Ch 108: I Really Don’t Care

“It’s not your fault; those people were too much.” Xiao Yao supported her forehead with her hand, took a deep breath, “From what I gather from Third Uncle and Third Aunt, they don’t seem to intend to call the police. You’re the victim; what do you think?”

Xiao Wenxing suddenly fell silent, turning to look out the window. After a moment, he said in a low voice, “Jiang Yu is a lifelong guilt for my parents. Even though that person doesn’t deserve it, but… I don’t want to make them sad.”

Xiao Yao understood. Since their family had reached an understanding, she had nothing more to say.

She immediately stood up. Because she stood up too abruptly, she bumped the chair behind her with a bang. In the silent ward, everyone’s gaze instantly fell on her.

Xiao Wenxing also became instantly nervous, his gaze following her figure closely, “Xiao Yao, are you angry?”

Xiao Yao glanced at him, said nothing, turned around, grabbed Zhuang Lingyun’s arm, and pulled him out of the ward.

Xiao Yao was indeed very angry, but she also had no right to say anything.

Zhuang Lingyun was also very depressed. Although Xiao Yao cared about Xiao Wenxing out of childhood friendship, her thoughts were pure, so he had nothing to say. But the man lying in the ward was not a good person, hiding a belly full of filth. Zhuang Lingyun just wanted to hide Xiao Yao, not letting her see him even for a moment!

But he also felt that his own thoughts were inappropriate at this moment, and it would be easier to make her angry, so he could only endure it, and became even more depressed.

“I’m hungry.”

After leaving the ward, they sat in the corridor for a while. Xiao Yao’s mood calmed down. Touching her stomach, she looked at Zhuang Lingyun beside her, but suddenly found that his complexion was not good, and she couldn’t help but be startled, “Are you feeling unwell?”

After all the hustle and bustle of the past two days, he hadn’t slept a sound sleep. Xiao Yao immediately felt immensely guilty.

“I’m sorry, I made you run around because of my family matters, Zhuang Lingyun…”

Before she could finish speaking, a warm hand with a faint scent of mint tobacco suddenly covered her lips. Another arm went around her neck from behind, encircling her shoulders. He leaned close to her ear and whispered, “We are a family.” After a pause, he added, “And, don’t say those three words to me again. Don’t say ‘thank you’ either; I don’t like hearing it.”

Xiao Yao blinked her large eyes, looking at the man so close. His eyelashes were thick and black, his eyes expressive, capable of drawing anyone in at a glance. Xiao Yao couldn’t help but her heart beat faster; she nodded slightly.

He smiled contentedly, letting go of his hand and putting his arm around her shoulders to stand up, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to eat.”

Xiao Yao originally didn’t intend to get involved in Xiao Wenxing’s matter, but unexpectedly, she had an unexpected gain.

When Xiao Yao and Zhuang Lingyun returned from dinner, they found Third Uncle and Third Aunt standing outside the ward, pacing anxiously back and forth, occasionally leaning against the door to look inside. Inside the ward were two police officers in uniform, the attending physician who performed Xiao Wenxing’s surgery, and two medical personnel.

The police were talking to Xiao Wenxing.

“What happened?” Xiao Yao asked.

As soon as Third Aunt heard Xiao Yao’s voice, she turned her head to look at her, her eyes filled with anger and resentment, “Did you call the police?”

Hearing this accusatory tone, Xiao Yao immediately raised an eyebrow and laughed instead of getting angry. So the police came on their own initiative; that’s good.

Xiao Jianbo quickly pulled his wife, “Why are you getting angry with Xiao Yao? Didn’t you hear just now that the surgeon called the police? It’s a stab wound; the doctor is afraid there are some hidden circumstances. The police are just conducting a routine check. Wenxing promised us he wouldn’t say anything. It should, it should be alright…”

Hearing this, Xiao Yao couldn’t help but sneer, “Third Uncle, Third Aunt, for your precious son, you are truly willing to go to such lengths. Xiao Wenxing was stabbed almost to death, and you still try to cover it up and protect the culprit. I’ve never seen parents like you. You’re so biased; I wrongly thought you were good to Xiao Wenxing before.

Fine, since you’re willing to bear the huge debt, no one else has the right to say anything. After my grandmother’s funeral, we’ll leave. As for the five million, I’ll see how you repay it.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jianbo and his wife’s faces immediately changed. Zhu Ge’s final ultimatum was half a month; how could they possibly gather five million in half a month?

They didn’t have many relatives, and even fewer were wealthy and influential. Now their only hope was secretly placed on Zhuang Lingyun, hoping that this wealthy and influential son-in-law of the Xiao family would help. Since Xiao Yao had spoken so definitively, she had cut off their path to survival.

Xiao Jianbo was angry that his wife had upset Xiao Yao earlier, so he quickly put on a smiling face and said, “Yaoyao, you haven’t had children, so you don’t know the hardships of being a parent. We’ve naturally raised Wenxing as our own son for more than twenty years, how could we not feel heartache? It’s just that the current situation is very unfavorable to Jiang Yu. We feel guilty towards him and want to make amends; this isn’t wrong, is it?”

Xiao Yao heard the phrase 『you haven’t had children』 and instantly felt an inexplicable anger rising. Was Third Uncle really stupid or just pretending? Why bring up this topic?

Zhuang Lingyun also found these words extremely jarring. Upon hearing this, he immediately retorted, “Third Uncle, I disagree. Since Jiang Yu committed the crime, he cannot escape legal responsibility. Even if he escapes for a while, he cannot escape forever. I understand your desire to make amends, but to condone him escaping legal punishment by covering it up, who knows if he will relapse and harm other innocent people? Your approach is simply unacceptable.”

Seeing that he couldn’t reason with them, Xiao Jianbo sighed and glanced at his wife. Third Aunt received this look and naturally understood her husband’s intention, after all, they had discussed it thoroughly today.

After a pause, Third Aunt stepped forward, grabbed Xiao Yao’s hand, held it in her palm, her eyes filled with tears, and looked at Xiao Yao pitifully, “Third Aunt spoke too harshly just now, Yaoyao, don’t take it to heart. Third Aunt apologizes to you. Rest assured, we will repay what we owe Wenxing. Repaying this debt is our responsibility as parents; we will absolutely not let him bear it with us. This injury has already been hard on him; there will definitely not be a next time.”

Xiao Yao looked at Third Aunt holding her hand, smiled lightly, and withdrew her hand from her palm, “Third Aunt, I don’t care.”

Third Aunt froze, staring straight at Xiao Yao.

“Third Aunt, I’ve said what I needed to say. To put it bluntly, Xiao Wenxing cares about you, so he’ll let you do whatever you want. He’s willing to sacrifice his entire life, that’s his choice, and I really don’t care. I don’t want to get involved in your family matters anymore. I came here mainly because of Grandmother, although she didn’t get to see me one last time…”

Xiao Yao smiled slightly, patted Third Aunt’s hand, and looked at Third Uncle, “Take care, goodbye.”

Then she turned and left, Zhuang Lingyun following behind her like a gentle guardian.

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