Chapter 16
"...The child died not long after birth."
Mr. Li said.
If he could, he would have preferred to keep this a secret for the rest of his life, but now it seems he has no choice but to tell.
He looked at his wife, and as she stared blankly, he said, "You had a difficult childbirth, and the baby's delivery was very difficult. After he was born, he only let out a weak cry before he stopped breathing..."
"The midwife said the baby had been stuck in the mother's womb for too long and was suffocating."
When Mr. Li talked about this, tears welled up in his eyes. He wiped them away and continued, "You were in very poor health at the time. You had postpartum hemorrhage and were in a daze all day. I didn't dare to tell you because I was afraid you couldn't bear it."
"Later, Sun Lan'er from next door came back from the city, carrying a child..."
Sun Lan'er was their neighbor. She was an extremely beautiful girl when she was young. She went out to work at a young age, but when she came back, she had a child who was obviously a newborn.
At that time, Sun Lan'er was not married, which means she was pregnant out of wedlock.
Pregnancy before marriage would be a subject of gossip and ridicule even today, let alone 32 years ago.
Mr. Li said, "Sun Lan'er didn't want to keep the child with her at the time. She was still young and didn't want to be held back by this child and ruin her life."
You know, things just happen so coincidentally. Their child died at birth, and coincidentally, Sun Lan'er came back with a child.
“Whenever you woke up, you kept thinking about the baby. I couldn’t help it. I was afraid you wouldn’t be able to cope if you found out the baby was dead, so after discussing it with Sun Lan’er, I brought the baby back…”
He looked at Ang Lee and sighed, "That child is you, Ang Lee."
Mr. Li was somewhat confused. He never expected that at the age of thirty-two, he would discover that he had such a complicated background.
“…Husband.” He Yun, who had just comforted Li’s mother, came over and hugged her husband, saying, “It’s okay, husband, I don’t mind that you’re not Mom and Dad’s child.”
Mr. Li forced a smile that looked more like a grimace and said, "Then thank you."
He Yun: "You're welcome!"
Hearing this conversation, the person filming couldn't help but glance in their direction: ...Isn't there something wrong with your conversation?
"Where did you bury that child?" Li's mother suddenly asked.
Mr. Li paused for a moment, then said, "It's under the osmanthus tree in our old family home... He's young, and I'm afraid if I bury him too far away, he'll be scared by himself."
Upon hearing this, Li's mother suddenly recalled something, and she murmured, "So, every time we went back to our hometown for the New Year, you made me water and fertilize that osmanthus tree myself, right?"
Mr. Li nodded: "Yes."
Li's mother looked somewhat dazed. She recalled the countless times she had stood under the osmanthus tree. She never imagined that she had been so close to her child, yet she had never known it.
Li's mother suddenly burst into tears. She cried so hard she almost collapsed, and could only squat on the ground, large tears falling from her eyes onto the smooth, clean floor, like shattered pieces of a mother's heart.
However, Mr. Li and his family soon realized something was wrong. They saw their mother's body suddenly go limp and fall to the ground. The family panicked and rushed to her side.
"...Mom, what's wrong? Don't scare me!" Mr. Li shouted.
"Aijuan? Wake up!" This was the voice of Li's father in despair.
"Ah!! Husband, what's wrong? Husband! Wake up! Don't die!" This was the voice of Mr. Li's wife, He Yun, shouting. But as she shouted, she suddenly pressed her forehead and said, "Why is my vision going black and white?"
The cameraman, carrying his equipment and standing in the corner, exclaimed: "What happened? Why are they all collapsed? Where are Xu Gui and Teacher Xu?"
Teacher Xu!!! Help!
At this moment, the word "collapse" was embodied on the face of the person filming.
Meanwhile, Xu Gui, who had run to the living room to make a phone call a few minutes earlier, was talking to the emergency call center operator on the other end of the line.
Staff member: "...You mean, four people are about to faint? But they haven't fainted yet?"
Xu Gui nodded seriously: "That's right!"
“Um,” the staff member hesitated, “I’d like to ask, how did you know they were going to faint later?” You can’t be a prophet, can you?
The next second, the staff heard the person on the other end say matter-of-factly, "Of course I figured it out! After all, I'm a fortune teller, there's nothing in this world I don't know!" The last sentence sounded very proud.
Staff: ...So, you've become proud of yourself, huh?
“Madam, I need to remind you,” the staff member began, “that if you maliciously dial the emergency number, you are not only wasting public resources, but you may also be suspected of the crime of disturbing public order, which could be…”
Before she could finish speaking, she heard panicked cries of "Wake up!" coming from the other end of the phone.
Just as the staff were wondering what was going on, they heard the woman on the phone say, "...Oh, they've fainted now!"
A question mark slowly appeared on the staff member's forehead.
*
Xu Gui peeked from the living room toward the kitchen and saw the cameraman frantically trying to get rid of the four people lying on the floor. As for the equipment, he had already placed it on the kitchen counter.
Upon seeing Xu Gui, the photographer's face lit up with relief, and he hurriedly called out, "Teacher Xu, come quickly and help! Their whole family has fainted for some reason..."
Xu Gui strolled in slowly and said, "Don't worry, I've already called for an ambulance!"
She walked closer and saw Mr. Li lying on the cold floor, his eyes half-open and half-closed, looking somewhat disoriented.
Xu Gui squatted down and muttered, "...I told you before that you would need my help, see! I wasn't wrong, was I?"
Her voice entered Mr. Li's ears somewhat slowly, and Mr. Li vaguely remembered what she had said before.
I just felt that you might need my help later...
Ah! So the master's offer of help really meant help! He was actually stating a fact?
Before Mr. Li fainted, only this one thought remained in his mind.
Mr. Li completely fainted, and even after he collapsed, a strange smile remained on his lips.
Xu Gui glanced at him, couldn't help but extend two fingers, gently turned his head to the side, and then quickly withdrew his hand.
"...You said you already called for emergency medical assistance?" the cameraman spoke up, voicing the question on everyone's mind: "When did you make the call?"
Xu Gui: "It was when you were listening intently to Mr. Li and his family recount their past, and you were moved to tears."
The person filming said, "...I didn't cry, okay?"
Xu Gui looked at him helplessly yet indulgently and said, "Alright, you didn't cry." As a beautiful and kind turtle, she had the tolerance to forgive human tantrums.
Follow-up video: I don't know why, even though things turned out the way I wanted, I still feel a little heartbroken. What should I do?
The entire Li family of four fainted. The person filming didn't dare to move them, fearing they might cause harm. Fortunately, the hospital ambulance arrived quickly. However, unexpectedly, two police officers also arrived with the ambulance.
The two police officers, with serious expressions, said, "...You are suspected of poisoning people. Please come with us."
The cameraman: "Huh?"
Xu Gui: ? ?
"...You humans, doing good deeds actually gets you arrested?" she asked the person filming her, looking at the camera with a wronged expression.
Cameraman: No, we humans aren't like that!!
That same evening, news of celebrity Xu's arrest quickly became a trending topic.
Xu Gui: QAQ.
At this moment, the show's director, unaware of what was about to happen, was leisurely sipping his milk tea while watching the show's popularity.
Without a doubt, their show is the hottest variety show right now. The star-studded lineup, whether famous or not, is full of handsome men and beautiful women. Their looks alone are enough to attract a large audience, not to mention that the show is also very entertaining.
Who doesn't enjoy watching handsome men and beautiful women work themselves to the bone to earn money? Especially young people today who are full of resentment about their jobs, they love seeing handsome men and beautiful women working themselves to the bone.
It can be said that their program was a dark horse even in the planning stage, and its popularity continued to rise after filming.
So, as the main person in charge of planning the program, the director was in a great mood. He was already thinking about which European country he would travel to after the program ended, or even a round-the-world trip would be nice.
But just then, the staff rushed in and shouted, "Director, something terrible has happened! Our guest has been taken away by the police!"
Director: "..." The sky has fallen.
At that moment, the director seemed to see his round-the-world travel plans flapping their wings and drifting away from him.
*
Xu Gui sat to one side, feeling wronged, and gesticulated wildly as he explained the misunderstanding to the police.
Fortunately, their live stream was on the whole time, and with tens of thousands of viewers in the live stream as witnesses, the police were finally convinced that it was a false alarm.
(Fearful version): Who knows? I almost got taken to the police station for questioning!
"...This, we are really sorry." The police officers apologized, feeling somewhat embarrassed. "When Ms. Xu called for emergency help, what she said was really misleading. She said the patient was about to be poisoned and fainted, and she even accurately predicted when the person would faint, so the officer who answered the phone thought she had poisoned the patient."
The young man's thinking was simple: if you didn't poison him, how could you know so clearly when he would faint?
Unexpectedly, the whole thing turned out to be a misunderstanding, leaving the police somewhat amused and exasperated.
After hearing this, the person following him suddenly turned to look at Xu Gui, their eyes filled with the thought, "So, it was you who did this?"
Xu Gui blinked, then guiltily looked away: It seems that it really was Gui who caused the misunderstanding.
Don't be fooled by the turtle; it doesn't know anything! The turtle is innocent!
The paparazzi sneered. Xu Gui heard it, and his guilty expression deepened. He looked left and right, but avoided looking at the paparazzi. His guilt was written all over his face.
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