Chapter 473: Chapter 473
After Zhao Guodong was analyzed by Ye Ling, he no longer wanted to see Ye Qian. Anyway, he felt that he hadn’t done anything wrong, and it was all Ye Qian’s doing. There was no need to even talk about guilt — it had long disappeared.
He was urged by his grandmother to come out in the morning; if he didn’t come, she definitely would. Thinking of this, Zhao Guodong reluctantly came to the hospital.
As expected, he encountered Bai Xue at the hospital. Bai Xue had a stern face, as if she had an unpleasant altercation with Ye Qian. Neither mother nor daughter looked at each other; they behaved like strangers, each busy with their own thing. Ye Qian was packing her things; she could be discharged today, while Bai Xue just sat there, motionless.
Liu Zhiyuan didn’t come by, which raised Zhao Guodong’s eyebrows as he recalled the unpleasantness between Liu Zhiyuan and Ye Qian from last night. It made sense for him not to come today.
When Zhao Guodong pushed open the door and entered the ward, he immediately provided Bai Xue with a reason to vent her anger, "Oh, I thought you didn’t dare to come. Now that you’ve harmed our Ye Qian , let’s hear it, how does your Zhao Family plan to compensate?"
Bai Xue only found out this morning that the Liu Family intended for her daughter to go back and recuperate. This immediately ignited her anger, reminding her to go discuss it with the Liu Family, but Ye Qian stopped her. Ye Qian knew she couldn’t reason with Liu Zhiyuan, and her parents-in-law would ignore her even more. If her mother went to cause a scene now, it would only strain the relationship between the two families further, so it was better to wait a while.
But what kind of temperament did Bai Xue have? If her daughter stopped her repeatedly from doing something she wanted to do, it would naturally make her angry, especially since her daughter had suffered a miscarriage yet was still expected to recover at her parent’s home. If this spread, how would the people in the compound view her daughter? Because of this, Bai Xue sat there stewing, and then Zhao Guodong entered, presenting her with the perfect opportunity to vent her anger.
If it were yesterday, facing Ye Qian and Bai Xue, being scolded — pointing at the nose, Zhao Guodong wouldn’t have said anything since he was the one at fault. But after talking with Ye Ling on the phone, Zhao Guodong no longer intended to endure or feel guilty; instead, he felt it was Ye Qian who caused him to bear such a bad reputation.
Upon entering the room and seeing Bai Xue angrily coming at him, he immediately shouted, "What do you want our family to take responsibility for? When I was fighting with someone, did I beg her to pull us apart? She didn’t know to stay away while being pregnant and still came to intervene. Who knows what her intentions were? I haven’t even blamed her for how people say I caused her to miscarry."
"You, you, what did you say?" Yesterday, you were still being meek and didn’t make a sound when I slapped you. Today, you dare come at me directly, startling Bai Xue.
"What I said is all in my words, can’t understand? Want me to repeat it? Then tell me, why did Ye Qian, being heavily pregnant, intervene in our fight? There were people from the Shen Family around too, and they didn’t intervene. Why did she?" At this moment, Zhao Guodong had thrown all of Ye Ling’s words of advice out of his mind, "What, am I wrong? Let Ye Qian tell for herself why she intervened in the fight. Did she intend not to want the child all along and happened to use this chance to make it seem like the child was lost, shifting the blame onto me so everyone thinks it’s me who let her down. Yesterday, I was scared and didn’t think, but after thinking all night I understood, how could all of this be wrong? Originally, I wasn’t going to say anything, but I can’t abide by your family’s way of doing things, pointing at my nose and demanding our Zhao Family to be responsible."
"Alright, if there’s one thing I haven’t seen, it’s someone as shameless as this! Losing my daughter’s child, and then turning it around to say we framed you on purpose! Don’t you see what you are? What benefit does framing you bring us? Why wouldn’t our daughter want this child?" Bai Xue recovered; her voice turned sharp again, and with hands on her hips and pointing nearly to Zhao Guodong’s face, "The Liu Family is such a household, once my daughter has given birth to the child, she’ll be their family’s benefactor. Why wouldn’t she want this child? You Zhao Family don’t want to take responsibility, and now you’re turning things around! Initially, I considered not quarreling with your family about it because we used to be old neighbors, and it wasn’t intentional on your part. But hearing you now, we have to properly discuss this."
Faced with Bai Xue’s words, Zhao Guodong wasn’t afraid in the slightest; on the contrary, a sneer appeared on his face. "Who knows why she wouldn’t want the child? You better ask your daughter! If you want to make sense of it somewhere, I’m fine with that. I haven’t done anything wrong either, and I’d like everyone to assess this matter, see if I’ve said anything wrong?"
Growing up interacting with Ye Ling, Ye Ling always said and did the right things, so Zhao Guodong was utterly convinced this time too. Anything Ye Ling said must be correct, so he wasn’t afraid of Bai Xue making it public.
"Alright, stay right there. I want to see how much you can still deny." Bai Xue realized that no matter how far she pushed him, Zhao Guodong wasn’t afraid, which only made her angrier and more frustrated. She wanted to leave, but her daughter’s tight grip held her back so she could only furiously glare at her daughter. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ Nov3lFɪre.ɴet
Ye Qian’s face was ashen; it was unclear if it was due to the miscarriage or being startled by Zhao Guodong’s words. After all, she felt guilty, and Zhao Guodong wasn’t wrong. She indeed didn’t want the child and used Guodong’s hand to get rid of it.
She couldn’t understand — things were fine yesterday; how overnight did Zhao Guodong seemingly get smart enough to see through everything? Zhao Guodong saw through her; would others see through her too!
The present situation and her anxiety stirred Ye Qian’s mind into a flurry. She didn’t want her mother to escalate things — if the situation blew up, and this matter was truly exposed, regardless of whether Zhao Guodong was justified, some might still overthink it.
"Zhao Guodong, I know this matter has brought you a lot of stress and trouble. I never intended for you to feel guilty, nor for you to bear any blame. I said yesterday that you aren’t to blame, it’s all my fault, and I haven’t blamed anyone." Once, Ye Qian’s face always bore a sweet smile. Today, though, there was a sternness as she looked at Zhao Guodong, "Since I haven’t blamed you and you believe you haven’t done anything wrong, then let this matter be past us. Please take back what you said just now, don’t hurt others and add salt to their wounds. You’re a man; don’t you think doing such things is contemptible?"