Xu Jingzhi flew back to her original city.

As soon as I got off the plane, I wanted to buy another ticket and fly over, but I ultimately resisted the urge.

Who cares?

She deserved this punishment.

......

Zheng Family Manor.

In the morning, Zheng Lin was taken away by the police to cooperate with the investigation into Bai Qingchi's prison escape.

Su Jin still hadn't seen Zheng Lin come home, so she drove to the hospital alone.

She had just sat in the driver's seat when there were two knocks on the passenger side window.

Zhao Qiyuan stood outside the car and asked, "Where are you going?"

Su Jin: "Go to the hospital."

Zhao Qiyuan: "Then take me with you. I also need to go to the hospital for a check-up. It would be good if we could keep each other company."

Su Jin looked her over. Lei Lei had just run into her at the hospital yesterday. She had clearly been to the hospital just yesterday. What was she up to now?

Instead of exposing her, Su Jin let her get into the car first.

The car was moving at an absurdly slow speed. Su Jin maintained her usual pace, moving forward at a snail's pace.

Just as Zhao Qiyuan was about to speak, the car behind her started honking.

"Why are you driving so slowly?" Zhao Qiyuan finally asked.

“We’re both pregnant, so drive slowly for safety.” Su Jin’s eyes were fixed intently on the road ahead.

Zhao Qiyuan: "......"

Zhao Qiyuan: "You're getting married soon, and I have a gift I'd like to give you. Consider it an apology for all these years. I'll give it to you personally on your wedding day."

Su Jin pulled over to the side of the road, a vague sense of unease creeping into her heart, though she didn't know why.

She was afraid that something might happen while she was driving.

“Zhao Qiyuan.” Su Jin turned to look at her: “If you really want to be friends with me, you don’t need to give me a gift. When I first came to the Zhao family, I always treated you like a younger sister. You are younger than me, and I always gave in to you. I hope that this time, you are sincere.”

Zhao Qiyuan was surprised that she believed her so easily, and smiled, "Of course."

Zhao Qiyuan glanced down, thinking to herself: I will definitely give a gift on the wedding day, but I don't know if the wedding will be able to proceed after seeing that gift.

She glanced at her phone and suddenly said, "Why don't you take me to my house first? I haven't seen my parents in so long. Anyway, it's still early."

Sure enough, he's still a troublesome person.

Taking her hands off the steering wheel, Su Jin reached for a piece of candy and popped it into her mouth. "Look at how fast I'm driving, I'd have a hard time getting to the hospital. Why don't you take a taxi yourself?"

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. Just drive slowly."

"I'm in a hurry. I need to go to the hospital to get my test results." Su Jin unbuckled her seatbelt and looked at her again: "You have a driver's license, right?"

Su Jin slammed the car keys on the table. "You can drive the car yourself and go wherever you want. I'll take a taxi. Be careful."

Seeing Su Jin get out of the car, Zhao Qiyuan also hurriedly got out of the car.

Zhao Qiyuan grabbed Su Jin's arm and said, "I can't drive. You were once a daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, so it's no big deal for you to come with me to my house. Just think of it as visiting your former in-laws; they miss you a lot."

Su Jin revealed a mocking expression: "Miss me?" This was truly the biggest joke Su Jin had heard recently.

"If you're bored, you can play Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) to add some fun to your life. Don't always look for amusement in other people's lives." Su Jin snatched back her car keys and said coldly, "Okay?"

Before Zhao Qiyuan could react, Su Jin jogged a few steps, quickly got back into the driver's seat, and drove off, leaving Zhao Qiyuan behind.

Zhao Qiyuan, left stranded on the street: "......"

"Su Jin, you..." Zhao Qiyuan was so angry that her stomach hurt, so she could only sit down and rest on a bench on the street.

She picked up her phone and said, "Mom, Su Jin abandoned me. How can I bring her to our house? It's impossible. You're always thinking about my brother's inheritance, so go find Su Jin yourself. I'm pregnant, what am I supposed to do? You go find Su Jin yourselves. I'm not feeling well, I'm hanging up now."

Zhao Qiyuan glanced at her phone, then suddenly slammed it to the ground.

The phone fell onto the road and was run over by a car, becoming completely mangled.

After she calmed down, she looked around and thought, "Where am I? Oh no, how am I going to hail a taxi without my phone?"

An hour later, Su Jin leisurely arrived at the hospital, just as the doctors were about to leave for the day.

She took out several test results from the machine and rushed to the clinic.

As I walked, I glanced at a test result on the table, and it didn't look good.

Su Jin walked to the consultation room, hesitated for three seconds, and then went in.

"Doctor, is there anything wrong with this?" Su Jin placed the test results along with her medical record on the table.

The doctor examined her, frowned, looked up at the woman, and asked, "Have your family members arrived?"

"No. I came alone today." Su Jin probably realized something, and clenched her fists, her stomach starting to ache with nervousness. "Just tell me what's wrong, I can make my own decisions."

The doctor sighed, pointed to the test results, and said, "You have stomach cancer."

Su Jin's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't say a word.

I knew there would be a problem, but I didn't expect it to be this big.

She pinched the flesh on her arm, forcing herself to calm down, and asked calmly, "How much longer can I live?"

Doctor: "It's only in the middle stage now, so there's still a great chance of a cure. Given your current condition, you must be hospitalized for treatment and undergo some tests before we can determine the surgery time."

Su Jin picked up the medical records and test results and stuffed them all into her bag.

"I need to discuss this with my family, so I'll be going now," Su Jin said calmly before leaving the hospital.

The road from the clinic to the parking lot became very long and empty.

There is no road longer than this.

As she walked, she thought about many things, and the more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt.

She had already been reborn, escaped a car accident, and escaped death by falling into the sea, so why was stomach cancer still waiting for her?

Once back in the car, Su Jin stared blankly at her reflection in the rearview mirror for a while, then began talking to herself.

"I still have many things to do, and I shouldn't surrender at this time."

"I can't tell my parents; they definitely won't be able to accept this outcome."

In her previous life, after she became disabled, her mother would burst into tears whenever she mentioned her leg, and her father would always sigh. The genuine smiles of her parents disappeared.

Although her parents always tried to smile when they saw her, telling her that as long as she was alive, there was hope.

Yes, there is hope.

I'm not dead yet, so I must try my best to live on.

Su Jin turned on some car music, lay down, closed her eyes, and listened. Before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.

When she woke up again, she was in much better spirits.

She smiled at herself in the rearview mirror and practiced the smile several times.