Liang Xinzhou looked down at her. "Aren't you going to talk?"
After speaking, he took out his phone, held it in his hand and shook it. His gold-rimmed glasses reflected the sunlight. As evening approached, the orange-red sunset cast a faint glow on the distant horizon, and the pale golden light fell on Liang Xinzhou, making him look dazzling.
Liang Xinzhou said, "I'll give you ten minutes. If you don't come out, I don't mind making sure your son never has to stay in a hospital again."
"Threatening me?!" the woman snapped. "Let me tell you! I've never been afraid of anyone in my life! Come on, if you've got the guts, kick us out of the hospital, and I'll expose you online!"
“Okay.” Liang Xinzhou pressed the number, and the other party answered a few seconds later. “Dean Zheng, it’s like this, your hospital is so short of beds right now, isn’t it a bit inappropriate to let someone who isn’t sick occupy them?”
...
Liang Xinzhou only said a few words, and the other party immediately understood what he meant.
The woman sneered, "How interesting. I'll make a phone call here, say it's to the mayor, and have all of you arrested. Do you think I'm stupid?! Acting all high and mighty like this, damn it, I..."
Before the woman could finish speaking, her phone rang.
She frowned. "Excuse me, ma'am, according to the doctor's diagnosis, Xu Tong is fine now. Please come downstairs to complete the discharge procedures."
The woman paused for a few seconds, then asked in surprise, "Aren't you about to get off work?!"
The other party said, "Once we've finished processing your request, we can go home. Please come downstairs as soon as possible."
The woman was stunned. After hanging up the phone, her lips moved slightly, and she mumbled something unintelligible.
Liang Xinzhou stood in front of her and said coldly, "You still have a chance."
The woman looked up at him, then suddenly shouted angrily, "Does being rich give you the right to treat human life like dirt?! Your daughter pushed my son down, and he developed a high fever last night and isn't better yet, and you're already trying to force him to leave the hospital! If anything happens to my son, will you take responsibility?!"
Standing in the hospital corridor, her eyes red, she berated Liang Xinzhou, "You're so rich, what's wrong with paying for my son's medical treatment?! Why have you come here time and time again? What do you want? Do you want me to die?! Will you only realize your child's fault if I die?! Huh?!"
The last word was screamed so hard it cracked, and the woman's mournful voice echoed in the corridor, drawing everyone's attention.
Lingdang hid behind Liang Xinzhou and held Liang Shi's hand.
Hearing the woman's words, he couldn't help but shrink back. His eyes, which had recovered a little, turned red again, and he shed tears of grievance and fear.
Lingdang released Liang Shi's hand and went forward to pull Liang Xinzhou.
Liang Xinzhou looked down and saw Lingdang shaking her head at him, sobbing softly, "Uncle, let's go, I don't want you to do this anymore, let's go..."
Liang Xinzhou patted her hand, squatted down and wiped away her tears, "Lingdang, you just need to tell me, did you do it or not?"
Bell shook her head, crying, "I didn't do it, but I didn't want you to be scolded..."
"It's alright," Liang Xinzhou said. "Since it wasn't something we, Lingdang, did, no one can wrongly accuse you."
Liang Shi stood there, and suddenly a tear fell from his eye.
It fell directly to the ground, with residual water droplets clinging to its eyelashes.
Suddenly someone handed her a piece of paper. It was a very beautiful hand with neatly trimmed nails and long, slender fingers, worthy of the phrase "fingers as white as scallions," but it was somewhat overly thin.
Liang Shi glanced sideways and realized it was Shen Hui.
She sniffed, then realized she had lost her composure.
She took the paper from Shen Hui's hand, thanked her softly, and wanted to go over and comfort Lingdang, but Liang Xinzhou led her to the woman.
The woman, already somewhat delirious from emotional distress, muttered incoherently. Seeing Liang Xinzhou approach, her pupils dilated in shock, then her eyes widened in horror. "Don't come any closer! Do you want me dead?! You rich people are trying to force us to our deaths! Fine, I'll die! Even in death, I won't let you go!"
She was about to bang her head against the wall when Liang Xinzhou grabbed her and threw her to the ground.
Liang Xinzhou looked down at her and said coldly, "Being rich is nothing special, and I don't want to force you to your death."
The woman sat on the ground, tears streaming down her face.
Liang Xinzhou was not swayed by this. "The children we raised don't lie, so if my niece says she didn't do it, she didn't do it. We are rich, very rich. We can treat your son's illness and even pay all his medical expenses, but we will not accept your extortion."
"I'm going to expose you online! You're preventing poor people from getting medical care!" the woman shouted, struggling to her feet. "You're trying to drive poor people to their deaths!"
"Then do as you please," Liang Xinzhou said. "I've checked the supermarket's surveillance footage and your son's past medical records. You and your husband went to that supermarket every night this week. You're usually inseparable from your son, so why weren't you with him the night before last? Your son's illness is chronic, right? Your husband lost his job last month, causing your mortgage to default, and your company laid off employees two months ago. You can no longer afford your son's medical expenses, so you came up with the idea of extortion, right?"
Liang Xinzhou looked at her with a sharp gaze, "If you obtain donations in a normal way, I can donate money for your son's medical expenses and living expenses, but you are wronging our child, no way."
When Liang Xinzhou said the last two words, he emphasized them heavily, as if to say, "This is my final bottom line."
The woman sat on the ground, looking rather desperate, her eyes vacant. Liang Xinzhou took out his phone and placed Liang Xinran's photo in front of her. "Do you recognize this person?"
The woman remained silent.
Liang Xinzhou said, "If you cooperate with me, I will help pay your son's medical expenses and you can continue to stay in this hospital."
The woman's eyes lit up, and Liang Xinzhou asked her, "Do you know her?"
The woman said, "Isn't this the little one..."
The words of abuse were already on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back down out of fear and dread.
"She's your niece's aunt." The woman said, "Your sister? Why are you asking me?"
“I mean, did you see her before this happened?” Liang Xinzhou asked.
The woman said frankly, "We definitely haven't seen him before. That day was the first time we met your child."
At this point, the woman asked, "If I tell the truth, will you pay my medical bills?"
Liang Xinzhou nodded: "Yes."
The woman was relieved, but before she could say anything, she hesitated, saying, "Give me twenty... no, five hundred thousand."
“Okay,” Liang Xinzhou said.
After saying that, he turned on the recording function on his phone.
The woman then proceeded to explain their plan in detail.
They scouted the supermarket every day and checked the blind spots of the surveillance cameras. That day, they didn't actually intend to extort money; they just wanted to take their child to buy groceries. However, they noticed that Liang Xinran was wearing an expensive outfit, so they concluded that the family was wealthy and left their son there unattended.
Everything went so smoothly, I didn't expect it to.
If... these people are not investigated.
After the woman finished speaking, she wiped away her tears. "That woman was so rich and had such a weak personality. Who knew your family was so powerful? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have done such a thing."
Liang Xinzhou saved the recording. "So you hadn't met that girl before this incident?"
The woman shook her head. "No."
Liang Xinzhou got the information he wanted. "Okay, that's settled then."
"What about the five hundred thousand?" the woman exclaimed, grabbing his sleeve and asking, "Where's my money?"
Liang Xinzhou turned to look at her, revealing a cold smile, "Money is only your money when it's deposited into your account."
“You promised to give me the money!” the woman said.
Liang Xinzhou retorted, "Where is your evidence?"
woman:"……"
She was about to wail again when Liang Xinzhou said coldly, "I don't want to help someone who plotted against my niece. I've saved this recording of yours, and I'll hire a lawyer to sue you for fraud. You can take your child home now to receive the summons."
The woman was completely stunned.
Liang Xinzhou's methods were honed in the business world, and this woman was no match for him.
First they threaten, then they bribe; they slap you and then give you a treat.
A classic tactic of capitalists.
Liang Shi watched from behind, utterly amazed.
Just as Liang Xinzhou was about to leave with Lingdang, a child suddenly walked out of the ward. The child walked unsteadily and called out in a clear voice, "Mommy~"
Liang Xinzhou turned around and saw the little boy running towards the woman, then revealing a cute smile and dimples.
He wiped away the woman's tears, "Mom, why are you crying?"
The woman was completely different from her previous manic and hysterical state, now radiating a gentle glow, and even forced a smile, saying, "Mom is alright."
Liang Xinzhou paused for a moment, then said, "I won't give you the money, but I will pay for your son's medical treatment."
//
No one understood Liang Xinzhou's intentions.
As Liang Shi was coming downstairs, he asked him, "Is it because you were thinking about your sister-in-law?"
Liang Xinzhou simply said, "It's not easy for anyone."
At that moment, Liang Xinzhou empathized with the crazy woman from the perspective of a father and from the perspective of a person.
She went mad for her child.
But she is still trying to live for her child.
Liang Shi sat in the back seat of the car, with two children on his arms. After the car had driven for a while, he praised, "Big brother, you're awesome!"
Liang Xinzhou: "Hmm?"
"He's cold and strict, but he also exudes a human warmth—that's so cool." Liang Shi said, then asked Lingdang, "Isn't Uncle cool?"
"Cool!" Lingdang exclaimed without hesitation, "Uncle is so handsome!"
Liang Xinzhou frowned: "How come you've learned so many new words? Did your aunt teach you?"
Liang Shi waved his hand, "I didn't."
“It’s Shengyu,” Lingdang said. “Uncle, I have a new friend.”
Liang Xinzhou gave a perfunctory reply.
After Rainbow was seen off, Lingdang became sleepy in the car and fell asleep on Liang Shi's lap. Only then did Liang Xinzhou ask about the Morse code.
Moreover, she had heard Yu Wan mention Qi Jiao before, and immediately guessed, "It's the diary left behind by the deceased Qi Jiao?"
Liang Shi nodded: "It should be."
"Give it to me," Liang Xinzhou said.
Liang Shi: "Huh?"
“I can understand it,” Liang Xinzhou said.
Liang Shi: "..."
Do these people really know so much about Morse code?