Elliot Chen's mother Sarah Liu bought a train ticket in the morning and arrived at the hospital with her luggage at around two o'clock in the afternoon.
At that time, Elliot Chen was sitting on the bed playing connect the dots on his mobile phone, and he looked pretty good.
"Ethan." Sarah Liu pushed the door open dragging her luggage. She was already over 30 years old when she gave birth to Elliot Chen, which made her an advanced mother. Elliot Chen was the only child in their family, so she was naturally doted on. When she heard the news that Elliot Chen had a car accident over the phone, she almost fainted.
But when Sarah Liu saw Elliot Chen sitting on the bed with a calm expression, she finally felt relieved.
Elliot Chen had not seen Sarah Liu many times. In his previous life, his only impression of this woman was the way she hugged Elliot Chen and cried bitterly after she knew about Elliot Chen and Brandon Lu. At that time, they had already reached a dead end, and the death of Sarah Liu and her husband was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
"Mom." After yesterday's psychological preparation, Elliot Chen had no difficulty calling out "Mom". He put down the book in his hand and looked at the woman: "You're here."
"If I don't call, are you not going to tell me?" Sarah Liu complained, "You are alone in the hospital and no one is taking care of you. Why are you so stubborn?"
Elliot Chen smiled and said, "I just don't want you to worry."
Sarah Liu glared at Elliot Chen and grumbled, "It made me even more worried! You didn't even know that your dad almost asked for leave to come with me after hearing this."
Elliot Chen's father was Chen Qingyang, an ordinary worker who loved Elliot Chen very much.
"You should really thank your friend." Sarah Liu said, "If it weren't for him, I would have called the police."
As someone who was unaware of the situation, Sarah Liu's words were full of irony. As the culprit, Brandon Lu was thanked by the victim's mother. I wonder if he couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
Elliot Chen was very calm. Even after hearing this, his expression did not change much. Instead, he said calmly, "I should thank him. If it weren't for him, I would probably be dead."
Brandon Lu pushed the door open when Elliot Chen said this. He looked around and saw Sarah Liu sitting in the room, and Elliot Chen, who looked expressionless. Then, Brandon Lu also put on a sincere smile on his expressionless face and said, "Hello, auntie."
The smile on Brandon Lu's face was so genuine, as if he was really just a friend who helped Elliot Chen and was very happy to see his friend gradually recover.
"You are Xiao Lu, right?" Sarah Liu smiled and said, "Ethan, thanks to you for taking care of me. If it weren't for you, I would have been very worried."
Brandon Lu still smiled and said, "No, no, Auntie, you are too polite. I am Ethan's good friend, and this is what I should do."
If the old Elliot Chen had heard these words, her expression would have changed immediately. Although she would not point out Brandon Lu's hypocrisy, she would definitely not look at him in a good light.
But now, Elliot Chen just showed an expression that seemed to be smiling, and didn't even look at Brandon Lu.
Elliot Chen knew clearly how to anger Brandon Lu without getting punished - it might be difficult for a person to abuse others, but it was absolutely easy to abuse himself.
Sure enough, after seeing Elliot Chen's reaction, the thick smile on Brandon Lu's face faded a lot.
"Aunt, I have a house near the hospital. It's not convenient for you to come here, so why don't you stay at my house for a while?" In front of Sarah Liu, Brandon Lu showed an unusual enthusiasm.
"That's not good." Sarah Liu declined: "I'll rent a house nearby to take care of Ethan until she wakes up."
Brandon Lu said, "Aunt, it's hard to rent a house here for a short period of time. Qian Qing and I are brothers, so please don't refuse. Just give me some face, okay?"
After Brandon Lu finished speaking, before Sarah Liu could reply, Elliot Chen said, "Mom, you can go and live here. This is my good friend. It's okay."
Sarah Liu looked hesitant.
Brandon Lu said again: "Do you dislike the place where I live?" Having said that, if Sarah Liu still disagreed, it would be a lack of face, so she had to nod awkwardly and agreed to Brandon Lu's proposal.
During this time, Elliot Chen's face was expressionless, and the tone of his words was very natural, as if Brandon Lu was really his good friend.
Brandon Lu originally wanted to control Elliot Chen, but he got such a reaction from Elliot Chen that he immediately suspected whether Elliot Chen was up to something again.
But before Brandon Lu could think of anything, he heard Elliot Chen say, "Mom, I want to eat the fish you cooked."
This sentence made Sarah Liu's gloom disappear by a large margin. She pretended to be angry and said, "You kid, your mother's B*tt hasn't even warmed up yet, and you want to eat fish. Besides, I have nowhere else to go."
"Aunt." Brandon Lu said, "I'm going to go back to get something later. Please come with me, put the luggage down, and cook fish for Ethan."
Sarah Liu said gratefully: "Xiao Lu, thank you for your help. Qian Qing is a child who is spoiled too much..."
Upon hearing this, Brandon Lu glanced at Elliot Chen and gave a meaningful smile, but Elliot Chen pretended not to see it.
After the three of them talked for a while, Brandon Lu dragged Sarah Liu's luggage out of the ward.
Elliot Chen sat on the bed, watched the two people leave, and closed his eyes in silence.
Not many people knew that Elliot Chen had injured his leg. To be more precise, not many people who were close to Elliot Chen knew about it. The fact that Brandon Lu locked him up happened so suddenly that when Brandon Lu used his connections to arrange for Elliot Chen to take a leave of absence from school, even Elliot Chen's family was unaware of it, let alone his friends.
He didn't know that he had to take a leave of absence from school, and he didn't know that something had happened. At the moment, Elliot Chen was alone without any external help. Logically, no one would come to visit him while he was recuperating from his broken leg, but just after Brandon Lu left, an uninvited guest arrived.
Elliot Chen was reading a book when he heard the sound of the door being pushed open. He looked up and saw an acquaintance - his sister, or to be more precise, Brandon Lu's sister.
Brandon Lu is not an only child, he has a younger sister named Lu Yiqun. Brandon Lu has always spoiled her very much and almost all her requests are met.
If Lu Yiqin had not always held strong hostility towards Elliot Chen, Brandon Lu would probably have continued to favor her. It was only after Brandon Lu found out that Elliot Chen had a relationship with her in an accident that Lu Yiqin was forcibly sent abroad.
The appearance of Lu Yiqin now is obviously not a good sign.
"My brother told me that your leg is broken?" Lu Yiqin came in with a mocking look on her face, and looked at Elliot Chen with malicious eyes: "It's strange, your B*tt didn't rot first, but your leg broke first."
Under normal circumstances, Elliot Chen would definitely quarrel with her after hearing what she said, but Elliot Chen was not good at swearing, and most of the time he was trembling all over after being scolded by her.
But today, Lu Yiqin's plan failed.
After hearing what she said, Elliot Chen didn't even raise his head. He still looked at the book in his hand and said in a cold tone: "Is this how your brother taught you to speak?" He had known for a long time that Lu Yiqun didn't like Elliot Chen, but he didn't expect that she would often make trouble for Elliot Chen behind his back.
"What qualifications do you have to say that about my brother?" Anyone can say that, except Brandon Lu. Brandon Lu is Lu Yiqin's Achilles' heel, and she will explode if she is poked: "You are just a B*tt seller, and you sell it so cheaply!"
This mouth is really dirty. Elliot Chen raised his head and looked at Lu Yiqin coldly: "Say it again."
Lu Yiqin was glared at by Elliot Chen, and somehow she suddenly felt guilty. She moved her lips but couldn't say what she had just said.
"Lu Yiqin." Elliot Chen said, "Have you finished talking? You can go now."
Lu Yiqun's face flushed instantly. She didn't know what had happened to Elliot Chen, but her intuition clearly told her that Elliot Chen was not easy to mess with today.
"If you keep pestering my brother, you will die a miserable death." Lu Yiqin said this, but still refused to leave.
Elliot Chen said: "I died miserably. How do you think my legs were broken? And Lu Yiqin, have you forgotten what you did?"
Lu Yiqin said angrily: "How come I don't know what I did?"
Elliot Chen looked at her and smiled: "Do you know Xu Zhuo?"
This name almost made Lu Yiqin's face turn pale instantly. She stammered for a long time before saying: "How did you know?"
Elliot Chen said: "It's not important how I know. What's important is that your brother doesn't know yet. But if you don't leave, I can't guarantee whether your brother knows or not."
Lu Yiqun was extremely angry, but she didn't dare to say anything. She glared at Elliot Chen fiercely, then suddenly picked up the cup on the table and smashed it on Elliot Chen's bed with a bang.
Elliot Chen didn't move or hide, and there was still no strong expression on his face.
"Just wait for me!" After saying this, Lu Yiqin turned around and walked out.
Elliot Chen looked at the water stains on his bed sheet and the cup, and suddenly laughed. When Lu Yiqun hit him, the water was cold, but when Brandon Lu saw it, the water became very hot. Elliot Chen knew that there was a surveillance camera in this room, but he knew even more clearly that when he watched the surveillance camera that year, he did not see any scene of Lu Yiqun bullying Elliot Chen, which meant that someone had tampered with the surveillance camera.
It took him a long time to catch the person who sowed discord between him and Elliot Chen, but by that time, he and Elliot Chen no longer had a chance to redeem themselves.
Now, what he needs to do is to find this person in advance.
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