Chapter 207: Unable to Express Pain
Around seven in the evening, Yu Zhiming finished his work for the day.
He arrived at the hospital entrance and was somewhat surprised to find that it was Gu Qingning who drove over to pick him up.
"Sister Xiang Wan hasn't woken up yet, so I took the car keys and came to pick you up."
"Zhiming, am I considerate enough?"
Gu Qingning explained, pulled into the driveway, and said with a grin, "Zhiming, Sister Xiangwan finally has a boyfriend. I can report to my family now."
"From now on, your entire family's efforts to urge you to get married will be concentrated on you."
"Do you want to take our relationship a step further and upgrade it to almost boyfriend and girlfriend?"
Yu Zhiming glanced at the guy and snorted, "I've heard of prospective fiancées, but I haven't heard of prospective boyfriends or girlfriends."
Gu Qingning chuckled and said, "It's a relationship that's more than friends but less than lovers. It can also be called an ambiguous relationship."
Yu Zhiming rolled his eyes and said, "Don't worry about it. We are just ordinary friends at best, not even good friends."
"Also, my family won't rush me, at least not this year."
Gu Qingning pursed her lips and asked, "Zhiming, can you go out for dinner with me this Saturday night?"
"Is there something wrong?" Yu Zhiming asked back.
Gu Qingning said casually, "It's not a big deal. It's just a gathering of a few Gu family members of the same age."
"They all bring their partners to show off, but I'm going alone, which is really embarrassing."
"Zhiming, even if it means helping me personally."
Yu Zhiming simply refused and said, "No."
Gu Qingning snorted, "Zhiming, Big Sister did tell you to go shopping and play with me when you're free."
"Up to now, you have never accompanied me once."
"Tonight, I suddenly missed my elder sister's voice. I wanted to talk to her on the phone."
Faced with this naked threat, Yu Zhiming was very depressed and said coldly: "I'll just accompany you to have a meal."
Gu Qingning smiled and said, "It's just a meal. Just act cool and aloof. Don't bother with them..."
Gu Qingning drove to the vicinity of Zijinyuan Community, but instead of going back directly, he turned into the commercial street near the community.
"I went to the restaurant here to pick you up before and ordered a few dishes. It's the same restaurant where I had the steamed sea bass last time."
As they were talking, the car stopped in front of a restaurant and Gu Qingning got out and ran into the restaurant.
Yu Zhiming looked at the restaurant called "Baiwei Xiaochu" through the car window and found that the decoration was quite high-end and the facade looked quite grand and luxurious.
Five or six minutes later, Gu Qingning walked out of the restaurant with several disposable takeout boxes in each hand.
Yu Zhiming took the takeaway and Gu Qingning got into the car.
"Zhiming, I asked around and found out that the chef here is indeed related to the Baixian Pavilion you mentioned."
"It's said that the Baixian Pavilion has a new chef, and the original chef's apprentice and kitchen assistant are being marginalized, so they all came here..."
When Yu Zhiming returned to his residence in Zijinyuan, he saw that his fourth sister had already gotten up and tidied up the living room.
After a simple wash, Yu Zhiming sat down at the dining table and started having dinner with his fourth sister and Gu Qingning.
But he hadn't taken a few bites when he stood up and tightly closed the half-open window that allowed ventilation between the living room and the balcony.
"There's a crying kid in the building across the street. It's annoying!"
After hearing what Yu Zhiming said, Yu Xiangwan paid special attention to Gu Qingning and found that her expression did not change much, as if she didn't think of anything else. While she felt relieved, she was also a little worried.
Given the fifth child's sensitivity to sound, it will be difficult to have children in the future, and it will probably be very annoying.
Now we can only take one step at a time.
If the fifth sister really has a child, the worst that can happen is that she and her sisters will take turns to take care of the child for this guy.
I have to worry about my younger brother who I have taken care of since he was a child.
Thinking of Yu Xiangwan's future, she looked at Yu Zhiming again and met his gaze.
"Sister, what are Zhang Bai's plans for the future?"
Seeing Gu Qingning also looking at him with concern, Yu Xiangwan chuckled and said, "He has to go home to bury his mother and take care of some other things. It will probably take him ten days to half a month."
"He said that after returning to Binhai, instead of looking for a job, he should help me manage the short-term rental business and get it on track."
"Zhang Bai also said that this short-term rental business, with your support, Old Five, and backed by two major hospitals, Huashan Hospital and Ning'an Hospital, will develop steadily and steadily. Making a lot of money may not be easy, but buying a house and a car with this business is still possible."
When Yu Zhiming saw his fourth sister talking about that guy Zhang Bai with a happy expression on her face, he felt complicated, but also felt relieved and happy.
He finally accepted the fact that his fourth sister, after struggling with many choices, had finally found her true love...
Yu Xiangwan smiled again and said, "I'm preparing the information to register a company and formalize the short-term rental business."
"Old Five, I'll give you forty shares."
"Qing Ning, if you want to invest, I'll give you shares."
Yu Zhiming shook his head and said, "Sister, I don't want the shares of this company anymore. It's my duty to help you in any way I can."
Gu Qingning also declined, saying, "All my money is invested in your eldest nephew's company. I'm not able to help."
Yu Xiangwan glanced at Gu Qingning and said, "Qingning, are you out of money?"
"I've noticed that your clothes are all famous brands, the kind that cost thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan each."
"It's just that they think my business is too small and look down on it."
Seeing Yu Zhiming looking over, Gu Qingning quickly explained guiltily, "Sister Xiangwan, Zhiming, only one or two of my clothes are genuine. I just use them for show."
"As for the other clothes, you know, they're just imitations."
"The quality of the imitation is so good?" Yu Xiangwan didn't believe it.
Gu Qingning acted frank and said, "Sister Xiangwan, they say it's a high imitation, but it's actually authentic."
"Many big-brand clothes, shoes and hats are produced in our domestic factories, but they are sold through the channels of big-brand companies, so the prices go up suddenly."
"The goods that are secretly leaked from the manufacturer are genuine products that are sold as high-quality imitations, but the prices are much cheaper."
Yu Xiangwan's eyes widened as she asked excitedly, "Qingning, do you have a way to buy genuine products like this as imitations?"
Gu Qingning couldn't help feeling bitter.
She already knew what was going to happen next, but didn't dare show it. She nodded and said, "I met a sister before, and she told me some ways to buy it."
Yu Xiangwan roared, "I'm considered a boss now, so I have to buy a few suits to show off."
She then thought, "I also need to buy a few sets of clothes as gifts for my parents, three sisters, and nephews and nieces during the Chinese New Year."
"Old Five also needs a few."
"And Zhang Bai..."
Gu Qingning, who had so much trouble that she couldn't express it, could no longer maintain the relaxed expression on her face.
She interrupted vaguely, "Sister Xiang Wan, to prevent the brand from finding out, these high-end imitation clothes are sold secretly through collusion between insiders and outsiders, and the quantities are limited."
"Also, the prices are much cheaper, but they are still hundreds or thousands of yuan each. They are not as cheap as those sold at street stalls."
Yu Xiangwan groaned and said, "A few hundred or even a thousand is a great bargain compared to tens of thousands or even tens of thousands."
"Qing Ning, why don't you contact your sister first to see if you can still buy it? How many pieces can you buy?"
Gu Qingning replied sullenly, "Okay, once I've made the contact and confirmed everything, I'll tell Sister Xiang Wan."
Yu Zhiming felt that Gu Qingning was a little strange, but he didn't take it to heart and just focused on eating.
To be honest, although the food at Baiwei Xiaochu is not as good as Baixian Pavilion, it is still pretty good...
After dinner, Yu Xiangwan began to clear the table.
Gu Qingning got up and opened the living room window, hoping to dispel the smell of food from the room.
Yu Zhiming frowned, walked out of the living room and came to the corridor outside.
"Zhiming, what's wrong?"
Gu Qingning came to Yu Zhiming and followed his gaze towards the building in front.
It is almost eight o'clock in the evening, and the lights in the rooms of the building in front have already been turned on.
Gu Qingning could see many rooms with people walking around or children running around.
“That family!”
Yu Zhiming pointed and said, "Unit 2, seventh floor. That child is still crying. He's almost exhausted."
"Why is no one trying to comfort her?"
"Not normal?"
Gu Qingning looked in the direction of Yu Zhiming's finger and saw a not-so-bright light shining through the curtains, but no one was walking.
She also didn't hear the child crying.
"Perhaps, the child's parents deliberately didn't try to comfort him."
"Didn't a parenting expert say that if a child cries, unless they're hungry, have peed or defecated, or aren't feeling well, don't try to comfort them. Let the child know that crying is useless."
"That way, the child won't cry for no reason and it's annoying to listen to."
Yu Zhiming shook his head and said, "The parenting experts are wrong. Children can't speak. Crying is the most effective way for them to express their opinions and physical discomfort. Their cries cannot be suppressed."
After a pause, he added with concern, "This child is almost out of energy to cry. I think there's something wrong with his crying."
"I'm a little worried."
"Notify the property management to ask?" Gu Qingning suggested.
Yu Zhiming pondered and said, "Just call the police. The property management might drag their feet and not take it seriously."
"It's better to call the police. Even if it's just a false alarm, it's better than something really happening."
After making the decision, Yu Zhiming immediately returned to his room, picked up his mobile phone and called Deputy Director Jin Feng of the local police station.
He told Jin Feng about his concerns and the specific room where the child's crying came from.
Jin Feng said that he would ask his colleagues to come and check it out immediately.
After finishing the call with Jin Feng, Yu Zhiming received a call from Academician Yingtan before he even put down his phone.
"Doctor Yu, Dr. Kant's pancreas examination did find something wrong. There's an unexplained swelling at the front of the pancreas."
"Tissue puncture has been performed."
"The pathology results won't be out until tomorrow morning. It's likely cancer..."
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