Only after agreeing on a place with the proprietress did Lin Qingqing and Zhou Zhuo go home together.
Lin Qingqing was very tired after running around for several days, and there was no rickshaw to take her. Halfway through the journey, she didn't want to walk any further, so Zhou Zhuo carried her back.
Zhou Zhuo's back was broad and warm. She felt safe lying on it and fell asleep unknowingly.
It was already dark when they got home. Seeing them come back, Xue Guixiang hurriedly lit a fire and started cooking.
After drinking a bowl of hot porridge and eating the dishes made by her mother-in-law, most of Lin Qingqing's fatigue was gone.
After dinner, Zhou Zhuo read a book on the side, while Lin Qingqing felt that it was time to have a good talk with her mother-in-law.
"Mom, I didn't find Zhou Yuan when I went to the provincial capital this time, but I told the police station and asked them to keep an eye out for him."
A trace of disappointment flashed across Xue Guixiang's eyes as she lowered her head to mend the sole of her shoe: "Hmm..."
"You don't have to worry too much. Zhou Yuan will suffer a little when she's with the Zhou brothers and sisters, and nothing will happen." Lin Qingqing said this purely to comfort her mother-in-law. No one knew what would happen if she was with that scumbag.
Xue Guixiang sighed: "She committed sins of her own making. Even if something really happened to her, she deserved it."
"There's something else I want to ask you." Lin Qingqing pursed her lips.
"What's the matter?" Xue Guixiang raised her head.
Lin Qingqing didn't like beating around the bush and directly expressed her doubts: "I took Zhou Zhuo to the hospital in the provincial capital. The doctor took an X-ray and said that his brain damage was not caused by excessive pressure, but by a fall or blunt force injury. Did you know about this?"
"Ah!" Xue Guixiang cried out softly. The needle pricked her finger and a trickle of bright red flowed out. She hurriedly put her finger in her mouth and sucked it.
Lin Qingqing felt something was wrong and continued, "We all want Zhou Zhuo to get better soon. You must tell me the truth and cooperate with the doctor's treatment so that he can get better faster."
Xue Guixiang's eyes flickered: "He's really under too much pressure."
"But the doctor looked at the X-ray and said there was a dent in his skull. He confirmed it was a severe concussion caused by external force. The doctor's diagnosis is scientific and rigorous. You can't fool anyone. If you don't tell the truth, what are you hiding?"
Xue Guixiang's hands were shaking slightly, and she suddenly sobbed softly: "This is my fault, it's all my fault..."
"Mom, tell me what happened."
"I can't say..." Xue Guixiang was a little excited and a little scared.
"Don't you want Zhou Zhuo to get better quickly? Only if you tell me how he was injured can the doctor develop the most appropriate treatment plan."
"I really can't tell you. I can't let you down... My son is my flesh and blood. His illness pains me more than anyone else. But it's better for him to be sick alone than for the whole family to be implicated..."
"Mom, I don't know what you're afraid of, but since I married into the Zhou family, I'm a member of the Zhou family. I have the right to know what happened to Zhou Zhuo. Tell me, maybe I can help."
"No, I can't say..." Xue Guixiang kept repeating.
Lin Qingqing pretended to be very angry: "Okay, you don't want to say it, right? Then you treat me as an outsider. I, Lin Qingqing, married into your family and treated you with all my heart, but you never really treated me as a family member. In this case, I'm leaving."
After she said that, she pretended to leave, but actually stopped after taking just one step.
"Don't go!" Xue Guixiang was in a very conflicted mood. Finally, she made up her mind: "I say..."
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