After My Flash Marriage with the Sick Beauty, I Reached the Pinnacle of My Life - Chapter 76

The matter regarding Ye Murou could not be delayed for too long.

She had already mentioned the contact information to Ye Murou a few days ago, and since Ye Murou had already agreed, it would be inappropriate not to follow through now.

She didn’t want Ye Murou to worry if the process took too long.

Xia Shishi planned to ask Wei Xixue about it today.

As a renowned surgeon, Wei Xixue was always busy. When Xia Shishi arrived to look for her, she was currently seeing patients.

So, Xia Shishi simply waited outside, intending to talk to Wei Xixue during her break after she finished her work. Xia Shishi didn’t have to wait long, only about an hour, before Wei Xixue let her in.

Wei Xixue, who had just finished seeing a large number of patients, took off her white coat: “If it were about Wen Jiao, you would have come in and asked me already. Tell me, what is it you want to see me about?”

Wei Xixue poured herself a glass of water, intending to sit down and listen to Xia Shishi speak slowly.

“It’s about Ye Murou.” As soon as Xia Shishi finished speaking, Wei Xixue changed her sitting posture.

She looked at Xia Shishi seriously, making sure the person wasn’t messing with her.

After a moment, Wei Xixue subtly asked: “Are you going to tell me where she is now?”

Xia Shishi nodded: “More or less.”

Xia Shishi: “But before I tell you, I have a question to ask. What do you plan to do after you find Ye Murou?”

Wei Xixue clasped her hands: “I don’t know why you changed your mind, but it doesn’t matter if I tell you. I’m looking for her on behalf of her mother. I want them to meet.”

“Ye Murou’s mother?” Xia Shishi recalled what she had said.

Wei Xixue had mentioned that Ye Murou looked a lot like her mother’s friend.

It seemed Wei Xixue was now certain that Ye Murou was the child of her mother’s friend. The mother and daughter were separated for some unknown reason, and now the mother wanted to see her daughter again.

And, of course, Wei Xixue’s mother would want to help her good friend, so Wei Xixue intended to help as well.

This reason sounded plausible, but what concerned Xia Shishi was Ye Murou’s reluctance to meet.

“Her mother,” Xia Shishi asked very carefully, “Did she abandon her?”

This time, Wei Xixue was silent for a long time, seemingly not wanting to talk about it with Xia Shishi. Then, perhaps after considering something or deciding to answer, she said: “More or less.”

Xia Shishi: “And what does she plan to tell Ye Murou after they meet?”

Xia Shishi asked angrily: “Ye Murou has always had a very hard life. No matter what I ask her to do, she will agree. She is a good child who can endure hardships and knows how to repay kindness. I don’t want her to be sad.”

If they were separated due to an accident, then so be it, but if it was due to abandonment, Xia Shishi would absolutely not agree.

Unless Ye Murou genuinely wanted to meet her in her heart.

Now Xia Shishi disliked Wei Xixue. Even if she helped Wen Jiao stand up again, Xia Shishi still disliked her: “Thank you for your dedication to your patients as a doctor. I know doctors cannot accept gifts, so I plan to send you a banner of appreciation. Don’t worry, it will be very big.”

She stood up angrily. Come to think of it, the medical expenses had already been paid. Wasn’t it Wei Xixue’s duty to treat Wen Jiao?

She wasn’t Ye Murou, who would foolishly go to such lengths to repay a kindness.

A banner of appreciation was the sum total of Xia Shishi’s attitude.

Wei Xixue was a very patient doctor. She would put in the utmost effort and maintain the best attitude towards her patients.

But Xia Shishi was not a patient, and secondly… even if her temper was good, she was not Wen Jiao and wouldn’t spoil Xia Shishi. So, she took off her glasses and started to sneer: “Do you know the situation of her family? And yet you start passing judgment.”

“So what?” Xia Shishi was most adept at being loud even when logically wrong, because she had her own reasoning.

“All I know is that Ye Murou helped me a lot. We are good friends. If she doesn’t want to meet, I will support her.”

Perhaps Xia Shishi’s audacity was so strong that Wei Xixue was persuaded.

There were indeed many things Xia Shishi didn’t know, but from Xia Shishi’s perspective, she wasn’t wrong.

Ye Murou wasn’t wrong either.

Her mother wasn’t wrong.

“Since you are her good friend, why don’t you ask her?” Wei Xixue said indifferently, “Just as my mother and I won’t stop helping with the search, we also have our own stance.”

It seemed the questioning ended here.

Xia Shishi turned and left, heading back to the ward to complain to Wen Jiao.

Wen Jiao seemed to have learned a set of persuasive phrases from somewhere: “How could she be like that?” “That’s too much.” “We shouldn’t pay attention to her.”

Xia Shishi felt something was off the more she listened, and offered loyal advice: “You should read fewer novels; it will make you stupid.”

Wen Jiao smiled: “Isn’t this quite useful? You’re not angry anymore. As long as you’re not angry, I’m willing to say even the stupidest things.”

Immediately, Xia Shishi changed her mind.

Reading novels was fine, read more, learn more lines like these, she loved listening to them.

Xia Shishi looked crestfallen: “The point of my anger is that I don’t dare to ask Ye Murou. There are some things I can say directly to you because I know you will indulge me, but Ye Murou isn’t you.”

Wei Xixue didn’t need to accommodate her emotions, and neither did Ye Murou.

This matter didn’t have much to do with Xia Shishi; her actions, frankly, were just to satisfy her own curiosity. How much genuine concern was truly in it?

She could choose to ignore this matter, respect Ye Murou’s wishes, and simply keep the two parties from meeting.

That way, Ye Murou could live a happier life, and that would count as doing what was best for a friend.

Xia Shishi wasn’t even sure if Ye Murou considered her a friend.

Ye Murou was good and trustworthy, but all of this was based on the premise that Xia Shishi had helped her before. Removing that layer, how much relationship did they still have?

Wen Jiao didn’t show any sign of impatience, gently stroking Xia Shishi’s head, like comforting a cat.

Xia Shishi rubbed her head against Wen Jiao’s hand: “Dear sister, give me some advice.”

This was a heart-to-heart talk, a way to build closeness and deepen communication between people.

Wen Jiao found all of Xia Shishi’s actions interesting, and she smiled lightly: “Why don’t you just go and ask her?”

Why was she still being told to ask Ye Murou?

Wen Jiao murmured: “Many times, I want you to have only me by your side, but I’m trying to respect you. You need friends, and I won’t stop you.” Although that would often plunge Wen Jiao into a feeling of regret.

Before she could regret it, Wen Jiao said: “Since you want a trustworthy friend, you also need to be honest.”

“Go and ask her what she thinks.”

Wen Jiao was not Ye Murou and couldn’t answer for Xia Shishi.

Unless Xia Shishi wanted her to pretend to be Ye Murou.

Xia Shishi wouldn’t go to such an absurd extent. Wen Jiao was Wen Jiao, the unique Wen Jiao, why should she pretend to be someone else? After thinking it over, Wen Jiao was right. If she wanted Ye Murou as a friend, she should go and ask Ye Murou if she was willing.

Having experienced betrayal, Xia Shishi was not as bold as before.

But with Wen Jiao’s encouragement, she regained her courage.

Xia Shishi messaged Ye Murou: “Let’s be good friends.”

Ye Murou expressed her astonishment the moment she received the message, uncharacteristically sending a classic question mark, which she quickly retracted and replaced with another sentence.

“Friends?”

Her and Xia Shishi, friends?

Xia Shishi: “Yes, friends. The kind where you can ask me questions, and I can ask you questions.”

Ye Murou: “…”

Ye Murou: “You can just ask directly.”

“You haven’t said whether you’re willing yet.”

Xia Shishi was stubbornly demanding an answer.

She still had a contract with Qi Xue, and with Zhou Xiaojiang, it was mutual exploitation besides the contract. Oh, the contract was just for the convenience of exploitation.

But with Ye Murou, Xia Shishi hadn’t signed any contract; she just wanted an answer.

Ye Murou was very timid and liked to think things over carefully before giving an ambiguous answer: “If you’re willing.”

Xia Shishi: “Then we are friends. I’m going to ask you the first question: what exactly is the situation with your mother?”

Wei Xixue returned home after work.

As a doctor, and an outstanding one at that—the hope in the hearts of countless patients—her salary was high enough to buy a nice house in this city with its high housing prices.

Her mother had already prepared dinner.

Wei Xixue was over thirty, and her mother was nearing sixty. Her mother’s hair was already graying, and her eyesight was poor.

Both mother and daughter were accustomed to wearing glasses, and the atmosphere when they spoke was not as relaxed as in an ordinary family.

Wei Xixue sat down to eat. Her mother served her a bowl of soup and then began to talk about her good girlfriend from her youth: “Her illness is more severe now; she can’t even eat.”

Wei Xixue put food into her bowl.

“She put a lot of strain on her body when she was young working hard, and later she was trafficked to the mountains and forced to do those things. Her body was overdrawn…” After saying this, her mother started to cry.

Wei Xixue lowered her head and ate, saying nothing.

This matter had always been a source of deep anxiety for her mother.

That person, she could call her Auntie.

In that era, unlike now, her mother and Auntie journeyed together for goals and dreams. Later, her mother got married, but Auntie never gave up her dream.

Yet, they were still the best of friends.

Later, Auntie was deceived and taken to another place, then trafficked to the mountains, stepping into a living hell.

It was difficult to escape from the deep mountains, and also hard to find out news from the mountains. Her mother searched for a long time until finally, about ten years ago, she received a call from Auntie.

Auntie was brought back to the city, completely unrecognizable. Since then, her mother had been taking care of her.

Wei Xixue didn’t say anything because she had already graduated and started working, no longer needing her mother’s help. It was only a few years ago that Auntie became ill and began to wish to see the child she gave birth to in the mountains.

Despite the hell, there was still longing.

Wei Xixue finished her meal and began to drink the soup. Only after putting down her bowl did she speak: “I found Auntie’s daughter.”

Her mother, who had been speaking, suddenly fell silent.

This was a very delicate matter; it was good news, but it also carried too many filthy and unbearable memories, making it hard to speak.

Finally, her mother slowly said: “Your Auntie wants to see her.”

“She doesn’t want to meet.”

Wei Xixue stated the fact calmly.

Her mother didn’t find those four words strange; it was perfectly normal. She gave a bitter smile: “Where did you meet her?”

Wei Xixue didn’t rush to answer. She was also recalling the moment she saw Ye Murou.

She and Auntie looked very much alike, their facial features almost identical. The difference was that Ye Murou lacked the youthful vigor seen in Auntie’s photo from her youth, having only a careful watchfulness in her eyes.

Yes, she had barely escaped from such a hell.