Chapter 1560: Ji Yingjie is Injured

Shi Yuke told her sister about this matter, and Shi Youxuan also felt that Nianyin had gone too far.

But unlike her sister's indignation, she could better understand Nianyin's approach.

Nianyin had lived in the Ji Family since she was a child, so the values she formed were inherently different from the people here; it was normal for her to have different ideas.

She comforted Shi Yuke to calm down and stated the objective facts, but Shi Yuke not only didn't calm down, she became even angrier.

"I'm not asking you to smooth things over; the key issue now is what to do about Yulong?"

"Although he isn't my biological son, I've raised him since he was small, and he's the same as my own flesh and blood. I can't watch him sink into depression like this; he's drinking, skipping classes, and doesn't want to take the College Entrance Examination anymore."

"This won't do."

Shi Youxuan realized the severity of the problem and said to her sister, "You go back and watch Yulong, and I'll think of a way. No matter what, we cannot let the child sink into depression like this."

"Okay."

For the sake of Yulong, Shi Yuke had been so anxious that a ring of blisters had formed in her mouth; now that she saw a glimmer of hope, she hurried back.

Shi Youxuan racked her brains for a long time, but it seemed there were no better methods.

The matter of political vetting was not like other things that could be resolved by spending some money.

Yulong couldn't join the military, so how could she eliminate the resentment in his heart?

She first called Litian, explained Yulong's situation, and asked Litian to think of a way to persuade him.

Although their situations were not exactly the same, they had many commonalities, and shared experiences could help them find more common ground.

Litian was living very well now and could serve as a role model for Yulong!

Litian readily agreed: "Mom, don't worry. I will ask for leave immediately and go to my aunt's house; I guarantee I will complete the mission."

Shi Youxuan hung up the phone and was just about to go find Nianyin, but Nianyin's call came through first.

"Big Sister, hurry to the hospital, Mother is injured!"

"Little Aunt is injured? I'll be there right away."

Shouldn't Little Aunt be in the detention center?

How could she be injured suddenly?

Shi Youxuan's heart sank.

If it were just minor injuries or pain, the Medical Room at the detention center could handle it; they wouldn't send someone to the hospital. Being sent to the hospital... the situation was dire!

On her way to the hospital, she still held a glimmer of hope, hoping that Little Aunt wasn't injured and was just faking illness to try and escape from prison.

Little Aunt was capable of doing such a thing.

The hospital.

The corridor was full of police officers, and the light above the emergency room was on.

Nianyin, Shi Yucheng, and the two children were all there.

Nianyin was pacing back and forth anxiously outside the emergency room, while Shi Yucheng sat on a bench, holding the two children, tears streaming down his face.

"What happened? How is Little Aunt?"

When Shi Youxuan arrived, Nianyin looked as if she had found her backbone and immediately rushed over: "Big Sister, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have left the detention center; I should have stayed with Mother, then this wouldn't have happened..."

She buried herself in her big sister's arms, crying like a child.

Through her crying and talking, Shi Youxuan learned the whole story.

Ji Yingjie had been beaten in the detention center.

It wasn't the prison guards who beat her, but she had been bullied by people in the same cell, and her head had hit the wall, leaving her unconscious!

At first, they thought she was faking it, but later they noticed her complexion had turned very bad, which was when they called the prison guards over to check.

The detention center's Medical Room couldn't handle it, so she was sent to the hospital.

Time ticked away, and everyone waited in the corridor, feeling like every minute was a year.

Nianyin knelt on the ground, praying toward the east, praying that Mother would be safe and sound, and that she would turn danger into safety!

Seeing her like this, Shi Youxuan couldn't bring herself to talk about Yulong's matter; both issues weighed heavily on her heart.

The light of the emergency room went out.

The doctor walked out: "Family of Ji Yingjie."

"Here."

"Doctor, how is my mother?"

"Doctor, is my mother okay?"

The doctor looked at the old and the young in front of him, shook his head, and sighed deeply: "The situation is not very optimistic."

"The patient has a blood clot in her brain, and the location of the clot is pressing on important nerves, causing the patient to remain in a coma..." The doctor said many professional terms; simply put, if she doesn't wake up within twenty-four hours, it is very likely she will be in a vegetative state.

Ji Yingjie was wheeled into the intensive care unit for observation.

The police arrived.

They told Shi Yucheng that the few perpetrators had already been strictly controlled and asked him if he had any conditions, saying he could bring them up freely.

Shi Yucheng was honest; he had no conditions, only hoping his wife could wake up soon. The children were still young, and he was already old; the family could not be without Ji Yingjie.

Nianyin did have conditions, but they were very difficult to realize.

She demanded that those people be handed over to her!

This was impossible; Jiangzhou was a place that followed the law, and one could not act recklessly.

The perpetrators who beat her would naturally be punished by the law; one could not seek private revenge!

Shi Youxuan whispered a few words in her father's ear.

Shi Yucheng's eyes widened: "There is such a thing?"

"Yes."

He made a demand to the police, requesting that the stain on Nianyin's record be cleared; otherwise, he would pursue this matter to the end.

Whether Ji Yingjie's injury is a major or minor matter depends primarily on whether her family chooses to pursue it.

Shi Yucheng proposed clearing the stain on Nianyin's record so that Yulong could pass the political background check smoothly, but the prison guard stated clearly that it could not be done!

Things already written on a record cannot be erased, but they could provide a spot for Yulong to take the police academy entrance exam.

Shi Yucheng said he needed to consider it, then called his eldest daughter and asked her to find out if Yulong was interested in applying to the police academy.

In his heart, the police academy was not as good as a military academy.

But settling for the next best thing would also work.

Shi Yucheng agreed, trading one spot in exchange for not holding the detention center responsible.

Nianyin did not know about this; she prayed incessantly, hoping that her mother would wake up.

Twenty-four hours passed.

Nianyin's prayers were not answered; Ji Yingjie did not wake up.

Forty-eight hours passed, and she still lay on the hospital bed as if asleep, not moving at all.

One week passed.

Ji Yingjie was transferred from the intensive care unit to a Hospital Ward, and Shi Yucheng and Nianyin had to accept the fact—Ji Yingjie would be a vegetative patient from then on!

Ying Tianxia had to be sold, and it only fetched a very small amount of money.

There was the factor of people in the business world taking advantage of the situation, but a large part of the reason was that neither Shi Yucheng nor Nianyin wanted to take it over; they only wanted to take care of Ji Yingjie, so that she would not be lonely while lying in her hospital bed for the rest of her life.

Nianyin was earnestly massaging her mother's body, while Ji Yingjie lay motionless on the hospital bed, showing no reaction at all.

Yet she did not slack off in the slightest because of this; she massaged meticulously and earnestly, with every movement and technique performed with the utmost seriousness!

Although they had hired a high-priced caregiver, she preferred to do these things herself.

When she was massaging her mother, she could not have anyone else around, and Nianyin talked to her mother while she massaged.

"Rest assured, I have already inquired clearly; there were three people in total who laid hands on you, and I will not let a single one of them go; they will pay a heavy price for their actions..."