"Right, right, right." Xia Qingwei agreed. "Mom will definitely try to get well soon so that I can get discharged and cook something nice for you."
A child without a mother is unloved.
Even though she was poor, she was still full of love for Lu Man.
She would do everything in her power to love Lu Man.
However, her weak and frail body was unable to support Lu Man, causing her to suffer in the Lu family.
Thinking about money, Xia Qingwei heart sank. She was a little distressed.
At least for the sake of money, she had to get discharged as soon as possible.
As it was not a small sum to stay in the hospital and Lu Man was already under too much stress.
"Man Man," Xia Qingwei said, "Once I'm discharged, move back to the home and live with me."
Surprised, Lu Man looked at her and tears started to well up in her eyes and even a lump began to rise in her throat. She nodded earnestly. "Alright," she replied.
"Even if you didn't mention it, I was also planning to move in and live with you after you're discharged. I will be worried if you were all alone."
Xia Qingwei smiled and nodded. She really owed this child too much.
Moreover, back then, after she had divorced Lu Qiyuan, she did not let Lu Man move out of the house as she was afraid that Lu Man would suffer together with her. She thought that all of it was for the sake of Lu Man.
After all, after getting divorced, she had nothing. She had to find a job and source of her own income.
Besides, she had been a stay-at-home housewife for the past 10 odd years. How would she be able to compete with the rest of society in this new day and age and find a job? She only knew how to handle household affairs. Hence she felt that she would not be able to raise and care for Lu Man properly.
Also if Lu Man lived with her, she might even have to starve.
If not, why would a mother bear to separate from her child and let her live with her step-mother?
She recalled believing that no matter how heartless Lu Qiyuan was when he had turned against her, he would still never ill-treat Lu Man who was his own flesh and blood.
However, she never anticipated Lu Qiyuan to be a complete bastard. For the sake of Xia Qingwei's daughter, he had bullied Lu Man this much.
Yet when she wanted to bring Lu Man back to her side, she started having serious heart problems and had to be hospitalized.
However, now looking back on it, it would have better if Lu Man had stayed with her instead of living with the Lu family.
She knew that Lu Man was not afraid of suffering. But if Lu Man had lived with her, at least she would have been happier.
All along, she was wrong.
Furthermore, now as she looked at how elated and ecstatic Lu Man was right now, Xia Qingwei regretted her choice even more. She regretted not asking Lu Man to stay with her right from the very start.
By the time Auntie Chai finished drinking her soup, Lu Man also wanted to serve her husband, Wu Zhiguo, a bowl of soup. However, Wu Zhiguo quickly refused. He said, "Never mind that this thick-skinned wife of mine wanted some soup, but as a healthy person, I shouldn't fight with a patient for soup. It's alright, you should leave the soup for Xiao Xia instead."
"Usually, I can't be here all day. It's all thanks to you and Auntie Chai who have looked after my mother all this time. A bowl of fish soup could barely compare to that," Lu Man said.
"They both stay in the same hospital room together. It's not a big deal," Wu Zhiguo said sheepishly.
"It's fate that they are both staying in the same hospital room. We're very fortunate too. Both you and Auntie Chai are so friendly and helpful. If it were someone else, who was more selfish, they would not even bother and I won't be able to do anything about it either." Lu Man directly took the clean bowl from Wu Zhiguo's hands and poured him a bowl of soup. "That's why there's no need to be so polite. I really don't know how else to express my gratitude. This small bowl of fish soup means nothing."
"That's right. Try some, Brother Wu. I'm not boasting, but my dear daughter's cooking skills are top-notch. Even head chefs in restaurants can barely compare to her," Xia Qingwei said, smiling.
Wu Zhiguo shyly took the bowl from her and drank some soup. He praised her. "Wow, it is indeed really delicious. No one in my family has prepared such delicious soup before."
"You! You'll always remember to find some way to insult me," Auntie Chai said unhappily.
Afterwards, Lu Man went to wash the bowl. Upon returning, she poured herself a bowl of soup and ate breakfast together with Xia Qingwei.
After that, she left the room to wash up the containers and cutlery. However, on her way back to the room, she passed by the window and saw Lu Qiyuan downstairs. He had brought some men along with him and they ran hurriedly into the hospital.
Seeing Lu Qiyuan and his men, Lu Man's expressions changed. She quickly ran towards the hospital room while making a phone call, "Tang Zi, bring reporters to my mother's hospital. Faster! I can only delay them for 15 minutes at max."
"What happened? 15 minutes is enough. Wait for me." Tang Zi had already expressed his stand without waiting for Lu Man to explain.
"Lu Qiyuan has brought people with him to the hospital and it definitely isn't to see my mother," Lu Man said, "If I'm not guessing wrongly, I think they're here to catch me and then make use of my mother to force me to go to the police station and be a scapegoat for Lu Qi."
"F*ck, is this your real father?" Tang Zi cursed, his family was a normal household, and since childhood, he had been a wild child and his studies were not good such that his dad often hit him.
But he knew, it was all for his own good.
Moreover, now he was a paparazzo, and it was not a very proper job and it was also very tiring. But to his dad as long as he was not doing something illegal and was using his own hard work, there was nothing wrong with being a paparazzo.
Nonetheless, his father knew that he spends the whole day running everywhere and thus when he returned home, he would treat him very well. Also, his mother would try to feed him things that are beneficial to him.
Hence he had never thought that a man as disgusting as Lu Qiyuan existed.
Such that for another woman's daughter, he would make his biological daughter suffer so much.
Was there something wrong with his brain?
"I also hope he isn't my biological father, but that would mean that my mother has betrayed him. That's not possible, my mother isn't that kind of person," Lu Man said as she ran, "Alright, I don't have time to tell you more, come over quickly."
"I will!"
Lu Man hurriedly ran back to the hospital room, placed the cutlery on the table and told Xia Qingwei, "Mom, I have something to do, I'll go out for a while."
After saying that, she hurriedly ran out such that Xia Qingwei did not even have time to ask her anything.
Actually, Lu Man had wanted to go to the walk-in clinic on the first floor, but she had not thought that Lu Qiyuan would come so fast. He was already on this level, at the nurses' station.
He had come along with Xia Qingyang, and behind them were five burly men.
Seeing this group of people, the nurses were confused and suspicious. It was obvious that they were not here to visit a patient, it was more likely that they were here to smash up the place.
On the other hand, Xia Qingyang's eyes were sharp, and she instantly saw Lu Man, she shrilly screamed, "Lu Man, don't run!"
However, Lu Man never intended to run in the first place. Even if she ran, Xia Qingwei was still in the hospital, so how could she run?
Lu Man tightly pursed her lips and asked coldly, "What are you here for? Could it be that after so many years, you both have finally recalled that my mother is in the hospital and have come to see her?"
Since they could find out that Xia Qingwei was in this hospital today, so they obviously could have found out in the past too.
Until now, Lu Qiyuan had never come to visit Xia Qingwei and had only remembered about this place when Lu Qi was in trouble.
At that moment, Lu Man was full of anger and hatred.
Just like Tang Zi had said, how could such a vile person exist!
"We are here to take you back with us. If you cooperate with us, we obviously won't need to disturb your mother. However, this depends on what you choose to do," Xia Qingyang threatened as she stood beside Lu Qiyuan.
"What are you trying to do?" Lu Man suddenly raised her voice.
Originally, they had already caused a commotion, which had drawn people's attention.
Now that Lu Man had purposely raised her voice to yell, many more people were looking towards them now.
She could predict already that once the news had spread online, the Lu family would have become frantic.
Somehow, they would definitely try to catch her and make her take the blame.
But they did not find her last night because they had been busy dealing with Lu Qi's situation and needed time to find manpower.
Thus, Lu Man had decided that from today onwards, she would stay in the hospital with her mother.
Since it was a public space, Lu Qiyuan would not dare to do much.
Yet she had not thought that they would be this crazy, coming straight to the hospital to take her away.
But now that Xia Qingwei was present, Lu Man had a lot more to worry about.
"Take her away!" Lu Qiyuan ordered.
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