Chapter 238
Chapter 238
Xiao Wu and Ms. Lin had just left the hospital with their youngest son when Ms. Lin’s younger sister came rushing over.
The moment she heard that her sister, who had returned from the dead, had gone to the hospital again, she dropped everything at work and hurried there in a panic.
“Why is her phone off? Don’t tell me something happened…” she muttered after ending the call in the taxi.
She leaped out of the cab and sprinted toward the hospital entrance.
She was running so fast that she couldn’t stop in time and crashed head-on into a young doctor at the door.
Crash!
His thermos shattered, spilling hot goji berry tea all over the ground.
“Ah! That’s hot…”
“I’m sorry! Are you all right? Did you get burned?”
She had collided with a doctor.
But she couldn’t worry about the burn on her hand right now. All she wanted was to see her sister as soon as possible.
“Miss, don’t run off yet. That burn on your hand needs treatment!” The doctor caught her by the wrist and tried to stop her.
She refused to listen. “Hey, it’s fine. I won’t hold you responsible, so just go.”
As it happened, he was a surgeon. Seeing her treat her own body so carelessly triggered his professional instincts, and he immediately grew a little angry.
After some back-and-forth, the doctor added her on WeChat and said he would leave some burn medication for her. She didn’t refuse.
Ding-dong!
A friend request appeared on WeChat.
“Hello. My full name is Hao Ren. I’m the doctor you bumped into. I left the burn medication at the hospital security office, so remember to pick it up.”
She accepted the friend request and found a moment to reply.
“Okay, okay. Thank you, Doctor Hao! You really live up to your name. You’re such a good person.”
WeChat showed that the other person was typing…
Two seconds later, the doctor sent another message. “Mm. What name should I save you under?”
She replied, “My surname is Lin, and my name is Lin Yi. You can call me Xiao Yi. [Smile]”
“All right, Miss Lin. A pleasure to meet you.”
…
In a Live Streaming Room on a certain platform, Zhao Siyao was holding her compliment notebook and enthusiastically praising viewers to raise money for her mother’s treatment.
Since Da Yao had appeared in the inner world before, plenty of curious netizens flocked to the Live Streaming Room to support her.
Liang Chen slipped into the Live Streaming Room as well and secretly sent Da Yao gifts.
As Da Yao continued showering viewers with praise, an Anonymous Netizen suddenly appeared.
Without a word, the Anonymous Netizen dropped hundreds of thousands in gifts on Da Yao’s Live Streaming Room.
In an instant, they had raised enough to cover her mother’s medical expenses.
Da Yao could only stand there, utterly stunned.
…
That day, at a villa on the outskirts of the city, Jiang Li knelt before her parents’ memorial tablets in the Funeral Hall. She had also made a small memorial tablet for her little Black Cat and placed it beside the altar.
Jiang Li’s phone chimed repeatedly.
In their WeChat group, “Friends,” Xu Haoran and Zhao Qingqing were sharing the happy news of their upcoming wedding.
The wedding was set for three months later, and Jiang Li, Zhang Jiang, Liang Chen, Zhao Siyao, Shanshan, and the others were all invited.
Jiang Li’s eyes rippled faintly as she read the announcement. She sent a “Congratulations” sticker.
After sending it, she switched her phone to silent and set it aside.
Kneeling in the Funeral Hall, Jiang Li stared at her parents’ memorial tablets in silence for a long time, grief welling up inside her.
She still remembered how, at the very beginning, the System had asked her to choose what she considered “the most important thing.”
Family, money, or a cherished friend.
Back then, Jiang Li had chosen “family.”
Yet in the end, she had gained both wealth and cherished friends, only to lose the one thing she had chosen: her family.
As Jiang Li recalled how both her parents had passed away, countless thoughts flooded her mind, and tears began streaming down her cheeks.
At last, she understood.
Perhaps that was simply how life worked.
What you desperately sought would remain beyond your reach, while what you never sought would come to you of its own accord.
Perhaps once Jiang Li let go of her fixation on the familial love she had lost, it would find her again when she least expected it, quietly returning to her side.
She looked forward to that day.
-End of the Side Story-
Post-Credits Bonus Scene:
Outside the Funeral Hall.
Elder Fan, Red Infant, Green Infant, and Fang Yiming all had their ears pressed against the door, eavesdropping.
Elder Fan leaned closer. “It sounds like she’s crying…”
Red Infant and Green Infant grew worried. “Did someone bully Mommy? Why is Mommy crying?”
Fang Yiming listened for a moment, then said, “Yeah. It sounds like Jiang Li, my big sister, is crying because she doesn’t have any family.”
“What?!”
“Huh?!”
“She doesn’t consider me her grandfather? Hmph!” Elder Fan was so furious he looked ready to explode. Baring his teeth, he wheeled himself around and stormed off.
Red Infant looked sadly at Green Infant. “Little brother, do you think Mommy forgot about us?”
Fang Yiming began to have doubts of his own. “Didn’t Jiang Li say she’d treat me like her little brother? Could she have been lying to me…?”
The four of them left the doorway with complicated expressions.
Just then, Xia Xiaoqiang, Liang Chen, Da Yao, and Zhao Qingqing arrived together to invite Jiang Li out.
The moment they entered, they found everyone inside, young and old alike, looking both angry and hurt.
“Um, Grandpa Fan, is Jiang Li here?” Xia Xiaoqiang asked cautiously.
Silence reigned for several seconds.
Elder Fan sighed. Without answering her, he left in a sullen mood.
Red Infant and Green Infant pouted, their ears drooping as they followed Elder Fan out.
Fang Yiming scratched his head and hesitated. “Then… should I leave too?”
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Post-Credits Bonus Scene, Part Two
Red Infant’s Perspective:
At the beginning of the story…
Abandoned by his parents, Red Infant lounged around the Strange Space with nothing to do, waiting for someone to choose him.
Another batch of people bearing the title of Chosen One had arrived today.
Once again, it was time for them to choose their “Most Important Card.”
Unsurprisingly, every last one of them chose money.
Over the past six months, the choices made by each Chosen One had shown practically no originality.
Perhaps money truly was that important to humans.
Red Infant picked at his ear as he lay atop the highest level of the Strange Space, lazily swinging his little feet.
Just then, a woman’s voice rang out:
“Family. I choose family!”
Red Infant’s eyes snapped up.
The woman on the monitor continued:
“Without my family, I wouldn’t be who I am today.”
“Please, you must not hurt my family!”
A rush of warmth surged into Red Infant’s mind.
It felt as though something had struck a powerful chord deep within him.
The next second, Red Infant leaped excitedly to his feet. Pointing at Jiang Li, he shouted,
“I choose her! I want her to be my Mommy!”
-End of Bonus Scene-
THE END