"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"But...you've been so good to me, I really don't know how to repay you."
"If you really want to repay me, then live well. In the future, don't let yourself suffer even the slightest grievance, otherwise all my efforts will have been in vain." Ling Mo gently put his arm around Song Xingwan's shoulder, his words revealing a rare tenderness.
Qin Beiming stood silently by the door of the ward, his hands in his pockets, staring blankly at Ling Mo's back, his jealousy overflowing.
Right now, he wished he could transmigrate into Song Xingwan's body and personally experience the feeling of being carefully cared for by Ling Mo.
"Third Brother, stop looking and come in to play cards."
"Exactly. If you keep looking at her like this, you'll turn into a statue waiting for her husband."
Lu Jinjiu picked his teeth while crossing his legs and skillfully shuffled the cards with one hand.
"..."
Qin Beiming glanced back at the three people happily playing cards beside the still unconscious Huo Yunting and felt something was amiss.
However, he wasn't the kind of person who liked to wail and waile at the hospital bedside. After casually taking the playing cards that Lu Jinjiu handed him, he mechanically threw them out one after another.
"She likes women."
"She doesn't like women."
"She likes men."
"She doesn't like men."
...
With each card played, Qin Beiming would mutter a phrase in a cryptic manner, creating a very strange scene.
"Could Third Brother be possessed by an evil spirit?"
Having watched too many horror movies, Gu Tingbai noticed Qin Beiming's unusual behavior and darted behind Gu Nanfeng with a "whoosh," fearing that Qin Beiming's handsome face might suddenly conjure up something terrifying.
Lu Jinjiu immediately saw that Qin Beiming was troubled by matters of the heart, and smiled:
"Third Brother, it's rare for you to lose, and instead of thinking about how to make more money, you're thinking about these unrealistic things?"
On the other side of Huo Yunting's hospital bed, Yao Xiangli was looking at the group of people who were having a great time playing in front of Huo Yunting's bed with a sinister gaze. She almost lost her temper and started cursing.
His precious son just had surgery, and these heartless bastards actually have the nerve to play cards in front of his bedside?
Yao Xiangli grew angrier the more she thought about it. If it weren't for the Qin family behind Qin Beiming, she would definitely have turned the tables and kicked him out.
She silently endured it for about ten minutes, but seeing that they showed no sign of backing down, her head began to throb, and she finally mentioned it tactfully:
"Xiao Jiu, can you guys be quiet for a second?"
"I won again, haha! Third Brother lost 200,000 in this round. It's true that those who are successful in love are bound to be unsuccessful in gambling."
Lu Jinjiu had long sensed Yao Xiangli's dissatisfaction, but he had no choice but to pretend to be crazy.
The reason for doing this was entirely due to Huo Yunting's instruction.
In fact, after learning about Yao Xiangli's persecution of Song Xingwan over the years, Huo Yunting had considered severing his mother-son relationship with her.
However, Yao Xiangli habitually shifted all blame onto Song Xingwan. He was genuinely worried that after severing their mother-son relationship, Yao Xiangli would become even more unscrupulous in her revenge against Song Xingwan.
If it were anyone else, Huo Yunting could simply throw them into the sea to feed the fish. But facing his own mother, he felt utterly helpless.
If they can't make a move against her, and they can't stay by Song Xingwan's side 24/7, the situation will definitely be very passive.
That's why Huo Yunting thought of using his brothers as a shield.
If Yao Xiangli loses her temper and spontaneously starts a verbal battle with Lu Jinjiu and the others, then he can use this incident to openly "declare war" on her and, justifiably, sever his mother-son relationship with her...
At the same time, seeing that Lu Jinjiu and the others completely ignored her, Yao Xiangli instantly lost control of her emotions, crying and shouting for Huo Zhenhua, who had just entered the ward, to kick them all out:
"Zhenhua, look at Ah Ting's bunch of cronies! Ah Ting is so sick, and they still have the leisure to play cards and fool around. I reckon Xiao Jiu and the others must have gotten together with that little bitch Song Xingwan to try and kill our Ah Ting..."
Huo Zhenhua's face darkened instantly, and he coldly rebuked the incessantly chattering Yao Xiangli:
"Dr. Fu said that A-Ting will recover soon, and you're still standing by the bed crying. You're making A-Ting's perfectly healthy body feel bad because of your crying."
"But..."
Yao Xiangli originally had a fairly good impression of Lu Jinjiu and the others.
Seeing them so protective of Song Xingwan in front of the operating room today, my initial goodwill towards them vanished instantly.
"There are no 'buts'."
Huo Yunting suddenly opened his eyes, his voice unusually cold as he said:
"Mom, you've ruined all my hopes for the future and completely severed my future with Wanwan. Isn't that enough? Do you have to drive away all my friends one by one before you're satisfied?"
"That's not what Mom meant. Mom just feels that none of your friends genuinely care about you."
Huo Yunting closed his eyes with a hint of disappointment, his voice heavy and revealing an undeniable weariness.
“Over the years, you have only imposed your own will on me. If this is what you call care, I would rather not have it. Of course, if I had a choice, I would never choose to be your son.”
"Ah Ting, how could you say that? Mom is the one who loves you the most and cares about you the most."
Yao Xiangli didn't think she had done anything wrong at all and was still trying to get Huo Yunting to understand her.
"You've driven me to the brink of despair step by step, and this is what you call concern? Yao Xiangli, from now on, let's take care of ourselves."
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