The sanatorium is quiet and well-equipped. Mr. Lin's description of a hospital is more like a vacation home.
In the ward, Mrs. Lin and Gu Ruyi looked at their eldest brother in shock.
She took the newspaper with her trembling right hand.
The room was momentarily silent. After a moment, Mrs. Lin closed her eyes and leaned back against the bed, saying nervously, "Brother, quickly have the child go get Shanshan. Go quickly..."
Seeing her nephew leave, Mrs. Lin immediately asked someone to call her youngest daughter, Lin Liying.
After the crowd dispersed, she began to quietly ask her eldest brother, "Tell me the truth. Was our family involved back then? And has Father paid back the debt he owed to that family?"
"Little sister, that incident happened so many years ago, and everyone is dead. Even Zhou Jinyu couldn't find out what happened back then, so do you think Zhou Xiaozheng will be able to find out?"
Old Madam Lin was so angry that she pointed at him and cursed in a low voice: "Stupid! If Zhou Jinyu can't be found, the clan leader's lineage will be dead. What if they find that there are still members of the Gu family alive? My own son-in-law doesn't understand, but you do? Tell me why these things didn't erupt sooner or later when Zhou Xiaozheng returned?"
After saying that, she didn't bother to pay attention to him. This publicity campaign was too much like a person's tactics. But what happened when the other party just arrived last night? She was afraid that things had just begun.
"Little sister, go find that lady quickly. Don't pretend to be sick. It will be too late if you delay. Put the matter under control first and get up quickly. Little sister, you can't just stand by and watch someone die! And what's the point of looking for that girl Shanshan? Wouldn't it be faster to ask Zhou Xiaozheng directly? You are his mother-in-law, how dare he not see you?"
Old Lady Lin didn't bother to pay attention to this stupid brother. He asked her to find someone? Why was she looking for someone when she hadn't figured out what was going on? She closed her eyes and began to think.
Outsiders didn't know, but she worried that the old woman, Liu Xizhi, would instigate things in front of Zhou Jiao. That child was cold-hearted and would absolutely drive her enemies to their death. Zhou Xiaozheng was a man of integrity, and she wasn't afraid of him finding fault and striking. She was just afraid that her granddaughter, whom she hadn't even met, would secretly do something about it.
"Little sister, please don't be silent. Tell us what to do now. If it's too late, I'll have to go in too. Don't dawdle! Otherwise, I'll go talk to Zhou Xiaozheng."
"What did you say? That we owed him money and deliberately replaced the herbs to kill his grandfather? Or that we colluded with the local gangs to rob everything and force his parents to die early?" Old Lady Lin said in a cold voice.
After she finished speaking, she looked outside worriedly, turned around and glared at him fiercely and said, "Hold on! I thought of this day when Zhou Xiaozheng appeared in front of me."
What she hadn't expected was the presence of her granddaughter, Zhou Jiao. Knowing her son-in-law well, he would at most find the culprit and not harm the innocent.
The clan leaders of several families involved in the incident were wiped out by Zhou Jinyu, leaving the rest either dead or impoverished. If Zhou Xiaozheng truly discovered the truth, he would only blame her eldest brother. But she was his mother-in-law, so he could only look at the Buddha's face instead of the monk's. He would stop at her eldest brother.
But her own granddaughter? After all that had happened, that child must have hated her to the core and would absolutely kill her.
Old Mrs. Lin sighed, frowned and looked outside anxiously.
Twenty minutes later, Lin Liying rushed to the ward and saw that the old lady was fine. She immediately collapsed on the bed. After catching her breath, she saw her uncle with his head bowed and his hands clasped.
She looked at Mrs. Lin in confusion and asked, "Mom, what's the matter that makes you look for me so urgently? Didn't I say I'd come over after get off work? What's the matter that requires me to rush over during work?"
"Don't worry about what happened. Didn't Zhou Jiao just arrive last night?"
Lin Liying frowned and looked at her mother, then glanced at her uncle, nodded, and said, "My brother-in-law and eldest sister went to pick him up personally. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"What time did you leave last night? Was she acting strangely? Did she see what I said?"
Lin Liying glared at the old lady unhappily but didn't answer. She hadn't even taken a day off and had come all this way, all for such a trivial matter? The Gu family had a lot of problems, and they were trying to bring them down on her niece. What was she trying to do?
"Hurry up and tell me."
"Mom, I'm telling you seriously, don't be so suspicious! Jiaojiao said she wanted to come visit you last night when she didn't see you. My dad replied. She also said she wanted to come visit you, and my brother-in-law nodded in support of her.
You've really had enough! A few days ago, you suspected my brother-in-law, and now you suspect Jiaojiao. Will everyone in the family be suspected tomorrow? I don't know what grudge my uncle's family has against my brother-in-law. But don't you think about it? He's been dead for so many years. My brother-in-law knows nothing about what happened back then. If he really knew there was a grudge, would Mrs. Cheng not take action? Oh, just wait for my brother-in-law to take action? "
After saying that, Lin Liying frowned and said to her uncle, "Uncle, don't push the blame on my brother-in-law's family every time something happens. My eldest sister has had a hard life. Now that our family has just been reunited, don't bother them.
After all, you have to discipline your cousins. How could anything have happened if he hadn't been playing with women? Is my brother-in-law so bored that he's fixated on his little affairs? He took a day off yesterday to pick up the kids, and today he rushed to work. He's very busy, not just ordinary busy.
Lin Liying finished her words without stopping, and without waiting for their response, she ran over to pour herself some water. Before she could take two sips, she saw her eldest sister Lin Lishan coming in from outside, and she choked.
"Sister? Didn't Mom ask you to come back?"
When she saw Lin Lishan nod, she immediately slapped her forehead and shouted, "Sister, go tell the doctor. Mom is going to be discharged. Let's take her home now. We can still make it in time for lunch."
She finally realized that it would be best for her mother to stay home. If she stayed in the nursing home, the Gu family would come to visit. With the Gu family around, her mother would definitely fight with her eldest sister's family. It would be best for her mother to return to the compound and stay away from the Gu family.
Lin Lishan noticed her sister constantly winking at her, and since Old Lady Lin didn't refuse, she immediately turned to look for the doctor. As for her uncle? Who was that? She followed the same path as her husband and daughter—resolutely refusing contact with them.
Lin Liying pretended not to hear her uncle whispering with the old lady. She picked up her luggage, stuffed a few clothes into it, grabbed Old Lady Lin, and walked out.
Her mother wasn't ill at all, and she pulled the old lady up without worrying about anything going wrong. If she kept on dawdling, she'd become seriously ill.
The group, along with the uncle and grandpa from the Gu family, returned to the compound. Old Mrs. Lin passed by the Zhou family, paused for a moment, looked at her family, and then followed Lin Liying back home.
Lin Lishan settled the old lady and asked her sister Lin Liying to take care of her. She was worried that the children would wait for her to come home for dinner, so she didn't have time to say a few words to the old lady and hurried home.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw Zhang Guoqing sitting in the living room reading a book and taking care of the children. "Where's Jiaojiao?"
"Jiaojiao and Auntie are inside trying on the clothes that Grandma left behind. We'll wait for you to come back for dinner. If Mom doesn't have work this afternoon, she'll go shopping with them. They plan to buy offerings for the grave."
"You haven't eaten yet? Why are you waiting for me to come back to eat? Aunt Chen, please serve the food quickly. I'll go call them." Lin Lishan hurried to the east wing.
When Lin Lishan entered, she saw that Old Lady Cheng had red eyes and a smile on her face, while Zhou Jiao was wearing a purple cheongsam and a matching purple fur cape next to the wooden box on the bed.
"Shanshan, come look at our Jiaojiao. Doesn't she look pretty? This is what your mother-in-law wore when she was a girl, and she later gave it to me. I have never dared to wear it because the color is so picky. Jiaojiao, put on the cape and see for yourself."
Lin Lishan felt the material. It was all good stuff, but it was a pity she couldn't wear it outside.
"They are very pretty. Auntie, don't give them to Jiaojiao. Keep these for the younger generation. They are all good things."
Old Madam Cheng shook her head and sighed, "This dress should belong to Jiaojiao. No alterations are needed. It's a pity we can't wear it out now. We'll wear it at home from now on. All my sister's clothes were destroyed in the old house, and we only have these few left because we couldn't bear to throw them away. Keep them for Jiaojiao."
Zhou Jiao winked at her mother. Whenever she mentioned Gu Mingzhu, Old Lady Cheng would be in a bad mood. Just now, when she put it on, the old lady hugged her and cried.
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