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"Let me out! Let me out!"
Xu Niannian kept banging on the door, hoping someone would come and open it.
"Grandma! Mom! Zi'an! Zi'an!"
Meanwhile, in the corridor just a wall away, Xu Zi'an was questioning Grandma Xu, "Why did you sign to send my sister here? Don't you know what kind of place this is? I can't even stand my aunt living here. I was thinking of asking my uncle to come and take her out after Grandma Huo's funeral."
Grandma Xu was clearly also upset, first by her daughter, and then by her granddaughter.
"Don't blame me! Do you think I would have done that? This was agreed upon by your parents. They didn't want to be the bad guy, so they asked me to step in."
Hearing that it was his parents' decision, Xu Zian felt like the sky had fallen. "Why?"
“Your aunt and sister plotted to harm Jian Yu and framed Old Madam Huo. Huo Qizhen will never let them go. Sending them in will ensure their safety.”
"Did Huo Qizhen threaten you?"
Xu Zian took out his phone, opened Weibo, and said, "I'm going to expose his behavior."
"No! Our Xu family is already bankrupt; we can't afford to offend him."
Xu Zian only knew that he couldn't let his sister, who was in the prime of her life, waste her life here. "I must expose his behavior in order to give my sister a chance."
"no!"
"Why?"
Xu Zian finally realized that something was wrong with his grandmother. "I want to hear the truth."
Grandma Xu closed her eyes and sighed, "Huo Qizhen gave the family 100 million yuan, and your parents promise to keep Nian Nian locked up here for the rest of their lives."
"......"
“Don’t blame them. You and your siblings haven’t been getting any gigs lately, so you haven’t earned any money. If it weren’t for your aunt’s help, we would have starved long ago. Now that your aunt has gone mad and Yunzhen is dead, our family has no one to rely on. As for Huo An, don’t have any hope. Blood is thicker than water, and he will eventually side with Huo Qizhen.”
Xu Zian didn't care about any of that. He ran home and demanded money from his father.
"Give the money back!"
Xu's father refused.
Xu Zian then turned his gaze to his mother, whose eyes were red, indicating that she had been crying not long ago.
However, she avoided looking at Xu Zian.
Xu Zian's heart sank. "Are you all so concerned about money?"
Xu's mother remained silent, while Xu's father pointed at him and said, "You've always had a life of plenty, with plenty of pocket money to play in your band whenever you want. Do you know how your aunt and I lived when we were kids? Your grandparents were just ordinary workers, and your aunt and I could barely afford to eat and stay warm. We had no money to waste."
Xu Zian said, "When you were very young, your grandparents didn't earn much money, but life was still okay later on."
"Do you really think it's okay? Compared to your childhood, is that what you call a good life?"
"We can't send my sister there just for this little bit of money."
"This little bit of money? Do you know how much that is? A hundred million!! Without the support of the Huo and Xu families' businesses, you wouldn't even be able to afford to play in a band. If you were truly capable, how come you can't even get a single performance gig? You've been hitting walls everywhere lately, haven't you realized anything? Do you think you can still earn that much money? You can't, and neither can your mother and I. Your mother and I are getting old, and our health is deteriorating. Your mother has heart problems and needs surgery, and she'll need post-operative care. Where will this money come from? Don't be naive, okay?"
Xu Zian was unconvinced, "I can also make money from the grand opening promotion."
"How much? If you split it among the members of your band, you'll only get about ten thousand yuan at a time, sometimes even less. What can you do with that little bit of money?"
"But my sister is still so young!"
"That's what she got for reaping what she sowed! Why would she want to hurt someone? If she hadn't done anything wrong, why would anyone target her?"
Xu Zian remained silent for a long time.
He knew his father was right to scold him.
After a while, he suddenly rushed out of the house and headed straight for the hospital where Jian Yu was.
As soon as Jian Yu got into the car, Huo Qizhen pulled her into his arms and said, "Go to sleep!"
Jian Yu was indeed feeling sleepy just now, but the sleepiness has vanished.
If she could fall asleep in this ambiguous situation, she must be incredibly oblivious.
"Can't sleep? Then tell me what's been going on with you these past few days?"
Jian Yu, "Aren't you angry that I didn't come back sooner, making you waste so much manpower searching?"
"Won't!"
"Why? Besides wasting a lot of money, it also cost you a lot of energy and favors!"
"It's good that you're back! Nothing else matters."
Why are the others unimportant?
"They're just external things."
Is that all?
Jian Yu stared into Huo Qizhen's eyes and, seeing him turn his head away, almost reached out to turn him back.
Jian Yu didn't know what answer she wanted to hear.
So she lowered her eyes and pondered deeply.
Even after arriving at the hospital, she still couldn't figure it out.
A full physical examination was quickly completed, revealing some inflammation in the bronchi and several bruises on the body.
The doctor changed the ointment and also helped administer an IV drip.
Jian Yu was already a little sleepy, and while receiving the IV drip, she was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open.
But she forced herself to stay awake.
Even when the doctor told her she could sleep for a while, she forced her eyes open.
Huo Qizhen helped tuck the blanket in, "Why aren't you sleeping?"
Jian Yu, "Is there something you want to ask Mr. Huo?"
"I can ask again after I wake up!"
"I've been thinking about something."
"What's the problem?"
Why do you think it's a waste to spend so much money and resources to come see me?
Huo Qizhen found it somewhat amusing, "What kind of question is this that you have to stay up all night to think about it?"
"Um."
"......"
"Then can you tell me the answer?"
Huo Qizhen reached out and closed Jian Yu's eyes. "Don't think about it. In my eyes, you'll always come first."
Jian Yu's heart trembled; this answer was too unexpected.
Having gotten the answer, I felt even more tired.
Jian Yu shrank deeper into the blankets and fell asleep the next second.
Standing outside the ward, Xu Zi'an, under pressure from several gatekeepers, greeted them, "Please go in and tell them I've come to see Jian Yu."
The bodyguard glanced at him coldly, "Just you wait!"
The person didn't move at all.
Xu Zian, "Aren't you going in?"
"No entry."
"How can we deliver a message if we don't go in?"
"Wait!"
Xu Zian, “…”
When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head and wait!
Xu Zian waited patiently for more than an hour before the door finally opened from the inside.
Huo Qizhen carried Jian Yu out of the room.
Jianyu's scarf covered most of his face, so he looked like he was asleep.
Fearing that Xu Zi'an would wake people up, the bodyguards took him to the side.
Xu Zi'an didn't dare to object, his mouth agape, silently explaining, "Mr. Huo, I'm very sorry about Grandma Huo's matter..."
"Get out of the way if you have nothing else to do. I need to go back to keep vigil!"
"Can you please leave my sister alone?"
Huo Qizhen was very easy to talk to, "Okay."
"Really?" Xu Zian was overjoyed.
"As long as you return every penny of the money."
Xu Zian's lips stiffened.
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