Chapter 1350: Chapter 1351: The Little Widow of the Courtyard 78 Zhao Lei looked at Zhang Yu and Zhao Hong, whose faces didn’t look good. Could it be that Zhao Hong was causing trouble and unwilling to see the doctor? This girl would agree at home, but when she changes her mind, she changes it, and this isn’t the first time such a thing has happened. “Brother, we saw Zhao Juan at the hospital today.” Zhao Hong mentioned running into Zhao Juan today. “We saw Aunt Zhao as we were leaving.” Zhao Hong said softly. Fresh chapters posted on novel✦fire.net Seeing Zhao Juan unconscious, “Could she be starving?” was Zhao Lei’s first thought. “I don’t know the specifics, but I guess that’s very likely.” Zhang Yu looked at her frail body. With such a body, how could she nurture a child? She felt that if the child didn’t make it, it would actually be a good thing for both Zhao Juan and the child. Without much nourishment from the mother, can it develop well? Instead of giving birth to a child with congenital diseases, Zhang Yu thought it would be better to take care of the body and strive to have a healthy child. Zhao Lei would not consider whether the child would be healthy after being born. That issue was for the parents to worry about, as they were just neighbors, and surely they didn’t need to bother with such things. Zhao Lei was worried, “Mom, if this child is kept, then it has nothing to do with our family.” “But if the child isn’t kept, then will the blame be placed on us?” Zhao Lei thought this was a strong possibility. “No way, why would it have anything to do with us?” Zhao Hong didn’t understand why the loss of Zhao Juan’s child would end up being their misfortune. “Have you forgotten she said she was going to live with us?” Zhao Lei realized she couldn’t judge Zhao Juan with common sense. “If she insists on making a fuss, then let her. What, am I Zhao Juan’s husband, or her mother-in-law, or her parents?” “Zhao Gui can even use the phrase ‘a married daughter is like water spilled out’ to shirk all responsibility.” “Let alone us, she’s brainless, her in-laws are brainless, but Zhao Gui has a brain.” “If she wants to stir things up, I’ll dare to go to their workplace and see who gets embarrassed.” Since they are shameless, Zhang Yu wouldn’t give them any face either. When Zhang Yu got home, she heard the neighbors discussing Zhao Juan being taken to the hospital. Seeing her return, Auntie Wang excitedly brought up Zhao Juan being taken to the hospital today, “You have no idea, Zhao Juan’s colleague went to notify her mother-in-law.” “Do you know what her mother-in-law said?” Auntie Wang prided herself on not being that good to her daughters-in-law, but didn’t expect Zhao Juan’s mother-in-law to be even worse. Seeing Auntie Wang’s excitement, Zhang Yu knew for sure there was trouble brewing on the Liu Family’s side. “She didn’t say she was busy and to find Zhao Juan, did she?” Zhang Yu figured the Liu Family was so calculating, they wouldn’t want to spend this money. “Exactly, you wouldn’t believe it, Zhao Juan’s colleague was really angry when they came, saying Zhao Juan’s mother-in-law looked all rosy-faced.” Auntie Wang kept shaking her head. “Why do you think Zhao Juan thought like that? There were plenty of boys with better conditions chasing her back then.” Auntie Wang was well aware of this. “A relative of mine, the young man works as a clerk at a department store, such a good job.” “His in-laws are easy-going, and although his elder brother lives with them, they said the young couple would have a separate room.” “The in-laws are easy-going, and even the sister-in-law is okay, living their own lives behind closed doors. But Zhao Juan didn’t want that. The person later found someone working at a street office and now the couple lives really well.” Auntie Wang felt pangs of regret thinking about the matchmaker’s fee the relative gave, if she had successfully introduced them, wouldn’t she have gotten more? “Did Liu Ming know about this?” Sometimes, one shouldn’t hold too high expectations for a mother-in-law because she’s not your biological mother. At times , it depends on how the man behaves. If Liu Ming has the same attitude as his mother, Zhang Yu actually hopes Zhao Juan truly wants a divorce since she mentioned it that time. “How could we know? He was at work today, let’s see if he goes to the hospital after work. If he doesn’t go today or tomorrow…” Auntie Wang shook her head. “She chose the man.” Zhang Yu pushed the cart back to the house. Zhao Gui returned home with a bad face. After work, finding out Zhao Juan was hospitalized, he still thought she was a fool, despite saying they’d cut ties. Knowing she was in the hospital, Zhao Gui was still all sorts of worried and rushed to the hospital to see her. Now Zhao Gui really regretted his earlier soft-heartedness, thinking Zhao Juan might need family care at this time. All the way, Zhao Gui’s face wasn’t good, and seeing his expression, everyone felt a pang in their hearts. Did Zhao Juan’s baby not survive? Well, even if they were to cut ties, it was still Zhao Gui’s biological grandchild. “Old Zhao, did the baby not survive?” No matter their relationship with Zhao Gui, people still ought to offer some comfort. “The baby survived, but needs to stay in the hospital and receive nutrient fluids.” “Those costs can be reimbursed.” As long as one is working, hospitalization expenses are covered by the company. “That’s true, but after discharge, more nutritional supplements are needed, can’t be like it is now, starving.” “That’s something her husband should handle.” Everyone looked as if it was only natural. If Zhao Gui didn’t have a son, they might advise him, but now that he has a child, surely he can’t take care of elsewhere. “What, she says her husband finds it difficult to make money, also goes hungry, and is supporting his mother, hoping I’ll pay.” Thinking about the scene at the hospital, Zhao Gui was livid. Everyone was stunned, their faces incredulous, “Isn’t it just you working in your house, and you have to support two people?” Zhao Gui’s income wasn’t high per se, working at the factory office, basically a salary based on rank plus years of service, his income was decent enough. “The combined income of Zhao Juan and her husband should be higher than yours, right?” Though they didn’t know Zhao Juan’s couple’s exact income, it should at least match Zhao Gui’s. “I don’t know.” Zhao Gui could roughly guess Zhao Juan’s income, but as for Liu Ming’s salary, he didn’t know. Seeing that kid’s lack of ambition, he guessed Liu Ming’s income might not even be higher than Zhao Juan’s. “I’ve already said, it’s the Liu Family’s kid, since the biological grandmother and father aren’t concerned, as a grandfather, I shouldn’t be, either.” “Did Liu Ming go?” “I didn’t see him.” Zhao Gui honestly didn’t have high hopes for Liu Ming. His wife was hospitalized, as a husband, wouldn’t he care when he came home and didn’t see her? Shouldn’t he go to the office and find out? None of that happened, “No one from the Liu Family showed up, that girl Zhao was still saying the Liu Family was nice.” “I’m not going to bother anymore, if her mom wants to accompany her, she can.” Zhao Gui wasn’t going to urge Auntie Zhao. As for money and food, that’s completely out of the question. Since they say he’s a heartless old father, then let her know he can be even more heartless.