Chapter 9 The Mother and Daughter

  Although the boxed meal had gone cold, she still ate it all up in order to get news of her mother. After finishing, she pressed on her stomach which was aching from eating too quickly and looked at Mu Tianyang: "Now... can you tell me?"

  Mu Tianyang looked at her for a while, then turned around and walked out: "Let's go!"

  Yan Qing followed him to the hospital. As soon as they arrived, she rushed to Xu Kewei's ward, but there was no sign of Xu Kewei on the bed.

  She was stunned for a moment, turned her head and asked: "Where's my mom?"

  "In a sterile operating room," Mu Tianyang said, "just had surgery this morning, very successful."

  "Where is the isolation ward?"

  Mu Tianyang turned around and followed her to the outside of the isolation ward, where she saw Xu Kewei wearing an oxygen mask, lying peacefully on the hospital bed.

  His hand reached out to touch her, but all he could touch was a cold pane of glass.

  "Mom..." She couldn't help but burst into tears, unable to control herself.

  "What's with the tears?" Mu Tianyang said, "You've seen enough, now leave."

  "I want to stay with her here."

  He gazed at her sharply: "Don't forget, you're mine now!"

  "Didn't it already happen last night—"

  "He sneered: 'You think one night is enough? You're not worth that much!'"

  Her feelings of shame and humiliation intensified, she lowered her head in distress, then said after a moment: "But my mother needs someone to take care of her..."

  "I've already arranged for her to have the best nurse!"

  "But..."

  "There's no 'but' about it!" Mu Tianyang said, "One more 'but', and I'll have her oxygen cut off and throw her into the trash heap. Let's see how long she lasts then!"

  She gazed at him with deep affection and resentment.

  "Sneer away! But don't forget, she was saved by me."

  She quietly lowered her head and followed his footsteps with a three-step pace.

  After leaving the hospital, Mu Tianyang drove to a Western restaurant.

  "You get off first and wait for me at the entrance, I'll go park the car," Mu Tianyang said.

  She was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "Oh..."

  He lifted her chin: "Don't think about running away, got it?"

  "... is." How did he know she wanted to run away?

  He grunted and shook her off: "Get down!"

  She slowly got out of the car and stood under the outer wall of the Western restaurant, watching him drive away. She looked at the open road and still wanted to run away. Thinking that Xu Kewei was still lying in the hospital bed, while she came to eat Western food... how sinful!

  At this time, she saw a familiar car coming over and walked over involuntarily.

  The car stopped in front of her, two women got out of the car, and then the car drove away, probably also to find a place to park.

  "Your dad's economic crisis is finally over, let's go buy that Cartier earring in a bit!" Xue Lina said, turning around and bumping into Wan Qing, unable to help but shout, "What are you doing? Are you blind?! - Ding Wanqing?!"

  "What are you doing here?" said another woman next to her, Ding Caiyan, with disgust.

  She gazed at them, they were her father's legitimate wives now, enjoying everything that should have belonged to her and her mother!

  "Is your mother dead?" Xue Lina asked with a mixture of gloating and malice, "What are you doing here?" As she spoke, she suddenly froze, her eyes scanning over her neck, and reached out to lift up her chin.

  Yan Qing pushed her away with one hand, his eyes full of anger.

  "Look what I see? Hickeys! Aren't you still in high school, and yet you're already dating, and it's so passionate?!"