In fact, Bai Li had already finished the arrangement. Recently, she was practicing singing by herself in a friend's studio. She asked Tang Xiaobao to accompany her every time, which was just a little selfish motive of hers.

Nominally, he wanted Tang Xiaobao to accompany him, but he could have used an accompaniment tape.

Of course, her reasons were sound.

Tang Xiaobao's accompaniment can arouse her passion for singing.

Unfortunately, Tang Xiaobao took leave again.

She simply decided not to practice singing today.

After lazily sleeping until nine in the morning, Bai Li got up, washed up, made herself some breakfast, and after eating, she cleaned the house.

For a while, she had nothing to do.

Looking at the time, it was almost twelve o'clock. I suddenly remembered that I hadn't called Chen Huimin for several days, and I didn't know how the latter's singing practice was going.

She was about to call Chen Huimin and ask him out for dinner.

As a result, before the number was dialed out, Chen Huimin actually sent a text message.

The content is very simple, just one sentence.

"Xiao Li, I'm sorry, I can't come to the concert."

That’s all.

Betty was stunned.

Hey, the concert is going to start in half a month. Is it okay if you just say you can't come?

The key is, why.

She was a little confused.

But soon, she became a little anxious.

She knows her friend Chen Huimin too well.

Chen Huimin will never break her promise to others. This is who she is, a very principled person.

This is the case for ordinary people, not to mention that Bai Li is her only good friend and they have known each other for many years. It makes no sense at all.

No, something must have happened to her.

Without caring about being angry with Chen Huimin, Bai Li immediately called him.

The call went through, but no one answered.

After a while, the call was automatically hung up.

I called again, but the phone was turned off.

You don’t even answer the phone?

This is outrageous!

Bai Li cursed angrily, but after thinking about it, she became even more anxious.

Normally, this would never happen.

They are good friends.

That only means that Chen Huimin must have encountered some trouble.

Betty still cares about this friend, otherwise she wouldn't always want to help her.

But now the phone call couldn't get through and there was nothing she could do.

"No, I have to go see what's wrong with her."

After muttering to herself, Betty immediately picked up her bag and went out.

But when she got in the car, she realized that she didn't even know where Chen Huimin lived.

She frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly remembered that Chen Huimin seemed to have a cousin in Yanjing who seemed to work in a company. She had met her last time.

No matter what, she was going to find Chen Huimin today and get to the bottom of it no matter what.

I drove to Chen Huimin's cousin's company and found out that Chen Huimin's cousin was on a business trip.

Everything is going wrong.

Fortunately, I can make a phone call.

Fortunately, Chen Huimin's cousin actually knew the address.

Less than a minute after I hung up the phone, an address was sent to me.

Navigation, driving.

We drove for an hour and finally reached the outskirts of the city before we found a very old residential area.

After looking at the environment of the community, Bai Li frowned.

These houses were built in the 1990s. After more than 20 years, they have become particularly dilapidated and mottled. People coming in and out can be seen as migrant workers on bicycles, and some are construction workers carrying ash buckets. Clothes are hung everywhere on the balconies outside the buildings, and garbage in the community can be seen everywhere.

The more she looked, the more frightened she became. Betty suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

It was beyond her expectation that Chen Huimin lived in such a place.

That’s right, Chen Huimin’s popularity is not as high as before, and he just got divorced and left the house with nothing.

But no matter how poor you are, you wouldn't live in a place like this.

Obviously, Chen Huimin rented this place.

How difficult this must be!

She felt sad just thinking about it.

Bai Li is very kind-hearted and sincere to her friends, but she feels that she doesn't care enough about her friends.

If I had insisted a little longer to send Chen Huimin back last time, I would have known her current situation earlier.

Oh, no wonder she is always late.

The traffic jam in Yanjing is well known to the world. It’s such a long way and I have to take my kids to school. It would be strange if I didn’t get late.

The car drove slowly in the community, and Bai Li felt particularly depressed.

Finally, she parked the car downstairs of a building.

Wearing sunglasses, she went upstairs.

The buildings here are all about eight stories high, but there are no elevators.

Chen Huimin actually lived on the eighth floor, and this trip up the stairs really exhausted her.

Knock on the door.

Boom boom boom.

Chen Huimin's tired voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

Bai Li said anxiously, "Hui Min, it's me, open the door quickly."

There was no movement inside.

The door was not opened either.

Betty continued to knock on the door.

But after a long time, there was still no movement.

This made her very angry.

She pounded him hard: "Chen Huimin, open the door for me. If you don't open it, I'm going to break it down."

I don’t know if this sentence worked, but after a while, the door opened.

Chen Huimin stood at the door with a tired look on his face, and asked with a complicated expression: "Xiao Li, why are you here?"

She blocked the door and wasn't ready to let Betty in. Her face was flushed, her eyes were red and swollen, and her voice was a little hoarse.

Betty frowned and rushed in.

Then she was dumbfounded.

This is a two-bedroom, one-living room house, but it is really simple. The walls are extremely broken, but the owner has papered them over them.

A set of broken sofas, an old wooden coffee table, and a dining table picked up from somewhere, this is all you can see in the living room.

There were some medicines and a few medical records on the coffee table.

Betty felt even more sad.

While she was looking around, Chen Huimin came over and hurriedly tried to collect the things on the coffee table.

But Bai Li was sharp-eyed and grabbed the diagnosis sheets in her hands.

Chen Huimin was about to come over to grab it, and Bai Li quickly stepped back, while glancing at the diagnosis.

Her body trembled and her face changed drastically.

Chen Huimin had already snatched the diagnosis away and was picking up the medicine on the coffee table with a nervous and embarrassed look on his face.

"When did it happen?"

Betty's face turned pale.

Laryngeal cancer.

No wonder I can’t attend the concert.

No wonder she's been having trouble with her high notes lately.

I thought she really had a cold and that she didn't get enough rest.

So that’s how it is!

Chen Huimin pretended to be confused: "What are you saying? I don't understand."

"I say, when did you become ill?" Bai Li bit her lip to prevent herself from crying.

She pulled Chen Huimin over and sat him down, angrily asking, "Why? Why didn't you tell me earlier if we were still friends? You're in such a difficult situation, and you won't even let me help you. Who do you think I am?"

Faced with her questioning, Chen Huimin was deeply moved, yet also extremely bitter.

She couldn't say anything, but tears flowed down her face.