She pounded the ground with her hands, crying out, "How wronged I am! His mother abandoned her, and his father went to work early this morning. I'm an old woman in my eighties, and he kept me up all night because of his noise. He even said I was abusing him!"
"God! You might as well just take me away! I can't live like this anymore! I'm so old, and I still have to suffer like this! What's the point of me living?!"
Uncle Hat slammed his notebook shut and put down his pen, then immediately scolded, "Old lady, this is a hospital, not a place for you to throw a tantrum! If you have any grievances, come back with us and we'll talk!"
And so, Xu Xiuzhen was carried out on either side of her.
On the other hand, Liao Nanxing, who was full of ambition and had just returned to the workplace, received a call from Uncle Hat before he could even show his skills.
Upon hearing that his child was in the hospital and his elderly mother was in jail, he instantly aged ten years.
After hanging up the phone, Liao Nanxing grabbed his hair in obvious pain.
He couldn't understand why these trivial and messy things seemed to have eyes and were constantly watching him.
"Why! Why!" Liao Nanxing slammed his fists on the desk.
Despite his anger, he still had to deal with these messy things.
So on her first day back at work, Liao Nanxing took half a day off.
Liao Nanxing was shocked when he learned that the old lady had been abusive.
After all, the old lady was the happiest when Su Mu became pregnant with this child.
Although she didn't get along well with Su Mu, she wouldn't have gone so far as to abuse the child.
“Comrade, there must be some misunderstanding here. How could my mother possibly abuse her own grandson?” Liao Nanxing handed the child’s birth certificate, his and the old lady’s ID cards and household registration book to Uncle Hat.
Uncle Hat then handed the written materials written by the doctor to Liao Nanxing.
After seeing those shocking words, Liao Nanxing was in a daze for a long time.
"Mom, why...why? Xiaobao is your own grandson, why are you so cruel?"
Faced with her son's questioning, Xu Xiuzhen cried out in grievance, "How dare you ask me? I'm almost eighty years old! And I have a heart condition. He cried all night."
When I stayed up all night and asked you to take care of the kids for the rest of the night, what did you say? Did you even consider my feelings?
"But...you can't be so rough with a baby who's only a few months old!"
"Yes! I admit, I didn't know my own strength. But I didn't do it on purpose! If you hadn't let Su Mu leave, if you hadn't stopped, I wouldn't... I wouldn't have acted so rashly!"
Uncle Hat couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted, "You think you can just get away with it by saying you were confused? Old man, do you know that from a legal perspective, abusing family members, especially when the circumstances are egregious, constitutes the crime of abuse!"
As a family member, if a grandmother frequently abuses a child by beating, scolding, starving, freezing, confining, or forcing excessive labor, and such abuse reaches a serious level, she is also committing a criminal offense!
"I...I...I don't know!"
Xu Xiuzhen, who had been arrogant in the hospital, was completely stunned after hearing these words.
"Comrade, I know I was wrong! Really, I will never hit my child again, even if I have to hit myself." Xu Xiuzhen burst into tears as she said this.
He was crying so hard, with tears and snot streaming down his face, he looked really awful.
Although Liao Nanxing was angry, she was still his biological mother. He couldn't very well send his own mother to jail.
Besides, Su Mu might not be able to come back in the next couple of days. I've finally managed to get back to work, so I can't just stop working and take care of the kids myself!
So he spoke up for Xu Xiuzhen, saying, "My mother comes from the countryside and doesn't know anything about these things. After this incident, she definitely won't dare to do it again. Can we just let this matter go?"
Uncle Hat glanced at Liao Nanxing.
"Whether it counts or not depends on the child's situation. If the child is fine, and you, as the guardian, don't pursue the matter, then of course it can be let go. But if something happens to the child, you will still have to bear the legal responsibility."
Xu Xiuzhen and Liao Nanxing both breathed a sigh of relief.
Afterwards, Xu Xiuzhen was given a good lecture by Uncle Hat before being released.
Liao Nanxing dragged Xu Xiuzhen to the hospital again.
After meeting with the attending physician and learning about the child's condition, he also received a payment notice.
Looking at the nearly 10,000 yuan figure on the payment slip, I felt like I couldn't breathe.
Let alone ten thousand, he doesn't even have five thousand on him right now.
Looking at Xu Xiuzhen, Liao Nanxing's knuckles cracked.
Xu Xiuzhen was terrified and kept backing away.
In the past, she would have said that the child's condition was not that serious at all, and that the doctor was exaggerating the severity just to rob her.
But now, she wouldn't dare say that anymore.
If anything happens to that little thing, she'll have to go to jail.
Right now, if Liao Nanxing wanted to discharge the child from the hospital, she would have to go up and stop her.
"You wait here. I'll go pay." Liao Nanxing gritted his teeth, left Xu Xiuzhen behind, and headed towards the payment hall.
On the way, he sent a message to Lin Shijia's personal assistant.
Soon news came from the other side.
Professor Liao, you didn't mention money before. Are you trying to raise the price now?
Liao Nanxing quickly typed a text message: "I'm not trying to raise the price. If my child hadn't suddenly fallen seriously ill and needed money for treatment, I wouldn't be bothering you. Besides, if something happens to the child, and she comes back in a few days, this matter won't be easy to cover up."
After the message was sent, I didn't receive a reply for a long time.
Liao Nanxing took out a cigarette and lit it in the stairwell.
At that moment, he felt inexplicably sad.
Liao Nanxing had never worried about money.
However, now they can't even come up with a mere ten thousand yuan.
To live like this after reaching middle age... it's tragic.
Lost in thought, my phone beeped with a text message notification.
The weight that had been hanging over my heart finally settled down at that moment.
After all, Lin Shijia is one of the most prominent business owners in Jiang City. For him, a mere tens of thousands of yuan, or even hundreds of thousands or millions, is just the cost of a meal.
Why would they want to create unnecessary trouble for themselves over such a small amount of money?
Upon opening the text message, Liao Nanxing's pupils dilated in shock.
[Hey Liao! You have ten minutes to come and take your people away! Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless! You can forget about working!]
Liao Nanxing looked completely bewildered and quickly replied, asking, "Assistant Xu, what happened?"
The message was sent, and within three seconds, a reply came back.
[How dare you ask?! You're the one who's going to get me killed! Don't you know who you've offended? Come here and take this person away right now!]
Liao Nanxing was completely dumbfounded.
Could it be that someone surnamed Lin took advantage of you and now doesn't want to admit it?
He got angrier and angrier, and before the other side could reply, he sent another text message.
[You Xu bastards, are you trying to renege on your promises after you've already taken what you wanted? I, Liao Nanxing, am now a tiger fallen into the plains, bullied by dogs, but a tiger is a tiger, not someone you can bully as you please! At worst, we'll all fight to the death!]
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