Chapter 427: Chapter 377: Birth Mother Indifferent Like a Chrysanthemum? The Young Miss Sabotages Everything with a Backhand 17
Su Zhiruan greeted him cheerfully when she saw him. She casually pointed at Su Qin’s car, then said to Xie Yanshang, “It’s kind of fate for our cars to end up parked together.”
“You are the daughter of the Su Family,” Xie Yanshang stated confidently. He looked at Su Zhiruan, furrowing his brows deeply, “As far as I know, the Su Family isn’t poor, so why do you suffer from so many ailments, and your leg, it must have been affected as well, hasn’t it? Could it be your parents never once took you to see a doctor? Thinking of taking you only when you’re this big, it’s a bit late.”
Su Zhiruan looked down at her leg; she knew what Xie Yanshang was talking about.
So she answered lightly, “When I was younger and traveling on a train with my mom, she asked me to give up my seat to someone more in need, so I curled up in the carriage for two days and nights. It was too cold, and my clothes were thin, so I got frostbite, which worsened later. My mom never took me to see a doctor, I’ve just endured it over the years.”
Xie Yanshang seemed stunned; he had not expected that kind of answer.
Considering the Su Family was quite affluent, and seeing Su Qin’s anxious behavior towards his daughter earlier, he thought it must be a happy family, yet he hadn’t realized that Su Zhiruan, still so young, had already suffered so much pain.
“Such a leg injury is most torturous, yet you’ve been able to bear it all these years.”
Xie Yanshang then looked at her leg again; outwardly, Su Zhiruan’s leg looked no different from a normal leg, snow-white, slender, and beautiful.
But only Su Zhiruan and Xie Yanshang knew that her leg was actually damaged in the bones.
Su Qin naturally did not know any of this, Ning Fu would not possibly tell all these things to Su Qin, and the original owner would not bother herself by telling her father; she feared irritating her mother.
She had originally thought that it was just Ning Fu’s way of teaching, and had also believed she should give up her seat to those in need, but at that time, the original owner had forgotten she was still a child herself. And yet Ning Fu, stating that the seat should be offered to someone more in need, allowed the very young original owner to give up her seat instead; her motive was questionable.
“Is your mother a stepmother?” Xie Yanshang looked at her hesitantly but saw Su Zhiruan did not nod. So he looked towards Su Qin not far away, “What about your dad? Has he been ignoring you all these years? He seemed quite concerned just now?”
“My mom likes to torment me, and she’s not a stepmom, but my real mom, who only dotes on the beloved son she gave birth to, my younger brother, and my dad—,” Su Zhiruan turned her head towards Su Qin, her tone indifferent as if she was talking about someone else’s business, “My dad has another family outside.”
“Now I only have myself. The reason I came to see a doctor was that a car hit me last time, which made my dad suggest we come to the hospital for a check-up, and that’s how we found you—Dr. Xie.”
For a moment, Xie Yanshang fell silent. He looked at Su Zhiruan, the slender, fragile girl, smiling as if the weight of the clouds and wind were light, just like earlier in the examination room when he told her about her ailments and she simply smiled it off, unconcerned.
After a while, Xie Yanshang took out his cell phone, tapped a few times on it, then opened a QR code and handed it to Su Zhiruan, “Here’s my contact information, add me. If you have any pain later or any issues after taking the medicine, you can message me.”
“Then I won’t stand on ceremony, thank you, Dr. Xie,” Su Zhiruan hadn’t expected this twist, so she quickly took out her smartphone to scan the QR code and added Xie Yanshang on WeChat. She jokingly remarked, “You just said you don’t add patients on WeChat, how come you’re adding me now?”
“Just purely out of curiosity,” Xie Yanshang sighed, bowed his head, and tapped twice on his phone to accept Su Zhiruan’s friend request. He put away his phone and continued, “I just wanted to see how you have grown up under such adverse family conditions; it hasn’t been easy.”
The next second, Su Qin finished a phone call and walked over; she then waved and said, “Regardless, I’m thankful for being able to add Dr. Xie’s contact information. My father is here, so let’s chat another day. I’ll get in the car now.”
Xie Yanshang nodded slightly, not saying anything; he too opened the driver’s door of his car and got in.