In response to Meng Shitian’s accusations, Ye Shaohua remained silent.
However, in her heart, she agreed with her husband’s assessment of their daughter.
In her view, Meng Zhi was far more fortunate than Qinyan.
And precisely because of that, she should yield to Qinyan all the more.
A girl should be virtuous and sensible. Meng Zhi appeared gentle and soft on the surface, but in reality, she had a stubborn personality.
A girl like that wouldn’t win her husband’s affection once married.
She should have her spirit tempered before she was married off.
After all, she was going to marry into the Shang family—she couldn’t afford to make a single mistake!
“Zhizhi is still young…”
Ye Shaohua hesitated, wanting to defend her a little more, but was impatiently cut off by Meng Shitian.
“Mind your own business. She’s gone too far this time—she needs to be properly taught a lesson. Otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble she’ll cause in the future!”
As they spoke, the car had already pulled into the hospital parking lot.
The two of them followed Shang Ye’s description to find Meng Zhi’s ward.
The moment they stepped off the elevator, they were startled by the scene before them.
The entire floor was guarded by fully armed security personnel.
Anyone unaware would have thought some important figure of special status was staying in that ward.
Meng Shitian frowned, looking at his wife in confusion.
But he found the same bewilderment reflected in Ye Shaohua’s eyes.
“This… could we have taken the wrong floor?”
The two looked up at the elevator indicator. No, this was right!
The confusion in Meng Shitian’s eyes deepened as he mustered his courage and walked forward.
He noticed that the entire floor housed only one ward, and at the door stood a man in a suit—his demeanor completely different from those muscular bodyguards.
He squinted, the more he looked at the man, the more strangely familiar he seemed, as if he’d seen him somewhere before.
Just as he was about to approach, the man stopped him with a cold voice.
“Who are you?”
The man’s sharp gaze fixed on them like a dagger.
“We… we are the parents of the patient inside.”
Ye Shaohua paused before continuing.
The man frowned, seemingly doubting the truth of their words.
He didn’t rashly let them in, but instead called Duan Yang and briefly described the situation to him.
Upon receiving the news, Duan Yang rushed over immediately.
When he arrived, he was carrying an insulated food container with freshly simmered soup prepared by the housekeeper.
The moment he saw Duan Yang, Meng Shitian felt the world spin around him, his eyes filled with nothing but disbelief.
“Husband?”
Ye Shaohua didn’t know who Duan Yang was.
But seeing Meng Shitian’s reaction, she sensed that this man was no small figure, and lowered her voice to ask.
Meng Shitian paid her no attention at all, instead stepping forward ingratiatingly, trying to shake Duan Yang’s hand.
After all, this was Assistant Duan—Shang Shiyan’s personal assistant.
He handled all the major cooperation deals of the Shang Group and was Shang Shiyan’s most trusted right-hand man!
Duan Yang held absolute control within the Shang Group, and more importantly, he had climbed to his current position through sheer ability.
Back then, someone had offered a high price to poach him from Shang Shiyan’s side, willing to offend the Shang Group which had already reached its peak—that alone spoke volumes about his capability.
“Assistant Duan, hello! Do you remember me? I’m Meng Shitian, the head of the Meng Group. My daughter is engaged to Young Master Shang of your company! We previously met at…”
Duan Yang found Meng Shitian’s rambling tedious.
With a refined smile, he coldly interrupted: “President Meng is here to see Miss Meng, I presume?”
Having been by Shang Shiyan’s side, he had heard plenty about the absurd way the Meng couple treated their daughter.
Especially after this car accident—their daughter’s life had been in danger, yet the two of them only showed up a week later.
That kind of behavior was hard to stomach not just for Meng Zhi, but even for an outsider like him.
Now, facing Meng Shitian’s deliberate fawning, Duan Yang felt nothing but contempt and mockery in his heart.
“Yes, yes, we’re here to see Zhizhi.”
Meng Shitian nodded hurriedly, though inwardly puzzled as to why Duan Yang was here and why he was so deferential toward their daughter.
But faced with a man of such lofty status, he could only suppress that curiosity deep down.
“Miss Meng is resting and cannot be disturbed.”
Duan Yang’s voice was cold and distant, polite yet laced with a hint of disdain.
Before Meng Shitian could say anything, Ye Shaohua couldn’t hold back and spoke up in accusation.
“What? We’re her parents—are you saying we have to wait until she wakes up? Where in the world is there such a rule!”
In the eyes of Meng Shitian and Ye Shaohua, even Meng Zhi’s life was a gift from them.
Meng Zhi ought to be grateful to them.
Instead of being ungrateful like she was now, shutting out the parents who had come all this way out of kindness to see her.
“I told you long ago, this girl is an ungrateful wolf, and you still defended her!”
Meng Shitian let out a cold snort, his vicious gaze more befitting an enemy than his own flesh and blood.
Hearing this, Ye Shaohua felt deeply uncomfortable too, her brows furrowing tightly.
She actually tried to barge in, disregarding Duan Yang’s obstruction.
“Meng Zhi, open the door. Your father and I came to see you—what tantrum are you throwing?”
Faced with Ye Shaohua’s behavior, Duan Yang frowned, his expression gradually darkening.
The second before she got close, he blocked the door with his body, grabbing the hand she’d extended to open it and flinging it away with force.
Ye Shaohua stumbled, caught in Meng Shitian’s arms.
Looking at the two troublemakers, Duan Yang no longer spared any thought for them being his lady’s relatives, and warned them sternly without mincing words.
“This is a VIP ward. If you keep making a scene like this, I’ll have no choice but to have the bodyguards escort you out.”
The moment his words fell, the surrounding bodyguards immediately closed in.
Faced with the wall of dark figures, Meng Shitian and Ye Shaohua were so frightened they swallowed hard.
But the thought that this was likely done on Meng Zhi’s orders made anger surge back into their hearts instantly.
“I’m here to see my own daughter—what right do you have to kick me out? Let me in right now, this instant, or I’ll call the police and report you for unlawful detention, and have them throw you in jail!”
Ye Shaohua, unaware of Duan Yang’s identity, grew even more reckless in her speech.
Not only did she threaten him, she also blamed everything on Meng Zhi.
“What car accident? I think it’s all a lie—she’s jealous of Qinyan, so she staged this whole thing.”
“Qinyan is hurt that badly, and as her sister, she doesn’t even feel for her—instead she throws a little tantrum. It’s just…”
She paused, leaving the rest unsaid, though the disappointment in her eyes was plain to see.
Listening to Ye Shaohua’s words, Duan Yang furrowed his brow, his eyes filled with bewilderment.
In this car accident, Meng Zhi had been the most severely injured.
Yet ironically, as her biological parents, Meng Shitian and Ye Shaohua showed not a trace of concern in their eyes—she even received such slander instead.
Were these two really her biological parents?
Even an outsider like him felt a chill hearing such words, let alone the lady of the house.
Duan Yang pressed his lips together, his contempt and disgust for them growing even stronger.
Yet Meng Shitian and Ye Shaohua remained completely oblivious to how far they had overstepped. Meng Zhi had been so obedient in the past that they had forgotten what was truly right.
“Let me in. I want to ask her myself—what have we ever done to wrong her all these years, that she would treat us like this…”