The Thief Crying Thief

The caregiver was left speechless. She had not expected them to have been so discreet, yet Su Minghui had still discovered it.

In the past, it had indeed not been so obvious. The needle marks were tiny and usually faded after a few days, becoming impossible to see. By the time Su Minghui came to visit, even if she personally bathed the old lady, she would not have noticed them.

But today was different. It had been less than half an hour since the needle had gone in, and the marks were far too obvious.

Even so, the caregiver still stubbornly refused to admit it. "Ms. Su, no one can prove those are needle marks. Besides, dementia patients gradually forget many things. It is unavoidable for them to bump into things sometimes."

"Is that so? Then take a look at this!"

Having long expected that they would not admit it so easily, Su Minghui directly took out her phone and began playing the surveillance footage. Their vicious words and Mother Su's screams rang clearly through the room, making the onlookers shudder.

Her own family had actually been living in a place like this all along! No! They had to transfer hospitals immediately!

"Let me tell you, abusing the elderly is against the law! I, Su Minghui, will use every means possible to make sure you rot in prison!"

The director and caregivers knew there was no longer any way to deny it. They could only beg humbly, even dropping to their knees and kowtowing to Father Su and Mother Su. "We're sorry, we were wrong! Ms. Su, please be merciful and let us off just this once!"

"If you tell me who ordered you to do this, perhaps I can consider it," Su Minghui said softly.

The few of them looked at one another.

Zhou Guomin's name had already been mentioned in the surveillance footage. In truth, it really had been his instruction that the elderly couple did not need to be made too comfortable. But exposing him now would bring them absolutely no benefit.

They were going to prison anyway. Zhou Guomin had influence in the Su Household, so perhaps if they did not give him up, they could still receive a hefty sum in compensation!

They exchanged looks and made up their minds. "What are you talking about? We don't understand. We just felt that we're all people, so why do you live such good lives while we have to clean up shit and piss for people like you? We were just unhappy about it!"

Another caregiver chimed in, "Exactly! No one ordered us to do anything!"

Seeing how stubbornly they refused to talk, Su Minghui could not be bothered to waste time on them. "That's fine. If you don't want to say it, you can slowly explain yourselves at the police station."

Su Minghui called the police, then called Zhou Guomin and told him to come to the nursing home.

The moment Zhou Guomin heard it involved the nursing home, he had an ominous feeling. By the time he rushed over in a panic, the police had already taken the people away.

Many cars were parked outside the nursing home, belonging to people who had heard something had happened and come to pick up their relatives. Among them was an ambulance from Chu Hospital.

After casually asking someone, he learned that his arrangement had been caught red-handed and that the nursing home had also been shut down for investigation.

The upper-class social circle was small. After something like this happened at the nursing home, its reputation was surely ruined. Not only would it bear legal responsibility, but all the money invested in it would also go down the drain.

Su Minghui and Fu Siwen stood outside the ward, watching the medical staff carefully transfer Father Su. Mother Su remained inside the room; having been badly frightened just now, he was receiving a simple examination from the medical staff.

Zhou Guomin casually ruffled his hair to make himself look more anxious, then hurried over to Su Minghui with an alarmed expression. "Minghui, are you alright?"

The moment Chu Yanxiao saw Zhou Guomin, he turned into a mother hen protecting her chicks, spreading his arms in front of Su Minghui and glaring at him with hostility.

Rather than being afraid, Su Leyun was amused by Zhou Guomin's appearance.

Scumbag Dad, could you be any more fake? It's not like you flew here in a helicopter. How did your hair get as messy as a chicken coop?

Su Minghui turned her face aside, rolled her eyes skyward, and snorted. "What could possibly have happened to me? The ones in trouble are my parents!"

"It's all my fault!" This time, he was quick to admit it. "I blame myself for not investigating properly at the time. Several friends told me this place was good, and I chose it only because I wanted Father-in-law and Mother-in-law to live more comfortably. I never imagined they would suffer like this! I truly deserve to die!"

If it had been before, Su Minghui would definitely have thought his words were heartfelt. She might even have turned around and comforted him.

But times had changed. To Su Minghui, Zhou Guomin's words were nothing but empty noise, gone as soon as she heard them.

"Didn't I tell you to remember to visit my parents on time while I was in confinement? Why did you not come even once?"

Her parents were advanced in years and in poor health, so before giving birth, Su Minghui had reminded Zhou Guomin to visit them regularly. Zhou Guomin had readily agreed. Thinking about it now, it was already fortunate that he had not taken the old couple's lives.

"I was busy with work," Zhou Guomin instinctively defended himself. Only when he saw the anger on Su Minghui's face did he change his tune. "This really was my fault. No matter how busy I was, I should not have forgotten something as important as visiting Mom and Dad, allowing those people to take advantage of the situation!"

"Dad, Mom, Minghui, don't worry. On my way here, I already contacted the company's legal department and told them to immediately prepare a lawsuit against this nursing home. We'll definitely make them pay the price."

This is the first time I've seen a thief cry thief while making it sound so convincing. Scumbag Dad, with eloquence like yours, if you took the right path, you could succeed at anything.

"The thief crying thief?" Chu Yanxiao muttered it to himself. His lack of education had let him down again. "What does that mean?"

But he had spoken too quietly for anyone to hear him, so naturally, no one answered. Many years later, when Chu Yanxiao was in elementary school and saw the phrase in a textbook again, he was immensely proud: as expected of his wife, she had understood such profound words at such a young age.

Everyone knew perfectly well who should truly pay the price for this, and Su Minghui was almost unable to keep acting. Fortunately, Fu Siwen spoke up at that moment. "Since President Zhou is so busy with work, there is no need to trouble yourself with Uncle and Auntie's affairs."

Zhou Guomin's expression stiffened. "Mrs. Chu, what do you mean by that?"

"The ambulance outside belongs to Chu Hospital. I have already arranged for Uncle and Auntie to move to a nursing home under the hospital's name. The director there is a friend of mine, and their management is extremely strict. I trust that such a low-level mistake as elder abuse will never happen again."

Low-level? This was the nursing home he had personally chosen. Was she not calling him low-level by calling this place low-level?

Sure enough, all the friends around Su Minghui were just like her parents. They looked down on him, the live-in son-in-law who had risen from a remote mountain village with nothing!

"How could we possibly trouble Mrs. Chu..."