Chapter 580: Chapter 397 Farce (4000+)
Being so directly rejected by Qiao Ying, Che Yali was unable to save face, "Xiaoying, are you saying that if your aunt were beaten to death here, you wouldn’t even extend a hand to help her, am I right?"
"Aunt, can you stop being unreasonable?" Che Yali frowned deeply, "This is a hospital, not our home. If you really consider me your niece, don’t make things difficult for me."
"Sis, aren’t you too eager to turn your back on us?" Jiang Meixiang stepped in front of Che Yali, glaring directly at Qiao Ying, her eyes full of anger.
Che Yali hurriedly pulled her back, "Meixiang, how can you talk to your sister like that?"
"Mom, why do you always indulge her?" Jiang Meixiang shook off Che Yali’s hold, "No matter how well she marries, she won’t help us. You’re the elder, do you have to flatter her?"
"Doctor Qiao, I know you mean well, but I am mostly recovered now and I hope we can resolve everything today. Please let them stay," Lin Baohe said, walking over with the support of Zhao Yulan, his face stern.
"Am I the doctor or are you the doctor? Just because you say you’re fine, you are?" Qiao Ying looked dissatisfiedly at Zhao Yulan, "As his wife, how can you disregard his health and just indulge his whims?"
Zhao Yulan gave a wry smile, "Doctor Qiao, he’s just stubborn. If we don’t resolve this matter, it will always bother him. It’s better to clear it up so he can feel at ease."
"Doctor Qiao, I don’t want to hide from you, these few people..." Lin Baohe gestured toward Grandpa Lin and the others, "are my long-lost relatives. We’ve just met, so I don’t want there to be any misunderstandings. I want to settle things in front of them, it’s very important for me, for Yulan, and for our family."
"Zhiliang, we won’t misunderstand," Grandpa Lin quickly stated, "I absolutely believe Yulan is innocent. When we entered earlier, we encountered this woman who wanted to slap Yulan without any reason. If she hadn’t been with us, Yulan would have really been at a disadvantage."
"Although we’ve just met, we can clearly see the kind of people you are. However, I do agree that it’s better to clarify things face to face to avoid future anger," he said, looking at Qiao Ying, "Doctor Qiao, you are an absolutely good doctor, and I know that what you dislike the most are patients like us and our family."
"But, this incident just happened to occur, and as you’ve said before, keeping my nephew in good spirits is very important. If we don’t resolve this issue now, he won’t be at ease, so please, Doctor Qiao, could you make an exception?"
Qiao Ying knew all too well the kind of person her own aunt was. She had only intervened to prevent her from making a scene here, but now it seemed it was no longer within her control to stop her. Deciding it was out of sight, out of mind, she walked away.
With her departure, Che Yali’s relatives all breathed a sigh of relief, and Old Man Jiang, Old Lady Jiang, Second Uncle Jiang, and Little Aunt Jiang, who had been pretending to be dead in the background, suddenly came to life.
As for the people gathered outside, they also converged at the door. Medically speaking, this wasn’t good, but Chuxia, knowing her parents’ feelings deeply, understood that their reputation was more important than anything else. So, glancing at the crowd blocking the door tightly, she didn’t utter a word, clearly the entire group, including the newly met Lin family members, understood this and tacitly agreed.
This presence somewhat startled Che Yali, her daughter, and the Jiang family. Initially, they had viewed the Lin family members as similar to Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe’s own village folks, but now it seemed that was not the case.
Che Yali, knowing that she had misunderstood Zhao Yulan but still having the Jiang family accompany her to cause trouble, was predicated on the belief that Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe were easy targets due to their lack of background.
Even though she had been beaten up at the door earlier, she took it as the young and impulsive action of Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe’s relatives who acted before understanding the situation. She automatically categorized the person who threw her and her daughter out as the village’s hotheaded type.
So, until Lin Baohe said he had found his relatives, she remained confident that she could completely tarnish Zhao Yulan’s reputation and prevent her from ever showing her face in front of Jiang Yuesheng again.