CHAPTER 150: CHAPTER 137 BEING FOLLOWED...

Qiao Yuxian returned to the dormitory to put down her books, tied up her hair, and left for the hospital again.

She took a two-year break from school and moved into this dormitory when she returned.

Perhaps it was fate; their relationship became very close as soon as she moved in, as if they had known each other for years.

She took a taxi from the school gate to Chengjian Hospital, and after arriving at the hospital, she called Zhao Meng to ask for the room number.

When she reached the floor where Zhao Meng was, as soon as the elevator doors opened, she saw Zhao Meng standing outside holding an IV pole, wearing patient clothing with a coat draped over her shoulders, waiting for her.

Qiao Yuxian: "......"

Zhao Meng saw her standing still inside the elevator, looking at her and laughed: "Come out."

Qiao Yuxian stepped out just before the elevator doors closed, looked at her energy level and said: "I feel like I’m unnecessary here."

"I’m also unnecessarily staying in this hospital." Zhao Meng wrapped her arm around her neck as they walked toward the room, "There’s really nothing wrong with me, but my parents insisted on keeping me here."

Qiao Yuxian took the IV pole from her hand, helping her hold it: "Is it just you here?"

"My mom’s here." Zhao Meng replied.

Chatting as they walked, they soon reached the hospital room.

It was a double-occupancy room, with a young girl next to them who seemed to have her older sister accompanying her.

As for Zhao Meng’s side...her mother was sleeping on the bed.

Qiao Yuxian stopped, blinked, and turned to look at Zhao Meng.

Zhao Meng shrugged, whispered: "I told you, I’m unnecessarily staying here."

Qiao Yuxian chuckled, patted her shoulder, and whispered: "That shows there’s nothing wrong with you, otherwise, who would be in the mood to sleep."

Zhao Meng nodded, went over to pat her mother’s shoulder and said: "Hey, bro, wake up, someone’s here to see me."

"Ah?!" Meng Rui sat up sharply, "Who’s here?"

"Ms. Meng, shh." Zhao Meng pressed her down.

Meng Rui covered her mouth, saw Qiao Yuxian, and her eyes lit up immediately, whispering: "Ah, my little Xian Xian is here!"

Qiao Yuxian hung the pole properly, smiled and said: "Sister Rui."

On the day she returned from her break and moved into the dorm, she had already met Zhao Meng’s parents.

They were very enthusiastic people.

She had tried to call her "Aunt."

But just as her mouth opened, she was cut off.

Meng Rui simply said: "I’m called Meng Rui, call me sister."

So she called her Sister Rui.

"My little Xian Xian, come let me hug you." Meng Rui said, "I told Zhao Meng to bring you home to stay for a few days, but this kid insisted you didn’t have time."

Qiao Yuxian stepped forward and hugged her: "I’ve been a bit busy lately, let’s wait until the break."

"Alright." Meng Rui said, "Then I’ll wait for you, you must come. Sit, sit, sit here. I’ll slice some apples for you to eat."

Zhao Mengxian held her back: "Ms. Meng, please refrain from using a knife."

"What nonsense are you talking, go away." Meng Rui pushed her onto the chair, letting Qiao Yuxian sit on the bed, and went to wash the apples.

Zhao Meng sighed helplessly.

Qiao Yuxian got up and swapped places with her.

Then five minutes later, they were eating apple slices with the skin on, while Meng Rui was munching on an apple core she hadn’t fully peeled.

"Sweet, right?" Meng Rui smiled and said.

"Sweet." Qiao Yuxian said, "Auntie’s peeling makes it sweet."

Zhao Meng was chewing the apple peel, glanced at Qiao Yuxian, unwilling to speak, not even wanting to make a sound.

After they finished the apples, Zhao Meng had completed her IV drip, and the two of them went outside for a stroll.

Strolling slowly along the corridor, Zhao Meng said: "I have to be on IV for seven days; I need to stay here for seven days. Ah—it’s pure torture."

"Then take more care of yourself, it was so cold yesterday, and you went outside to play basketball. Brother, I respect you as a brave person." Qiao Yuxian cupped her fists.

Zhao Meng nudged her with her shoulder and said: "I wish I were a guy. Ugh—you tell me why I’m not a guy?"

Qiao Yuxian chuckled, patted her shoulder, and said: "Don’t let yourself be confined by gender."

Zhao Meng also laughed.

The two walked to the end of the corridor and turned a corner, just a few steps when they heard a commotion coming from a nearby ward.

"Chen Xi, I must have owed you in my past life! What more do you want from me! I feed you, clothe you, and now spend every day serving you. You did such an indiscreet thing, bringing shame to our family, letting the neighbors gossip about us! You constantly wear a sour face! What exactly do you want!"

Hearing this name, Zhao Meng and Qiao Yuxian paused, and looked at each other.

The woman inside continued to scold: "Was I the one who gave you this child? Was I the one who told you to find a man! Did I tell you to have a miscarriage and hemorrhage! Did I offend you? Stop giving me attitude!"

The woman was shouting fiercely, and many people from other wards came out to see.

A nurse quickly ran into the ward: "What’s going on! This is a hospital, who told you to shout like this, she’s a patient, it’s normal for emotions to be unstable, what are you doing? What kind of parent talks to their child like this..."

The rest of the words Qiao Yuxian and Zhao Meng did not hear, the two turned around and walked away.

At Zhao Meng’s ward entrance, Qiao Yuxian said: "Hasn’t she been discharged yet?"

Zhao Meng stood with her outside the door, whispered: "I heard she had another bleeding episode after going home, she came in just three days ago."

Qiao Yuxian frowned slightly.

"I heard this time it’s more serious." When it came to Chen Xi’s privacy, Zhao Meng stopped herself and did not elaborate.

Qiao Yuxian did not ask further, but said: "Weren’t you admitted just last night? How do you know all this being so far away?"

"Ms. Meng went to fetch water this morning, took an hour, nearly let her own daughter dehydrate, and came back telling me all this." Zhao Meng shook her head, "She heard it was from the language institute and just eavesdropped a little longer."

Qiao Yuxian: "......"

"I heard the person accompanying her is her stepmother." Zhao Meng added, "My mom came back to complain about the stepmother for a long time. Ms. Meng said, this isn’t a good person."

"Sigh, life is tough for her." Qiao Yuxian said.

"Definitely."

...

Qiao Yuxian didn’t stay long with Zhao Meng, and after a while, she left.

Exiting the inpatient department doors, she stood on the steps, just about to take out her phone to call a cab, but her eyes fixed on a Bentley in the parking area across from her.

When she took a cab to the hospital, this car followed her the entire way.

She stayed in the hospital for less than an hour, yet the car hadn’t left.

Qiao Yuxian stood on the steps looking at that car.

After a while, she walked over to the car and knocked on the driver’s side window.

The window slowly rolled down, and Qiao Yuxian stood outside the car, saying blandly: "Which road are you from? Following me the entire way..."

As she spoke, the person in the driver’s seat became visible as the window lowered.

Upon seeing the person’s face, Qiao Yuxian’s words instantly halted, and her previously relaxed stance immediately straightened up.

The woman looked at her, smiled gently and said: "Yu Xian."

Qiao Yuxian stared at her blankly, clearly feeling her heart contracting, and her fingertips began to tremble uncontrollably.