Chapter 202: Chapter 202 - Giving You an Acupuncture Treatment
She had never imagined that one day her grandson would stand against her.
Before this happened, no matter what she and Li Yanling went through, Xiao Kai always stood by her side.
And then he would harshly scold Li Yanling.
She never thought that such a big change could happen in such a short time, truly finding it incredible, completely at a loss about what was going on.
At first, she was slightly startled, then she deliberately lay on the ground in a petulant manner.
She raised her hand, clutching her chest, and then kept wailing.
"I can’t take it anymore, I can’t take it, the two of you are going to anger me to death, even ganging up with outsiders to bully me, I’m really going to be angered to death by you, my heart has been hurting non-stop, it must be because of you!"
While pounding on her chest, she lay on the ground, coughing from time to time.
If one really didn’t know the situation, they might truly believe everyone was ganging up to bully her.
But that wasn’t the case at all.
She just liked to pretend.
Yet, it had to be said that she played the part of a troublesome, unreasonable old woman to the hilt.
Watching her like this, Liu Zheng only felt nauseous inside. He truly wondered how Li Yanling had managed all these years.
Staying with such an old hag was utterly vexing and bothersome.
Sure enough, upon seeing the old woman behave in such a manner, Li Yanling’s expression began to subtly change.
"Good heavens, old lady, you’d better get up. Stop this act," she said.
Even Xiao Kai’s expression had turned a bit uglier.
Before, he had always been on his grandmother’s side, so he had never realized that there was anything wrong with her actions.
But now, he finally understood.
He realized just how uncomfortable and oppressive it was to see his grandmother acting like this from a different perspective.
Back then, he was ignorant, not knowing what was right or wrong, and he even joined his grandmother in blaming his mother. Now, he finally, deeply recognized his own mistakes.
Looking at his grandmother throwing a tantrum, he too felt incredibly irritated.
But the old lady seemed to have no intention of getting up, instead continuing to mutter to herself.
"Oh dear, you really are going to anger me to death. If I die from this, you’ll be happy! How did I live most of my life to raise such ungrateful wretches like you! If I go to the netherworld, I wouldn’t know how to explain this to our ancestors!"
...
She kept on speaking these ominous words.
Liu Zheng initially didn’t want to pay any attention to this.
But in the end, he really couldn’t stand it anymore, so he immediately crouched down, feigning concern, and asked,
"Oh, old lady, where does it hurt? Tell me?"
She really was pretending, so now she began to complain shamelessly.
"Aiyo, my back and waist are sore, my heart is uncomfortable, my body hurts everywhere, you’re really going to anger me to death."
"Good heavens, is it that serious?"
Liu Zheng put on a very surprised look, asking with great concern.
Li Yanling, seeing Liu Zheng like this, also felt a bit curious; she didn’t understand why he had started to care about the old lady.
Because the attitude he usually showed was one of disliking the old lady.
Logically speaking, he wouldn’t possibly care about her wellbeing at this time.
The old lady naturally wanted to exaggerate.
She wanted them to feel guilty.
So at that moment, she kept wailing loudly.
"Yes, it hurts here, it hurts there, I’m in so much pain, it’s all because of these unfilial children!"
Liu Zheng had somehow produced several silver needles from nowhere.
Then, with a serious face, he began to speak,
"I see, well, don’t worry, my dear elder, I am a doctor. If you’re in pain like this, let me give you a few acupuncture needles. I guarantee that with the treatment, your illness will be cured!"
Waving the silver needles in front of the old woman, they glinted sharply in the light.
The old woman was frightened and immediately stopped talking.
She took several steps back.
"What are you trying to do? You’re trying to kill me, aren’t you!"
Liu Zheng immediately shook his head and followed her closely,
"Oh, dear elder, such words truly wound me. As a doctor, how could I possibly kill you? Didn’t you just complain about aches and pains everywhere? It seems I really need to give you a good needling, or else you won’t get better at all."
After saying this, he took the silver needles and lunged towards the old woman’s body to administer them.
As soon as the old woman heard this, she quickly scrambled up from the floor and retreated to a corner of the living room.
"Oh my, murder! Murder! Look at you all, just standing there watching a stranger attempting to kill me!"
Just moments ago, she had been pretending that she couldn’t get up from the ground.
Now she knows how to get up?
And quite quickly at that,
clearly terrified of having the silver needles stuck into her.
Watching her react like this,
Little Kai finally came to a profound realization—how wrong had he been all this time?
Right now, she could be considered nothing but a shameless troublemaker.
He also believed in Liu Zheng, feeling that a few needles might actually help.
Yet, unexpectedly, not only did his grandmother reject his good intentions, she was also slandering them.
This truly exhausted his heart.
"Didn’t you say you were in pain? Uncle Liu is very skilled in medicine. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have recovered so quickly. Just let him give you a few needles; perhaps you’ll get better much faster."
As soon as Little Kai uttered these words, the old woman became even more infuriated.
"Ah, you’ve all ganged up on me, wanting to kill me! I won’t let you succeed!"
After saying this, she quickly left the house.
She was running quite fast now, not at all feeble as she had pretended to be just before.
Watching her flee and vanish from his sight, Liu Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If she had really not run away and continued to pretend,
he would have been more than willing to give her a good needling,
to let her fully experience his prowess.
At such an old age, still playing the fool.
The early death of her son might have had something to do with her.
They say that you reap what you sow.
Already punished, she was still strutting around here, playing the fool and putting on an act.
But now that she had run away, it was a good thing.
So that Li Yanling wouldn’t have to keep enduring her abuse.
Given Li Yanling’s kind of temperament, she might just keep on enduring without end.
And who knows, if things continued like this, when they would ever reach a conclusion.
