Chapter 213: Don’t Blame Me for Showing No Mercy

After returning to the Hua family home, Hua Zhenrong immediately went to his father’s room to tell him everything.

After all, only his father could handle this matter.

His own health had only just recovered, and he hadn’t yet returned to the military district.

But his father happened to be stationed at the Jing City military district.

At first, Father Hua found the story a bit far-fetched, but he quickly accepted it.

After all, neither Gu Jianing nor Sheng Zexi were the type to make baseless accusations.

Moreover, when it came to the Jing City military district, he knew the situation best.

Recently, they had indeed been investigating an enemy spy.

They’d had no leads until now, but if that person really was Li Shuyao, then all the oddities suddenly made sense.

“I’ll head to the military district right now.” After pacing back and forth in his study, Father Hua decided to return to the military district that very night.

After all, when it came to enemy spies, the sooner they were caught, the better.

—

The Li family had been at the hospital since the afternoon.

Lying in her hospital bed, Li Shuyao’s eyes went wide when she learned that even if her face could be treated, she might still be left with scars. It felt like her whole world was collapsing.

“No way! How could I be disfigured? I don’t want to be disfigured! You have to fix me, no matter what—you must!” Li Shuyao clung to the doctor, refusing to let go.

“Miss Li, I’ve already done my best. As for the outcome, it’s hard to say.”

“Useless! You must be useless, that’s why you can’t fix it!”

When Li Tingxuan and Old Master Li arrived, they heard Li Shuyao berating the doctor.

The doctor’s face was clearly dark with displeasure.

“Shuyao, what are you saying? Apologize to the doctor, now,” Li Tingxuan said sternly.

Li Shuyao stared at him in disbelief. “My face is ruined and you want me to apologize to this useless doctor? Why should I?”

“Do you know what he said? He said my face might scar! Do you know what that means?”

At this, the doctor turned to Old Master Li and Li Tingxuan. “Old Master Li, Captain Li, I’ve done all I can. Perhaps you should find someone more skilled.”

With that, he nodded and left.

“Grandpa, Brother, see? Even he admits he’s not capable…”

“That’s enough, Shuyao. Stop making a scene,” Li Tingxuan scolded.

Li Shuyao froze, stunned for a few seconds before saying, “I’m already like this and you’re yelling at me? Are you even my brother?”

Li Tingxuan sighed, lips pressed tight, saying nothing.

“I told you long ago not to keep that cat, but you insisted! Fine, I’ll have someone—”

“No!” Before Old Master Li could finish, Li Shuyao cut him off.

“Grandpa, don’t send the cat away, and don’t hurt it. I… I still want to keep it,” she said.

Now, both Old Master Li and Li Tingxuan were completely baffled.

The cat had injured her so badly, yet she still wanted to keep it?

What was so special about that cat?

Seeing their confused looks, Li Shuyao’s eyes flickered, and she quickly said, “Grandpa, Brother, actually, it wasn’t the cat’s fault. It was Gu Jianing’s fault—she scared my cat, and that’s why it lost control and scratched me.”

“It’s all Gu Jianing’s fault.”

“Grandpa, Brother, you have to stand up for me.”

Now, Li Shuyao could only push all the blame onto Gu Jianing.

But to her surprise, as soon as she said this, Li Tingxuan’s face darkened.

“Shuyao, I never thought that after all these years, you’d turn out like this—twisting the truth and trying to shift the blame.”

His eyes were full of disappointment as he looked at her.

Although he’d never been especially close to Li Shuyao, after their parents died, she was the person he was closest to besides their grandfather.

So, as soon as this incident happened, he’d immediately sent people to investigate.

On the way to the hospital, he and their grandfather had already learned the whole story.

Gu Jianing had done nothing wrong—she hadn’t even touched the cat.

The whole time, the cat had been in Li Shuyao’s arms.

It was Li Shuyao who’d pinched the cat, causing it to jump up and scratch her.

Someone happened to witness the incident from her angle, and it had now been confirmed.

“…This is all your own doing. Why do you have to slander others?”

“You were the one who pinched the cat, and that’s why it scratched you.”

“Tell me, why did you pinch the cat in the first place?”

Faced with Li Tingxuan’s questioning, Li Shuyao’s eyes widened.

She hadn’t expected him to get to the bottom of things so quickly.

And someone had actually seen her pinch the cat.

Li Tingxuan continued, “Don’t tell me you were planning to use the cat to hurt Dr. Gu?”

“I wasn’t!” Li Shuyao denied immediately.

But her denial was useless. Seeing her evasive gaze, Li Tingxuan knew he’d guessed right.

For a moment, he could hardly believe it.

“Do you realize that Dr. Gu is pregnant? Even if she weren’t, you still…”

“When did you become so vicious, Li Shuyao?”

Yes, at this point, there was no other word for Li Shuyao’s actions but vicious.

She’d planned to use a cat to hurt a pregnant woman.

If things had gone wrong, Gu Jianing and her unborn child could have both died.

The thought made Li Tingxuan’s chest ache.

He was even more disappointed in his sister.

He’d found out that Shuyao liked Sheng Zexi—liked him to the point of obsession.

But love was never something you could force.

And you certainly couldn’t try to destroy the person your crush cared about just because your feelings weren’t returned.

Now, Li Shuyao had tried to harm someone and failed, and was even trying to pin the blame on someone else.

Li Tingxuan truly felt his sister had gone completely astray.

“Grandpa…” Li Shuyao looked pleadingly at Old Master Li.

But Old Master Li said nothing, nor did he take her side.

In his mind, the Li family came first, Li Tingxuan second, and he himself third.

As for his granddaughter…

Now that his eldest grandson had made everything clear, he wouldn’t interfere.

Besides, this granddaughter really had, as Tingxuan said, gone astray!

“Just stay here and recover,” Old Master Li said at last.

He wasn’t someone who confused right and wrong, blaming others just because his own grandchildren were at fault.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gotten to where he was today.

After Li Tingxuan and Old Master Li left, Li Shuyao stared after their retreating backs, her gaze dark and cold.

“I was planning to go easy on you, but since you don’t want that, don’t blame me for showing no mercy.”"