Chapter 1: Man of the hour

Song Shuangxu's return trip to China was very sudden and he didn't tell anyone.

When the flight landed, she listened to the standard Mandarin broadcast at the airport and saw Chinese faces walking around her. Only then did she truly feel like she had returned to her homeland.

Shuang Xu wore a light beige windbreaker with a simple white linen shirt and jeans underneath, but her soft satin hair gave off an air of elegance and grace.

The driver spoke in a genuine Beijing accent: "Miss, where are you going?"

"The Third Hospital."

In April, Yancheng was glowing with vitality as everything revived. Shuangxu had not been back for five years. He hurried back this time because his senior sister Shu Yang was ill.

When I entered the ward, Shu Yang, who was emaciated, was sitting cross-legged on the bed, muttering to himself: "Sex is emptiness, emptiness is sex. Men can only be played with, not taken seriously..."

Shuang Xu's worries all along the way were relieved at this moment: "How can you see through the world after getting sick?"

Shu Yang, who was reciting the sutra, glanced at him with surprise and said, "Hey, how come you're back?"

"Of course I have to come back if you need anything." Shuang Xu sat down beside the bed. "What did the doctor say?"

A while ago, Shu Yang was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, which is simply a malignant tumor originating from hematopoietic stem cells, and some people call it preleukemia.

While she was in the hospital, her boyfriend of many years took away all the cash and half of the company's assets, and also took away the technical data that Shu Yang had been working on for two years.

"One bad news, one good news." Shu Yang said, "The doctor said that I am now in the intermediate-risk stage 2, and the probability of transformation to leukemia is very high. I have to undergo chemotherapy."

"What about the good news?"

In this case, Shuang Xu hopes to hear some positive news.

"The good news is that chemotherapy can only control the disease, not cure it. It will also cause severe damage to ovarian function. I may not be able to have children in the future."

Shuang Xu initially thought that she had said the opposite, but after thinking about it, it was hard to say which of the two pieces of news was worse.

"Is this good news?" She touched Shu Yang's forehead, "Will this disease also affect the brain?"

"Isn't it good news that I recognize the scumbag?" Shu Yang is a carefree person who can take everything easy. "Besides, I didn't want to have children. I suspect my disease is hereditary. My father died of leukemia."

She had been with Chen Peiran for four years. They returned to China together to start a business and had a stable relationship. But who could have imagined that as soon as she fell ill, Chen Peiran would run away with the money.

Shuang Xu frowned when he heard this: "I don't expect him to help me in my time of need, but could he not add insult to injury?"

"Aren't all men like this? The most unreliable thing in this world is love. Women who believe in love will definitely suffer the pain of love."

Shu Yang waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you have never been in love, you don't resonate."

Shuang Xu indeed agrees with this.

"Although I have never been in love, I have suffered for it." Shuang Xu said, "I still have a little savings, which I have transferred to your card. Although it is not much, it should be able to help you get by temporarily."

Shu Yang counted the digits of his mobile banking balance and screamed like a rooster: "This is called 'not much'???"

Shuang Xu’s “not much” and her “not much” are completely different concepts.

Shuang Xu covered her mouth to calm her down: "Tsk... Just know that I'm sincere to you, don't get excited."

Shen Yu loved her very much and had given her pocket money since she was a child. After she was sent abroad, fearing that she would suffer alone in a foreign country, Shen Yu increased the amount several times, which added up to a considerable sum over five years.

"Don't even mention giving my heart and soul. You can even dig out my liver and kidneys!" Shu Yang said, "Are you really lending me that much? I may not be able to pay it back in my current situation..."

Shuang Xu said, "I'll be a shareholder."

Feixue is already on the brink of bankruptcy, and everyone is trying to avoid it. Only a 24K pure gold fool would invest in it now.

Shu Yang didn't cry when she broke up with her ex-boyfriend, and she didn't cry when she signed the chemotherapy consent form while lying alone on the hospital bed. Now her eyes are filled with tears.

"You are still reliable at critical moments!"

No matter how strong she is, she can handle it on her own, but it makes a difference when there is someone supporting her from behind at this moment.

Shuang Xu smiled and hugged her, patting her on the back: "It doesn't matter if you don't want a man who can only share the good times but not the bad times. I'll be with you."

Shu Yang thought of something, stood up and asked, "By the way, you came back suddenly this time. Is it difficult to explain to your family? Did they let you come back?"

Shuang Xu rarely talks about his family or what happened before he went abroad.

Shu Yang only knew that she had a thin relationship with her family, and that she had a brother who was the most important person to her.

Also, five years ago, Shuang Xu was forcibly sent abroad.

——She herself called this exile.

Shuang Xu's reaction was calmer than she had expected: "The worst that can happen is that I get sent away again. I was mentally prepared before I came back."

At this time, Shuang Xu didn't know that the news of his return home had already been spread by a passerby who had never noticed.

If we talk about which daughter of a rich family has the most famous name in the celebrity circle of Yancheng, TOP3 Song Shuangxu definitely has a place.

In addition to her complicated life experience, there is also the famous Shen Yu behind her.

The news passed through several hands and finally reached Yue Zifeng. He immediately threw the photo into the small group and tagged Shen Yu several times but received no reply.

Shen Yu had just come out of the conference room when he received a call from him: "What are you busy with? Why didn't you reply to my message? Why didn't you tell us that Sister Shuangxu came back?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yu took the phone away from his ear, clicked on WeChat, and saw Shuang Xu's photo.

The background is a hospital with people coming and going. As if she noticed someone was taking a picture of her, she turned around and looked back, her hair brushing against her cheek, her clear eyes slightly dazed.

Shen Yu exited again, opened Shuang Xu's dialog box, and confirmed that there was no new message.

After Shuang Xu went abroad, she had less contact with him. The child who used to follow him like a tail no longer shared many things with him.

The last time I took the initiative to send him a WeChat message was more than two months ago, saying “Happy New Year”.

But she didn't even inform him when she returned to China. Isn't that too much of a "rebellion"?

The secretary handed over a large financial bill. Shen Yu took the pen and signed it, his expression unchanged: "Why should I tell you?"

"Look at what you said. Shuang Xu is also my sister." Yue Zifeng was very excited. "Ask her out for dinner tonight. I haven't seen her for a long time. I miss her so much."

"Go find your own sister to eat."

"My sister is only seven years old. Should I eat the children's meal with her? It's not enough for me to eat."

"Then you should go see a dentist." Shen Yu hung up the phone directly, waved his finger lightly, and the secretary closed the door and left.

He called Shuang Xu.

Shuang Xu was about to leave the hospital when she received the call.

She naturally knew the reason why Shen Yu called at this time. While picking up the phone, she was thinking about how to explain why she came back without permission.

Shen Yu was the first to speak on the other end of the phone, his tone was casual and natural: "Are you back?"

"Yeah." Shuang Xu said, "Just arrived this afternoon."

"Why go to the hospital? Are you feeling unwell?"

Shen Yu's slow and steady speech calmed her heart, which had been restless since she boarded the plane.

"I'm fine, I just came to see my senior."

Shen Yu didn't say anything, just said: "Come home for dinner tonight. Send me the address and I'll send someone to pick you up."

Shuang Xu answered honestly: "Okay."

It was getting dark, and the city of Yan was still chilly in late spring. Shuang Xu tightened the collar of his windbreaker and stood by the roadside. Not long after waiting, the car arrived.

The driver went around to the back and respectfully opened the door for her: "Ms. Shuang Xu."

Shuang Xu handed the box to him and was about to get in the car when he saw the man sitting in the car.