Chapter 394: I'll Fight for You Even at the Risk of It (7)
When they arrived at the hospital, they saw Zhou Ruilian wiping Lin Zhou's body.
The smell of medicine in the ward was very strong, and Li Qingning subconsciously covered her nose when she walked to the door.
"What? You're not going in?"
Lin Zhenhua was not happy when he saw her actions.
Li Qingning quickly put down her hand and walked into the ward holding her breath.
Zhou Ruilian is not very good at taking care of others. She is very busy with work and has been used to being independent for many years. She hardly took care of her son after he grew up.
Now that Lin Zhou can't move, she wants to make up for her past guilt towards her son, so she takes care of him personally. Even if she has hired a nurse, she insists on doing many things herself.
But she was clumsy, and Lin Zhou was tall and strong, so it was very difficult for her to do it.
When the two of them entered, she had just finished wiping the front of his body and wanted to turn Lin Zhou over, but after trying for a long time, she still couldn't move him.
Seeing this, Li Qingning went over to help without saying a word. After Lin Zhou lay down, she swiftly wrung out a towel from the basin beside her and expertly wiped Lin Zhou's back.
Lin Zhenhua was very satisfied. He sat aside and watched quietly. He felt even more sorry for Li Qingning: It is really hard to be a stepmother.
Seeing that he didn't say anything and Li Qingning was vying to help, Zhou Ruilian didn't say anything and went straight to sit next to Lin Zhenhua to drink tea, watching Li Qingning pretend.
"Thank you, you've worked so hard." It was rare for her not to scold Li Qingning right away when they met, and she even thanked him. Li Qingning was shocked and performed even harder.
"Sister, don't say that, I'm also his mother."
"Yes, you are his mother too. Our little Zhou is so lucky." Zhou Ruilian looked at Lin Zhenhua sarcastically, "He has two mothers willing to take care of him, all thanks to his father."
Lin Zhenhua felt uncomfortable listening to this and wanted to rebuke her, but when he saw that her hair had turned completely white and she had become much thinner in just a few days, he swallowed his words back.
"Rui Lian, let's stop arguing today and have a good talk. This is all for our son. I feel sorry for you."
Li Qingning was startled, the towel in her hand bumping into the ventilator. Zhou Ruilian turned around and sneered, "Feeling sorry for me? What? You can't win an argument alone, so you come here to play double duty with me today?"
"I know what you two are thinking. It's just about those two taels of silver."
She put down the teacup, walked over and snatched the towel from Li Qingning's hand, exposing her disguise: "Okay, don't hold it in anymore. If you want to vomit, go to the toilet. Don't vomit on my son. He just wiped it clean."
When Li Qingning heard this, she immediately ran to the toilet and vomited everything.
She really couldn't help it.
"See, she's not my biological mother after all." Zhou Ruilian sneered, "It's really hard for you. You've been pretending for so many years."
After saying that, he turned his head away and ignored the two people, continuing to wipe Lin Zhou's body.
Lin Zhenhua felt embarrassed and was somewhat disappointed with Li Qingning, so he winked at her unhappily and asked her to come over to help.
Li Qingning was flexible and endured the nausea to once again snatch the towel from Zhou Ruilian's hand.
"Sister, I can't compare to your position in Xiao Zhou's heart, and I've never thought about comparing anything."
She took a mask from the bedside table and put it on, gently pushed Zhou Ruilian away, and wiped Lin Zhou again.
This time, Zhou Ruilian secretly admired her attentiveness, thoughtfulness and patience, so she simply did not stop her.
"I know you've been angry for so many years, and I'm sorry for that. But no matter how you scold me today, I want to fulfill my responsibilities as a mother, regardless of whether Xiao Zhou recognizes me as his stepmother or not."
She worked as she spoke, her hands never stopping. She looked delicate, but she did the two things very well.
After wiping his body, she helped Lin Zhou put on his clothes and even cut his nails considerately.
No matter how angry Zhou Ruilian was, she knew she was in no position to argue. Furthermore, Li Qingning had already silenced her with her words. If she continued to curse, it would only make her seem mean.
"Tell me, what do you want to sing today?" She was straightforward and stopped talking nonsense.
Lin Zhenhua frowned and said, "Speak nicely, don't be sarcastic, Qing Ning..."
"I'm being sarcastic? Lin Zhenhua, are you okay? You brought your concubine here to disgust me and said I was sarcastic..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Lin Zhenhua completely provoked Zhou Ruilian's anger.
Li Qingning was terrified when she heard this. Seeing that the two were about to fight, she rushed over to smooth things over.
"It's my fault, it's my fault, it's all my fault."
She took Zhou Ruilian's hand and stood aside, keeping a distance of more than 5 meters from the angry Lin Zhenhua.
"Sister, don't be angry. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have come. I shouldn't have made you angry. If you can't bear it, you can hit me or scold me. Just don't let your anger get to you."
Zhou Ruilian was even more furious, almost wanting to laugh. But when she saw Li Qingning lowering his eyebrows and looking docile, her anger instantly subsided: "You can do it, you are amazing."
She sneered and pushed Li Qingning away, then sat back down next to Lin Zhou. Pointing at the door, she said to the two of them, "Alright, we've seen it all, and we've done what we need to do. Let's go back!"
"Why are you replying? Do you have any sense?" Lin Zhenhua continued to fan the flames: "Qingning is kind enough to help you. If you don't feel grateful, then forget it. Why are you arguing..."
"Lao Lin, stop talking."
Li Qingning had just put out the fire when Lin Zhenhua started to provoke her. She was so angry that she wanted to slap herself in the face for coming here to be bullied by both sides for no reason.
But then I thought, today's goal has not been achieved yet, so I have to continue to endure it.
So, she went forward and pressed Lin Zhenhua onto a chair, then pulled Zhou Ruilian over and sat them together. She then respectfully poured tea for them both.
She brought a small stool and sat below the two of them, looking like a concubine submitting to the eldest wife.
Zhou Ruilian found it funny, but ignored her and just watched her pretend.
Seeing that the two were not arguing, Li Qingning quickly started talking about today's topic.
"Sister, Lao Lin, stop arguing." She pretended to be pitiful, her voice choked with sobs: "What's going on out there these days? We're still arguing over such a trivial matter. Shouldn't we work together to solve the problem at hand?"
"What? Can't pretend anymore?" Zhou Ruilian sneered.
"Sister, the rumors about Xiao Zhou and that girl are all over the streets now. Can you bear to watch two children being misunderstood like this?"
"Xiao Zhou is already in this state. As his parents, are we really going to watch him get scolded and insulted? You don't even know what the company entrance would look like!"
She spoke earnestly, appearing to be deeply distressed. Immediately afterward, she turned to Lin Zhenhua and said, "Old Lin, what do you think? We need to think about Xiao Zhou."
"What do you want to do?" Lin Zhenhua took over the conversation and passed it back, throwing the question to her.
But this was exactly what Li Qingning wanted.
She thought for a moment and said, "I think, given the current situation, Xiao Zhou is already like this, we can't let that girl make trouble again..."
"What do you want? Just tell me your purpose and don't involve others." Zhou Ruilian interrupted her, sounding very impatient.
She knew that this person had no good intentions for being able to swallow his anger to this extent today. Listen to the words "for Xiao Zhou", humph, isn't it obvious enough who it was for?
Sure enough, in the next sentence, Li Qing's true colors were completely exposed.
She said, "Sister, Lao Lin, I think that girl has been with Lin Zhou for a long time, and it's rare that she doesn't abandon him in this situation. But we can't delay her. Such a good girl, honestly, sister, don't be angry. We are all mothers, and I really feel bad for her. Let's just consider that the two children are in love and give her more money so that she can go back and live a good life. It can also be considered as an explanation to Xiao Zhou, don't you think..."
Her voice became softer and softer, and until the end, her eyes were fixed on Zhou Ruilian's face.
But Zhou Ruilian didn't react at all after hearing this, which made Lin Zhenhua very angry.
"Give money? How could you possibly think of that? Why don't you go and find the person for me first?"
When he said he didn't mean to, he actually searched everywhere Tian Xin often went, but there was no news.
But Li Qingning immediately interrupted after hearing this: "Where can I find her? This girl has always been by Xiao Zhou's side. It must be my sister who knows where she is. How would I know?"
Look!
Zhou Ruilian knew that these two people were here to perform a duet today.
She first pretended to be a "good wife and mother", but her real purpose was to find Tian Xin to put out the fire.
But she had expected all this the moment they walked in, so it wasn't surprising.
"Then tell me, how much do you plan to give them?" she asked.
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