Xu Qingran made no choice. She was a coward by nature, neither daring to challenge Song Qingyou nor daring to truly abandon her mother and stay in the capital.
She was used to being weak her whole life, and grew up under Song Ning's authority. No matter what she did, she always had to get Song Ning's approval before she could do it.
Xu Qingran didn't have even the slightest courage to resist Song Ning, but her long-standing habitual thinking ultimately led her to Song Ning's hospital room.
Song Ning lay on the bed, her figure growing thinner and thinner until she was just a skeleton, but a trace of her domineering aura could still be faintly seen.
Upon seeing Xu Qingran enter, she waved and asked while coughing, "Did you call your sister?"
Xu Qingran walked to the table and poured water for Song Ning: "I called, but she didn't answer."
Song Ning frowned and said, "Why didn't she answer? Give me her number. I want to ask her what she's been doing these past few days and why no one has come to transfer me to another hospital yet."
Xu Qingran listened quietly to her rambling.
“You called her but she didn’t answer, why don’t you go to the Song family to find her? She promised me before that you would be recognized as a member of the family. This matter should be resolved as soon as possible, it can’t be delayed any longer,” Song Ning said to herself.
Xu Qingran picked up a water glass and walked to the window, handing it to her: "Mom, have a glass of water first."
Song Ning sighed: "What exactly happened? Did something go wrong? Ever since you came in, you've looked... cough cough... distracted. What happened?"
Xu Qingran lowered her head and said, "Sister has changed her mind."
"What?" Song Ning asked in surprise.
She had been staying in the hospital for a while. Although she could feel that the medications had been reduced and there were whispers among the nurses, she had heard some of the rumors but had not wanted to confirm them. Today, when she suddenly heard Xu Qingran say that Song Qingyou had changed her mind, Song Ning felt more anger than surprise.
Xu Qingran kept her head down, saying, "My sister never intended for me to acknowledge my ancestry. She gave me two choices: first, for me to abandon you and stay in Beijing, leaving you to grow old alone in our hometown; second, for us to go home together, and for me to take care of you for the rest of my life, which would bankrupt me. And...and she's already stopped paying our hospital bills. I haven't been able to pay for days, and I had to sell the jade pendant to pay for it. But...but the hospital just said that my sister wants back the money we paid before. We still owe the hospital a lot of money. If we don't pay soon, Mom, we won't have the money for your surgery."
She took a deep breath and continued, "Mom, I won't abandon you..."
A surge of anger welled up in Song Ning's chest, and she hunched over, coughing incessantly as if she were trying to cough up her entire lungs.
Xu Qingran hurriedly patted her back, crying anxiously, "Mom, don't get agitated. At worst, we can just go home together. Isn't this how we've always gotten through things? Let's go home, Mom."
"Go back...cough cough cough...go back to what home!" Song Ning scolded, "The Song family is your home! My daughter is really something else, abandoning her own mother in the hospital. She's worth hundreds of billions but won't even pay a few hundred thousand for my medical bills. She's really my good daughter!"
Xu Qingran knelt by Song Ning's bedside, crying: "Mom, what are we going to do now? She made me quit all my jobs. Nobody wants me anywhere now. I can't do anything except go back to my hometown."
Song Ning tenderly patted Xu Qingran's head: "Good child, don't be afraid, Mom is here. Mom will fight to the death to get back the Song family's identity for you. Remember, you have my blood, Song Ning's blood, and it should be yours to have. This is not stealing, it is returning."
Xu Qingran closed her eyes, her heart trembling.
He ultimately fell silent.
In early summer, the weather can change in an instant. One moment the sun is shining brightly, and the next, dark clouds gather, and the sky is gloomy as if a torrential downpour is about to begin.
Song Qingyou had just returned from the company, and Fu Wenzhou, worried that she would get wet in the rain, carried her all the way home.
Welcome back to Song Qingyou and Fu Wenzhou's home.
The doorbell rang and the door opened.
Fu Wenzhou was reluctant to let her go. He put her on the sofa and carefully checked her body to make sure there were no wet spots. He was only slightly relieved after confirming that only the hem of her clothes was wet. He then went upstairs to find Song Qingyou a new nightgown for her to change into.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared outside the window; the rain came unexpectedly.
The window wasn't closed properly, and Song Qingyou felt a bit cold from the wind. She got up, put on the slippers Fu Wenzhou had given her, and went to close the window. Her phone pinged, and she glanced back but ignored it.
Only after turning off the door and confirming that no wind was getting in did I slowly turn back and turn on my phone.
It was an audio message sent by Fu Bei.
The date displayed is yesterday.
Song Qingyou listened to a segment of the audio, and upon hearing Song Ning's remarks, a mocking smile curled at the corner of her lips.
Biological mother? Good daughter?
It's really something to say.
Song Qingyou found it somewhat amusing. She turned off her phone, casually leaned back on the sofa, and rhythmically tapped the armrest next to her with her fingertips.
What should we do next?
Footsteps came from the stairs. Song Qingyou looked up, gave Fu Wenzhou a "shh" gesture, and then dialed a number.
Fu Bei answered the phone quickly.
"lady."
Song Qingyou asked softly, "Has Song Ning been discharged from the hospital?"
Fu Bei said, "She owed the hospital 110,000 yuan in medical fees. Since she couldn't pay, she had to be discharged. She left with Xu Qingran this morning."
"Where is it?"
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