novelraw Chapter 227: Already Anticipated
Chapter 227: Already Anticipated
Qian took two steps, not waiting for Yu Minglang to catch up before she stopped and turned back in confusion, nestled into his solid embrace.
"Are you trying to strangle me..."
Yu Minglang wanted to say that he would treat Qian well in the future, but holding her made him not want to say anything, just wanting to merge her into his own body and never let her go. What could he do? He seemed unable to leave this independent, formidable woman who could scare away eighty percent of men...
"Mei, I think you’re like Qiqi from Dragon Ball, so fierce..."
Qian decided to go back and check who this character was, and after finding out, ignored Yu Minglang for a week. He can’t even compliment people properly, how could she be like that useless housewife?
Actually, what Yu Minglang meant was that his Mei was definitely a woman who could make men obedient, and he was somewhat willing to be managed by her.
After sending Qian home, Jia Xiufang saw the white sedan parked at the entrance and felt it looked familiar.
"Qian’er, hasn’t someone taken us in this car before, something called wowotou..."
"Volvo, one of the favorite models of high-paid white-collar workers." Qian’s answer made Jia Xiufang pat her head.
"Right, I remember now, the lawyer drove this during our lawsuit."
Yaming saw Yu Minglang’s car and got out directly, waving at Yu Minglang, making Jia Xiufang wonder, it was indeed that lawyer. What was he here for?
"Yaming, how long have you been waiting?" Yu Minglang got out of the car and patted Yaming’s shoulder.
"Just arrived, I happened to pass by for something."
Seeing Yu Minglang’s friend finding their house, Jia Xiufang secretly asked Qian, "Qian’er, does Minglang have something urgent?"
Qian glanced at her mom, "He’s fine, but our family might have something."
"Our family?" Jia Xiufang was puzzled, and Qian pointed to the door, "Open it, let’s check on Grandma."
Upon hearing this, Jia Xiufang quickly opened the door and went upstairs. Qian invited Yu Minglang and Yaming in, letting Chen Zilong brew them a pot of tea, and followed her mother upstairs.
The elderly woman spent most of her time confused, unable to recognize people, bedridden. When Jia Xiufang went out, she would change her diapers, leave water, and fruit on the bedside table, and so on.
The old woman was still asleep, and Jia Xiufang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Grandma is doing well. We’ll give her a bath later, you help me lift her onto the wheelchair."
For someone who cares for the elderly like this, she’s considered very filial. She would bathe the elderly person every few days, always provide the utmost care, showing immense patience and love. Jia Xiufang had done this wholeheartedly over the years.
Qian didn’t respond to her mother’s request but instead reached out and grabbed her mother’s wrist.
"What’s wrong?" Jia Xiufang asked.
"Mom, you have a set of customary rules in your heart that you have lived by for many years, always using these rules to require yourself. But you can only demand yourself, not others, so when others let you down, it makes you very, very angry."
"What nonsense are you talking about, you went to college for half a year and now you can’t speak properly?" Jia Xiufang didn’t understand, but felt her daughter’s expression was a bit too serious.
"All along, you’ve taught me to be a kind person, though not in words, but through your actions. You’ve always said, ’What goes around comes around,’ even when no one is watching you do your best. So when you see people like our aunt who don’t do their best, you get very angry and always say that heaven will punish her. But I want to tell you, sometimes heaven is really busy. More often than not, we have to rely on ourselves."
"What are you talking about, child?"
Qian shook her head. In fact, these words weren’t just for her mother but also for herself. Before she turned eighteen in her past life, she was like her mother now, always using strong moral constraints on herself, which gave those who didn’t follow the rules the opportunity to hurt her.
"What I’m trying to say is that no matter what my aunt’s family did, you mustn’t get angry because stress can cause harm to your health. I don’t want you to be hurt by others’ mistakes. No matter what you find out later, trust me, let me handle it."
"Oh, your uncle and I really have nothing left to say, making family like this."
Jia Xiufang actually wanted to sit down and talk with her brother. Although her daughter kept talking about the house issue, Jia Xiufang believed that if her second brother could take good care of their mother, she could give up the property. After all, she has just two brothers, she didn’t want to see them not speaking even when they meet and cut off ties.
But today, her second brother and his wife’s behavior completely left Jia Xiufang disheartened.
"By doing this, they are clearly treating you like an idiot. There’s no use talking about emotions with them anymore, so Mom, let’s fight back." Qian made a fist, and Jia Xiufang gave her a slap on the head, "Are you out of your mind? Fight what?"
Qian stuck out her tongue, "One of my roommates has this middle-school sickness, she probably infected me."
Stage plays can’t be performed willy-nilly, see, there’s a leftover effect from reciting lines.
Seeing Jia Xiufang amused, Qian brought the topic back.
"Mom, don’t you feel like Grandma’s been sleeping a bit too long?"
"Yeah, what’s going on? She should’ve woken up by now, what time is it..." Moreover, she and Qian stood by the old lady’s bed talking for so long, why was she still asleep?
Qian grabbed her grandma’s hand to show Jia Xiufang.
"Grandma can’t wake up because she’s been given sleeping pills. The purpose... is this."
Jia Xiufang focused her eyes and saw a large patch of red on the grandma’s thumb, startling her into a cry.
"Oh my, what’s wrong with Grandma’s hand!"
"Don’t be afraid, it’s not bleeding, look carefully, what is this!"
Qian had anticipated such a situation.
"Huh, this looks a bit like ink paste?" Jia Xiufang hadn’t figured out yet why a bedridden mother had ink paste color on her hand, as she couldn’t even move.
Yu Minglang brought Yaming and the police who had come earlier upstairs together.
While Qian was mentally preparing her mom, the police had already arrived.
"A group of people sneaked into your home while you went out for dinner, drugged the elderly, and had her press a fingerprint. Mr. Wang, please come to collect evidence." Yu Minglang said.
The officer came to look at the old lady, then moved to the window. The bedroom was on the second floor, the window had signs of being pried open, and there was a footprint on the white plaster windowsill.
"We will open a case investigation."
To achieve their goal, they freely intruded into someone’s home and drugged the elderly. All for money, the aunt’s family was truly inescapable.
Qian and Yu Minglang had predicted this before they went for dinner.