Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 202 - 202 202 Swindling People

?Chapter 202: Chapter 202: Swindling People Chapter 202: Chapter 202: Swindling People “Ah, Mom, it’s true, the police came last night. They said Xiaofen was hit so hard that her head was bleeding and her intestines were perforated, and she’s now in the intensive care unit at the hospital. It was Chui Li who reported the case.” Liu Gaimei was also anxious, how could she handle such a serious incident all by herself?

The old lady was truly dumbfounded, “Impossible?” She thought it over and over, and it seemed like she was the one who had hit Xiaofen’s head with a frying pan yesterday.

But head injuries, just like Xiaobao’s before, were at most treated with gauze, how could it lead to a stay in the intensive care unit?

The old lady’s first thought was that Chui Li was stirring up trouble!

She probably wanted to take this opportunity to frame their family and then take her granddaughter away.

The furious old lady felt she had figured out the truth; she was now one hundred percent certain this was all Chui Li’s doing.

“Don’t worry about it, I’ll make some food for Xiaobao first. After Xiaobao has eaten, I’ll go find Chui Li and see what she’s truly up to. I also want to go to the police station and see for myself. There’s no justice if they can just arrest us when we’ve done nothing. If they don’t release Fan Jiancheng, I’ll just lie down in front of the police station door,” the old lady hadn’t remembered yesterday’s lesson at the hospital yet.

She always thought of herself as invincible, believing that her shrewish ways worked everywhere, not considering that others had reputations to uphold, while she had none.

Liu Gaimei became frantic, “Mom, I’ll make the food for Xiaobao. You should hurry over; I’m worried without the child’s father back.”

It was already dawn, and Fan Jiancheng still hadn’t returned. Liu Gaimei was definitely anxious and also scared.

She could find a reason to request leave from work today, but if Fan Jiancheng really got arrested, she feared she might lose her job.

Then how could she, a woman alone, provide for a child?

The old woman glanced at Liu Gaimei, noting her disheveled appearance and weary face, guessing she too hadn’t closed her eyes all night, “Okay then, cook an egg for my grandson and boil some noodles. The noodles are in the cabinet. I’m going to the hospital right now.”

The old lady tidied up quickly and dashed out the door, heading straight for the hospital.

This morning, Bai Xiao had already heard about Chui Li’s daughter being hospitalized because her ex-husband had beaten her.

She felt a sudden pang in her heart. Why are there deadbeats everywhere?

Is that even a real father?

Although she was not the biological daughter of her foster father, Bai Senior had raised her since she was young with the utmost care and had never laid a finger on her. In her eyes, parents are the greatest relatives in the world, willing to sacrifice everything for her.

Now, to think that Fan Jiancheng, her own father, could be so cruel to his daughter.

It seems that Chui Li had considered this aspect when she was still acting like a white lotus. That’s probably why she had been so restrained. Had Bai Xiao been too reckless yesterday? She hadn’t taken Chui Li’s actual situation into account, always assuming that she was too soft-hearted, almost too much of a Mother Teresa. Now it seemed that maybe Bai Xiao had been meddling too much.

Without standing in someone else’s shoes, one might always assume addressing issues from their perspective was natural.

She liked decisiveness and swift action, wanting immediate retribution for those who harmed her, but she hadn’t considered the consequences that followed such retribution might be too great.

It seems one cannot just consider things from their own point of view.

She went out of her way to visit Xiaofen’s hospital room to see for herself, and the little girl looked much better. After the anesthesia wore off, Chui Li was slowly helping her move about the floor, certainly necessary after such surgery to ensure proper breathing.

The little girl’s face showed she was in a lot of pain, screaming and writhing, but it was clear her relationship with her mom had grown a lot closer.

Chui Li looked up and saw Bai Xiao, and hurriedly called out, “Come in and sit down, Doctor Bai. I’m supporting her to finish this round of walking, and then she can lie down.”

When Xiaofen saw Bai Xiao, her eyes were spinning wildly. She remembered that this was the doctor who had backed up her mom yesterday.

“Hello, Doctor Bai!” Of course, she was keenly aware that Doctor Bai was very capable; yesterday, when dealing with her grandma, Doctor Bai had shown no mercy, and it was Doctor Bai who had helped her mom!

She felt somewhat intimidated.

Bai Xiao nodded, “How are you feeling, is it much better today?”

Chui Li said with a laugh, “Much better. Yesterday’s surgery was very successful. Look at this girl now, she’s jumping around. If it weren’t for the painful wound on her belly, she might be revolting by now.” Her face beamed as she spoke of her daughter.

Xiaofen leaned dependently against Chui Li’s chest and looked up to ask, “Mom, you won’t abandon me, will you?” She had been asking this question countless times since yesterday, and Chui Li wondered what her damned ex-husband had done to make the child so fearful.

She stroked Xiaofen’s head, “Don’t worry, you are my child. How could I ever abandon you?” She was also resolved to get her child back into her own care.

The door to the ward was suddenly flung open with a bang.

The old lady rushed in as if flying, yelling and gesticulating as she made her way inside, “You shameless wretch, Chui Li, if you have an issue, take it up with me. Why go after my son? And now you’ve even had your daughter start faking illness. Let me tell you, don’t think you can fool me. If you want to harm my son, you’ve got another think coming. The two of you mother and daughter committing such vile acts, you’d better watch out for divine retribution.”

Bai Xiao saw the old lady about to grab Xiaofen, a child who had just undergone surgery and couldn’t withstand such rough handling.

She couldn’t stand by and do nothing. She stepped forward and pulled the old lady aside, twisting her wrist. Bai Xiao pushed her toward the door, “Old lady, this child just had surgery, and her wounds haven’t healed yet. If you keep pulling at her like that, if the wound bursts open, she’ll have to go back to the operating room and suffer all over again. And then we’d have to charge you with assault.”

She stood firmly between the old lady and Chui Li with her daughter.

The old lady’s wrist throbbed with pain, and she was just about to scold the doctor in front of her when she suddenly remembered that this was the young lady who had left her speechless yesterday. Upon hearing Bai Xiao’s words, she was going to accuse them of fraud.

She turned her head and saw Xiaofen, pale-faced and with an IV drip in her wrist, but otherwise not appearing to have had surgery.

The attending doctor had already rushed in upon hearing the noise.

With help, Xiaofen lay on the bed, and the doctor lifted the hospital gown from her stomach, pulling back the gauze. The old lady gasped at the sight of the bloody, ugly wound, like a twisted centipede, and felt her heart lurch.

Oh my, she really had surgery.

She felt as if the sky were falling.

The doctor changed her dressing and instructed Chui Li, “It’s not even been a full day yet, even if she needs to get up to move around a bit, you must be careful with her walking. Don’t make it too vigorous. Otherwise, if the wound tears open, she really would need a second surgery.”

Chui Li nodded earnestly, her heart still racing with the scare. If it weren’t for Bai Xiao’s quick action to hold back the old lady, Xiaofen might really be suffering all over again.

This was already the second time Bai Xiao had helped her.

She couldn’t help but look at Bai Xiao with gratitude.