Ji Jianhua stepped forward and said, "Dad, stop talking. If Xiaoling wants to be discharged from the hospital, let her be discharged. I asked the doctor to come over the next day to change the dressing on the wound. Let's find a place to stay in a hotel in the city first."

"Xiaoling, is this okay?" Ji Jianhua understood his sister's feelings and gave her advice, which Ji Ling accepted.

While Ji Yong went to handle the discharge procedures, he called the Zheng family and reminded them not to send meals over. Ji Jianhua stayed with Ji Ling.

"It's August now. Your notice says you should report on September 5th. Just hold on for a few more days." Ji Jianhua thought a lot all day and night. "Just follow your own ideas as for Mom. Don't worry about what others think. Some things have been deeply rooted in Mom's heart over the years and cannot be changed. If you keep giving in, you will be the one who suffers."

"You don't want to see mom, I'll go out and persuade her to go back." Ji Jianhua stood up, "Actually, that's true. What will you say if you see her? If you ask mom to apologize to you, can everything that happened really be treated as if it never happened?"

Ji Jianhua himself felt that this was quite boring. Just as he turned around, the door of the ward was pushed open and Xu Fang stood at the door with a pale face.

"Jianhua, something bad has happened. Xiaoke is missing."

Ji Jianhua's face darkened, "Mom, she's not a child."

"Ji Jianhua, do you want to see Xiaoke get into trouble?" Xu Fang glared at her son. When her eyes met her daughter on the hospital bed, her expression froze and her voice lowered. "Come out for a moment."

She looked away and walked away.

Ji Jianhua's blood froze and he didn't even have the courage to look back at his sister lying on the hospital bed.

"Brother, go quickly." Ji Ling really didn't care, "Look at me, don't let anything happen to Ji Ke again."

Ji Jianhua didn't leave, but sat down instead. "If I don't go, what can happen to her? She's not a child."

Ji Ling smiled bitterly, "Brother, I'm not a child either."

"Xiaoling, aren't you angry?"

"I don't care."

"Yes, if you don't care, you won't be angry." Ji Jianhua seemed to understand at this moment, but he still couldn't change his mind. "Mom didn't even say a word of concern when she came in just now. She couldn't bring herself to do that, but is she really not heartbroken?"

His sister didn't feel wronged, but he felt wronged on her behalf.

Ji Ling got up, and Ji Jianhua hurriedly supported her. She put on her shoes and straightened her wrinkled clothes, but did not respond to Ji Jianhua's words.

Some things don't need to be explained, everyone knows it in their hearts. Xu Fang may feel distressed, but so what? The moment she put her anger on Ji Ling, her inner thoughts were exposed.

In her heart, the most important things are always her son and her little daughter. As for her daughter Ji Ling... "Brother, let's go."

"Wait a minute, Dad."

Ji Ling smiled and said, "Go to Grandma Zhu and say hello first, then come back."

When they found Grandma Zhu's ward, she was already asleep. Ji Ling asked Zhu Weidong, "Did the doctor say when Grandma Zhu will be discharged from the hospital?"

"Seven days later."

"Then these few days."

"You don't have to come." Zhu Weidong said, "It may be busy here these days. You are injured, and my grandma is worried about you going back and forth."

Ji Ling didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement.

Walking back with his eldest brother, Ji Jianhua told the Zhu family about their refusal to accept the money. "They didn't accept the 500 yuan. They pushed it back and said that there would be a lot of people coming to their house in the next few days, so they told Dad not to think too much and not to go over often."

After all, it was because Ji Ling was injured, and it would be embarrassing for Ji's family to go there and face the people who came to visit.

Ji Ling understood this, and when they returned to the ward, Ji Yong was actually there.

"I asked her to go to your grandpa's house." Ji Yong was obviously upset, but he suppressed his anger and didn't take it out on his eldest daughter. "Let's go. There's a hotel near the hospital. Let's go check in first."

As for Ji Ke's matter, Ji Yong didn't mention a word.

It was already dark outside. The father and his two daughters completed the discharge procedures and went to a nearby hotel.

As for Xu Fang, when she rushed to her parents' house, she didn't see Ji Ke, so she sat in the living room and started crying.

Father Xu came out of the study and just heard his wife asking his daughter what happened. After listening to his daughter's intermittent account of the incident, his face was tense.

"Xiaoling is still in the hospital?"

Xu Fang nodded.

Xu's mother knew her husband's temper, so she immediately slapped her daughter, not hard, and said, "Why didn't you stay with your child in the hospital? What could have happened to Ji? He was probably with a few friends."

"Mom, Xiaoling doesn't want to see me, what can I do? I've been standing outside the ward for a long time, and now she hates me." Xu Fang also felt sad.

"Isn't it right for the child to hate you?" Father Xu took the clothes and strode out.

After seeing this, Xu's mother also stood up and chased after him.

Xu Fang was left alone at home.

In a noodle shop in the city, Chen Jingming looked at Ji Ke and said, "It's getting late. Don't let your family worry. Go back quickly."

"My mother and I came to the city by car. If my mother was really worried about me, she would have come to find me a long time ago." Ji Ke bit her lip aggrievedly, "My sister is injured now, and everyone is in the hospital."

"Is she seriously injured?" Chen Jingming lowered his eyes to hide his thoughts.

"I heard that he was stabbed several times. I didn't dare to go over there, for fear that my sister would get even angrier if she saw me. Everyone in my family must be blaming me now."

"No, she went out on her own at night. It has nothing to do with you." Chen Jingming stood up, "Let's go. I'll take you home."

Ji Ke didn't want to go back, but seeing that Chen Jingming seemed very anxious, he didn't dare to be willful and followed him back to the compound.

After watching Ji Ke enter the Xu family’s apartment, Chen Jingming strode back home.

Fu Yan had also been waiting for her son at home. When she saw her son come back, the mother and son exchanged glances. Fu Yan's heart sank slowly and her face became tense.

At the hospital, Zhu Weidong kept staring out the window. Zhu Yaowu came in with food. "Hey, the Ji family was suddenly discharged from the hospital, so I had to go out to buy food."

The meal delivery that was originally promised has now been cancelled.

When the two brothers were eating quietly, Zhu Yaowu noticed that his elder brother was unusually silent and frowned, "Is there something wrong at work?"

"I'll go back to Bei County in the evening. You keep an eye on the hospital." Zhu Weidong finished half of the steamed bun in his hand in two or three bites, put down his chopsticks and walked out.

He left in a hurry, leaving only this sentence. Zhu Yaowu was not heartless and he knew that something big had happened.

Zhu Weidong called the Bei County Public Security Bureau in the afternoon, and they said that the criminals had confessed that they were instructed by someone and had been secretly watching Ji Ling for several days.

Zhu Weidong was not standing up for Ji Ling, but since the other party had hurt his grandmother, he couldn't just ignore it.

I caught a cold these days and have been feeling dizzy. I am not satisfied with the plot I wrote, please bear with me while I take medicine to recuperate.

(End of this chapter)