Tian Jing wiped the tears from her granddaughter's face, "Where is your great-grandmother?"
Li Suxuan paused, "She's gone. Great-grandmother didn't make it off the operating table."
Tian Jing sat up straighter, "My special medicine..."
Li Suxuan's tears flowed incessantly, "Great-grandmother was hit on the back of the head with a stone by Zhou Yulin, directly injuring her brainstem. She never left the operating table, it was useless, sob, sob."
Tian Jing suppressed the pain in her heart, "So, you used your own future to get revenge on Zhou Yufei?"
"I hate her."
Li Suxuan cried out sadly, "I hate her, I want her to have nothing."
Tian Jing said coldly, "But she got what she wanted in the end. And she played both you and Song Yinyu in the palm of her hand."
"I, I was wrong."
Li Suxuan sobbed uncontrollably, "Grandma, Mai Xingyang is the only one who truly cares about me. I want to get engaged to him, then Song Yinyu won't be able to deal with me anymore."
"This time, it was he who asked Zhou Yufei to find a way to knock me out. He wanted others to see a false image of us together. It was Zhou Yufei who was jealous of me and ruined my appearance."
Tian Jing narrowed her eyes, "How do you know?"
"Mai Xingyang found out long ago."
Li Suxuan was extremely distressed, "He found out before my engagement, but I insisted on taking revenge on Zhou Yufei. Song Yinyu is the real culprit."
"It was me, I disrupted Grandma's plan, and also made our family, Mai Xingyang, and Jiang Junhu very frustrated. Mai Xingyang and I were even run over by a car at the end."
"Engagement cannot be rushed."
Tian Jing refused her granddaughter, "Mai Xingyang still needs to be observed. Your great-grandmother said you shouldn't get engaged before 20 and married before 25. Don't you even listen to your great-grandmother?"
"I listen."
Li Suxuan nodded with tears in her eyes, "I listen to Grandma too."
Tian Jing gently wiped away her granddaughter's tears again, "Tears are a sign of weakness. You said you didn't want to be an ordinary person when you were five, don't you remember?"
Li Suxuan's tears flowed even more uncontrollably. Her grandmother had advised her with these words in her dreams, but being spoiled and willful, she had gotten stuck in a rut, insisting on marrying Song Yinyu...
"Grandma, let's never come back to the specialty team again. I will practice martial arts diligently. I don't want to be a weak woman."
"Good."
Tian Jing nodded, "No matter how capable the Song family is, they can't extend their methods to the specialty team. So, don't rush to decide your entire life."
"Mhm."
Li Suxuan nodded forcefully, "I won't be reckless anymore. I'll listen to Grandma and Mom and Dad."
"Good girl."
Tian Jing patted her granddaughter's shoulder, "Don't worry, Grandma will take care of the Zhou Yufei situation."
"No, no."
Li Suxuan shook her head, "Don't deal with her yet. Let her be with Song Yinyu, so she won't keep targeting me."
Tian Jing chuckled, "Xuanxuan, I'm not going to fix her appearance, I'm going to arrange an extraordinary life for her."
"You, you are still too kind. Practice martial arts seriously, you must become a member of the specialty team. How can you be strong and protect yourself without experiencing the baptism of iron and blood?"
Li Suxuan wiped her own tears, "Okay."
"Knock, knock, knock."
A knock on the door, followed by Li Weixin's voice, "Mom, Xuanxuan."
As soon as Tian Jing opened the ward door, Li Weixin rushed in, "How is Xuanxuan?"
"Little Uncle."
Li Suxuan looked at her little uncle, who was covered in sweat, and her tears welled up again, "I'm fine. Go and see Great-grandmother quickly."
Tian Jing extended her hand to her younger son, "Give me two."
Even though her granddaughter said her mother-in-law hadn't left the operating table, she still wanted to try in the operating room.
Li Weixin had four test tubes in his hand, containing a green liquid.
After giving his mother two, he crouched by the bedside, "Xuanxuan, drink your medicine quickly."
"I won't drink it."
Li Suxuan shook her head, "I'll drink it after my wound heals."
The special medicine was too effective, she couldn't drink it in the hospital.
"Drink it."
Tian Jing, who had walked to the ward door, said, "We'll be discharged this afternoon."
Li Suxuan paused, then agreed, "Okay."
Tian Jing dialed the hospital director's number, requesting to enter the operating room.
The director was hesitant.
It was only when Tian Jing offered to sign a waiver of liability that the director agreed.
After signing in front of the operating room, just as the director was about to accompany Tian Jing in, the operating room door opened.
The doctor walked out and was surprised to see the director.
The director looked into the operating room, "How is the patient?"
The doctor shook his head, "The patient suffered brainstem damage and experienced several instances of respiratory and cardiac arrest. We did our best."
Seeing the operating room door open, Ouyang Meihua and Li Liguo rushed forward. Upon hearing this, the couple froze.
Even though she had witnessed the situation at the time, and even heard the news of her mother-in-law's death from her granddaughter, Tian Jing still found it hard to accept the doctor's announcement.
She looked at the gurney being pushed out, which was completely covered by a white sheet.
Tian Jing tore open the white sheet, revealing Li Mu's lifeless face.
"Mother!"
Tian Jing's heart ached so much she couldn't breathe. Why hadn't she sensed it when her mother-in-law was in danger?
"Mother!"
Ouyang Meihua rushed to the gurney, "Mother, open your eyes and look at us! How could you bear to leave us?"
"Mother!"
"Mother!"
Li Zhengguo and Li Liguo immediately knelt by the gurney.
They were unfilial, they hadn't even taken care of their mother in her old age, and now she was gone.
A nurse covered the body with the white sheet again, "Family members, while the body is still soft, please arrange the funeral as soon as possible."
Yuan Man finally walked out of the operating room, "I'm sorry, I was powerless."
"It's not your fault."
Li Zhengguo shook his head, then took out his phone to make arrangements...
...
After leaving the police station, Mai Xing coldly told her husband to take their grandparents back, as she was going to the hospital to see her grandmother.
Zhou's mother's eyes were swollen from crying. She never expected her grandson and granddaughter to commit such heinous crimes:
"Mai Xing..."
Mai Xing looked at her coldly, "Don't talk to me. Don't try to explain anything. I don't want to hear anything."
With that, Mai Xing turned and left.
"Chengbin..."
Zhou's mother looked at her son in a panic.
Zhou Chengbing stared blankly at his wife's retreating back, "Mom, why did you agree to me marrying Mai Xing if you look down on rural people?"
"I didn't, I didn't."
Zhou's mother felt wronged. She had no complaints about her daughter-in-law.
Zhou Chengbing turned to his mother, "I don't understand you at all, and I don't understand Yulin and Yufei at all."
"I am not only a failed son, but also a failed father, and even more so a failed husband."
"My life is a complete failure."
With that, he walked towards the parking lot, "You all go back. I'm going to see my uncle and resign as village head. Someone as unsuccessful as me is not qualified to be a leader."
"Chengbin! Woo woo woo."
Zhou's mother cried out at her son's receding back. Zhou Chengbing left without looking back.
Zhou's father stood silently behind his wife, watching. He had no words to comfort his wife or son.
He also bore some responsibility for the twisted personalities of his grandchildren. He knew his wife had a bit of city arrogance, but he thought it was harmless.
He had also seen the usual arrogance of his grandchildren and thought it was good, fearing they might truly become country bumpkins.
Who would have thought that his grandchildren would develop such distorted views on life...