She didn't speak and frankly, she didn't know what else she should say. Her eyes widened as she looked despairingly at the man's back that seemed way too stiff and cold. When the man walked further away, she heard him say icily, "I'll send someone to look after you."
Then, the man disappeared from view and his footsteps grew more distant until they could no longer be heard.
He Xiyan slumped against the hospital bed like a fool and her lips were pursed so tightly that they were pale while a layer of sweat had formed over her fingers that she had gripped tightly together.
Ms. Li walked over and patted her shoulder sympathetically.
"Miss He, do you want to call him back?" Ms. Li said doubtfully. She couldn't understand what this young woman had been through. Her two ex-husbands had both seemed like they were from rich families.
