Hearing the name Xie Tian, Ji Guiyu’s eyes finally lit up with a glimmer of hope.
“Xiao Tian!”
Song Wei fed her some water: “Don’t worry. Xie Tian asked us to come find you. He’s very concerned about you.”
Ji Guiyu burst into tears, crying bitterly and despairingly.
“It’s my fault. I’ve ruined him.”
If it weren’t for her poor judgment in bringing a wolf into their home, her son wouldn’t have been sent to the countryside, and she wouldn’t know when he could return.
“Don’t be too upset. Xie Tian is living well in Ping’an Brigade. He might even be happier there than here. He’s just worried about you. And there’s some good news.”
Ji Guiyu looked at her with tearful eyes.
Song Wei sat beside her and began feeding her a bowl of porridge.
“Have something to eat first.”
Ji Guiyu was indeed hungry, so hungry that she had little strength left.
But she wanted to know more about her son.
Song Wei didn’t keep her in suspense and directly told her about Old Ji.
“Xie Tian’s grandfather, your father, is also in Ping’an Brigade. The two of them have reunited.”
After these words were spoken, Song Wei noticed Ji Guiyu’s breathing become rapid.
She even felt a moment of dizziness.
“Calm down, take it easy.”
Ji Guiyu tried to steady her breathing, but her voice trembled as she spoke.
“My… father.”
The word “father” was very unfamiliar to Ji Guiyu. She had been raised by her mother. In those chaotic times, raising a child as a single mother was unimaginably difficult.
If it weren’t for her mother’s substantial savings, taking many valuables with them when they fled and wisely hiding them for careful use, Ji Guiyu might not have survived.
Although the role of a father had never been part of her life, she often heard her mother mention him.
Her mother even had a portrait of him.
She often told Ji Guiyu that her father hadn’t abandoned her but was forced by circumstances and didn’t even know if he was still alive.
Until her death, her mother never stopped talking about that man.
“He… how…”
Song Wei leaned closer and whispered in her ear: “I know what you want to ask, but his current situation is a bit complicated. I’ll explain it to you later. For now, your identity is my aunt.”
Although Ji Guiyu was confused, she instinctively nodded.
Xiao Tian’s friend wouldn’t harm her.
Besides, could things get any worse than they were now?
Lin Zhen came to the hospital later that night, bringing Song Wei some supper.
Song Wei introduced him to Ji Guiyu: “This is my partner, Lin Zhen. We’re both from Ping’an Brigade.”
Lin Zhen nodded politely to Ji Guiyu, who seemed a bit uneasy.
“Hello, Comrade Lin.”
Song Wei took a bite of the food and her eyes lit up: “Did you make this?”
It tasted like Lin Zhen’s cooking. Honestly, after eating his meals at home for so long, other food just didn’t seem to hit the spot anymore.
She had become picky!
Lin Zhen looked at her with a smile in his eyes: “Yes, I borrowed a kitchen from a local family.”
Homemade food was cleaner and healthier.
He turned to Ji Guiyu: “That father and son are asking around about you. They’ll probably come looking for you tomorrow.”
Understanding who he meant, Ji Guiyu’s face turned pale.
“Don’t worry.”
Song Wei said: “Now that you’re our aunt, it’s only fair that we seek justice for you, right?”
This was why she had told others that Ji Guiyu was their aunt.
A husband abusing his wife was a family matter, but as Ji Guiyu’s relatives, they had every right to confront the scumbag.
If they couldn’t do it openly, they’d do it discreetly.
Ji Guiyu was still worried, feeling like she had caused trouble for Song Wei and Lin Zhen, making her even more anxious and embarrassed.
But no matter how worried she was, they still had to sleep at night.
Ji Guiyu’s head injury made her dizzy, and she eventually fell asleep.
The next day, Zhao Yongkang arrived later than expected.
It wasn’t until the afternoon that he showed up at the hospital.
His son stormed in, ready to fight: “Which bastard broke our door yesterday? Come out, and I’ll beat you to death!”
Ji Guiyu turned pale at the sight of the man standing at the hospital room door.
Zhao Yongkang’s son, Zhao Huai, glared fiercely at Ji Guiyu on the hospital bed and lunged forward to grab her.
“You bitch, you wouldn’t listen when we tried to reason with you, so don’t blame me for…”
Before he could finish his sentence, he was sent flying.
He landed heavily on the hospital corridor floor.
Everyone stared in shock at Song Wei, who calmly retracted her foot.
“What kind of trash are you? We haven’t even come to settle the score with you animals, and you dare show up here.”
Zhao Yongkang was horrified and rushed to check on his screaming son.
“Who are you? Ji Guiyu, even if you’re unhappy with me as your husband, you can’t let an outsider hit our son!”
Zhao Yongkang looked heartbroken and sorrowful.
The hospital’s onlookers pricked up their ears.
“What’s going on here?”
Song Wei picked up a shoe from the floor and hurled it at Zhao Yongkang’s face.
“Shut up! That’s only your son, you shameless beast. If it weren’t for my aunt being a single mother struggling to raise a child, she would never have been blind enough to marry a useless man like you.
You’re a coward who tried to take over my aunt’s house, money, and job. And you even schemed to send her own son to the countryside when he could have stayed in the city. It should have been your son who went…”
Song Wei spoke clearly and quickly, not giving Zhao Yongkang a chance to twist the truth. She ripped off his mask of decency.
Zhao Yongkang’s face turned livid as he tried to interrupt, but Song Wei hit him with the shoe again.
“You’re a useless coward who tried to take over my aunt’s property and live off her. And on top of that, you beat her. The injuries on her forehead and body were caused by this beast. If we hadn’t found her in time, she’d be dead.”
Now, everyone looked at Zhao Yongkang with hatred.
“Disgusting! How could there be such a shameless man?”
“Trying to live off a woman and then beating her? This kind of man should be thrown in jail.”
“Sister, what were you thinking marrying such a man?”
Zhao Yongkang’s face twisted: “No, don’t listen to her lies. It’s Ji Guiyu who looked down on me and went out to…”
Before he could finish, a shadow flashed past.
Song Wei had anticipated what he was about to say and suddenly appeared, kicking him so hard that he couldn’t finish his sentence.
Both father and son lay on the ground, howling in pain.
Song Wei pointed at Zhao Yongkang and cursed.
“You shameless scum! Living off my aunt and then cheating on her? How low can you get! What did my aunt ever do to deserve this? You’ve taken everything from her!”
Zhao Yongkang’s pupils shrank. Wasn’t this the tactic he had planned to use?
“You’re slandering…”
Song Wei punched him in the eye: “Today, I’ll teach you a lesson on behalf of my aunt!”
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