Chapter 5 (2/2)

The man was none other than Ruan Zhaotian, Ruan Mengmeng’s father.

He had gone to pick up Qin Fang’s mother earlier that morning, and he received the call when he was almost back in the city. As a result, he brought Qin Fang’s mother, older brother, and sister-in-law over here.

“I’ve been looking everywhere for all of you. Xueqin didn’t make it clear over the phone, so what on earth happened? Why are all of you gathered… Mengmeng, are you hurt?”

Ruan Zhaotian’s expression changed. His heart ached when he saw Ruan Mengmeng’s injury.

“Why are you bleeding so much…? C’mon, I’ll bring you to the doctor!”

Qin Fang’s mother lived in the neighboring city. Since Qin Fang was pregnant with his son, he spoiled her rotten.

That morning, he had personally driven out with Qin Fang’s older brother and sister-in-law to fetch her mother into the city, so his mother-in-law could stay with her daughter.

Earlier, when Old Madam Ruan asked her daughter to inform her son, she was afraid that Ruan Zhaotian would panic on the road if he heard the news. That was why they did not tell him the truth.

“Big Bro, why are you worried about this stupid brat? She was the one who pushed your wife down the stairs! She’s the reason Qin Fang is still in the operating theater now, and we’re not even sure if the baby will make it!”

“Dad, I didn’t…”

Ruan Mengmeng had stayed quiet until now, but she finally spoke when she saw Ruan Zhaotian.

That was because she knew her grandmother and aunt would not believe her, no matter what she said.

In this family, aside from her sister, only her father and grandfather would believe her.

Ruan Mengmeng looked at Ruan Zhaotian, her eyes turning slightly red. “Dad, I didn’t push her. She lost her balance and fell down on her own.”

“Ptooey! Do you take all of us for fools, Ruan Mengmeng? Qin Fang’s so careful around her baby, she won’t even walk without someone holding her hand, and even then she walks slowly. How could someone so cautious fall down on her own? Also, Jiaojiao was there at the time too. Are you saying Jiaojiao lied?!”

Everyone in the Ruan Family thought Jiaojiao was a textbook example of a well-behaved child.

She was not as smart as her oldest sister Ruan Shishi, but she had always been a well-mannered high achiever. The accolades she earned at school practically drowned out an entire wall.

Even the school she had entered, Wisdom Private Academy, was miles better than the City No. 1 High Ruan Mengmeng had bought her way into.

When he heard what his mother had to say, Ruan Zhaotian did not ask Ruan Mengmeng again. Instead, he turned to Ruan Jiaojiao.

“Jiaojiao, you never lie. Tell me, did Mengmeng push her?”

As soon as he said that, half of Ruan Mengmeng’s heart turned cold.