Huo Chenyu reached out and grabbed Tang Li's arm, but before he could speak, Tang Li grabbed his wrist in return and said:
"Shen Yu, I'm leaving this place to you. I have urgent business to attend to and must leave now."
Huo Chenyu wanted to ask what the urgent matter was.
But the words were on the tip of his tongue, and thinking of being her strong support, he nodded and handed her the car keys:
"Take my car, drive carefully, I'll take care of things here."
Tang Li had expected Huo Chenyu to pry into the matter, and was prepared to say a few more words to him, but Huo Chenyu didn't ask anything at all.
"Thank you."
Tang Li was truly gratified.
Huo Chenyu opened the car door, and then, as she closed it, he secretly kissed her.
"Call me when you're done. I'll have a meal ready for you when you get home. If you're too tired, just tell me and I'll come pick you up."
Tang Li nodded, tears welling in her eyes.
She practically sprinted to the hospital, bumping into the ball at the ward door. With just a glance, they exchanged messages.
Piqiu helped her push open the door and said to Zha Zhongqi:
"Seventh Brother, Miss Tang has arrived."
Zha Zhongqi nodded:
"Go ahead and get busy."
Tang Li walked in, sat down beside Zha Zhongqi's hospital bed, and asked:
"Seventh Brother, what do we do now?"
Zha Zhongqi thought for a moment:
"Seventh Brother has important things to do. You'll have to go to Lucheng by yourself. Take our parents' photos with you so his spirit can see them, lest he forget what our parents look like in the afterlife."
It seems that even the usually composed Zha Zhongqi has lost control.
Tang Li nodded, squeezing out a single, hoarse word from his throat:
"good."
Zha Zhongqi reached out and grabbed her wrist:
"Girl, there's something else I'd like to ask you for help with."
Tang Li gently patted the back of his hand:
"Seventh Brother, let's skip these formalities between siblings. If there's anything I can do to help you, just let me know."
They were among the first to learn of Song Boying's death.
Zha Zhongqi checked the time:
"At this hour, the Song family of Lucheng must be announcing the death. Song Nanzhou may already know the news. Go to the Song family immediately. If Song Nanzhou gives you the things left behind by Song Boying, accept them."
Tang Li couldn't help but ask:
"What if he doesn't take the initiative?"
Zha Zhongqi's instinctive response:
"I understand him, he will definitely leave the things for you."
Tang Li asked:
"I was just in case."
Zha Zhongqi sighed:
"Then you should ask him for it. No matter what, help me stop this thing from coming."
Tang Li couldn't understand it at all:
"Seventh Brother, when Song Nanzhou wanted to hand over the things to me, I let Song Boying leave with a clean record because of Song Beiye and Xiao Yu. Now that he's gone, you still want to preserve his reputation?"
Zha Zhongqi laughed:
“Silly girl, I’m not doing this for him, I’m doing this for myself. When I was talking to you the other day, I suddenly realized that maybe I really did make mistakes these past few years. When I was given a second chance at life, I should have gone back to the person I love as soon as possible and told her that I was fine, that I was still alive, and that we would walk hand in hand through thick and thin from now on.”
He finally got it.
Tang Li was overjoyed:
"So you're planning to acknowledge Xi-jie as your sister sooner rather than later?"
Zha Zhongqi nodded affirmatively:
"I want her to be with me in the final victory; this is my only chance to salvage the situation."
Tang Li understood completely.
"So you're afraid that Song Nanzhou will reveal what Song Boying left behind in advance, leaving you no time to prepare for recognizing Sister Xi, right?"
That's how it is.
Tang Li stood up:
"Don't worry, Seventh Brother, I'll go intercept Song Nanzhou right away."
Zha Zhongqi called out to her:
"Girl, let Huo Chenyu go with you. I'll feel more at ease with him by your side. I've asked Piqiu to book the tickets for the three of you. Piqiu will go in my place."
Piqiu: Another day of being forced to eat dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing or being forced to witness a romantic relationship).
Tang Li agreed without hesitation:
"Okay, I'll have him come with me."
After leaving the hospital, Tang Li immediately called Huo Chenyu and asked him to accompany her to Lucheng.
Huo Chenyu arranged to meet her at the airport.
Tang Li then hurriedly went to Song Nanzhou's home.
Unfortunately, we arrived too late.
Aunt Lan told her:
"Young Master went to the airport with Lu Zhu. Their flight was at 2 PM."
They've been gone for a while now, so it's impossible to catch up.
Piqiu bought tickets for 4 PM. By the time they take off, Song Nanzhou and Lu Zhu should be arriving soon.
Intercepting him at the airport is probably unlikely, but we can call Song Nanzhou and see if he can wait a bit.
Tang Li had just taken out her phone when Aunt Lan slapped her forehead and called out to her:
"Oh, right, Miss Tang, look at my memory, I almost forgot. Before he left, the young master instructed me to take you to the study and tell you to make sure you take the gift he gave you last time."
Gift?
That wooden box?
Tang Li was overjoyed:
"Did he know I was coming?"
Aunt Lan was also puzzled:
"I also found it strange at the time. Why did the young master suddenly say that Miss Tang would come? I just thought the young master was lovesick. Who knew that you would really come?"
Led by Aunt Lan, Tang Li retrieved the wooden box from the study.
There was still time, so Tang Li went to the hospital again and handed the wooden box to Zha Zhongqi.
Then I hurriedly went to the airport.
As Tang Li was getting on the airport expressway, she glanced at her phone and saw a news notification about Song Boying's passing.
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