Hua gently blamed herself for her bad luck in saying the wrong thing, but Lu Qingzhu didn't care. She believed that her junior sister and Ye Jingchi were destined to separate. From the day Ye Jingchi was poisoned, they could never be together properly.
"Forget it, it's too late to regret now. I've made up my mind, I'll help Li Ying raise her child from now on!" Hua Qingqing said with such enthusiasm that Lu Qingzhu couldn't help but laugh.
"You all think too highly of my junior sister. She can do it!"
Based on Lu Qingzhu's understanding of her junior sister, her junior sister would not be easily defeated.
Li Ying took another nap. When she woke up, Tang Qiao and Aunt Yang were talking. She could tell that Tang Qiao cared a lot about the child she had given birth to.
"Yingying, you're awake?" Tang Qiao sat on the edge of the bed and reached out to hold Li Ying's hand.
Aunt Yang said, "Miss Ying, I'll take Chenchen out for a walk."
"Okay, don't go too far."
Aunt Yang left, and Li Ying withdrew her hand, her expression indifferent.
"I wonder what brings Aunt Tang here?"
Tang Qiao didn't want to mention Ye Jingchi's accident, partly because she was afraid Li Ying wouldn't be able to handle the shock. She smiled faintly and said, "Your grandma heard you gave birth and asked me to come see you and check on the baby."
As Tang Qiao spoke, she took out a sandalwood box and put it into Li Ying's hand.
"This is what your grandma asked me to bring you. It's a gold lock for the child. You must accept it."
Li Ying thought for a moment, then took the box and said, "Please thank Grandma Ye for me."
"Don't mention it. If you have no one to take care of you in the courtyard, I'll come and take care of you," Tang Qiaowen said gently.
"No need, Aunt Yang did a great job. I don't really like it too noisy in the yard anyway."
Tang Qiao could tell from Li Ying's aloofness that she was worried the Ye family would bother her again, which was why she kept refusing their visits.
"Although Jingchi is not my child, I raised him after all, so there are feelings involved."
Tang Qiao felt somewhat ashamed.
"Aunt Tang, have you ever really cared about Ye Jingchi? He's just an adopted son of your Ye family, someone who's disliked, targeted at in every way, and even used as a tool to gain honor."
Li Ying couldn't hold back her grievances any longer, so she poured out all her dissatisfaction.
"You took Ye Jingchi home and adopted him to maintain the Ye family's status, but why didn't you treat him well? You even wanted to kill him when he was on a mission because he wasn't a member of the Ye family, just to bring honor to your Ye family."
Tang Qiao was surprised and didn't react for a long time, wondering where this came from.
"I really don't know anything about what you're talking about."
Li Ying didn't want to investigate whether she knew or not, nor did she want to know how much maternal love she had for Ye Jingchi. Even if Ye Jingchi wasn't her son, he was at least her sister's child. How could she treat Ye Jingchi like this?
“Li Ying, I think there’s a misunderstanding here. I treat Ye Jingchi like my own son, just like them.”
“It’s different. You treat Ye Wenzhi and the others well, even though they aren’t your children. But you’ve never treated Ye Jingchi as your own child.”
Tang Qiao was married to her second husband, Ye Wenchi, who was born to her ex-wife, but she was really good to them.
Tang Qiao was unwilling to bring up this matter, as it was, after all, a shameful affair of the Ye family.
"Perhaps you are right, I have not cared enough about Ye Jingchi."
It's not just a matter of few, it's a complete lack of concern.
Tang Qiao sat for a while longer before getting up and leaving the hospital.
At noon, Chunxue brought over chicken soup, saying that Tang Qiao had sent it.
"I've made myself perfectly clear. Please, members of the Ye family, don't bother me! And take the chicken soup with you!"
She will never eat a single thing from the Ye family again.
“Li Ying, you may not know this, but Ye Jingchi is gone. His body is still being recovered. Your child will be Ye Jingchi’s only remaining support. The Ye family cannot sit idly by.”
Li Ying looked up. How could she not tell that Chunxue had done it on purpose? She deliberately revealed that Ye Jingchi was not there just to see her sad and upset.
“Sister-in-law Ye, I admit your words really hurt me, but I won’t die just because Ye Jingchi is gone. Even without Ye Jingchi, I still have my child and my future!”
After Li Ying finished speaking, she called over Aunt Yang: "Aunt Yang, from now on, throw away anything the Ye family sends us!"
"Yes, Miss Ying!"
Chunxue smiled coldly, picked up the food box, and left the ward.
Outside, Ye Zhonghong was still waiting. When she saw that Chunxue's food box hadn't been touched, she was furious.
"That Li Ying is so ungrateful! We humbled ourselves to visit her, and she still puts on airs!"
"Zhonghong, Grandma and Mom both told us not to upset Li Ying. Let's go back!"
Ye Zhonghong grew angrier the more she thought about it, and pushed Chunxue aside as she rushed toward Li Ying's ward.
Just as he arrived at the ward door, he was stopped by Lu Qingwan, who had just arrived.
"What are you doing?" Lu Qingwan blocked the intersection.
"Get out of the way, I want to see Li Ying and ask her what's so great about her. It's not even certain whether the child is my third brother's, so what's with all the arrogance?"
Lu Qingwan gritted her teeth in anger and pointed at Ye Zhonghong's nose, saying, "Whether Yingying's child is Ye Jingchi's or not is none of your business, but Ye Jingchi is not from your Ye family and has nothing to do with your Ye family!"
"you……"
"What do you mean, 'what'? Let me tell you, I've put up with you for a long time, and you still dare to come to my door today!"
Lu Qingwan rolled up her sleeves and went up to fight with Ye Zhonghong until the doctors and nurses came and separated the two.
Ye Zhonghong had never been in a fight before and was no match for Lu Qingwan. Her face was scratched and her clothes were torn, and she cried in grievance.
"You've gone too far! Just because you're a rich young lady from the capital doesn't mean you can bully people!"
"I didn't bully anyone, I bullied a dog!"
"Enough!" Lu Qingzhu strode over, her face cold and stern. "Ye Zhonghong, I'll say it again, you're not allowed to bother Li Ying anymore! Otherwise, I'll make sure your entire Ye family gets out of the capital!"
Ye Zhonghong was ultimately afraid. Without her third brother's support, the Ye family was nothing. They should have kept a low profile, but she still insisted on causing trouble.
Chunxue caught up with Ye Zhonghong and apologized, "I'm so sorry, my sister is young and doesn't know any better. Please don't take it to heart. We'll remember this and won't bother Li Ying again!"
Chunxue pulled Ye Zhonghong away.
Lu Qingwan spat, "I just can't stand her sister-in-law, so hypocritical and pretentious!"
"And you, you're such a grown-up, still getting into fights?" Lu Qingzhu scolded.
Lu Qingwan touched her nose, turned around and went into the ward.
Li Ying could hear everything that was happening outside.
"Qingwan, are you alright?"
"No, dealing with someone like Ye Zhonghong who's all bark and no bite is more than enough for me," Lu Qingwan boasted.
Lu Qingzhu handed a package to Li Ying: "Now that you know, there's no need for us to hide it from you anymore. This was sent by Tong Danian; it's Ye Jingchi's keepsake."
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