Xu Tingyu suddenly sat up in bed, bumping into Qi Shifeng's chin.
The impact made her forehead throb with pain, but she didn't have time to cry out. Instead, she only asked, "What's going on?"
The call was from the nursing home. The number belonged to the doctor, but the one speaking was Zhang Qiu.
Zhang Qiu rarely used such a weak voice to call Xu Tingyu, so it gave Xu Tingyu a bad premonition.
Sure enough, the next second, she heard Zhang Qiu wailing, "It's Liu Ning. She sent someone to beat me up. My leg is broken and my hand is fractured now."
After this outpouring of complaints, Xu Tingyu subconsciously glanced at Qi Shifeng beside her.
His chin was reddened from the bump, but he didn't seem to care. Instead, he was rubbing her forehead.
Noticing her look, he paused for a moment and whispered, "What's wrong?"
Xu Tingyu had already hung up the phone. "My mom's in trouble. I'm going to the hospital now."
Even though she and Zhang Qiu had many conflicts, she couldn't just turn a blind eye in this situation.
She quickly changed her clothes. When she came out, she found that Qi Shifeng was also dressed and had his car keys in hand.
"I'll go with you."
After all, Zhang Qiu was the mother of both of them. Qi Shifeng should indeed step in on this matter.
So Xu Tingyu didn't refuse.
The two rushed to the hospital together.
The nursing home was mainly for elderly care, and its medical services were not professional enough. They were afraid of delaying the treatment, so they sent Zhang Qiu to the best hospital.
Even the hospital director had rushed over and was waiting outside the ward with Zhang Qiu's attending doctor.
When Xu Tingyu arrived, the director immediately apologized. "Miss Xu, I'm sorry. Our nursing home is responsible for this incident. We'll cover all the medical expenses."
It wasn't that he had an overly good service attitude. He just knew that this Zhang Qiu's daughter couldn't be offended.
Xu Tingyu frowned slightly. "Is the security in the nursing home so poor? Why didn't any staff step in to mediate when she was being beaten?"
"Well, it happened outside the nursing home. Ms. Zhang went shopping this afternoon and was taken away from the mall." The deputy director wiped the sweat off his forehead.
This was also the reason why they were so eager to admit their mistakes.
The nursing home had a rule that, for the physical and mental health and safety of the patients, they were not allowed to go out casually.
At the very least, in a situation like Zhang Qiu's, she should be accompanied by a guardian every time she went out.
But Zhang Qiu went out from time to time. Gradually, the nursing home stopped bothering Xu Tingyu every time.
In a situation like this, if nothing happened, it was all good. But once something did happen, the nursing home couldn't shirk its responsibility.
Xu Tingyu frowned even deeper, but now wasn't the time to figure out who was more responsible. She had to check on Zhang Qiu's condition first.
So she walked into the ward with a solemn face and saw Zhang Qiu lying on the bed, wailing.
When Zhang Qiu saw Xu Tingyu come in, her first reaction was to scold her.
"I really gave birth to an ungrateful daughter. You still have my number blocked. Do you know how I felt when I was taken away and couldn't call you?"
Zhang Qiu's face was sickly pale, but she had plenty of energy when scolding.
Xu Tingyu knew in her heart that her actual condition wasn't as serious as she described.
Otherwise, she would surely be weak at this moment.
"Since you knew I blocked you, why did you still call me? Wouldn't it have been better to call the police?"
Sometimes she just couldn't understand some people's thought processes.
Even kindergarten kids knew that when in danger or in trouble, they should call the police.
If you were kidnapped but still able to make a call, of course you should inform the police immediately.
Zhang Qiu was taken aback by her words, then scolded again, "Is that how you talk to me? Not even a word of comfort. You're probably just waiting for me to die, aren't you?"
Xu Tingyu stood a couple of meters away from the bed, her voice cold. "Don't be unreasonable. What good would it do me if you died?"
"I don't care. Liu Ning treated me like this. You have to get revenge for me. Or, you should transfer your assets to me now and foil her plan."
Zhang Qiu brought up the matter of asset transfer again.
"Foil her plan? Are you serious? Otherwise, let's call Qi Shifeng in and ask him if he's after my assets."
Xu Tingyu was extremely annoyed.
She never thought that Zhang Qiu would bring up the topic of assets in every situation.
It seemed that Zhang Qiu hadn't taken her words to heart last time.
Or perhaps she was just completely unreasonable.
So she might as well just lay all the cards on the table while Qi Shifeng was here.
As soon as she finished speaking, Qi Shifeng walked in.
Apparently, he had also heard the conversation between Xu Tingyu and Zhang Qiu.
"I've never coveted Tingyu's assets. If she wants, I'm willing to transfer all my assets to her right now."
Although Qi Shifeng thought it was a bit ridiculous to explain this to others,
he still patiently did so.
He was even willing to give his life for Xu Tingyu. How could he care about money?
Zhang Qiu clearly didn't expect Qi Shifeng to be there. She was a bit out of breath under his firm attitude.
After a long while, she forced a smile at Qi Shifeng.
"Shifeng, of course I know you're a good boy. But you were really mean to our Tingyu before. You want to make it up to her now, right?"
"Are you really willing to give all your money to her? But your family won't agree, will they?"
"Otherwise, you can transfer those things to me. You don't have to transfer all of them. Tingyu is my only daughter. What's mine will be hers. I'll keep them for you."
She had always been more lenient towards Qi Shifeng.
No matter how much she had scolded him behind his back before, now in front of him, she actually put on the guise of a kind mother.
Xu Tingyu couldn't help but let out a sneer.
She really wanted to applaud Zhang Qiu.
If you said she was muddle - headed, her mind was spinning faster than anyone else's at this moment.
If you said she was clear - headed, she actually wanted to ask her former son - in - law for assets when she couldn't even get her daughter's.
"I think it's necessary to give you a brain MRI to see if there's any neurological disorder. Otherwise, how could you say such absurd things?" she mocked.
And Zhang Qiu argued righteously, "What's wrong? Am I wrong? Isn't Liu Ning also eyeing this? Why don't you dare to say something to her?"
"You just think I'm easy to bully. You're such a love - struck fool. You'll be cheated out of everything one day, and then you'll see how you cry."
Seeing her so self - assured even without a leg to stand on, Xu Tingyu didn't want to argue with her.
"Qi Shifeng, why don't you call your mother and ask clearly if I have to use all my wealth as a dowry when I marry you?"
She did it on purpose.
Because Zhang Qiu was right about one thing. Between her and Qi Shifeng, they always had to get past the Qi family.
Even if they didn't end up together in the end, Liu Ning wouldn't let it go easily.