Lu Chengsi instructed his daughter, "Xiao Nuan, Dad plans to host a banquet for you next weekend. Do you have time to come back and attend?"
He knew his daughter was very busy and needed to confirm the time.
Jiang Nuan thought they had forgotten about it and were bringing it up again.
"Dad, I don't have time recently."
"Oh!" Lu Chengsi's voice held a hint of disappointment.
After hanging up with her father, Jiang Nuan answered her mother's call.
"Mom."
"Sweetheart, why are you answering Mom's call so late?" Jin Yan's voice sounded a little low.
Jiang Nuan smiled and said, "Mom, I was a bit busy just now. Your voice doesn't sound very happy, did something happen?"
Jiang Nuan wanted to know if her mother was willing to share.
"Yes, Mom did encounter something. Did you meet Aunt Jin Tong today?"
She needed to clarify this matter, knowing that Nuan Nuan was not that kind of person.
Jiang Nuan was very happy that her mother brought this up. "Yes!"
She then recounted what had happened in the lobby downstairs to Jin Yan,
so that her mother wouldn't harbor any unresolved feelings.
"Hmph! I knew it! Your aunt has always liked to scheme against people. Be careful not to be tricked by her. She doesn't even let me, her own sister, off the hook."
Jiang Nuan: "..."
"Mom, she's sick. She has a tumor in her stomach, and from what I saw, it might worsen rapidly."
Jiang Nuan told her the truth.
Although Jin Tong was cruel to her mother, it might be different for her mother. Sometimes, she only spoke harsh words, but deep down, she still considered the Jin family as her own.
"What?" Jin Yan was shocked.
"Her body cannot withstand any further shock," Jiang Nuan added.
Jin Yan said, "Oh! Nuan Nuan, Mom understands. I'll hang up now. Don't worry about Mom, Mom is fine."
Jiang Nuan: "Okay!"
After Jin Yan hung up, she sat on her bed, and at that moment, it felt as if all her anger had vanished.
She had once read a news report about not seeking revenge on those who had wronged her, but choosing forgiveness instead.
Every cause has an effect. The karmic debts of this life are all mutual.
Her elder sister had always been strong-willed and troublesome, never able to stand seeing others do better than her.
Sigh!!!
Now, she was not even doing as well as others.
Jin Yan picked up her phone and called Jin Tong. This phone number hadn't changed in over a decade.
Yet, she had never called her elder sister.
It was because her elder sister had once said that she was a disgrace to the family.
Even though Lu Chengsi had become the most prominent family in Modu, her sister still looked down on her.
"Heh heh..." A mocking voice came from the other end.
"Yan Yan, I thought you would never contact me in this lifetime." Jin Tong's voice was filled with mockery.
Jin Yan lowered her head, her eyes filled with tears. "Big sister, in your eyes, I am a sister. If I don't lower myself, you will never lower yourself either, so I am calling you."
Jin Tong asked, "What's wrong?" Jin Yan could tell from her voice that her emotions were not good.
"Nothing, I just felt like we sisters haven't contacted each other in many years."
"Jin Yan, don't speak so sentimentally. You're calling me because you want to avenge your daughter, aren't you? I was listening when Mom called you today."
Jin Tong's voice became even more sarcastic and cold.
Jin Yan felt uncomfortable hearing this.
"Alas! You are always like this. You bullied Nuan Nuan, so why are you twisting the facts?" Jin Yan's tone became much gentler.
Jin Tong suddenly said angrily, "I am an elder, what's wrong with me saying a few words to her? They both want to gang up on me. Jin Yan, marrying a nouveau riche and raising a daughter like you, with the same upbringing as your nouveau riche husband, is simply uncivilized."
Jin Yan: "..." She took deep breaths, suppressing the anger within her.
She was crazy to call her elder sister and endure such humiliation.
"I'm hanging up." She couldn't continue the conversation.
Jin Yan hung up the phone and threw it onto the bed. Everyone has their own destiny.
She could do whatever she wanted.
...
At Hong Bin's place!
He already knew about Hu Yao's arrest but dared not go to save him.
Chu Yunying returned from outside and saw Hong Bin looking worried, so she asked, "Brother Hong, what's wrong? Your expression looks so grim."
Hong Bin frowned and said to her, "Hu Yao was still captured by Mu Jiuchen and has already been sent to the police station."
Chu Yunying's expression froze. Mu Jiuchen's methods made her fearful.
If he had genuinely wanted to catch her, he would have succeeded, but why had he let her go?
Or had Mu Jiuchen discovered something?
She nervously asked, "Will Hu Yao betray us?"
Hong Bin said, "No, he knows I will keep my promise and take care of his children. He can get money from me, so he won't betray us. You can rest assured."
Chu Yunying breathed a sigh of relief. That was good.
The next morning.
Jiang Nuan woke up in the resting room.
Mu Jiuchen was not used to the environment here and had kept Jiang Nuan busy with activities half the night before falling asleep from exhaustion.
When Jiang Nuan woke up, she saw that he was still asleep.
She quietly got up, freshened herself, and went to see Ye Lu Lin.
When she arrived at the ward, Song Baoli also happened to arrive.
Song Baoli looked at her pale complexion and asked with a smile, "You're not used to sleeping in the hospital, are you?"
Jiang Nuan: "...Yes!"
Indeed, she wasn't used to it. She had only fallen asleep in the latter half of the night.
Song Baoli explained, "When I first started my internship, I also wasn't used to sleeping in the hospital. Do you know why?"
Jiang Nuan playfully asked, "The morgue?"
Song Baoli: "..."
However, she had actually guessed correctly.
"Yes."
"Heh heh..." Jiang Nuan chuckled, and they entered together.
"Doctor Jiang, Doctor Song." Ye Anting stood up and looked at them.
Jiang Nuan looked at him and asked, "Did anything happen last night?"
Ye Anting said, "Thank you, Doctor Jiang. Dad slept well last night, and nothing happened."
Jiang Nuan looked at him apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, those people were targeting me, and my father suffered because of it."
Ye Anting frowned and looked at her. "Why?"
After asking the question, he felt rather foolish.
Jiang Nuan gave a wry smile, "I don't know why the other party did this."
Ye Anting also knew that her identity was under intense scrutiny. Fortunately, his father was safe.
Song Baoli checked Ye Lu Lin's physical condition and said to Jiang Nuan, "He is recovering very well! The bone-setting ointment worked wonders."
This was as Jiang Nuan had expected.
As long as there were no further complications, Ye Lu Lin would be able to stand up.
"That's good! The danger period has passed."
Ye Anting was relieved to hear this.
Jiang Nuan asked Song Baoli to stay.
She left the ward, intending to buy breakfast for Mu Jiuchen.
She then saw Ye Anran walking over with a woman dressed in luxurious attire and a middle-aged lady.