Chapter 18 Lost Love
◎I broke up before I even fell in love◎
Qin Shu never expected that she would not be woken up by the alarm clock the next day, but by a burst of urgent terminal communication ringing.
Still half asleep, Qin Shu didn't see who was calling. She squinted at the call button, then swiped it and answered: "Hello?"
"Qin Shu, are you awake? Something happened and I think you should want to know immediately." It was Zhou Yin's voice that came from the other end of the microphone.
Qin Shu had only heard this serious voice at the beginning, when she was being questioned. So she immediately woke up and sat up suddenly in bed: "What happened?"
"Aunt Xu Xianghui, whose medical and hospital fees you've been helping to pay, is critically ill. If you still want to see her one last time, open the door quickly and I'll take you to the hospital."
Qin Shu's nerves tensed up all of a sudden. She didn't even bother to wash her face. She just changed her clothes casually and hurried out the door.
Sure enough, Xu Wen was already waiting outside the door: "Zhou Yin has gone to drive, let's go."
"good."
Only after they sat in the back seat of the car did Xu Wen pull out a wet tissue and hand it to Qin Shu: "Wipe it off."
Qin Shu wiped her face carelessly after hearing this, and then seemed to come back to her senses and asked, "How is Aunt Xu now?"
"The situation wasn't good. We gave her the best treatment, but the miracle didn't happen again. Her condition didn't improve. Perhaps it was too late because she was too ill. However, she did wake up from her long coma. Although she looked a little dazed, she kept calling your name."
The treatment chamber can treat external injuries, but there is no way to treat unknown mental illnesses like Xu Xianghui's. This requires more professional doctors to treat, but it may not be successful.
Qin Shu nodded when she heard that, but her hands were tightly grasping the hem of her clothes, and she seemed a little nervous.
Zhou Yin drove steadily and quickly, and soon arrived at the hospital. Because it was still early, there were not many people in the hospital. Even if someone recognized Qin Shu, the security personnel would calm them down and prevent them from going forward to disturb her.
Qin Shu suddenly hesitated until she quickly reached the outside of Xu Xianghui's ward. She stopped and did not intend to push open the door for a long time.
Qin Shu took two deep breaths, then gently knocked on the door and walked in.
The kind and slightly plump Aunt Xu in her memory had changed a lot. She had lost a lot of weight and looked pale and haggard. When she saw Qin Shu coming, she was in a daze for a while, then she reacted and forced a smile: "Miss."
Qin Shu sighed helplessly and walked forward slowly: "Don't call me that, Aunt Xu. Are you... okay now?"
"Well, I'm sorry, young lady, for saying that to you earlier."
"Are you saying that you don't want to see me again? It's okay, I can understand. After all, your only son, who was my parents' driver, also died in the plane crash. It's normal for you to feel sad when you see me, the only survivor. It's normal that you don't want to see me." Qin Shu was not very good at comforting people, and could only state these objective facts dryly.
Xu Xianghui shook her head silently: "No, I just..."
Xu Xianghui suddenly stopped talking in the middle of her words, as if the reason made her unable to speak at all.
Qin Shu didn't ask any further questions. She just quietly pulled a chair over and sat down beside Xu Xianghui's bed: "I'm sorry, I came so suddenly that I couldn't bring you any gifts."
"Being able to see you again is enough for me. By the way, there is something I want to give you."
"What?"
"It's an engagement, a engagement that belongs to you, young lady. I took advantage of the opportunity when the master and his wife... I mean, the second house wasn't paying attention and took it back. Young lady, you can ask the Lu family to fulfill the contract. If that doesn't work, you can exchange it for something else and find a way out for yourself. I hid it under the mattress in your room, you can find it when you go back."
"...Okay." In fact, the engagement was not important to Qin Shu now, but because it was the last expectation and instruction from her elders, Qin Shu agreed very seriously.
"As for Xiaoqing, she just lost her father suddenly and was influenced by Miss Qin Yue, so she did those things to Miss. Miss, please don't blame her."
“…I’m sorry, I can’t do that.”
Xu Xianghui seemed to have not expected Qin Shu to answer like this, and was stunned for a moment.
But Qin Shu looked directly into Xu Xianghui's eyes: "Aunt Xu, I'm willing to pay for your medical treatment only because you've taken care of me since I was a child. I care about our friendship, and this is what I should do. But you are you, and Yu Xiaoqing is Yu Xiaoqing. You can't force me to forgive her just because of you. Why? Because you're partial to her because she's your granddaughter?"
Xu Xianghui never knew that Qin Shu, who seemed taciturn, weak and introverted, could say such words calmly. During the years when she was in a coma on and off, the little girl in her impression seemed to have undergone earth-shaking changes.
The tone was so calm, yet it left her speechless.
Yes, why should she let Qin Shu tolerate it? It was just partiality, even...somewhere in her heart that she herself didn't realize was telling her that Qin Shu was so...easy to bully because she had no parents and was alone.
"That's not what I meant."
Upon hearing this, Qin Shu just looked at Xu Xianghui deeply. After she lost her parents, the only person in the entire Qin family who cared about her was Xu Xianghui. Although she didn't dare to protect her openly, every time she was tormented by her second aunt and Qin Yue, she would secretly bring her food, help her wash her dirty clothes, apply medicine to her, and secretly put new stationery in her schoolbag. It can be said that Qin Shu had long regarded her as her own family.
"You, take care of yourself." After Qin Shu said this, she finally stood up and said goodbye to Xu Xianghui.
When they reached the door, Qin Shu suddenly turned around and asked, "Aunt Xu, is there anything else you want to tell me?"
Xu Xianghui's throat moved several times, but in the end she shook her head.
Qin Shu concealed the disappointment in her eyes, finally opened the door and walked out.
"Are you done?" Zhou Yin was a little surprised that Qin Shu came out so quickly.
"Well, let's go." Qin Shu nodded. "If we go back too late, we won't be able to catch up with class."
Although Zhou Yin felt a little strange, seeing Xu Wen standing beside him with a look of understanding, he could only send Qin Shu back first.
It wasn't until Qin Shu, Old Xu, and Old Wu went to the study to attend class that Zhou Yin approached Xu Wen and asked, "What's going on? I thought Qin Shu and Xu Xianghui were very close."
"We must have been very close before, but have you ever thought about one thing?"
"What's the problem?"
"Qin Shu clearly has a heroic spirit recruitment system, so why didn't she recruit a miracle doctor after she traveled back in time? She also never mentioned going to the hospital to see Xu Xianghui?"
Zhou Yin nodded immediately upon hearing this. "It's indeed strange. I remember Qin Shu saying that she started fast-traveling after Qin Yue pushed her down the stairs on the night of her 20th birthday. She was on the verge of death when she obtained the Heroic Spirit Recruitment System. Before that, she seemed quite concerned about Xu Xianghui. So, was it because she was forced to discover some previously unaware memories in the fast-traveling world due to trials or something?"
Xu Wen glanced towards the study before replying, "Why do you think the Qin family's second wife replaced all the servants, even the several intelligent robots, after taking over, but didn't replace Xu Xianghui?"
"Ah? Because she's so capable?"
"Sometimes, it's not that we don't want to change, it's that we can't. And the reason for not being able to change is usually related to interests and leverage."
"What do you mean? Speak human language."
"Do you want to know the culprit of that accident? It was actually Xu Huixiang's son, Yu Guang, the driver of Qin Shu's parents."
“!”
"Like Qin Shu's second uncle, he was a gambler and had long been in debt. The two men, desperate for money, quickly colluded and caused the accident. Although Qin Shu's second uncle has always insisted that Yu Guang's death was an accident, it was precisely because Yu Guang died on the spot, coupled with the connections made by the second wife, that no one suspected foul play. Instead, they believed it was a genuine aircraft malfunction."
"Does Xu Xianghui know that her son is a murderer?"
"Since she has been staying in the Qin family, she should know something."
"Then... Qin Shu knows everything?"
"I haven't had time to tell her the details of these cases, but she may have guessed them through her own methods." That's why Qin Shu had such an attitude towards Xu Xianghui. Even though she knew that Xu Xianghui was going to die, she only went to see her for the last time and did not feel overly sad.
Regardless of Xu Xianghui's starting point, she had indeed been taking care of Qin Shu all those years ago. There was even one time when Qin Shu fell into the river and almost drowned, and it was Xu Xianghui who jumped in without hesitation and saved the drowning Qin Shu.
Qin Shu seems cold and indifferent, but she has actually done her best in this relationship.
"I suddenly feel sorry for Qin Shu. What kind of life has she been living these years?"
"There will be good days in the future." Xu Wen affirmed.
Around evening, the news of Xu Xianghui's death came. Although Qin Shu didn't say anything on the surface, she must have mixed feelings from the fact that she had been sitting on the sofa in a daze and didn't even realize that she hadn't touched the terminal all day.
On the other hand, Lu Yishen's agent, who had been trying to contact Qin Shu since morning, looked at the ninth missed call he had made, silently clicked on Lu Yishen's profile picture, and sent a playlist link: [A collection of love songs most loved by those who have been heartbroken].
Lu Yishen: “?”
The agent, still maintaining his seemingly aloof face, quickly replied, "I think your fiancée must have forgotten you, otherwise she wouldn't have ignored all nine of your calls. How sad."
"I'm not heartbroken. After all, she doesn't like me yet."
When the agent heard this, he immediately withdrew the playlist and then sent a passage of the Great Compassion Mantra.
Lu Yishen: "I'm not dead yet."
Agent: "Your fiancée might have already thought you were dead. Please be so sad. [Pray][Candle]."
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