Meanwhile, on the other side.
Shi Ran had appeared on the second floor at that time for a blood draw and test. After receiving the results, seeing that the child was temporarily out of danger, Shi Ran completed the discharge procedures with Yuan Wei, who had arrived shortly after, and drove away.
In the car, Yuan Wei glared at Shi Ran, a mixture of anger and helplessness in his eyes. "Can you tell me beforehand if something happens? Do you know how dangerous it is for you to be out alone?"
Shi Ran sat in the passenger seat, a bitter smile tugging at her lips. "I just thought you've been working very hard lately and wanted you to have a good night's sleep. Once you woke up, I would have told you."
Shi Ran wasn't deliberately hiding anything from Yuan Wei, she just didn't want to disturb him late at night.
"Forget it, forget it. You're pregnant, I'm too lazy to argue with you," Yuan Wei waved his hand and continued driving. "Where are we going now?"
"Hmm..." Shi Ran thought for a moment, Tang Si's face appearing in her mind. Her heart couldn't help but pound. "I want to leave Lancheng now."
Yes, leave Lancheng.
Leave Tang Si.
She no longer wanted to see Tang Si in her world.
"Okay, we'll leave now."
Yuan Wei's eyes lit up, his face radiating unconcealed joy.
He was eager for Shi Ran to leave Lancheng immediately and go with him to a place where no one could find them.
"Then let's go now, take the provincial road, and we can take turns driving." Shi Ran suggested.
"Fine, I'll listen to you."
Yuan Wei readily agreed.
...
Qinxin Residence.
In the dining room, everyone sat together for a meal. Although Qing Muyue was absent, with Madam Qing and the Meng Tianhua couple present, everyone put on forced smiles, and the atmosphere was quite lively.
Tang Si held a glass of wine, clinked glasses with them, and took a sip of red wine.
Suddenly, his right eyelid began to twitch uncontrollably.
Tang Si furrowed his brow, a bad premonition arising. He thought of Shi Ran at the hospital and couldn't put his mind at ease. "You all eat first, I'm going out to make a phone call."
"Go ahead," Lu Yanming said.
He stood up and left.
Seeing him leave, Shen Liannuo shifted her seat, occupying the spot Tang Si had just vacated. Holding a glass of red wine, she said, "Come on, Lu Yanming, let's have a drink. Jing Wei doesn't drink with me, and it's lonely drinking alone."
Lu Yanming glanced at her sideways. "Aren't you forgetting I'm a patient, Miss Shen? Please spare me."
He had been injured in Country C that time and had not yet fully recovered, needing further rest.
"Tsk, you're still bringing up that little injury? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?" Shen Liannuo curled her lips, giving him a dismissive glance. She clinked her wine glass with his. "I'll drink to you first, if you don't drink, you're looking down on me."
Her words made everyone at the table burst into laughter.
"Miss Liannuo has a very straightforward personality," Du Juan said with a smile.
Madam Qing clapped her hands, as delighted as a child, and chuckled, "Oh, oh, oh, wonderful, wonderful, Yuying is so capable, my daughter is so amazing."
Her mind was still confused, mistaking Shen Liannuo for her daughter Qing Yuying, who had been missing for many years.
Aunt Chen, sitting beside them, quickly explained, "Miss Shen, please don't mind, the elderly madam misses her daughter."
Shen Liannuo smiled and waved her hand. "It's fine." She stood up, walked around the round dining table to behind Madam Qing, holding her wine glass in one hand and putting her arm around Madam Qing's neck. "Come, Grandma, I'll toast you, okay?"
She clinked her red wine against the freshly squeezed orange juice in Madam Qing's glass.