Jiang Tingyan: "You should go back first. You don't need to stay here and help."

Assistant Chen didn't dare to ask any more questions and could only take his belongings and leave first.

Jiang Tingyan helped Qiao Manman sit on the sofa and then poured her a glass of warm water.

He sat down opposite Qiao Manman and casually took out his phone to send a message to the principal.

Did I do something wrong?

Suddenly, Qiao Manman's hoarse voice rang out.

Jiang Tingyan was silent for a few seconds. "There is no absolute right or wrong. If there is, it depends on what she is thinking."

Qiao Manman stared at the water sloshing in the glass, her voice muffled.

"I don't know why she's so resistant to my help, and I don't understand what she meant by the sentence I said that caused her trouble."

Jiang Tingyan: "Don't try to figure out what others are thinking. Just do what you believe is right."

Qiao Manman understood the reasoning, but she still couldn't figure out why.

This has clearly happened more than once or twice.

Why couldn't she stand up and protect herself?

Even when others help her, she thinks it's their fault?

She mistakenly thought Zhu Liangqi was in a relationship, but it turned out that her cousin had left a mark on her neck.

She should have asked clearly back then; if she had, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way.

Qiao Manman slumped over, exhausted.

She rested her head on the sofa armrest, hugging herself, her mind replaying everything that had happened that day.

Jiang Tingyan stared at Qiao Manman for a while, and only after seeing her close her eyes to rest did he pick up his phone again.

The principal called three times, each half an hour apart.

The messages included two inquiries about what had happened to Jiang Tingyan.

Jiang Tingyan glanced at Qiao Manman again.

Seeing the tear stains on her nose, Jiang Tingyan's eyes darkened.

He replied to the principal: "Perhaps you should thoroughly investigate what exactly happened in your family."

Ke Hongye had just arrived at his doorstep when he received Jiang Tingyan's message.

He opened the door and entered, carrying his briefcase. The house was empty; there was nothing wrong.

Ke Hongye changed into slippers, glanced around the living room, and then stopped at the door of Zhu Liangqi's room.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Liang Qi, are you in your room?"

"I am here."

Zhu Liangqi's hoarse voice rang out, and after a moment, she opened the door.

The redness and swelling around her eyes and cheeks startled Ke Hongye: "What happened to you? Who hit you?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the bedroom door was forcefully flung open.

Hong Yanli appeared at the door, arms crossed, her face full of anger.

"I did it, what's the problem?"

Ke Hongye frowned deeply: "Why are you hitting the child? Can't you talk things out instead of insisting on having the child?"

"Ask your dear niece what she actually did!"

Hong Yanli sneered, "She plays the role of a good girl in front of you, but she's actually been seducing your son quite a bit!"

"He also had sex with your son today!"

Zhu Liangqi's hands clenched tightly.

She wanted to argue, but the thought of her aunt's warning made her too afraid to utter a sound.

Ke Hongye looked at Zhu Liangqi in shock, his face gradually turning red.

"Liang Qi, is what your aunt... saying true or false?"

Zhu Liangqi lowered her head, Hong Yanli's words echoing in her mind.

She said it would be best if she admitted to the matter, otherwise she would do everything she could to prevent her from continuing her studies at school!

She added that if she didn't admit it, she would never let her stay there any longer.

Forget about living expenses, tuition is out of the question.

Don't expect to take a single penny from your home.

If you take it away, she will come back to you and take it all back.

"Liang Qi, say something! Tell your uncle, did that beast do something he shouldn't have done to you?!"

"Speak freely and boldly, your uncle will stand up for you!"

Zhu Liangqi bit her lower lip tightly.

A strong, metallic taste of blood filled my mouth.

She couldn't give up at this point; she had to keep living and keep studying.

She couldn't tell the outside world about her shameful deeds; she still had to live her life.

Zhu Liangqi finally broke down, her voice choked with emotion, and said, "I'm sorry, Uncle... it's... it's my fault..."

Ke Hongye was filled with disbelief.

A surge of blood rushed to the top of his head, and he took two steps back, dropping his briefcase to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, he clutched his chest and fell straight backward.

"Hongye!!"

Hong Yanli rushed forward and knelt beside Ke Hongye, crying, "Hongye! What's wrong, Hongye?!"

Upon hearing the sound, Zhu Liangqi also looked up sharply.

Seeing Ke Hongye's condition, he turned around and ran into the room to grab his phone and call for an ambulance.

After contacting the hospital and providing the address, Zhu Liangqi ran to Ke Hongye's side as instructed by the nurse.

"Aunt, don't help Uncle up. Let go of him and let him lie down."

"Get out of here!!"

Hong Yanli roared angrily, "If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have become like this! If anything happens to him, I will never let you off the hook!!"

Hong Yanli hugged Ke Hongye tightly and cried loudly, even shaking him repeatedly.

Ke Hongye, who was still convulsing, gradually stopped convulsing as Hong Yanli shook him repeatedly.

His eyes were wide open, and they began to roll upwards.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Liangqi's pupils contracted: "Auntie, let go of Uncle! Stop shaking him!!"

"If you keep moving like that, your uncle will really die!!"

"Shut up!! You slut! Shut up!!"

Hong Yanli wailed and screamed, "Hongye, don't scare me! Wake up! Don't make that face..."

Zhu Liangqi knelt down and cried out to Hong Yanli, "Auntie, I beg you, please believe me just this once, I beg you, please don't hurt Uncle anymore!"

No matter how much Zhu Liangqi kowtowed and cried to Hong Yanli, Hong Yanli remained unmoved.

By the time the medical staff arrived, Ke Hongye had already passed away, and his body was starting to cool down.

Seeing the doctor's helpless sigh, Hong Yanli's heart sank.

She stared blankly at the medical staff and asked, "You...you guys need to get my husband off the bus right now! Get him to the hospital!"

The doctor shook his head regretfully: "The person is already dead. Please accept my condolences."

Hong Yanli's eyes widened in shock: "What, what kind of joke are you talking about?! He was fine when he came back today, he just lay on the ground and twitched a few times, and then he died?"

"You haven't even treated him, and you're already saying he's dead?! What kind of quacks are you?! You're quacks who wouldn't even help someone who's dying!"

The doctor ignored Hong Yanli and turned to leave, but Hong Yanli rushed forward and blocked the door.

"Stop right there! If you don't take my husband to the hospital for treatment today, I'll sue you to death!!"

"My husband isn't dead yet, and you're saying he's dead? Don't you take any responsibility?"

Hong Yanli was shouting and arguing with the doctors, while Zhu Liangqi sat on the ground as if she had lost her soul, staring blankly at Ke Hongye.

She was wrong.

If she had stubbornly refused to tell anyone, her uncle wouldn't have ended up like this.

But how could this be entirely her fault?

It was clearly Hong Yanli and Ke Henan who conspired to humiliate her for a long time, which led to the situation being as it is today.

More importantly, if Hong Yanli hadn't shaken her uncle, his condition wouldn't have gotten this bad...

Zhu Liangqi swayed as she stood up from the ground, wiping the tears from her face with her sleeve.

She turned to Hong Yanli and said, "Why are you making things difficult for the doctors? Don't you think you're the one who made the biggest mistake?"

"I told you not to touch my uncle, but you wouldn't listen and insisted on shaking him and slapping his face."

"I've already banged my head against the wall and you still won't listen to my advice. Now you're making things difficult for the doctor. Don't you think you're going too far?"

"You're the one who really killed my uncle, aren't you?"

Zhu Liangqi's words shocked the medical staff, who all looked at her in disbelief.

They had already discussed how to handle the situation before they set off, so why didn't this woman listen at all?

Just as Hong Yanli was about to reprimand Zhu Liangqi, a young nurse spoke up angrily.

"When we received the call, we informed you of the emergency treatment method. If you had followed it, the patient would have had a chance to be saved. Now that chance is gone, and you're turning around and saying we won't save him!"

"A patient's family member like you is truly bizarre!!"

The doctor frowned and whispered, "Stop talking, let's go."

They stepped forward to push Hong Yanli away, but Hong Yanli stubbornly blocked their way and refused to let them leave.

They cried and begged them to save Ke Hongye.

Zhu Liangqi picked up her phone and dialed the police immediately.

-

As night fell, Qiao Manman, who had just woken up groggily, opened her eyes and looked around.

Seeing Jiang Tingyan busy at his desk, she slowly sat up.

The suit jacket draped over her fell down, and Qiao Manman caught it with lightning speed.

When the commotion reached Jiang Tingyan's ears, he looked up and saw Qiao Manman.

"woke up?"

Qiao Manman gently patted her cheek: "What time is it now?"

Jiang Tingyan picked up his phone to check the time: "Seven o'clock. If you're hungry, I'll take you to eat."

Qiao Manman nodded.

She hasn't eaten all day, and she was only able to wake up because she was hungry.

As she stood up, Jiang Tingyan's phone suddenly received several messages in a row.

He opened his phone to check the messages and saw the messages that had been repeatedly tagged in the school group chat. Jiang Tingyan's eyes narrowed instantly.

Qiao Manman, carrying his coat, walked to the desk: "Let's go."

Jiang Tingyan looked up at her: "You have two choices."

Qiao Manman thought Jiang Tingyan was going to ask her what she wanted to eat, so she casually replied, "You tell me."

Jiang Tingyan: "The principal has passed away. Are you going to pay your respects now, or are you going to have dinner?"

Qiao Manman stared at him in a daze.

Suspecting she had misheard, she asked again.

"What did you just say?"

Jiang Tingyan repeated it again in a serious voice.

"The principal passed away this afternoon."

Qiao Manman was in a daze.

Was it because he found out about the affair between Zhu Liangqi and her cousin that the principal was so angered that he died?

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