“You’re something else, Xia Bing. I didn’t expect you to be so charming. Spill the details, who is this beautiful man? He’s definitely not inferior to Chen Haijun. Two men fighting for one woman, a love triangle…” Xiaoyu became more excited, completely ignoring Xia Bing’s somewhat dark expression.
“Liang Xiaoyu, can you be any more of a love-struck fool? It’s just two men, is it that big a deal?” Xia Bing couldn’t stand her friend’s infatuated look, walking aside. She didn’t want to be associated with Liang Xiaoyu, which would be truly embarrassing.
Liang Xiaoyu saw Xia Bing’s action and came over to poke her face, “Still the same ordinary face. I never thought that with this face, you could attract two top-tier handsome guys. I really underestimated you, the hardcore homebody.”
What ordinary face? There’s only one face in the world, isn’t it special enough? Xia Bing was used to her friend’s love-at-first-sight attitude, disregarding their shallow friendship. “Only Cheng Hui could tolerate a love-struck woman like you… truly wasting Cheng Hui…”
Social Elite
Liang Xiaoyu smiled, “Nice try, trying to change the subject!”
“When did you become so smart?” Xia Bing muttered involuntarily.
After Xia Bing confessed the basics Liang Xiaoyu wanted to know, she hoped to mooch a dinner. Unexpectedly, this unrighteous woman kicked her out after hearing the story, claiming she was a bright lightbulb.
Miss Liang still drove Xia Bing away, saying she should go meet someone quickly to avoid becoming an unwanted leftover woman.
Xia Bing wanted to say more, but Liang Xiaoyu had already gone. Watching her friend’s intimate moment with Cheng Hui, a hint of sourness flashed in her eyes before she left without another word.
Love doesn’t belong to whoever meets first, a notion Xia Bing deeply understood. Sometimes, she was afraid to face Liang Xiaoyu, though she knew Xiaoyu cared about her…
Her phone rang again, and Xia Bing suddenly lost interest, letting it ring.
After a pause, the phone rang again, repeatedly, seemingly persistent. Xia Bing finally answered.
“Stay there, I’ll be right over.”
Arriving at the hospital, Xia Bing saw Wen Auntie’s son sitting on the bench outside.
“Mo Yan, how is Wen Auntie doing?” Xia Bing looked at Mo Yan’s troubled face, wondering if Wen Auntie’s condition was not good.
“Sister Bing, the doctor said to go to the counter and pay,” Mo Yan stood up excitedly upon seeing Xia Bing.
Xia Bing nodded. Hospitals aren’t charities; payment is required upon admission. She comforted Mo Yan and asked him to wait while she went to pay.
Checking her pockets, she hadn’t brought much money. She thought about calling Cheng Hui and others but didn’t want to trouble them anymore…
“Excuse me, sir.” Xia Bing didn’t know when she’d become so bold, stopping a strange man who looked like a social elite from his attire.
Xia Hou Zun saw a petite figure blocking his path. Searching his memory, he was sure he didn’t know this woman and frowned slightly, looking displeased.
Xia Bing looked up at him. Normally, she would absolutely not speak to such a man. Not because he looked scary, but because of his domineering presence, giving an air of supreme self-importance.
Borrowing Money
Xia Hou Zun looked at the woman, “What is it?”
Just as Xia Bing expected, his voice was cold.
“My name is Xia Bing. Can you lend me some money?” Now was crucial, and she didn’t care about her dignity. Perhaps he would think she was trying to flirt.
The man looked at Xia Bing a few times, “Card or cash?”
Xia Bing didn’t expect borrowing money to be so smooth, “Two thousand would be fine.”
The man pulled out some money from his wallet, handed it to Xia Bing, and turned to leave.
Xia Bing took the money and ran after him, “Sir, wait a moment.” She borrowed a pen and paper from a passing nurse and quickly wrote down a string of numbers.
“This is my number. What’s yours?” She could tell this money meant nothing to the man, but she didn’t want to take advantage of him.
Men did not take the number, “No need.”
“Keep this number first, I will pay you back.” Xia Bing took the money and ran to the payment area.
Xia Hou Zun glanced at the paper stuffed into his hand. If this was her way of entangling him, she was indeed much more sophisticated than other gold-digging women.
Xia Hou Zun withdrew his gaze, crumpled the paper, and gently threw it into the trash can.
After registering with the money, Xia Bing returned to where Mo Yan was.
“How is it?” She looked as the nurse and doctor pushed someone out.
The doctor said the patient would be transferred to a general ward, “The patient is now stable.”
Xia Bing and Mo Yan followed.
After checking things out, Xia Bing went to ask the attending physician about Wen Yi’s condition. She learned from the doctor that Wen Yi had a heart attack due to a sudden shock. The doctor advised keeping the patient’s emotions calm and avoiding stimulation. Xia Bing nodded and returned to the ward.
Seeing Wen Yi was fine, she signaled Mo Yan to go outside.
“The doctor said Wen Yi’s heart attack was due to stimulation. What exactly happened?” Xia Bing looked at Mo Yan with a somewhat serious expression.
Mo Yan, unable to bear her gaze, confessed, “It was something about me that stimulated my mom.” He turned his head away.
“Mo Yan, you’re already twenty years old, a college student. Your thinking should be mature. What happened this time?” Xia Bing softened her tone.
Misunderstanding
Mo Yan slowly told Xia Bing the story. It turned out he had been taken to the police station due to some disputes. No wonder Wen Yi had a heart attack. Xia Bing shook her head.
“So you went to the police station to deal with hooligans. That’s not your fault. But why didn’t you call me? You could have asked me to help.” Xia Bing patted Mo Yan’s arm, “However, you also have some responsibility. Knowing that Wen Yi was worried about you and criticizing you, you should have calmed down and explained properly. After all, you’re mother and son.”
“Ice Sister, you’re nagging me just like my mom now,” Mo Yan laughed.
“You…” Xia Bing took out several hundred yuan and gave it to Mo Yan.
Mo Yan refused, saying he could earn money by working.
“Take it. At your age, you might want to date or spend money. Don’t argue with me, take it.” Xia Bing smiled contentedly hearing he was working, seeing he had indeed matured.
“Thank you, Sister,” Mo Yan accepted the money.
After chatting, Xia Bing saw it was getting late and told him to go home.
“I’ll stay and take care of my mom. I’ll apologize when she wakes up. I was really stupid to get angry with her,” Mo Yan reflected.
“It’s good that you know you were wrong. I’ll tell Wen Yi. Go back quickly. I can take care of things here,” Xia Bing persuaded him to return, mentioning he still needed to go to school.
Although something had happened, seeing Mo Yan more mature than before made Xia Bing happy. She finally advised him to call her if he had any issues in the future.
After sending Mo Yan off, Xia Bing returned to the ward.
Not long after, Wen Yi woke up.
“Wen Yi, you’re awake,” Xia Bing adjusted the bed to make her more comfortable.
“It’s almost dinner time. I’ll get some takeout. What would you like to eat?”
“I’m not hungry.”
“Wen Yi, if you’re not hungry now, you’ll be hungry later,” Xia Bing persuaded, worried about finding food at night.
“Just get something from the hospital,” Wen Yi didn’t want to trouble Xia Bing and suggested getting food from the hospital canteen.
Chatting
Xia Bing bought some light food from the canteen.
After eating, Xia Bing talked about Mo Yan, “He was worried sick. If I hadn’t sent him home, he would have stayed with you. He has to go to school tomorrow, so I made him go back.”
