After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

The call was still connected, and soon a familiar curse came from the other end:

"You little rascal! Whose phone have you been secretly playing with again?"

The child was startled. A dull thud echoed as the phone fell to the ground. He then stammered in panic, "It's...it's Grandpa Liu's..."

"He left in a hurry and forgot to take his phone from his room on the second floor..."

Since he started his studies, Liu Zhiyuan has been away from home for many years and is not very familiar with the people in his village.

But his younger brother, Liu Zhigang, often came home and liked to wander around the village with his friends. He could remember the voices of the villagers very well.

He immediately recognized who was on the other end of the phone and looked puzzled.

"What's going on? Isn't that Widow Zhang and her grandson's voices?"

"How could Dad have left his phone at Widow Zhang's house?"

"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, why isn't Dad staying home? What is he doing in Widow Zhang's room on the second floor...?"

Liu Zhiyuan was the first to react and quickly hung up the phone, afraid that something else, something they, as juniors, should hear, might come through the phone.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaoman, who had been quietly listening to the adults, suddenly spoke up in her childish voice: "Give me candy."

"Grandma Zhang's house has lots of candy on the second floor. Grandpa said we can't tell Grandma."

Everyone fell silent!

Lan Yujuan, in particular, was shocked, but immediately connected the dots and remembered the whole story.

Widow Zhang's reputation in the village was well-deserved!

Even Lan Yujuan, who had only been married into the village for four years, had more than once witnessed Widow Zhang having intimate encounters with different lovers outdoors, resulting in scenes unsuitable for children.

An anger at being deceived, and a disgust for such a sordid affair, made Lan Yujuan feel nauseous.

This family is truly a case of "the upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked"!

She had thought that her father-in-law was the only good person in the family!

Although he doesn't talk much, when his mother-in-law is away and she's too busy, her father-in-law will take the initiative to help her take care of the child.

The father-in-law would make up for the child's shortcomings by taking him for a stroll in the village, buying him some snacks, and often staying for half an hour at a time.

She was often grateful and spent a lot of her own money to support her father-in-law, buying him cigarettes and alcohol.

But she never expected that her father-in-law would use his granddaughter as a shield to do such a despicable thing!

At this age, you still have the mind to flirt with other women!

Liu Zhiyuan reacted the fastest. Seeing his wife's expression change, he quickly stepped forward, hugged his daughter, and urged her:

"Yujuan, don't overthink it. Dad's a decent man; it's probably just a misunderstanding!"

"Go back to your room and grab your bag right away. Come with me to the county hospital!"

Then, turning to his younger brother, he said, "Liu Zhigang, it's time for you to grow up! Your elder brother believes you can handle your distinguished guests well!"

Liu Zhigang was anxious to ask his sister-in-law to stay and help, but his older brother shut him down with a single sentence:

"If you really don't know how to handle this, just ask your aunt to come and help!"

"Mom has been taken to the hospital, and we don't know her condition yet. If she needs someone to stay and take care of her, it would be more convenient for your sister-in-law to be at the hospital!"

"You know I have an urgent matter to attend to at work, and I have to leave tonight!"

Lan Yujuan was getting her bag from her room when she overheard the brothers' conversation, and a chill ran through her.

Ha, what a Liu Zhiyuan!

The man she had carefully chosen was so shameless that even when her own mother was rushed to the county hospital and her life hung in the balance, he still had the mind to spend the New Year at his mistress's hometown, leaving her to clean up the mess!

Thinking of this, Lan Yujuan decisively took out her bank card and ID card from her bag and locked them in a drawer compartment inside the wardrobe.

Half an hour later, the family of three rushed back to the county town and went straight to the county people's hospital.

After asking around in the emergency room, they finally found Tian Xiuhua, the mother-in-law, in a ward in the inpatient department.

"I already said I don't want to be hospitalized, I'm fine, I want to go home!"

"Why is your hospital so corrupt, forcing me to be hospitalized?"

"Don't stop me, I want to be discharged now!"

When the family of three arrived at the ward, they witnessed this scene:

Tian Xiuhua had just woken up from a coma, but was left alone in the ward and was arguing with the doctors and nurses, insisting on being discharged immediately!

The attending physician, also annoyed, stopped Tian Xiuhua and said with a headache:

"You were unconscious after drowning, and you also hit your head and broke it open."

"Although you don't seem to be in any serious condition for now, my advice is: since you're already here, just to be on the safe side, please stay in the hospital for a couple more days for observation!"

"Even if you insist on being discharged, at least wait for your family to come back and sign the papers before paying the medical bills and completing the discharge procedures, right?"

"This is a hospital, not a free park where you can just come and go as you please without paying your medical bills?"

Upon hearing that she hadn't paid for the medical treatment, Tian Xiuhua felt guilty, dropped her arrogance, and immediately became obedient.

When Liu Zhiyuan saw that his mother was alright, he felt much more at ease and rushed to her bedside to start caring for her.

"Mom, I'm so glad you're okay! You scared me to death!"

When Tian Xiuhua saw her son, her eyes welled up with tears, her face filled with grievance and lingering fear.

"Thank goodness, your mother is incredibly lucky to be alive today! She almost drowned in that pond, boohoo..."

Lan Yujuan, holding her daughter, quietly found an inconspicuous spot to sit down after entering the room, watching her mother-in-law and husband put on a show of motherly affection.

Finally, Liu Zhiyuan, who kept glancing at his watch, grew impatient and asked in a deep voice:

"Mom, why are you alone at the hospital? Where's Dad?"

Tian Xiuhua wiped away her tears and quickly got out of bed to put on her shoes. "Zhiyuan, you're here just in time!"

"Hurry up and help Mom sign the papers, then pay the medical bills and complete the discharge procedures!"

"Mom's phone got wet and won't turn on. Your dad was in a hurry and forgot it at home, and he didn't have any cash on him."

"That's why we can't call you two brothers, and we don't have anywhere in the county to borrow money right now."

"Your dad rushed home to get his phone and withdraw some money!"

Liu Zhiyuan glanced at his watch again. The discharge procedures were very troublesome. If this was delayed any longer, he might miss the high-speed train!

So he quickly turned around and said, "Honey, let Xiaoman play in the room and keep Grandma company. Go and get the discharge papers done! Be quick!"

Before Lan Yujuan could refuse, Tian Xiuhua, who was sitting on the bed, stopped herself after seeing her granddaughter Liu Xiaoman!

"Get out! Let her take that jinx with her! She's my nemesis! Cough, cough!"