Chapter 1201: Rather Destroy a Temple than Ruin a Marriage

Chapter 1201: Rather Destroy a Temple than Ruin a Marriage

"I don't know!" An Fengnian looked deeply, shook his head, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Yin Hongmei looked at the snow drifting down the sky and took out a hand warmer from her bosom and handed it over.

"Anquan has worked hard for the development of the family for so many years. I can't bear to see him go like this! In the past 20 years, Youwei didn't enjoy what she should have, and the resources she should have didn't go to her. My eldest son is gone, and I can't just watch Youwei have nothing! So..."

"So, you're in such a hurry?"

Before she could finish her words, An Fengnian waved his hand calmly, "This is not how you do things!"

"As long as Youwei is doing well, I don't care about anything else! Youwei has no man, and as long as the two of us are alive, we can suppress your branch! But what about your second and third brothers' people? They are all back! I can't watch Youwei being bullied by others, I owe her enough!"

Yin Hongmei brushed off the snowflakes on her shoulders and looked back at the huge hospital outpatient hall. "Now that you're here, do you see clearly? Li Xiangnan is capable!"

"Haven't you seen Youwei's abilities this year?" An Fengnian frowned and said, "She was able to become familiar with the company's various businesses under Qingquan's guidance so quickly, and she was able to firmly grasp the core of the entire group. Whether she has a man or not, it won't prevent us from defeating the other two!"

"A wolf will eat meat even if it has to travel a thousand miles, while a dog will eat shit even if it has to travel a thousand miles! Don't you know what kind of people your six sons are? Be prepared for danger in times of peace, be prepared for danger in times of peace! They have been in the honeypot for too long, and their wolf nature has long been corroded by the feasting and drinking! An Fengnian, if this continues, the money empire you built will be squandered by your own sons! They are all useless people."

Yin Hongmei anxiously kicked the snow and mud on her leather boots, then looked up coldly and glared at her husband.

"In the past twenty years of intrigue and deception, the blood of your second and third brothers' children has long been aroused. If we don't prepare in advance, we will die miserably!" Yin Hongmei sighed and stepped forward to hold An Fengnian's hand. "Old An, the eldest brother is gone, and you can't keep the family by yourself! Youwei's shoulders are too immature..."

An Fengnian held her hand and asked, "What do you think I have been doing during this time?"

The two old men turned their heads to look at the heavy sky of Yanjing and sighed.

……

Yenching Children's Hospital.

"Sister, why are you here? Where is mom?"

Lin Youwei hurried into the ward and saw Lin Chuqiao holding An Qi and humming a lullaby softly. She didn't see her mother and grandmother An, and she was a little confused.

"Mom said she felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach and went to the toilet!" Lin Chuqiao shook her head, stood up and asked, "Are all the formalities done?"

"Yeah!" Lin Youwei finally relaxed. After looking at the sky outside the window, she whispered, "Wait until the snow stops, and then we'll go home!"

"Okay!" Lin Chuqiao handed An Qi to Liang Hui and said with a smile, "I'll go see mom. Close the door and don't let the wind in!"

After saying that, she hurried out of the room.

Downstairs at this moment.

Wang Xiuqin paced back and forth at the gate of the outpatient department, waiting anxiously. From time to time, she looked up at the hospital gate, expecting her husband's car to arrive.

Not long after, a jeep drove quickly into the yard. As soon as the car stopped, Lin Jianzhou got out in a hurry. The driver behind him wanted to hold an umbrella for him but he couldn't catch up with him no matter how hard he tried.

"Xiao Gao, wait for me in the car!" Lin Jianzhou waved his hands, put his hands above his head to block the falling snowflakes, and had already jumped onto the stairs.

"Jianzhou!" Wang Xiuqin saw him coming and hurried down the stairs to greet him.

"What happened? Why is it so urgent?" Lin Jianzhou pulled her to the door, looking anxious.

"Youwei's grandmother just said upstairs that she wanted to find a man for Youwei. I heard her say it was urgent, as if this matter had to be done quickly!"

"Looking for a man?"

Hearing this, Lin Jianzhou was stunned for a moment, and was a little unresponsive. "Youwei's grandmother? She hasn't communicated with us much in these days, why did she suddenly say this?"

"Jianzhou, Aunt Mei is worried that Anqi and Anran will have problems with their studies and growth in the future, so she wants to find a man for Youwei as soon as possible. She hasn't said whether she will get married or not, and I don't know whether it's a marriage proposal or something..."

Wang Xiuqin told her husband everything that had happened in the ward.

Five minutes later, Lin Jianzhou, who hadn't smoked for a long time, was deep in thought with a cigarette in his mouth.

His chest was heaving, his brows were furrowed, and he spent a long time trying to adjust to the shock he felt after hearing his wife's words.

"If she wants to find a man for Youwei, she won't choose Li Xiangnan!"

Wang Xiuqin said anxiously: "That's what I said! Moreover, I have made it clear that this matter depends on Youwei's own personal opinion. As parents and elders, it is best for us not to interfere in their lives! Jianzhou, we have suffered losses in this matter..."

"Xiuqin!" Lin Jianzhou threw away his cigarette butt, stood up and grabbed his wife's arm, "You are right about this matter! It is right to express our attitude! Besides, Xiangnan is married now, and they are living a good life. How can we break them up?"

"That's what I'm saying. As the old saying goes, it's better to demolish ten temples than to ruin a marriage. This is all retribution. Xiangnan cannot—and should not—be involved in this matter!"

Wang Xiuqin was almost crying in anxiety, tears lingering on her wrinkled face, and the biting cold wind soon froze her tears on her face.

Lin Jianzhou reached out to wipe away the ice slag, frowning and saying, "Something is wrong. Aunt Mei doesn't seem like someone who would say or do such a thing! Is there something fishy going on here?"

"Jianzhou, what could be wrong?" Wang Xiuqin stamped her feet anxiously, "Hurry up and find Xiangnan to see if Youwei's grandmother has looked for him. Don't let anything happen to his family! After all, the Li family is still our old in-laws. If something really goes wrong, how can we meet in the future?"

"Xiuqin, you're right!" Lin Jianzhou took off the scarf from his neck and wrapped it around his wife, "I'll go find Xiangnan right away!"

After saying that, he hurried down the stairs, called the driver to get in the car, and drove out of the yard.

"call!"

Wang Xiuqin watched the car leave, panted for a long time, calmed herself down, then turned and entered the hall. But as soon as she turned around, she saw her fourth daughter Lin Chuqiao standing at the entrance hall wiping her tears.

"Xiao Qiao, why are you here? Has your sister completed the discharge procedures?"

"Well, Mom, I just came down to see you..."

"You...you didn't hear anything?" Wang Xiuqin felt flustered and asked subconsciously.

"No! Mom, the wind is too strong and it's very cold. It hurts my eyes!" Lin Chuqiao shook her head and pulled her mother into the hall. "Let's go upstairs and warm up. Anqi has fallen asleep!"

"Okay!" Wang Xiuqin felt relieved and was pulled upstairs by her daughter.

……

Three jeeps were speeding desperately in the snow and wind.

Li Xiangnan held tightly onto the handle of the back seat window. He closed his eyes and kept repeating to himself, “It’s okay, it’s okay.”

No one spoke in the car. Even Qin Jingchuan, the second brother, was trying his best to control his breathing, holding his breath tightly. He was afraid that releasing his emotions would make his only brother-in-law feel great pressure and sadness.

"parking!"

Just as Qin Jingchuan continued to try to close his eyes to calm the worry that was about to overflow in his heart, he suddenly heard Li Xiangnan's loud shout. He quickly opened his eyes and found that his brother-in-law had opened the car door and jumped out. He looked up and found his sister Qin Ruobai waiting at the gate of the staff quarters. Her head and shoulders were covered with thick snow. His heart suddenly trembled and a bad premonition came to his mind.

"Ruobai!"

Li Xiangnan's shout startled Qin Jingchuan so much that he jumped out of the car involuntarily and ran forward after him.

"Xiangnan, grandpa..."

Qin Ruobai, who was standing almost like a sculpture, had no idea how long she had been standing in the wind and snow. The hair on her head had formed into icicles, and her eyelashes had become fish bones in the sea of ​​wind and snow. The moment she saw her man, her tears burst out like a torrent of water bursting its dam.

Li Xiangnan hugged her tightly in his arms, pressed his hot lips against her cold forehead, tore open his military coat and wrapped Qin Ruobai in it, choking with sobs: "Grandpa will be fine! Let's go!"

He grabbed her hand and ran wildly in the wind and snow.

"Second brother! Second brother!" The moment Qin Ruobai started running, he saw someone chasing him from behind and shouted with tears.

"Car, take a car..." Qin Jingchuan shouted loudly, but the voice seemed to be chewed up by the wind and snow, and it turned into ice chips as soon as it came out of his throat.

Not getting a response, he simply turned around and waved at the car, then started running for his life after his sister and brother-in-law.

The snow particles hit the faces like coins hitting pig iron, and fell on the three people, soon making it difficult for them to move.

Normally, this distance of three or four hundred meters was even more difficult to run in the wind and snow today than the 25,000-mile Long March.

The accumulated snow poured into Qin Jingchuan's combat boots, rubbing his ankles and causing burning pain, but the pain was not as severe as the blunt knife in his heart.

Just now when he answered the phone in the army, his aunt Qin Anlan's trembling voice in the microphone was more piercing than the wind in the minus 20 degrees Celsius: "Your grandfather fell in the yard, and Dr. Lu is here..."

He looked at Li Xiangnan running in front of him and knew that his brother-in-law was even sadder than he was.

In fact it is.

Tears blurred Li Xiangnan's vision. He reached out and wiped it, but he didn't know whether the hot liquid was tears mixed with snow, or snow water melted by tears.

"There are a lot of mosquitoes here. I'll use mugwort to fumigate you!"

"Xiao Li, have you eaten yet? Hey, your room is hotter than mine! How about we have a couple of drinks tonight?"

"Xiao Li, aren't you afraid of death? Is it worth dying for my granddaughter?"

"Not bad, Yenching University, you, the top student, will have something to do!"

"Xiangnan, Happy New Year!"

"Xiao Li, do you dare to marry my granddaughter?"

"Xiangnan, if you are tired, take more rest. Your health is the most important thing!"

The scenes of the past played in Li Xiangnan's mind like a slide show. The closer he got to this moment, the heavier his feet felt.

This heaviness includes both his love and respect for his elders as a grandson-in-law, as well as Li Xiangnan's promise to the old man.

He has been traveling all the way and has been busy for more than a year, and he has not dared to slack off until now.

But it was still a step too late. The import of laser scalpels was not put on the agenda, Qin Zongheng was unable to enjoy the benefits of scientific and technological progress, and his life was not successfully extended.

When I thought about the promise I made to my wife and my parents that I would import the scalpels into the country as soon as possible, I realized that there has been no progress at all.

Li Xiangnan's heart was filled with guilt and self-blame.

The north wind blew in with ice crystals, cutting his face with dense stings.

Whoops!

The small courtyard filled with various vehicles was within reach, and he pushed open the icy iron gate.

He led Qin Ruobai and Qin Jingchuan into the house at high speed, and saw the bustling living room full of familiar people.

When Li Xiangnan saw the sorrow and worry on these people's faces, his heart felt as if it was being whipped by someone.

"Grandpa, where is my grandpa, where is my grandpa..."

A hoarse sob rolled out of his throat.

Li Xiangnan felt his legs were sore and weak for the first time.