Chapter 8 No Poison, No Woman_1

Having just escaped the devil's grasp, Gu Xiaonuan received a call from her best friend, Li Lu.

"Lulu, don't ask me about it. Today, I really had the worst luck; I'll tell you more when I get back to the dormitory..."

Without waiting for Li Lu to inquire, she rattled off her woes to her friend.

Li Lu's brows furrowed at hearing this; she suddenly yelled, "Gu Xiaonuan, your mother is in critical condition!"

"Critical condition? I'm on my way, wait for me, you have to wait for me!"

When it rains, it pours. She hadn't even recovered from the shock Si Yuchen had given her when trouble arose with her mother.

Gu Xiaonuan arrived at the hospital by taxi at four in the afternoon, expertly made her way to the elevator, which swiftly took her to the seventh floor.

Out of breath, she rushed to the innermost intensive care ward on the seventh floor, where Li Lu was anxiously pacing back and forth outside the door.

"You dead girl, you finally made it. Auntie just barely made it out of danger!"

When Auntie was in critical condition, the hospital of course called the next of kin, which was Gu Xiaonuan. However, nobody answered her phone until the nurse saw her contact information.

She was supposed to have an important company interview that afternoon, but her aunt's illness was far more critical than those damn interviews. Without a second thought, she rushed to the hospital, paid the fees, and after a series of rescues and surgeries, her aunt's condition finally stabilized.

"How could my mom suddenly be in critical condition? Did the doctor say what caused it? No, I'll go and ask Doctor Zhang directly." She was beside herself with worry, and Li Lu had just arrived at the hospital; how could she know the reasons behind her mother's critical condition.

Li Lu grasped Gu Xiaonuan's hand tightly, "I know the reason! Doctor Zhang told me before he left work!"

Did she think Doctor Zhang would wait for her indefinitely without leaving work? Doctor Zhang wasn't her, Gu Xiaonuan's, personal doctor.

"Does it have something to do with Zhao Ying?"

Witnessing Li Lu's hesitant look, Gu Xiaonuan's heart sank. That woman had already succeeded in breaking up her family, and her mother had fallen into a coma after being consumed with grief. Wouldn't Zhao Ying even let off a person in a vegetative state!

Li Lu pulled Gu Xiaonuan to sit down, comforting her as she patted her hand, "I heard that your stepmother came to the hospital, sat beside Auntie and said something, then not long after she left, Auntie started to have respiratory failure, almost..."

"I knew it was that woman!"

Gu Xiaonuan suddenly stood up, ready to confront Zhao Ying.

Li Lu was more level-headed than Gu Xiaonuan; she immediately stood up to stop her, "Don't be impulsive. And Auntie just escaped life-threatening danger; she needs you now."

Yes, what could she say after finding Zhao Ying?

Powerless, she hung her head and let out a long sigh, "The receiver of benefits is beholden. My dad has always been responsible for my mom's medical bills; what right do I have now to go and demand justice from him, and have him punish Zhao Ying?"

A crafty look flashed in Li Lu's eyes, "Who said we can't punish her? If we can't do it openly, we'll do it covertly!"

Listening to Li Lu whisper a few quick words in her ear, Gu Xiaonuan's eyes lit up as if a light went on.

"Lulu, I didn't realize you could be so wicked!"

The bad mood she had carried throughout the day lifted with Li Lu's mischievous plan. Li Lu pursed her lips and puffed out her chest, "No woman, no poison!"

Gu Xiaonuan stayed at the hospital to accompany her mother, while Li Lu went back to prepare her plan to take revenge on Zhao Ying.

Looking wearily at her mother lying on the hospital bed, breathing slowly, Gu Xiaonuan's eyes grew teary.