The Cunning CEO's Contract Wife

Chapter 81 Mom Believes in You

Lin Qing looked up when she heard the sound and saw Wang Mei come in. A hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes, but she quickly concealed it.

"What are you doing here?"

Wang Mei sat down on the stool next to the hospital bed, deliberately showing off the new bracelet on her wrist, and only spoke after making sure Lin Qing saw it.

"Are you waiting for that little bitch Lin Ran? Well, you're probably not going to get her."

Upon hearing Wang Mei's address to her daughter, Lin Qing's expression darkened, and she spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Have some respect for me."

Because of his emotional fluctuations, he couldn't help but cough a few more times.

Wang Mei lowered her head to arrange her jewelry, and only raised her head again after she stopped coughing, her eyes filled with a hint of malice.

"I almost forgot, you probably don't know this yet."

"Lin Ran is already married. She married a man for some money and is beaten and scolded every day. She's so pitiful."

As Wang Mei spoke, she shook her head, her tone tinged with regret, as if she truly felt sorry for Lin Ran, but the smugness in her eyes revealed her truest thoughts.

"But she deserves it. She married for money, so she deserves to suffer now. What do you think?"

Lin Qing didn't speak, her usually gentle gaze fixed on Wang Mei, her hands under the covers tightly gripping the sheets, her chest heaving violently.

"You bullshit!"

"Ranran is definitely not the kind of person you describe. I will never believe you!"

Lin Qing rarely spoke out loudly in rebuttal, and after saying this, she coughed again.

Wang Mei, however, felt it wasn't enough and continued to provoke Lin Qing with every word she uttered.

Lin Ran, who had just arrived, felt a sinking feeling in her heart upon hearing the sounds from the ward, and pushed open the door and rushed in.

Looking at Wang Mei's smug face, and then at her mother coughing incessantly in the hospital bed, she suddenly understood everything.

"Should you go out by yourself, or should I call security to kick you out?"

Lin Ran spoke with a cold face, and Wang Mei felt a little flustered when she was glanced at by that gaze.

"Why? What do you want to do?"

Lin Ran didn't bother with any more words and simply opened the door to the ward.

"If you want to save face, you'd better get out of here."

Many people in the hallway looked over curiously. Wang Mei's expression changed, and she cursed under her breath as she stood up.

"Fine, I'll leave. I don't want to share a room with this sickly guy; it's bad luck."

Only after watching her leave did Lin Ran call the nurse.

"Mom, are you alright? What did that woman say to you?"

Seeing her mother's pale face, Lin Ran's eyes stung, and her voice choked with emotion.

Lin Qing smiled weakly, her gaze towards Lin Ran filled with tenderness.

"Don't worry, what can she do to me?"

After saying that, she coughed again. Lin Ran felt extremely distressed, but she could only put down a glass of warm water and leave the ward with the doctor.

"Ms. Lin's condition is still quite good. As long as she rests well, she should not fall into a coma again."

Rest and recuperate.

Lin Ran responded, her mind unconsciously drifting to a certain place.

If you need to recuperate quietly, that place is probably the best choice.

After the doctors and nurses left, the ward fell silent instantly. Lin Qing stared at Lin Ran for a long time before letting out a soft sigh.

"Ranran, you're married?"

Lin Ran froze, and even hesitated to look up.

Although she couldn't hear very clearly from outside, she knew that Wang Mei had said quite a lot.

Her mother looked gentle and frail, but Lin Ran couldn't lie to her and could only admit to the matter.

"Yes, I'm married."

Hearing this answer, Lin Qing was still stunned for a long time, even though she had been prepared.

A silence fell over the ward.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Ran was held in a pair of warm hands.

"Ranran, you are Mommy's daughter. No matter what you do, Mommy will support you."

"Mom believes in you too; you would never marry someone else for money."

Lin Qing's voice was soft, but Lin Ran couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears in her arms, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances she had suffered recently.

Outside the ward, Xiao Jingchen paused as he reached for the doorknob.

He had seen Lin Ran cry many times, but this was the first time he had heard her cry so loudly.

For some reason, I suddenly remembered the night before last when Lin Ran cried and said that she had been kidnapped.

Perhaps... there are other hidden details to that matter.

When Zhou Qing bought a fruit basket outside the hospital and came in, he saw Xiao Jingchen standing outside the door. He paused for a few seconds, then jogged over.

"Mr. Xiao, why aren't you going in?"

Just over ten minutes ago, he was about to return to the company when he saw Xiao Jingchen standing on the roadside at the street corner.

Upon learning that he had come to visit Lin Ran's mother, Zhou Qing took the initiative to go out and buy gifts.

He just didn't expect that Xiao Jingchen would stand outside the ward for so long.

"Give me the stuff."

Xiao Jingchen held out his hand for a while, but seeing that Zhou Qing was still in a daze, he frowned in displeasure, snatched the thing from his hand, and pushed the door open to go inside.

The mother and daughter inside the house turned their heads at the same time, with a few tears still clinging to Lin Ran's face.

Seeing Xiao Jingchen approach, a hint of panic flashed in Lin Ran's eyes.

What is he doing here?!

Xiao Jingchen pursed his lips, his movements somewhat stiff, and placed the things he had bought aside before standing next to Lin Ran.

Lin Qing glanced at Xiao Jingchen, then at the somewhat nervous Lin Ran, a knowing glint in her eyes.

"I'm sorry for arriving so late. I am Lin Ran's husband, and my name is Xiao Jingchen."

Just as Lin Ran was about to say that this was her boss, Xiao Jingchen spoke first. The usually aloof man introduced himself like an ordinary person, with a hint of nervousness.

Lin Qing coughed a few times, covering her mouth. Looking at the subtle atmosphere between her daughter and Xiao Jingchen, she didn't know how to speak for a moment.

The three of them fell silent.

After a while, Xiao Jingchen reached out and wiped away the tears on Lin Ran's face, his voice gentle and doting.

"Why are you crying? Did someone make you suffer?"

Lin Ran felt the warmth on her face, and her ears turned red with embarrassment. Her delicate eyelashes blinked, like a small brush sweeping across Xiao Jingchen's heart.

"I...I need to go to the restroom!"

Lin Ran suddenly took a step back, turned around and ran to the bathroom. Looking at her flushed face in the mirror, she patted her chest with some lingering fear.

After splashing cold water on her face to make sure her face temperature had dropped, Lin Ran carefully walked out, only to find that the atmosphere in the ward, which had been awkward just moments before, had eased considerably.

Xiao Jingchen said something that made Lin Qing laugh.

Lin Ran stared at the scene before her, unable to come to her senses for a long time.

"came back?"

Xiao Jingchen turned his head when he heard the voice, his usually cold face now showing a smile.

Lin Ran stared blankly, a hint of barely perceptible amazement flashing in her eyes.