Sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Lu Qianning instinctively squinted her eyes as she pushed the door open.

Then he walked in and put the documents in front of Zhou Beijing, but for the first time he talked about something other than work during working hours.

"Mr. Zhou, why didn't you go home last night?"

Zhou Beijing's body remained solid, but his eyelids moved slightly, and he said without raising his head, "Who told you I didn't go home."

He returned to Xiyuan Xiaozhu.

She was referring to her home.

Feeling alienated and unfamiliar, Lu Qianning pinched the corner of her clothes with her embarrassed fingers and frowned slightly.

After a long time, she whispered again, "I..."

"Hasn't this document been signed before?" Zhou Beijing opened the document and looked at it, with a cold attitude, "When did your work attitude become so perfunctory and careless?"

Taking the document to sign was just an excuse. She didn't believe Zhou Beijing couldn't see it, but maybe she really shouldn't be so eager for quick success and asking these questions while rushing to work.

He just got angry.

"Sorry, Mr. Zhou." She nodded slightly, picked up the documents and left.

The intense gaze behind him disappeared after closing the door. Zhou Beijing's deep eyes stared at the closed door for a long time.

He breathed a long sigh of relief, threw the pen in his hand on the table, closed his eyes to rest, but the figure of Lu Qianning could not be left.

Sometimes the eyes are soft, sometimes the eyes are deep and stained with thin ice, and complex emotions surge from the depths of the eyes.

Lu Qianning didn't find any suitable opportunity to talk to Zhou Beijing. Zhou Beijing and the Hua family brothers and sisters went to dinner at noon, and thought they would talk again in the evening.

Unexpectedly, before leaving get off work, Zhou Beijing called her to the office and handed her a document, "Take it to the secretary's office and ask them to print it and send a copy to each department."

"Okay." Lu Qianning took the document, pondered for a moment and said, "There is a meeting to be held tonight. Should it be held at the company or at home?"

After she finished speaking, Zhou Beijing looked at her with an indifferent and emotionless look, but it made her heart tighten.

"I mean, if it's open at the company, I'll order dinner."

What responded to her was Zhou Beijing's silence, and his silent gaze made the atmosphere in the office stiff.

Until Hua Yunran opened the door and walked in, standing next to Lu Qianning with a smile and said, "Ajing, I have booked dinner for you. Didn't you say that the short crispy pork in that restaurant was good at noon? I specially said

I got an extra serving for you."

Lu Qianning's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she frowned unconsciously and looked at Zhou Beijing.

He glanced at Hua Yunran and said, "Okay, you all can get off work. I can just have the meeting alone."

"My brother just happened to come to pick me up, so I'll leave first!" Hua Yunran was not as reluctant as usual, waved to Zhou Beijing and left.

In the huge office, the bright lights overhead shone on Lu Qianning, and her curled eyelashes were reflected on her lower eyelids.

Qingmu looked at the man who was already immersed in his work, and after a while he turned around and walked out.

It was still early, so she went to the hospital. Because it was not the weekend, Zhang Xinlan was very surprised by her arrival.

"Qian Ning, why are you here at this time? Did something happen?"

Lu Qianning casually put her bag on the table, smiled and shook her head at Zhang Xinlan, "It's okay. Suddenly I got off work early, so I just wanted to come over and see you. After all, I haven't been here for a long time."

Zhang Xinlan breathed a sigh of relief, and then there was a smile that couldn't be concealed on her face, "Mom knows that you are filial, but you finally got off work early and went home to have a good rest. What's so good about this shabby hospital? It's bad luck, Mom said,

Mom should just go home."

Zhang Xinlan's treatment in the hospital requires the attending doctor to do it himself. Although the treatment time is only two or three hours a day, the attending doctor will never go to your house to accommodate you.

The only way is to stay in the hospital for a long time.

"Wherever you are, that's home." Lu Qianning smiled, took the apple on the bedside and peeled it.

These words instantly made Zhang Xinlan's eyes turn red, and she reached out to touch Lu Qianning's head with a loving and guilty look.

"It's all because of Mom's dissatisfaction, otherwise I would have to guard you and

What a beautiful day the moon is. Maybe you are married and have children now. Mom can take care of your children and help you..."

What she talks about is the life of ordinary people.

However, Lu Qianning's life is not ordinary. She handed over the peeled apple and said softly, "Now that you have taken good care of yourself, you are doing us a favor."

Taking the apple, Zhang Xinlan wiped her tears and took a bite with tears in her eyes. She sniffed and smiled as if she had thought of something, "Mom has such an annoying temper. You say this every time you come here. I guess it bothers you too."

No, Mom won’t say anything anymore..."

Lu Qianning's eyebrows curved, and there was a touch of sadness in his smiling eyes.

After having dinner with Zhang Xinlan, she went to Dr. Liu's office.

Seeing her coming, Dr. Liu quickly put down what he was doing and said, "Xiaolu, come and sit down quickly. Have you prepared the medical expenses?"

"No." Lu Qianning sat down opposite Dr. Liu, "I just want to know about my mother's condition. How long can she last with this best medicine?"

Dr. Liu thought for a while and gave an uncertain answer, "Five years at most, three years at least, but if the patient's condition is really bad, it may be shorter. It's important to maintain a good attitude. I think your mother's attitude is better."

Can."

For five years at most, seven or eight hundred thousand a month would be nearly ten million a year, and in five years it would be fifty million.

It costs 30 million for three years. Once the price of this medicine returns to its original price, it is really unaffordable.

"Xiaolu, it's too difficult to collect money. You might as well find out who is behind it to make things difficult for you. If the price can be restored to the trial stage, the five years of expenses will not be worth the original price of one year. Even if you can really afford it,

There’s no need to throw this money away in vain.”

Dr. Liu persuaded.

How could Lu Qianning not know this? But how could she come up with a way to compete with the Hua family?

The only way is Zhou Beijing, but obviously 50 million is too much, and she can't get it back even if she sells herself in her lifetime.

What's more - even if she really wanted to sell it for the rest of her life, Zhou Beijing would not buy it.

She just wanted to determine how much money was needed at least. After getting the exact answer, she thanked Dr. Liu and got up to leave.

The lights in the corridor were dim, and there was a figure huddled in an invisible corner. Seeing her turn into the corridor and leave, Zhang Xinlan walked out of the darkness.

Her face was already full of tears, but she was restraining herself from crying because her illness actually cost so much money!

She turned around and entered Dr. Liu's ward without even knocking on the door, which shocked Dr. Liu.

"Dr. Liu, when I asked you before, didn't you say that my monthly medication fee was only around 100,000 yuan? How come it has now become 200,000 yuan? Why do I need 700,000 to 800,000 yuan!"

Seeing this, Dr. Liu knew that she had heard their conversation, "Ms. Zhang, don't get excited. Listen to me slowly. A few days ago, the hospital released a trial drug. The price is naturally higher.

One hundred thousand is the trial price, the original price is seven to eight hundred thousand."

"It's so expensive! How is my life worth it?" Zhang Xinlan cried anxiously. She felt heartbroken when she thought that Lu Qianning's money making day and night was all on her.

Dr. Liu saw her crying and didn't know what to say. He finally advised her, "It seems that Xiaolu is very filial. I heard about your relationship. You are the only person she has who is not related by blood but is more important than a relative. You

It's her spiritual sustenance and reliance. She doesn't care how much it costs, what's important is that you can spend more time with her."

Zhang Xinlan covered her face and cried for a long time. She calmed down and asked, "You just said that someone was making things difficult for her? Did you deliberately adjust the price of my medicine to a high price?"

"Yes." Doctor Liu was pounding in his heart. He didn't expect that Zhang Xinlan heard everything.

"I understand, Doctor Liu, thank you." Zhang Xinlan thought for a while and said, "Don't tell Qian Ning that I already know. I'll go back first."z.br

She left Dr. Liu's ward and did not go back directly to the ward because she was afraid of seeing Lu Qianning crying, so she simply went to the small garden of the hospital.

Half an hour later, Lu Qianning jogged to the garden and saw Zhang Xin Lansong sitting alone on the bench under the moonlight.

One breath.

She took a thin blanket and put it on Zhang Xinlan, "Mom, why did you come here alone?"

Zhang Xinlan's face looked no longer strange. She moved to the side and patted the place where she had just sat. "Come on, Mom, it's getting hot. Let's sit here and chat for a while."

"Okay." Lu Qianning sat down. The cold bench was actually warm, and before he knew it, there was a thin blanket on his body.

It was Zhang Xinlan who gave her half of the blanket and hugged her closely, "This will keep her warm."

Lu Qianning rested her head on Zhang Xinlan's head, as if she had returned to the night when her father kicked her out of the house because she made a mistake.

When Zhang Xinlan first married her father, Lu Qianning couldn't accept it. He wouldn't even talk to her and wouldn't even call her aunt.

Later, her father beat and scolded her many times, but Zhang Xinlan protected her. She then started to talk to Zhang Xinlan, but she still spoke very little.

Until that day, my father wanted to visit Lu Kangkang, but was turned away by his mother. The angry father drank a lot of wine.

After returning home, he vented his anger on her, saying that she was a loser and that without her, Lu Kangkang's custody rights would definitely belong to him.

She was kicked out of her home and wore thin clothes in the cold winter, almost freezing.

Zhang Xinlan, who was off work, saw her outside the door and immediately took off her cotton-padded coat and gave it to her. When she wanted to get the key to open the door, she found that her father had locked it from the inside.

There were no neighbors around, so they froze outside all night while Zhang Xinlan kept talking to her.

Fortunately, Zhang Yueliang was sent to her grandmother's house, otherwise she would not have been able to give all the clothes to Lu Qianning.

As long as Lu Qianning is strong enough and can hold on until the next morning, she will buy her favorite doll for Lu Qianning after her salary is paid.

Zhang Xinlan kept her promise and bought Lu Qianning her favorite doll, but was beaten by her father for doing so.

Lu Qianning called Zhang Xinlan "Mom" for the first time.

Then she kept calling her mom, and Zhang Xinlan became a complete mom in her heart.

"Look, your eyes are red. Do you remember what happened when you were a child?" Zhang Xinlan pointed it out at a glance and said, "When you were a child, you needed your mother and she was there. But in fact, you have grown up now and you don't need your mother anymore.
Chapter completed!