Chapter 130 - 128: Extreme Crazy Mom
When Ji Qinghe arrived, she saw several people arguing in the hallway and hurried forward. "Xiao Nian."
Yu Huannian pointed at Liu Liping. "They’re abusing a minor."
Liu Liping: "?"
Ji Qinghe was also taken aback for a moment. ’Didn’t he say it was about bullying?’
"She’s pressuring her daughter, spreading rumors."
"No, that’s not it, Officer! They’re the ones who broke into the school in the middle of the night to take my daughter! I want to report them for kidnapping!"
Liu Liping remembered Ji Qinghe. Seeing her, she pushed forward, clamoring to file a report.
"How is Du Xueqing doing now?"
"She should be waking up soon." The doctor could tell the woman was a police officer and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
’It’s a good thing the police are here, otherwise I would have had to call them myself. Du Xueqing is sick, but it looks to me like her mom is even sicker.’
When Liu Liping saw that Ji Qinghe was ignoring her, she said, "Officer, I’m Xueqing’s mother."
"That’s enough. Your daughter was indeed a victim of school bullying. As her parents, not only did you fail to support her, you pressured her at every turn.
Let me tell you, if something happens to your daughter, you won’t escape legal consequences either!"
Liu Liping was scared into silence by Ji Qinghe’s words. "It can’t be that serious," she muttered. "Don’t tell me you understand my daughter better than I do?"
"Am I blind? Can’t I see for myself?" Ji Qinghe shot Liu Liping a cold glance.
’I thought yesterday’s verbal warning would make them tone it down, but I never expected this. This couple is completely incorrigible.’
"Officer, Du Xueqing is awake," a nurse said, walking out of the room.
Ji Qinghe and Yu Huannian went inside.
Yu Huannian saw that Jiang Li was still asleep. ’This isn’t like her usual routine.’
"Doctor, please take a look at my sister. I’m worried something’s wrong with her," Yu Huannian said, grabbing a nearby doctor.
"Alright, alright, don’t worry." The doctor glanced at Yu Huannian. ’He’s quite the protective younger brother.’
Yu Huannian quickly stepped aside. The doctor examined her and asked, "Has your sister gone several days without sleep?"
Ji Qinghe looked over as well.
Yu Huannian looked at the doctor. "But she sleeps every day."
"That’s strange. Her symptoms indicate extreme fatigue. It could easily lead to sudden death."
The things in Yu Huannian’s hands CLATTERED to the floor.
The doctor quickly changed his tone. "But don’t worry, she’ll be fine with some proper rest. Young people need to take care of their bodies and not push themselves so hard."
The doctor offered Yu Huannian a few more words of comfort and then left.
Ji Qinghe was alarmed to hear about Jiang Li’s symptoms. ’This is the third time Jiang Li’s personal safety has been at risk.’
’I’ll have to ask Jiang Li when she wakes up if she has a plan. If not, she needs to stop this. A life is more important.’
Du Xueqing glanced at the adjacent bed. ’I can’t believe it’s really Jiang Li,’ she thought. ’I thought I was hallucinating.’
"Du Xueqing, don’t be afraid. I’m a police officer. You can tell me anything," Ji Qinghe said, looking gently at Du Xueqing.
Du Xueqing was about to speak when Liu Liping’s voice came from the doorway. Hearing it, Du Xueqing flinched in fear.
"Xueqing, the doctor said you’re awake, right? Since you’re up, I’ll take you to school. You can still make it for the afternoon classes."
Liu Liping stood at the doorway shouting into the room. Other patients’ family members passing by couldn’t stand to listen and stopped to comment.
"Going to class at a time like this? Is she crazy?"
"I know, right? What kind of mother acts like that? Is school more important than her own child?"
Liu Liping retorted angrily, "What do you know? She’s in the first half of her senior year! Her college entrance exams are next year.
At such a critical time, are we supposed to let years of hard work go to waste over a minor illness?"
Liu Liping said, thumping her chest, "Do you think that I, as her mother, don’t feel for my own child? She’s my own flesh and blood!
This year, to get out of going to school, all she talks about is being sick and tired. Is she the only one who’s tired?
It’s senior year; everyone is working their hardest for the college entrance exams. Isn’t that how it should be?
I could let all that slide, but to convince her father and me, she even hired people to put on an act. If one of her classmates hadn’t told me, I would’ve been kept completely in the dark..."
And so, Liu Liping stood in the doorway, tearfully recounting all the things Du Xueqing had supposedly done to avoid school.
Ji Qinghe clenched her fists. "Liu Liping, do you have any evidence for these claims? If they’re false, that constitutes rumor-mongering and slander.
Even though you’re Du Xueqing’s mother, you are not exempt from legal liability!"
Liu Liping’s expression stiffened. ’Du Xueqing must have told the police something to frame me.’
’I’m her mother. I gave birth to her, raised her, and now she’s siding with outsiders against me.’
Ji Qinghe stared at Liu Liping, her eyes cold and stern.
Listening to Liu Liping outside, Du Xueqing couldn’t stop trembling. ’It wasn’t like that at all. They’re the ones who flat-out refuse to believe me.’
Jiang Shuran and the others just had to act innocent and say a few nice things in front of her parents, and they believed every word.
’Why would her parents rather believe a few outsiders than believe her?’
As Du Xueqing watched the scene unfold outside, she couldn’t stop the tears from falling.
’I’m so useless, so weak. But I don’t know what to do.’
Du Xueqing recalled what her alter ego had said. ’Should I... really trust her?’
’I really can’t go on like this anymore.’
"Sis, you’re finally awake!" Yu Huannian exclaimed when he saw Jiang Li open her eyes, the heavy weight on his heart instantly lifting.
Seeing Yu Huannian’s worried expression, Jiang Li was also confused. "Was I asleep for a long time?"
"The doctor said you have extreme fatigue and could die from it. Don’t go out in the middle of the night anymore."
Jiang Li nodded in understanding. ’So it’s the backlash from upsetting the balance,’ she thought. ’I’ll have to be more careful and not be so reckless from now on.’
Du Xueqing’s train of thought was broken by Yu Huannian’s voice. Hearing that Jiang Li was awake, she turned her head to look.
"Sis... are you okay?"
Jiang Li looked at the now-awake Du Xueqing. ’From the looks of her, it seems her body hasn’t been taken over.’
"I’m fine, I just overslept a little." Jiang Li got out of her hospital bed and walked over to look at her.
Du Xueqing looked up at Jiang Li. ’There’s a familiar feeling about her.’
"Am I completely useless?"
Du Xueqing looked at Jiang Li, her eyes rimmed with red. She hadn’t wanted to cry, but she couldn’t stop herself.
Jiang Li was taken aback for a moment, then she stepped forward and hugged her. "It’s okay. Crying helps. Everything will be alright."
’It’s good that she can still cry,’ Jiang Li thought. ’Otherwise, she’d drive herself crazy bottling it all up.’
Du Xueqing cried even harder. "I wasn’t lying! They really were bullying me, and I’m not sick..."
Du Xueqing’s voice faltered as she remembered what she had seen in the mirror.
’So, am I really sick? I’d always just thought I was under too much stress.’
’Besides, plenty of people have depression these days; it’s not that big a deal. And I’ve never thought about suicide.’
’I just feel so wronged. I’m bullied at school and bullied at home, and now they’re saying I have a mental illness.’
’I can’t accept being this way...’
’But... maybe I really am sick.’
"It’s okay. None of that is a big deal. Nothing is more important than being alive."
Jiang Li gently patted Du Xueqing’s back.
Hearing Jiang Li’s words, Du Xueqing pressed her lips together and nodded. "Thank you, sis."
For Du Xueqing’s safety, Ji Qinghe decided to prevent Liu Liping and her husband from having any contact with her until the case was closed.
Liu Liping was stunned as she was escorted out of the hospital. ’I’m Du Xueqing’s mother! What right do they have to kick me out?!’
Fuming, Liu Liping pulled her phone out of her pocket and called her husband, Du Yonghua.