Chapter 298 It’s not a glorious thing
Gu Yuexuan gently pushed his hand away, looking a little annoyed: "I'm not ignorant."
"However, the old lady's behavior is indeed puzzling. She seems to be full of doubts about everyone in the family and looks at everyone with suspicion. Could it be that someone in this family really wants to harm her?"
"What on earth is she thinking about, staying indoors all day?"
Tu Subo simply smiled calmly and said nothing. Gu Yuexuan muttered a few words, but then she let it go. She didn't bother to bother the old lady at her bedside, lest she bother herself.
The old lady had never had a good impression of her and always looked at her coldly.
Going forward at this time, instead of wishing the old woman a speedy recovery, it seemed like he was cursing her to die early.
Tu Subo managed to calm her down and stopped her from making a scene. To divert Gu Yuexuan's attention, he took out his notes from that day and let her read them.
At the same time, Xi Lanfang and others were also discussing this incident.
Xi Lanfang couldn't help but frown and sighed, "You didn't see the embarrassing scene today. The doctor carefully prepared the medicine and brought it to the old lady, but she frowned and overturned the medicine bowl with a wave of her hand. She overturned three bowls in a row and resolutely refused to take it. The scene was so embarrassing in front of everyone that it's hard to describe."
Mrs. Yu was not at home and knew nothing about this. She was surprised when she heard this and asked, "Why is he so determined not to take the medicine?"
“Who knows the secret behind this?”
Li's tone was filled with helplessness as she complained, "Everyone says our family is thriving and we're quite well-known in the village. Yet, looking at the old lady's current condition, those who don't know her would think we, her daughters-in-law, are mean and heartless to her. Otherwise, why would she look so haggard?"
The family members all wanted to be filial and felt that they had done their best to take care of the old lady, but what was the result?
Li's heart was growing bitter, and her tone was filled with anger. "The Hu family has frequent interactions with us, and they must know a little about our family's background. Otherwise, after seeing such a scene today, who knows what kind of rumors would ferment outside."
"Finally, my grandfather, who was far away from home, hurried back after hearing the news. He simply said that the old lady's illness had caused her to become confused and emotionally unstable. He told us to just put down the medicine and leave on our own to avoid angering her again. This was how the situation was finally calmed down."
Everyone in the family, young and old, has a good meal and fine clothes, but the old lady looks haggard and frail. How can one not feel suspicious when seeing this?
Yu frowned slightly and asked hesitantly, "So, how did the doctor diagnose this? What's so strange about this illness?"
"What else can I say?"
Xi Lanfang smiled bitterly and replied, "It's just excessive worry, and my mind is strained."
"But I've been thinking about it over and over again. There's nothing at home that's worrying the old lady. I really don't know what she's worried about."
"Sister-in-law, you are wrong."
Thinking of her long-lost husband, whose life or death was uncertain, Yu sneered, "Besides that worthless fellow, who else could she be worried about?"
"It's a pity that he's a hopeless case. No matter how much we worry about him, it's all in vain. I'm afraid our old lady's motherly love will be completely wasted, and she herself is still completely unaware of it."
Xi Lanfang patted her hand, signaling her not to be so blunt, but Yu just snorted disapprovingly.
never mind.
On this originally peaceful day, the old lady seemed bent on creating some kind of disturbance.
She had already made up her mind not to get involved in such a troublesome dispute.
Whispers were heard in the east and west wings, but the main room was shrouded in dead silence.
The doctor's diagnosis was not an exaggeration; the old lady's current health condition is indeed worrying.
When she woke up from a coma, she had lost most of the strength to sit up and could only lean weakly on the bed.
However, when she saw the figure approaching her, her heart suddenly tightened and her fingers clenched the corner of the bed sheet.
She felt a deep fear. The old grandfather did not close the door. He just quietly looked at the old lady, who had been worn down by time, and said calmly: "The doctor said you are not feeling well. Why are you refusing to take medicine?"
The old lady looked at the bowl of medicine that had already cooled down with a puzzled look on her face. She calmed herself down with great difficulty and managed to say, "I'm not sick."
“No need to take medicine!”
"I'm really not sick."
The old grandfather chuckled with unfathomable meaning, and followed the old lady's frightened gaze to the medicine bowl on the bedside: "Are you really not sick?"
The old lady cried sharply, "I don't have it!"
"I'm fine! I'm just frightened. I'll be fine after a little rest... Yes... I'll be fine after a little rest..."
When the old grandfather heard this, he couldn't help laughing as if he had heard some ridiculous joke.
"That's right. Sometimes doctors' judgments aren't always accurate. After all, no one knows better than you whether you're experiencing physical illness or mental distress."
"If you insist you're not sick, then maybe you really are healthy, right?"
The old lady pinched her palms tightly, not daring to look directly at the grandfather's face. The grandfather looked down at the frightened woman from above, his eyes filled with more and more irony.
"Although you're not actually ill, falling unconscious is not a glorious thing after all. It will inevitably lead to criticism and ridicule."
In the warm home, the old lady was comforted: "Just rest at home with peace of mind. This spacious and bright main room is the most comfortable place in our house. You can rest here alone without being disturbed. I believe you will recover soon."
"You must take good care of yourself and don't make any more mistakes. Don't let down your children's filial piety."
The old lady was panicked and frightened, her dry and cracked lips trembling, but she couldn't make a sound. And the old grandfather had long lost his patience to listen to her words.
She watched helplessly as her grandfather's back gradually disappeared from her sight. The old lady's eyes were bloodshot, and she bit her wrist nervously, muttering to herself with a dull look: "I'm not sick... I'm not sick at all..."
"I won't give you the chance to hurt me... No one can hurt me..."
"The medicine you sent is all poisonous..."
"I won't drink... You all want to poison me... You all want to poison me..."
With a crisp sound of shattering, the old lady used all her strength to smash the medicine bowl into pieces.
Tu Suting frowned upon hearing the noise, poked his head out to glance towards the main hall, and sighed, "Father, Mother..."
"We'll invite a famous doctor to treat her tomorrow. You can take a little time every day to personally deliver the medicine. It's up to her whether she takes it or not. Don't worry too much about other things."
Tu Suting rubbed the back of his head with a headache, smiled bitterly and said, "My mother's temperament is becoming more and more unpredictable. How about I go to the city first tomorrow to call my second brother back?"
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