Chapter 372: Chapter 372: Playing the Victim
Ever since her second brother was injured and her parents divorced, Sheng Yueyue hadn’t received a single cent from anyone.
Other than giving her meals, the Song Family never gave her any allowance. She hadn’t had a single dime to her name since late August.
Now, looking at all the money on the table, her eyes lit up, and she desperately wanted to snatch it all and stuff it into her pocket.
But in the end, she closed her eyes and held back. Right now, her second brother was the only one who could help her.
If the Song family came looking for trouble, she would have to rely on him to shield her.
Sheng Yueyue gritted her teeth, stuffed all the money into Sheng Shiwen’s hands, and said with teary eyes, "Second Brother, this is all for you."
Sheng Shiwen was deeply moved. Although he had never been short of money growing up, he had never possessed so much at once!
He worked so hard, and even with the high-temperature subsidy, his monthly salary was only fifty-eight yuan.
Since injuring his leg and taking leave to recuperate at home, he only received a basic salary of twenty yuan a month, which was just enough for him to afford meat and fruit for himself.
’Old Three hauled bricks for one summer and actually earned this much?!’
Xiao Wu would even buy him malted milk every so often, along with some meat and fruit to help him recover.
And now he’d even given them a hundred and twenty yuan. Once his leg healed, he almost wanted to go haul bricks himself.
His sister’s thoughtfulness, in particular, moved Sheng Shiwen so much he didn’t know what to say.
He gripped his dear sister’s hand tightly, his voice trembling. "Yueyue, I’ll hold onto this money for now."
"If something really is wrong with Aunt Song after you hit her, we’ll still have to pay her medical bills."
"I’ve only been getting my basic salary for the last three months, and it’s not even enough to buy meat and fruit."
Sheng Yueyue looked at her second brother with utter contempt. Through a stream of tears, she said, "You mean you get to eat meat and fruit every day, Second Brother?"
Seeing his sister crying uncontrollably made Sheng Shiwen feel deeply ashamed. "Yueyue, you mean to tell me you haven’t eaten any meat since you married into the Song family?"
Sheng Yueyue was about to nod and continue playing the victim when she heard her brother curse through gritted teeth.
"Those damn Songs are taking things too far! Yueyue, push my wheelchair over to their house right now. I’m going to ask them why they aren’t giving my sister meat to eat."
Sheng Yueyue was speechless.
’I was just acting so pathetic because I desperately wanted the money. The Song Family only withholds my meals as punishment when I mess up. Normally, we have meat with every meal.’
Thinking this, Sheng Yueyue whimpered, "Second Brother, we can’t go to the Song residence now. We don’t even know if that old hag is dead or alive."
"You keep the money. Later, have the cook buy some meat for us. You need to eat until you’re full so you’ll have the strength to protect me."
Sheng Shiwen’s heart ached. His biggest fear was his sister being bullied. He always felt that she had suffered too much growing up in the countryside.
"Yueyue, don’t worry. If something really happened to Aunt Song, just tell them Second Brother was the one who hit her."
That was exactly what Sheng Yueyue had been waiting for him to say. It was worth giving up the one hundred and twenty yuan.
’Whether that old hag is dead or not, I’ll find a way to pry that money out of this simpleton’s hands and into my own...’ she thought.
Sheng Shiwu, of course, hadn’t given all of his money to his second brother and sister.
What he gave them was a recent commission he had earned because the eldest cousin from the Ren family had signed a large order for equipment with their factory.
Su Shuochi had called to tell him that his cut of the commission was exactly one hundred and twenty yuan. He hadn’t even touched his salary!
With Sheng Yueyue in trouble, his first thought wasn’t to call his dad or older brother, but to call Jiaojiao.
Gu Jiaojiao had just spent an hour training in her space and was soaking in the hot spring for a while. When she came out, she heard the phone ringing in the living room.
"Hello, this is Gu Jiaojiao. Who am I speaking with?"
"Jiaojiao, it’s me. Yueyue’s in trouble again. She said she beat her mother-in-law, and she doesn’t know if the woman is dead or alive."
"She’s that fierce? What about the Song father and son?" Gu Jiaojiao was stunned.
"They must have gone to work. I don’t know the specifics. I just got home from school and found her crying in Second Brother’s arms. That’s how I found out."
"So what are you planning to do?"
"I gave them both the one hundred and twenty yuan commission from the order signed by the eldest cousin of the Ren family. I don’t want to live at home anymore."
Gu Jiaojiao was speechless for a moment. ’This Third Sheng is pretty sharp!’
’Sheng Yueyue will probably give the one hundred and twenty yuan to Sheng Shiwen, and that simpleton will be so moved that he might even go to jail for her.’
This wasn’t something she could meddle in. Deep down, Gu Jiaojiao hoped Sheng Yueyue would go to jail.
But she wouldn’t tell Sheng Shiwu the truth. After all, they were brother and sister, connected by blood. Blood is thicker than water.
"Third Brother, you’ve already done great. You gave them that much money; you’ve done all you can."
"Jiaojiao, you don’t blame me, do you?"
"No, why would I?" ’What’s the use in blaming you?’
Hearing Gu Jiaojiao say she didn’t blame him, Sheng Shiwu happily chatted about what he’d been up to recently before hanging up the phone.
「The Song Residence」
When the siblings Song Dan and Song Zijin got home from school, they found their mom collapsed in the living room, her face bruised and swollen. It was obvious she had been beaten.
Song Zijin was in no mood to guess who did it. He immediately called for an ambulance.
After hanging up, he called his dad, and then the two siblings followed the ambulance to the hospital.
Aunt Song remained unconscious the entire time. An examination revealed she had three broken ribs and multiple other fractures.
At the hospital, Song Dan found a moment to ask quietly, "Brother, do you think Mom was beaten by our sister-in-law?"
Song Zijin shook his head. "That... I don’t know! That bitch probably wouldn’t be that bold, would she?"
Song Dan was exasperated. "She’s afraid of nothing and no one. Why wouldn’t she have the guts?"
"If that bitch really did do it, I’ll make sure she goes to prison," Song Zijin said hatefully.
Song Dan wanted to retort, ’Well, who told you to provoke her in the first place?’ but she swallowed her words.
Her older brother had been arrogant since childhood, with a temper that far outstripped his abilities.
If he couldn’t take it and hit her in front of others, it just wouldn’t be worth it. Better to say less and not provoke him.
Just as Song Dan was about to offer a few words of comfort, the door to the hospital room was suddenly thrown open.
A doctor rushed in and said urgently, "The patient has multiple fractures. We need to get her to an operating room immediately."
Song Dan and Song Zijin exchanged a look. Just as they were panicking, at a loss for what to do, Mr. Song rushed in.
Without a word, he went straight to the hospital bed. Song Dan couldn’t help but sigh as she watched her father’s anxious back.
After Mr. Song personally wheeled his wife to the operating room, he asked his son for the details of what had happened.
But Song Zijin didn’t know either. They would just have to wait for his mom to wake up to find out...
「The Wang Residence in the Imperial City」
Wang Yuting was once again tearfully begging her mother to take her to the Mu Family’s home. "Mom, can we go to Grandpa’s house now and check on Cousin?"
"Yuting, we should get started on dinner. Your dad and three brothers will be home from work soon. They’ll scold me if there’s no food on the table."
"Mom~! Dad and my brothers would never dare to scold you! I’m just really worried about Cousin."
"Your cousin is fine now. The poison has been cured. There’s nothing to worry about."
