Chapter 507: Chapter 507: No Intention of Keeping the Peace Chapter 507: Chapter 507: No Intention of Keeping the Peace When An Cheng returned home, he had been anxiously waiting for half the day. Wei Shufen had called him, but he missed her call, and only later received a call at home. That was how he learned about the significant incident that had occurred, so he hurried back home, but without knowing the details, he didn’t feel it was appropriate to rashly go to the hospital.
After all, what the housekeeper told him was that Ding Min had stabbed An Zhiyuan, and An Zhiyuan had knocked Ding Min unconscious by kicking her.
How could An Cheng not be angry?
Ding Min had actually injured his own son.
Even if he had felt positively towards Ding Min, noting that she was a respectable junior who could be his daughter-in-law, injuring his son was unacceptable.
It was a stroke of luck that they hadn’t married. If they had, which couple doesn’t argue? To resort to violence during an argument?
Ten sons wouldn’t be enough for Ding Min to run through.
An Cheng was even more upset that he had initially thought this marriage was a good match. He truly was blind.
What made him angrier was the reputation it could create. The news about An Zhiyuan getting violent with a woman, he knew that Ding Min must have driven his son into a corner, otherwise An Zhiyuan wouldn’t have laid a hand on a woman. However, outsiders didn’t know the truth, and it could be said that An Zhiyuan hit a woman, which wouldn’t sound good at all.
The wedding was to be held tomorrow, and such a significant event had happened today. How would his old friends and comrades view his family now?
The last time An Cheng felt utterly disgraced beyond recovery was during An Zhigao’s scandal. He couldn’t control what others thought, but he knew they said things behind his back, though they wouldn’t mention it in front of him.
This time it might be even worse; everyone who heard about it might find it sensational.
This could be the death of him.
His son had been doing just fine; why did it have to come to this, pushing him into such turmoil? A joyous occasion had turned into this.
Seeing An Zhiyuan and Bai Xiao come in, An Cheng asked in a somber voice, “How is it? Is the injury bad?” He had to concern himself with his son, of course. The obvious bloodstains and tears on the clothing made the recent peril all too real.
“It’s okay, it’s just a surface wound. The doctor said if it had been a bit lower, it would have hit the heart,” Bai Xiao answered on his behalf.
“… How is she?” An Cheng asked, referring to Ding Min, which was clear to all three of them.
“What else can we do? When we were leaving, we heard the doctor mention that your aunt had called in Surgery specialists from the provincial hospital for a consultation. Her injuries are quite severe, and the situation isn’t looking good,” said An Zhiyuan, clearly frustrated when he thought of Ding Min.
“She’s your aunt, and it wouldn’t be right not to help!” An Cheng was worried An Zhiyuan might resent Wei Shufen.
“Dad, don’t say that to me. That woman is now injured and hospitalized, and she’ll probably come to make trouble at our house. I’ve already called the police. I won’t coddle her because she’s a woman. She tried to use a knife this time; who knows what she’ll do next time? If we don’t teach her a lesson, she’ll only become more arrogant. Don’t talk to me about keeping the peace; this isn’t over. She dared to use a knife on my wife, and I won’t let it go,” An Zhiyuan said coldly, preempting anything An Cheng might have said.
“Dad, Ayuan is tired, we’ll go upstairs now,” Bai Xiao said, supporting An Zhiyuan up the stairs.
Watching his son and daughter-in-law head upstairs, An Cheng completely lost any remaining fondness for his niece Ding Min. An Zhiyuan was not ready to let things go, and his wife would probably intercede upon her return, giving him a headache.
He was caught in a difficult position between them.