Chapter 53: Truly, if this can be tolerated, what cannot be?

Liu Chuxue's mother was moved by her daughter's words, and her uncertainty about the family split diminished somewhat: "You're right. As long as our family stays together and well, we won't lack for a good life. I have you caring daughters; I ask for nothing more."

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

Yet as soon as they entered the ward, a white eye rolled straight at them.

Liu's mother saw it too, but not wanting to cause trouble outside, she pulled her daughter and walked further inside.

The girl delivering food at the bed by the door, seeing they dared not speak up, grew bolder: "A few country bumpkins, and you dare put on airs here."

Saying this, she rolled another white eye, picked up the food basket, and started to walk out.

Truly, if this can be tolerated, what cannot be? Being bullied again and again—did they think Liu Chuxue was easy to bully?

With a thought, she took a few soybeans from her space, squatted, and those few soybeans shot rapidly from under the bed, crossing four beds horizontally toward the door. Only then did a cry of "Ah!" ring out.

The girl with the sharp tongue did a full split; the basket she held flew straight out, and by sheer bad luck landed on a beautiful woman passing by: "What are you doing?"

Everyone in the ward who turned at the sound was stunned by this scene.

Earlier, because a patient had been craving food, they had forced their daughter to get cabbage, vermicelli, and stewed meat from the cafeteria; the boiled vegetables they had brought from home were now all on that beautiful woman. Fortunately, there was little grease.

The middle-aged man who hadn't yet lain down saw this and immediately cursed: "Geng Erlan, you damn girl, what are you doing?"

Saying this, he shuffled over in his slippers: "Useless thing, can't even walk properly?"

Instead of helping his daughter up, he kicked the person on the ground. Seeing the beautiful woman in the corridor stomping her feet in anger, he said: "Sister, I'm sorry. This girl has no eyes when she walks; she brings harm to herself and drags you into it."

The beautiful woman, furious, said: "This outfit was custom-made for me; today is the first time I've worn it."

Hearing this, the man grew even angrier. Daring not offend the beautiful woman, he kicked the girl still sitting on the ground and wailing: "You troublemaker, get up and apologize to her."

Hearing the beautiful woman's cry, a man from the next ward ran straight out: "Yaoyao, what's wrong?"

Once he saw the situation clearly: "Who did this?"

That roar made the father and daughter at the door jump. The middle-aged man, for once, showed some backbone: "Comrade, I'm sorry. It's my carelessness with this troublesome one that caused this incident. She truly didn't mean it; please forgive us."

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

With those words, the man turned toward the culprit. But after seeing who it was: "Geng Ernian, how is it you?"

Seeing it was his factory leader, the middle-aged man was so frightened he could barely speak: "Gu... Gu Deputy Factory... Director, this is truly... the great flood washed away the Dragon King Temple."

Saying this, he grabbed his daughter by the arm: "Get up right now and apologize to them."

Liu Chuxue felt no sympathy at all for the girl, who was standing up with a grimace of pain; instead, she felt a bit sorry for the beautiful woman who had been caught in the crossfire.

Now the middle-aged man dared not cling to any hope of luck and quickly made amends: "Deputy Factory Director Gu, this is my daughter's fault. We will definitely compensate double for that outfit."

At this very moment, she truly wanted to beat her own damn daughter to death, one who could do nothing right but only make things worse.

(End of this chapter)