It rang only once before Su Mu's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"It's like the sun has risen in the west, you actually called me."
Hearing Su Mu's sarcastic voice, Xu Xiuzhen was so angry that she almost crushed her phone.
"You want child support? Come to Kurumada and we'll talk."
"You ran that far?"
"You're complaining about the distance when you can get the money?"
As soon as Xu Xiuzhen finished speaking, Su Mu's smug laughter came from the other end of the line.
"Hehehe, Xu Xiuzhen, others may not understand you, but how could I not understand you?"
"What do you mean?" Xu Xiuzhen became nervous.
Su Mu snorted and said, "I understand you as well as I understand myself! Because... you and I are the same kind of people! I've asked the Liao family so many times before, but you never agreed."
Now you suddenly say you're willing to pay child support... Xu Xiuzhen! Do you think I'm stupid? I, Su Mu, am a graduate student, not an illiterate like Zhou Chunhua who never even went to university!
"Tell me, why do you want to see me? I have no reason to see you if you don't tell the truth. After all, there are plenty of other ways to make money."
Even before this matter was mentioned, Xu Xiuzhen was still angry. But as soon as Su Mu brought it up, the anger that had been building up in Xu Xiuzhen's chest suddenly surged up.
He took a deep breath and forced himself to suppress his anger.
"Tell me, how much money do you want?" Xu Xiuzhen said through gritted teeth.
She didn't know how much Su Mu knew about her, but she knew Su Mu too well. From the moment this little bitch climbed into Nan Xing's bed, she had only one goal: money!
She must have known that she had met with Zhou Chunhua, which is why she started playing the game of demanding a higher price.
As for money... "Heh." We'll see if she's alive to spend it.
As Xu Xiuzhen's lips slowly curled up, Su Mu's smug laughter came from the other end of the phone again: "Hehe, Xu Xiuzhen, it seems you're not so stupid after all!"
"What a pity! You probably can't come up with a number that satisfies me right now. So, I think there's no need for us to meet..."
“I can produce it!” Xu Xiuzhen quickly interrupted.
That little bitch had planned everything all along.
"Hehehe, okay! Send me the address, prepare the money, and I'll leave tomorrow."
As soon as Su Mu finished speaking the last word, Xu Xiuzhen hung up the phone.
Now, every word Su Mu says sends her blood pressure soaring.
As she put her phone away, Xu Xiuzhen reached the entrance to the stairwell on the first floor. Looking at the people coming and going outside, she unconsciously pulled her collar up to cover her face.
She, Xu Xiuzhen, had lived with her head held high for so many years, but in the end, she became a wretched figure, hiding her true nature.
As she left the hospital, Xu Xiuzhen looked back at the inpatient department, clenching her teeth as she said, "The next time we meet will be when you're kneeling on the ground begging me."
After saying that, Xu Xiuzhen opened the taxi door and got in.
...
Meanwhile, Zhou Chunhua was still in the elevator when her phone suddenly rang.
On the screen, the caller ID reads "An Tai".
She hurriedly pressed the answer button, and An Tai's anxious shout came from the other end: "Where are you? I'm coming to pick you up!"
"I'm in the hospital elevator, what's wrong?"
"Come back quickly! Ah Yao is awake!"
Right here, the elevator doors opened.
Zhou Chunhua didn't even bother to hang up the phone; she rushed out of the elevator and headed straight for the ward.
In front of the ward, Tai'an was pacing anxiously back and forth.
Upon seeing her, Tai'an suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief and, before she could speak, pulled her into the ward.
“Ah Yao, look, I didn’t lie to you, she’s here.”
Tai'an pushed her forward, and she finally saw that Gu Yao was being held down by seven or eight nurses, and the doctor was holding a syringe in his hand.
"Flower...flower." Gu Yao's voice was hoarse, and his eyes were so red that they looked like they were about to bleed.
The nurses who had been holding Gu Yao down looked at each other, and then turned to the doctor next to them.
The doctor glanced at Gu Yao, put down the syringe, and said, "Since you've calmed down, there's no need for a sedative."
Tai'an glanced at her, said thank you, and saw the doctor out.
After everyone left, only she and Gu Yao remained in the ward.
At this moment, Zhou Chunhua looked at Gu Yao, who had regained consciousness, and was so excited that she didn't know what to say.
She just stared at Gu Yao, whose gaze was intense, as if he was afraid she would storm out the door at any moment.
"I... I thought you..." Gu Yao's hoarse voice was filled with indescribable sorrow and worry. His reddened eyes seemed to glisten with tears.
"I can't leave you here alone." She turned to pour herself a glass of water.
When they returned to the bedside, Gu Yao pulled her to sit on the bed and covered her hands tightly with his large hands.
The scalding heat seeped through her skin and into her bloodstream.
As a result, her heartbeat became exceptionally rapid due to the increased blood flow.
She unconsciously wanted to pull her hand back, but the next second, she stopped because of Gu Yao's sad gaze.
Seeing the tear welling up in Gu Yao's eye, her heart ached terribly.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" She frantically struggled free, put the water glass on the bedside table, and got up, saying, "I'll go call the doctor..." Before she could finish speaking, a force pulled her, causing her to lose her balance and crash into a hard embrace.
"Gu..."
"Don't talk! Just for a little while, let me hold you for a little while, it'll be over soon."
Gu Yao held her tightly in his arms.
She wanted to struggle, but Gu Yao's strength was so great that it seemed as if he wanted to shove her into his body, making her struggles seem insignificant.
"Don't move." Gu Yao's hoarse voice suddenly became deep and husky as it rang in her ear.
She could even feel Gu Yao's rapid and heavy breathing, like a heat wave crashing against her neck.
The ambiguous atmosphere sent a chill down her spine.
Goosebumps spread from the nape of my neck outwards.
In that brief moment, every hair on her body stood on end.
For some reason, her mind was like a pot of mush at that moment; she couldn't think, and she couldn't even control her body.
"I opened my eyes and didn't see you, didn't see Nini... I thought, I thought you didn't want me anymore! Huahua, please don't leave me, okay? Never leave me, okay?"
When Gu Yao's words, spoken in a daze, reached Zhou Chunhua's ears, her pupils trembled, and a scene from her childhood, almost identical to this moment, flashed through her mind.
The picture shows her as a child, with another boy also named Gu Yao.
He held her tightly, whispering those words in her ear.
Unconsciously, Zhou Chunhua silently repeated in her mind the words Gu Yao had said that day: "Although I am ill, I will do everything in my power to protect you. Believe me, I can do it."
At the same time, Gu Yao's hoarse voices said in unison, "Although I am ill, I will do everything in my power to protect you! Believe me, I can do it!"
It was him? Zhou Chunhua stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
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