Qiao Wanwan composed herself and smiled, "Zaozao, don't meddle in adults' affairs. There must be a reason why Brother Lin Mo doesn't want you to know."
"Sis, I told you I'm not a child anymore!" Cheng Zaozao said anxiously. "You must be hiding something from me, right? Tell me!"
Qiao Wanwan took off her mask. "Zaozao, listen to me..."
"Sis, your face..." Cheng Zaozao stared at her face in shock, "Your face is healed!"
"Mm." Qiao Wanwan smiled brightly. "I told you secretly before, my face has been healed for a long time."
"I know, but you've never removed that scar." Cheng Zaozao couldn't hide her envy. "Sister, you're so beautiful..."
"What kind of reaction is that? We grew up together, of course you know what I look like."
"I know what you looked like when you were little, but you've changed so much!" Cheng Zaozao stared at her in a daze. "Sis, you're so beautiful..."
"Really?" Qiao Wanwan touched her face. "Won't people think I've had plastic surgery?"
Cheng Zaozao burst out laughing, "It's not impossible!"
The two sisters burst into laughter, filling the ward with joyful sounds.
As Qiao Wanwan smiled, her eyes began to sting. "Zaozao, your sister will definitely cure your illness."
Cheng Zaozao also choked up, "Sister, I don't want to be a burden to you."
“You have never been a burden. You should know that in this world, we are the only ones who depend on each other for survival.”
"Thank you, sis."
Qiao Wanwan hugged her, "Take good care of yourself, don't think about or worry about anything outside, your sister will definitely give you the best living environment."
"Um."
Cheng Zaozao didn't press Lin Mo further, which relieved Qiao Wanwan, as she had no idea how to explain it.
She ate something with Cheng Zaozao and then left.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Lin Mo checking the rooms.
Their eyes met, and both of them were stunned for a moment.
Qiao Wanwan quickly composed herself and was about to brush past him when Lin Mo's deep, gentle voice suddenly reached her ears, "Wanwan, I have something to say to you."
Qiao Wanwan stopped and turned to look at him. "Is it urgent? If not, I might have to go now."
Lin Mo frowned slightly and said, "It's urgent."
"Oh well."
"Wait for me a moment." Lin Mo instructed the doctor beside him, and soon led Qiao Wanwan to the rooftop of the hospital.
There were outdoor tables and chairs on the rooftop, and Lin Mo gestured, "Sit down."
"Thanks."
The two sat down facing each other, and Qiao Wanwan spoke first, "What's the matter? Tell me."
Lin Mo smiled faintly, "What, are you kicking me after I've served my purpose? Do you think I don't even have the right to see you anymore?"
Qiao Wanwan vehemently denied it, "Of course not."
"I thought that after you married Zhan Jingting, you lost yourself and stopped seeing other men."
“No, Zhan Jingting respects me a lot. He wouldn’t ask me to do that. It’s just…” Qiao Wanwan said carefully, “I think you need to calm down recently. Once you’ve calmed down, maybe our relationship can go back to what it was before.”
Lin Mo curled his lips, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "Wanwan, it seems you still don't understand. Even in the past, my feelings for you weren't pure."
Qiao Wanwan: "......"
She was momentarily speechless, clutching the hem of her clothes with her fingertips, and whispered, "Lin Mo, if you know me well enough, you should know that I don't play games, especially since I'm already married. So, things between us must be completely innocent."
Lin Mo scoffed, "So you had Zhan Jingting pay me a huge medical bill to buy out our relationship?"
Qiao Wanwan frowned. "What did you say? When did I sever our relationship?"
"It seems you are unaware that Zhan Jingting gave me a huge sum of money, amounting to ten figures, to thank me for helping you with the surgery. The only condition is that I must never appear in front of you again."
Qiao Wanwan was completely stunned. "...Then why did you call out to me just now?"
Lin Mo shrugged. "Because I didn't accept that money at all. Zhan Jingting underestimated me. And from this incident, I feel that he is not good enough for you, Wanwan. Can't you see that in his eyes, you can be measured by money? That's why he tried to bribe me. No matter how many people admire you in the future, he will deal with them in this way."
"To put it bluntly, Wanwan, in his heart, you are objectifiable. As long as he has enough money, he can keep you by his side."
"That's not how it is!" Qiao Wanwan argued firmly. "You don't need to sow discord here. I know very well how Zhan Jingting has treated me; he's not that kind of person!"
"Then what kind of person do you think he is?" Lin Mo countered. "You feel grateful because he doesn't mind your past, and you swear that if he never abandons you, you will be with him through thick and thin?"
"But Wanwan, when have I ever looked down on you?"
Qiao Wanwan felt as if a huge rock was pressing down on her chest, making her feel so uncomfortable that she was about to suffocate!
"Lin Mo, that's not how it is!" she explained with difficulty. "I admit that what happened in the past made me feel inferior, extremely inferior, but I didn't just accept someone who supposedly doesn't look down on me because of that."
"Even though I've had a child, it doesn't mean I'm not qualified to have love again. I accepted Zhan Jingting because of love, not because he doesn't mind my past. Can you understand that?"
"It's because I don't understand that I'm in so much pain!" Lin Mo laughed self-deprecatingly. "Wanwan, I can't accept that we've just passed each other by, I never can."
"Lin Mo, you're too stubborn." Qiao Wanwan looked at him. "If you continue to be so stubborn, you'll be unhappy, and I don't want you to be unhappy."
"But in your heart, Zhan Jingting's position is far greater than mine, so compared to him, my feelings are unimportant to you, right?"
Qiao Wanwan lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Lin Mo looked at her long hair blowing in the wind and felt his heart ache so much he could hardly breathe. "Wanwan, you've tacitly agreed."
Qiao Wanwan lowered her head even further, "I'm sorry..."
"I understand." Lin Mo closed his eyes in pain. "You can go now."
Qiao Wanwan slowly raised her head. "Lin Mo, if Zhan Jingting's act of giving you money insulted you, I can apologize to you on his behalf. I don't want to say things like I want to continue being friends with you, because that might hurt you. But I sincerely hope you are doing well, doing very well."
After speaking, Qiao Wanwan got up and left.
She had only taken two steps when a familiar figure suddenly appeared before her eyes!
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