Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 346 Because she's called her aunt for several years

He slapped her once, said nothing, and then turned and led Zhiyuan to find Xiaomai.

Dugen stood there, his face still burning with pain. The parents around him were whispering among themselves, and he felt ashamed to lift his head.

Lin Qingping's slap was much more painful than a scolding.

Wheat can't actually travel very far.

She felt unwell, dizzy, and as she walked, the world seemed to spin around her. Her head was throbbing, as if it were about to explode.

Even in the late summer heat, it's still very hot in the afternoon. The heat envelops the ground and rises up from it, making it feel like walking in a steamer.

Wheat was still wearing long sleeves and a hat, walking along with uneven steps.

Actually, she didn't know where she was going either.

She knew the world was vast, but it was also so incredibly vast that she felt lost, as if there was no place she could ever return to…

If she keeps walking like this, will she reach the ends of the earth? Or the corners of the sea?

However, her physical strength did not allow her to walk very far, let alone reach the ends of the earth.

The house, the trees, and the people around it are all spinning around.

It keeps spinning in circles.

She took each step with great effort, trying to steady this spinning world.

Then, suddenly everything went black, and she collapsed onto the scalding ground, knowing nothing more.

"Hey! Look at that child!"

"Kid! What's wrong with you!"

"Could it be heatstroke?"

"Kid, wake up, where are your parents?"

A crowd of enthusiastic people gathered around.

"She's carrying a schoolbag! She must be a primary school student!"

"Look! Look what identification she has in her backpack!"

"Oh dear, what are you looking at! Get him to the hospital first! His head is burning hot!"

"Oh dear, this child's head... this... this has a hole in it! Call an ambulance!"

Wheat's hat came off when he fell, and his matted hair, covered in blood and dirt, was very conspicuous. Calling it a hole would be an exaggeration, but the blood clots mixed with dirt were shocking.

When the hospital called the school, Lin Qingping and Du Gen had already left. Lin Qingping took Zhiyuan to look for people along the way, while Du Gen was at a loss and went back to tell Gu Youlian.

Xiaomai's fall just now attracted a lot of attention. Lin Qingping gestured and asked the shop owners on both sides of the road if they had seen such a person.

Zhiyuan volunteered to split up with her and go to find them.

Finally, Lin Qingping got the question.

The sight of this fallen child left a deep impression on everyone who saw her. Several people gathered around and told her that she had been taken to the hospital.

After thanking him, Lin Qingping immediately rushed to the hospital.

As for Zhiyuan, Lin Qingping trusted him and had already made an agreement with him that if he couldn't find the way after half an hour, he should go home or go to the police station to ask the police for help and stop looking.

When Lin Qingping arrived at the hospital, Xiaomai was still inside and hadn't come out yet, so she had no choice but to wait anxiously outside.

Half an hour later, Gu Youlian and Du Gen arrived.

Dugan avoided her gaze whenever he saw her.

Gu Yonglian was extremely anxious. With red eyes, she ran to Lin Qingping and asked urgently, "Pingzi, where's Xiaomai? How is she?"

"You still remember Xiaomai?" Lin Qingping's eyes were full of anger.

"I..." Gu Youlian was both sad and guilty.

Lin Qingping tossed the note written by Xiaomai to her.

Gu Youlian had already learned the contents of the note from Du Gen once, but seeing it again now, tears still welled up in her eyes.

"Why would this child have such thoughts? Why did she run away from home!" Gu Youlian cried, thankfully she was found.

Lin Qingping looked at her coldly, "Who are you asking why? You are her mother, who are you asking why? Don't you know?"

Lin Qingping looked up and asked Du Gen, who was standing there, "Do you know?"

Dugan didn't know either, his eyes filled with confusion.

Lin Qingping was furious. "Do you, as her parents, even know that Xiaomai suffered a very serious injury? Do you know that she has a hole in her head?"

"What?" Gu Youlian's face turned pale. "She was perfectly fine this morning! Who beat her up at school? Does Zhiyuan know?"

Lin Qingping was even angrier. "You two want Zhiyuan to look after your child? Are you sure she was fine this morning?"

Gu Youlian immediately remembered the hat Xiaomai wore that morning, and she asked her about it. Xiaomai said it was for sun protection during outdoor class...

"That was yesterday! She was perfectly fine when we ate roast duck yesterday!" Gu Youlian turned to Du Gen and asked angrily, "Last night, Xiaomai came home with your parents! What did your parents do to Xiaomai?"

Gu Youlian gets very loud when she argues, and people around her all look over.

"Alright!" Lin Qingping stopped them. "Is it something to be proud of to broadcast your petty affairs like this?"

Gu Youlian was furious and could hardly contain herself. She couldn't help but cry to her, "Pingzi! It must be his heartless parents. They were perfectly fine when we went out for roast duck last night..."

Lin Qingping glanced at her, then at Du Gen, her expression growing increasingly stern. "I don't care who your parents are, nor do I care who's right or wrong, or who's living with whom. I only care about one thing. Back then, you both said that you sent Xiaomai to school in the capital so that she would have a better future, so that you could prove she was no less capable than anyone else. If you can't do that..."

Lin Qingping paused, looking at the two people in front of her, "If you can't do this, just because the child has called me 'aunt' for several years, what I gave you back then, I can take back now! I'm making this clear!"

Dugan's expression clearly changed.

Gu Youlian hadn't changed much, but she still kept crying and complaining to her about how her in-laws were.

"I can't control that," Lin Qingping said. "The Du family has nothing to do with me. Whether it's good or bad is not my responsibility. It's something you should solve yourselves. I only care about Xiaomai."

Gu Youlian, her voice trembling with anger, shouted at Du Gen, "Go back and settle accounts with your parents! If you side with your parents again this time, you just wait!"

Xiaomai didn't come out until more than three hours later. She was still unconscious, a tiny little girl with her head wrapped in gauze and her lips cracked and dry.

"The patient's head was injured by a sharp object. It was not treated in time, and the dust contaminated the wound, causing inflammation and a high fever."

This young patient's wound is so bizarre. Where did he get injured? So much dirt got into the wound. It took nearly three hours just to clean it, picking out every tiny speck of dirt from inside the wound.

The hospital recommended hospitalization for observation.

Wheat was wheeled into the ward.

Because the child is young, the hospital allows one more person to accompany the child.

Gu Youlian and Du Gen were eager to stay, and Lin Qingping granted their request and went home herself.

But she never expected that such a good show was waiting for her at home.