Chapter 41 There's Still a Long Way to Go
Xin Xin had just been discharged from the hospital when Xin Fengcheng was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
It's hard to say whether she fainted from fright or from anger.
Xin Que waved the three invitations in her hand. "Why can't you learn your lesson? You were all scared to death, and you still won't tell the truth?"
Sun Xinyue stared warily at Xin Que, only raising her hands to protect Xin Xin behind her back, completely ignoring Xin Fengcheng.
"You angered your dad to the point of hospitalization, and you even got the invitation," Sun Xinyue said, on the verge of a mental breakdown, as if she had nothing to lose, and started yelling at Xin Que, "You've ruined our whole family, you troublemaker! Are you happy now?!"
Xin Que slammed the three invitations together in her hand. "What, you have a big problem with this?"
Sun Xinyue was so angry that her teeth were grinding, but the two sides were simply too far apart in strength, and she couldn't do anything but talk back.
Xin Que remained calm throughout. As she left, she glanced back at the mother and daughter, who were burning with anger but only dared to glare at her. "I haven't even caused your family to be destroyed yet, and you're already reacting so strongly. If I were to actually do something to you three in the future, wouldn't you turn the world upside down?"
Sun Xinyue was almost driven mad by Xin Que's arrogant and contemptuous threats.
“Take good care of your temper,” Xin Que said, turning to leave the Xin family with a meaningful look. “We have a long future ahead of us.”
Only after Xin Que completely disappeared from the Xin family villa did Sun Xinyue finally lose her strength, collapse to the ground, cover her face, and sob.
"Why is my life so bitter?" she thought, feeling increasingly resentful. "I thought that the good days were coming after all the suffering of that sickly guy who died before me."
"I never expected that her daughter... she just can't stand to see us doing well!"
Xin Xin finally regained some strength after Xin Que left. She looked around and saw the servants in the kitchen peeking out like groundhogs. She immediately covered Sun Xinyue's mouth.
"Mom," her voice trembled with fear, but she tried to calm herself down, "keep your voice down, or you'll get into trouble."
"We need to think of something; we can't let Xin Que keep bullying us like this..."
Sun Xinyue gradually stopped crying.
“Come on,” she said, grabbing her coat and putting it on, “let’s go to the hospital to take care of your dad first.”
"A friend in need is a friend indeed. No matter how much Xin Que tries to sow discord, she never imagined that we could stick together like this."
It was as if she wasn't the one who had voluntarily confessed about Xin Fengcheng when Xin Que interrogated her earlier.
Xin Xin followed silently behind Sun Xinyue.
The image of Xin Fengcheng's indifferent attitude when she was captured by Xin Que flashed through her mind.
Xin Xin found it ironic; all that talk of "true friendship in times of trouble" was utter nonsense.
But thinking of the Xin family's assets in Xin Fengcheng's hands, Xin Xin forced herself to revert to her previous sensible little daughter self.
Interests are important.
......
Night falls.
The hospital corridor had fallen silent, and the wards on both sides were dark, with only a sliver of light from the corridor shining through the frosted glass of the ward doors.
The nurse had just finished her rounds for the night and had left Xin Fengcheng's private room, closing the door quietly behind her.
Sun Xinyue and Xin Xin went outside for some fresh air after the nurse left.
"Mom," Xin Xin said anxiously, thinking about how the charity gala invitation was in Xin Que's hands, "Are we really going to give up on that charity gala?"
Sun Xinyue is also worried about this matter.
She had a well-thought-out plan, using the gala as an opportunity to help Xin Xin establish herself in high society. However, she never expected Xin Que to interfere, not only making a mess of the Xin family but also stealing all three invitations.
Shin Bong-sung is still unconscious. Even if Shin Bong-sung wakes up, in order to maintain her image as a good wife, she cannot put pressure on Shin Bong-sung about the invitation.
But she couldn't give up the party.
Absolutely not.
......
Xin Fengcheng slowly opened his eyes, and what he saw was a dimly lit ceiling.
And... a woman looking down at him.
The man on the hospital bed suddenly opened his pupils wide.
He moved in terror toward the bedside, causing the oxygen inhaler to droop to one side from his movement.
It's Xin Que again!!!
When Xin Fengcheng saw what Xin Que was holding, he desperately opened his mouth to try to call for help.
But my body felt like it was filled with lead; my limbs were numb, and I had great difficulty speaking.
Xin Que stood at the head of his bed like a female ghost, without saying a word, just coldly looking down at him.
After a long while, he seemed to find his voice and shouted out.
Sun Xinyue and Xin Xin heard the commotion in the ward and rushed back.
As soon as the light was turned on, Xin Fengcheng gasped for breath, looking as if he had just been pulled out of the water, his hospital gown soaked with cold sweat on the back.
"Honey," Sun Xinyue sat down beside him with a worried look, "What's wrong?"
Xin Fengcheng stared wide-eyed, his gaze sweeping over Sun Xinyue and then over Xin Xin standing at the door of the ward.
"Where did you go?" he asked, his voice hoarse and unpleasant.
Xin Xin immediately came over to pour water for Xin Fengcheng.
“Xin Xin and I went to the nurses’ station to ask the nurses,” Sun Xinyue said flawlessly, “to ask about what to be careful about when taking care of you…”
Xin Fengcheng suddenly looked up, his eyes bloodshot and looking like some kind of monster. "Don't you know I was almost smothered to death by Xin Que just now?!"
Xin Xin was startled by Xin Fengcheng's sudden shout, and she trembled, losing her grip on the water glass, which she knocked to the ground.
The sound of the glass shattering was particularly jarring in the hospital room.
Xin Fengxiang seemed to be stressed, recalling the frustration and panic he felt during the day when Xin Que threatened him.
Xin Xin was so frightened by Xin Fengcheng's crazed appearance that she took a step back. "I...I didn't mean to..."
Sun Xinyue was also startled by Xin Fengcheng's inexplicable outburst, clutching her chest in shock, "What, what's wrong with you all of a sudden!"
She got up and carefully checked the ward, "Where is Xin Que?"
“Xin Xin and I were at the nurses’ station not far away. If someone had come into the ward, there’s no way we wouldn’t have seen it, right?”
After venting his emotions, Shin Bong-sung gradually calmed down.
He looked around the brightly lit ward.
It was just the three of them.
It seems that Xin Que's appearance was just his illusion.
Xin Fengcheng found it somewhat absurd.
The absurdity of not being able to distinguish between reality and fantasy.
The ventilation window, which opens at an angle, sits quietly on the balcony like a silent, mocking mouth.
Xin Fengcheng withdrew his gaze.
Sun Xinyue and Xin Xin silently cleaned up the broken glass on the floor.
No one spoke up.
The sound of the fragments sliding and rubbing against the floor tiles was sharp and jarring in the otherwise silent environment.
The three had different thoughts and refused to look at each other.
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