Courtyard House: Inheriting the Restaurant, the Jia Family Wants to Get It for Free

"Cheng Shuhai! I'll never forgive you!" she yelled, cursing at the top of her lungs. "You heartless bastard! You're a cursed childless wretch! You ruined me, and now you're trying to ruin my son! What did the Jia family ever do to you in our past lives?! You're a jinx...!"

She originally wanted to say something even more vicious, such as cursing Cheng Shuhai's entire family to die.

But as she was about to speak, she suddenly remembered that she had been arrested for engaging in "feudal superstition" and "soul-summoning curses."

If this happened again in front of the police, wouldn't the crime be compounded?

Madam Jia swallowed the rest of her words, but her face was contorted beyond recognition by anger and resentment.

She could only curse Cheng Shuhai's ancestors for eighteen generations in her heart.

"Mom, there's something I need to tell you."

Jia Dongxu's face was very pale, and his eyes were darting around.

"What is it? Speak quickly!" Madam Jia urged impatiently.

Jia Dongxu gritted his teeth, as if he had made a great decision.

"Mom... our house... is gone."

"What the hell?" Jia Zhangshi picked at her ear, thinking she had misheard again. "Say it again? What's gone?"

"The house!" Jia Dongxu's voice rose a little, carrying a hint of desperate resignation. "In order to get Cheng Shuhai to give me a letter of understanding so that I can get a lighter sentence... Master, please decide... give him our house as compensation."

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

The expression on Jia Zhangshi's face froze.

She stared blankly at Jia Dongxu, her eyes unblinking, like a clay statue.

Time seemed to have passed for a very, very long time.

It went on for so long that Jia Dongxu wondered if his mother had been scared out of her wits.

Then, Jia Zhangshi slowly, deliberately, asked again:

"You...you mean...the house...where we've lived for decades...is gone?"

"Mm." Jia Dongxu nodded with difficulty.

"It was taken away by Cheng Shuhai... that little bastard?"

"Um."

Jia Dongxu watched as his mother's face went from flushed red to ashen, and finally to a terrifyingly pale white.

He felt a sense of fear.

"Mom...Mom, are you alright? Don't scare me! The house is gone, and Master said that once we get out, we can stay in his little house without paying rent..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

Then Jia Zhangshi's body swayed.

She stretched out a hand, pointed at Jia Dongxu, her lips trembling, wanting to say something, but unable to utter a single word.

Then, her eyes rolled upwards suddenly, and everything went black.

"Thump!"

He fell straight backward.

"mom!"

Jia Dongxu let out a piercing scream and lunged forward.

"Mom! What's wrong! Wake up, Mom!"

He shook Jia Zhangshi desperately, but his mother lay motionless on the ground, her face as white as paper, and her lips beginning to turn purple.

The commotion immediately alerted the farm's guards and the police.

"What are you doing! What happened?"

Several police officers and officials immediately rushed over.

When they saw Jia Zhangshi lying unconscious on the ground, and Jia Dongxu wailing and lamenting beside her, they were all shocked.

"Quick! Get him to the infirmary!"

An official immediately gave the order.

Two strong policemen stepped forward, one on each side, and lifted up the limp Jia Zhangshi, rushing towards the nearby infirmary.

Jia Dongxu scrambled to follow behind, his mind blank, filled only with endless fear.

It’s over.

The farm's medical clinic was very basic.

There was only a bed, a medicine cabinet, and an old doctor with gray hair.

Jia Zhangshi was carried in and placed on the bed.

The elderly doctor quickly stepped forward to examine the patient.

He first checked her breathing, then looked at her pupils by lifting her eyelids, and finally took out a stethoscope to listen to her heartbeat.

After a thorough examination, his expression grew increasingly grave.

"How is she, doctor? What's wrong with my mom?" Jia Dongxu asked anxiously from the side, his face covered in tears and snot.

The old doctor looked up, glanced at him, then at the tense-looking police officer beside him, and said in a deep voice:

"The situation is very bad."

"The patient's pulse is weak, blood pressure has risen sharply, and the pupils show signs of dilation."

"Based on my experience, this is most likely a sudden brain hemorrhage, commonly known as a stroke!"

"Brain hemorrhage?!"

Everyone present changed their expressions upon hearing those three words.

These days, with poor medical conditions, getting this disease is basically like having one foot in the grave.

"Doctor, what... what can we do? Please save her!"

Jia Dongxu knelt down with a "plop" and hugged the old doctor's leg, crying out.

"My facilities are limited, I simply can't perform this kind of surgery!" The old doctor tried hard to pull the leg out, sweating profusely with anxiety.

"We must! Immediately! Right now! Get her to a major hospital in Beijing! We need to be quick! If we're too late, even if she survives, she'll be paralyzed! Or... she might not even survive!"

The old doctor's words struck Jia Dongxu's heart like a series of heavy hammer blows.

Paralyzed...dead...

Jia Dongxu's mind was buzzing; he dared not imagine the consequences.

He suddenly turned around, crawled to the police officer, and hugged his leg tightly.

"Officers! Leaders! I beg you! Please save my mother! I'm begging you! Please take her to the hospital!"

As he spoke, he kowtowed repeatedly to the ground, and soon his forehead began to bleed.

The police officer also looked troubled and anxious.

The prisoners are responsible for what happened on the farm.

Especially in such a serious matter that could result in death, if not handled properly, it could lead to a huge disaster.

"Get up! Don't slam your head!" the cadre shouted, stopping Jia Dongxu. Then he immediately ordered his colleagues, "Xiao Wang, go report to the farm manager right now! Xiao Li, go to the vehicle fleet and see which vehicle is usable. Start it immediately! Prepare to take him to the hospital!"

"yes!"

The two young police officers received the order and ran out quickly.

The situation was urgent, and the farm dared not be negligent in the slightest.

The farm manager quickly approved it.

A military truck that could still start was driven over and parked in front of the infirmary.

"Quick! Carry him up!"

Several police officers hurriedly lifted the unconscious Jia Zhangshi onto the truck bed.

Jia Dongxu also wanted to climb up.

"What are you doing?!" A policeman stopped him. "You're a prisoner too; you can't leave the farm without permission!"

"Officers! Please! Let me go with them!" Jia Dongxu pleaded, crying. "That's my mother! She's in this state, she can't be left alone! I promise I won't wander off! I'll stay at the hospital with her! Please!"

The cadre in charge of the team looked at him like this, and then at Jia Zhangshi, who was unconscious in the car, and felt a little sorry for him.

He thought about it for a while, and finally relented.

"Fine, you can come along. But you better behave yourself!"

"We'll have people following you. If you dare to try anything funny, your punishment will be doubled!"

He pointed to the four armed police officers next to him.

"You four, come along! Two of you drive him, and two of you keep an eye on him! Make sure the patient and the prisoner are safe!"

"Yes!" the four police officers replied in unison.

"Thank you, leader! Thank you, leader!" Jia Dongxu was moved to tears and scrambled onto the truck.

"Drive! Go to the First People's Hospital of Beijing as fast as you can!"

At the officer's command, the truck driver slammed on the gas pedal, and the engine roared to life.

The truck, carrying Jia Zhangshi, Jia Dongxu, and four fully armed police officers, sped off towards Beijing.

Inside the carriage, Jia Dongxu knelt beside Jia Zhangshi, looking at his mother's bloodless face, his heart filled with regret and fear.

He never imagined that simply telling his mother that the house was gone would lead to such serious consequences.

If I had known... I should have kept quiet!

Mom, you absolutely can't get hurt!

You have to pull through!