Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 481 I will definitely still

"Go back! We'll let you know if there's any news," the policewoman said with a smile, completely disregarding what he said.

Zhiyuan returned to the island that night, but Qinglang found a stack of money under the blanket on the hospital bed, all ten-yuan bills wrapped in a piece of paper with the words "Buy food" written on it.

Three very simple words, no extra sentences, no tear-jerkingly touching words, yet they made Qinglang's eyes well up with tears.

When Zhiyuan returned to the island, Lin Qingping baked his favorite desserts and cooked delicious dishes. As soon as he entered the house, Lin Qingping invited him to eat, as if nothing had happened and he was just coming home from school as before.

"Brother is back..." Lin Qingping gently said, picking up her sleeping daughter from the cradle.

The baby smiled, revealing her toothless pink gums, which was extremely cute.

Zhiyuan's eyes were getting hot. "Mom, I'll go wash my hands first before I hug my sister."

I said I washed my hands, but actually I took a shower and changed out of the clothes I'd worn all day before coming to hug my little sister.

He was too young to carry his little sister around, afraid he might accidentally drop her. So he only dared to sit on the sofa with his sister in his arms, giggling and blowing bubbles.

"Mom, my little sister is the most beautiful child I've ever seen!" He carefully held his sister, not daring to move an inch.

"How many children have you seen? And this is the prettiest one?" Lin Qingping smiled, taking the pearl from her palm. "You should eat your food!"

“That’s true,” Zhiyuan emphasized earnestly. “Gu’s father hasn’t come back yet!”

“He’s in a meeting today, so he told us not to wait for him. You eat first. I just ate a piece of bread and I’m not hungry,” Lin Qingping said.

Zhiyuan held his rice bowl but didn't touch his chopsticks for a long time.

"Silly child," Lin Qingping said, seeing this, "Is there something you want to tell me?"

Zhiyuan nodded, put down his bowl, and told her about Qinglang's good news, including everything that had happened in the ward that day.

"Mom, the money is a loan from me. I'll definitely pay it back when I can earn money," Zhiyuan said in a low voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhiyuan felt a sharp pain on his head.

He had been looking down, but when he felt the pain, he looked up and saw that his mother had hit him hard on the head with chopsticks, and she was still angry.

"Such a stubborn head of his, I might as well just knock his brains out!" Lin Qingping cursed at him.

Zhiyuan was scolded but dared not utter a sound.

Lin Qingping continued, "You are my son! I raised you, and you're talking to me about paying you back? How are you going to pay me back? How much do you want to pay back to make it all clear?"

Zhiyuan lowered his head, silently calculating the accounts in his mind. Just as he was about to speak, he was hit on the head again.

"If you ever mention the word 'repay' to me again, you can get the hell out of here! I only raise my own children, not outsiders who want to repay any debts of gratitude!"

One sentence jolted Zhiyuan awake from his daze, who was still calculating how much he would need to repay the kindness of Gu's father and mother.

Zhiyuan's eyes reddened, and he choked up, "Mom..."

"Don't call me Mom!" Lin Qingping said sternly, looking angry.

“Mom…” Zhiyuan chuckled, but tears streamed down his face. “You are my mom, and I’ll call you Mom, Mom, Mom!”

"You brat!" Lin Qingping laughed at his words. "It seems I still need to discipline him. If I don't discipline him for three days, my son will almost run away."

Zhiyuan held out his paddle, indicating that she could hit him however she wanted.

She simply patted his hand lightly and said, "Alright, given the situation in Qinglang's family, now that his mother is out of danger, I'm afraid he'll have to face more than just his mother's injuries."

Zhiyuan frowned. "Are you still afraid of those people retaliating?"

"That's one thing. Another thing is that if a person doesn't change, no matter how hard others try, it will be in vain. As for the Qinglang family, let's wait until his mother wakes up before we talk about it." This was exactly the same as her experience in her previous life. She dedicated her whole life to her younger brother, and there were countless opportunities for her to wake up, but she chose to continue to deceive herself because of the words "blood ties and kinship".

I wonder if Qinglang's mother will be another version of her, only realizing on her deathbed that some people are not worth helping and some family ties are not worth maintaining.

When Zhiyuan, Chen Lei, and Wang Yufei went to see Qinglang's mother again, the hospital bed was empty.

After asking the nurses, we learned that Qinglang's mother had been discharged from the hospital.

"Is she fully recovered?" Zhiyuan was surprised. Was she recovering too quickly?

The nurse sighed, "What's so great about that! Her family insists on her being discharged, and she herself strongly requests to be discharged. We can't do anything about it."

“What family? Those people are all bad people!” Chen Lei shouted.

Upon hearing this, Zhiyuan went to Qinglang's house.

Qinglang's home is on a boat. Zhiyuan had been here with Chen Lei and the others before. The group found the boat easily, but Qinglang and her children were not there; only Qinglang's father was there.

Early in the morning, Qinglang's father was drunk. When Zhiyuan asked where Qinglang had gone, he not only didn't get an answer, but was also met with a barrage of vulgar and offensive insults. Chen Lei almost rushed up to beat him up, but Zhiyuan held him back.