Chapter 56 - Bring Your Household Registration And Identification Card (2/2)

Ning Qing stood by the door and looked inside through the window. Her mom was lying down on the bed with her eyes closed. There were two professional nurses looking after her. Her ECG looked normal.

She blinked and felt a tingling sensation at the tip of her nose. No one knew how hopeless she felt before she fainted. Actually, she was very lonely. She only had her mom.

Her mom had not been the happiest during her life. She’s a traditional woman and dedicated all her life to the Ning family and her daughter. She was abandoned by her husband and tortured by sickness. Her mom was suffering too.

If she were to let her mom die due to sickness… Her mom’s life was too sad. She would die of self-blame, she would die of guilt, she would die of heartache…

Luckily, mom was saved. Luckily… There’s Lu Shaoming…

She didn’t know how Lu Shaoming found a suitable donor in such a short time. But she didn’t find it weird as the rich could take care of any problem very quickly.

It would cost more than a thousand a days of special care. She even had a professional caretaker… Lu Shaoming was very considerate and he helped her to take care of all the concern.

Why would he do that for her?

She’s only a stranger.

“Miss Ning, don’t worry. The surgery went really well. I believe she will wake up very soon. If the treatment was done well, she will live for a long time.”

“Mm…” Ning Qing nodded. She looked at Zhu Rui and said hesitantly, “Lu…” She didn’t know how to refer to Lu Shaoming. She was embarra.s.sed, “Where’s President Lu now? I want to thank him personally.”

“President Lu has an important meeting and he couldn’t leave. Hence, he sent me here to take care of the situation. If you have anything to tell the president, you can call him.”

Ning Qing tucked her hair behind her ear and she blushed in embarra.s.sment, “Mm… I shall give him a call.”

…

Ning Qing returned to her room and took out her phone. He called the other day so she still had his number.

She pressed the call b.u.t.ton and someone answered as soon as it rang, “h.e.l.lo…” His distinct low magnetic voice was just like him. It was like a gla.s.s of wine that was aged for a hundred years. It gave her gooseb.u.mps.

Ning Qing put her hand into the baggy ward uniform. There was a maple tree outside and the autumn leaves grew luxuriantly. It was covered in brilliant redness.

“h.e.l.lo, President Lu. About my mom, thank you,” Ning Qing weighed her choice of words and spoke carefully, “And, tell me how much you spend for my mother. Although I can’t afford to pay you back now, I can write up an agreement and I will return it to you with interest when I have the money.”

The man on the other side was quiet. His breathing was so light that Ning Qing was suspicious as to whether he was even listening.

She felt restless. He helped her but she’d rather measure their relations.h.i.+p with money. She didn’t have money but she couldn’t afford anything else besides money.

Was he upset?

A minute later, he spoke slowly as he smiled, “President Lu, huh? Are you my staff? Are you so much in a hurry to make our relations.h.i.+p clear? Alright, no need to return my money. We don’t keep in touch anymore.”

“You!” Ning Qing was at loss of words. Her hand in the pocket was gripped into a fist. She kept quiet.

She merely just said a word and he cut her off. Such a cunning man.

“Why? Are you loathe to leave me?” The man asked. In his deep voice, he was like twittering yet rather flirtatiously, “A liar who meant contrary to what is spoken.”

Who, who’s the liar?

Ning Qing pouted but she couldn’t help but smile. She thought, he must be a man who’s good at flirting.

“Ning Qing,” Lu Shaoming called her name on the other side of the phone. It sounded especially nice, proper and respectful when he called her name. “I am not short of money but I am in need of a wife. Bring your household registration and identification card. I’ll wait for you.”