Meng Qi became a little agitated again and said, "That's right, but the most infuriating thing is that Hong Jiaxi's family keeps harassing Meng Yao, and they even want Meng Yao to issue a letter of understanding, not to prosecute Hong Jiaxi. It's quite shameless."
"Then will Meng Qi forgive him and help reduce his sentence?" In Su Su's impression, Meng Qi was not a strong person, and perhaps she would soften her heart.
"No," Meng Qi said with certainty. "This time, Hong Jiaxi intended to harm Song Jiaping. If he had only wanted to harm Meng Qi, my silly sister might have truly forgiven him. But this time, Meng Yao's attitude is also very firm; she wants Hong Jiaxi to receive the punishment he deserves."
Su Su nodded in agreement and looked at the ledger, asking, "Now that the remaining funds are all sorted out, can they be directly filled into the application form?"
"They should be fillable," Meng Qi said, closing the ledger in front of them. "These will be handled by the accountants at Mrs. Yu's charity organization. For this fund specifically established for the orphanage to be approved, you still need to have Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Huang come forward. They will serve as the directors and deputy directors of this fund and communicate with the relevant departments, and there will be no problem."
Su Su said, "Can I try to contact people in this area myself and learn how to deal with these people?"
"If that's the case, you can follow them to social events, but I don't think you'll like these social events at all," Meng Qi advised her. "If the charitable fund project you want to establish isn't large, why not just have it under Mrs. Yu's organization? You can withdraw funds through the regular procedures when needed, and it will save you trouble."
Su Su still wanted to learn more about charity. Perhaps she could establish a charitable organization as large as Mrs. Yu's in the future, as doing charity was a very meaningful thing.
"Okay, I'll follow them and learn first."
Seeing that she was still unaware of the trouble involved, Meng Qi said nothing more, letting her experience it for herself.
She and Su Su spent the afternoon at Mrs. Yu's charity organization. After they left separately, she went to the hospital.
As Meng Qi was about to reach Song Jiaping's ward, she heard someone shouting at the top of their lungs, "Meng Yao, Song Jiaping, open the door! I beg you, let Jiaxi go! He became like this all because of you!"
Meng Qi sensed something was wrong and hurried over. She found that the person shouting and making a scene at the ward door was Hong Jiaxi's mother, and the ward door was tightly closed.
"What are you doing? Get up quickly, why are you making a scene here at the hospital!" Meng Qi tried to help Hong Jiaxi's mother, who was kneeling on the ground, up at the ward door.
Jiaxi's mother recognized Meng Qi and, as if seeing a life-saving straw, not only did she not get up but knelt before her. "Meng Qi, you've come at the right time. I've never begged anyone before, but this time I'm begging you. Please talk to Meng Yao for me. I only have Jiaxi as my son! The old man had a heart attack and is in the hospital. If Jiaxi goes to jail, our family will be ruined!"
She cried bitterly, and people passing by in the corridor gathered to watch the commotion.
Meng Qi had never encountered someone who used moral blackmail so effectively. She could only say, "Whatever it is, get up first and then talk."
But Jiaxi's mother continued to cry, "Just let Jiaxi live. Our family will be eternally grateful to you."
As she spoke, she grabbed Meng Qi's trouser leg and looked up at Meng Qi with tear-filled eyes.
Meng Qi could no longer stand it. She quickly pulled her trouser leg away, stopped trying to persuade her, stood up straight, and said to a nurse, "What are you all standing here for? Go call security and take her away! This is disturbing the patients' rest!"
The nurse repeatedly agreed and went to call security.
Jiaxi's mother did not expect that the Huangfu family members were all so heartless. She felt a surge of hatred, stood up herself, and looked at Meng Qi resentfully, saying, "If Jiaxi is severely sentenced, you won't have good days either. Our Hong family is not to be trifled with!"
Meng Qi was not afraid of people fighting fiercely, but she was afraid of their unreasonable entanglement through feigned pity and weakness. She said, "Your son attempted murder. The only reason he didn't kill Song Jiaping is not because he was soft-hearted, but because Song Jiaping was lucky and escaped one disaster after another. How can you still have the nerve to ask Meng Yao and Song Jiaping to forgive him and not prosecute him? Do you only accept him being sentenced to death after he has killed someone?"
"What death or no death, don't curse him..."
At this moment, the hospital security guards arrived. Meng Qi did not want to listen to her anymore. She immediately pointed at her and said to the security guards, "We do not welcome her to visit this ward. Please escort her out of the hospital."
Several security guards surrounded Jiaxi's mother and unceremoniously asked her to leave.
Jiaxi's mother glanced at Meng Qi again, her eyes filled with despair and hatred.
Meng Qi looked at her with disdain and indifference. The ones who should be hated were them, yet the Hong family acted as if they were in the right. It was truly a distortion of facts and utterly baffling!
After watching Jiaxi's mother being escorted away by the security guards, she knocked on the ward door. "Meng Yao, Jiaxi's mother is gone. You can open the door now."
A moment later, the ward door opened from the inside. Meng Qi walked in and saw Song Jiaping lying on the hospital bed with a blank expression. Meng Yao stood by, looking dazed and on the verge of tears.
Meng Qi felt the ward was filled with a deathly stillness. She spoke to ease the atmosphere and said, "Jiaxi's mother is too much. It wasn't enough to keep calling and harassing you; she even had the audacity to come to the hospital and make a scene..."
"Why did you keep it from me?" Song Jiaping looked at Meng Yao and asked.
Meng Qi also just found out that Song Jiaping was completely unaware of this matter.
Meng Yao explained, "The police only found out recently. You just woke up, and your body is still very weak and needs time to recover. I didn't want you to worry about this and affect your health."
"What is there for me to worry about?" Song Jiaping said. "Hong Jiaxi actually wanted to kill me. How could such a madman's actions affect my health? I should be happy that he's been caught."
Meng Yao said, "Then I was being overly worried. Now that the evidence is conclusive, he will receive severe legal punishment."
"Do you really hope he will be severely punished? You don't want to let him go?" Song Jiaping retorted.
Meng Yao said, "No..."
Seeing her soft tone, Meng Qi interrupted her, "If Meng Yao wanted to let Hong Jiaxi go, then Hong Jiaxi's family wouldn't be causing trouble here at the hospital. His family is truly difficult to deal with, which is why Meng Yao didn't tell you."
Meng Yao quickly nodded and said, "I was already extremely disappointed in Hong Jiaxi, you know that. He wanted to harm you again this time, and I will never forgive him again."
Song Jiaping's tone softened considerably. "I know you have a kind heart and are simple-minded. I was just afraid you'd be tricked by his sweet talk again. Hong Jiaxi has done so many wrong things; heaven should deal with him now."
Meng Yao sat by the bedside, bent down, and hugged him, saying, "He almost made me lose you forever. Even if the law doesn't punish him, I wish I could tear him to pieces with my own hands!"
Song Jiaping placed his hand on her back and said, "Leave the dirty work of tearing apart scum like this to me when I'm better. No matter what, I can't let your hands get dirty."
Seeing that their misunderstanding had been resolved, Meng Qi did not disturb them further and quietly withdrew from the ward.