To her surprise, the nurse handed her a form and said, "You've run out of money. You can only get your medication after you pay the bill."
Looking at the payment slip in his hand, Su Mu felt a tightness in his chest.
50,000!
Liao Nanxing hasn't even given her the 20,000 yuan she paid on Xu Xiuzhen's behalf last time, and now it's another 50,000 yuan...
If she and Liao Nanxing had used the money, she wouldn't have said anything.
But why should Xu Xiuzhen use the money that she herself is reluctant to spend?
After saying "okay," she turned and went to the stairwell to dial Liao Nanxing's number.
But the phone only answered with a mechanical female voice: "The number you dialed is currently switched off! Please try again later."
Su Mu frowned.
For seven years, day or night, there was never a time when I couldn't get through to Liao Nanxing on the phone.
I glanced at the time; it's the middle of the day, why would it be turned off?
With a lump in her throat, she still used her own money to pay for it first.
Back at the ICU entrance, she took a picture of the receipt and sent it to Liao Nanxing.
[Anan, focus on your work. I'll take care of things here, don't worry. The baby kicked me again today; he said he wants some sushi from Yuexi. Could you bring some when you come to visit me at noon? If you can't come, that's okay too; just let me know and I'll order takeout.]
After sending it, Su Mu's lips curled up in a smile.
Controlling Liao Nanxing is a piece of cake!
The thought that Liao Nanxing had gone through half the city just to buy her sushi made her feel much better.
...
On the other side, Liao Nanxing, upon receiving the WeChat message, felt extremely agitated.
I was up until midnight yesterday and only managed to get a few hours of sleep.
I came to school today with this face full of scratches, and my colleagues teased me quite a bit.
Although they didn't say anything offensive to his face, he could easily imagine what they were saying behind his back.
I don't want to talk, so I put my phone in airplane mode to get some peace and quiet.
Unexpectedly, Su Mu made him travel halfway around the city just to buy some sushi!
Is this because they think he's already embarrassed enough at school, and they want him to lose face halfway out of town?
He simply ordered takeout for Su Mu, turned off his phone, and tossed it into a drawer.
"Wow! I didn't see that wrong, did I? Our teacher Gu actually posted on WeChat Moments!"
Liao Nanxing looked toward the source of the sound.
In the blink of an eye, a group of people gathered together, chattering away.
"My goodness! What's wrong with Teacher Gu these past two days? She just posted one this morning, and now she's updated again! What's going on with someone who hasn't posted on WeChat Moments in twenty years?"
"Speaking of that note from this morning, do you think... our Teacher Gu is in love? Otherwise, why would she post on her WeChat Moments just to wait for someone in the parking lot?"
"Considering the one I just posted, it's almost certainly true!"
"Wow! It's so sweet! The pig's trotters that Teacher Gu picked out by hand must be especially delicious!"
"What kind of woman could make Teacher Gu wait for twenty years? I'm so envious."
After Liao Nanxing rolled his eyes at the group of infatuated girls, someone suddenly shouted.
"I've eaten at this restaurant before! I think it's right next to the neighborhood where Su Mu lives! I think Su Mu took the day off today? Oh my god!"
After a gasp, the chattering group fell silent instantly.
Someone's voice trembled: "Could Teacher Gu's mysterious girlfriend be Su Mu?"
"If it really is Su Mu, then the child in Su Mu's belly is..."
"Could it be... that the typical Mary Sue novel trope of the female lead running away pregnant and the male lead frantically chasing after her is actually playing out? Wow! Just thinking about it is so exciting!"
"Wait a minute, Professor Liao must know about this, right?"
Liao Nanxing raised an eyebrow, meeting the probing gazes of a group of women.
"Don't look at me! I don't know anything!"
He opened the drawer, took out his phone, pressed the power button, and left the office.
Frustrated, I stared at the screen that wouldn't light up for ages after I turned it on. For the first time in my life, I wanted to smash my phone.
I took out a cigarette, lit it, and the phone was turned on.
He quickly opened WeChat and found Gu Yao's profile picture.
Gu Yao is currently helping Zhou Chunhua with her lawsuit. Based on his understanding of Gu Yao, it's impossible for him to abandon his work and go on a date with some mysterious girlfriend.
Moreover, he couldn't understand why, even if Juliana asked someone to find Gu Yao, Gu Yao wasn't the kind of person who would take on this kind of thing.
And that day at the coffee shop, he noticed that Gu Yao's gaze towards Zhou Chunhua was strange.
As for what was wrong, he couldn't put his finger on it.
Click on Gu Yao's profile picture, then click on "Friends Circle" below the profile picture.
The top dish is a bowl of shredded pig's trotters, which looks very appetizing.
Caption: I've been looking forward to this day for so long.
The next picture shows the exit of an underground parking lot, where darkness and sunlight are separated by only a thin line.
Caption: I have the right to wait for her again.
As he continued, Liao Nanxing's brows furrowed instantly.
This was Gu Yao's first post on WeChat Moments, accompanied by a beautiful picture of a starry sky.
Caption: This time it's my turn to be your star.
Originally, this post on WeChat Moments didn't seem to contain any useful information.
But coincidentally, the date he posted this message on his WeChat Moments was the very day he met Zhou Chunhua at the coffee shop!
What a coincidence!
But his sixth sense told him that this seemingly unrelated post on social media was no coincidence.
He clicked on the picture and stared at it for a long time.
In the photo, under a sky full of stars, stands a building with countless lights.
From a photographic perspective, it's as if the person who took this photo returned home late at night after get off work, and one of the lights on in that building was lit specifically for him.
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