Bao Fang had not woken up, but she was out of danger and had been transferred to a regular hospital room.
Yaozong Liu yawned as he pushed the door open, carrying the takeout food he had brought back.
“Dad, what are you doing?”
He saw Wan Quan Liu covering his mother’s face with a pillow!
He rushed over and shoved his father away. “Dad! Are you crazy?”
Wan Quan Liu fell to the ground. He got up and glared at him malevolently. “What else can we do? Your mother’s illness is incurable!”
“Even if it’s incurable, you can’t… you can’t…”
Yaozong Liu quickly checked his mother to confirm she was still alive and then, relieved, turned to lash out. “With so much media attention, if something suddenly happens to my mother, do you think the hospital won’t investigate thoroughly and blame us?”
Wan Quan Liu sat on a chair, out of breath. “Do you think I want this? This is what your mother wants too.”
“This, this can’t be…”
Yaozong Liu found it hard to accept.
Wan Quan Liu sighed and then said, “Most of the money the Xia family gave us went to pay off debts. Later, I… I lost some gambling, and the house and land in our hometown sold for very little. The hundreds of thousands your sister gave wasn’t enough either. And then, your mother’s life was at risk again, and you want to start a company. Where are we going to get the money?”
Yaozong Liu stared at him blankly. “And then my mother… just…”
“Your mother thought it over and decided she couldn’t implicate your sister, so she went to find Xia Weiliang! Before that incident is exposed, if she commits suicide in public, public opinion will definitely be on our side. Besides, Xia Weiliang is so famous now, she must be rich. What’s wrong with asking her for some money!”
As he spoke, he looked at the person in bed and sighed heavily. “But your mother, your mother is suffering just by being alive. I also want to help her find release…”
He then looked at his son. “As soon as your mother is gone, we’ll have an excuse to go to Xia Weiliang and make a big scene! Since she’s gone, nothing she says will matter, and no one will believe her! Then, how much we ask her for will be up to us!”
Yaozong Liu looked at his father and sat down on a chair, holding his head in his hands in pain.
“It shouldn’t be like this, how did it turn into this…”
He knew he was not capable but was always overambitious. Years after graduation, he remained stuck between jobs. He had originally hoped to make a fortune by riding on his sister’s coattails to get into a wealthy family, but he didn’t expect Xia Yiran to be so ruthless to him.
But, but he never imagined things would turn out like this!
The person lying in the hospital bed was his mother!
“Son, go outside and keep watch. Leave this to me.”
Wan Quan Liu walked over and placed his hand on his son’s shoulder. “Don’t worry, your mother won’t blame you. This is the result she wishes for.” He then leaned closer to his ear. “Don’t you still need hundreds of thousands for the project you’re working on?”
Yaozong Liu just stared blankly at his mother, forgetting to react.
“Listen to Dad and go out. This has nothing to do with you.”
Just like that, Wan Quan Liu half-pushed him to the door.
As the door closed, he saw the person in bed, slowly shedding a tear…
Yaozong Liu suddenly turned his back to the door, his eyes wide with terror, the muscles in his face trembling.
He seemed to see his mother’s pained expression, to see her face turning red from suffocation, and then his eyes blurred, tears falling uncontrollably.
Through the tears, he seemed to see his young mother smiling as she walked towards him, picking up the tiny him and kissing his cheek. “Yaozong, tell Mommy, why are you crying?”
“Mom…”
Yaozong Liu forcefully wiped away his tears, suddenly turned back, and rushed in, violently pushing away the man in front of the hospital bed!
Wan Quan Liu was still pressing the pillow tightly onto his wife’s face. Initially, the person in bed struggled slightly before slowly lowering her hands… But at that moment, he was knocked over by his son and stumbled to the ground, gasping for breath. “Yaozong! What are you doing? You’re betraying your mother!”
He got up and pushed his son away. “Get out of the way!”
This time, he directly used his hands to cover Bao Fang’s nose and mouth.
Yaozong Liu’s whole body was trembling. He madly beat his father. “Let go, let go of my mother!”
“Liu Yaozong! Don’t you want the money anymore?”
“I don’t want money! And I don’t want to kill anyone!”
“Damn it! You coward, get lost!”
Although both of them deliberately lowered their voices, they were still discovered by a passing nurse. “What are you doing? If you want to fight, go outside. Don’t disturb the patient’s rest.”
Afraid his son would say something, Wan Quan Liu covered his son’s mouth and smiled apologetically at the nurse. “I’m sorry, this kid is disobedient and throws a tantrum when I scold him. We’ll be careful.”
After the nurse left, Wan Quan Liu’s expression changed. He took out a fruit knife from his waist and pressed it directly against his son’s chest. “Step back!”
Yaozong Liu was truly terrified. “Dad, Dad, what’s wrong?”
Wan Quan Liu’s eyes were red. “If we can’t get the money, it’s a dead end. Might as well take a chance! If you don’t want the money, then get out of my sight! Otherwise, I’ll kill you too!”
“Dad…”
“Get out!”
Wan Quan Liu directly shoved him out, and the hospital room door was locked.
“Dad, Dad, open the door!”
Yaozong Liu dared not knock loudly. His trembling voice, laced with tears, pleaded with him repeatedly. “Dad, don’t do this… Mom is still alive… Dad…”
“Liu Yaozong?”
Xia Weiliang, Song Yuan, and Nuomi approached and saw Yaozong Liu pressed against the door, his body shaking like a sieve, tears and snot running down his face.
As soon as he saw Xia Weiliang, Yaozong Liu forgot everything else and rushed forward, grabbing her leg. “Sister, sister, please save my mother, save her quickly…”
Xia Weiliang didn’t have time to ask and quickly looked at Song Yuan. The latter was decisive. He went to the door, pushed it, found it locked, then took two steps back, and kicked the door open with his leg—
Seeing the scene inside, Song Yuan strode forward, grabbed Wan Quan Liu by the collar, and flung him aside. He then looked at Bao Fang; her whites had rolled up, and she was convulsing.
“Call a doctor!”
Nuomi immediately shouted for a doctor. Soon, someone ran over, and the scene became chaotic.
Finally, Bao Fang was saved.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize then that Wan Quan Liu had disappeared.
Xia Weiliang walked up to Yaozong Liu. He was trembling all over, his face pale, his eyes full of fear.
The scene just now would likely become a lifelong nightmare for him.
She handed him a can of hot coffee and then sat beside him.
“Don’t you have anything you want to say to me?”
Yaozong Liu was still trembling. After a long time, he slowly lowered his head, covered his face with his hands, and began to cry.
Xia Weiliang looked at him and didn’t press further. She raised her hand and patted his shoulder intermittently. “You did the right thing just now.”
Yaozong Liu jolted. He looked up at her, his face covered in tears and snot.
“You’re so dirty.” She took out a tissue and wiped his face, her expression full of disdain.
“You did the right thing just now” – this sentence was worth more than countless others.