After the onlookers had had their fill of the gossip, they turned and left. Meanwhile, Lu Yuncheng and Old Lady Li were walking against the flow of the crowd.
Old Mrs. Li was working with the Lu family when she heard the eldest son return from a phone call saying that the fifth son's wife and the eldest son's wife had a conflict, and the fifth son's wife had pushed the eldest son's wife down.
Terrified, she immediately dropped what she was doing and rushed to the hospital with her eldest son. Upon reaching the third floor and seeing the massive crowd, she felt a pang of panic, fearing that her unborn grandson might be lost.
Sure enough, when Grandma Li and Lu Yuncheng arrived at the ward, they saw that the doctor standing at the door looked unwell. Then they saw the glaring bloodstains on the ground and realized that it was probably just as the eldest brother had said.
Her poor grandson!
Grandma Li turned her anger towards Shen Qianqian: "Are you so intolerant of the eldest son's family? Do you have to drive them to their doom? How could the fifth son have married a wife like you?"
Her affection for Shen Qianqian was always an extension of her love for the bird; once Shen Qianqian crossed her bottom line, she would immediately turn her back on her.
Old Mrs. Li gave Shen Qianqian a rambling rant before remembering to check on her eldest son's wife.
It's okay if you don't look, but it'll be embarrassing if you do.
The eldest son's wife didn't look like anything was wrong; she was sitting on the bed alone, and her complexion was quite good.
Zhang Wei then emerged from behind and added leisurely, "The patient's family member. This patient is fine; she just bought blood and staged a scene to frame her sister-in-law."
"Really?" Old Mrs. Li couldn't believe her ears. Could her eldest daughter-in-law really do such a thing?
Qi Ran avoided eye contact, not daring to look directly at Old Lady Li.
Seeing that his plan had been exposed, Lu Yuncheng simply stood in front of his wife and took all the blame: "I was the one who made Qi Qi do this."
He figured that since Old Lady Li had always doted on him and the fifth son equally, she would only be angry for a while, so it didn't matter.
Grandma Li was so angry that she couldn't utter a word for a long time. She couldn't understand how her eldest son's family could come up with such a despicable plan, and how they didn't care at all about the child in Qi Ran's belly.
This is the Lu family's first grandson, and Old Lady Li doesn't want anything to happen to him.
She was about to reprimand the eldest son's family for their nonsense, but looking at Qi Ran on the hospital bed, she swallowed her harsh words and sighed deeply: "You all get some rest."
After saying that, Grandma Li turned and left the ward, but was stopped by Lu Yunzhi after only a few steps.
"Mom," Lu Yunzhi said to Old Lady Li, "haven't you apologized to Qianqian yet?" Ever since Mom came in, she'd berated Qianqian without even asking what happened. If she didn't apologize...
That's obviously not right.
Old Mrs. Li never expected that the fifth son would speak to her. She had scolded Shen Qianqian a few times, but it was just a few words, nothing serious, so why should she apologize?
Besides, what kind of elder apologizes to a younger person?
Old Mrs. Li's mouth was pursed into a straight line, clearly showing her displeasure.
Zhang Wei sneered. She now truly saw through the Lu family. The mother-in-law only cared about the grandson in her daughter-in-law's belly; her concern for the daughter-in-law was insincere, not genuine!
This is not a good family at all.
She grabbed Chen Qianqian, angrily declaring, "If you're not willing to apologize, then we're not willing to stay in the Lu family anymore!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she pulled Shen Qianqian away quickly.
When Lu Yunzhi realized what was happening and reached out to grab Shen Qianqian, he just brushed past her hand. He was about to chase after her when Lu Yuncheng grabbed his hand.
He forcefully shook off Lu Yuncheng's hand and chased after her, but Shen Qianqian had already disappeared. For a moment, Lu Yunzhi felt uneasy; he had a feeling that if he failed this time...
If he wins Shen Qianqian back, he might lose her forever.
Meanwhile, Shen Qianqian was pulled all the way home by Zhang Wei.
"Alright, you stay home today. Tomorrow you're going to divorce that Lu family brat," Zhang Wei said in a commanding tone.
"What are you doing, Mom?" Shen Qianqian rubbed her reddened wrist. "Your marriage is unhappy, do you want me to be unhappy too?"
“You—!” Zhang Wei suddenly thought of her failed marriage.
When she was young, she thought Qiao Yuan was her soulmate and got together with him despite her parents' objections. She watched him go from a poor boy to the factory manager.
But what happened next?
He cheated on her and even had an illegitimate child! His mistress brought the child into their home and forced her to divorce him.
Overnight, she felt that even breathing was painful if she stayed in this place, so she decided to leave the city and go out to clear her head.
Unexpectedly, upon returning, his own daughter followed in his footsteps!
“Qianqian, you’re still young. You need to know that people’s hearts can change, especially in the Lu family’s environment. There are conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and relatives who leech off you. How long do you think you can stay together in this environment?” Zhang Wei asked.
"To grow old together." Shen Qianqian answered without hesitation.
Zhang Wei sighed. In her opinion, her daughter was young and naive, living in an ideal world.
After getting married, you worry about daily necessities and struggle to make ends meet. Where is there any ideal country to speak of?
Does she want her daughter to live a life of constant arguing and accomplishing nothing? Of course, she doesn't want that for her.
Sample.
"No matter what, you'd better go and divorce the Lu family tomorrow! Otherwise, I'll lock you up..."
"You'd better die at home than see that Lu family brat again!" Zhang Wei stopped trying to persuade her and gave Shen Qianqian a death order.
She had other things to do at the hospital. Before leaving, she locked the door from the inside to prevent Shen Qianqian from running back to the Lu family home.
Shen Qianqian wandered around the house, racking her brains for a way to escape.
Zhang Wei's apartment is on the third floor. The door was locked from the inside and couldn't be opened at all. The window, however, allowed her to get out.
Go on, it's on the third floor. If you slip, you might become a ghost again.
Shen Qianqian finally chose the telephone, which had a phone book hanging underneath it, a habit Zhang Wei had always had.
Zhang Wei has a bad memory and easily forgets other people's phone numbers. Fearing that she might suddenly need to find someone, she simply writes the numbers down in a notebook so she can find them when needed.
Chen Qianqian searched for a long time before finally finding a locksmith's phone number. She couldn't open it without the key.
The door can be pried open, right?
The locksmith arrived quickly, and in no time, the lock on the door was pried open, and a new lock was installed. This back and forth nearly depleted all the money she had swindled over the past two days.
Before leaving, Shen Qianqian was worried that her elderly mother would not be able to get into the house when she returned, so she thoughtfully placed the key on a wooden box next to the door, left a piece of paper covering the key, and wrote the word "key" on it.
After leaving the note, she took the bus back to the village.
Lu Yunzhi searched the entire county town but couldn't find Shen Qianqian. Hoping that Qianqian might have gone home, he decided to go back and take a look. Unexpectedly, he saw the person he had been longing for at the entrance of the village.
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