Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!
Chapter 223 - Chapter 223 Chapter 223 Reversal Another Reversal

Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Reversal, Another Reversal Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Reversal, Another Reversal Every family has its own difficult scripture to chant.

Seeing Zeng Ya’s pale face and chapped lips, Lu Xining sighed, “Let’s eat first.”

The grandma and granddaughter from the next bed shook their heads upon seeing Zeng Ya’s condition. Thinking Lu Xining was Zeng Ya’s friend, they started chatting with her,

“This family is really something else. The daughter-in-law has been in the hospital for a day, and no one has come to accompany her. No hot water, no hot meals, and occasionally they even come here to scold her. They have a daughter of their own, how can they treat someone else’s daughter so badly?”

Hearing this, Lu Xining made no comment.

She waited until she left and did not see Zeng Ya’s husband show up.

A middle-aged auntie entered, looking kind and benevolent. Lu Xining introduced her, saying, “This is the caregiver I’ve hired for you. The expense is not for you to worry about; just focus on getting better.”

As she reached the doorway,

Zeng Ya suddenly called out to her, asking, “You know all about it… why are you still so good to me?”

The money for hiring the caregiver was not much for Lu Xining.

But for Zeng Ya, who faced condemnation and criticism from her husband’s family every day, Lu Xining’s kindness was like a sword hanging over her conscience–a warmth she had never felt before.

Lu Xining turned back to look at her and gave her a reassuring smile.

She could understand the trepidation and fear in Zeng Ya’s heart, the unusualness of being treated so well, the discomfort from never having experienced it before–so nervous and uneasy.

“Zeng Ya, after you recover, try to step out of the house and have a look around.”

Once she could no longer see her,

Zeng Ya lowered her head, whispering to herself while looking at the blanket, “…Step out and have a look?”

The next morning,

The caregiver received the black chicken soup that Lu Xining had someone deliver.

She had just opened the lid to let it cool and went to fetch some hot water. When she returned, she saw a man sitting in the attendant’s chair, drinking it.

“What are you doing drinking the patient’s nutritional supplement?”

“Anything placed on my wife’s cabinet, why can’t I drink it? And who are you to be ordering me around here, acting all high and mighty?”

This man clearly looked like someone who was idle at home.

Recalling the extra money Lu Xining had given her, the caregiver cleared her throat and shouted, “Come and see, folks–a forty-something giant baby!”

“Never bothering to care for his sick wife, and now he’s drinking chicken soup meant for someone else. I’ve seen shameless before, but this is a new level of shameless. Come, everybody, look at this old piece of shameless work!”

Zeng Ya was stunned.

The caregiver had always spoken to her gently and taken great care of her.

She hadn’t expected such an attitude towards her husband and opened her mouth but in the end, said nothing.

The man, embarrassed by the caregiver’s reaction and the fact that he was still holding Lu Xining’s chicken soup in his hand and chewing on the chicken meat,

Family members were quite common in the multi-bed ward.

Hearing the commotion, people in the corridor began to peek inside, seeing him holding and chewing, while the woman looked malnourished, and they all looked at him with condemnation.

The man was furious and, without thinking, threw the lunch container onto the woman, “I was just giving it a taste and now I’m covered in this stinking mess, and you can handle yourself from now on! You get yourself discharged in a little while!”

Zeng Ya’s newly changed hospital gown was covered in chicken meat bits.

And that nourishing medicinal chicken soup had long been finished by her husband.

The caregiver was used to seeing all sorts of people in the hospital and said nothing.

She fetched another set of hospital clothes and after dressing Zeng Ya, she tidied up everything on the bed.

Zeng Ya was bewildered, asking the caregiver, “Don’t you think I’m very weak?”

Lu Xining had considered the woman’s acquiescence after being suppressed by her husband’s family when looking for a caregiver.

That’s why she specifically hired the caregiver she did.

“That’s your family matter and none of my business.”

“What I’m paid to do is to take care of you; everything else is none of my concern. Frankly, the chicken soup is meant for you, you can give it to whoever you want; it’s not like I get any extra or less for it.”

She had seen too many women who squandered their health without suffering a bit yet tried to appear as if they were making great sacrifices.

Upon hearing this, Zeng Ya zoned out for a long time before coming back to reality.

Lu Xining received the caregiver’s call while she was meeting with Li Mai at the teahouse.

Learning of the situation, she wasn’t surprised at all.

She told the caregiver directly that if Zeng Ya were discharged today, she could go ahead and take other babysitting jobs, and as for the money she had given her, she would not ask for it back.

The caregiver, hearing this, was also very happy.

And Lu Xining got hold of the family situation of this household.

Zeng Ya’s husband was in his forties this year and had always harbored the dream of striking it rich through demolition and relocation. After graduating from university, he never worked, first leeching off his parents and now off his wife.

It was almost laughable.

The shabby little apartment they currently lived in the western suburbs was the inheritance her deceased parents had left for Zeng Ya.

After getting married, her husband’s household registration was moved under that address.

Later on, gradually, her father-in-law, mother-in-law, younger sister-in-law, and her husband… and even some distant relatives she didn’t recognize.

Initially, they claimed it was for the kid’s education, but the kid failed to get into any good schools in the end.

They forced Zeng Ya to spend money on vocational schools for them and demanded she cover all the expenses.

Otherwise, they threatened to hang themselves at her doorstep.

Even the terms used for her sister-in-law’s matchmaking were that they could get a Jingzhou household registration.

Ordinary people would find these stories unbelievable, yet Zeng Ya endured such a life for over a decade.

Lu Xining understood after reviewing the information.

Li Mai across from her, after briefly flipping through the documents, set them aside.

“Ningning, my people have cleared up everything on my end.”

“Some took money to deliberately release slanderous videos, in reality neither the people nor the children were harmed, and some were just riding the trend for the views, we’ve settled everything at this point.”

Li Mai glanced at the documents and shook her head, “However, you might have a bit of trouble on your side.”

“This family is a typical ‘parasitic family’ in society. Zeng Ya has been able to endure such a lifestyle for over a decade, turning her life into this; she won’t easily tell the truth just after a few words.”

Naturally, Lu Xining had figured it out.

Yesterday, when the lab personnel entered, aside from demanding a compensation of thirty million, no details related to the miscarriage were extracted.

It was clear the old lady’s family only wanted money.

“I know.”

Lu Xining picked up her teacup and took a sip.

Although she had hired a caregiver for Zeng Ya, she had never intended to play the savior who awakens others to reality.

The first lesson in joining society

was to learn to respect the fate of others.

Li Mai really liked the young woman sitting across from her, not arrogant or impulsive, with a gentle personality. Even though such an incident occurred just as her product was new on the market, she never blamed Lu Xining.

The drugs produced by ZN lab.

Having undergone testing and certification by multiple institutions, there absolutely were no issues with the quality.

As for public opinion…

After so many years of trials and tribulations, what hadn’t she seen?

Lu Xining thought that Li Mai invited her for tea because she had something to say.

But it turned out to be to encourage her,

to assure her in busy work at the Fuxian traditional herbal cultivation base.

Lu Xining’s phone vibrated again.

It was a call from the caregiver.

After connecting, she first paused, then followed by a prolonged silence.

When hanging up the phone, the corners of Lu Xining’s mouth slightly curled upwards.

Li Mai: “What happened?”

Lu Xining said with a smile: “Zeng Ya beat up her in-laws. The old lady’s dentures were knocked out.”

Li Mai: “???”