Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Injuries Justify the Means Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Injuries Justify the Means With her frail body, a fall might have sent her directly to the afterlife, yet now Aunt must think it was her who pushed that wretch. It’s infuriating.
Originally, the Qiu Family’s remark years ago was just a jest; they never specified who the engagement was with. Yet she took it seriously, which would have been fine, but she always wants to step on her to curry favor with the Qiu Family.
She’s not that old yet, but it really seems like there’s something wrong with her cousin’s brain. Being around each other always ends in no good—truly maddening.
But what to do now? Hiding doesn’t suit Ning Lingyu’s nature. Why feel guilty for something she didn’t do? Her cousin’s bleeding was her own doing. Getting hurt doesn’t automatically make her right.
Yes, that’s it.
Having made up her mind, she left the room, went downstairs, and first called her dad. As soon as the call connected, “Dad, are you busy right now?”
Ning Hongda, while looking at the documents in front of him, asked, “What made you think of calling Dad? Is there something wrong?”
Ning Lingyu then told him about Aunt and the cousin coming back, recounted every word of Luo Jianing starting trouble without missing a beat, and also insisted that she definitely didn’t push anyone.
After listening to his daughter, Ning Hongda knew she wouldn’t lie. He always had trouble liking his sister’s Jianing, feeling the child was too scheming.
So he said, “All right, since the incident has happened, go to your mother’s and my bedroom drawer, take some more money, and send it over to the hospital. I’ll head to the hospital right away too.
You’d better tell your mother as well, to prevent her from getting agitated by misinformation if she doesn’t know what happened, and cause her to lose her temper. We’ll meet at the hospital.”
Ning Lingyu was scared to call her mom. With her mom’s fiery temper, she’d probably scold her first, and just the thought was frightening.
But if she didn’t tell her mom and let her find out something happened without being informed, her mom would be even angrier. Not to mention, her mom was currently pregnant with a seven-months’ baby.
If this caused any distress, she would truly become a sinner.
Therefore, she directly called her third brother, Ning Lingyu, at his office and recapped the situation, asking him if he could possibly take leave to go to their mother’s, to make sure she stayed calm and avoid further trouble.
She took all the cash from the drawer and left the compound, heading for the nearest hospital. Her aunt must have taken that habitually deceptive Luo Jianing there.
Just as she arrived at the hospital entrance, she saw Dad, sweaty-headed, arriving on his bicycle.
Ning Lingyu said apologetically, “Dad, I’m sorry. Even though this really isn’t my fault, I was the only one with Jianing on the second floor at the time. Jianing specifically told Aunt that I was the one who pushed her. I’m afraid I might not be able to clear my name.”
Ning Hongda reassured, “Let’s talk about this matter later. Now, let’s go up and see Aunt and check how Jianing is doing?”
Ning Lingyu nodded, following her father towards the hospital, and after asking at the front desk, they found the operating room.
When they arrived, the patient hadn’t been brought out yet. Ning Hongda approached his sister and brother-in-law, “How is Jianing doing?”
Ning Xueling had been crying the whole time, while Luo Haotian glanced at the door of the operating room: “Siyuan and I just arrived too; we still don’t know the specifics.”
Luo Haotian looked toward his brother-in-law’s niece, Ning Lingyu standing behind him, and asked, “Ling Yu, what exactly happened? How did Jianing fall down the stairs?”
Ning Lingyu recounted the incident again, this time not hiding anything, including the matter with Qiu Shaoyang.