Chapter 404 - She Was Not Xiang Caiping’s Daughter (1/2)

Shi Mengwan breathed quickly, opened two buttons of her coat, came near Su Qingsang and patted on her shoulder.

“Am I your friend or not?”

“What?” Su Qingsang blinked. She hadn’t completely recovered from the shock yet.

“You are not treating me as your friend,” Shi Mengwan gave her a gentle punch and said, “How could you not tell me that your mom had a car accident?”

Su Qingsang paused briefly and understood her meaning. “I’m sorry. I forgot. I was too busy.”

“Were you going to keep it secret from me if I didn’t come here to see you today?”

Earlier, Su Qingsang told Shi Mengwan that she would leave for a two-week communication study. Shi Mengwan checked the calendar and found it was about the time for Su Qingsang to come back. She called her in the morning, but Su Qingsang didn’t answer the call.

She was near the hospital after lunch, so she decided to drop by. At the hospital, she heard from Su Qingsang’s colleague that the latter might be with her mother. She had also learned that Xiang Caiping had a car accident.

“Let’s go. I’m here and I want to visit Aunty Xiang.”

“Let’s go.”

Xiang Caiping should have woken up already.

Because of her injury, she couldn’t sleep well and woke up all the time. She couldn’t take too many pain killers, so her sleep was always short.

“You really didn’t see me as a good friend,” Shi Mengwan complained as she followed behind Su Qingsang.

Normally, Su Qingsang would comfort her and tell her that she didn’t mean to forget to tell her. However, today she was not in the mood.

Many thoughts were going on in her mind. She brought Shi Mengwan to Xiang Caiping’s room and looked at Xiang Caiping long and hard.

Xiang Caiping had already woken up and was surprised to see Shi Mengwan.

Neither Xiang Caiping nor Xiao Ning detected the strange look on Su Qingsang’s face. Xiang Caiping was busy chatting with Shi Mengwan.

Su Qingsang looked at Xiang Caiping, wondering if the latter knew that she was not her daughter.

She believed that Xiang Caiping didn’t know. She was still wearing the jade pendant that Xiang Caiping gave her. It was smooth, as warm as her body.

She remembered Xiang Caiping argued with Su Peizhen for her, even gave the latter a slap to the face.

She also remembered the sweater that Xiang Caiping knitted for her. She saw it the first day she came home. It was on the couch in the living room.

Xiang Caiping was certainly waiting to give her that sweater when she came home. However, by the time Su Qingsang was home, she was already in the hospital.

All the signs indicated that Xiang Caiping really thought Su Qingsang was her daughter.

How could that be?

Her blood-test report couldn’t possibly have been faked.

Who was she then?

“Qingsang?”

Xiang Caiping startled Su Qingsang out of her thoughts.

“Mom.” Su Qingsang gave her a stiff smile.

She called her ‘Mom’, but it did not come as naturally as before. No one detected the difference, though.

“Why are you distracted? Mengwan was talking to you.”

“Qingsang, what’s wrong?” Shi Mengwan looked at her questioningly.

“Nothing. I’m thinking about the surgery that I’ll be performing this afternoon.”

“I was asking you how long will your mom need to stay here and when she might be discharged. Did her doctor tell you?” Thankfully, Shi Mengwan wasn’t angry.

“A month, at least. After that, we’ll see how her recovery goes. She can go home then, but will still need to come to the hospital for rehabilitation.”

“Such a long time?” Shi Mengwan opened her eyes and asked, “So you guys will be here during the New Year, right?”

“Yeah. Her injury is quite serious indeed.” No one wanted to celebrate the New Year at the hospital if they had a choice.