"I already asked the doctor..." Xia Weiliang looked at the two of them and held up two fingers.
Song Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Two months?"
Xia Weiliang nodded.
Nuomi's expression also showed some emotion: "Alas, she's quite pitiful too."
The three of them squatted outside the hospital like this, staring blankly ahead.
"She said she wants to see Xia Yiran."
Xia Weiliang spoke up suddenly.
Song Yuan sneered: "Why bother seeing a daughter like that."
Nuomi said in a low voice: "To be honest, I admire this couple. What were they thinking? To stuff their own daughter into a wealthy family, and manage to get the crucial genetic testing done, fooling the Xia family parents into believing it! If this kind of courage and boldness were used for good, they would have already become outstanding representatives of private entrepreneurs!"
"The most pitiful is Liu Yaozong," Song Yuan said. "It's good that he still had a shred of humanity left to save Bao Fang."
Thinking of Liu Yaozong, Xia Weiliang rubbed her temples again.
"Liu Yaozong?"
Nuomi stood up and pointed at the person who rushed out of the hospital like a locomotive.
"Is he going to seek revenge on someone?"
Xia Weiliang and Song Yuan exchanged a glance. Song Yuan said helplessly, "Let's go."
"Okay!"
The three of them quickly got into the car and followed.
Liu Yaozong took a taxi all the way to the Xia family.
He couldn't get into the complex, so he stood at the entrance shouting, "Xia Yiran! Xia Yiran, come out! Xia Yiran!"
The security guards came to drive him away, but he ignored them and stood there shouting her name.
"Mom is dying! Do you hear me? Mom is dying!!"
Liu Yaozong roared, his whole body trembling uncontrollably. It was a fear from the depths of his heart.
The security guards contacted the Xia residence. Soon, Xia Yiran came out.
Seeing her brother, her first reaction was to glare at him fiercely, and whisper a warning: "Didn't I tell you not to come find me!"
Liu Yaozong clenched his fists, his eyes fixed on her: "Mom is dying, do you know?"
Xia Yiran turned her face away, pulled him to the side, crossed her arms, and said coldly, "I saw it on the news."
"She wants to see you."
The annoyance on her face flashed away: "Alright, I know. I'll schedule it, and I'll go to the hospital when I have time."
Liu Yaozong looked at her in disbelief: "Do you really think you are the Xia family's daughter? The person I told you about is Mom! The Mom who gave birth to you!!"
Xia Yiran panicked, and raised her hand to cover his mouth: "Why are you yelling! Liu Yaozong, I warn you, if my affairs are exposed, let alone them, you'll go to jail too! You're an accomplice if you don't report it!"
Liu Yaozong was stunned and took a step back subconsciously: "I'm not, I don't want to go to jail..."
"Then shut your mouth!"
After Xia Yiran yelled, she said impatiently, "You leave first, and don't come to me again. I'll go to the hospital."
"But, but I..."
"Still not leaving!"
Xia Yiran glared at him, then went in without looking back.
"Sister! Sister... Don't go, I, I don't know what to do alone..."
Liu Yaozong was anxious to follow, but was stopped by the security guards.
He could only grasp the iron gate, reaching out in vain.
Not far away, the three people who saw all this fell silent.
Liu Yaozong had been mooching off his parents, and after graduating from college, he hadn't accomplished anything significant. Instead, he had squandered more than half of the family's savings.
He was spoiled by his parents at home, unaware of life's hardships. Now, he was suddenly all alone, his mother seriously ill in the hospital, and his father a fugitive!
In the blink of an eye, he was the only one left in the world.
So, he came to find Xia Yiran, to find his only sister.
"Sister..."
He turned around crying, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand.
When he looked up and saw the person standing opposite him, he froze.
Xia Weiliang had her hands in her hoodie pockets, wearing a baseball cap, with an expression that said, "I can't f\*\*king believe this again..."
She glanced back at him and said impatiently, "What are you still standing there for?"
She turned and walked away, quite quickly, as if she was really afraid he would follow.
She told herself she would only ask once, and that was enough for her restless little heart!
Liu Yaozong suddenly reacted, sobbing as he followed, "Sister Weiwei..."
Liu Yaozong got into the car. Seeing Song Yuan and Xiao Nuomi, he greeted them while wiping his tears, "Hello, two sisters."
Seeing how pitifully he was crying, Nuomi handed him a packet of tissues: "Here, wipe your eyes."
"Oh!"
Xia Weiliang sat in the passenger seat, and Song Yuan drove.
After sending Liu Yaozong back to the hospital, he got out of the car and bowed deeply to Xia Weiliang, his eyes red. "Thank you, Sister Weiwei."
Then he ran inside without looking back.
They could still faintly hear his sobbing.
Xia Weiliang withdrew her gaze after a long time. "Let's go back."
—
Night.
Xia Yiran had just fallen asleep when she was woken up by her phone.
"Hello?"
She thought it was from the company, but to her surprise, it was a voice she knew all too well.
"My darling daughter, it's your daddy."
Xia Yiran sat up abruptly, her face turning pale. "Why are you calling me?"
"Heh heh... My good daughter, shouldn't your first question be how Daddy is doing? Have you stopped caring about Daddy since you became a rich young lady? Don't forget, with a single word from me, I can make you cease to be this 'Miss Xia'!"
Xia Yiran hated it, clutching the phone, getting out of bed and pacing barefoot on the floor.
"Where are you now?"
Liu Wan Quan didn't answer her question, but got straight to the point: "I need money."
Xia Yiran took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. "You know my situation, I..."
Liu Wan Quan interrupted her, "I want money!"
"Dad, you can't cause trouble yourself and then push me into a fiery pit! If I'm ruined too, who will you rely on in the future?"
"Heh heh, don't try to sweet-talk me! You're my daughter, how can I not know you? Stop the nonsense, I just want money!"
"...How much?"
"Three million."
"Are you crazy!"
Xia Yiran pulled at her hair and said angrily, "Where would I get that much money? Three thousand at most! If you don't want it, then don't take it!"
"Heh heh, I want three million, and you're giving me three thousand... My darling daughter, are you trying to fob off a beggar?"
Liu Wan Quan stopped talking nonsense and lowered his voice: "By tomorrow night, I want to see the money! Otherwise, you can forget about being a rich young lady. It's fine to be the daughter of a murderer."
"Wait a minute!"
The call hung up.
Xia Yiran quickly dialed again, but it was an invalid number.
"Ah!"
She let out a low growl, pacing anxiously in the room.
Three million...
Where would she get so much money?
After she was recognized by the Xia family, although Su Hui gave her a generous allowance, her expenses were also high!
She bought luxury goods and jewelry solely for appearances, and she didn't have much cash left!
It was too late to sell anything in one day!
Moreover, she couldn't possibly raise that much money!
Her steps halted, and she suddenly thought of something...