Chapter 2143: Chapter 2046: So Lively
If Huo Sining were here, she would definitely be in awe of the dramatic story these nurses had imagined, and of course, she would also find it amusing that Doctor Qi categorized the itching powder as some kind of poison.
The itching powder had often been mistaken for poison more than once, which Huo Sining had long been accustomed to. However, Zhang Jing and her husband were unaware of this, so after leaving the first hospital, the two of them went to several more hospitals without stopping. However, to their disappointment and even frustration, none of these hospitals could find the cause or even provide them with basic itch relief.
Completely angered, Zhang Jing and her husband made a scene at the last hospital, accusing the doctors of being irresponsible and deliberately delaying their treatment, even threatening legal action against the hospital.
However, the couple’s medical disturbance didn’t attract a crowd but rather the unceremonious expulsion by the hospital security.
The two were directly thrown out by the security, and as the couple left the hospital in a sorry state and considered contacting the reporter to expose the hospital, Tong Jian suddenly received a call from home, from Xiao Jing, the niece. As soon as the call connected, Little Jing tearfully shouted at Tong Jian:
"Auntie, Uncle, where are you? The baby brother woke up and has been crying."
Hearing this, Zhang Jing, without thinking, shouted into the phone: "Jing Jing, the baby brother is probably hungry or wet his diaper. Make some milk for him and check if he needs a diaper change."
The little girl, upon hearing her aunt’s long instructions, was utterly lost and cried out:
"Auntie, I... I don’t know how..."
"Can’t do this or that, what can you do? Why am I raising you—"
Zhang Jing flew into a rage upon hearing that she didn’t know how to do it, and began to curse, but halfway through, she suddenly remembered that the caller wasn’t her adopted daughter Tongtong, but her sister’s pampered daughter, and she abruptly stopped speaking.
An expression of regret flashed in Zhang Jing’s eyes. At this moment, she somewhat missed her adopted daughter. Although that girl was an eyesore, she had some common sense.
If that girl were at home watching over Hanghang now, she would have already made milk and changed diapers without needing instructions, unlike Little Jing, who could only call them in a panic.
However, it was too late for regret now, and Zhang Jing knew that nothing could be undone. At this point, that girl had likely met with misfortune, and Zhang Jing didn’t worry about her adopted daughter’s safety, but couldn’t help but curse:
"That girl, if she didn’t wander off, none of this would have happened. At least she could have been watching over Hanghang!"
At this point, Zhang Jing’s concern and resentment were that no one was watching her child, and as for Tongtong’s safety, she didn’t care in the slightest.
The couple, hearing the cries of Jing Jing and Hanghang over the phone, eventually had to compromise and gave up on seeking medical treatment, opting to return home to take care of the children first.
By this time, they had been running around for seven or eight hours; daylight had long broken. They hurriedly drove back home, not arriving until after nine o’clock, and upon opening the door, were greeted by the sound of the children’s cries. Zhang Jing’s heart ached immediately; she rushed in to scoop up her son, while instructing Tong Jian to make milk and changing the diaper.
However, what Zhang Jing hadn’t expected was that as she held her child, Hanghang looked at her with wide eyes, then cried even more fiercely, pushing her away while looking at her face with terror, clearly very frightened.
"Bad person... stink... go away... I want mommy... you’re not my mommy... wah-wah-wah-wah—"
It wasn’t just the son Hanghang; even niece Jing Jing looked at the couple with fear, gazing at Zhang Jing and Tong Jian’s faces with disgust and repulsion due to the pustules and foul smell.
Zhang Jing’s arms, holding her son, stiffened, her face involuntarily showing embarrassment and panic as she stammered, "Son, I’m mommy, I’m really mommy."
Unfortunately, at this point, Zhang Jing’s face, unbearably itchy, had been scratched beyond recognition, filled with pustules and emitting a stench that masked her usual perfume smell.
Being young, Tong Hang couldn’t associate this woman with his familiar mom based on her altered appearance and smell, so he naturally rejected Zhang Jing, using all his limbs to punch and kick her while crying incessantly.
If it were Tongtong acting like this, she would surely receive a harsh beating, but since it was her own son, Zhang Jing, despite her frustration, couldn’t utter a single harsh word, only trying to please and explain, attempting to calm her agitated son.
Seeing the chaos inside the room, Zhang Jing’s temper flared up. Glancing sideways, she saw Jing Jing timidly standing in the doorway, unwilling to come close, even showing undisguised disgust and fear. She couldn’t help but scold her niece angrily:
"That girl, why are you standing so far, afraid I’ll eat you? Can’t you see your brother is crying? Why don’t you come over to comfort him? How can you lack such common sense; how did your parents raise you?"
Although Liu Jingjing’s family wasn’t wealthy, Zhang Ying cherished this only daughter dearly, pampering her no less than Zhang Jing did her son.
Thus, the five-year-old girl, sweetly doted upon by her parents, had never been scolded, but today was unprecedentedly rebuked by her aunt in her aunt’s house, unable to endure such grievance, she immediately started bawling.
Soon, her quiet sobbing turned into wailing. Seeing the cousin cry, Hanghang, as if encouraged, cried even louder, filling the house with the sounds of children crying, giving the Zhang couple a massive headache.
As if things couldn’t get worse, at this moment, the yard door was suddenly pushed open, and a few people walked in, entering the living room with curiosity, smiling, "Quite lively early in the morning, Mr. Tong?"
Upon seeing and hearing these people enter, Tong Jian’s face changed drastically.