Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Call me if you need anything, don’t be silly and shoulder it all alone

Meng Qiancheng, carrying items, wanted to take them to his car, "Auntie, I’ll take you home."

"No need to trouble Doctor Meng," Zhou Lin’s expression remained flat as he gestured to Secretary Zhang to take the items to his own car.

Meng Qiancheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn’t release his grip.

Zhou Lin’s icy gaze lacked any warmth. He looked at Meng Qiancheng and scornfully scoffed, "Doctor Meng, are you planning to start a fight here?"

"Zhiwei, this..." Guo Cuihua also didn’t know what to do.

Cheng Zhiwei sighed, thankful that she had the foresight to call Xu Tian over. She held onto Guo Cuihua as they descended the stairs and whispered, "Tiantian is waiting for us. Let’s go over."

Zhou Lin and Meng Qiancheng both looked up and saw Xu Tian waving from inside the car across the street.

Meng Qiancheng let out an ambiguous laugh, carried the bag over, and gently reminded Cheng Zhiwei, "Call me if there’s anything, okay? Don’t just bear it all alone foolishly."

Cheng Zhiwei nodded, "Okay."

Guo Cuihua warmly said, "After auntie rests for a few days, I’ll invite you over for a meal."

Meng Qiancheng’s smile grew wider, "Sure, I’ve been longing for auntie’s cooking."

As the car left, Cheng Zhiwei glanced at the two men through the rearview mirror and once again praised herself for her cleverness.

Xu Tian naturally saw them too and couldn’t help saying, "I can understand why Big Brother Meng is here, but what’s he doing here?"

Cheng Zhiwei shook her head, guessing that Lin Yu most likely forced him to come.

However, with Guo Cuihua in the car, there were some things Cheng Zhiwei wouldn’t say out loud to prevent her from worrying.

After staying at the Cheng Family’s home for two days, just when Cheng Zhiwei felt like Zhou Lin had forgotten about her, Zhou Lin sent someone to take her back.

Returning to Sparkling Sky City, Wang Mei was overjoyed, pulling Cheng Zhiwei into a warm conversation and even prepared a lot of delicious food.

Cheng Zhiwei stayed at home for two days, and Zhou Lin didn’t return, which she found to be a relief.

But the peaceful times didn’t last long. In the afternoon, Cheng Zhiwei received another call from the hospital—Cheng Zhiyin was hospitalized again.

She hurried to the ward and heard a sharp and critical voice: "How precious must you be, staying in the hospital every day? Each shot of that medicine costs over a thousand, and you sign for it without even blinking. Do you know it’s bad for the baby? What if you give birth to something deformed?"

Almost every room in the ward had patients and their families craning their necks to watch the drama unfold.

Cheng Zhiwei’s brow twitched as she walked in and slammed the door shut with a "bang".

The loud noise startled the woman, who had been ranting in the room—it was Cheng Zhiyin’s mother-in-law, Gao Wei’s mother.

When Mother Gao saw it was Cheng Zhiwei, she snorted through her nostrils, "Have you no manners? Can’t you close the door quietly?"

Cheng Zhiwei glanced at her sister on the bed, pale and on the verge of tears, and walked over composedly, "Not as loud as you."

Mother Gao cursed insolently about having no upbringing, then turned to Cheng Zhiyin, "I’m talking to you, are you deaf? Pack up and come home with me right now."

After speaking, she moved to pull Cheng Zhiyin.

Cheng Zhiwei slapped her hand away without any expression and asked, "What are you doing?"

Mother Gao stepped back furiously, "Just being pregnant, and she acts like a princess, living in the hospital three meals a day. Do you think you own the hospital? My son’s salary from work is completely squandered by you."

Cheng Zhiwei went to see Cheng Zhiyin.

Cheng Zhiyin explained in a low voice, "The doctor said that I was showing signs of a threatened miscarriage, so he advised me to be hospitalized for a few days for progesterone injections. She learned about it and became unhappy and made a fuss."

After marrying into the Gao Family, Gao Wei, who was born in the countryside and lost his father early, brought his mother from his hometown to enjoy a better life. Cheng Zhiyin’s gentle nature clashed with Mother Gao, who was overbearing. Their relationship soured further due to Cheng Zhiyin and Gao Wei’s inability to have children for several years, prompting Mother Gao to constantly show dissatisfaction towards Cheng Zhiyin.

This current pregnancy was a great joy for the Gao Family, but Mother Gao’s expression did not seem to reflect that sentiment.

Cheng Zhiwei was deeply concerned.

Mother Gao was still fussing about and demanding Cheng Zhiyin be discharged from the hospital.

Cheng Zhiwei clapped her hands to interrupt Mother Gao’s incessant clamor, "You don’t want this baby?"

Mother Gao was like a chicken grabbed by the throat, suddenly silenced, but she quickly recovered, "Spouting nonsense—what are you saying? That child in her stomach is my grandchild, of course I want it. I am just, just worried that the medication she’s receiving might harm the child."

"You know better than the doctors?" Cheng Zhiwei retorted with a sarcastic smile.

"I..." Unable to come up with a better retort to muzzle Cheng Zhiwei, Mother Gao could only say in a mocking tone, "You married a rich man and don’t know how expensive daily necessities are. Her treatment in the hospital has cost us several thousand already, we don’t have that much money in our family."

"She has a job, and as I recall, my brother-in-law’s annual income is also several hundred thousand. Can’t you even come up with a few thousand?" Cheng Zhiwei asked with a cold laugh, "Did you eat up all that money?"

"Zhiwei, that’s enough," Cheng Zhiyin called out to Cheng Zhiwei, then turned to Mother Gao, "I’ll pay the money myself, so there’s no need for you to worry."

Mother Gao muttered, "It’s still my son’s money though."

But knowing Cheng Zhiwei was there and realizing she couldn’t take Cheng Zhiyin with her today, Mother Gao left resentfully.

Cheng Zhiwei frowned at Cheng Zhiyin, "You’re just going to compromise like this?"

"What else can I do? After all, the child is what matters." Cheng Zhiyin sighed helplessly.

Cheng Zhiwei wanted to say more but held back. She could see that Cheng Zhiyin placed extra value on this child, hence she swallowed her pride. And indeed, after so many years of marriage and numerous medications and injections, Cheng Zhiyin never conceived until now; naturally, she regarded the baby as more important than her own life.

A child can truly change a woman.

"I’ll go and make the payment," Cheng Zhiwei found an excuse to leave.

After making the payment, Cheng Zhiwei took out her phone and called Xu Tian to ask for help in finding a private detective to investigate Gao Wei and his mother, as she had a nagging feeling that something wasn’t right.

Cheng Zhiyin was willing to endure for the sake of the child, but it needed to be worth it.

A few days later, Mother Gao caused another scene, which Cheng Zhiwei managed to quell, and soon after, she received the information she had sought.

Gao Wei had taken a mistress, a woman he met at an entertainment venue, who was already two months pregnant and had been placed in another house.

Infidelity, pregnancy...

No wonder Mother Gao was adamant about taking Cheng Zhiyin home—she probably didn’t want Cheng Zhiyin to give birth to the child. Once the baby was gone, they could pressure Cheng Zhiyin to suggest a divorce herself, then bring the other woman into the family, and a grandchild would be secured.

Such a malicious scheme.

Reading the information in her hand, she decided to pay a visit to that woman. If a peaceful solution was possible, that would be ideal. Otherwise, she would not let them harm her sister.

After contacting Xu Tian, the two of them headed to a bar.

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