No matter how much she wanted to die, she had to remember that her mother's illness was still the most important thing at that moment, and demanded her full attention.
She took a moment to calm herself down before walking toward Mo Chen's ward. But before she could enter, she saw a person sitting in front of Mo Chen's bed.
Chen Ziyi.
"I've already paid for Auntie's medical fees. It seems like the whole Zuo family isn't feeling well, so let's just rent a ward here," he said the moment she stepped through the door.
She found this funny. He hadn't minded hurting her before, but now he was playing the good guy. Why?
"No need. Just give me the bill. I'll pay you back later."
He frowned, an impetuous look in his eyes. "With what money? I know the Zuo family has none."
She felt Chen Ziyi's harsh words as sharply as ever.
She really loved him very much, but no matter how strong her love was, it would be worn down bit by bit by his capricious, harsh criticism and changeable nature.
When did he become this person she didn't know?
"Or will you pay me back by becoming my mistress?" Chen Ziyi's lips curled into a cruel smile. She felt a stab in her heart, but she smiled anyway.
"Young Master Chen, you're thinking too much. Since you insist on paying the hospital fees for your fiancé's sister's biological mother, I naturally have no objections. After all, we're related by blood. It's not unusual to pay the hospital bills of a family member."
The smile on Chen Ziyi's face disappeared and he looked at her coldly.
"Zuo Aiai, you know as well as I do that you pushed me into the arms of another woman. Did you not feel reluctant to part with me at all? Do you really think you can wipe away all of our history with just a few cold words?"
She did not say anything.
Taking her silence as a yes, he stood up abruptly. He left Mo Chen's ward, slamming the door behind him.
On his way out, she heard him say,
"You know perfectly well that you brought this on yourself!"
Yes, she did.
Even if he hadn't said it, she would have never forgotten it.
He was right, she had been the one to push him away.
She had trampled on his feelings in the past, just like he said.
She remembered Chen Ziyi's friend accusing her with bloodshot eyes,
"Zuo Aiai, would you even care if Ziyi died?"
What had she said at the time...?
"I didn't ask him to love me."
Time really was a magical thing. She'd almost forgotten that she had been so arrogant in the past.
Not long after Chen Ziyi left, his assistant, Zhu Ranqing, sent over the bill for the hospital fees that she had just asked for.
She looked at the sky-high medical fees and sighed faintly.
"Mr. Chen has asked me to say that miss should transfer the fees to his account within three days. If the settlement is not clear within three days, Mr. Chen will come to you personally to discuss the interest."
Chen Ziyi knew about her current financial situation, and he wasn't going to let her forget that he knew.
She and her mother were now penniless. Zuo Tianhao and Lin Huiyue, that horrid couple, were now busy with Zuo Yunyun's marriage to Chen Ziyi. Would she be able to get the money from them?
No matter what, she had to try.
"Thank you, Assistant Zhu," she said.
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She'd been kept at the hospital until late in the afternoon. Now, she decided to go to the Zuo family home and beg her father for money.
Anything to avoid owing Chen Ziyi a favor, especially now that he was Zuo Yunyun's fiancé.