Chapter 266: Li Xuan, That Old Hag

Outside the operating room, many people were watching that door.

The Jiang Family, the Si Family, and Si Rong's colleagues and friends of many years.

Even Jiang Zhi and Chen Yun had returned from Jing Shi.

Si Yu squatted on the ground for a good while before rising and walking toward the window at the end of the corridor.

"Your mother will be fine," Ming Zi said, worried, staying by her side. "She is someone favored by good luck, and this time will be the same."

Her words eased Si Yu's anxious mood; ever since she could remember, Ming Zi had been by her mother's side.

She was her mother's close friend, but even more like family to them.

Especially regarding this matter of Li Xuan.

Si Yu thought for a moment, then told her about seeing Bai Mo and Li Xuan at the hospital two days ago.

"You saw them come to the hospital together? The hematology department?"

Si Yu nodded. "I didn't tell Mom."

Ming Zi could understand her worry and rubbed the young girl's head. "The little girl has grown sensible."

What kind of stunt is that old hag Li Xuan trying to pull now?

She happened to know a friend in the hematology department and could go chat with them when she had time.

It must be said, this girl Bai Mo is fine in every way, except her fate is just average.

If she really is Li Xuan's granddaughter, then being adopted by the Bai family at the Fuliyuan back then was simply the luckiest thing in her life.

If she returned to Li Xuan's side, those miserable days would begin.

Ming Zi gazed into the distance, lost in thought.

……

After a full five hours, the door to the operating room finally opened.

"Doctor, I..." Jiang Cheng wanted to reach the doctor immediately, but his legs had gone numb at some point, and they were so weak he almost couldn't stand.

Jiang Sinian supported his father firmly from the side, and father and son spoke at the same time, "How is it?"

The doctor took off his mask and smiled in relief. "Very good, the surgery was very successful. The patient is still under anesthesia; she will be moved to a ward once she wakes up in a while."

"Thank you, Doctor." Jiang Cheng's voice trembled slightly.

Thinking that he would be able to see Si Rong in a moment, he wanted to straighten his collar, only to discover that in his morning haste, he had buttoned his shirt wrong.

If Si Rong were by his side, this situation would never happen.

Jiang Sinian watched his father's large hands clumsily correcting the misaligned buttons and realized for the first time that his father had truly aged.

"Dad, let me do it for you."

He felt he should grow up.

Two hours later, Si Rong was moved to a ward, and she looked at the circle of people surrounding her hospital bed.

There was the mother who gave birth to her, the son and daughter she had given birth to, her husband, the two older brothers she grew up with, and her dearest friend.

These people were the proof of her existence in this world.

She smiled slightly, her eyes a little moist.

Before her surgery, the last clear images that flashed through her mind were also all about them.

But fortunately, she had pulled through it all.

It was just that she would have to take medication for the rest of her life after the surgery.

Si Mother had been so tense for so long that once she learned her daughter's surgery was successful, she felt a wave of exhaustion; she hadn't slept at all last night.

The family stayed with Si Rong for a while longer before each went off to attend to their own affairs.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Shen Chi was obsessing over the hospital's paternity test results.

"I wonder if the results are out yet?" He urged Lin Meixi. "Shall we go to the hospital and ask in a bit?"

"Didn't the hospital say it would take a week?" Lin Meixi said impatiently. In truth, ever since she saw that young girl, she had felt uneasy in her heart.

That face of hers did look very much like Shen Yuan in her childhood at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it also looked a lot like her own.

Especially the small mole under Bai Mo's right ear, which shocked her even more.

What was mind-boggling was that this girl was actually the same girl Xiao Nuo had liked before.

It had to be said, this world was truly too small.

No matter which way one looked at it, she did not hope that the girl was the biological daughter of herself and Shen Chi.

Given how much Shen Chi valued that girl now, if his biological daughter were really found, he would certainly never dote on Xiao Nuo again in the future.

That day when they went to the hospital for the paternity test, the whole way there, the young girl had only stayed close to the couple from the Bai family and hadn't been willing to say a single word to her.

She definitely wouldn't be able to count on her in the future.

"What if the results come out early?" Shen Chi was dissatisfied with her attitude and kicked the basin in front of Lin Meixi to the side. "I haven't even settled the score with you for losing my daughter back then! And now you're still so indifferent!"

"All you know is how to serve your son all day; he's so old, can't he wash his own clothes?"

Lin Meixi was also annoyed. "I'm willing to serve my own son; if you're capable, don't let me serve him!"

"Truly a cheap person with a cheap life!" Shen Chi ignored her and prepared to go to the hospital by himself. "A rotten life of serving others for a lifetime!"

If he found his daughter, he would not agree to Lin Meixi being so biased toward her son!

Shen Chi was anxious to know the hospital's test results and also anxious to bring Bai Mo back from the Bai family.

The child was only fifteen now; bringing her back early would still leave time to cultivate a father-daughter relationship.

At the hospital, he had just reached the second floor when he bumped into someone.

It was his second uncle, Si Han, whom he hadn't seen in many years.

Although there had long been no relationship between them, Shen Chi subconsciously still thought of him as his uncle.

Unfortunately, things had changed and people were no longer the same.

If he were to greet them now, Si Han would surely still think he was trying to cozy up to them.

He tilted his head slightly, and the two of them brushed past each other.

Shen Chi only then remembered that he seemed to have heard Li Xuan say that Si Rong was dying.

It could be considered retribution for her evil deeds.

Back then, he hadn't yet married, and Si Rong had severed ties with him over a personal grudge, causing him to go astray.

Later, she remarried and had her own children.

Shen Chi spied on their family's life like a rat in a gutter.

Si Rong truly doted on those two children!

It was a pity she had forgotten that he had also once called her "Mom," so it was understandable that he would not go to see her off on her final journey now.

He had long since stopped fantasizing about unrealistic things as he had in his youth; even if Si Rong died, her assets would not fall to him to inherit.

Between them, from the very beginning, there was only one fundamental relationship.

It was whatever Si Rong, from her high position, chose to bestow upon them; beyond that, no matter how much more they wanted, Si Rong would never agree.

She was certainly not like this toward the two children she had given birth to herself.

In the end, there is a difference between those who are close and those who are distant.

He walked to the Hematology Department to ask for the results of the paternity test and was scolded by the doctor on duty, "Didn't I tell you to come pick it up in a week? It's only the fourth day today."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Shen Chi said with an apologetic smile as he turned away.

Then he saw a little girl; the girl had a blessed appearance, her face was round (Yuanyuan), and she was hopping and skipping as she spoke to a boy beside her, "Mom will definitely be very happy when she sees the flowers I picked for her later!"

"Yeah, after all, these flowers are so ugly that they'll make our mom look even prettier; she'll definitely be happy!"

"Jiang! Si! Nian!"

The two children chased each other up the stairs.

To have such a son and daughter, Si Rong was truly happy.