As soon as Han Shaojing stepped out of the hospital, his mobile phone in his pocket rang.
He picked it up and glanced at it. It was Uncle Xing, the butler!
"Hello? Uncle Xing, I’m on my way to the airport already, I should make it there on time. You needn’t worry!"
"No, it’s not that, Young Master. The young lady... she left her room!"
Han Shaojing’s stride halted, his fingers, clutching the phone, whitened slightly as he gripped tighter. "That’s good. Make her something she likes to eat; I’ll come to see her after picking up my parents!"
"But Young Master, she refuses to eat anything. She insists on leaving right now to settle scores with Miss Gu at the hospital. I’m trying to stop her but..."
Han Shaojing’s brow furrowed. "Hold on there, keep her steady. I’ll be right back!"
"Also, send a car to the airport to pick up my parents."
"Yes, Young Master! Please hurry back, Young Master. The young lady is very agitated; she’s already injured several servants!"
With a twinge of pain in his eyes, Han Shaojing didn’t say a word, quickly hung up the call, and ran back outside.
At the hospital entrance, Li Weihuan was waiting for Nanxi with a cigarette in his mouth.
Seeing Han Shaojing emerge, he was just about to go forward and greet him when Han Shaojing briskly walked by towards his car, and drove off at high speed.
Li Weihuan was puzzled. What could have him so hurried and flustered?
In the ward, Han Qing lay there with her eyes closed.
At this moment, she hardly had any strength left in her body, but her mind was extremely lucid.
Even though the voices of Nanxi and Li Weihuan from outside the door weren’t loud, she could hear them clearly!
She did not care and had no interest in what Nanxi came to see her about!
All she knew was that she had failed, and failed utterly!
She had known this outcome the moment she chose Ni Xuexue as her pawn.
She also knew that she, Han Qing, could never be Lu Yinchu’s woman in this life. So, at least, she wanted him to remember her in some way.
To let him know that there was a woman called Han Qing in the world who, for the sake of loving him, risked everything and lost everything, including herself!
But to lose to him, she was willing!
Yet unexpectedly, he didn’t even give her that chance!
So cruel, Lu Yinchu, you can be so cruel!
She got up, weakly fetched the discarded newspaper from the trash can, and slowly smoothed it out.
The handsome figure in it was engraved in her eyes and in her heart, irremovable and indelible.
Her trembling fingers traced the contours of his body on the paper, as if caressing him!
In one photograph, he was standing there, reaching out to support Ni Xuexue who was about to fall.
His fingertips reached, and although blurred, she could clearly see the signet ring on his little finger!
Her heart filled with joy. Even to this day, he still wore that ring; even after marrying Gu Nanxi, he never took off that ring!
With a bright gleam in her eyes, as if struck by a sudden idea, Han Qing rushed to the bedside, picked up her mobile phone, clutched the fishtail pendant and closed her eyes.
It’s not too late, it’s not a total failure yet!
Lu Yinchu, I can tell that you still have me in your heart, no matter how little it might be, right?
When Nanxi came out, Li Weihuan had just finished smoking his cigarette.
Li Weihuan opened the car door, and as Nanxi climbed in, he remarked, "I notice you’ve started to smoke more frequently."
Li Weihuan chuckled, "It’s a man’s way of relieving stress. Don’t worry, I’ll control it in the future! Hop in! Let’s go to dinner!"
Nanxi nodded, and during the journey, Li Weihuan asked her what she wanted to eat.
After a pause, she said, "Let’s go have hot pot. I want to sweat it out."
Li Weihuan laughed. "Eating hot pot to cool down, have I misheard?"
Nanxi stuck out her tongue. "What do you know? This is called fighting poison with poison!"
Li Weihuan sighed. "Alright, fighting poison with poison it is! We’ll go eat hot pot! By the way, do you plan on returning to the hospital this afternoon?"
Nanxi thought for a while then shook her head. "Probably not. I have a feeling that even if I come, she might not want to see me."
Li Weihuan nodded, "Then what do you plan to do this afternoon?"
"Well..." Nanxi pursed her lips. "I should probably go back to the Magazine Agency. I took this morning off, and with the National Day holiday approaching tomorrow, I’m sure there’s a lot to do. I can’t leave everything to Feifei and my senior! Also, you should return to the Land Bureau as well. Now that we’ve both started working, we have to be devoted to our jobs!"