<h4>Chapter 1445: Chapter 1458</h4>


    Chu Ge finished speaking and walked away with Huo Tianqian and the others, leaving Wei Yu and An Ruoxi standing there.


    An Ruoxi looked at Wei Yu suspiciously, isn’t Mu Bingtong Shen Yaoyao’s sister? Then this Chu Ge just now...


    It seems this person is indeed the Chu Ge that Shen Yaoyao mentioned!


    Thinking about this, An Ruoxi wanted to call Shen Yaoyao, but with Wei Yu present, she dared not say much. She could only text Shen Yaoyao, informing her of Chu Ge’s hotel location.


    Unexpectedly, Shen Yaoyao called back. An Ruoxi couldn’t say much to Shen Yaoyao, so she merely mentioned that there was something to discusster and hung up.


    Wei Yu nced at her indifferently, warning, "If I find out you’re in contact with Chu Ge, you’re finished!"


    An Ruoxi felt puzzled, thinking maybe Wei Yu’s mind was malfunctioning! She didn’t even know Chu Ge!


    Wei Yu returned to his room and closed the door. An Ruoxi made a big Ghost Face at his back, huffed, and started to leave.


    Before she had taken a few steps, a pleasant ringtone pulled her back.


    Looking at the number on the screen, her heart skipped a beat, her hands trembling as she held the phone. It was a call from the hospital.


    An Ruoxi grabbed her bag and rushed out. She walked with anxiety, her hands tightly clenched in front of her chest, eyes fixed straight ahead, her thoughts already at the hospital. Until the car stopped at the hospital entrance and the driver called her several times, she finally snapped back to reality.


    "Thank you, driver."


    Leaving those words behind, she ran into the hospital like the wind.


    After An Ruoxi left, the driver took out his phone and made a call. Whatever was instructed from the other end, he responded and followed her off the car...


    An Ruoxi sprinted all the way, arriving breathlessly at the front of the operating room, surrounded by the muffled sound of low sobbing. It seemed suppressed, making her heartache, her body copsing onto the ground...


    Staring at the tightly shut door of the operating room, the red light had already gone out.


    Her eyes instantly filled with tears, tears uncontrobly streamed down...


    Mom...


    Mom, why didn’t you wait for me...


    I’ve already got the money...


    An Ruoxi ultimately couldn’t suppress the inner grief, broke into loud sobs, echoing throughout the hallway, each note so wrenching that anyone who heard it would feel sympathetic.


    Hearing her cries, the people who were sobbing softly exchanged unsure nces, then looked at An Ruoxi, seeing her crying so heart-wrenchingly. Perhaps the suppressed inner grief was provoked, or maybe the mncholy atmosphere prompted intense sorrow; in the next instant, they also began to wail...


    The cries alerted the nurse at the station, who ran over to inquire. Someone who knew An Ruoxi saw her sitting on the ground, crying so much that she looked like she was painted with tears, quickly approached to help her up.


    "Ruoxi, what’s wrong?"


    "I... my mom... my mom she..." An Ruoxi sobbed unceasingly, unable to catch her breath, her tears flowing more freely at the mention of her mom...


    "Your mom? Isn’t your mom in the ward?" The nurse puzzled, "She was still there during the rounds this morning, woke up yesterday, wanting to be discharged. Yesterday I tried calling you but couldn’t get through. Today, I had another nurse call."


    "...Huh?"


    After a while, she finally registered the nurse’s words, teary-eyed, confusedly pointing to the closed door of the operating room, "Then..."


    For a moment, she couldn’t react to what was happening. In the ward? But the hospital clearly told her her mom was in critical condition and being resuscitated in the operating room...


    Not convinced, An Ruoxi stood up abruptly, looking around at the people sobbing deeply, not knowing any of them, and moreover... they were crying so miserably...


    Uncertain about the nurse’s words, she stumbled her way to her mom’s ward, pushing the door open with a bang.


    "Ruoxi?" An Sufang was half-lying in the hospital bed, hearing themotion, nced toward the door to see her disheveled daughter standing before her.


    "What’s wrong with you?" An Sufang asked, seeing her swollen eyes, knowing she had been crying, thinking she might have suffered a grievance, her heart tightened, "Ruoxi, did someone bully you?"


    An Ruoxi saw her mom safely lying in the hospital bed, and her originally held-back tears now poured out like a flooded river breaking through a dam.


    She cried and cried, then suddenly chuckled, wiping her nose carelessly...


    Rushing forward, she hugged An Sufang tightly, chanting, "It’s great, it’s great, mom is okay..."


    An Sufang was even more confused, her health was good, what could be wrong?


    "By the way, Ruoxi, since you’re here, help mom pack up. Getting ready for discharge."


    "Discharge?" An Ruoxi was stunned, "Mom, are you joking, you can’t be discharged."


    "I know my own body, staying here costs money, no discussion, discharge." An Sufang waved her hand, she had been vocal all day and another morning. Finally seeing her daughter, she insisted on getting discharged today.


    "No way, mom, this time you have to listen to me. The doctor said your illness can’t be dyed anymore, you have to have surgery."


    "Surgery?" How much would that cost...


    As if seeing through her mom’s thoughts, An Ruoxi hastily blurted out, "I’ve already gathered the surgery fees, mom, don’t worry, just rest assured and heal."


    As soon as she spoke, An Ruoxi regretted it, unsure how to exin, not knowing how to open up, besides this matter must not be known by her mom...


    "Where did you get the money?"


    "..." An Ruoxi didn’t know how to respond, lowering her head like a child who did something wrong waiting to be reprimanded.


    "You went to him?" An Sufang’s expression darkened, and she sighed deeply, attempting to get up but theny back again, turning her gaze away from An Ruoxi and looking out the window, "How much did he give you?"


    "..." An Ruoxi paused, then thought of that person, the one she never acknowledged as her father...


    "He gave just enough for the surgery fees." An Ruoxi hesitated, for the first time in her life she lied, still feeling a bit guilty, she lowered her eyes, not daring to look at her mom.


    Within the ward, both of them, with their own concerns, fell silent...


    An Ruoxi seemed to have thought of something, turned, and swiftly ran out.


    She needed to ask what the phone call meant!


    An Ruoxi, upon asking at the nurse station, found out that a trainee nurse had mixed her up with another family member.


    Regardless, her mom being safe was all that mattered, relieved, she headed to inquire with the doctor. After dithering for a while, she slowly moved back to the ward.


    She felt a bit guilty.


    Passing by the nurse station, the TV screen on the wall flickered, revealing a familiar face. Unquestionably, he was born exceptionally well, better than any woman could aspire to, inciting jealousy...