"Xue'er?"
As soon as the gentle, mellow voice came from the other end of the phone, Ye Li's eyes widened and she froze on the spot.
Tears welled up instantly.
Aunt Lan is the same.
Completely absorbed in the phone call, Li Xueqing didn't notice anything unusual between the two of them and asked with a smile, "Brother Shen, how's your work going? Is it going smoothly?"
"not bad……"
The person on the other end of the phone laughed and replied, "After all these years, I never thought I'd still be able to use those foreign languages I learned back then, haha... Xue'er, how are you? Are you feeling better?"
Li Xueqing nodded, "Much better! But it's strange, this illness of mine came on so inexplicably. I can't even remember how I got sick or how I ended up in the hospital, it's like I have amnesia."
"You..."
A sigh came from the other end of the line. "I had just landed when Sister Lan called to say you had fainted. I immediately said I wanted to come back, but Sister Lan and Ali wouldn't let me. Sister Lan said she could rest assured with her there, and Ali said, 'How can someone who's built an empire be troubled by family matters? Dad, you must bravely charge forward. You can leave Mom to Aunt Lan and me...'"
She mimicked her daughter's voice perfectly, and the voice on the other end sounded apologetic, "Xue'er, I'm so sorry! Don't worry, I'll finish up as soon as possible and rush back..."
"Brother Shen!"
Before the other person could finish speaking, Li Xueqing hurriedly interrupted, "I'm fine now, I'll be discharged and go home tomorrow. Just follow the plan, do what you're supposed to do, whether it's three months, six months, or a year, Ali and I will wait for you to come home, take your time! I won't allow you to stay up late working overtime just to go home earlier, if I find out, I'll be angry!"
"Xue'er..."
A sigh was heard, and a steady voice replied, "Don't worry, I'll eat on time, go to bed early, and take good care of myself. I promised you I'd live with you until you're 100, this is nothing!"
"That's more like it!"
Li Xueqing smiled and nodded, then glanced at her phone before her voice suddenly rose, "It's past 1 a.m. abroad, isn't it? Is this what you meant by going to bed early and taking care of your health? Ye Mushen!!!"
Goodnight, my wife. I love you!
Beep beep beep.
It's as if I can see my dad being caught red-handed lying, then hurriedly hanging up the phone, quickly turning off his phone, and scrambling into bed to sleep—a truly comical sight.
Ye Li's tears fell even more fiercely.
As expected, Li Xueqing made another phone call from her hospital bed.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently switched off..."
After hanging up the phone, Li Xueqing looked at Aunt Lan with a helpless expression, "See, if I hadn't called, I wouldn't have found out he was staying up all night again. One after another, none of them are easy to deal with. And Ali, you need to go back to school..."
Turning my head, I saw Ye Li with tears streaming down her face.
Li Xueqing was taken aback. "Ali, what's wrong?"
"Dad is a big bad guy..."
Ye Li said with red eyes, "I miss him so much, but he hasn't mentioned me at all."
Li Xueqing immediately burst into laughter.
Such things used to happen frequently.
Dad is away on a business trip.
Or perhaps Mom went on a trip.
When the couple talked on the phone, their words were full of longing and words of advice for each other.
Only after hanging up the phone did he remember that he had a daughter.
Then, a WeChat message came through: "Tell Ali that Daddy/Mommy misses her, misses her so much!"
Every time, Ye Li would reply with just two words: 【Hehe.】
But this time, Ye Li didn't want to reply with a "hehe".
If she could, she would love to answer the phone and ask: Dad, when are you coming back? Ali misses you so much, so very much!
"Mom, I miss Dad so much, sob sob..."
One cried, the other comforted, and it took a long time for the ward to quiet down.
Ye Li rubbed her slightly red and swollen eyes, then got up to leave.
As they walked out, the hospital room door closed, and Ye Li asked in a low voice, "Aunt Lan, what happened with Dad's phone call?"
Ye Li could hear it clearly; it was definitely her father's voice.
She opened her mouth, her gaze falling behind Ye Li. Aunt Lan smiled and nudged her, "Go ask Master Fu!"
Ye Li turned around and saw Fu Yanci a few steps away.
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