Chapter 53: Truly Unbearable

Mother Liu was moved by her daughter's words, and her sense of wandering after the family separation diminished slightly. "You're right. As long as our family is well, we won't have to worry about our lives. With daughters as thoughtful as you, I ask for nothing more."

The mother and daughter returned to the ward in good spirits.

However, the moment they entered the room, they were met with a rolling eye.

Mother Liu saw it, of course, but since they were out in public, she didn't want to cause trouble. She simply pulled her daughter and walked inside.

The girl delivering meals by the door saw them and, seeing they didn't protest, grew even more emboldened. "A bunch of country bumpkins, and they have the nerve to put on airs here."

With another eye roll, she picked up the meal basket and prepared to walk out.

It was truly the last straw. To be bullied one after another—did she think Liu Chuxue was someone to be trifled with?

With a single thought, she took a few soybeans from her space. As she crouched down, those few soybeans zipped rapidly across the floor, passing under four hospital beds toward the door. A sharp "Ah!" rang out.

The big-mouthed girl ended up in a full split, her hands flying up as the basket she was carrying was tossed directly into the path of a passing beautiful woman. "What do you think you're doing?" the woman demanded.

Everyone in the ward who looked over at the sound of the commotion was stunned by the scene.

Earlier, because a patient had a craving, they had forced the girl to go get cabbage, vermicelli, and meat stew from the cafeteria; the boiled vegetables brought from home were now all splattered onto the beautiful woman. Fortunately, there wasn't much grease.

The middle-aged man, who hadn't had time to sit down, saw this and immediately started scolding. "Geng Erlan, you useless girl, what on earth are you doing?"

He shuffled over in his slippers. "You useless thing, can't you even walk straight?"

Instead of helping his daughter up, he actually gave the person on the floor a kick. Seeing the beautiful woman jumping with rage in the hallway, he said, "Sister, I am so sorry. This girl wasn't watching where she was going. Not only did she cause trouble for herself, but she's dragged you into it as well."

The beautiful woman said indignantly, "This outfit was custom-made! I'm wearing it for the first time today."

Hearing this, the man grew even angrier. Not daring to offend the woman, he gave another kick to the girl who was still wailing on the floor. "You troublemaker! Get up and apologize to her right now!"

Hearing the woman's shout, a man ran out from the adjacent ward. "Yaoyao, what happened?"

Once he saw the situation clearly, he demanded, "Who did this?"

This roar startled the father and daughter at the door. The middle-aged man, however, showed some sense of responsibility. "Comrade, I am sorry. My troublesome daughter didn't watch the path, which caused this incident. She truly didn't do it on purpose; please forgive her."

But just as he finished speaking, a voice came from behind him: "Little sister, what happened?"

The man turned toward the culprit, but upon seeing who it was, he froze. "Geng Er'er, why is it you?"

When the middle-aged man realized it was his factory leader, he was so terrified he could barely speak. "Deputy Factory Manager Gu... this... this is truly a case of... the flood... washing away... the Dragon King's... temple..."

He reached out to grab his daughter. "Get up quickly and apologize to her!"

Liu Chuxue felt no sympathy for the girl, who was grimacing in pain as she struggled to stand; instead, she felt somewhat sorry for the beautiful woman who had been caught in the crossfire.

At this point, the middle-aged man no longer dared to hope for luck and quickly tried to make amends. "Deputy Manager Gu, this was my daughter's fault. We will certainly compensate you double for the clothes."

At this moment, he truly wanted to beat his useless daughter to death for being more of a hindrance than a help.

(End of Chapter)