After a while, Lin Zhipei finally calmed down. After Xin Ying checked Lin Leyao's wounds and found that she was not in any danger, everyone began to leave one after another.
Because of Qin Suzhen's special status, no one chose to call the police. They planned to inform their elders before making a decision.
At this moment, Qin Suzhen seemed to have returned to her usual harmless self, and her previous crazy appearance of constantly threatening people with a knife seemed to be an illusion.
Lin Zhipeng helped Qin Suzhen walk at the front, Xin Hailan was in the middle, and Xin Ying carried Lin Leyao at the back.
As soon as everyone came downstairs, the director of the sanatorium and the security guards rushed over.
At this moment, Qin Suzhen, who was walking forward, suddenly turned around and lunged forward. Judging from her movements and direction, it seemed that she was about to attack Lin Leyao again.
Now that she no longer had the weapon, Xin Hailan, who was standing between the two, directly blocked Qin Suzhen. The two faced each other and looked at each other. In the short few seconds of eye contact, their eyes seemed to contain unfathomable waves.
Xin Hailan stopped Qin Suzhen, who had suddenly gone mad, and the danger did not come again. Everything seemed to be going very smoothly, but the next second, the expression on Xin Hailan's face suddenly turned shocked and panicked.
Lin Zhipei saw Qin Suzhen suddenly turn around and quickly tried to turn her back, but she soon realized something was wrong.
Xin Hailan stared straight at Qin Suzhen in front of her, her face pale, and took a few steps back, muttering, "I didn't kill her! I didn't do it!"
Qin Suzhen turned around, and Lin Zhipeng saw a knife stuck in her chest, the same knife Qin Suzhen had used to threaten Lin Leyao earlier.
Because they didn't want to call the police, the knife, which could be used as evidence, remained with Xin Hailan. They were preparing to take the knife away, but at that moment, the knife was stuck in Qin Suzhen's chest.
Xin Hailan was still muttering that she hadn't done it.
Holding Lin Leyao, Xin Ying looked around and saw the sanatorium director and security guards, who had witnessed the whole thing, frantically dialing the police.
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Author's Note:
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Chapter 123
With a knife stuck in her chest, Qin Suzhen fell straight backward, landing in Lin Zhipeng's arms.
After being rescued from Qin Suzhen, Lin Leyao fell into a deep sleep in Xin Ying's arms.
After a series of panics and the nursing home staff calling the police, the scene suddenly fell eerily quiet, with only Lin Zhipei's sobs remaining.
Lin Zhipeng knelt on the ground, tightly hugging Qin Suzhen in her arms, repeatedly calling out, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy..."
Qin Suzhen leaned against her daughter's warm embrace and slowly opened her eyes.
She was wounded in the chest, and her face gradually turned blue over time. She listened to her daughter's incessant calls and stared straight at Xin Hailan across from her.
Xin Hailan herself didn't know how this accident happened. The blade of the knife was clearly pointed at her abdomen, so why did it end up pointing at Qin Suzhen's chest?
Everything that was happening now was beyond her expectations. Xin Hailan saw Qin Suzhen, whose face was ashen and who was gradually losing her breath, suddenly raise her eyes and look straight at her. The madwoman she had been before was now like a different person, with a very calm and normal gaze.
Xin Hailan trembled all over. She saw Qin Suzhen suddenly smile at her, a smile that was so confident and so fearless.
Xin Hailan's confused mind instantly cleared up as if seawater had been poured in.
Xin Hailan trembled as she pointed at Qin Suzhen, her voice hoarse as she said, "You did this on purpose!"
The words left her mouth but no sound came out. Qin Suzhen could see the shape of her lips, and her smile widened.
Suddenly, Qin Suzhen used all her strength to raise her hand to pull out the murder weapon from her chest. Lin Zhipeng was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat and quickly stopped Qin Suzhen's actions.
Lin Zhipeng then noticed Qin Suzhen's gaze and saw Xin Hailan, who was staring intently at her mother. Seeing the perpetrator who had harmed her mother, Lin Zhipeng angrily demanded, "Why are you at the sanatorium? Who let you come?!"
When Xin Hailan saw Lin Zhipei's fierce gaze, she was so frightened that she took a step back and stared at her without saying a word.
Xin Ying glanced at Xin Hailan and said indifferently, "Don't waste time. The ambulance will be slow. Drive Auntie to the hospital quickly!"
The security personnel who were watching suddenly came to their senses when they heard Xin Ying's angry rebuke, and quickly brought a stretcher to lift Qin Suzhen up.
Xin Ying looked at the absent-minded Xin Ying standing to the side and said coldly, "You come along too!"
A large crowd dispersed in a flash. Xin Hailan looked at Qin Suzhen, who was lying on the stretcher and had no reaction, and suddenly took out her phone from her pocket to contact Dai Jiaozhi.
However, her whole body was trembling, and her hand holding the phone was shaking uncontrollably, with the shaking becoming more and more intense. She accidentally dropped the phone to the ground.
Xin Hailan hurriedly picked up her phone to make a call, but the screen was cracked and black, and there was no response at all.
Lin Zhipei, who was walking ahead, suddenly turned her head. Xin Hailan had just looked up when she saw the other person's resentful gaze. She felt as if her eyes were being pricked by needles and quickly lowered her head.
Xin Hailan stopped fiddling with her phone and followed them.
News of Qin Suzhen's accident spread to both the Xin and Ji families in no time. The perpetrator and the victim in this incident were a member of the Xin family and someone related to the Ji family, which shocked the patriarchs of both families.
Everyone rushed to the hospital the moment they received the news.
When Xin Guangjin and Dai Jiaozhi arrived at the hospital, Xin Hailan had already been taken away by the police who had arrived earlier. After inquiring about Qin Suzhen's condition for a while, Xin Guangjin went to the police station.
Because Xin Hailan is a foreigner and a minor, the police station has been waiting for her guardian to arrive.
After Xin Guangjin went to the police station, the investigators showed him the surveillance video. Everything in the video happened in the blink of an eye; in just a few breaths, the knife was already stuck in Qin Suzhen's chest.
After watching the surveillance footage, Xin Guangjin's face turned completely dark. The seventy-year-old man stood alone in the corridor, silent.
Dai Jiaozhi couldn't believe it and watched it several more times. After several attempts, she finally confirmed that it was indeed her granddaughter who had stabbed someone. She collapsed to the ground, devastated.
The police officers took pity on the two elderly people, poured them hot water, and let them sit and wait for the interrogation results.
After watching the surveillance footage, Dai Jiaozhi suddenly fell silent. She sat on a chair in the police station with a hot water bottle in her hand, her eyes lowered, seemingly lost in thought.
Suddenly, Dai Jiaozhi stood up and was about to walk out of the police station when Xin Guangjin suddenly roared, "What are you going out for?!"
"I'm going to the sanatorium. Hailan couldn't have killed someone. I want to see what really happened!"
Xin Guangjin angrily said, "You didn't see the clear surveillance video over there?!"
"I saw it! I saw it very clearly! But Hailan would never stab Qin Suzhen with a knife!" Dai Jiaozhi insisted on leaving the police station despite being advised against it.
Seeing Dai Jiaozhi's stark contrast today, Xin Guangjin suddenly asked, "Are you hiding something from me?"
Dai Jiaozhi suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Xin Guangjin's expression suddenly darkened: "Hai Lan is at the police station, yet you keep going to the sanatorium. What exactly are you going there to do? What are you two hiding from me?!"
Dai Jiaozhi, who was in a hurry to leave, suddenly stopped moving. After a long while, she sat back down in her chair, remaining silent and not responding to the question Xin Guangjin had just raised.
While Qin Suzhen was still undergoing emergency treatment, Lin Leyao had already regained consciousness from her unconscious state.
The effects of the medication had worn off, and the wound on her neck had been treated and bandaged. Just as Lin Leyao got out of bed, Xin Ying happened to push open the ward door and walk in.
Xin Ying quickly walked to the bedside and asked with concern, "Awake? Are you still feeling unwell?"
Lin Leyao shook her head and asked, "How is Auntie?"
"They are still trying to save him."
Xin Ying: "The police might need you to give a statement later. Do you want to rest a little longer?"
Lin Leyao shook her head, then grabbed Xin Ying's arm and said, "Sister, I have something I want to tell you."
Xin Ying nodded emphatically; she knew she wanted to tell herself what had happened at the sanatorium that day.
Lin Leyao described in detail everything that happened after she went to the sanatorium today, and the more Xin Ying listened, the more she felt something was wrong.
"Qin Suzhen didn't want to kill you?"
Lin Leyao nodded vigorously: "I think so too. If she wanted to kill me, it wouldn't have taken her that long, and she didn't torture me. All I have are superficial wounds. I suspected someone was instigating me from behind, but I don't know if it was this instigator who prevented her from killing me, or if my aunt didn't kill me."
Xin Ying remained silent for a long time before suddenly asking, "When did Xin Hailan appear?"
Lin Leyao immediately looked up at her: "You think it's Xin Hailan?"
Xin Ying's eyes were dark and unfathomable as she coldly said, "Xin Hailan is too young to have that ability, but she has someone behind her who can."
"Leave this to me. You should rest well during this time and don't let these things affect your mood." Xin Ying leaned down and gently kissed Lin Leyao's forehead before leaving the ward.
Upon receiving the news, Xin Sinan immediately rushed to the police station, but he was not there long before Xin Guangjin brought him here.
As the head of the family, Xin Guangjin always thinks things through deeply. With the Xin family's child stabbing Qin Suzhen, Xin Ying and Lin Leyao are in the most difficult position.
The Xin and Ji families are related by marriage, and should have become even closer, but this unexpected incident occurred.
Now that this has happened, what awkward position will Xin Ying be in when facing the Ji family? And how will Lin Leyao treat everyone in the Xin family?
Just imagining this scene is incredibly distressing.
At the hospital, Xin Ying's presence alone was not enough to represent the Xin family's attitude towards the matter. Xin Guangjin sent Xin Sinan and Xin Wenwen, who were in the area, to the hospital. He would come immediately after dealing with Xin Hailan's matter at the police station.
Xin Si Nan had just arrived at the entrance of the emergency room when he encountered Xin Ying, who had just come out of Lin Le Yao's ward.
Perhaps influenced by this incident, Xin Ying's face was expressionless and extremely cold.
Just as Xin Sinan was about to greet her, he saw Xin Ying's cold gaze sweep over him instantly, and the words he was about to say caught in his throat.
Qin Suzhen's surgery was still ongoing. After talking with Lin Leyao, Xin Ying went to the police station without staying at the hospital for long.
Xin Ying told Xin Guangjin everything Lin Leyao had told her, without missing a single detail.
Lian Xinying and Lin Leyao were able to quickly guess that something was wrong, and Xin Guangjin realized it instantly as well.
Standing at the entrance of the police station, Xin Guangjin turned around and saw Dai Jiaozhi sitting on the cold chair, staring blankly at the hot water in her hand that had long since gone cold. His eyes gradually darkened.
Qin Suzhen was eventually rescued and quickly pulled through, but the matter was not yet completely over.
Xin Guangjin was the one who communicated with the Ji family about this matter.
Although Qin Suzhen is Lin Shujun's ex-wife, the Ji family has paid for all of Qin Suzhen's medical and living expenses since she fell ill over the years. Therefore, when this happened, Ji Hongchen and Lin Zhipei worked together to handle the matter.
Three days after Qin Suzhen's surgery, investigators came to take her statement. By then, the police had already thoroughly investigated the incident.
Some time ago, Xin Hailan, who was planning to return to Australia after learning that her father was ill, was persuaded to stay by Dai Jiaozhi, who said that she had a way to get Xin Pengchi to return to China.
Dai Jiaozhi's solution was the reason why Lin Leyao was kidnapped by Qin Suzhen.
All problems must be addressed at their source. For so many years, because of Xin Ying, Old Master Xin has prevented Xin Pengchi from returning to China. To solve this problem, we must start with Xin Ying.
However, Dai Jiaozhi knew Xin Ying's personality very well. Nowadays, it was difficult to move her or get a hold of her. But everything changed after Lin Leyao appeared in her life.
Dai Jiaozhi could sense that Xin Ying cared a lot about Lin Leyao, so she set her sights on Lin Leyao.