Chapter 1141: Chapter 1142: The Fate of Zhao Fang 3

“If I could leave once, I could leave a second time,” Yun Lei muttered these words and walked away, never looking back.

If one paid close attention to his expression, one could still see that Yun Lei harbored feelings for Zhao Fang.

But some things had already happened and it was impossible to go back to the way things were before.

Zhao Fang stood motionless for a long time, not knowing how much time had passed before she finally went back home.

But as soon as she returned, because she hadn’t made lunch, the man came back and, after his mother mentioned it, Zhao Fang was beaten up by her own husband.

And Zhao Fang’s younger daughter timidly watched it all unfold.

“If you have the guts, just kill me. Death would settle it all, and I would be freed from this marriage,” she challenged.

Upon hearing this, her husband and mother-in-law beat Zhao Fang even more viciously.

Zhao Fang, half-dead from the beating, dragged her dazed body to the hospital.

At noon, Yun Mingxue and her colleagues went out to grab food.

From afar, they could see a crowd gathering.

“Xiaoxue, let’s go have a look,” someone suggested.

In the hospital, Yun Mingxue was known as Xiaoxue to her colleagues.

Yun Mingxue didn’t want to join the crowd but was dragged along by a coworker, so she had no choice but to go see for herself.

Before even getting closer, they heard someone outside say, “She must have been beaten.”

“Isn’t it obvious? She’s been hit really hard,” another voice added.

Yun Mingxue, driven by curiosity, squeezed through to take a closer look. Upon seeing the battered and swollen face, she gasped, then upon a more careful examination, she froze in place.

“Xiaoxue, what’s wrong?”

Li Yunmin worked in the same hospital as Yun Mingxue but in a different department.

“Xiaoxue…”

“That looks like our second aunt,” Li Yunmin whispered as she moved closer to Yun Mingxue.

She knew the situation — that the second uncle had an accident and the second aunt had fled. She had seen her before, but the second aunt acted as if she didn’t recognize her.

“Make way, please, make way.”

“We should get the patient inside for treatment.” Over the years, Yun Mingxue had always been one for action rather than words, and now they saw her serious demeanor for the first time.

The problem wasn’t that the hospital refused to treat, but rather that people would often lie at the hospital entrance, and after being treated, they’d disappear without anyone knowing when they left.

And what would become of the patient’s medical bills?

The hospital had to swallow some of the losses, as did the doctors and nurses who treated the patient.

After being deceived a few times, no one wanted to recklessly save people anymore.

Li Yunmin was married, and her husband was also a doctor at a hospital.

Meng Yunhan had come back to attend her wedding and had prepared the first dowry gift for her. This year, she had given birth to a son, much to the delight of her in-laws.

Li Yunmin and Yun Mingxue helped Zhao Fang to seek medical treatment.

“Xiaoxue, should we tell the second uncle about this?”

Now the second uncle was also in the city, but it was uncertain if they had met.

From those scars, it was clear that the second aunt had led a difficult life over the years.

She remembered that as a child, the second uncle was very good to the second aunt, though not as much as the youngest uncle was to his wife.

“I don’t know, cousin. I’m very confused,” she admitted.

Li Yunmin didn’t know how to comfort Yun Mingxue because when the second uncle had an accident, the second aunt had run away. That incident had been the talk of the town for many years. Back then, it was the youngest uncle and his wife who had paid the medical bills and helped the second uncle get compensation.

“You need to think it through yourself. As for the medical fees, I don’t have much money on me,” Li Yunmin confessed.

At Li Yunmin’s house, her mother-in-law was retired and at home, her father-in-law still worked at his job, and her husband had a younger sister in college.