It was still early. When Xie Xihe left Dawn Light, it was just a little after ten o'clock. She went to Chongyuan Pavilion to buy some food and then took a taxi back to the hospital.
As she expected, Mr. Xie did know that she had dropped out of Elite School, but it was not the school that called to inform him, but Xie Mingzhu "accidentally" mentioned it when she called to ask for money.
Xue Wanyu accompanied Mrs. Xie to the hospital to visit Mr. Xie. Not long after they sat down, they received a call from Xie Mingzhu.
She was a little surprised that her daughter called at this time. She said something to Madam Xie, then answered the phone and asked, "Mingzhu?"
Xie Mingzhu said "hmm": "Mom."
Xue Wanyu was puzzled: "Aren't you at school right now? Why are you calling now? Did something happen?"
Xie Mingzhu bit her lip and said, "I told the teacher that the school has launched a new online course. It's a column by a famous teacher from Tsinghua University. It's very helpful for the college entrance examination. She asked if we would like to subscribe."
Xue Wanyu understood and frowned slightly, but she still said in a soft voice, "As long as it helps your studies, then of course you should subscribe. How much is it? Mom will transfer it to you later."
Xie Mingzhu tightened her grip on the phone slightly, and her voice lowered: "Fifty thousand."
In fact, it was 21,000, but in order to shut the woman up that day, Sheng Zhihuan promised to give her 3 million as a hush money.
But the Sheng family was strict, and Sheng Zhihuan had a fixed amount of money he could freely spend on a daily basis. Most of it had been used up when he checked into the presidential suite that day, so he had very little money on him now.
He could only secretly borrow some money from his friends and find excuses to ask his parents for some, but now he is still short of nearly 200,000 yuan.
She did have some pocket money she had saved, but it was only a hundred thousand, which was nearly half the difference in filling the gap...
"Why is it so expensive? Weren't the previous courses around 10,000? How come it suddenly increased fivefold this time?"
Xue Wanyu's slightly tense voice came from the phone, bringing Xie Mingzhu back to her senses.
She pursed her lips and said the words she had thought of earlier: "Previous courses were all taught by famous teachers hired by the school and other universities, but this time the professor is so famous that even National Tsing Hua University can't ask him to teach online. So the school hired him after privately negotiating with him, so the price is naturally different."
So that's what's happening.
Although she thought the price was too high, Xue Wanyu trusted her daughter and didn't think much about it. She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Mom, I understand. I'll transfer it to you shortly."
Xie Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Thank you, Mom."
The two exchanged a few more words, and Xue Wanyu said, "I just arrived at the hospital. I have to go buy lunch for your grandfather first, so I won't talk to you for now."
Xie Mingzhu's heart moved slightly, and she immediately asked: "You are in the hospital? Then have you seen my aunt? Is grandpa okay?"
Xue Wanyu was confused for a moment, but in the next second, she vaguely guessed something.
He immediately swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth and said, "You are missing your grandpa, right? Wait a minute, I will put the phone on speakerphone, and you can talk to your grandpa yourself."
As he spoke, he pressed the hands-free button, handed the phone to Mr. Xie, and said with a smile: "Dad, it's Mingzhu calling. She is worried about your condition. You can say a few words to her."
Old Master Xie snorted softly, but his expression relaxed considerably. He cleared his throat and said slowly, "Grandpa is doing fine here, don't worry. Just focus on your studies. If you need to pay any fees, tell your mom. If you don't, tell Grandpa."
Xie Mingzhu was silent for a moment.
Mr. Xie frowned and asked, "Why aren't you talking?"
After waiting for a few more seconds, Xie Mingzhu's cautious voice finally came from the phone, and she asked with a hint of uncertainty: "Grandpa, didn't my aunt... go back to the hospital?"
Mr. Xie paused, his expression darkening visibly as he asked directly, "What happened to Xiaoxi?"
Xie Mingzhu's heart tightened, and she suddenly had the illusion that she was seen through, which made her feel uncomfortable all over.
Afraid that keeping it a secret would really arouse the old man's suspicion, he didn't dare hesitate any longer and immediately whispered, "It was just that today, as soon as my aunt arrived in the classroom, she had a conflict with Teacher Xiang. It was quite a quarrel. They even talked about switching classes, and then the two of them went to the teaching office."
"I don't know what happened afterwards, but not long ago, the school issued a notice saying...that my aunt had dropped out of Elite High School..."
Drop out...drop out of school?
Mr. Xie only felt a black screen in front of his eyes. Although he recovered immediately, his breathing was still a little rapid.
Old Madam Xie was startled and quickly picked up the water cup and fed him two sips, muttering, "You forgot you just had surgery and you're still on IV drip, and you're getting angry again. You really don't want to live, do you?"
In the end, he couldn't help it, and his voice was filled with resentment: "Why are you so angry? It's just one..."
The words stopped abruptly here, and Xie Bowen's eyes fell on her.
It was the same look she had in her memory the only time she had a falling out with Xie Bowen.
Cold and furious.
He has completely lost the elegant demeanor that others praise.
Madam Xie's expression suddenly froze.
When I came to my senses, I was overwhelmed with grievance and embarrassment.
He threw the cup onto the bedside table and angrily said, "If you have the guts, go spend your whole life with your precious daughter. Do you think I want to control you?"
After he finished speaking, he walked out of the ward, and unexpectedly ran into Xie Xihe who was walking towards him.
Old Madam Xie's expression became even uglier. She snorted heavily and walked past her.
Xie Xihe: “?”
However, her mother had been disliking her for a long time. Similar situations happened every now and then, and she was used to it, so she just glanced at her casually and continued walking forward.
The conversation in the ward continued.
Xie Mingzhu's voice revealed worry, and she said, "Grandpa, don't be angry for now. The most important thing now is to find out where my aunt has gone."
"It's been over three hours since she left the classroom. Normally, she should have returned to the hospital by now, but she hasn't..."
Xie Mingzhu bit her lip and said worriedly, "I'm just worried that something like this might happen suddenly. My aunt is in a bad mood. If something unexpected happens..."
"You're happy, aren't you?"
A sudden voice from the door interrupted Xie Mingzhu's words.
Xie Xihe walked slowly into the ward and casually snatched the phone from Old Man Xie's hand. He smiled and said, "When Xiang Weiwei and I had a conflict before, you didn't stand up to speak for me. But now you care about me. Xie Mingzhu, should I thank you for caring about me so much?"
"But," she chuckled, her tone quite nonchalant, "that's not necessary."
Xie Mingzhu's pupils suddenly shrank.
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