Chapter 148 Lu Qingqing x Meng Yaozhu: Did you leave the company because of me?
Ms. Jiang liked the young man more and more as she looked at him: "Qingqing, the air in the ward is stuffy. Why don't you take Xiao Xu for a walk in the back garden? The air is fresh there."
Seeing that her mother was in such good spirits, Lu Qingqing didn't want to disobey her, so she had no choice but to take Xu Xiao outside.
As she was leaving, Ms. Jiang gave her a look.
Lu Qingqing understood her implication: she wanted her to cultivate a good relationship with Xu Xiao.
In the back garden downstairs, Lu Qingqing chatted with him casually.
The two walked to a stone bench and sat down. Lu sighed softly, "Mr. Xu, there are some things I want to make clear to you. Actually, I..."
"Qingqing, I also have something to say to you. Can I go first?"
The deer came to a gentle stop.
Xu Xiao took a long breath and said solemnly, "I want to say, if you don't dislike me, can you allow me to pursue you? I've liked you since the first time I saw you. I know you don't like me, but that's okay. Give me a chance to pursue you and let me prove that I am someone you can like."
His eyes were filled with seriousness and solemnity.
Lu gently turned her eyes away: "Mr. Xu, there's something I need to make clear to you. I'm pregnant."
Xu Xiao paused, and this time, she saw shock and bewilderment in his eyes.
Lu gently stroked her lower abdomen: "Mr. Xu, I can't lie to you."
After a while, I heard his voice: "Where is the child's...father?"
His voice was a little hoarse.
"The child has no father; the child will only have me as a mother in the future."
Lu spoke these words softly and naturally, unconsciously revealing a gentle smile as she touched her lower abdomen.
She expected to see disdain or something else in his eyes, but to her surprise, she looked up and met a pair of eyes full of heartache.
"Then I think, if you don't mind, I can take care of you."
Lu Qingqing's heart was filled with indescribable complex emotions.
...
After seeing Xu Xiao off, Lu Qingqing returned to her ward.
Ms. Jiang asked, "How is it?"
"What do you mean, how about it?"
"Don't pretend with me. I'm asking you how things are going with Xu Xiao. I can tell that he likes you. He's honest, and good-looking. You couldn't find a man like that even with a lantern."
"Mom, don't forget, I'm carrying another man's child."
Upon hearing this, Ms. Jiang sat up in bed: "You don't actually intend to raise the child yourself, do you? Lu Qingqing, how capable do you think you are?"
"I am capable of earning money myself, and I don't see any problem with raising my children on my own."
Ms. Jiang clutched her chest, feeling dizzy, which startled Lu Qingqing, who went to help her.
Her hand was brushed away: "If you still want to acknowledge me as your mother, then you should get along well with Xu Xiao."
"Mom! Why bother? I don't like him!"
"And what about the father of your child? Do you like him?" Ms. Jiang asked sharply.
The deer felt a sharp pain in its heart from the gentle pricking, and the unspoken words choked within it.
Ms. Jiang looked out the window, tears streaming down her face: "You've already had a child with a married man, does it still matter if you like him or not? Right now, we need to find a man who can take care of you and the child as soon as possible, so that when your father and I pass away, we won't leave you and your child all alone in the world."
...
The night was bright, with a clear moon and few stars.
Hospital.
"Mr. Meng, I can pick up Madam's medicine myself. Why did you have to come all the way here so late?"
Meng Yaozhu couldn't explain why he had to make this trip; perhaps it was because someone might be here.
He said, "Go wait for me in the car, I have something to do."
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Secretary Kim looked on blankly as he walked toward the inpatient department.
Meng Yaozhu had no idea whether she was in the hospital or which hospital she was in.
He just instinctively wanted to go see her.
The inpatient department is located a long corridor leading from the outpatient department.
When a slender figure appeared on the bench in the corridor, he even thought he was hallucinating.
Lu Qingqing curled up on the bench, hugging her legs and resting her chin on her knees, lost in thought. She was upset by Ms. Jiang's words and came out to get some fresh air while Ms. Jiang was asleep.
Suddenly, she felt a shadow loom over her head. She looked up at the person who had appeared out of nowhere, completely bewildered: "Mr. Meng...?"
Meng Yaozhu: "Otherwise what?"
Lu stood up gently: "What are you doing here?"
When questioned, Meng Yaozhu paused and, unusually, lied.
"...I have a friend who is sick and hospitalized, so I came to visit him."
Visiting a patient now? Late at night?
Lu paused for a moment, then realized that he was usually so busy that he couldn't find the time.
"That's quite a coincidence to meet you here."
Meng Yaozhu said, "It is quite a coincidence."
Lu sat down next to him, looking rather reserved. She had come here to get some fresh air, but now she felt even more stuffy.
"Lu Qingqing, that man from that day..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Qingqing's phone rang; it was a call from the nurses' station.
Upon hearing this, Lu Qingqing's expression changed drastically.
"Mr. Meng, I have an urgent matter to attend to, please excuse me."
Watching her hurried departure, Meng Yaozhu swallowed the words he hadn't yet uttered.
He was just about to ask, "Was that man really your boyfriend that day?"
I also want to ask, why did you resign? Was it because of me?
Lu ran back to the ward, where nurses and doctors surrounded her. Their serious expressions and the bloodstains on Ms. Jiang's lips were shocking to her.
Ms. Jiang was taken into the operating room for a full hour of emergency treatment. She kept her eyes open and waited at the door until the doctor came out.
The first thing he said was, "The patient's condition is not good; it has been preliminarily diagnosed as pancreatic cancer."
Lu Qingqing's mind went blank, the world spun around her, and the whole world went silent.
Ms. Jiang finally woke up the next day.
Completely different from yesterday, Ms. Jiang was pale and weak, barely able to speak.
Lu looked at the various tubes inserted into her body, her heart breaking.
She didn't sleep all night, and her eyes were bloodshot.
Ms. Jiang raised her hand with difficulty: "Don't cry, I'm fine."
Lu gently held her hand, choking back tears: "Mom, it's okay, it's okay, everything will be alright, everything will be alright."
“Silly girl, why are you crying? Everyone has to go through this. Mom isn’t afraid of dying, but I feel regret that I have so little time to spend with you.” Ms. Jiang held her hand: “You know, I didn’t get to see you in your wedding dress, and I didn’t get to see my grandson born…”
Lu Qingqing burst into tears: "Don't say such discouraging things. It's just a preliminary suspicion. What if the diagnosis is wrong?"
"Qingqing, I know my body. Listen to your mother. My biggest regret now is that I didn't get to see you get married. You said you're pregnant, and I really can't rest easy without someone to take care of you. Maybe I won't be able to die in peace. Qingqing, do you understand what your mother means?"
"I know, I know, I know everything..."
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