Chapter 109
“If you want to report me, go ahead.” Jiang Yexun couldn’t be bothered to look at her and just opened the door. By the time she had time to report, the medicine would have already been brewed and given to the little educated youth. If sitting in jail for a few years could save the life of the little educated youth, he considered it worth it.
“If you go in first, I’ll go to Beijing right afterward to report you for abuse of power, oppression, and repeated demands for our life-saving medicine. As long as something happens to Yexun, I’ll report you and your family because it’s your malicious retaliation! Qian Haiye has already been arrested, and there’s evidence regardless of how much time passes. You may have some connections, but it won’t withstand public opinion and the will of the people,” Su Xiaoxiao’s face turned cold, revealing a fierceness that didn’t match her appearance.
This left Peng Huijing, who had thought she had the upper hand, looking at her with resentment. “You shameless girl, are you trying to stick to our family?”
Jiang Yexun’s eyes flashed with a hint of danger, and the little educated youth shook her head at him.
“You can oppress us and steal our life-saving medicine, but I’m shameless for protecting myself? If you keep on talking, I’ll take your and your daughter’s pictures and ask a few people in Beijing casually, and we’ll find out who you are,” Su Xiaoxiao said with an unkind smile.
Peng Huijing’s face stiffened, and the color drained from her face.
“Shameless! You’re downright shameless!” She raised her hand, trembling, and pointed at Su Xiaoxiao.
“Keep your mouth clean. I have a short temper, and if my brain glitches, I might really do something extreme,” Su Xiaoxiao threatened in a very innocent tone.
Peng Huijing had no choice but to lower her hand. However, her daughter stepped forward, saying indignantly, “This prescription is clearly made up by you. Why waste it? Just sell us one, and you can set any price you like. If that doesn’t work, I’ll just marry your brother, and we’ll be family. In the future, your family’s affairs will be our affairs. My family can promote your brother.”
“No!” “You wish!”
Su Xiaoxiao and Peng Huijing immediately rejected her.
But unlike Su Xiaoxiao, who looked down on them, Peng Huijing felt a growing sense of panic.
Su Xiaoxiao felt a bit confused but didn’t pay much attention to it.
Zhang Xiyue wanted to say something else, but her mother forcefully dragged her away.
“Enough, close your mouth,” she snapped.
“Mom!” Zhang Xiyue stamped her foot, unwilling to give up. She was already nineteen, and her peers were beginning to discuss marriage. Su Hongchen was only twenty-two and already a company commander. If his injuries healed and he returned, he’d be promoted to deputy production team commander. Among the youth in their compound, none of them had risen as quickly as he had. He was handsome, capable, and came from a less privileged background than her. Her family could support her choice, so what was wrong with it?
“Shut up! Don’t even think about it!” Peng Huijing glared at her daughter, exasperated.
Peng Huijing watched her daughter’s persistent expression and wished she could slap her, but she didn’t want to lose face in front of these people. So she resorted to forcibly pulling Zhang Xiyue away.
Su Xiaoxiao quickly followed them for a few steps and called after them, “Don’t forget, you have to ensure that my Brother Yexun, is safe and sound. Otherwise, we’ll face the consequences together.”
Peng Huijing’s body stiffened for a moment, then she hastened her steps.
Su Xiaoxiao leaned against the door frame lazily, gazing at their retreating figures with a distracted look.
Jiang Yexun also watched them, appreciative. “We really need to thank Xiaoxiao today. If it weren’t for her, I’d probably be arrested.”
But after her tense nerves relaxed, Su Xiaoxiao became as limp as a noodle and leaned against him.
“I was scared to death just now, but with them protecting us, we should be much safer.”
She had been worried that if the mastermind behind it found fault with her brother, what would happen. Now she had leverage delivered to her door, and she couldn’t just let it go.
“Cough, cough!”
Su Hongchen cleared his throat heavily to remind them that he was still there.
But Su Xiaoxiao didn’t release Jiang Yexun and instead looked at him with curiosity.
“Did you notice that the woman’s reaction just now was very strange?”
Su Hongchen thought carefully and nodded. “She’s afraid of me marrying her daughter.”
“Yeah, and it’s not because she dislikes you or looks down on you. She’s just afraid that you and her daughter will be together. If it weren’t for her daughter’s infatuation with you today, I think she could have stuck around longer.”
However, Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t understand why the woman would act like that.
“I’ll have someone help me investigate her and her daughter later and personally go to Beijing when they’re ready.”
Su Hongchen also found the woman’s behavior strange and thought it needed a thorough investigation.
Jiang Yexun saw them continuing to chat without end, so he circled his arm around Su Xiaoxiao’s waist and lifted her onto the hospital bed.
“I’ve already cooked chicken and shredded porridge. You can tell me how to brew the medicine, and I’ll go do it now,” he asked in a low voice.
Su Xiaoxiao took out the detailed prescription that she had prepared in advance from her pocket and handed it to Jiang Yexun.
Jiang Yexun took the medicine from the drawer and went downstairs to brew it.
The medicine needed to be taken half an hour after every meal, and the next morning, the army leaders came by once more. In front of them, the hospital staff removed the gauze from Su Xiaoxiao and Su Hongchen’s wounds.