Guan Jixing was knocked to the ground.
His face quickly bruised and swelled. He didn't react immediately, but feeling the burning pain of friction on his face and all over his body, he stared in disbelief at the panting Second Uncle Guan:
"You hit me? What gives you the right to hit me!"
For so many years.
Because he was smart and good at studying, he had been pampered since he was a child. Aside from the setbacks he suffered from Su Ning, no one had ever laid a finger on him.
And the person who hit him was his second uncle.
A vulgar, sycophantic, and idle man whom he looked down upon and despised the most in his heart!
Guan Jixing roared hysterically:
"Even my parents have never hit me! It was clearly Su Ning who bullied Wan'er, and she is pregnant with the Guan family's child, a living life! It shows how vicious and ruthless Su Ning is. As a member of the Guan family, it's bad enough that you don't speak up for me."
"But you actually help the tyrant do evil!"
His voice attracted many onlookers.
In the hallway, at the front desk, and in the adjacent wards, suddenly appeared a lot of people getting water, eating, cleaning, or asking the nurses where the bathroom was...
"Shut your mouth."
Second Uncle Guan's face was also ugly. With so many people around, what if this idiot nephew spouted nonsense and ruined Miss Su's hard-earned good reputation?
Their family couldn't afford that price.
"What? Afraid I'll expose your true colors?"
On the contrary, Guan Jixing got fired up. He climbed up and patted the dust off his clothes. If not for his badly swollen face, at first glance, he would still look like a handsome young man.
He sneered:
"Second Uncle, you are helping Su Ning's side so much, isn't it just for money and benefits? It's a pity that while others might ignore the bullying Wan'er received for the sake of these things, I won't!"
His words were resonant and full of deep affection.
And then—
Slap, slap, slap.
Back and forth, another four slaps rang out loudly. Guan Jixing's face was completely ruined, and Second Uncle Guan shook his hand, still feeling it tingle and ache.
He frowned, his face full of bad luck.
Told you to shut up and you didn't listen.
Aren't you just asking for a beating?
"Ding, detected that the host drove another person to harm the primary plot character Guan Jixing, causing physical and mental trauma. Rewarding..."
Su Ning, who had been watching the show all along: ...???
What did the system mean?
She just stood here, didn't say a word, didn't even give a look. Could the word "drove" really be used? Even if the reward number was quite large.
She still wasn't convinced!
On this side, the Heartless Rich System didn't even bother to pay attention to her. You didn't say anything, but Second Uncle Guan is your lackey, and he only hit his own nephew out of fear of offending you...
The bystanders watched the "beating" scene and cried out in excitement in their hearts. Hearing Guan Jixing's words, they almost understood what had happened.
They began to discuss in very low voices.
"Hey, didn't they say we misunderstood Miss Su before, that she has a cold face but a warm heart, and gave out grain at a critical moment... Is what Young Master Guan saying true or false?"
"I don't know."
"But I know that Wan'er. She's Young Master Guan's fiancée. They made a huge fuss, and her belly got big, but the Guan family still didn't let her marry in. That's a bit too much."
"The pregnant woman was indeed brought over by Miss Su."
"Is that so..."
They exchanged glances, everything understood without words. Although they didn't dare to look at Su Ning, no one was willing to move their feet, wanting to see what was exactly going on.
These murmurs were very quiet.
But the space was only so big, and everyone who should hear it heard it. Like Guan Jixing, his anger and pain from being beaten were worn away a lot, and his heart felt incredibly satisfied.
No matter how they stopped him from speaking, the facts were right in front of them, and there was no denying it—Su Ning was the one who harmed Wan'er, so no matter how much a true villain pretended, it was useless.
One day they will be exposed!
Second Uncle Guan tasted bitterness in his mouth, not daring to look at Su Ning's face. He turned with a dark face and glared at the onlookers:
"What are you looking at? What's there to see? You're in the hospital yourselves and you're still watching the fun and spreading rumors. Careful you come in but can't get out!"
"Stop spreading false rumors here."
He puffed out his chest and said righteously:
"My eldest nephew actually has something wrong with his brain. It's, you know, he's paranoid and always thinks someone is trying to harm him. He was fine before, but now his condition is getting worse and worse, developing to the point where he thinks they will also harm his fiancée and child."
"Miss Su is suffering an unprovoked disaster."
Saying this, Second Uncle Guan bent down and bowed deeply to Su Ning:
"You were kind enough to bring Mu Wan to the hospital without delaying time. You should have been the benefactor of our whole family. I didn't expect my nephew to have an episode and slander you instead. I am truly sorry."
"As his second uncle, I apologize to Miss Su on his behalf."
After speaking, he bowed down until he was almost touching his shoes. His expression, voice, and body language were incomparably sincere, and the onlookers actually believed about eighty percent of it.
Still bending over without raising his head, Second Uncle Guan keenly heard the direction of the discussion change.
His heart relaxed temporarily.
He was secretly proud of his flash of inspiration and the genius excuse he came up with. As they say, strong winds test the strength of the grass; at a critical moment, the family still had to rely on him to survive a disaster.
However, why didn't he hear Miss Su speak?
He became apprehensive again.
Su Ning was busy sighing with the system, "So people are really complex... In the original book, Second Uncle Guan is just a bitter, mean, lazy, and tricky minor villain. Who would have thought he had this side to him."
"He still has to thank the host."
The system said suddenly, "Without you, he wouldn't have discovered that he has a talent for being a lackey. This time, a swift horse has met its Bole."
"No need to thank me."
Su "Bole" Ning had very thick skin and a leisurely tone: "Although he has talent, he still needs more practice. For example, this excuse of paranoia is not bad, but he forgot whether his good nephew is willing to cooperate."
Of course he wasn't willing!
On this side, Guan Jixing was so angry at the various pitying looks that he saw stars. He happened to see the large force of the Guan family arriving and quickly shouted:
"Father, Mother, Grandmother, come quickly! Second Uncle is helping the villain do evil, and he actually slandered me as having a mental illness. He completely disregards family affection and only has money in his eyes!"
The eyes of the whole audience shifted to the Guan family again.
No one was not excited.
This matter was too interesting. If what Guan Jixing said was true, then Second Uncle Guan was blinded by greed, not hesitating to attack his family to please Su Ning.
Second Uncle Guan not being a good person was secondary.
The main thing was Su Ning... Her reputation had only just improved quite a bit!
The Guan family: "..."
Didn't dare to move, really didn't dare to move.
Especially the few people who were named. Old Madam Guan could still hold steady, but Master Guan was shivering. Madam Guan's heart ached for her son being beaten like this, but she didn't dare to speak rashly either.
The scene suddenly reached a stalemate.
"So, is he sick or not?"
Su Ning's voice broke the silence. A sudden smile appeared on her cold and plain face. Although she was clearly at the center of the storm, she made people feel that she was detached from it.
As her voice fell.
Other noises completely disappeared. Everyone, including the onlookers, didn't dare to make even the slightest sound anymore.
Guan Jixing looked over expectantly—
And then his heart broke.
