Song Ci stood aside, watching this scene, feeling a little uncomfortable. The two sat quietly in the waiting area for several hours. Around 1 p.m., the doctor notified Li Li to prepare to receive his mother back to the ward.
Mother Li was unconscious, and her eyes were moving slightly as she was pushed out. It wasn't until Li Li grabbed her hand and vaguely heard Li Li calling her "Mom" that Mother Li finally felt relieved and stopped moaning.
After returning to the ward and settling Li's mother down, Li Li hid in the bathroom to secretly wipe away her tears. Song Ci couldn't help but think of her own parents. Li Li was so lucky to be able to accompany his mother for surgery and fulfill his filial duties by her side. But she had lost both of her parents long ago.
The last time Song Ci saw her mother, Jiang Mengmeng, and father, Song Tingyun, was at the earthquake site. Their bodies were spread out among the bodies of many other victims, and medical staff, carrying disinfectant sprayers, were surrounding them.
Thinking of her dead parents and her sleeping sister, Song Ci felt lonely.
After a while, Li Li came out, his eyes slightly red. He smiled shyly at Song Ci and thanked her: "Thank you for your company today, sister-in-law."
Song Ci was a little embarrassed. She wasn't used to being called "sister-in-law" by a man who was five or six years older than her. Glancing at the half-asleep, half-conscious Li's mother, Song Ci said to Li Li, "Auntie must be very proud to have such an outstanding son like you."
Li Li thought back to some past events and couldn't help but rub his face. "My mother single-handedly raised me. When I was a child, my father killed someone with his car. He fled the scene, fearing responsibility. When he came home, my mother and I urged him to turn himself in, but he was a coward and jumped out of the window in front of us..."
Li Li's tone was calm, but Song Ci was stunned. She apologized softly like a child who had done something wrong: "I'm sorry..."
"Why are you apologizing? The person who should have apologized is already dead." Li Li looked at his mother's aged face and said softly, "I was only twelve years old when my father died. All the money in the family was used to compensate the victim's orphan. Because of my father, that girl lost both her parents. She is the most pitiful one."
"We're out of money, and my mother, who used to be a stay-at-home mom, has no choice but to go out and work. She sells fish at the market, working from dawn to dusk, killing fish every day. Now she has severe pain in her wrists and shoulders."
Hearing this, Song Ci stared at Li's mother's aged face and sighed. "Fortunately, all her efforts were worth it."
Li Li smiled, "I am her only hope, I can't let her down."
"In the beginning, her fish shop wasn't doing well. After graduating from junior high school, I was admitted to Wangdong No. 1 Middle School. My family was short of money at the time and couldn't even afford the tuition, so I almost dropped out to work. Later, I met a kind-hearted person who funded my studies. I was able to successfully complete high school and was admitted to the School of Economics and Management of Wangdong University."
After listening to Li Li's story, Song Ci felt fortunate and happy for him. "You are very lucky to have met such a good person."
Li Li hummed, and whispered, "Mr. Han is a good man. Without him, there would be no me."
Song Ci was extremely surprised. "You mean, the kind person who sponsored your studies was Han Zhan?"
Li Li nodded.
Seeing Song Ci's surprise, Li Li found it amusing. "Miss Song, what kind of person do you think Mr. Han is? He not only supports me, but many others. He uses all the money he receives during the holidays to help children who truly need it."
"I, Bei Zhan, and a few colleagues you haven't met are all children who were once sponsored by Mr. Han." And those children have now become general managers and pillars of several large companies under Han Zhan's name.
Song Ci was genuinely shocked. "Is that so..." She smiled awkwardly and said, "He's quite far-sighted. His investment paid off, didn't it?"
Li Li shook his head and retorted to Song Ci disapprovingly: "You still don't know him well enough."
Song Ci's expression straightened and she asked Li Li, "Why do you say that?"
Li Li said, "Mr. Han has sponsored at least 80 students, if not 100. But only a few of us actually stayed with him and worked for him. The rest of us have no idea who supported them through their studies."
"If Mr. Han had not been discharged from the army due to injury and decided to go into business, he would have needed a group of loyal subordinates. Then people like us would never have met Mr. Han." To other beneficiaries, Mr. Han is just a 'mysterious kind man'.
Staring at Song Ci seriously, Li Li told her solemnly: "Mr. Han never helps others without expecting anything in return."
From Li Li's words, Song Ci got to know a different Han Zhan. She herself was a profit-driven person, so she assumed Han Zhan, like her, was calculating gains and losses in everything he did. She forgot that there are people in this world who do good things without expecting anything in return.
Han Zhan was such a person in his previous life. He ran a charitable sanatorium, established a charitable fund, built a Hope Primary School, and founded the "Homecoming Association" to help abducted women, children and illegal workers find their homes and help their families reunite.
Han Zhan deserves to be rich all his life!
When she thought about how such a good man like Han Zhan was following her, Song Ci felt that she was the toad that had eaten the swan meat. She had to become better to be worthy of such an excellent and sincere Han Zhan!
Song Ci stayed in the hospital until it was almost dark before returning home. After arriving home, she sent a text message to Han Zhan, telling him that Li's mother's operation went smoothly and asked him not to worry.
After sending the message, Song Ci went into the kitchen to cook. Han Zhan was not at home, so Song Ci ate her diet meal again. After eating, she thought for a moment, then opened her laptop and opened QQ, which she had not logged into for a long time.
Relying on his memory, Song Ci searched for an unfamiliar QQ number and clicked Add.
After Song Ci came out of the shower, she found that her QQ profile picture was flashing all the time.
She perked up and came!
Song Ci clicked on the message, which revealed a verification pass. The new friend Song Ci had added was nicknamed "Tianwang Superstar," and their profile picture was a microphone with the words "Tianwang Superstar" photoshopped onto it.
This person's online name and profile picture both exude a sense of stupidity.
Song Ci opened the dialog box, thought for a moment, typed a message and sent it, then turned off the computer and went to bed.
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Elsewhere, a little-known artist named Liang Bo was tinkering with a steamed cake in his kitchen. Browsing Weibo today, he'd seen a trending video about making cakes without an oven, and intrigued, he decided to give it a try.
As the lead singer of an 18th-tier boy band whose looks are completely unknown, Liang Bo has so much free time that he has to stay at home and make cakes. It is conceivable how miserable this boy band is.
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