Chapter 141: Conflict with the health center

Zhao Changlin stopped Luo Qiao, who was about to leave: “Luo Qiao, don’t you know some medical skills? Why don’t you come over and help? Can’t you see that Doctor Gao is overwhelmed?”

Luo Qiao chuckled: “I’m not a doctor, I only know a little bit. Besides, if his wife accuses me of something again, wouldn’t that just be asking for trouble?”

Zhao Changlin was infuriated: “How can you be so sharp-tongued at such a young age? No wonder no one wants a bastard like you.”

Luo Qiao was truly angered this time: “I was going to let your brother’s family off, but because of what you just said, I’ve decided to make them pay sooner. What do you think about that?”

Zhao Changlin saw a cold glint in Luo Qiao’s eyes. Zhao Pulin beside him enduring his pain, shouted, “Brother, don’t make things worse. Quickly apologize to Luo Qiao.”

He had heard what Luo Qiao said just now. Though the events of that year were still unclear, he knew that his own wife likely did something stupid at the hospital back then. If Luo Qiao found that family and got evidence, their family would truly be done for.

Luo Qiao probably hadn’t found that family yet, so he couldn’t let his brother push her to the point where she’d use all her connections to find them.

At least they needed some time to figure out how to handle this.

Zhao Changlin hadn’t expected that while he was helping his brother, he would be asked to apologize to Luo Qiao in front of so many people. Infuriated, he was about to walk away.

However, Yuan Weicheng, standing behind Luo Qiao, wouldn’t let him get away with it. He had heard everything clearly just now; this man dared to insult the young girl by calling her a bastard.

Zhao Changlin’s wife, Liu Fang, pushed through the crowd to stand beside him: “Luo Qiao, I’m sorry. Your Uncle Changlin was just anxious, he didn’t mean any harm.”

At this moment, Li Xiulan stepped forward and said, “No harm? Calling someone a bastard isn’t something you say without malice. Looks like your husband’s family is facing their karma today, isn’t it?

Ask them what they did back then, why Luo Qiao was used to exchange for their son. Gao Suhua claimed that the daughter she gave birth to died, and Luo Qiao’s parents just happened to abandon her. Isn’t that too much of a coincidence?”

Luo Qiao looked at Li Xiulan and thought to herself, ‘This woman is quite sharp.’

These words made Zhao Changlin and his wife’s faces turn grim. They realized there might indeed be an issue here; otherwise, his brother and sister-in-law wouldn’t have been so flustered earlier.

His brother wouldn’t have been so anxious to have him apologize to Luo Qiao either. Sighing, he admitted to himself that he had been foolish.

Zhao Changlin said to Luo Qiao, “I was foolish. I’m sorry, Luo Qiao.”

The health station was in chaos for a while. Doctor Gao’s final diagnosis was that Zhao Xiaomei had a deep wound on her forehead, requiring more than ten stitches, which would definitely leave a scar. Additionally, her front tooth had fallen out and, after the inflammation subsided, she would need to go to a proper facility to get a new tooth.

Gao Suhua only had a sprained ankle, nothing more. Zhao Pulin, however, had landed on his back, and with Gao Suhua falling on him, he broke two ribs, necessitating a trip to the commune health center.

After the village secretary called for villagers to help take Zhao Pulin away, he hurriedly urged the members to get back to work, as it was already late and couldn’t be delayed any further.

He thought to himself that the village had really clashed with the health center. Since the winter season started, the Li family’s boys had been attacked by wild boars in the mountains, and it had been one thing after another for the past few months. It was truly worrisome.

Every time he heard the words “health center,” he got a headache. The main issue was that the little money his brother had painstakingly saved up had mostly been spent there, which was infuriating.