"Please?"
Ye Li took a few steps back, her voice and expression growing increasingly cold.
For a fleeting moment, Zhou Hechen felt that he saw the shadow of Fu Yanci in Ye Li.
The moment this thought crossed Zhou Hechen's mind, his expression turned even uglier.
Looking up again, she saw Ye Li say coldly, "Why would I beg you when I have Fu Yanci to beg? Zhou Hechen, you're sick in the head, you need to get it fixed!"
"Stay away from me!"
"Don't come to the hospital again, and don't show your face in front of my mother!"
Ye Li spoke each word clearly and forcefully, "Otherwise, I wouldn't mind letting Fu Yanci know how his nephew spoke so disrespectfully to his aunt. If I can't discipline you, your uncle, your parents, surely they can?"
With each word Ye Li spoke, Zhou Hechen's expression grew increasingly unpleasant.
By the time Ye Li finished speaking, Zhou Hechen's face had turned as black as ink.
Ye Li turned and left.
The corridor fell silent. Zhou Hechen stared intently at the spot where Ye Li had left for a long time before turning and leaving.
In the ward, Ye Li returned alone, without Zhou Hechen behind her.
Li Xueqing was taken aback, and looked at Ye Li's expression, saying, "Li, have you explained things clearly with He Chen? Where is he?"
"I've explained it clearly!"
Ye Li nodded, walked to the coffee table, threw the ugly apple Zhou Hechen had peeled into the trash can, and started peeling an orange for Li Xueqing. "Mom, didn't you say that I'm all grown up now? We'll handle things between him and me ourselves, so please don't worry about it, okay?"
"……good."
Li Xueqing hesitated before responding, and after a long pause, said dejectedly, "I don't know when your father will be back."
He paused, and a thin white vein broke off from the orange peel.
Ye Li paused, her breath catching in her throat.
Before the bankruptcy, the Ye family had just begun to expand its overseas business. The father pointed to the Ye family's blueprint with great ambition and said: "Ali, look, this is the empire that your father and mother have built for you!"
To this end, the 50-year-old man pulled out all the hard work he had in his youth, staying up until one or two in the morning every night to hold meetings with the senior executives and sales staff of the overseas department before finally resting.
If only I had known...
When tears welled up in her eyes, Ye Li abruptly stopped herself from thinking about it and handed the peeled orange to Li Xueqing. "Didn't Dad tell you that he would come back once everything in the overseas market was settled and on track?"
"That will take a long time..."
Li Xueqing looked dejected. "Oh, it's all my fault. If I hadn't gotten sick, I could have gone with your father."
"mom……"
Ye Li looked disapproving. "Nothing is more important than your own health. Taking good care of yourself is more important than anything else!"
"good."
Li Xueqing responded, glanced at the wall clock, and urged Ye Li repeatedly, "You should go back to your dorm quickly. Tell the driver to drive slowly!"
As she spoke, Li Xueqing glanced under her pillow, then opened the bedside drawer and casually instructed Ye Li, "Tell Aunt Lan to bring my phone tomorrow. I'll video chat with your dad and see him... I'm not around, so he probably hasn't been eating on time again. I wonder if he's had a stomachache lately... I packed his suitcase for him, right? It must have, since he brought stomach medicine..."
Even with the door closed, Ye Li could still hear her mother's rambling in the ward, and tears suddenly streamed down her face.
It seems... we can't hide it any longer!
what to do?
In the endless night outside the window, cars and people bustle about, and one by one, the fleeting lights move from near to far, then disappear into the inky darkness and are no longer visible.
Ye Li stood by the window in a daze for a long time before turning around and leaving.
The moment the elevator doors closed, the other elevator opened, and Fu Yanci strode in.
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