"Gong Linglong, your mother is here."
Gong Linglong was sorting donated items in the warehouse when Li Xuan, a male colleague who joined the company at the same time as her, came to call her. She had to put down her work and go out immediately.
"Mom, why are you here?"
Gong Linglong came running over and saw the gauze on the back of her hand from a distance. Her face changed and she asked, "Mom, what's wrong with your hand?"
"It's nothing serious. I was scalded by boiling water."
"Why are you so careless?"
Gong Linglong ran up to her and saw that the backs of both her hands were covered with gauze. She frowned and asked, "Both hands are burned? How did you get burned?"
"A colleague slipped and fell, and the boiling water spilled on me." Bai Shuixian said indifferently.
Gong Linglong's delicate brows were furrowed. She had just had an argument with Meng Xiaoying, and when she came back her mother was scalded. This made her suspicious.
Logically speaking, people working in nursing homes are carefully selected. They are usually extremely meticulous and responsible in caring for the elderly and should not make such low-level mistakes.
"Mom, how is your relationship with this colleague who splashed water?"
"I'm not familiar with her; I've only met her a few times. She's an accountant at the nursing home and rarely comes to our work area. I was having lunch with other colleagues I'm close to, and she came over to join me at the table. After dinner, we went to wash the dishes together, and then she inexplicably slipped and spilled the boiling water on me."
Hearing her say this, Gong Linglong became more suspicious and asked again, "What's her name? Have you asked about her background?"
"Her name is Yu Nan, she's about the same age as me, and I haven't heard anything about her."
Most of the staff in the sanatorium have some family background. After all, this is a stable job. For positions like accounting, it is not just about ability.
Thinking of what Yu Nan said at lunch, Bai Shuixian told her: "At lunch today, we learned that she had resigned. She said her husband was transferred to the Northeast for work, and she had no choice but to resign and follow him. When she said this, I noticed that her expression was a little strange."
"Mom, which word yu?" Gong Linglong already had a guess in her mind.
"Equal to."
"Yu Nan, Yu Zhen, do you think they have any relationship?" Gong Linglong's eyes were deep.
Bai Shuixian narrowed her eyes, understood what she meant, and said, "Linglong, you go back to work. I'll go back and ask someone."
"Mom, come with me to the warehouse to rest. I'll ask Director Yang."
Gong Linglong took her to the warehouse at the back, where there was a small bed for her to rest. After settling her down, she immediately went to the office to find Director Yang.
Director Yang was quite knowledgeable about family matters. They had been discussing the Yu and Meng families a lot recently. When she asked about Yu Nan, she readily told her, "Yu Nan is Yu Zhen's second sister. She works at the sanatorium. This time, because of Gao Xuemei's identity as an enemy agent, Yu Nan and her husband's work has been affected."
"Yu Nan was also suspended from the sanatorium. It must have been the old lady from the Peng family who intervened, so the sanatorium didn't announce her suspension or dismissal."
After that, he asked her, "Why are you asking about her suddenly?"
"My mother just came over. Her hands were burned by Yu Nan." Gong Linglong looked angry.
"Huh? Your hands are burned? Is there a conflict between your mother and Yu Nan?"
Gong Linglong shook her head. "No, I just asked my mom, and she said she wasn't familiar with Yu Nan, having only met her a few times. Today, she suddenly slipped and the scalding water splashed towards her. Luckily, she was quick to block it, otherwise her eyes and face would have been disfigured."
At this point, he pretended to be annoyed and said, "My mother and I are so unlucky that we can't meet the Meng and Yu families. Every time we meet, they pick on us and make trouble for us."
"Do you know the Meng family?" Director Yang asked again.
"I know Meng Xiaoying. She used to work at the Seoul Military Region Art Troupe. The day after my wedding, she came to the family compound and started meddling in my affairs. For no apparent reason, she took me out on me and caused a feud with a bunch of military wives. She was also punished by the art troupe and suspended from work for reflection."
"Before her punishment was over, Gao Xuemei's affair was exposed. She became as close as sisters with another enemy spy lurking in the art troupe, going in and out together every day, forming cliques and small groups within the troupe. She was later taken away for investigation, but was released not long after."
Director Yang had heard about Meng Xiaoying's case and had a so-so impression of her. He said, "If you think there's something fishy about Yu Nan scalding your mother, you can ask the sanatorium's security department to investigate."
"Forget it, my mom is soft-hearted. She doesn't want to cause trouble for the company. The injury isn't serious. She'll be fine after a few days of rest."
Gong Linglong said this, but in her heart she was thinking about revenge. After she finished speaking, she went back to her work. "Director Yang, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go register the information."
"Go ahead." Director Yang waved at her.
Gong Linglong returned to the warehouse and told her mother what she had learned. "Mom, Yu Nan is Yu Zhen's second sister. I don't think she threw boiling water at you because she accidentally slipped."
After saying that, he thought of something else and asked her, "Mom, does Yu Nan have short hair and wear a gray coat with a blue and white plaid top underneath?"
"Yes, have you seen her?" Bai Shuixian asked.
Gong Linglong understood at this moment and gritted her teeth, "When I came out of your dormitory, I saw her and Meng Xiaoying standing in the corner talking."
Bai Shuixian understood what she meant. It must be that Meng Xiaoying said something behind her back, so Yu Nan deliberately poured boiling water on her.
"Mom, you rest here. I'll count the supplies here and find a reason to go out." Gong Linglong said and went to work.
Half an hour later, Gong Linglong delivered the registration book to the office and found a legitimate work excuse to go out.
When Gong Linglong arrived at the sanatorium in stealth, Yu Nan had just finished the work handover procedures. A young woman who was about seventeen or eighteen years old and looked 30% like her was accompanying her and helping to carry some things in her hands.
"Mom, what should we do now? Everyone in the family has lost their jobs, and the house has been taken away. I don't want to go to my uncle's house to see my grandparents and aunt's faces. Their scolding is too harsh."
Yu Nan's face was gloomy. As he walked, he said, "At noon, your cousin and his wife and Xiaoying came to the nursing home. Xiaoying met with me and said she had a house under her name that she could lend us. I'm going over to get the key now."
"Mom, what are my cousins doing in the nursing home?" Yu Nan's daughter asked her.
"Today is Madam Peng's birthday, and the Meng family isn't doing well right now. If your cousin and his family want to maintain their status, they can only visit the Peng family more often and rely on them."
The mother and daughter talked about family matters all the way, not knowing that Gong Linglong was following closely behind them and followed them all the way to the place where they met Meng Xiaoying.
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