As soon as Pei Yue was halfway through speaking, he received Pei Yan's gaze.
She knew she had said the wrong thing, a trace of regret flashed in her eyes, and she quickly closed her mouth.
Jiang Heshu noticed something keenly and immediately asked: "What's wrong with grandma?"
Pei Yan spoke with reassurance, "The weather has turned cold recently. Grandma caught a cold, but she's fine now. She's resting at home."
Pei Yue nodded.
But Jiang Heshu didn't believe it, and his eyes flickered between Pei Yan and Pei Yue.
Seeing Pei Yue avoiding her gaze, Jiang Heshu finally looked at Pei Yan.
"Pei Yan, you said last time that you would never lie to me again."
Her voice was a little heavier: "Let me ask you, what happened to grandma?"
Speaking of which, Jiang Heshu never saw Grandma Pei during her hospitalization.
At first Jiang Heshu knew that Grandma Pei was taking care of Pei Yue.
Later, Pei Yue moved to live with her. When Jiang Heshu asked about Grandma Pei, Pei Yue said that something happened in the Pei family and that Grandma was very busy and had no time to come over.
Jiang Heshu had no doubts at that time, but now...
Under Jiang Heshu's serious and probing gaze, Pei Yan remained silent for a long time.
A few minutes later, Jiang Heshu followed Pei Yan and Pei Yue to the ward next door.
Here, she saw Grandma Pei.
In just a few days, Grandma Pei lost a lot of weight.
The amiable little old lady with a round figure, fair skin, was lying on the hospital bed, her skin turned unhealthy yellow.
She was wearing an oxygen mask, her eyes were closed tightly, and there was no trace of life, just like her grandmother back then.
Jiang Heshu's face turned pale instantly. She hurried over and breathed a sigh of relief when she touched Grandma Pei's warm hand.
Pei Yan held her shoulders and said, "The doctor said grandma is fine and she will be fine if she rests for a while."
Jiang Heshu looked at the pinholes on Grandma Pei's hand, her condition, and Aunt Wu's red and swollen eyes.
She said: "Pei Yan, you are lying to me again."
Grandma Pei didn't seem to be in any serious condition at all.
Pei Yan fell silent again because what Jiang Heshu said was true.
While Jiang Heshu was hospitalized, Grandma Pei was sent to the emergency room due to extreme anger, recurrence of heart disease, and cerebral hemorrhage.
Fortunately, the rescue was timely and the condition was under control.
But even so, Grandma Pei stayed in the intensive care unit for three days before she was out of danger and was transferred to the general ward for continued observation.
The cause of Grandma Pei's sudden heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage was Pei Luying.
Originally, something happened to Jiang Heshu in the Pei family, and Grandma Pei was extremely upset. When she found out that her son was responsible for the incident, Grandma Pei was even more angry.
Seeing that Pei Luying was unrepentant and showed no regrets towards Jiang Heshu, Grandma Pei was furious.
She barely managed to stabilize her emotions and just after dealing with Pei Luying, she couldn't hold on and fainted.
Jiang Heshu looked complicated after learning everything. She didn't expect that Grandma Pei had been living in a ward across the wall from her these past few days and was still so seriously ill.
Jiang Heshu suddenly remembered that Pei Yan would go out from time to time in the past few days. At that time, she only thought that Pei Yan had something to do. Now thinking about it, he should be visiting Grandma Pei.
For a moment, Jiang Heshu felt a little depressed.
After what happened to her grandmother, Jiang Heshu understood the truth that human life is very fragile, and if you are not careful, you will leave them forever.
Seeing Grandma Pei lying lifeless on the hospital bed, Jiang Heshu's eyes were full of worry.
Pei Yan held her hand and said, "Don't worry, grandma has always been in good health. She will be fine."
Pei Yan was obviously very worried about his grandma, but he was still comforting her...
Jiang Heshu took a deep breath and held Pei Yan's hand back.
She nodded: "Yes, grandma will definitely be fine."
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Grandma Pei woke up at nine o'clock in the evening. She was in a very bad state and was awake for only three or four hours a day.
Seeing Jiang Heshu sitting by the bed, Grandma Pei turned her eyes to Pei Yan aside.
"What did I tell you before? Don't tell He Shu..."
Her voice was weak, slow and accusatory.
The reason for not letting Jiang Heshu know is simple. Grandma Pei didn't want Jiang Heshu to worry about her.
Jiang Heshu said: "Grandma, I discovered it myself and it has nothing to do with Pei Yan."
As she spoke, she pretended to be angry and said, "You hide your illness from me. Do you treat me like an outsider?"
Grandma Pei shook her head, "Why would I treat you as an outsider? If Pei Yan, a brat like me, hadn't been unwilling, I would have recognized you as my granddaughter."
"In my heart, you are the same as Pei Yue."
Pei Yue on the side heard this and said deliberately: "That's different. You only have sister-in-law in your eyes, and there is no place for me at all."
With Pei Yue making jokes, the depressed and depressing atmosphere in the ward dissipated, a few people chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere became relaxed.
Grandma Pei ate half a bowl of porridge and fell asleep again.
Jiang Heshu and others left the ward quietly. Aunt Wu said with a smile: "I said before that I couldn't listen to the old lady. I have to tell the eldest lady about this."
"No, when the young lady comes, the old lady eats more than before."
Hearing this, Jiang Heshu frowned deeply.
Grandma Pei only ate half a bowl of porridge but Aunt Wu said she ate more than usual. How much did Grandma Pei eat per meal before?
When Jiang Heshu asked this question, Aunt Wu said: "The old lady only took five bites at noon today and three bites in the morning."
Grandma Pei couldn't eat and could only receive nutritional injections. This is why Grandma Pei lost weight quickly.
Jiang Heshu glanced in the direction of the ward and pursed his lips slightly.
Early the next morning, Jiang Heshu woke up and went to the ward next door. With Jiang Heshu there, Grandma Pei would eat more even if she had no appetite.
In this way, while Jiang Heshu was hospitalized and recuperating, he also took care of watching Grandma Pei eat.
In the blink of an eye, three days later, Jiang Heshu's wound was repaired well and the stitches could be removed.
He can be discharged from the hospital after the sutures are removed, but Jiang Heshu plans to stay in the hospital with Grandma Pei.
After hearing this, Grandma Pei said: "The hospital is not a good place. Why stay here? Let's go home."
Jiang Heshu shook his head and said, "Grandma, your health has not recovered yet and you will continue to be hospitalized for observation."
Grandma Pei was not happy. She stayed in the hospital for a few days and felt so uncomfortable that she didn't want to stay in the hospital for a second.
Pei Yan thought for a few seconds, nodded and said, "Okay, everyone goes home."
Jiang Heshu frowned, his face full of disapproval.
Pei Yan comforted her: "The doctor said that grandma's current condition is not life-threatening. She just needs to pay more attention to grandma's mood and take medicine and check-up in time."
"During this period, the family doctor can stay at home and they will take care of me. Everything will be fine."
Since Pei Yan knew what he was doing, Jiang Heshu stopped trying to dissuade him.
In this way, Jiang Heshu, Grandma Pei and Pei Yue were discharged from the hospital together, and returned to the Pei family's old house together.
As soon as they arrived to rest for a while, someone came to visit them.
They are relatives of the Pei family. They learned that Grandma Pei was discharged from the hospital today and came here to visit.
Jiang Heshu saw an acquaintance among them, Pei Yan's cousin who looked down on others and promoted others - Pei Wanxin.
In just one week, Pei Wanxin looked a few years older than before, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were much deeper, and there was a hint of sadness between her eyebrows.
Pei Wanxin noticed Jiang Heshu's gaze. She raised her eyes and looked over, her eyes full of resentment and hostility.
Seeing this, Jiang Heshu's eyes flashed with a cold light.
She was very vindictive and clearly remembered how Pei Wanxin mocked her in a sinister manner during the last family dinner.
At that time, Jiang Heshu was ready to repay Pei Wanxin's ridicule, but Lin Ya made a surprise attack at night, causing her to be injured and sent to the hospital, breaking her previous plan.
Now that Pei Wanxin came to her door without saying a word, and looked at her with such resentful eyes, it was a bit unjustifiable for Jiang Heshu not to repay her with anything.
Jiang Heshu approached Pei Yue and whispered a few words to her.
What a coincidence is that Pei Yue also hates Pei Wanxin extremely.
Because Pei Wan has a habit of following others' influence, despising and bullying those who are from a worse family than her, and fawning over those who are more powerful than her.
As for the Pei Yue family, they were the type of people that Pei Wanxin despised and looked down upon.
