“That’s right.” Song Huixin admitted frankly with a nod. “I did that on purpose just now. What are you going to do about it?”
“You!” Wang Xiangdong made a move to charge forward, but the people around him stopped him again—
“Alright, alright, it wasn’t anything serious to begin with. A grown man can’t go around hitting a girl, can he?”
“You two should both calm down. If you have something to say, let’s talk it out properly.”
“…” Everyone could see what had just happened. Wang Xiangdong and Li Yaohua had been trying to “bully” the two young women, only to have the tables turned on them!
Seeing that there was no way they were going to teach these two women a lesson today, especially with so many people watching, Li Yaohua knew they couldn’t let things escalate.
If things got too ugly and word got back to their families, they’d both be in serious trouble!
With that in mind, Li Yaohua tugged at Wang Xiangdong’s arm. “Forget it, let’s go…”
Wang Xiangdong opened his mouth to say something else, but noticed the meaningful look in Li Yaohua’s eyes. Before leaving, he shot Lin Wanqing and the others a vicious glare.
“We’ll see about this!”
“Fine.” Lin Wanqing glared right back.
What could “we’ll see” possibly do?
“Ugh, honestly, you two shouldn’t have offended them just now.” Some of the onlookers recognized the pair. Offending those two young masters was truly asking for trouble!
“Thanks for the warning.” Lin Wanqing clearly didn’t take their words to heart. She told the shop owner to make two fresh bowls of noodles, since the current ones had turned into an inedible mess.
Song Huixin wasn’t affected by what had just happened in the slightest. She looked up and continued chatting with Lin Wanqing.
…
When Wang Xiangdong and Li Yaohua had been fighting just now, neither had held back—neither willing to admit defeat, neither willing to back down.
Wang Xiangdong touched his swollen face and couldn’t help cursing at Li Yaohua. “Damn you, that was too harsh! How am I supposed to go home looking like this? Shit! I’ve figured it out now—you’re the type to choose a woman over your brothers!”
Li Yaohua wasn’t in much better shape. Both his eyes were swollen like a panda’s.
“Xiangdong, you can curse at me all you want now, but I lost my head back there—I wasn’t thinking straight!”
Li Yaohua’s emotions cooled down. “Those two little wenches clearly did that on purpose, making us lose face like that. There’s no way we can just let this go.”
“No kidding! You think I needed you to tell me that?” Wang Xiangdong snorted coldly. “Let’s look into them first. I’ll make sure they get what’s coming to them!”
“Don’t go too far though. If this blows up, we won’t be able to explain ourselves to our families.” Li Yaohua warned in advance.
Wang Xiangdong waved his hand dismissively. “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”
“…” Li Yaohua’s face hurt terribly, and the anger burning inside him burned even hotter.
Capital City, Detention Center.
Su Moli looked at Jiang Yusen with agitation. “Yusen, I don’t want to be locked up in here. Please, help me get out, okay? I’m begging you~”
If Jiang Yusen had any way at all, he would have already started thinking about it—he wouldn’t have needed Su Moli to beg him in the first place.
He was silent for a long while, then finally let out a heavy sigh. “Moli, you shouldn’t have done something like this in the first place. There’s nothing I can do, and I won’t be able to visit you often in the future. I’m about to graduate and get assigned a job. This isn’t a good place to be seen…”
Hearing this, Su Moli’s heart sank heavily as she looked at Jiang Yusen in utter despair.
Everything she had done was for him!
But Jiang Yusen just said “there’s nothing I can do” and that was that.
Now she was the one who had been abandoned.
Lin Wanqing and Song Huixin were getting married, Jiang Yusen had a new life—but what about her?
Was she going to be locked up in here for the rest of her life? She was still young!
Su Moli regretted it. The man standing before her wasn’t worth all her scheming.
The main purpose of Jiang Yusen’s visit this time was actually to say goodbye.
Even if Su Moli managed to get out of this unscathed, Jiang Yusen wouldn’t marry a woman who had served time in prison.
Even if he agreed, his family certainly wouldn’t.
Jiang Yusen looked at Moli with eyes full of heartache. “Take good care of yourself in there. Try to get your sentence reduced and get out sooner.”
Su Moli didn’t say a word, just glared viciously at Jiang Yusen.
As if she wanted to carve his face into her memory forever!
“I’m leaving.” Jiang Yusen stood up and walked away without hesitation.
Su Moli watched his retreating figure, then slammed her fist hard on the table. She would never let them have an easy time!
Lin Wanqing, Song Huixin, and Jiang Yusen—every single one of them!
“Ah-choo—”
Song Huixin sneezed suddenly in the middle of a sound sleep. Lin Wanqing got up to close the window—the nights were still a bit chilly.
With both of the Shen uncle and nephew away from home, she and Huixin were living quite comfortably.
Of course, except for that mother-in-law who was always finding trouble when she had nothing better to do.
Lin Wanqing wasn’t sure if it was her old habit of staying up late that was ingrained in her bones, but she couldn’t fall asleep before midnight.
“Old Shen! Old Shen! What’s wrong with you? Oh dear, don’t scare me—”
Commotion came from the courtyard. Lin Wanqing furrowed her brows and listened for a moment. Beside her, Song Huixin turned over and mumbled, “Who is it?”
“You go back to sleep. I’ll go out and take a look.”
Lin Wanqing heard the commotion outside and knew something was wrong.
“Mmm~” Song Huixin pulled the blanket over her head and drifted back to sleep, still half-conscious.
Lin Wanqing stepped out of the room and nearly collided with Elder Shen.
Elder Shen had no idea what was going on either.
Inside the room, Wang Chunyan was in a panic, screaming hysterically. Looking at Shen Yunfeng lying flat on the bed, he didn’t seem to be asleep—more like he had passed out?
“What’s going on?”
Elder Shen barked at Wang Chunyan to stop crying and wailing. What did she think she looked like?
“Father, look, I don’t know what happened either. I just got up to get some water, and Yunfeng was completely unresponsive. No matter how I called him, he wouldn’t wake up… sob sob I’m scared.”
Wang Chunyan’s face was full of terror.
“Yunfeng!” Elder Shen stepped forward and patted his face. Indeed, there was no reaction at all.
“Grandfather, let me.” Lin Wanqing could tell something was wrong with him.
“What are you doing?” Wang Chunyan watched as Lin Wanqing pried open Shen Yunfeng’s eyes and then his mouth—it didn’t look like she was helping, more like she was making a mess.
“I know a bit about basic medical first aid.”
Lin Wanqing furrowed her brows tightly. “Did he drink alcohol? Did he mention any discomfort before going to bed? Or was there anything unusual compared to his usual self?”
Wang Chunyan was bombarded by this rapid-fire series of questions and didn’t know which one to answer first.
It was Elder Shen who remained composed. “We had dinner at home, and he didn’t drink. He just mentioned feeling lightheaded during the meal—probably because he’s been busy with work lately and hasn’t rested well. Nothing unusual compared to usual.”
“It could be a cerebral hemorrhage.” Lin Wanqing made a quick assessment. “We need to get him to the hospital right away!”
Wang Chunyan naturally didn’t believe what Lin Wanqing said. What a load of nonsense—of course they needed to take him to the hospital when he was in this state. Did she think they’d just wait at home?
“I’ll go find someone—”
“No, contact the hospital and have them send someone to pick him up.” In a situation like this, professional medical staff had to be present. The patient must not be moved carelessly, or it could worsen his condition.