"Get out of my way, I don't want your money!" Feng Yunzhi, with a strength she didn't know she had, shoved Lin Xiaokang hard from the side, grabbed the money and threw it at Lin Xiaokang's feet, then spread her arms like a fledgling eagle protecting her mother.
Lin Xiaokang remained somewhat calm and didn't retaliate against Feng Yunzhi had shoved him. However, he maintained his composure and viciously cursed, "You don't want my money? If you didn't want my money, why did you and your mother come back to the Lin Family in the first place! If you didn't want my money, what right do you have to attend Diocesan Girls' School! Go pick up trash in Kowloon City! I'm talking to your mother, so get out of my way! You have no manners or upbringing; sooner or later I'll marry you off to a man just like your sickly father!"
"My daughter and I owe the Lin Family, and I'm paying you back now!" Provoked by Lin Xiaokang's words, Feng Yunzhi screamed and charged at Lin Xiaokang, causing him to take a step back. She then grabbed a fruit knife from the dining table, held it to her neck, and pressed the blade into her snow-white neck, leaving a bloody mark.
Lin Xiaokang was startled. In the past, when he came to Lin Yujing's place to deliver groceries, he would make sarcastic remarks. Feng Yunzhi was usually at school and had not yet returned home. When he saw her at the mansion before, she always seemed like a well-behaved girl. He did not expect Feng Yunzhi to be so fierce today.
He was indeed provoked by Lin Xiao qia's words tonight, because before the meeting adjourned, Lin Xiao qia told Lin Xiaoze and Lin Xiaosen that he lacked responsibility and suggested that the soft drink company be handed over to Ji Yueqing and Lin Xiaojie to manage, and that he should go to the hotel construction site built by the Lin Family to supervise the construction, endure hardship, and temper his character. Moreover, Ji Yueqing's Ji Family is a major shareholder of Bank of East Asia. If Song Tianyao really intends to take over the company, he should give Ji Yueqing a heads-up in advance and have him help manage the soft drink company. Then, when Xizhen Properties needs cash to raise from the Soda Factory, it will be easier for the Lin Family to ask Bank of East Asia for help.
Lin Xiao qia's words resonated with Lin Xiaoze and Lin Xiaosen. Although Lin Xiaosen didn't say it aloud, only saying they'd talk about it later, Lin Xiaokang could tell from the other's expression that his Fourth Brother was probably already prepared to do as his second brother said, handing over the soft drink company he was in charge of to Ji Yueqing and Lin Xiaojie.
The soft drink company business was something Lin Xiaokang had painstakingly won over for years, treating his first wife like a goddess and severing all ties with Lin Yujing.
Over the years, he has been more filial to his first wife than to her two biological sons. Lin Xiaohe went away to study and did not return for several years, while Lin Xiaokang, who studied in the United States, would definitely come back twice a year, once to celebrate his first wife's birthday and once to accompany her to sweep the tomb on the anniversary of Lin Xizhen's death.
Moreover, he never mentioned his birth mother or Lin Yujing. Even if others occasionally brought it up, Lin Xiaokang would leave and not listen. As the eldest wife grew older, she became somewhat talkative. Sometimes, her other children would find her too talkative and turn a deaf ear to her. Only Lin Xiaokang could patiently chat with the eldest wife for hours about interesting things. When the family ate together, he could tell jokes that made the eldest wife laugh non-stop.
Therefore, the First Madam did indeed like the clever and sensible Lin Xiaokang. In addition, since Lin Xiaohe and Lin Xiaosen were in charge of the household affairs, they needed someone to help them. So Lin Xiaokang was assigned to manage the Soda Factory. Although the Soda Factory was not the Lin Family's main real estate business, it had a lot of cash flow, so Lin Xiaokang was responsible for all of the Lin Family's cash expenses. Lin Xiaokang's current status in the Lin Family is probably slightly higher than that of his brothers Lin Xiao qia, Lin Xiaojie, and Lin Xiaoda.
From managing the Lin Family's cash expenditures to becoming a construction site supervisor, how could Lin Xiaokang not go crazy!
In his view, the culprit was Lin Yujing, who complained to his second Lin Xiao qia. That's why he came to Ngau Tau Shan in a rage after the meeting and roared at Lin Yujing to vent his anger.
Seeing Feng Yunzhi grab the fruit knife, Lin Xiaokang tried to snatch it away. His original intention was to vent his anger on Lin Yujing, not to actually drive Lin Yujing and her daughter to their deaths. However, his words about telling her to marry a sickly man provoked Feng Yunzhi! By the time he reached for the knife, Feng Yunzhi had already slashed his neck with force!
"My daughter and I owe the Lin Family, and I'm repaying you now!"
Chapter 326 Tonight I'll help them settle their accounts
When Song Tianyao learned that Feng Yunzhi and Lin Yujing had been rushed to the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital for emergency treatment, it was already late at night. It was Sister Xiang, the old maid who served Lin Yujing, who told Song Tianyao the whole story over the phone. Sister Xiang did not know where Song Tianyao lived or how to find him, but Sister Xiang knew about Kowloon Walled City and knew that Song Chengqi could be found at Longjin Charity School.
Although Sister Xiang didn't tell Song Chengqi what had happened, Song Chengqi knew that Sister Xiang was someone close to Lin Yujing, and it was unlikely that she would come out to see him unless it was urgent. Song Chengqi took Sister Xiang to the Kowloon Restaurant, which was about to close, and had Qi Weiwen use the Kowloon Restaurant's phone to call the wig factory. Lou Fengyun from the wig factory gave Qi Weiwen the phone number of Song Tianyao's new residence in the St. George's Building in Central. Qi Weiwen helped Sister Xiang dial the number, and then led Song Chengqi out first, finally allowing Sister Xiang to find Song Tianyao, who was just about to lie down to sleep, and tell him what had happened.
With Huang Liu by his side, Song Tianyao rushed to the Hong Kong Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital where Lin Yujing and Feng Yunzhi had been taken. Lin Xiao qia, Lin Xiaokang, and Lin Xiaojie were all in the living room outside the ward, their expressions varied. Song Tianyao grabbed the doctor who was adjusting Feng Yunzhi's IV drip and anxiously asked how the two were doing.
The doctor at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, who frequently dealt with patients' families, first comforted Song Tianyao, telling him that the patient was alright and not to get agitated, in order to calm him down. Then he told Song Tianyao that Lin Yujing had fainted due to sudden shock and anger, and that he had already given her a sleeping pill, and she was now fast asleep in bed.
Feng Yunzhi had cut her trachea in the neck with a knife, but it has been treated. Her neck is wrapped in thick gauze, and she was just wheeled out of the operating room. She is still unconscious because the anesthesia has not worn off, but both of them are fine now. However, Feng Yunzhi's cut on her neck was quite dangerous. The blade severed her trachea and was less than a centimeter away from the artery. If it had been slightly off-center and severed the artery, even a miracle would not have saved her.