Chapter 445: Chapter 442
“- I just hope it’s not any serious surgery.”
Pah, the more I say it, the harder it becomes to explain.
Indeed, Xiao Yixing’s expression turned colder by a few degrees-he pursed his lips slightly and let out:
“So, a minor surgery is not worth your concern? Or is it that once you’ve obtained it, you no longer cherish it?”
He almost spat out a mouthful of blood, hurriedly explaining:
“What are you talking about? I mean, I’ve had this surgery before, and at that time, I was alone in the hospital room too.”
So he simply thought, compared to other major surgeries, having an appendix removed wasn’t very serious.
But after saying that, he realized what kind of questions the other person was asking-about caring, about cherishing.
After he had finished speaking, Xiao Yixing fell silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, “Alone? How old were you at that time?”
Huo Qi ruffled his hair: “Oh, why bring up the past? It’s all gone now, I was seventeen.”
Xiao Yixing: “What about your parents?”
At these three words, Huo Qi paused for a moment, then slightly curled his lips:
“My dad? He’s in business, a very busy man. As for my mom…”
He said, and laughed as if he didn’t care much about it: “The current one isn’t my real mother anyway.”
As for his real mother, she had passed away a long time ago. The current one was found by his father later, who also brought along a son, nominally his brother.
The most his father had ever given him was money and more money.
It seemed that he thought money could compensate for everything he lacked.
To others, he appeared like a spoiled rich second generation, but in reality, that was exactly what he was.
Wherever he went, he waved his hand as if scattering money, filling his surroundings with people, surrounded by countless “friends.”
It made him feel like, in this world, he still had some so-called-presence.
Although Wen Xian didn’t agree with his pursuits, there weren’t many financial entanglements between them.
When she faced him, she often scolded him openly, hit him when necessary, saying whatever was on her mind without any ulterior motives, making him feel comfortable.
It made him feel like a real, flesh-and-blood person.
However, to outsiders, he was just a spoiled young master who knew neither sorrow nor the hardships of the common people.
Who knows, perhaps if everyone could choose their parents in rebirth, he would rather his family were not so wealthy but instead hoped he could live in a modest family where a father cared and a mother loved.
At the moment, he didn’t voice anything about his family situation.
And he felt… there wasn’t much good to say.
Xiao Yixing, listening to his few words, fell silent again.
Because he could hear that Huo Qi’s mother might no longer be there, and his father had a new family.
For a while, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere fell into a delicate silence.
Not knowing how long it had been, just as Huo Qi felt his life was inevitably bleak, suddenly he heard a light, yet impactful sentence by his ear:
“In the future, if you’re hospitalized, you won’t be without someone to care for you.”
He was startled for a moment, then lifted his gaze to look at Xiao Yixing.
Their eyes met in his cool, jet-black pupils.
Xiao Yixing said, “I can take care of you.”
I can take care of you…