediately stepped forward and gently took Lu You's arm.
"Sister You, calm down. This is a hospital."
Lu You's chest heaved violently.
Looking at Cheng Zhou's face, which was filled with "you shouldn't have done this," my heart grew colder and colder.
She shook off Shang Wu's hand, gave Cheng Zhou a deep look, her eyes filled with disappointment and a sense of betrayal.
"Okay, very good."
"Cheng Zhou".
She didn't say another word, turned around and resolutely left the ward, her footsteps fading into the empty corridor.
Cheng Zhou watched her figure disappear through the door, opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
He simply closed his eyes wearily.
Shang Wu sighed inwardly as she watched this scene.
She knew that this crack would probably not be so easy to repair.
She glanced at Madam Cheng, who was still unconscious on the hospital bed, then at Cheng Zhou, who remained silent with his eyes closed. After a moment of silence, she spoke softly.
"Cheng Zhou, have the caregiver look after Auntie for a while, let's go out and find a place to have a cup of coffee."
"Let's chat."
Cheng Zhou opened his eyes and looked at Shang Wu, his eyes filled with confusion and pain.
He finally nodded slowly.
The hospital's coffee shop.
The lights were dim and yellowish.
The air was filled with the rich aroma of coffee beans.
Shang Wu walked over with two Americanos and placed one of them in front of Cheng Zhou.
Cheng Zhou thanked him in a low, hoarse voice, staring at the dark brown liquid in the glass without moving.
"Cheng Zhou".
Shang Wu sat down opposite him, her voice calm.
I know you're in a difficult position right now.
"On one side is my mother, and on the other side is my wife."
Cheng Zhou raised his head, his eyes bloodshot.
"I……"
He choked up for a moment, seemingly unsure where to begin.
“I’m not blaming Youyou, I know my mom said something excessive.”
"but……"
He rubbed his face vigorously.
"She's my mom after all. Seeing her collapse on the ground like that, I didn't know what to do..."
Shang Wu listened quietly without interrupting until he finished speaking, then gently stirred the coffee in front of him.
She spoke.
"Cheng Zhou, it's only natural for you to feel sorry for your mother, but have you ever thought about how painful it must have been for her when she criticized Sister You?"
"You know Sister You's personality better than I do. She's proud, direct, and can't stand being wronged in the slightest."
"She married you despite the pressure because she valued you as a person, and the respect and understanding you promised her, not because she wanted to marry into the Cheng family and become a breeding machine."
Cheng Zhou's lips moved as if he wanted to explain, but he ultimately fell silent.
Shang Wu continued, "You say she can speak calmly, but how many people can remain calm in the face of such accusations and insults?"
"Sister You's reaction may have been intense, but it was by no means unreasonable. It was her most direct counterattack when she was cornered."
She looked into Cheng Zhou's eyes.
"You only see the pain of your mother fainting, but can you see the helplessness and isolation she felt when you stood silently by, letting her face those embarrassing situations alone?"
"Afterwards, you blamed everything on her overly harsh words. Why wasn't she disappointed and heartbroken?"
Cheng Zhou's body jolted violently, as if he had been struck hard by something.
He recalled Lu You's cold gaze as she left, and his heart ached as if it were suffocating.
He suddenly realized how cruel his previous silence and accusations had been to Lu You.
"I……"
His throat tightened. "I didn't expect it. I was just too flustered at the time..."
Shang Wu sighed softly.
“Cheng Zhou, husband and wife are one. When you encounter storms in the outside world, you should be each other’s strongest support, instead of letting the person you love most bear the conflicts from your family alone, even if the source of the conflict is your mother.”
She paused, then raised her voice, "In this matter, your mother was wrong first, and Sister You was right to defend her dignity. The one who really needs to reflect and apologize is not her."
These words were like a wake-up call, completely waking Cheng Zhou up.
yes.
He was preoccupied with his mother's fainting and Lu You's overly harsh words, but selectively ignored the root cause of the conflict: his mother's boundless coercion.
He didn't stand up for his wife immediately; instead, he gave her the cold shoulder and blamed her after she was hurt.
What exactly did he do?
Cheng Zhou suddenly stood up, his face filled with regret and urgency.
“A-Wu”.
"Thank you."
"I know where I went wrong, I'm going to find Youyou right now!"
He must find her immediately, apologize to her, and tell her he was wrong.
Shang Wu watched his hurried departure and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
It's good that you can figure it out.
The rest is up to fate.
Cheng Zhou practically ran out of the coffee shop.
As he walked out, he kept dialing Lu You's number.
At first, no one answered the phone, and later it was simply switched off.
His heart sank little by little.
He knew Lu You's temper; this time, he had truly hurt her.
Cheng Zhou forced himself to calm down and thought about where Lu You might have gone.
Her own apartment?
still……
He suddenly remembered that Lu You had a high-rise apartment in the city center that she rarely visited but still kept.
She bought it herself before she got married. When she was in a very bad mood, she would occasionally go there to be alone.
Clinging to a sliver of hope, Cheng Zhou drove to the apartment.
His heart was in his throat the whole way, both hoping to find her and afraid to face her cold eyes.
Upon arriving at the apartment building, Cheng Zhou parked his car, quickly stepped into the elevator, and pressed the button for his floor.
As the elevator slowly ascended, his heart pounded faster and faster.
Standing outside the apartment door, Cheng Zhou took a deep breath and was about to knock when he vaguely heard Lu You's voice coming from inside.
She seemed to be on the phone, her tone agitated, still tinged with anger.
Cheng Zhou's movements stopped, as if by some strange twist of fate.
He didn't knock, but instead gently pressed his ear to the crack in the door.
"...Yes! I did say that! So what?!"
Lu You's voice came through clearly, carrying a sense of catharsis.
"His mother is sick. She was the one who begged me to marry her, and now she's the one forcing me to have a child."
"So, in the eyes of the Cheng family, I, Lu You, am just a high-class womb?!"
"Extinction of the lineage? That's laughable! Does the Cheng family have a throne to inherit?!"
"That bastard Cheng Zhou didn't utter a single word at the crucial moment. He watched his mother pointing her finger at me and yelling, and then he blamed me for speaking harshly? Did I make his mother faint because I was angry?"
"It's clearly because her heart can't take it and she can't stand the truth. Her whole family is weird!"
Outside the door.
Cheng Zhou felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him from head to toe, leaving him feeling icy cold all over.
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