After a long while, Su Ru’an let out a light sigh: "If you like him, just spend time with him properly. No matter what, you still have your second brother."
He took out a wallet from the bedside table and handed her a card: "Take this. You can’t always spend a man’s money; otherwise, you won’t have any confidence if you ever argue."
Su Ruanruan’s eyes were sore and dry, and the sadness in her heart had reached its extreme.
If it weren’t for the need to uncover the truth, she truly wished to go abroad with her second brother to live.
But now, all she could do was watch as her second brother felt disappointed in her.
Holding the card, she could no longer utter any words of refusal.
Su Ru’an didn’t keep her for long, letting her go back after about an hour.
When Su Ruanruan left the hospital room, her eyes were red as if she were a little rabbit.
She was distracted, and unusually careless, accidentally bumping into someone when entering the elevator.
Only hearing a woman’s light exclamation, she looked up.
It turned out to be Mrs. Gu.
Mrs. Gu was also surprised, followed by a bit of delight.
"It’s Ruanruan, what brings you to the hospital? Are you feeling unwell?"
Mrs. Gu was extremely concerned.
Su Ruanruan felt somewhat uncomfortable and quietly said: "I came to see my second brother."
Mrs. Gu suggested meeting him.
Su Ruanruan couldn’t possibly let her see him and tactfully declined.
As Mrs. Gu genuinely liked her, she then invited her to have a cup of coffee.
Mrs. Gu was kind and unpretentious, and after hesitating for a moment, Su Ruanruan agreed.
Presently, the two went to a rather nice cafe. Mrs. Gu brought attendants, who waited nearby.
Seated and having ordered coffee, the noblewoman looked across at the young lady more and more fondly but also with increasing melancholy.
If her daughter were with her, she would be about the same age as Ruanruan.
Her expression turned desolate, and an attendant murmured beside her: "Madam, Miss Su is still here."
Mrs. Gu snapped back to reality, apologetically saying: "I’m sorry Ruanruan."
Su Ruanruan shook her head.
It was still Mrs. Gu’s attendant who softly spoke: "Madam is not in good spirits today."
Probably because she took a liking to Su Ruanruan, the middle-aged woman added: "Ever since the little miss disappeared, madam has not been well and frequently needs to visit the hospital."
Upon hearing this, Su Ruanruan felt a soft sympathy in her heart.
Young and unsure how to comfort this noblewoman before her, she simply placed her small hand on the back of Mrs. Gu’s hand.
Mrs. Gu found comfort, patting her small hand and whispering, "That year, not long after I gave birth, the child was taken away by someone."
"The child was very beautiful from birth. Her father named her Yunxi."
"It’s been so long now, I don’t even know how she is!"
Mrs. Gu wiped away tears: "All these years, I’ve been going to the temple every month to pray to the bodhisattva. I’ve given up hope of finding her, I just hope she is treated well and lives without worries."
"Madam," Su Ruanruan, deeply moved, tightened her grip on Mrs. Gu’s hand.
Mrs. Gu forced a smile: "I shouldn’t be telling you all this, look at me, I can’t seem to control myself."
Su Ruanruan considerately said, "Madam, if you feel troubled, you can talk to me about it."
Mrs. Gu felt heartened: "You are a good child."
She didn’t want to trouble Su Ruanruan with her own issues, and instead asked about Su Ruanruan’s studies and the like, inevitably bringing up Bao Ziqi.
Mrs. Gu wasn’t foolish, everyone in the entire Jiang City knew about the young Su girl entering the Bao Family to tend to the house, but after Bao Ziqi miraculously returned alive, he was seen in public with Su Qionglin—
That was unfair of the Bao Family.
Mrs. Gu felt quite indignant, with Su Ruanruan lightly biting her lip: "Bao Ziqi and I aren’t like that."
"You don’t like him?" Mrs. Gu was surprised.