Chapter 819: There Must Be Some Ulterior Motive Behind This

Before she could say anything, Qiu Qiu extended an invitation: "Oh right, to make up for the discomfort my rudeness on your first day at the dormitory caused you, once my dad's secondment is over, I'll invite you to our home as a guest to taste my dad's cooking."

Liu Chuxue smiled at her: "From the way you say it, your dad's cooking must be quite something."

Qiu Qiu's face was full of tsundere pride: "I'm not bragging, my dad's cooking is a notch above the chefs at state-run restaurants. You'll know once you've tasted it."

Liu Chuxue, seeing her say this: "Alright, then I'll be looking forward to it."

Good thing after Kun Lan left, Qiu Qiu came along. If she'd been assigned a terrible roommate, no matter how much Sister Jiang tried to persuade her, she would have withdrawn.

Today Liu Chuxue had something on and came back late. Just as she stepped into the courtyard, she heard Zhao Lamei say urgently: "Chuxue, your little aunt is in the hospital. Your dad has to work overtime today, and I'm heavy with child — even if I went I couldn't be of any help. Why don't you go over and check."

Before her bicycle was even propped up steady: "What's going on? How did my little aunt end up in the hospital out of the blue?"

Zhao Lamei shook her head: "I'm not too clear on it either. Your eldest aunt-in-law called to the phone booth at the alley entrance, and I went over to take it."

At this moment, Chunxiao chimed in from inside the house: "Earlier I said I'd go over myself, but Mom didn't agree."

Liu Chuxue glanced at the watch on her wrist, then looked at her mother: "Then I'll go over and see what's going on. Don't worry — my eldest uncle and the others must have already gone."

After saying that, she looked at Chunxiao: "Stay home and take good care of Mom."

She asked which hospital it was, then turned her bicycle around and rode out of the courtyard.

Zhao Lamei followed behind, her face full of worry: "Ride slowly on the road. If it's too late, absolutely don't walk alone at night. If it really won't do, have your eldest uncle or someone else see you part of the way."

Liu Chuxue had already ridden some distance away: "Got it."

When Liu Chuxue arrived at the hospital, it was just as Miao Yiqiu was fainting from anxiety, and chaos had erupted outside the operating room.

She hurried over to lend a hand, helping get the person to a ward not far away.

Xiao Changjiang stepped out of the ward and looked at her: "You really are quite strong."

Liu Chuxue said modestly: "Just a bit stronger than an ordinary person."

At this moment, her eldest aunt-in-law Zhang Haitang also came out of the ward: "Good thing nothing serious. The doctor said it was caused by being overly tense."

Then she looked at Liu Chuxue: "I called and found out your dad has to work overtime. I can't tell you how regretful I felt. Your mom's still pregnant — I was terrified she'd rush over without a care."

Liu Chuxue naturally understood her eldest aunt-in-law's worry: "I talked her out of it. What exactly is going on with my little aunt?"

Xiao Changjiang knew this niece of his was no simple matter, and didn't treat her as a child. So he told her everything he'd investigated that day, and along the way also mentioned the earlier incident of his little sister's daughter being harmed by her in-laws' eldest sister-in-law.

Hearing this, Liu Chuxue's brow furrowed directly: "This matter doesn't look simple. There must be some ulterior motive behind it."

Xiao Changjiang and his wife exchanged a glance, then asked in unison: "Can you elaborate on your thoughts?"

After a moment of deliberation, Liu Chuxue said: "When my little cousin had her accident earlier, my uncle-in-law saved that widow's son's life out of kindness, only to be schemed against by that person in secret. The suspicious points here are by no means small. After all, just now you, Uncle, also said that woman seemed to be doing it for my uncle-in-law, yet she didn't have the slightest affection for him — which means she had some other purpose."

That one sentence sent Xiao Changjiang into deep thought.

But after thinking for a long while he still had no clue: "Chuxue, what else have you thought of? Analyze it with your uncle."

After releasing her spiritual sense to scan the area, Liu Chuxue tugged at both their sleeves and led them to a corner not far away.