Chapter 791

After confirming it was Zhao Xue and her mother, Zhao De straightened his body, tidied up his excited mood, and only after making himself look like he had a smile on his face did he reach out and knock on the door twice gently, then pushed the door open and walked inside.

Hearing someone knock on the door, Zhao Xue and her mother on the hospital bed turned their heads to look at the door in unison. After seeing it was Zhao De, Zhao Xue's willow eyebrows wrinkled slightly, her rosy and sexy thin lips twitched a few times, and bright light shone in her dim eyes, as if she had seen the dawn before the dawn. While full of hope, she also felt a sourness in her heart, laughing through tears, and crying with joy.

"Zhao Xue, Auntie." Zhao De greeted them enthusiastically while walking up.

"You're here." Zhao Xue's voice sounded very exhausted. Her originally beautiful and charming appearance also looked much more vicissitudes of life, especially those eyes that seemed to be able to speak, which were rippling with water and crystal clear, looked very deep at this time. It could be seen that she was exhausted.

"You... you are?" Zhao Xue's mother had only seen Zhao De once and couldn't remember his name for a moment. She raised her head slightly, and a laborious smile appeared on her sickly face. A benefactor who had only met once and had also helped her husband overturn the case and clear his grievances came to see her, which made her very excited.

"Auntie, I'm Comrade Xiao Zhao." Zhao De walked up with great insight, bent down slightly, and smiled enthusiastically at her, "Auntie, are you feeling better recently?"

She sighed, felt a sourness in her heart, and complained, "Better what better? Being sick like this is half-dead, it's almost killing Xiao Xue. The child even quit her job at the Public Security Bureau to take care of me, and now she's so tired she doesn't look like a person. You say, what am I, this old bone, still living for? It would be better to die, to be liberated, and not let the child suffer like this for me."

Seeing her look very painful and ashamed, Zhao De held her hand and said with a smile, "Auntie, you just focus on treating your illness, don't worry. I brought some money today for your surgery."

Zhao Xue had been afraid before that the promise Zhao De made to her was just an empty word, a bad check, and whether it was fulfilled or not was all up to him. Even if he just said it casually, she couldn't blame him, so she didn't tell her mother. Hearing Zhao De say this, Zhao Xue's mom narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at him with a look of astonishment, saying excitedly, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, you... you said you brought money? You came all the way from Yuyang specially, right?"

"No, Auntie, I'm working in Xijing now," Zhao De said in a gentle voice. "I knew Xiao Xue wasn't working at the Public Security Bureau a while ago, but she didn't tell me either. I only found out last week at..." Preparing to say the word "nightclub," he glanced at Zhao Xue, who looked a bit nervous, and changed his words naturally, "I met Xiao Xue on the street, and only then did I know you were hospitalized in Xijing. She didn't tell me either. If she had told me earlier, I would definitely have come earlier. It truly made you wait a long time, Auntie, and made Xiao Xue suffer."

Hearing him say it so nicely, moving light flickered in Zhao Xue's mother's turbid yellow eyeballs. She also knew that someone coming with such great sincerity definitely wasn't coming for her. If he didn't like her daughter, why would he come to see her and bring money? So, she chuckled, glanced at Zhao Xue, who was silently shedding tears of emotion on the side, and said meaningfully to Zhao De, "Eh, Comrade Xiao Zhao, you're right. Xiao Xue, this child, has truly suffered for me. You see, she hasn't even considered her lifelong event yet, and she doesn't even have a boyfriend. Have your personal problems been solved now?"

Zhao De's brain was very clever. Knowing what Zhao Xue's mom meant by saying this, he looked at Zhao Xue, who was blushing slightly and a bit shy on the side, with an ambiguous look, and said with a chuckle to her mom, "I haven't either. Like Xiao Xue, I'm still... still alone."

From the look in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Xue, Zhao Xue's mom understood. So, she chuckled in a joking tone, tacitly, "You and Xiao Xue are not young anymore, it's time to consider your lifelong event. If our Xiao Xue could find a boyfriend like you, I, as a mother, would be much more at ease."

Zhao De chuckled and glanced at Zhao Xue with affection again. Her fair and beautiful face had already flushed with two morning clouds, looking extremely shy. She lowered her willow eyebrows slightly, drooped her watery eyes, and then slowly raised her long, curled, and dense eyelashes, secretly peeking at Zhao De with that kind of girl's spring-stirring eyes, then quickly drooped her eyes, standing on the side and picking at her fingernails uncomfortably.

Seeing her shy appearance, her mom knew that her daughter must also be interested in this Zhao De. So, she said half-jokingly again, "Look at our Xiao Xue, she's even shy when talking about this. Mom is speaking from the heart. If you can be with this child Comrade Xiao Zhao someday, Mom won't have to worry about you for the rest of my life, and even if I die, I can die with my eyes closed."

"Mom, you're not allowed to say that." Zhao Xue pouted and gave her a look, looking a bit angry. Ever since her father was murdered by a trap set by the corrupt director of the Yuyang City Yuxia District Public Security Bureau in collusion with Gao Husheng, her mother was the only relative left in this world. Zhao Xue valued her more than anyone else.

Zhao De also knew how wonderful it was to have a relative in this world. The biggest regret in his life was that he was still young when his parents were alive and never knew that parents' love was the most precious thing in the world. It wasn't until his father suddenly passed away in the prison hospital that he felt everything was too late. It was exactly as the saying goes, "The tree wants to be still but the wind won't stop, the child wants to support but the parents are gone." Although his father held his hand and told him he was adopted when he left the world, he had no impression of his life experience and still regarded them as his own parents. Now that he had no relatives, he came to Xijing alone to engage in politics. Firstly, to fulfill his old father's last wish, and secondly, not wanting to be like his old father, who was glorious in his youth but ended up being put in prison by people with power in their hands. As for the enemy who put his father in prison, the reason he hadn't deliberately investigated now was that he felt his status was still too low. Even if he found out, he wouldn't have the ability to take this revenge. When he used Sister Su's relationship to enter the center of power in Xijing City and even Hexi Province, he would definitely spend a lot of time and energy to investigate the enemy of his family well and torture him to death.

Seeing the loving appearance of the mother and daughter, Zhao De was also very moved. Suddenly remembering something, he unzipped his leather bag, took out stacks of money from it, placed it by the hospital bed, and said, "Xiao Xue, this is the money for Auntie's surgery. Let's arrange for Auntie's surgery in these two days, okay?"

Seeing so much money all at once, Zhao Xue was extremely surprised. That he could do what he promised made Zhao Xue very moved, and her feelings for him deepened a lot. Her willow eyebrows twitched slightly, and her eyes gradually filled with crystal-clear tears. For a moment, she was so excited she didn't know what to say.

"Comrade Xiao Zhao, where did you get this money?" Seeing so much cash, Zhao Xue's mom felt that Zhao De was young now, just an office worker, not a boss, so how could he have so much money?

"Oh, this was borrowed from a friend of mine. Auntie, don't worry about it. Anyway, you treat your illness first. I don't want to see Xiao Xue working so hard for you," Zhao De said with a chuckle, looking very relaxed.

"Then... then consider this money as Auntie borrowing from you. When Auntie's illness is better, I'll go set up a stall to continue selling barbecue and pay you back bit by bit," Zhao Xue's mom truly didn't know how to thank him, so she said this.

"Auntie, look at what you're saying. You don't worry about these for now, just focus on recovering your health first," Zhao De said generously with a smile.

Zhao Xue's mom truly felt a bit embarrassed by Zhao De's kind-hearted help. Now, all she could do was to try to bring them together sooner. So, she said, "Xiao Xue, you and Comrade Xiao Zhao go out for a walk first, Mom wants to sleep for a while."

Zhao Xue said "Mhm" and looked at Zhao De. He understood the meaning of this, so he packed up the money and said, "Then let's go find the doctor to arrange it first."

Zhao Xue smiled gratefully, walked out of the ward with him, and took him to find the attending physician. After explaining the situation, the doctor said that after examining the patient's body in the afternoon, the surgery could be arranged for tomorrow.

After handling this matter and coming out of the attending physician's office, Zhao De said to Zhao Xue, "Let's find a place to sit down and have a good chat, what do you think?"

Zhao Xue looked at him with affection and agreed without thinking. So, Zhao De took her out of the hospital, stood on the side of the road, looked around, saw an Island Coffee not far away, and said, "Let's go sit there?"

"Mhm." Zhao Xue nodded. So, Zhao De prepared to take her across the road. Just at this moment, a car sped over. Out of a man's protection for a woman, Zhao De, in a hurry, took the opportunity to wrap his arm around her willow waist and said, "Be careful."

Although Zhao Xue had had her first time taken by him in a muddled way long ago because of her admiration for him, due to not seeing each other for a long time, it now seemed a bit unfamiliar. Being wrapped around her waist by his hand, her heart suddenly started pounding, and two blushes appeared on her face.