Tang Zhongcheng in the Tang family was experiencing chest pain, struggling to breathe, his face contorted in agony.
The entire family was frantic, like ants on a hot pan, but they had no idea where the emergency medicine was kept.
Tang Xiaomin remained silent for a long time, enraging Zhang Meiyu, who began to curse.
"Tang Xiaomin, where is your father's medicine? Speak up, are you deaf!"
From the phone, Tang Xiaomin's voice, devoid of any warmth, could be heard.
"Apologize."
Zhang Meiyu's eyes widened.
"Tang Xiaomin, your father is having an episode, tell me quickly where the medicine is. If anything happens to your father, I'll never forgive you."
"Apologize!"
Zhang Meiyu couldn't believe that even now, Tang Xiaomin was insisting on this.
"Tang Xiaomin, are you going to stand by and watch him die? That's your father!"
Tang Xiaomin not hanging up the phone was already an act of utmost consideration.
"Zhang Meiyu, is it that difficult to say sorry?"
"Or does your vanity matter more to you than your husband's life?"
"Tang Xiaomin, tell me quickly!"
That commanding tone again. Tang Xiaomin truly, truly, truly detested Zhang Meiyu's habit of ordering her around.
It made her feel like a servant.
Tang Xiaomin hardened her heart. "Apologize, or watch your husband die."
Let him die. With so many people in the world, who wouldn't die eventually?
Tang Xiaomin had died once. Regarding death, she was surprisingly indifferent. At worst, she'd go to the underworld. To be immortal, neither living nor dead, wasn't all bad.
However, the living were not as carefree as she was.
Zhang Meiyu gnashed her teeth in fury, her blood pressure soaring.
She hated Tang Xiaomin to the bone. Apologizing to her? Impossible.
But looking at Tang Zhongcheng's deteriorating condition beside her, she had no other choice at that moment.
"Tang Xiaomin, I'm sorry."
"Now can you tell me where the medicine is?"
Tang Xiaomin was not a person who went back on her word. Although Zhang Meiyu's apology wasn't delivered with the best attitude, she still told her.
"The medicine is in his study drawer, the brown bottle, two pills at a time."
Since the call was on speaker, Tang Yiyi volunteered to rush upstairs to the study to find the medicine. Shortly after, she ran back down in a panic, shouting anxiously to the floor below.
"Mom, there's nothing in the drawer, no medicine!"
Zhang Meiyu's face turned ashen. She felt as if Tang Xiaomin had tricked her.
"Tang Xiaomin actually dared to lie to me, this scourge, she lied to me..."
Zhang Meiyu cried in distress, simultaneously seething with indignation.
Seeing that Zhang Meiyu couldn't reach an agreement with Tang Xiaomin, Tang Yu quickly grabbed the phone and called Tang Xiaomin back.
On the other end, Tang Xiaomin's impatient voice came through. "I already told you the medicine is in the study drawer, the brown bottle. Why are you bothering me again?"
"You don't even bother to ask where your husband's medicine is kept, and now you're in a panic."
Tang Yu was thoroughly scolded by Tang Xiaomin. He then thought about it, and Tang Xiaomin wasn't wrong.
The entire family didn't know where the medicine was; it clearly showed how negligent they were.
"Xiaomin, it's me. Yiyi said there's no medicine in the drawer. Think carefully, where did you put it?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaomin understood.
She always kept Tang Zhongcheng's medicine in the study. The study was a restricted area, and no one dared to touch anything there, all to ensure the medicine's safekeeping.
If Tang Yiyi said she couldn't find it, there was only one possibility.
In her previous life, Tang Zhongcheng had also fallen ill, couldn't find his medicine, and was almost beyond saving. From then on, Tang Zhongcheng completely despised Tang Xiaomin.
Tang Xiaomin said, "I remember he has a portable medicine pack in the pocket of his blue suit. Tang Yu, if you truly want to save him, you should go get it yourself."
Tang Yu didn't have time to think. He quickly ran to Tang Zhongcheng's bedroom, found his blue suit, and indeed found a small box inside, containing the medicine. Tang Xiaomin hadn't lied.
Tang Yu came to the living room and administered the medicine to Tang Zhongcheng. The effect was immediate; Tang Zhongcheng's symptoms visibly improved.
A sudden crisis was averted without any further incident.
The entire family hovered around Tang Zhongcheng, watching him anxiously, not daring to slacken in the slightest.
After about ten minutes, Tang Zhongcheng recovered, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Zhang Meiyu said, her voice trembling with relief, "Honey, you scared me to death. You have no idea how dangerous it was just now."
After recovering, Tang Zhongcheng looked at the people before him with unprecedented coldness in his eyes.
"Just now, not one of you knew where the medicine was. What have you been caring about all this time?"
Tang Zhongcheng's words made everyone present feel ashamed.
Aunt Xue whispered, "Sir, it's all Tang Xiaomin's fault for hiding the medicine and not letting anyone know. She even deliberately refused to tell Madam earlier, almost harming you."
Recalling the events, Zhang Meiyu was furious.
"Tang Xiaomin is too much. In that situation, she actually threatened me to apologize to her, and if I didn't, she wouldn't tell me where the medicine was..."
"And what did you do?" Tang Zhongcheng asked coldly, his tone clearly indicating anger.
Zhang Meiyu felt extremely wronged.
"Honey, in that situation, I did whatever Tang Xiaomin asked, but she lied to me! Yiyi couldn't find the medicine in the study drawer at all. Tang Xiaomin lied to me, husband..."
Bang!
The front door of the Tang family residence was suddenly kicked open. Tang Xiaomin appeared, dust-covered.
Tang Xiaomin didn't speak. Instead, she rushed directly to the study on the second floor. After a flurry of activity, she came back down.
At this moment, Tang Xiaomin held a brown bottle of medicine in her hand, which was precisely Tang Zhongcheng's emergency medication.
Tang Xiaomin placed the medicine in front of everyone, then sat on the sofa, her icy gaze fixed on Tang Yiyi.
"See clearly? This is the emergency medicine you were desperately searching for just now."
As Tang Xiaomin said this, she first looked at Zhang Meiyu, then at Tang Yiyi.
Zhang Meiyu was momentarily speechless and then looked at Tang Yiyi.
Tang Yiyi's face turned pale, and she said with some embarrassment.
"Perhaps I was just too flustered earlier, so I couldn't find the medicine... Sister knows best where the medicine is, as she found it so quickly."
The situation was so critical earlier, yet Tang Yiyi couldn't even find the medicine, proving her incompetence.
Tang Zhongcheng looked at Tang Yiyi, a look of unprecedented disappointment flashing in his eyes.
It was one thing for Tang Yiyi to be completely pampered and useless in everyday life, but to be so unreliable in such a critical matter was utterly disappointing.
Zhang Meiyu couldn't help but scold Tang Yiyi a few times. "Yiyi, you should pay more attention to your father's medicine in the future. Everyone else too. We can't have a repeat of not being able to find the medicine like today."
Tang Xiaomin's hasty return was not to listen to Tang Yiyi's excuses.
Today, she was going to strip away their pretense.
Tang Xiaomin curved her lips into a smile and asked Tang Yiyi, "The medicine was in the drawer. There are only two drawers in the study. Tell me honestly, why couldn't you find it?"