"The old man will wake up tomorrow. He's been avoiding tonic foods for the past month, so don't give him any soup like today," said the speaker.
"Okay," Sì Yèchén agreed, looking at the sky. "I'll treat you to a meal."
"No need, I should go home now," said Qíngyán. It was probably already six or seven o'clock in the evening. She took her bag and checked her phone, which showed two missed calls from her mother.
Qíngyán quickly called her back. "Mom, sorry, I was busy earlier."
Sì Yèchén watched the girl make the call. Her eyes were shiny and bright, and her voice was soft and pleasant as she talked to her family.
"Okay, I'm heading back now. Goodbye." Qíngyán ended the call, and Sì Yèchén said softly, "I'll take you home."
"Can you drop me off at Xiangmi Park? I have a car parked in the underground garage there."
Xiangmi Park? It was still under construction and not yet open to the public. How did her car end up there? And how did she appear at the church earlier?
To him, the girl in front of him was like a mystery, impossible to figure out.
"I need to return something first." Qíngyán had borrowed a needle kit from Táng Yìyáng's office, as he was on duty today and still in his office.
After returning the kit to Táng Yìyáng, Qíngyán walked past Lù Nǎinai's ward and couldn't help but stop.
Lù Nǎinai was still hooked up to an IV, sleeping peacefully with her eyes closed.
Suddenly, a voice interrupted her thoughts. "Qíngyán, what are you doing here?"
Qíngyán turned to see a surprised Xú Àiqín and Lù Zhènhǎi standing nearby. They had received a call from the hospital that Lǎo Báitài's VIP ward was expiring and had come to renew it after dinner.
But they were surprised to see Qíngyán here.
Xú Àiqín was the first to react. "Aren't you supposed to be with your biological parents? Are you trying to find the old lady to plead with her to let you stay in Jing City? Stay at our house? Don't dream!"
Lù Zhènhǎi didn't expect to see her at the hospital either. "Yán Yán, what's going on? Didn't you leave with your family?"
"I don't think she ever left!" Xú Àiqín glared at Qíngyán with disgust. "She probably heard how difficult her family's situation is on the way home and couldn't take it, so she ran back here to find the old lady to plead for her!"
Did she think she could just freeload off the Lù family because the old lady treated her well?
"Get rid of her quickly!" Xu Aiqin tugged at Lu Zhenhai's clothes, indicating that he should act quickly.
Lu Zhenhai never expected to meet her here. He could only step forward and ask with a friendly tone, "Yan Yan, shall we talk? How much do you want?"
Looking at the face of her former family member, Qing Yan couldn't help but find it amusing, as her crimson lips curled up slightly. Was he trying to use money to get rid of her?
Seeing her remain silent, Lu Zhenhai took out a bank card from his pocket and said, "Here is 100,000 yuan. Take it, and the password is 123456."
"Zhenhai!" Xu Aiqin couldn't bear to see him being so generous and couldn't help but express her heartache. "Why are you giving her so much?"
Lu Zhenhai hinted with his eyes for her to stop talking. If he didn't give her more, how could she willingly leave?
Yesterday, she had stolen Yao Yao's ruby necklace worth 100,000 yuan. Now, there were 100,000 yuan in the bank card. She should leave, right?
Qing Yan's beautiful eyes were filled with a hint of sarcasm as she looked at the card in his hand. She neither took it nor said anything.
"What? Is it not enough?" Xu Aiqin said discontentedly. "I advise you to quit while you're ahead, otherwise, you'll end up with nothing!"
"Yan Yan, take it quickly... you won't need to visit grandma anymore in the future... hasn't dad told you before? Your family will be the priority in everything in the future!"
Lu Zhenhai tried to hand the bank card to her, but Qing Yan evaded it without leaving any trace.
"What are you trying to do? Are you waiting for Grandma to wake up and trying to deceive her emotions? Don't even dream about it!" Xu Aiqin didn't expect her to be so difficult to deal with. "Let me tell you, Grandma will have nothing to do with you in the future! Get out of here as far as possible."
"One billion," Qing Yan said with her lips slightly curled. "I might consider it."
"You, don't be delusional!" Xu Aiqin was almost driven to anger by her. "Why don't you rob a bank?"
"Why rob a bank when it's quicker to rob you guys?"
"You...you..." Xu Aiqin held her chest. She didn't expect this girl to be such a wolf in sheep's clothing. "I won't give you a penny, let alone one billion!"
Xu Aiqin took the bank card back and said, "If you don't leave now, I will have someone throw you out!"
"Oh, then please do."
"You...you... you're driving me crazy! What kind of VIP floor is this? Anyone can come in..." Xu Aiqin was about to go to the front desk.
"Qing Yan."
Suddenly, a man's voice caught their attention. Xu Aiqin looked up and saw a man at the end of the corridor looking in their direction, apparently calling out Qingyan's name. Although he was far away, she could tell he was a tall man with a strong presence.
Qingyan heard the voice and turned to look. She saw Si Yechen waiting for her and left with him without wasting any time with the other two.
"Who is that man?" Xu Aiqin looked suspiciously towards the end of the corridor. "Could it be her father? It's not possible, her father's voice couldn't be that young..."
"It should be her brother. Doesn't she have five unmarried brothers? Wasn't it said before that her grandmother was sick? Could he be staying at this hospital too?"
"Can they afford it?" Xu Aiqin watched them disappear at the end of the corridor and couldn't help but discuss it with Lu Zhenhai. "Zhenhai, we need to transfer the old lady to another hospital quickly. Otherwise, if that dead girl gets involved, it will be a big trouble!"
Lu Zhenhai also had this idea, but looking across the entire city, there was no hospital with medical resources as good as Jingkang Hospital. Only here could the old lady receive the best care.
"That dead girl is taking advantage of the fact that the old lady likes her... We can handle it, but we're afraid the old lady will be soft-hearted and let her come back to this family!"
Xu Aiqin remembered three months ago when the old lady found out that Qingyan was not her biological granddaughter, her heart couldn't bear it and she fainted. When she woke up, the old lady sternly stated that as long as she was alive, Qingyan was not allowed to leave this family. Anyone who made Qingyan leave would have a hard time with her!
Later, when Yao Yao came home, the old lady didn't give her any good looks. In her eyes and heart, there was only this non-blood related dead girl.