Magic City First People's Hospital.
Inside the ward.
[Ding! Male supporting character Tang Guo'an's favorability has increased, reward 500 Contact Points.]
[Ding! Female supporting character Xu Shuyun's favorability has increased, reward 500 Contact Points.]
Huh??? (?◇?) What's going on?!
I clearly didn't do anything, how did these two suddenly raise their favorability toward me at the same time???
Lin Xuan froze for a moment, a head full of black question marks?!
Unable to figure it out, he could only chalk it up to him being too handsome!
After all, regardless of age or gender, who wouldn't fall at the feet of looks that rival Wu Yanzu's…
Lin Xuan pulled his thoughts back, turned to look at the Tang couple, and said:
"Uncle! Cousin's condition is temporarily under control for now."
"What she needs to pay attention to next is taking her medicine on time, keeping a good mentality, and maintaining regular habits in daily life…"
"Oh right! I just made an appointment with one of the hospital's specialists. He'll come by later to do a stomach examination! How about you two come back this afternoon to pick her up and take her home?"
"...…."
On the side, the Tang couple strained their ears as hard as they could, but no longer heard any inner voice, and were left dumbfounded.
Come on, say it! Why did you stop talking!!!
(〃＞皿＜) Damn you, cliffhanger dog, who on earth is it that framed your Eldest Uncle? Hurry up and tell me!!!
The Tang couple kept their faces calm, but inside they were already anxious to death.
Yet in their ears, their nephew's inner voice never sounded again…
Helpless, the husband and wife could only decide to plan long-term, wait for the next opportunity to meet, and look for another opportunity to eavesdrop.
"Chu Ling! Be good and listen to the doctor at the hospital and do the exams."
"Your dad and I will head home first to tidy up the room we've prepared for you, and then we'll come back in the afternoon to take you home…"
Feeling the gentle tone in Xu Shuyun's reminder, Chu Ling's heart felt warm—this was the family affection she had yearned for all these years.
Even though she was still a bit worried about the unknown things waiting for her after going home…
She truly couldn't resist the temptation of a family reunion, so she no longer resisted the plan of returning to the Tang house and happily agreed.
......
'Good! Things are finally temporarily wrapped up!'
'Speaking of which, compared to getting executed by firing squad, which is still a ways off…'
'The matter of Eldest Uncle being forced to cheat tonight is actually the most urgent~~~'
'If I don't stop this! The relationship between Uncle and Aunt will end up having a rift under someone else's scheming…'
'Though with Eldest Aunt's personality, for the sake of the kids under their knees, the two of them won't go as far as divorce.'
'But their marriage would basically become one that only exists in name only!'
'With Aunt's strong personality, there's no way she'd swallow this insult.'
'From then on, the two of them would have minor fights every three days and a big fight every five, and Tang Group would also rapidly decline because the couple's hearts no longer align…'
......
Just as the Tang couple were about to say goodbye and leave…
Their nephew's inner voice rang in their ears again.
And the explosive level of what they overheard this time was in no way inferior to the previous bit, causing the expressions on both their faces to instantly freeze.
(???(??? ;) Huh???
Old Tang is going to cheat tonight???
That bastard dares!!! Just see if I don't have his thing chopped off!!!
No, isn't he supposed to be kidney-deficient and useless? How can he still cheat?!
Oh, I see, oh, I see!
So the kidney deficiency is fake, and the real issue is that he despises me for being old and faded and just isn't interested in me anymore, huh!!!
But when it's the young and pretty vixen outside, his interest is suddenly overflowing, right?
So, he's planning to kick me out and put the mistress in my place?!
Maybe hating the mistress is all women's nature…
Even someone like Xu Shuyun, who was always known for being rational.
The instant she heard the words "your husband will cheat," she lost her cool, her eyes spewing fire!!!
She felt that no matter what the reason was…
Being unfaithful to your marriage is a capital offense! All the scumbag men and mistresses in the world deserve to die!!!!
Xu Shuyun also wasn't surprised at all by how things played out in Lin Xuan's inner voice…
Given her personality, once she discovered her husband had cheated, there was basically no way she would ever forgive him.
She felt disgusted; men who betrayed their marriage didn't deserve forgiveness…
But compared to the fuming-with-rage Xu Shuyun!
The one who was the most confused… had to be the actual "scumbag" himself, Tang Guo'an?!
I'm going to cheat???
That's bullshit!!! =3
w(?Д?)w That's pure nonsense!!!
I'm not a scumbag, I won't cheat, don't talk nonsense!!!
Tang Guo'an wore a dumb look, Σ(☉▽☉"a having no idea what was going on.
He loved his wife very much, okay! How could he possibly do something that let her down?!
Defamation, this was barefaced defamation!!!
Just as the Tang couple were being deeply shaken by their nephew's inner voice…
......
'Honestly, this whole thing is Eldest Uncle's own fault for meddling too much.'
'He gets a call for help from his first love in the middle of the night, and without a shred of caution he lets himself be talked into going to a hotel and drinks the wine she hands him.'
'Little does he know… the wine's already been spiked with a date-rape drug by that woman.'
'Once Eldest Uncle stupidly drinks it and passes out, his purity gets brutally violated and taken by that woman.'
'When he wakes up he doesn't use his brain and thinks he just got drunk and lost control, blaming himself to no end and feeling full of guilt toward that woman…'
......
Xu Shuyun: "——(??へ??╬)!!!!!!!"
So that's the truth?!
Hmph, what a stupid man!
I knew it!!!
With how dense that blockhead brain of Old Tang's is, there's no way he'd have those scheming thoughts to go cheat on his own initiative. Turns out he's the one who gets drugged…
If he even dares take one step out of the house tonight, I'll break his third leg right off!!
Wait…
I almost forgot, what's this about a first love?!!
[○?｀Д′? ○] This icky man!!
When we first met, he clearly said I was his first love, so how come another first love suddenly popped out now?!!!
Fine, fine!
A man's mouth, w(?Д?)w really is full of lies——!!!!!!
With Lin Xuan's revelations, as she learned all kinds of secret "big melons" about her husband, the corner of Xu Shuyun's eye twitched nonstop—she really was angry now!!!
On the other side.
Tang Guo'an's eyes were wide, obviously shaken by the content of Lin Xuan's inner voice.
My first love? Qiao Shan?
H-her… how could she do that to me???
Back then she was such a considerate, understanding girl!
How could she possibly drug me and do something that unspeakable…
Tang Guo'an was full of disbelief inside; he still cherished that beautiful fantasy of the girl from back then…
At the same time, feeling a bit guilty, he sneaked a look at his wife and secretly rejoiced that she couldn't hear the inner voice, otherwise they'd be blowing up on the spot.
You had to know, to pursue Xu Shuyun back then, he'd packaged himself as a pure love newbie who had never dated…
......
'Actually, you can't totally blame Eldest Uncle either! After all, every man holds special feelings toward his first love, right!'
'He probably still thinks that woman is as pure as she was on campus back then. He's completely ignoring that so many years have passed and time can change everything.'
'That woman has now basically achieved the state of "those jade arms have been pillows for thousands, those red lips tasted by tens of thousands," making a living by selling her body.'
'She's also become addicted to gambling and racked up a massive amount of loan shark debt.'
'With nowhere left to turn, she happens to discover Eldest Uncle's current status and position and immediately starts plotting…'
'Once she tearfully manages to disguise herself as some poor victim who got taken advantage of after Eldest Uncle got drunk, she'll pretend to leave for a while, saying things like "I won't destroy your family," "I'm not a mistress," "I won't put you in a difficult position"…'
'My foolish Uncle's level is way too low! Under a wave of manipulations like that, he feels more and more guilty!'
'Then when that woman turns up with a big belly, carrying some bastard child whose father nobody knows, and comes crying to seek his help…'
'Eldest Uncle is instantly dumbstruck and, going soft-hearted, chooses to accept his first love and her son, and completely falls out with Eldest Aunt, who shows up in a fury!'
......
'I've got to help Eldest Uncle safely get through this tribulation, otherwise the Tang family's decline starts right here.'
'Sigh, Eldest Uncle really is a handful! Without your nephew here, →_→ how would you even survive?!'
'The best solution is actually to shatter Eldest Uncle's beautiful fantasy of his first love and make him see that woman's true face.'
'Otherwise, even if I stop him from meeting her tonight, what about tomorrow? The day after? The day after that?'
'There are only a thousand days of being a thief, never a thousand days of guarding against one!!'
'The method is actually pretty simple—just let Eldest Uncle pretend to be drugged and pass out, then that woman's ugly behavior is bound to show itself…'
'But how do I warn him? It looks like Eldest Uncle still has a lot of issues with me?!'
'Hmph! (??へ??╬) This troublesome Eldest Uncle—I'm worrying myself sick over him and he still pulls a face at me! Truly a case of "the dog bites Lü Dongbin and doesn't recognize a good person's heart"!!!'
......
After listening to everything in Lin Xuan's inner voice, Tang Guo'an's heart was trembling, and a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.
The beautiful image left behind by his first love crumbled to pieces in that moment.
He really couldn't imagine…
That pure girl in his memories could, under the ravages of time, turn into such a vicious woman who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
"Tonight…"
Tang Guo'an murmured to himself. Whether his nephew's prediction would come true or not would be known in just a few hours.
Honestly, he still found it hard to imagine that Qiao Shan would become like that.
So, if she really did call him, Tang Guo'an would still choose to go to the appointment. He wanted to personally draw a proper period at the end of that beautiful chapter of his youth…
Meanwhile, right beside him, Xu Shuyun narrowed her eyes slightly, her expression calm.
After understanding the full story and learning that her husband hadn't cheated of his own accord, her emotions actually calmed quite a bit.
Upholding the principle that a capital crime may be spared but a living crime won't…
Xu Shuyun maintained her silence without letting anything show. To teach her stupid husband a deep lesson, she decided that tonight she would personally take people to…
Catch him in the act!!!!!
And so, the several people in the ward, each with their own thoughts, said their goodbyes and left…
...
Two and a half minutes later.
Having remained silent the whole way, the Tang couple, each with complicated feelings, returned to the Tang family villa.
Both of them believed themselves to be the chosen one, and that only they could eavesdrop on the inner voice…
At this moment.
The once-intimately-close husband and wife now each had their own private secret.
...
"Let's tell the kids at home about Chu Ling's situation first! They'll have to know sooner or later, and then we'll take them to the hospital this afternoon to bring Chu Ling home."
"What about Tang Rou… what do we do about her?"
"Sigh, we'll just have to be honest! It's not that I didn't think about hiding it from her, but with how developed information is now, even if we tried, it wouldn't stay hidden for long…"
"Mm! That's all we can do. Tang Rou is so sensible and obedient, I'm sure she'll be able to understand our difficulties."
"...…."
As they neared the door, the Tang couple discussed it for a bit and decided to lay everything out clearly.
Since the other four children weren't home for the moment, they planned to tell Tang Chuan and Tang Rou, the brother and sister, first.
Click!!!
"Wuu wuu wuu…"
As soon as Xu Shuyun and her husband reached an agreement and pushed the door open, the sound of sobbing that greeted them made both of their expressions change.
What happened?!
This sounds like… Tang Rou's crying…
The couple looked at each other and could clearly see the tension and anxiety in each other's eyes. They quickened their pace and half ran to the living room…
On the sofa, Tang Chuan, dressed in a sporty casual loungewear set, was looking at his sister with a face full of heartache, constantly trying to comfort her.
(?"? ?)?"(???︿???).
As for Tang Rou, who was quietly sobbing on the sofa, she was still dressed in a simple and elegant traditional-style outfit today.
At the moment, she was using a white handkerchief embroidered with roses to continually wipe the tears at the corners of her eyes.
Her eye rims were completely red; it looked like she'd already been crying for quite some time…
Seeing this.
Tang Guo'an's heart ached instantly and he hurried forward to ask in concern.
"What's going on? Tang Rou, why are you crying? Don't cry, don't cry!"
"Tang Chuan, you brat! Did you bully your sister?!"
"...…."
Even though he now knew Tang Rou wasn't his biological daughter.
She was still the girl he had painstakingly raised, and after eighteen years of living together day and night, the deep father–daughter bond they'd built…
Wasn't something that could be easily thrown away just because of bloodline alone?!
"How would I! How could I bear to bully my sister?!"
Faced with Tang Guo'an's angry glare, Tang Chuan hurriedly raised his hand to cry injustice. ┗( ′?∧?｀)┛
"She's crying because of…"
"Chu Ling!"
"Dad, Mom! Don't hide it from us anymore! My sister and I both already know…"