CHAPTER 577: CHAPTER 559: JOINING FORCES

"So you want to push the responsibility onto my nephew?" The leader’s expression turned cold, glaring at the person in charge.

"I wouldn’t dare, I am just reporting the situation to you, sir."

"Hmph, resolve the situation of the injured as soon as possible, or I won’t be able to protect you." He said, turning around and getting into the car.

"Yes, yes, we will resolve it as soon as possible."

Sitting in the car, the officer felt a pang of suffocation. Early in the morning, a woman came, claiming that Mei Langchi sent her to inform him to best hold onto the things in their store. The hotpot business was very good, and they chose to go over in the afternoon. By then, a substantial amount of cash was at the counter. The woman said, the money inside could be split fifty-fifty.

He also knew about this hotpot restaurant, knowing that its daily income was certainly substantial, so he developed selfish motives. Unexpectedly, he ended up causing trouble for himself because of it.

He couldn’t let this thing ruin him. He used to work under the Mei family, and after transitioning back into civilian life, he relied on their connections to climb up stably in this place.

A few days ago, Mei Langchi came to see him, and he thought it was a good opportunity to repay a favor. Little did he know this matter would go awry.

No, he needed to call Mei Langchi ahead of time to ask if that woman was his person. He followed her instructions to do this.

...

In the hospital, Xiao Gu had already been taken into the ward. Fortunately, the injuries were not critical. After a few stitches, he would need to recuperate for a bit, and being young, he would likely be discharged in half a month.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Gu was an orphan, with no family around, and the incident happened in the store. Logically, Liang Hongmei should take care of it.

But at home, there was still Little Star, which was a bit of a hassle at the moment.

"Sister, give me the child, tomorrow is Sunday anyway, Xiaoqing is off." Hu Bin took the child from Xiao Yu, reassuring Liang Hongmei.

Liang Hongmei quickly handed him the keys, "Thank you so much today, with things happening at home, nothing was taken care of. I didn’t bring enough milk powder when I came out, please help take some. But Little Star is older now, he only drinks a bottle in the morning and one at night when going to bed, not much at other times."

"Xiaoqing knows this, she often takes care of the child, she understands. I’ll take the child first, Xiao Liu and I will keep an eye on the store, and let you know if anything comes up."

"Yes, Aunt Liang, I roughly know who is behind this. I don’t know who you guys offended, who wants to target your store. I’ll help inquire a bit when I go back, otherwise, we are out in the open, they are hidden, we are easily taken advantage of."

"Sigh, I also have a rough guess, someone from our village, has some feud with Xiao Wan." Liang Hongmei was careless, after just meddling with her daughter’s business recently, trouble started with her store now.

Liang Hongmei didn’t expect Ye Qing to turn so vicious. She wondered who was backing her, even knowing the people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

"Knowing the person is good, let’s first see what the higher-ups say before making plans."

"Trouble you guys."

"It’s what we should do."

After Hu Bin took the child away, Liu Wei didn’t linger much either. Xiao Gu hasn’t woken up yet, and staying there wasn’t getting anywhere.

"Sister Gui, Sister-in-law Liu, our store might have to close for a few days, let’s divide the vegetables and meat inside among the folks. It’s already evening, you all must have been frightened today, hurry back."

"Not so much frightened; probably a few young ones got scared. We will go back first today; I will make some food at the store and bring it over in a while. I will sub for you tomorrow." Aunt Gui said.

"Alright."

In such chaos just now, it’s likely those staff didn’t have time to seal it up; their store probably wasn’t sealed.

It was only then Liang Hongmei let them go. The prepared ingredients for today would all go to waste if uneaten.

After everyone left, Liang Hongmei checked her watch, it was past four. Xiao Gu woke up shortly afterward.

"How are you feeling? Tell me if you’re uncomfortable anywhere, I’ll call the doctor."

Seeing Liang Hongmei’s anxious concern over his condition made Xiao Gu feel a twinge of sourness in his heart. He wished so much that Liang Hongmei was really his mother; even a godmother would be fine. At this moment, he could hold the hand of a mother like a little child, being a spoiled child wanting affection.

"Aunt Liang, is the store alright?"

"It’s fine, it’s fine. Sigh, you child, you’re so impulsive in doing things. Where did you learn to stab someone with a bottle? If it were any deeper, you could have lost your little life."

"I saw you guys getting beaten at that moment, my heart was anxious, and I got angry. Aunt Liang, I caused trouble for you."

"What trouble, it’s because someone is targeting us, deliberately messing with our store."

"Who is it?" Xiao Gu just asked when Lin Yinghui rushed over wildly. Behind him was Zhang Shuhua.

"Mom, what happened? How did Xiao Gu get hurt?"

"Aunt Liang, I heard the store was smashed? Did someone make trouble?"

Zhang Shuhua originally went to find Lin Wan, but only saw Lin Yinghui at home, learned that Han Yi was injured, and Lin Wan had left the day before.

Just as Zhang Shuhua was about to leave, he saw Uncle Hu bringing a child over.

Only then did they know something happened at the store, and Xiao Gu was injured, and in the hospital. Without asking much, they biked over here.

"Wasn’t it someone playing tricks from behind..." Liang Hongmei recounted the day’s events to her son. "When the incident happened, I inadvertently glimpsed Ye Qing. I reckon she was responsible for it. How could she be so malicious? We used to think Xiao Wan was just throwing a tantrum when she urged us to stay away from her. It turns out Xiao Wan was absolutely right. Just because you didn’t help her back then, she harbors such resentment against us. So young and so vicious, what will become of it later? How does she know those people?"

"Mom, haven’t you heard from younger sister? She’s involved with that half-brother of Han Yi." Lin Yinghui saw the situation clearly. Han Yi’s half-brother probably wanted to deal with Han Yi, and Ye Qing hated Xiao Wan.

What good can come from the two of them together?

"If she really did this, we certainly won’t let her off the hook. Right now, Xiao Gu’s health is the most important thing. I’ll take two days off tomorrow to check on the store’s situation. While I’m at it, I’ll ask around. As long as they haven’t sealed our store, we’ll carry on working."

"Sigh, there’s no other way right now. Those people didn’t succeed today, who knows if they’ll go to the store again tomorrow. No matter what, you have to stay calm, don’t be too impulsive, you’re just one person, and they are a group. Don’t make mom worry." Liang Hongmei was still scared, grateful that Xiao Gu had only superficial injuries today. "Fortunately, Xiao Gu wasn’t in danger today; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been at peace for the rest of my life."

"Mom, I understand." Who truly cared for him if not his mother? "Mom, don’t worry about me, I’ll be careful myself. ... Xiao Gu, take good care of yourself in the hospital these days, and let my mom look after you."

"Brother Ah Hui, I’m fine. You and Aunt Liang can go about your work without worry. Don’t let those people get away with it easily."

"You child, you’re saying things so lightly, even when you got hurt like this. You nearly had your intestines ruptured."

"Aunt Liang, I don’t have anything much going on with my house renovations lately. I’ll come and help you out with the care these couple of days, if that’s okay." Zhang Shuhua said.

"It’s alright, I can handle looking after him by myself."

"How could one keep up with overnight shifts every day, even young people can’t endure that. I guess this lad won’t be getting out of bed for quite a few days."

"Shuhua, we’ll trouble you these few days." Lin Yinghui didn’t stand on ceremony. Two people were indeed needed here.

He was going to check out the situation tomorrow. As for Ye Qing, continuously causing trouble for their family, he also didn’t intend to be soft-hearted. Not that he wanted to do anything extreme to them, but this matter must be justified.

Not long after, Aunt Gui brought some food over.

"The store wasn’t sealed, and I divided the vegetables and meat among everyone. I also brought the money and keys from the counter."

"Since there are no seals, it means our store isn’t closed. Ah Hui, check out the situation tomorrow, and if possible, we’ll continue to operate. With such a big incident now, those people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau wouldn’t dare do much. I assume there’s also a chance they’ll come to reconcile." Because of the attitude earlier in the hospital, it was visible.

After a few words, Liang Hongmei let Zhang Shuhua and Aunt Gui leave.

Leaving her and her son at the hospital keeping an eye on Xiao Gu.