Chapter 36: The Same Condition

It was already dawn.

Li Xingye and Li Xingsong asked around for Li Xingguo’s family compound.

They also asked the old people who were buying breakfast, and finally found Li Xingguo’s home.

The old man and old lady had just gotten up and were thinking about what to eat for breakfast.

The young couple who were sleeping on the floor in the living room also got up. They usually didn’t get up so early, but since the old couple came, they had been sleeping on the floor. The floor was cold and uncomfortable, and sleeping on it was like being tortured all night, so they had been getting up early every day.

They had just gotten out of bed when there was a knock on the door.

Wang Yue, with a grumpy face, said, “Who is it, so early in the morning? Are you here to announce a death?”

Li Xingguo saw his wife was in a bad mood and quickly went to open the door.

He was stunned when he saw the two people at the door, “Why are you here?”

“Where are grandpa and grandma?” Li Xingye wasn’t here to see him, he didn’t care about his attitude.

“Grandpa and grandma!” Xingye called out.

“Xingye?” The old lady was surprised, she shuffled over with her bad legs.

“Grandma, where’s grandpa? Something happened, come with us quickly!”

“What happened?” Two grandsons came to the door so early in the morning, something big must have happened.

“My uncle, aunt, second brother, and third brother were all beaten and hospitalized! Dad told me to come and get you.”

“What? Who beat them?” The old man stood in the middle of the room, listening to his grandson.

When he heard that his eldest son’s family had been beaten and hospitalized, his old eyes widened! He even had a murderous look on his face.

Wang Yue took two steps back in fright. The old man usually looked honest and kind, but he had such a powerful aura!

Li Xingguo was also startled, “What happened?”

“It’s a long story, let’s go to the hospital quickly! Uncle and the others haven’t come out of surgery yet!”

Li Xingye didn’t want to stand in the hallway, he urged grandpa and grandma to hurry up.

The old man and old lady put on their thick cotton coats, their bad legs were miraculously cured, and they walked briskly.

Li Xingye and Li Xingsong had to jog to keep up.

When they got downstairs, the old man asked Xingye what happened.

Xingye quietly told his grandfather what he knew.

“How are they?” The most important thing was their health.

“I don’t know, they’re still in surgery.”

The old man’s face was serious, he no longer looked honest and kind.

The group of them walked quickly to the door. A taxi drove past, the old man waved his hand, and took the old lady and two grandsons into the taxi.

The eldest son and his wife hurried after them, but they only saw the back of the taxi.

“Why didn’t grandpa wait for us?” Wang Yue said dissatisfiedly.

“Don’t worry about that now, let’s go to the hospital quickly!” The eldest son frowned and hailed a taxi.

Wang Yue wanted to get angry, but she saw Li Xingguo’s expression and pursed her lips, she didn’t dare to say anything. It was a matter of life and death for her in-laws, it would be unwise to make a fuss at this time!

When Li’s family arrived at the hospital, the operating room door just opened.

Li Mantun rushed forward, “Doctor, how are my brother and the others?”

The doctor, tired, took off his mask and picked up the surgical record.

He had stitched up five cracked heads in the middle of the night, he was exhausted!

“Who are you family members of?”

“Li Mancang, Wu Zhiqiu, Li Xingye, and Li Xing’an’s family members.” Li Mantun quickly said.

The doctor looked at the record.

“They’re all out of danger. Li Xing’an is the most seriously injured, he had twenty-five stitches on his head, he lost a lot of blood! He needs to be transferred to the intensive care unit for observation for a few days. Li Mancang had ten stitches, Li Xingye had five stitches, Wu Zhiqiu had eight stitches, she’s still unconscious, she’ll be transferred to a ward for observation.”

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that they were out of danger, as long as they were alive!

The third son was pushed to the intensive care unit, the other three were arranged in one ward, for easy care.

The three of them were exhausted from tossing and turning all night, covered in blood. The doctor gave them anesthesia when he stitched them up, and now they were all sleeping soundly.

“Dad, everyone is fine.” Li Mantun sat beside his eldest brother, watching his brother’s normal breathing, and said to his old father.

“Did anyone go to the police station?” The old man, with his hands behind his back, looked at the three people on the beds.

“Yes, they figured out what happened…” Li Mantun recounted the whole story.

The old man cursed the third son for being useless. He had never seen such a useless descendant of the Li family. A grown man, one-on-one, could be hit on the head with a stone, causing the whole family to suffer with him!

“Did anyone come from the machinery factory?”

“No.” Li Mantun didn’t know that the person he met when he first came in was the factory director.

“Damn it, they beat people up and then disappeared? They didn’t even show up, are they bullying our Li family because we’re helpless? Or do they think we’re just country bumpkins who can’t do anything to them?” The old man’s eyes narrowed.

“Dad, the police said they will coordinate.”

The old man waved his hand, “They protect each other, if we don’t make a big deal out of it, it might just be swept under the rug.”

“Dad, what do you think we should do? There are dozens of people from our village waiting outside, and Chunni’s family also came with a lot of people.” Li Mantun’s eyes were also filled with anger.

“Second son, first arrange for the people outside to eat, then we’ll go to the machinery factory together.”

“Grandpa, Dad, we’ll go arrange it.” Li Xinghu immediately took on the task.

“Do you have any money?” The old man asked.

Li Xinghu shook his head. He didn’t know the prices in the city, but for eighty people, even if they just ate steamed buns, it would cost a lot of money.

“Li Xingguo, get the money!” The old man’s gaze swept over the eldest son, who had been silent all this time.

“Okay, Grandpa!” Li Xingguo took twenty yuan from his pocket and handed it to Li Xinghu.

Wang Yue rubbed her face, why should they pay?

“Buy some hot food, don’t be afraid to spend money, they came in the middle of the night and are freezing outside.” The old man instructed.

“Got it, Grandpa!” Li Xinghu took the money and went to make arrangements.

The old lady touched her eldest son’s head, tears streaming down her face.

Chunni went to Manman’s ward to get a basin.

Someone went to the courtyard to report the news, Chunni immediately went to the hospital to find the second son. The second son and Chunni ran out in a hurry, they forgot about Manman.

Manman was anxious and hadn’t slept all night. When she saw her aunt, she quickly asked,

“How’s grandma?”

Chunni sighed, everyone in the family was hospitalized, she didn’t have time to stay with Manman, so she told Manman that everyone in the family was in the ward upstairs.

Manman quickly got dressed and got out of bed, she went to her grandma’s ward with her aunt.

Manman held her grandma’s hand with affection, tears streaming down her face.

Wu Zhiqiu felt like her hand was soaking in water, she opened her eyes and saw Manman, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying.

There were also a room full of people.

“Dad, Mom! Younger brother, village chief, in-laws!” Wu Zhiqiu greeted everyone in a daze.

She had just taken a nap, how did so many people come here?

“Mom, how are you feeling?”

Chunni also hurried over, she had just brought hot water to wipe her mother-in-law’s face.

Wu Zhiqiu’s head ached, her consciousness was still hazy.

“My head hurts, I feel dizzy, I’m weak all over, my ears are ringing, my heart is beating fast, and I feel a little nauseous.” Wu Zhiqiu thought about the symptoms of a concussion.

Everyone present felt a pang of fear. So many symptoms, was she going to die?

At this time, Li Mancang and the second son also woke up, they heard Wu Zhiqiu’s symptoms.

Li Mancang and the second son twitched their mouths, maybe the stone didn’t hit her head, but her carotid artery!

“Eldest brother, how are you?”

“Xingye, how are you feeling?”

Facing their relatives’ inquiries, they reluctantly repeated what Wu Zhiqiu had said.

Everyone present…