Free Web NovelChapter 1547: Chapter 459: Uninvited Guest
"Whew..."
During a lunch break on the commercial street, Yan Huan took a deep breath and looked up.
The events enacted by Aria in the club room that morning were still vivid in his mind, giving him quite a shock.
Although he stopped at the brink in the end, the turbulence in his heart still left ripples, making Yan Huan unable to calm down even now.
Aria is an idiot, but her mother surely isn’t.
Yan Huan found it hard to say how much of his ’stop at the brink’ was due to Alvira.
When dealing with the modifier previously, whatever business he had with other girls, she surely knew about them to some extent, but she never took any action, making Yan Huan constantly unaware of her presence.
But previously, while traversing an if-line with Bai Yi, Yan Huan could almost always feel her influence more or less on each line.
Returning this time, giving up the modifier only to bump into Heather, reminded Yan Huan of this point.
The real issue is, how... should he face Alvira?
No, not just Alvira, right?
Sakuragi Yuri, Aunt Ye, Anle’s mother, Zuo Jiang...
Yan Huan, who was initially somewhat guilty, was suddenly startled at the thought of Zuo Jiangqin.
Immediately, he straightened up and smugly crossed his legs.
What’s it to her?
It’s irrelevant.
But speaking of which, did he forget something?
"..."
Yan Huan, sipping on milk tea, had this thought just as he slapped his forehead.
Oh yes!
Sister Tong too!
Her mother came to Linmen from Dragon Country for medical treatment recently. He had messaged her before, but there had been no follow-up!
His time had been consumed by the cycles of reproduction and giving up on the modifier, resulting in this situation!
Yan Huan hurriedly took out his phone, opened the chat, and sent a message to Tong Yingying.
"Sister Tong, I said I’d visit Auntie before, what happened? Send me the location, will you?"
After waiting a moment, a message came from her side,
"Forget it, no need for you to come..."
"Sister Tong, my bad."
"?"
There was a pause on her side before she responded, exasperated,
"You really don’t need to come! What’s there to be sorry about... Fine, I’m busy right now, let’s arrange it later."
Hmm...
Yan Huan thought she was angry because he didn’t follow up after asking, but it appeared that wasn’t the case.
Do they really not want him to visit?
Why...
Yan Huan, having hit a wall with Tong Yingying, didn’t give up. Instead, he opened Nara’s chat window and sent a message over,
"Are you there?"
"What’s up, handsome?"
It was a prompt response.
Is she that free?
Yan Huan didn’t hold back and directly asked her about Tong Yingying’s mom’s hospital location.
"You want to visit her mother?"
"Exactly."
"Haha... hahahaha..."
"?"
Yan Huan was genuinely puzzled by her response as she specifically sent a voice message filled only with cheerful laughter.
"What’s wrong with her mom? Why don’t any of you want me to visit her?"
"It’s not that, and I don’t mind you going. In fact, I really do."
"?"
Whether it’s not wanting him to go or wanting him to very much, both extremes seem concerning to Yan Huan.
Eventually, Nara sent over a location.
It’s a high-end private hospital in Jinghe District.
"Great, thanks a lot."
"Haha... hahahaha..."
If she laughs like that again, I’ll tell Sister Tong it was her who told me!
With that, Yan Huan finished his milk tea in a single gulp, biting the pearls furiously as he thought.
...
...
Jinghe District has countless high-end hospitals, generally not very large.
Holy Heart Hospital, which was mentioned several times before, is one of them, but the one Tong Yingying’s mother is currently staying in is even smaller.
Rather than a hospital, it feels more like a wellness center with a strong capitalist flair, offering services like private doctor consultations.
"Swoosh... swoosh..."
In the courtyard, the dry leaves couldn’t hold onto the branches, falling to the ground as the wind blew.
The giant sun was being pulled by Linmen to the west, like an ice cream ball about to merge entirely with the ocean.
The dappled shadows of the trees crawled across the white sheets, pointing towards words on the medical records akin to "Cancer."
"Yingying, who are you chatting with? Is that your boyfriend?"
Her mother’s voice prompted Tong Yingying to put down her phone.
Instead of answering, she asked,
"What do you want to eat tonight? I’ll bring it for you..."
The woman on the bed looked older than her real age, perhaps due to years of hard work.
"I want to see a son-in-law."
"See your head!"
Hearing this, Tong Yingying’s face instantly darkened.
"Hmm, why such a big reaction?"
Knowing her daughter well, Mrs. Tong observed her for a while before awkwardly asking,
"Daughter, the boyfriend you mentioned... surely you weren’t lying to me?"
"Wh-what..."
"You said he was young, handsome, caring, gentle, and totally doted on you, with a great body... If you hadn’t said he couldn’t handle your demands, I’d think you were single too long and lost your head..."
Just mentioning this made Tong Yingying’s face flush.
"Of course, he’s real! Your daughter is doing well in Linmen, guys lining up from here to Dragon Country, isn’t that easy to handle?"
Tong Yingying forced a laugh, raising two thumbs and index fingers to make a "handled" gesture.
"Really... how did you say he pursued you?"
"Well... actually, it wasn’t anything special... you know, young boys’ emotions are prone to issues... with school and original families..."
Tong Yingying shrugged, shaking her head as she explained,
"It all started one rainy night when he came looking for me like a wet, lonely puppy..."
