In the hospital room.
Lying in bed, Nangong Xi’s brows were furrowed as he looked at Tang Yuyan, "Mommy, when is Sister Qiangwei coming?"
Tang Yuyan smiled as she fed him dinner, "She’ll be here soon, eat your meal first."
She glanced at the time, according to which Qiangwei should have already arrived, perhaps she was delayed by something.
Nangong Xi obediently opened his mouth, his cheeks puffed out with a mouthful of food.
His gaze shifted to Nangong Mingchuan and Nangong He, "Daddy, Grandpa, can you not dislike Sister Qiangwei in the future? She’s very nice to Xixi!"
Faced with his sudden statement, Nangong He and Nangong Mingchuan were both taken aback.
Nangong He moved closer, his face full of distress for his grandson, and he spoke with difficulty, "But that Gu Qiangwei is your sister Feifei’s nemesis. If not for her, your sister’s legs wouldn’t have been ruined."
Listening to his grandfather’s words, Nangong Xi’s expression scrunched up, "But if it wasn’t for Sister Qiangwei pulling me to run, and giving me first aid, I would have died under the rubble a long time ago!"
His grandson’s words rendered Nangong He speechless in an instant.
He lowered his brows, his forehead slightly furrowed, well aware that if not for Gu Qiangwei and Qin Sijue, his grandson might not have come through unscathed.
Moreover, he had heard that it was because Gu Qiangwei went to the restroom with his grandson that they encountered this disaster. If not for her, it would have been Yuyan and her son buried under the rubble.
To say he felt no gratitude would be false, but faced with his own granddaughter’s situation, he couldn’t just set aside past grievances to accept Gu Qiangwei. To some extent, he still harbored some rejection of her in his heart.
But thinking of how she saved Xixi, that bit of rejection seemed to dissolve instantly.
He looked up at his grandson, "Alright, Grandpa promises you, from now on... I won’t dislike Gu Qiangwei."
On one hand, he didn’t want to upset his grandson, and on the other, he didn’t want to make his granddaughter feel that he had forgotten the hatred for her disabled legs and become close to Gu Qiangwei, leaving him torn between two difficult choices.
But just then, this very statement was overheard by Nangong Feifei, who had just arrived at the doorway of the hospital room...
Her steps halted, frozen at the doorway, her hand gripping the doorframe tightened, her fingernails scraping against it, making a ’screeching’ sound.
Just for Nangong Xi, could her entire family forget their hatred for Gu Qiangwei? And now, even her grandfather no longer cared about her welfare? Why!?
Clutching her bag tightly, she looked through the glass window of the door at the three generations inside.
Was she the only outsider?
The more she thought about it, the deeper her hatred for Gu Qiangwei and Qin Sijue became— not just them, but also Nangong Xi and Tang Yuyan, this mother and son pair that had stripped away everything that belonged to her!
Behind her, a series of footsteps interrupted Nangong Feifei’s burgeoning jealousy. She looked back to see Gu Qiangwei approaching from afar, her gaze landing on Feifei’s face.
Without needing to think, she knew Gu Qiangwei must have come to visit Nangong Xi.
She glanced at her and then walked into the hospital room.
It wasn’t until the door was pushed open that all three people inside naturally turned to look towards the entrance, only to see Nangong Feifei entering.
Nangong Xi had originally thought it was Gu Qiangwei, but upon seeing Nangong Feifei, his spirits fell, and he turned his gaze away, pursing his lips without any hint of happiness at Feifei’s arrival.
Nangong Feifei naturally noticed his disdainful look, and though resentment swelled in her heart, she had to suppress it.