20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3833 The Aging Huang Xuelin

Zhao Chang'an carried two bottles of wine and a case of milk, and knocked on Huang Xuelin's door. Huang Xuelin opened the door with disheveled hair and wearing a loose light brown wool sweater. When Zhao Chang'an saw her in North America, he thought Huang Xuelin looked like a beautiful woman in her thirties because she had undergone cosmetic injections. But now her face looked saggy and she looked more than twenty years older.

The skin on his face was unevenly patchy with red and white markings, and in many places there were red, swollen and damaged scars in the loose and wrinkled skin, making him look like he was disfigured.

This is in the living room, the lights are off, and the windows are covered with sheer curtains, making the room quite dark. If it were outside in the sun, it would probably scare a child to tears and make a dog chase and bark for miles.

Seeing the surprise in Zhao Chang'an's eyes, Huang Xuelin said with a wry smile, "Surprised, aren't you? It's only been a little over a month since we last met, and I've already turned into a real old woman. Why are you being so polite, even carrying things?"

"It's New Year's visiting, so it's never a bad thing to be so polite. It's alright, the cosmetic injections will do the trick. Why didn't you get them? Is it because they don't have the same type in Zhengzhou?"

Zhao Chang'an glanced at Huang Juan's bedroom; the door was closed, and it was very quiet inside.

“I put lorazepam in her food, otherwise I would have gone crazy before she did.”

Huang Xuelin poured tea for Zhao Chang'an and said, "I got cosmetic injections, but I was scammed. They didn't work at all. The owner of that beauty salon is an acquaintance of mine from Zhengzhou. Before I went to North America, I always went there for beauty treatments and felt they were okay. I didn't expect she used fake products. She tricked me by saying that my condition was caused by anxiety and lack of sleep, and that cosmetic injections alone wouldn't be enough; I needed traditional Chinese medicine therapy and health maintenance. I was almost driven crazy by Juan'er's antics, so I thought that might make sense, and that's how I got scammed."

Upon hearing Huang Xuelin's words, Zhao Chang'an knew that she had been swindled out of a lot of money.

He took the tea, sat down, and asked, "How much were you cheated out of?"

"It wasn't a huge amount, maybe three or four hundred thousand, but they really ruined my face. After the provincial hospital examined me, they suggested I go to Mingzhu or Yanjing Hospital to see a specialist. They said my skin had been getting cosmetic injections for years, and this time they applied a lot of some kind of cream or mud, which I don't know what it was, causing my skin flora to become unbalanced. Now it's completely damaged. My stratum corneum is very thin, and I can't be exposed to the sun, cold or hot sources, or anything irritating. It's very troublesome."

Huang Xuelin deliberately sat with her back to the window so that her tired, haggard, and distorted face could be hidden in the darker light, so that Zhao Chang'an would not see her disheveled appearance and she could protect the last bit of her pitiful self-esteem.

“I contacted my private doctor, and he advised me to go back for treatment immediately. But in this situation, I can’t even go to Beijing or Shanghai, let alone North America. I hired three caregivers, but she drove them all away. The third one is still hospitalized. The neighborhood committee and the police station have asked me to take her for a mental health evaluation. If she has mental problems, they suggest she be hospitalized for treatment. If she doesn’t, she will probably be detained and prosecuted.”

Huang Xuelin held a water glass in her hand: "Fortunately, that nanny and her family are still willing to spend money. If Juan'er is imprisoned, they will only pay some medical expenses and a small amount of compensation. After all, the compensation for minor injuries is limited. However, even if I can find another nanny, I dare not hire another one."

Huang Xuelin looked at Zhao Chang'an and said, "Chang'an, please help me!"

Zhao Chang'an remained silent. He knew this matter would be difficult to handle. Not to mention Huang Xuelin, even he didn't know how to deal with Huang Juan, that lunatic.

“I know I don’t have anything that can impress you or be of any use to you. All my assets are only four or five million dollars. I have nothing else. That amount of money is nothing to you.”

At this point, Huang Xuelin couldn't stop her tears from streaming down her face, dripping into her cup: "But I really have no other choice now."

"Sister Huang, I'm neither a doctor nor a psychologist. You seem to have come to the wrong person."

Zhao Chang'an suggested, "I think the requirements of the street office and the police station are reasonable. Huang Juan wasn't like this before. This is a psychological illness caused by a shock. The sooner she sees a doctor, the better. Don't put any pressure on yourself. Many people with similar conditions have recovered after active treatment. On the contrary, the longer you delay, the more problems you will cause."

“I understand what you’re saying, but now it’s not just about how to get her to see a doctor. Even if we see a doctor and get her medication, what if she doesn’t cooperate? Am I supposed to act like I did with Laurazapam? The taste is obviously wrong, and the dosage is different too. She actually knows that Laurazapam is too strong to sleep without it, but she just pretends not to know.”

Zhao Chang'an sighed. The first time he met Huang Xuelin was when Mi Xiaoyin was acquiring Su Di, and Zhao Chang'an and Shan Qiang were plotting against Luyuan. They invited Huang Xuelin, Shao Shouyi, and others to Mingzhu to attend the ceremony.

Huang Xuelin was quite good-looking. She was only forty-five or forty-six years old at the time, and she paid attention to skincare and beauty. Both her temperament and appearance made her seem extraordinary.

As a result, Huang Juan has been severely wronged these past two years because she chose Xing Zheliang. "But there's nothing I can do about it."

When Zhao Chang'an last met Huang Juan, although her personality had become somewhat unreasonable, she was still a normal person overall. Now, listening to Huang Xuelin's description, he felt that she had really gone crazy.

Xiaowei said you have a way to cure her.

Huang Xuelin looked at Zhao Chang'an with hope and pleaded, "Chang'an, I'll do anything as long as you can cure her."

"Zhang Xiaowei said I could cure her?"

Zhao Chang'an stared at Huang Xuelin in astonishment: "Are you kidding me?"

Huang Xuelin nodded firmly.

"I'll call her and ask."

Zhao Chang'an didn't care that it was nighttime in North America and took out his phone from his bag.

Zhao Chang'an didn't care about Huang Xuelin's thoughts. He took his phone and went to the balcony, not wanting Zhang Xiaowei to hear his conversation.

"Honey, did you miss me?"

Zhang Xiaowei's voice sounded sleepy, and Zhang Qinying urged her from the side: "Ask him when he's coming back here, and tell him a news story."

"What news?"

Zhao Chang'an asked curiously.

"Nothing major news, except that Yin Wenxi has suffered a stroke—"

Zhang Qinying snatched the phone and excitedly recounted what had happened.

After being seduced by Geng Erxi, Peng Huijun's true nature was probably awakened. Initially, she was still able to make bracelets in Zhang Qinying's shop. However, when Zhang Qinying closed her shop to start a business with her daughter that focused on overseas students, Yin Wenxi and his wife lost their source of income.

Then, persuaded by Yin Wan, who said that men love this double pleasure, Peng Huijun reluctantly entered the business and started working as a prostitute at Yin Shaoyang's small hotel.

As a result, while his wife was heavily pregnant, Yin Shaoyang also had an affair with Peng Huijun and others. Yin Shaoyang's explanation to his wife was that Peng Huijun took advantage of him when he was drunk and forced herself on him, and it was too late when he woke up.

Peng Huijun and Yin Wan did this because they didn't want to give Yin Shaoyang a commission.

A few days ago, Yin Wenxi happened to witness the scandalous affair between the three of them at the hotel. He was so angry that he fainted and became paralyzed. Yin Shaoyang pretended to be pitiful and made various confessions in front of his wife, Geng Ling. Only with Geng Ling's help was he temporarily spared from being crippled. That night, however, he ran away with Peng Huijun and Yin Wan, taking all the valuables from the hotel.

Yin Wenxi had no money while staying in the hospital, so the hospital threw him outside, where he had to rummage through trash cans and beg.