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Chapter 6: A Visit

Editor: Henyee Translations

An Qian didn't want to embarrass Gu Ning, so she took back the check.

But since Gu Ning had saved her life, she also felt uncomfortable doing nothing.

Thus, after An Qian had taken away the check, she pulled out a name card, handing it to Gu Ning, "If you don't want to take the check, then let's be friends. This is my name card. If you need anything in the future, please feel free to call me. As long as I can help, I'll spare no effort."

Compared with money, network was more precious actually. Gu Ning didn't reject this time.

Not because she was greedy, but An Qian just wanted to make friends with her. If she disagreed again, she would seem arrogant.

Moreover, she needed friends and a network. Gu Ning didn't think too highly of herself. She believed a network would be helpful.

Of course, she wouldn't make people do things for her. It was totally up to the others' will.

"Great, then I'll take it," Gu Ning accepted the name card without further ado.

Seeing Gu Ning accept the card, An Qian immediately reached out her hand, "Nice to meet you. My name's An Qian."

Gu Ning held her hand at once, "Nice to meet you too. I'm Gu Ning."

This was how they officially met.

"Sorry, I have to go now. My mom will be worried if she can't find me. Please don't tell the police that I'm involved. I don't want to get into any trouble." Then before An Qian could reply, Gu Ning turned around and left.

"Hey," An Qian wanted to stopped Gu Ning. She hadn't had her phone number yet!

But Gu Ning walked too fast. When An Qian ran to the entrance of the stairs, Gu Ning was already gone.

But Yang Hao was still there, An Qian couldn't leave, so she gave up.

Several minutes later, there was someone appeared on the open balcony. The head was a middle-aged man in a white coat. He was about 50 years old, and followed by two male doctors, who were around 30 years old.

"Qianqian, are you alright?" The middle-aged man rushed to An Qian once appeared. He asked with worries.

"Dad, I'm fine," An Qian replied.

"Great. That's great." An Qian's father was finally relieved, seeing An Qian was safe.

He then glanced over the open balcony. There was only Yang Hao, who was still unconscious on the ground, and nobody else. An Qian's father asked, "Where's the girl who has saved your life?"

"Oh! She's gone in case her mother would be worried. And she also doesn't want the police to know her involvement. She doesn't want to get into trouble." An Qian told her father what Gu Ning had said.

"Did you thank her?" An Qian's father asked again.

"I gave her a check for ¥500,000, but she wouldn't accept. Then I handed her my name card to make a friend. She accepted at last." An Qian answered.

An Qian's father was surprised too. He now felt more respectful than grateful to Gu Ning.

Actually, even if Gu Ning had taken the money, they wouldn't have blamed her for that, because she indeed had saved An Qian's life.

The An family knew to be thankful. If Gu Ning asked for more money, they would give it to her without delay.

Gu Man had come back to the patient room earlier than Gu Ning. She didn't find Gu Ning, and was concerned at once. She dropped a bag of apples, going out to search for her daughter, but the minute she left the patient room, Gu Ning was back.

Gu Man knew she was being overreacted, so she didn't blame Gu Ning.

It was a peaceful night. The second morning, Gu Ning's report was out. It said Gu Ning was healthy and was ready to leave the hospital.

Seeing the result, Gu Man was greatly relieved. She packed up immediately, preparing to go home.

"Gu Ning, I'm here to visit you." Right at that moment, a female voice sounded outside the door.

It was An Qian.

Gu Ning was a little, but not very surprised. Due to what had happened yesterday, it was normal that An Qian would visit her.

And it was easy for An Qian to find out which room she was in, because An Qian worked in the hospital.

When Gu Ning had gone yesterday, An Qian then realized Gu Ning, or her mother, must be a patient in this hospital.

Or, probably she and her mother were here to visit another patient.

If Gu Ning was a patient, she could ask the information desk.

If Gu Ning's mother was a patient, then it would be impossible for An Qian to find them, because she had no idea what was the name of Gu Ning's mother.

If they were merely visitors, An Qian thought she might better give up.

When An Qian had went back to work and passed by the information desk, she had asked her colleague whether there was a patient named Gu Ning.

To her surprise, she was right. So she went to visit her this morning.

"Miss An, welcome," Gu Ning stood up and welcomed her.

"This must be your mother," An Qian looked at Gu Man.

"Yes," Gu Ning answered.

"Nice to meet you, Gu Ning's mother. My name's An Qian. I'm Gu Ning's friend," An Qian greeted Gu Man.

Actually, An Qian was confused about how to call Gu Ning's mother.

Gu Man was around 40 years old, while she was 27. Gu Man was merely 10 years her senior. If she called Gu Man "Aunt", Gu Man was younger than her aunt.

But if she called Gu Man "Sister", it was inappropriate neither, because she said she was Gu Ning's friend.

Gu Ning was 18 years old, and 10 years her junior. If she let Gu Ning call her "Aunt", Gu Ning wouldn't accept, and she wouldn't neither.

Because she wasn't that old to be called aunt.

It was an embarrassing age! An Qian hoped she had been in her early twenties.

If she had been in her early twenties, she would have been young and free, and wouldn't be worried about getting married soon.

But she didn't have a boyfriend now, how could she get married! Besides, she wanted to enjoy her single life for a few years longer. She didn't want to marry someone that soon.

Fine, she was going too far.

Although there was a 10-year age gap between her and Gu Ning, she didn't feel Gu Ning was a teenage girl, but a mature woman like her instead.

Probably that was precocity.

"Nice to meet you, Miss An," Gu Man greeted An Qian. Though she was puzzled why Gu Ning had a friend who was much older than her, Gu Man didn't bother to think further.

She didn't limit the freedom of Gu Ning to make friends. She only wanted Gu Ning to have her own principles.

"This is for Gu Ning. Hope she could recover soon." An Qian gave her gift to Gu Man.

"Thank you so much, Miss An! I don't know how to thank you for that." Gu Man was slightly embarrassed, because she knew the gift wasn't cheap.

But she took it at the end for it's a gift from a friend. She didn't want to reject the kindness.

"It's nothing," An Qian wore a smile.


Chapter 7: Go Outside

Editor: Henyee Translations

Gu Man put away the gift into an end-table by the bed, then handed a cup of water to An Qian.

"Thank you so much," An Qian took the water and thanked politely.

"Gu Ning, how's your body?" An Qian asked.

"Oh, I'm fine now, and ready to leave," Gu Ning replied.

"Really?" An Qian was happy for Gu Ning, "Congratulations!"

"Thanks," Gu Ning said.

After a while, An Qian walked Gu Ning and her mother out of the hospital.

Gu Man knew An Qian was working in this hospital, she didn't want to bother An Qian, so she disagreed.

But An Qian insisted, so Gu Man accepted her offer.

While on the way out, An Qian had already called the taxi for them. Gu Man couldn't thank An Qian enough for what she had done.

As for Gu Ning, she was at ease though, but she still thanked An Qian out of politeness.

When Gu Ning finally left the hospital, she felt super free and comfortable.

After half an hour, the two were home at last.

Gu Ning and her mother lived in an old alley at the old district. It was too old and about to be demolished sooner or later.

Therefore, Gu Ning and her mother wouldn't stay here for much longer.

This house was the property of Gu Ning's grandparents. When her grandpa had passed away 10 years ago, her grandma moved to live with her eldest uncle, Gu Qinxiang.

And the house became the home of Gu Ning and her mother.

But they needed to pay the rent.

Since they were family, Gu Ning and her mother only needed to pay half of the rent.

It was an old area in the old district with old amenities, so the rent wasn't high.

The house had two floors. Each floor was around 40 square meters. The first floor was living room, kitchen and bathroom, and there were three rooms on the second floor.

In the past, when the Gu family had lived together, Gu Ning's grandparents had shared a room, her eldest uncle, Gu Qinxiang, and third uncle, Gu Qinyang, had shared another, while the third room was shared by Gu Qing and Gu Man. It had been extremely crowded.

Then, Gu Qinxiang became rich and bought another house. Gu Qinyang had got a cradle-to-grave job with a house allotted by his company. The Gu family had lived a better life afterwards.

But this old house had been left with some basic furniture, without any household appliances.

Gu Ning was astonished to know that her family was dirt poor.

Tang Aining, in her previous incarnation, had never ever lived such a miserable life.

Luckily, Gu Ning didn't feel hopeless, but satisfied, because she had the strong deep love from her mother.

She wanted to earn money as soon as possible to let Gu Man live an affluent life.

The first thing Gu Ning wanted to do after she earned money was to buy a big house, then buy some good clothes and expensive skincare products for Gu Man. She wanted her mother to enjoy her life.

Gu Man wasn't an old woman actually. She was only 39 years old. There were a lot she could do for the rest of her life.

For 18 years, Gu Man had stayed single.

Gu Man was pretty indeed, and had many admirers, but she didn't want Gu Ning to feel uncomfortable, so she never agreed to marry again.

Since Gu Ning had grown-up now, probably it is time for Gu Man to chase for her own happiness. So Gu Ning made up her mind to find her mother a good man in the future.

As for Gu Ning's biological father, Gu Man never talked about him. Even their relatives had no idea who he was.

All Gu Ning knew was that Gu Man got pregnant when she was just 19. Gu Man had been in her second semester as a freshman in her college, then she dropped out of her school and gone home.

At that time, the Gu family were all astonished by the fact. It was beyond their imagination that the most docile girl in their family would have done such a bad thing.

It was a great humiliation to them. They all agreed to have Gu Man abort the baby.

Gu Man was unwilling to abort her child. To keep her baby, Gu Man left her family, and worked outside on her own.

It had been a hard time. Gu Man hadn't successfully got any job due to her pregnancy, and Gu Qing had taken care of her.

Gu Ning's grandpa had been alive at that time, and he had always loved Gu Man, his youngest daughter, so he had brought Gu Man home at the end.

During the time when Gu Ning's grandpa had been alive, Gu Ning had been under the care of her grandpa, while Gu Man had worked hard to earn money.

Since Gu Man had lived in her parents' house, her income had always been used by the whole household.

Ten years ago, Gu Ning's grandpa had passed away. Her grandma had moved to live with her eldest uncle, Gu Qinxiang.

Gu Qinxiang and Gu Qinyang had been unwilling to let Gu Man occupy their parents' house, so they had persuaded their mother to ask for rent.

"Ningning, have a rest on the bed first. I'll cook now. And don't forget to change your clothes. I'll do the laundry later." Gu Man said.

"Mom, you can cook, and let me do the laundry." Gu Ning felt sorry for Gu Man, who was skinny and always reminded her of her mother from the last lifetime. She wanted to do something for her.

"No, you're the patient," Gu Man disagreed.

"I'm fine now," Gu Ning argued.

"I said no," Gu Man pretended that she was mad.

"Fine," Gu Ning gave up.

Half an hour later, the meal was ready.

Because they lived a poor life, the meal was very simple. They didn't have meat normally, except today, because Gu Ning had just left the hospital.

During the dinner, Gu Man kept sending the meat into Gu Ning's bowl, while herself didn't have a piece at all.

Gu Ning was moved and about to cry. Actually, Gu Man now needed nutrition more than Gu Ning.

"Mom, there's enough meat. Please have some yourself. It's hot today, and we better not leave it to the night. It will be smelly." Gu Ning immediately gave Gu Man several pieces of meat.

Gu Man surely knew what was on Gu Ning's mind, but she didn't reject because she didn't want to hurt her daughter.

However, she felt sad in her heart.

She blamed herself for being unable to provide her daughter a good life.

After dinner, Gu Man urged Gu Ning to take a rest in her room. Gu Ning didn't want to lie down, but to hang out on the antique street.

She wanted to try her Jade eyes and win some money.

Gu Ning took out her savings of 500 yuan and her ID card, "Mom, I want to have a walk, and I'll be back soon."

Gu Man was worried, because Gu Ning had just left the hospital, "But, you need a rest now. You just left the hospital."

"No worries, mom. I'm fine now. A walk and the sunshine are good for my health as well." Gu Ning replied.

"But…" Gu Man was still slightly worried.

"Mom, I'm not a little girl anymore. I'll take good care of myself. And, I have my phone with me. You can call me if you're worried," Gu Ning said to comfort her mother.


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