Jiang Xiaoli and the others stayed by Hu Jingxin's bedside until Hu's mother woke up around 8 p.m.
She glanced at her daughter beside her, whose eyes were swollen from crying, and said in a hoarse voice, "Xin Xin, I'm sorry."
Hu Jingxin quickly shook her head, "Mom, listen to me first! I know you're very sad about Dad's passing, but have you thought about what will happen to me if you go with him right after he leaves? I'm telling you this now: if you still can't accept it, I'll go with you and Dad after your funeral!"
"No!" Mrs. Hu looked a little flustered. After a moment of silence, she nodded. "Xin Xin, don't worry, I won't do anything rash again."
Hu Jingxin finally stopped crying and smiled. She rushed over and hugged her mother. "Mom, what I said earlier was true. When I saw you lying in bed at noon, my first thought was that if you left, I would go with you! Dad is gone now, please don't leave me behind."
Mrs. Hu reached out and wiped away her tears. "Darling, I'm sorry, it was Mom's fault."
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaoli pulled the others out of the ward. "Xin Xin should be fine now. You guys go back to the hotel and rest. You've all been exhausted these past two days."
Yan Chengcheng hesitated for a moment, "Xiao Li, you haven't had a proper rest these past two days. I'll let you stay and go back to get some sleep."
Zong Jiayu also spoke up, "Yes, you've only slept a few hours these past two days. Auntie is doing much better now, so take care of yourself first. I'll stay here with Dayuan."
Zhong Yuan overheard this as he came out of the ward. He quickly said, "Brother Zong, you should take the girls back to rest. Auntie is feeling much better now. There are doctors and nurses at the hospital. I'll stay with Xin Xin. I'll call you if anything happens!"
The group stopped arguing and Jiang Xiaoli said, "Then let's go back to the hotel first and bring you breakfast tomorrow morning!"
Instead of staying at the Hu family's house, the two of them went to a hotel with Ren Zhiyi and the others and booked a room.
Just as I finished washing up in my room, there was a knock on the door. It was Chang Yue.
She was carrying two bags. "These are clothes that the manager of 'Five' store sent me. Zong Jiayu's clothes are just random ones I asked the manager to pick out. You'll have to make do with these for now."
Jiang Xiaoli chuckled, "Thanks!"
The three of them came to Shanghai in a hurry and didn't bring anything. These past two days, she's been able to wear Hu Jingxin's clothes, but Zong Jia and Zhong Yuan can only wear Hu's father's clothes, which don't fit them at all.
She closed the door, took out the men's clothing, and held it up against Zong Jiayu. "It seems it's time for '307' to put opening a men's clothing line on the agenda."
Zong Jia chuckled lightly, "Is Chairman Jiang's goal that everything within his sight—food, clothing, shelter, and transportation—is his own company's product?"
She thought for a moment and smiled, "That is indeed a great dream, but the chances of it coming true are too small."
"Mmm." Zong Jia sat on the edge of the bed and pulled her into his arms. "Then let's not think about so much for now, and get a good night's sleep?"
She kicked off her slippers, snuggled into his arms, and said, "Mmm, let's sleep."
"Hehe." Zong Jiayu pulled her down onto the bed and reached out to tidy her hair. "You've been through so much these past few days, Little Pear, go to sleep."
Perhaps they were really tired these past two days, because the two of them fell asleep quickly while cuddling.
The next morning at 6 a.m., they were woken up by Zhong Yuan's phone call. Jiang Xiaoli saw the caller's name and said nervously, "Answer it quickly, is something wrong that you're calling so early!"
Zhong Yuan then said on the phone, "Brother Zong, I'll send you an address. Could you help me buy breakfast there? Xin Xin loves their pan-fried buns!"
The two people on the other end of the phone were speechless. Jiang Xiaoli rubbed her temples. "Brother Yuan, you called just to order food?"
Zhong Yuan replied, "Yes! Little Pear, if I hadn't been worried about Xin Xin being asleep, I would have gone to buy it myself! Thank you so much! Get up quickly, that store is very popular, if you go late you'll have to wait in line for a long time to buy it!"
She took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and said, "I know!" before decisively hanging up the phone.
She tossed her phone onto the bed and buried her face in the soft pillow, trying to continue the dream she had just had.
After trying for two minutes, she resignedly sat up. "Let's go, let's go. I want to see what kind of pan-fried dumplings are so delicious!"
Zong Jiayu tidied her messy hair. "Okay, you can go back to sleep. I'll go buy it."
Jiang Xiaoli hesitated for a moment, then got up and started packing. "Never mind, I can't sleep either, let's go together."
When I told the taxi driver the address after leaving the hotel, he praised me, "Wow, you guys have good taste! This pan-fried bun place is a long-established brand!"
When we arrived at the store at 6:40, there was already a long queue outside.
Jiang Xiaoli linked arms with Zong Jiayu, "Seeing the queue reminds me of when 'Guizhi Steamed Buns' first opened; there were so many people there!"
Zong Jia was about to agree with her when she looked up and saw a breakfast shop not far away that was full of people.
He chuckled and pointed, "Little Pear, look, our 'Osmanthus Bun Shop' isn't doing badly anymore."
Jiang Xiaoli looked in the direction he was pointing and couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Hey! It really is!"
She let go of Zong Jiayu's arm. "While you're standing here in line, I suddenly really miss spicy eggplant buns!"
As the two of them were hailing a taxi with two large bags of breakfast in their arms, Ren Zhiyi called, "Xiao Li, where are you? No one answers the door."
She smiled and said, "We've gone out to buy breakfast. See you at the hospital!"
Hu Jingxin felt a little embarrassed when she saw the packaging of the pan-fried buns. "Xiao Li, thank you so much. I didn't know A Yuan had you queuing up so early in the morning..."
Jiang Xiaoli waved her hand with a smile, "It's nothing, it's nothing. I used to cause a lot of trouble for Brother Yuan. What goes around comes around. Besides, I got to eat my own family's steamed buns!"
Zhong Yuan took a bite of pan-fried bun and a bite of steamed bun, "Little Pear, isn't this a coincidence? Our steamed bun shop is right next door!"
She wiped her greasy hands. "After the branches opened in various places, I only looked at the sales data and didn't really pay attention to where they were located. It was a pleasant surprise to see them today."
After they finished eating, Hu Jingxin advised, "Xiao Li, you should go back to Kyoto first. You're all so busy. My matter has already taken up a lot of your time. From now on, I'll have to rely on myself here."
Jiang Xiaoli frowned. "Xin Xin, you compensated the family in time for the fire accident, but there are still many things to deal with afterward. Your grandparents and your second uncle together own more than 30% of the shares. They definitely won't give up on taking over the company. How can you manage alone!"
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