Chapter 627: Emergency return to Shengang

Without waiting for Shen Ci to respond, Gao Zhan had already hurried into the elevator. As the elevator doors slowly closed, he looked at Shen Ci from afar and mouthed: "Love you."

Shen Ci smiled faintly. She didn't feel even a shred of emotion toward Gao Zhan because of this sudden situation; he was a doctor, and patients should always come first.

Finding a chair to sit on, Shen Ci prepared to wait for news from Gao Zhan. However, after a while, a young nurse ran over to pass a message for Gao Zhan: "Beautiful, Doctor Gao asked me to tell you that the pregnant woman is having a premature birth, and he told you not to wait for him."

Shen Ci nodded with a calm expression: "I know, thank you."

At this moment, her own phone suddenly rang. She thought it was another harassment call trying to buy her land in the Yangming District, but when she picked it up and looked, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Guangrong?

Shen Ci hurriedly pressed the answer button. Before she could speak, Guangrong on the other end of the phone called out with a sobbing voice: "Sister..."

Shen Ci subconsciously furrowed her brows and asked cautiously: "Guangrong? What's wrong?"

"My, my mom, she..."

There was no need to wait for Guangrong to finish a complete sentence. Just these few words were enough to make Shen Ci's heart beat faster and her back go cold.

"What's wrong with Auntie?"

"She was diagnosed with a tumor..."

A flash of white light pierced through her brain, making Shen Ci's mind go blank instantly. She was so startled that she forgot to react while holding the phone, and only the sound of Guangrong's "wailing" echoed in her ears.

A few seconds later, Shen Ci finally came back to her senses. She tried her best to suppress her emotions and said with feigned calmness: "Guangrong, don't be afraid. Sister is here, don't be afraid!"

Her mind was a mess, as if only her body was subconsciously controlling her actions. It wasn't until she was already sitting in first class on a flight to Shengang that Shen Ci finally recovered a bit.

On the other side, Gao Zhan successfully helped the pregnant woman give birth to a baby boy and came out of the delivery room. He asked the young nurse on the side: "Did you greet my girlfriend?"

"I did, but your girlfriend received a phone call at the time. I saw that her expression didn't look right, and then she left in a hurry. Doctor Gao, you should call and ask what's going on." The young nurse explained the situation to Gao Zhan.

Gao Zhan nodded, walked to the window, and dialed Shen Ci's number, but it showed that it couldn't be connected.

Turned off?

Gao Zhan was a bit puzzled and tried calling two more times, but it still didn't go through.

He sent a WeChat message to Shen Ci: "Aci, my surgery is over. Are you okay? The phone won't go through. Remember to reply to me when you see the message."

Shen Ci only received Gao Zhan's call notification and WeChat message after getting off the plane.

"I'm going back to Shengang to handle some family matters. You don't need to worry."

It was a very simple sentence without any extra explanation, because Shen Ci didn't even know what the situation was yet, so she didn't want to throw pressure and emotions onto Gao Zhan right now. After all, he was in Longcheng, and even if he knew, he couldn't help, only increasing his tension and anxiety in vain.

Gao Zhan didn't disturb Shen Ci too much after receiving the message. For her to return to Shengang so suddenly, it must be a very urgent matter, and the current time should be left to her.

So he only replied: "Alright, call me anytime if you need help. I'm always here."

After getting off the plane, Shen Ci took a taxi directly to her aunt's house. Getting off at the entrance of the residential complex, she instinctively glanced at the "roast meat shop" across the street. That shop had been open for many years, and the surrounding residents were all regular customers, so business had always been good.

But at this moment, the roast meat shop's doors and windows were tightly closed, and it was even covered in a layer of misty dust, as if it hadn't been open for a long time.

Without thinking too much, Shen Ci walked quickly into the complex.

"Guangrong, time to eat!"

At home, Shen Yingying had finished cooking and shouted toward her son's room inside: "Go back to school after you finish eating. Don't you have a physical test tomorrow?"

Hearing the voice, Guangrong walked out from inside. The nearly 1.9-meter-tall guy was hanging his head, his eyes red and swollen, clearly having just cried.

Seeing this, Shen Yingying sighed helplessly, stepped forward to pat her son, and said softly: "What are you crying for? The results aren't even out yet. Mom isn't worried, yet a big guy like you started crying first."

As it turned out, it would have been better if she hadn't comforted him. With this comfort, Guangrong's nose felt sour, his mouth pouted, and he cried again.

He hugged his mother and wailed: "Mom, I'm scared..."

Shen Yingying patted her son and said softly: "Don't be afraid, Guangrong. If it's benign, then it's fine."

In fact, she was also scared in her heart, but she could only think optimistically that it must be benign and nothing would happen.

"Then if, if..." Guangrong cried, but didn't dare to say it out loud.

"Then we'll treat it. Mom will just treat the illness well, don't be afraid," Shen Yingying said with red eyes: "Don't tell your sister, okay? She's even more timid, and we might scare her into getting sick too."

"She'll know sooner or later," Guangrong sobbed.

"Hide it for now, wait for the results," Shen Yingying pulled her son to the table: "Eat first, Mom made 'strawberry sweet and sour pork' for you, it's your favorite."

Guangrong wiped his tears and looked at the time: "Dad isn't back yet?"

Mentioning her husband, Shen Yingying sighed: "You eat first, don't wait for him. Mom will cook wonton noodles for him when he gets back."

Only then did Guangrong nod and sit down. As soon as he sat down, there was a knock on the door.

"Dad is back!"

Shen Yingying patted her son and walked to the entrance to open the door: "Why so early... Aci?"

Shen Ci stood outside the door, startling Shen Yingying, who stood frozen on the spot, and then happily reached out to pull her niece: "Why did you suddenly come back?"

As she spoke, she glanced behind Shen Ci: "Where's your mom? Did Ali and Xingxing come? Did you come by yourself?"

Shen Ci nodded. Under Shen Yingying's bewildered gaze, she stepped forward without a word and hugged her aunt tightly.

Shen Yingying was stunned, but quickly reacted, because Guangrong saw his sister arrive that evening and walked over, crying with excitement: "Sister!"

Sighing silently, Shen Yingying patted Shen Ci's shoulder: "It's fine, we don't know the results yet. Guangrong is timid and got scared, it's not that serious!"

"A tumor isn't serious?" Shen Ci let go of her aunt and looked at her: "Regardless of what the results are, this isn't a small matter. Why didn't you tell my mom or me?"

"I was just thinking about waiting for the results to be confirmed before making plans," Shen Yingying said, pretending to be relaxed: "You didn't even give a heads-up when you came back, hurry inside."

"Why is the roast meat shop closed? You and Uncle aren't doing it anymore?" Shen Ci asked.

Shen Yingying nodded with an unnatural expression.

Seeing this, Shen Ci looked puzzled. This roast meat shop could be said to be the foundation of her aunt's family. Back then, when she wanted to take her aunt's family to Longcheng, her aunt refused to leave because she wanted to guard this shop.

How could they just stop doing it like this?

And without revealing a single bit of news. If she hadn't come back, she wouldn't have known when she would have found out about this. ===== CHAPTER 628 =====