Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

The elder sister-in-law directly ordered Qian to lie on the hospital bed in the emergency room and not get up, shutting the door as if the assailant didn’t even know what trouble they’ve caused. The affluent woman asked Ba-Er.

"Who exactly is she?"

"I don’t know." Ba-Er was feeling very guilty; she had never met Qian before but ended up involving her in a hospital stay. Could it be that she truly was the jinx of the ninth world, bringing misfortune to anyone she encountered?

"Quickly call Qingyun and have him rush money over to me. Aren’t these people just trying to extort some money? They are inexperienced small-town people, scaring whom on purpose?" The affluent woman dismissed it casually, arrogantly ordering Ba-Er.

Ba-Er remained unmoved, a trace of mocking smile hung at the corner of her mouth.

"Don’t you know your own son? He values money immensely, and you want him to bring money?"

The affluent woman thought it over, "Then call the third son in our family and have him bring money over."

"Call him yourself." Ba-Er replied coolly, giving the affluent woman a cold shoulder.

Actually, Ba-Er had already instructed her subordinate secretary to fetch the money. Her moving company was just starting up, and there wasn’t much money in the account, but since the incident happened, she certainly wouldn’t shirk responsibility. Whether Qian was involved or not, she wouldn’t stand idly by; she would make reparations by selling house or land, yet deliberately didn’t tell the affluent woman, disapproving of her haughty attitude. Watching the affluent woman calling for help, Ba-Er maintained an indifferent face.

In such a family, she really couldn’t fit in, no matter how hard she tried—aside from the man she loved, no one cared about her.

Meanwhile, in the emergency room, the elder sister-in-law was chatting with Qian.

They weren’t occupying the hospital bed so they wouldn’t be in the way when people came in, the two were staying in a corner where they wouldn’t hinder anyone. The elder sister-in-law handed Qian a handful of pine nuts from her pocket, and the sisters-in-law with each eating and chatting, Qian recounted what had happened.

It incensed the elder sister-in-law who loved melodramas even more, agreeing that Qian was not wrong. Dealing with such snobs who look down on others should indeed be done that way. Not punishing them would be as if the Yu family had no one left?

After a while, the sisters-in-law finished eating, and the elder sister-in-law decided enough time had passed. They had someone wheel Qian out, and Da-Long came to ask.

"How’s my sister?"

"Her fetal health has been agitated, this needs serious attention and she needs to be observed in the hospital." The doctor who wheeled Qian out said as instructed by the elder sister-in-law.

"She got agitated from just a slap? Isn’t she a bit delicate?" The affluent woman was displeased upon hearing that observation was necessary.

"You wicked old woman who assaulted people, how can you speak like that? A pregnant woman’s body is precious by nature, hitting one after another with such imprudence—if there’s a problem, I’m telling you, you won’t be able to walk away unscathed!"

The brows of the elder sister-in-law on the side shot up upon hearing this. Not to mention Qian was her sister-in-law—even if she wasn’t, but just a patient—it’s certain that the incident required observation. Though of course, it wouldn’t be so exaggerated as hospitalization.

"What attitude do you have, doctor? What’s your name? I’m going to lodge a complaint with the hospital director! Let me tell you, I’m acquainted with your hospital director."

Ba-Er overheard and came over, worried that the situation would escalate and involve the whole Yu family, so she reached out to calm the affluent woman.

"What are you doing now, making trouble after sending someone to the hospital with your beating?"

"Let go of me, you have the audacity to lay a hand on me?" The affluent woman, humiliated, reached out intending to hit Ba-Er.

The elder sister-in-law shoved the affluent woman away, causing her to crash into the wall, "What are you doing? This is a hospital! You better quiet down! If you want to see the hospital director, you can go upstairs—here’s my work ID; I’ll neither change my name in shame nor sit down in fear—you want to lodge a complaint, go ahead!"

She was unafraid; the elder sister-in-law had been at this hospital for many years, let alone her intimidating family background—her own medical expertise and clinical experience elevated her to Attending Physician level; was she afraid of such troublemaker tattletale? Pah!

Qian lay on the wheeled bed watching the chaos. Wow, her elder sister-in-law’s combat prowess was truly strong—this was indeed a lifetime of unrestrained flair—the return of youth despite having quite grown children, she still had the heart of a girl.

The affluent woman was unable to verbally outpace the elder sister-in-law, noting the elder sister-in-law’s name from her work ID pinned on her clothes but remained verbally unyielding.

"Just you wait! I’m going to find the hospital director right now!"

Da-Long saw the old lady trying to slip away and was about to move ahead to stop her when a dignified female voice rang from the corridor ahead.

"Who hospitalized my daughter-in-law?! Step forward and let me see!"

Qian heard it and thought, huh? How did mother-in-law come?

In the corridor stood a middle-aged woman dressed casually yet with an undeniable affluent aura—it was Qian’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Yu.

Behind Mrs. Yu was the elder brother who resembled a smiling Maitreya, Qian puzzled to look at the elder sister-in-law, silently asking if she called their mom.

The elder sister-in-law seemed just as bewildered, no she hadn’t. She was considering teaming up with Qian to put the unruly old woman in her place but hadn’t planned to notify mother-in-law. After all, these matters could be wrapped up, mentioned casually later as a joke—there wasn’t a need for elders to know; the incident was too trivial.

Qian was confused—wasn’t Mrs. Yu supposed to be in Lishi taking care of Da-Yi? How come she suddenly arrived?

Turns out Da-Long had called the elder brother when Qian pretended to be sick, and the elder brother happened to be driving with Mrs. Yu.

Mrs. Yu was planning to come home to see her spouse that day, letting her son pick her up. Upon hearing that Qian was beaten and hospitalized, she was furiously irate, instructing the elder brother to bring her straight there.

Mrs. Yu walked over and first asked Qian, "Qian, how are you feeling?"

"Uh..." Qian wanted to express that she was completely fine, but glimpsing the affluent woman, she realized that after taking 99 steps, it shouldn’t fall apart in the last one. So she subtly indicated towards the elder sister-in-law.

"She said I still need observation."

The elder sister-in-law saw Qian passing the buck, quickly bringing mother-in-law over, whispering a few words with a knowing nod back and forth.

"Don’t dawdle, name the amount—aren’t we just short of money? Our family has plenty of it!" The affluent woman remained unrepentant.

Mrs. Yu was about to lightly scold these kids for teaming up to fool around when she heard the other party’s comment—Mrs. Yu suddenly felt the daughters-in-law had done nothing wrong.

Turning around she instructed the elder brother, "Hand me the bag!"

The elder brother silently passed over his briefcase, and Mrs. Yu opened it, extracting a wad of cash, smacking it slaps across the affluent woman’s face. Qian, watching, was so stunned she forgot to pretend being a patient and sat up at once, oh dear—this was exciting!

"Is having money effective? Having some stinking money means you forget who you are?" Mrs. Yu not only smacked her once with money but went back to her purse for another wad, slapped her again—the affluent woman’s face was livid with redness.

"Bullying our daughter-in-law and still want to settle it with money—only you have money, is that it? Apologize to our family!"

The affluent woman tried retaliating, Da-Long hurried over to her, restraining—ah, this scene was satisfying to watch.

Ba-Er saw her future mother-in-law being smacked, although knowing this old woman truly deserved it, still couldn’t let it go unchecked. She intended to step forward to say a few words to mediate—the situation was getting a bit chaotic.