1123 I Want to Make You Stay 1 (2/2)
”Shall we play with her?”
Long Xiaoxi agreed with a nod, ”Okay.”
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”Mr. Jin, Ms. An,” greeted Feng Qiubai, who had arrived at the hospital ward with a lot of gifts. An Xiaoning was surprised to see her, for she and Tuoba Hancheng had already been divorced for quite some time now. Why would she come to visit Qingyan at the hospital?
”What brings you here, Ms. Feng?”
Feng Qiubai placed the gifts on the table and said, ”I saw the news about Mr. Jin being hospitalized. I decided to visit him and relay a message to you.”
”What is it?”
Feng Qiubai said with a solemn expression, ”There are very few people who are aware of this so far. I doubt you know about it yet, Ms. An.”
”Just what's the matter?”
”Your half-brother has contracted HIV.”
My half-brother…
Tuoba Hancheng?
”You've already divorced him, how did you find out about this?”
”I was having dinner at a restaurant a few nights ago and I happened to bump into him and his longtime partner. There was a partition in between our tables so I happened to overhear their conversation. Tuoba Hancheng had passed the disease to his partner, and his partner fell out with him over that. However, Tuoba Hancheng agreed to pay for his treatment in a bid to get him to remain tight-lipped.”
”Did you tell anyone else about this?”
Shaking her head, Feng Qiubai said, ”No, I didn't tell anyone at all. My company has transferred me to an overseas branch and I'll be staying abroad for quite some time. I'm leaving in a few days. I decided that it would be better to inform you.”
”You're not staying in S Nation anymore?”
She nodded and answered, ”Yes, I plan to develop my career overseas. I won't be coming back often.”
”Do you have a boyfriend now?”
Feng Qiubai answered with a nod, ”Yes, he's my former classmate and he's overseas now. I'm not getting any younger either. I used to be overly picky and held my expectations too high. However, I now just want to find a man who'll dote on me.”
”That's the mindset you should have. Actually, a woman's family matters the most to her. No matter how domineering a woman may be, she'll still need a shoulder to lean on. I wish you a blissful life from now on.”
Feng Qiubai said with a smile, ”Thank you, I hope Mr. Jin recovers soon. I won't impose on you any further, then.”
An Xiaoning walked her to the door of the hospital ward and watched her leave.
She had rarely interacted with Feng Qiubai, Lin Shishi's cousin. Feng Qiubai had probably realized something and learned a lesson from the Lin Shishi incident.
Once she entered the hospital ward again, Henry stared at his mobile phone and said to her, ”Your half-brother, Tuoba Hancheng, has made it onto the news.”
”Did the media expose the news of him being HIV positive?”
”No… he killed himself by slitting his wrists in a hotel room.”
An Xiaoning did not believe him at all. She said, ”You must be fooling me. How could he have committed suicide so soon when I just heard it from Feng Qiubai?”
”See it for yourself,” he said while handing her the mobile phone.
An Xiaoning tapped the mobile phone screen, only to find that what Henry had said was true.
”Boss, that fellow is calling you again!
She quickly grabbed her mobile phone and answered the call from Tuoba Rui.
”Hello.”
”Hancheng has passed away.”
”I just saw the piece of news.”
”Xiaoning…” Tuoba Rui spluttered, clearly having suffered a huge blow.
”Yes, I'm here.”
He fell silent and began choking with sobs.