Chapter 471: Chapter 358: Breaking All Ties

In the hospital, amidst a flurry of activity, Mr. Lin was pushed back to the ward after being resuscitated. At this moment, he closed his eyes, lying on the hospital bed, tightly holding Lin Lishan’s hand.

Soon, Lin Liyin and her husband, Lin Aiguo and his wife, along with their children, came into the ward one after another.

Lin Liyin immediately stepped forward, pulling over the two sisters Lin Xuezhen, whose eyes were reddened from crying, and whispered to ask what exactly happened.

Lin Xuezhen kept shaking her head.

Mrs. Lin, who was in the nursing home, heard over the phone that Mr. Lin had fainted at the Zhou Family’s place and was now being resuscitated in the hospital. She hurriedly asked to be taken to the hospital.

In the high-level ward, medical staff were stationed in the lounge.

Upon receiving the news, Mrs. Lin did not rush in immediately. She first asked Xiao Zhou a few questions at the door. Seeing that he did not know the details, she waved him away.

As Xiao Zhou left, he rolled his eyes and returned to the side of a few guards. Facing the comforting looks of his brothers, he shook his head.

After Mrs. Lin listened to the doctor explain the condition in the lounge, she swiftly entered the ward and reached out to strike Lin Lishan, who was beside her, but Zhang Guoqing tightly grasped her wrist.

In an instant, everyone gathered around.

Zhang Guoqing stood with a stern face, not loosening his grip.

Mrs. Lin glared at him angrily, “Since when can a person surnamed Zhang interfere over my head? You lowly peasant think you can act mighty just because you have that beast Zhou Xiaozheng…”

“Enough. What more do you want from our Lin Family?” Mr. Lin bellowed to interrupt her insults.

Zhang Guoqing ruthlessly let go of Mrs. Lin’s wrist, pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket, and gently wiped his right hand. He smiled slightly at the angry Lin Family members and casually tossed the handkerchief, letting it fall neatly onto the floor.

Zhang Guoqing glanced sideways at Mrs. Lin, seeing her so furious she was pounding her chest, he smiled contentedly, and patted Lin Lishan, who was circling around him.

“Mom, you are part of the Zhou Family.” With that, Zhang Guoqing followed Mr. Cheng out the door.

The guards at the door saw Zhang Guoqing coming out and smiled at him. Everyone heard what was said just now and felt uncomfortable inside. Some words are hard to say, but comfort is indispensable.

Zhang Guoqing gave them a wry smile, shook his head, and went to where Mr. Cheng was waiting in the corridor.

Mr. Cheng resisted laughing. It was so satisfying! This was the way to fiercely embarrass that old woman.

“Your words earlier, your mother-in-law probably didn’t understand.” Mr. Cheng shook his head and said regretfully. If she were smart, she’d have followed her son-in-law out. Why would she stay inside?

Zhang Guoqing smiled but didn’t say anything. His words were meant for the Lin Family.

“From now on, don’t meddle in matters between your mother-in-law and the Lin Family. That old lady is crazy! She acts without thinking and still prides herself on being genteel.”

Zhang Guoqing smiled again. For one day, she’s his mother-in-law, no matter who, don’t think of making trouble under his nose. As for the insults earlier, he remembered them in his heart. He hoped the other would live well enough, live a long life, to see if this peasant really acted arrogantly? To see how her genteel ends?

“Uncle, you go back first, I’ll wait for Jiao Jiao to come.”

How would Mr. Cheng dare to leave? He was now worried that Zhou Xiaozheng and his daughter might clash with the Lin Family. He hurriedly pointed to the next room and had the guards open the door.

When Lin Lishan came out, half an hour had passed.

Zhang Guoqing looked at his mother-in-law in front of him, full of guilt and words unsaid, making him chuckle silently. Seeing some expressions from the Lin Family members coming outside, he knew some things must have been revealed by now.

Faced with Lin Lishan, he didn’t know what to say. Everything tonight happened too suddenly, and he still didn’t know exactly what transpired, having to rely on his own analysis.

Mr. Cheng assessed Lin Lishan, stood up, and said, “Jiao Jiao must have been frightened tonight. It’s unknown how she is now. I’ll go check at the gate to see who has come.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Lishan ran out quickly, saying, “I’ll go, I’m faster if I run.” As she ran, she slapped her head, secretly regretting forgetting about this.

Zhang Guoqing had long wanted to return, but he was worried they might miss each other. Compared to fearing Zhou Jiao would be frightened, he was more concerned Zhou Xiaozheng and his daughter might not handle the rude and unreasonable Gu Ruyi. That old woman stuck like dog shit, disgusting even being touched, and with Lin Lishan here, he couldn’t kick her away.

“Jiao Jiao has my dad and aunt with her, it should be fine. It’s been so long without them coming, they might be talking. We can go slowly, we should arrive about the same time.”

Mr. Cheng pulled Zhang Guoqing and whispered, “You should have heard the doctor’s words earlier. If Old Lin’s health is failing, he must retire. The Lin Family will blame everything on Jiao Jiao, and you’ll need to help your father-in-law keep an eye on subsequent matters.”

Zhang Guoqing was about to reply when, unexpectedly, a scene that he would never forget in his life happened at the distant staircase.

“Jiao Jiao, watch out!”

He leapt over the corridor railing, swiftly sliding down the pole from the second floor.

Zhang Guoqing’s shriek echoed mournfully through the quiet night. Suddenly, medical staff and patients’ relatives rushed out in a wave.

Mr. Cheng was startled by Zhang Guoqing, quickly leaning over the railing, and loudly shouted, “Quick! Xiao Chen, hurry over to see how Xiao Wu is!”

In the distance, cries of alarm erupted, accompanied by Zhou Xiaozheng’s shouting, “Head, protect your head.”

Mr. Cheng’s heart trembled. Looking far ahead, Zhang Guoqing and a group of people were running towards the ground floor staircase of the building—it was an accident. He collapsed to the floor, vision going dark.

“Doctor, save them, people need help.” Zhang Guoqing ran to Lin Lishan and Zhou Jiao’s side, not daring to move them, and told them to wait for the doctor.

“Brother, I’m fine, mom protected me and got hit, bleeding. Dad, help me catch them, someone wants to kill me!” Zhou Jiao shouted loudly.

Everything had been premeditated earlier.—This time someone truly wanted her dead!

With Zhou Jiao’s shout, the gathered crowd erupted.

Zhou Xiaozheng prevented others from approaching, swiftly tending to his wife and daughter’s injuries. Hearing his daughter’s call, he was filled with murderous rage. In the mere time it took to park, his wife and daughter had fallen to the ground.

“Don’t worry. Don’t move for now, wait for the doctor to come. Dad will avenge you, no one can escape!”

“Jiao Jiao, wait for me!” Seeing the doctor arrive, Zhang Guoqing stood up, pushed aside the crowd, and with a cold face, started kicking down office doors one by one on the opposite side.

As the sound of the third door collapsing echoed, Zhang Guoqing had already grabbed Lin Xuelin by the neck like a chicken and dragged her out.

Zhou Xiaozheng’s guard, Xiao Wang and the others, hurriedly warded off the security. Don’t they have any sense! Didn’t they see Xiao Zhou standing still?

Arriving late, Lin Aiguo and the others saw Lin Xuelin’s eyes rolling back, and rushed forward to snatch her.

“Nobody move! Believe it or not, I’ll strangle her right now!” With that, Zhang Guoqing kicked the nearby flower bed, instantly smashing it.

He then dragged her to the opposite staircase and threw her to the ground. Pointing at a middle-aged man crying nearby, he said to Zhou Jiao on the stretcher, “She is the one who pushed this gentleman at the corner above, causing him to drop the heavy object in his hands onto you. Afterwards, I watched her run downstairs, ignoring you, and flee to the other side. I saw it with my own eyes, she’s not wronged at all.”

A doctor chimed in, “Patients come first.”

Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at Lin Xuelin on the ground, then turned to see his wife with her eyes closed, her face streaked with blood and tears. He then looked at the Lin Aiguo couple huddled on the ground hugging their daughter.

He nodded and said, “The Lin Family will give us an explanation for this. Xiao Wu, come with Dad.”

Zhang Guoqing listened, discontentedly glaring at Lin Xuelin on the ground.

Zhou Jiao looked at Chen Jingru, who was holding the culprit in her arms and crying bitterly, and Lin Aiguo with a face full of grief squatting down, embracing his wife. She sneered. Indeed, blood was thicker than water; her sister would forever remain an outsider.

“Brother, don’t dirty your hands. They’re not worth it.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guoqing gripped her hand tightly. He’d come so close to losing his Jiao Jiao. Why should he? As the stretcher left, he once again turned back to deeply look at Lin Xuelin.

Lin Liyin collapsed onto Li Jianjun, watching Lin Lishan’s group leave, then looked at the Lin Aiguo family on the ground. She repeatedly asked, how could this happen?

Li Jianjun glanced at his brother-in-law’s family on the ground, supporting Lin Liyin as they left this troublesome place. He couldn’t answer that question. Based on Lin Xuezhen’s account, he knew the Zhou and Lin Families had torn each other apart, involving life and death, money, and the whole lot. Why did it come to this? He wanted to know too.

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