How could Chen Hui not be anxious? Even the smallest surgery was still surgery.
Lin Wanyi kept comforting her: "It's okay, really, it's just a minimally invasive procedure. The doctor said we got here in time."
"Huihui, you can't panic now. Mom is already inside. You have to stay calm, understand?"
Chen Hui knew she couldn't cause any trouble at a time like this.
She took a few deep breaths and sat down on the chair with Keke.
Lin Jiajun was filled with a thousand kinds of anger, but since Chen Hui was there, he held himself back.
The whole family was waiting for Li Suhua.
Time passed minute by minute. The clock in the hallway ticked away.
Liu Renzhi had sent Lin Wanyi several messages, but she hadn't looked at any of them.
Her mind was entirely on Li Suhua.
Liu Renzhi checked his phone. Su Jing had said she would take Lin Wanyi to pick out jewelry, but there was no reply even after more than an hour since the message was sent.
Remembering how she usually silenced her phone when she started writing, Liu Renzhi went back to work.
He thought that once work was done, he would go straight to her house to pick her up.
But Assistant Chen told him:
"President, you asked me to keep an eye on Zhou Chenyu and Nanny Wu's movements. It seems they don't plan to sell the house."
"And it also seems that Zhou Chenyu is getting close to your half-brother..."
He glanced at Liu Renzhi's expression and rephrased:
"Zhou Chenyu appears to have been getting closer to Chen Siming in the past few days."
"Chen Siming?"
Liu Renzhi stopped the pen in his hand, but after just a few seconds, he continued working.
If they were together, that really was a match made in heaven.
He didn't want to bother much with Zhou Chenyu's affairs anymore. After what they had done to him last time, Liu Renzhi felt no attachment to them now.
Whether they lived or died from now on had nothing to do with him.
Assistant Chen was right. In recent days, Zhou Chenyu had been deliberately creating opportunities to run into Chen Siming.
She had her own plans. Since Liu Renzhi was no longer an option, Chen Siming was also a wealthy young master.
Liu Renzhi wouldn't introduce her to any other good men anymore, so she had to scheme for herself.
Nanny Wu had told her that back when Huang Chunlian left, she had taken all the money from the family—enough for mother and daughter to spend for several lifetimes.
So now Zhou Chenyu's target was Chen Siming.
She had initially thought winning over Chen Siming would be as difficult as with Liu Renzhi, but she never expected that on just their second meeting, Chen Siming had dragged her into bed.
Chen Siming used all kinds of tools to torment her for a whole day and night before letting her return to the villa.
When Nanny Wu saw the marks on her body, she was terrified:
"What happened to you? Xiaoyu, tell Mom. Who bullied you? Speak up, quickly."
But Zhou Chenyu just smiled:
"Mom, no one bullied me. I don't want Liu Renzhi anymore. I've found a new target."
"I've won over Chen Siming."
Nanny Wu was both happy and worried.
Happy because even without Liu Renzhi, her daughter could still find a wealthy heir.
Worried because Huang Chunlian was unreliable and untrustworthy. Her son might be even less reliable.
Plus, the fact that Huang Chunlian had come back this time trying so hard to mend her relationship with Liu Renzhi clearly meant she had ulterior motives.
The more Nanny Wu thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. She advised Zhou Chenyu:
"Xiaoyu, you still need to be careful. This Chen Siming can't compare to Renzhi."
"How can't he compare?"
Now Zhou Chenyu hated Liu Renzhi—hated him to the bone.
"He not only rejected me, but he also handed me over to some random stranger."
"Mom, to this day I don't even know who took my first time. I don't know that man at all."
"That was my precious first time. The first time I kept for Liu Renzhi for thirty years, and he just gave it away so easily."
"In my heart, he's a devil, the person I hate and despise the most."
"Since he doesn't want me, then I'll become his sister-in-law. I'll still appear by his side every day."
"Let's see who's more disgusted—him or me."
"Liu Renzhi, I won't let him have an easy time."
Zhou Chenyu hated him, and Nanny Wu hated him too.
But compared to Liu Renzhi, Nanny Wu hated Lin Wanyi even more.
If it weren't for her appearance, how would Liu Renzhi have become like this?
She closed her eyes and began to scheme. Even if Liu Renzhi looked down on her daughter, she wouldn't let Lin Wanyi marry into the Liu family smoothly.
Their wedding would absolutely not go smoothly.
With that thought, she told Zhou Chenyu:
"Find the phone number of Lin Wanyi's ex-husband's family. I'm going to give their wedding a little surprise."
At the hospital, Lin Wanyi sneezed.
The doors to the operating room finally opened. The doctor came out first:
"The surgery went very well. Because you brought her to the hospital in time, we cleared the blood clot promptly."
"She'll need to stay in the hospital for a few days of observation. There shouldn't be any major issues."
The Lin family all breathed a sigh of relief. A few minutes later, the nurses wheeled Li Suhua into the ward.
Li Suhua's head was wrapped in bandages, with tubes inserted that were draining black clotted blood.
Her eyes were closed, and she was fast asleep.
Wang Keke shed tears and whispered:
"Grandma, Grandma."
Lin Wanyi comforted her:
"It's okay. The doctor said Grandma will be fine. She just needs to stay in the hospital for a few days."
"Keke, Mommy has to stay in the hospital to look after Grandma for the next few days. You'll stay with Auntie at home and be good, okay?"
"Auntie has a baby in her belly. You absolutely must not make her angry or bump into her, understand?"
Wang Keke nodded vigorously:
"I know, Mommy. I can even wash myself in the bath."
"Good girl!"
Lin Wanyi told Lin Jiajun to take Chen Hui and Wang Keke home:
"You should go back too. Huihui is pregnant, and you need to take care of her. Mom has me here."
"There's nothing for you to do here. Go home first."
Lin Jiajun nodded:
"I'll go home and pack some things for you, then come back."
"Don't rush. First, get Huihui and Keke settled, make them a meal, and tidy up the house."
Lin Jiajun took Chen Hui and Wang Keke home.
But the first thing he did when he got there was go find He Jingchun.
He Jingchun was hiding inside her house, too afraid to come out. She explained through the door:
"It's not my fault, really not my fault. Everyone in the village says your sister is a mistress. It's not just me."
"Your mother fainted because she had some illness. How can you blame it all on me? Why are you only coming after me?"
"If it's not your fault, then whose is it? You gossipy old woman. What proof do you have that my sister is a mistress?"
"Show me proof that her boyfriend has a wife and family. If you can't, I'm not letting this go today."
Where could He Jingchun find such proof? She was just spouting nonsense.
She refused to come out of the house. Lin Jiajun, enraged, kicked the front door.
Just as the door was about to be kicked open, He Jingchun's husband opened it:
"Lin Jiajun, are you crazy? My wife just said a few casual words."
"If you keep this up, I'm calling the police."
"Go ahead!"
Lin Jiajun was even more furious now:
"Even if you don't call, I will. I'm telling you, I'll have the police arrest you both."
He Jingchun's husband actually called the police. After hanging up, he added:
"The police chief is my cousin. My wife just said a few words. What can you do to us?"
"Let me tell you, don't try to extort money from me."
