Chapter 585: She wants to carve these four words out of her heart.
"Uncle Lu, I’m here to see Xiaoer. I heard Xiaoer she..."
Song Lili couldn’t finish her sentence before being interrupted by Lu Yonghuai,
"President’s wife, please come upstairs."
"Okay."
Song Lili hurried upstairs, almost taking two steps at a time. She was completely shocked when she heard the news.
"Uncle Lu, how is Xiaoer doing now?"
"She’s much better now. Go in and see her, but...she needs to rest quietly, don’t upset her,"
Lu Yonghuai cautioned.
Song Lili nodded repeatedly,
"Uncle Lu, rest assured, I will be very careful."
She arrived at Lu Xiaoer’s door, took a deep breath to calm her emotions, and then knocked softly,
"Xiaoer, it’s...Lili. Can I come in?"
"Lili, come in!"
Hearing Lu Xiaoer’s reply, there seemed to be no sign of distress in her voice, which even had a hint of cheerfulness.
But when Song Lili pushed the door open and saw Lu Xiaoer lying on the bed...
In just that moment, her vision blurred with a mist.
"Lili, you’re here. Come sit down, I’ll have the servant pour you some tea."
As she spoke, Lu Xiaoer was about to phone the servant to prepare it.
Song Lili looked at her...
Her eyes deeply sunken, cheeks hollowed, face pale, she looked like a skeleton propped up there.
She was already thin, and the work at the hospital had further taken its toll on her body.
Now, after just over a week without seeing her, she had lost even more weight...
Song Lili’s lips quivered, and her eyes burned; she forced herself not to let the tears fall.
"Don’t worry about it."
She walked over and took the phone from Lu Xiaoer’s hand.
Lu Xiaoer blinked and smiled at Song Lili,
"You come to visit me and I don’t even offer you a cup of tea. If Wen Nian found out how I’m treating his wife, he’d definitely look down on me."
"If he dares to look down on you, I’ll divorce him,"
Song Lili huffed.
Lu Xiaoer immediately laughed, "Only you would dare say something like that."
"Xiaoer, I’m sorry, I really didn’t know. I didn’t know you were in trouble... I sent you messages, you didn’t reply, and I didn’t pay attention... I’m sorry, so sorry."
"Hey, why are we being so formal with each other?"
Lu Xiaoer spread her hands,
"Look at me closely, aren’t I fine?"
"I heard you had a fever, a fever for a week. Several times it reached forty degrees."
"I’ve been working too hard and not resting properly. When the illness came, it hit hard. I promise, from now on, I will take better care of my health."
Song Lili looked at Lu Xiaoer, the more she acted like this, the more Lili felt uncomfortable and blamed herself.
"I’m really okay, when someone’s sick, they definitely don’t look their best, but you know me, rest a couple more days and I’m sure I’ll be fine."
"I... asked Lawyer Fu."
"..."
Lu Xiaoer smiled, "Don’t talk like that."
"I should have stopped you. That day, I shouldn’t have let you go to the hotel, I shouldn’t have persuaded you to reconcile with Zhongli, I really shouldn’t have..."
Song Lili knew about Lu Xiaoer’s accident, Wen Nian had told her.
Even though Lu Yonghuai had taken care of things everywhere, and the secrecy of the whole affair was very well maintained.
But there is no such thing as an impenetrable wall.
The judicial department’s people were talking privately when Wen Nian overheard them by chance, and after asking in detail, he found out about Xiaoer’s accident.
When Wen Nian found out, he ordered the people handling the case to keep their mouths shut.
He also called Lawyer Fu, inquired about the situation, and then informed her.
When she found out the time and place of the incident, she was stunned.
"Lili, it has nothing to do with you, don’t take responsibility. It’s my fault for not being careful with the friends I made, my lack of self-respect. I eagerly chased after Zhongli Wuzhi. It’s my own mistake, and of course... I should bear the consequences."
"But if you really, really... Little Ear, I would go crazy."
Song Lili stepped forward and hugged Xiaoer,
"I am the sinner."
"Lili, you’re really taking this too seriously. Don’t you know, having a scare without danger, from now on, is all good fortune!"
It was clearly Song Lili who came to visit Xiaoer, but now it turned out to be Xiaoer comforting Song Lili.
She gently patted Song Lili on the back,
"There, there, look how energetic I am now, all that’s left is to focus on nutritional supplementation."
"Little Ear..."
Song Lili looked at Xiaoer’s haggard but stubbornly strong face and stroked it, "You really are..."
"Hey, you’re the President’s wife, surely there are a lot of good things to nourish health in the President Mansion, right?"
"Yes!"
"Then share some with me. Although I escaped danger, I am... still quite pitiful, right?"
Song Lili looked at her, hands pinching her cheeks,
"You girl... you just have to make people worry to death over you."
Xiaoer thought about her father and then at Song Lili, who was in tears at that moment because of her worry, and guilt, and self-reproach, she actually... already felt very content.
"I’ll bring them over tonight; I will bring everything to you."
Song Lili smiled at Xiaoer.
But Xiaoer made a face at Song Lili.
Song Lili stayed at the Lu Family for about two hours. She wanted to stay with Xiaoer but was afraid of disturbing her rest,
"I’ll bring the nutritional supplements over tonight; you get some rest first."
"Come tomorrow instead, don’t bother tonight."
Xiaoer held her hand.
Song Lili looked deeply into Xiaoer’s eyes and then nodded,
"Okay, I’ll come over tomorrow."
It would be a good opportunity to take care of some things that evening.
Song Lili’s eyes narrowed, shining with a hint of a steely blue.
"Lili..."
"...Hmm."
"You promised me."
"..."
"Don’t go looking for Zhongli Wuzhi."
"..."
Song Lili pursed her lips.
"This is it, let’s leave it here."
"...Okay. Let’s leave it here."
Song Lili bent down and gently stroked her head, "I will listen to you."
"I love you."
Xiaoer winked at Song Lili and puckered her lips, pretending to kiss Song Lili.
Song Lili laughed at her being naughty.
She playfully flicked Xiaoer’s nose.
Only when she saw her lying down obediently did Song Lili leave.
The bedroom door opened and closed.
The smile that had been on Xiaoer’s face slowly faded, she closed her eyes, but soon, a tear slid down from the corner of her eye.
This is the end.
Not talking about love or hate, not about right or wrong, no more talk.
From now on, the person Zhongli Wuzhi would no longer have anything to do with her.
She would carve these four words from her brain, from her heart, vigorously... excise them! Leaving not a trace.
Song Lili stood outside the door, took another deep breath.
Downstairs, Lu Yonghuai was still sitting on the living room sofa.
"Madam President..."