Saturday arrived quickly. She and her older brother weren't going home this week because they had gone back to attend Hua Lin's wedding a couple of days ago, and it hadn't even been two days yet, so there was no need to make a fuss.
She planned to organize the sofa drawings over the weekend and then go see Ye Yifan on Monday.
Before school ended in the afternoon, Gu Xiaoxue came to find Hua Kai.
Hua Kai thought something had happened to Ye Yifan, so she rushed out in a hurry.
It turned out that it wasn't Ye Yifan's fault, but Meng Jing who called Gu Xiaoxue to ask him to convey her gratitude to Hua Kai. She was in the provincial capital for training these past two days and would have to come back next week to thank Hua Kai in person.
Hua Kai was indeed a little worried about Ye Yifan, so after talking about Meng Jing, she asked Gu Xiaoxue, "Has Ye Yifan been away on a business trip these past few days? It seems like I haven't seen him for several days."
Gu Xiaoxue shook her head calmly and said, "I haven't heard about it. He's probably busy at work. He's a grown man, how could he get lost? Sometimes we wouldn't contact each other for ten days or half a month. It's okay, don't worry. If you need to find him, just call him."
Hua Kai didn't dare to ask any more questions, thinking that she was probably overthinking it. After all, this person had their own things to do and couldn't come every day.
After school that evening, she went back to her rented apartment, but she wasn't in a good mood. She told her older brother she was going to read, but actually she was just lying in bed spacing out.
The next day, she finished drawing what she needed to draw and writing what she needed to write, and also assigned some tasks to her older brother, and that was the end of the day.
She originally wanted to call Ye Yifan to ask if he was free to come tomorrow, but then she thought it was the weekend and he might not be at work, so she decided to call him at noon tomorrow and ask him to come over in the evening so she could give him the drawings and proposals she had prepared.
Finally, it was noon on the second day. Hua Kai quickly packed up her books, left the classroom, called Ye Yifan first, and then went to eat.
She had just run to the school gate when she saw Gu Xiaoxue standing by the roadside, carrying a basin and a thermos, hailing a taxi.
Looking at the things he was carrying, she felt something was off, so she went over and asked, "Director Gu, what are you going to do with all this?"
When Gu Xiaoxue saw that it was a flower, she sighed and said, "Oh, someone in Fan's family is sick, and he's at the hospital taking care of him. I'm bringing him some daily necessities."
Hua Kai knew about Ye Yifan's situation, and she also knew that Gu Xiaoxue knew about it.
Ye Yifan's biological parents live in the provincial capital. If something happens there, he should go back to the provincial capital and have Gu Xiaoxue deliver the things. So, the matter here should be his adoptive parents, right?
So Hua Kai asked Gu Xiaoxue, "Is this about Ye Yifan's adoptive parents?"
Gu Xiaoxue understood from this that Hua Kai knew about Fan Ge's family affairs. That made sense, given their close relationship, it was normal for her to tell him.
Wait a minute, just now Hua Kai called Ye Yifan by his name, not Captain Ye. When did this title change? How come I didn't notice it before?
Fortunately, Hua Kai is a girl, and among Fan Ge's male friends, she will always be the best. Thinking about this, Gu Xiaoxue felt a little proud.
Hua Kai looked at Gu Xiaoxue, who was lost in thought, and asked, "Captain Gu, what are you thinking about?"
Gu Xiaoxue then pulled herself back to reality and said, "I wasn't thinking about anything. You already know about Fan Ge's situation, so I don't need to hide it from you anymore. The one who's in the hospital is Fan Ge's adoptive father. He said he has a headache and came to the city for a checkup. He needs to stay in the hospital for a few days."
"It doesn't make sense that the adoptive father has to stay with him at the hospital. Aren't there many children over there?"
"It wasn't that his adoptive mother went to Fan Ge's workplace crying and shouting, but there was nothing she could do. You know that although Fan Ge looks cold, he's not cold-hearted. He said that his adoptive parents had raised him for more than ten years, and although they weren't good to him, they didn't abuse him either, so he went there."
“I’ll go with you to take a look. You men see things differently than women. I just feel this is strange.”
“If Brother Fan sees it, you must say that you wanted to come on your own. Brother Fan didn’t tell me to tell you.”
“We just happened to run into each other, it wasn’t you who specifically told me. Besides, I had something else to discuss with him.”
"Flower Blossom, you're really a good friend."
As they were talking, a taxi stopped in front of them, and the two got in with their things.
The car ride wasn't long, but Gu Xiaoxue gave Hua Kai a general overview of the relationships between Ye Yifan's adoptive father and other family members.
However, the journey wasn't far, so they didn't say too much. All they knew was that the adoptive father was named Fang Changliang, the adoptive mother was named Li Lanfang, their youngest son was named Fang Baobao, and there was a fifth sister named Fang Honghong who was very annoying. They told Huakai not to pay any attention to her.
They soon arrived at the hospital entrance. Hua Kai bought a fruit basket, as it wouldn't be appropriate to visit patients empty-handed, so the two of them went into the inpatient building together.
Following the address Ye Yifan gave Gu Xiaoxue, they arrived at the ward on the third floor of the inpatient department, asked a nurse, and found the ward.
When they arrived at the door, it was open, revealing a double room. However, the bed next to the door was empty. Inside, a man in his fifties was lying on the bed, half-reclining and eating an orange. This man must be Ye Yifan's adoptive father, Fang Changliang.
At this moment, Ye Yifan was sitting by the window, not facing inside, but looking out.
Hua Kai knocked on the door: "Ye Yifan."
Hearing the sound of flowers blooming, Ye Yifan turned around and stood up abruptly: "Why are you here?"
After saying that, she saw Gu Xiaoxue behind her: "Xiaoxue, did you tell Huakai?"
Hua Kai quickly replied, "It wasn't Director Gu who specifically told me. I saw him downstairs just now and asked him."
The man in the hospital bed stared intently at the blooming flowers for a while before asking Ye Yifan, "Who is this?"
Ye Yifan said, "This is my friend."
He didn't want to talk too much about Huakai to his adoptive father, because he knew his adoptive parents' side of the family, and less contact would be good for Huakai.
Hua Kai politely approached and said, "Hello, Uncle Fang, my name is Hua Kai, a friend of Ye Yifan." After saying that, she placed the fruit basket and the things she had helped Gu Xiaoxue carry on the table.
Looking at the blooming flowers, Fang Changliang asked with a scrutinizing gaze, "You're quite a bit younger than Xiao Fan, aren't you? When did you two start dating?"
Ye Yifan quickly said, "Hua Kai is my friend, it's not what you think, she's still a student."
Upon hearing Ye Yifan's words, Fang Changliang put down the oranges in his hand and looked at the blooming flowers with a happy expression: "How old are you, young lady? How many people are in your family?"
Hua Kai felt that there was something wrong with this person's eyes, so she said that she was seventeen years old, without mentioning anything about her family.
After hearing Hua Kai's age, Fang Changliang said, "Seventeen, that's good. You're still in school? What's the point of going to school?"
Ye Yifan interrupted Fang Changliang: "Fang Dad, Huakai has to go to school this afternoon. Let Xiaoxue keep you company for a while. I'll take her out."
Fang Changliang looked at Ye Yifan and said, "Look at you, kid. The girl hasn't even said she has anything to do yet. Let me talk to her a bit more."
Hua Kai sensed that Ye Yifan wanted to see her off, so she said to Fang Changliang, "Uncle Fang, I really have to go back to class. I'll come see you another day."
At this moment, a woman in her fifties, who was a little overweight, walked in: "Xiao Fan, have some friends come?" This woman was Li Lanfang, Ye Yifan's adoptive mother.
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