Chapter 532 - 519
Chapter 532 - 519
Early in the morning, Gong Hongming was about to head out.
Mrs. Gong fixed his tie, "When are you planning to go back? You’re always staying in Donghua, what about matters in the Holy City?"
Gong Hongming looked down at her, "I’m going to the hospital today."
Mrs. Gong paused, "To see Song Dasen?"
"Yes." Gong Hongming had no intention of hiding it, he even wanted to see her reaction, "Want to come along?"
"I..." Mrs. Gong hesitated, "I’ll just..."
Gong Hongming interrupted her, "Come along!"
"..." Mrs. Gong was silent, ultimately unable to refuse. Ever since the incident with Fu Xianlin, she had been relying on this man to live.
In the hospital room, Gong Hongming and Mrs. Gong stood before Yu Zhiyuan.
Gong Hongming stepped forward and held Yu Zhiyuan’s hand, smiling warmly, "Brother Sen."
Back in the day, Song Dasen was a respected figure by Fu Xianlin’s side... Everyone had to give him due respect, and Gong Hongming calling him Brother Sen was certainly fitting.
Yu Zhiyuan’s lips twitched, his appearance now bore some resemblance to how he once looked, how could he seem like a wastrel who had been paralyzed for years?
He withdrew his hand, showing an expression of disinterest, "If there’s something to say, just say it!"
"Brother Sen." Gong Hongming kept smiling, "You’ve been ill for so many years, it’s our fault..."
Seeing him still rambling, Yu Zhiyuan grew completely impatient, "Spit it out! Or I’ll call the nurse!"
"Brother Sen, please!" Gong Hongming hurriedly shifted, directly asking, "Taotao, where is she? We came to find out Taotao’s whereabouts."
Yu Zhiyuan’s expression grew colder, he sneered, "Taotao? Who is Taotao?"
He glared at Mrs. Gong, "Do you know who Taotao is?"
This statement was clearly a satire directed at Mrs. Gong! The year Fu Xianlin was toppled, the Fu family completely collapsed... She even abandoned her own daughter and ran away with Gong Hongming. Mrs. Gong’s eyes welled up, she turned her face away, lost for words.
Gong Hongming could only keep displaying warmth, "Brother Sen, it wasn’t that we didn’t want to take care of Taotao back then, but we hadn’t convinced the elders in the family. Later... Later, when we went back to pick up Taotao, you’d already taken her away!"
"Shut up!"
Yu Zhiyuan found this person utterly repulsive, he gave Gong Hongming a sidelong glance and inquired.
"Gong Hongming, you and Mr. Fu were sworn brothers! Though you’re not blood-related, if it hadn’t been for Mr. Fu promoting you back then, could you, Gong Hongming, have your current status? In terms of character, quality, skills, none of them compare to Mr. Fu!"
He grew more agitated, "Mr. Fu was blind to recognize you as a brother! And also..."
He glanced at Mrs. Gong who had turned away, "This woman! How could he have been blind to let the two most shameless people become his closest ones?"
Upon hearing this, Gong Hongming’s face fell.
"Song Dasen..."
"Ha!" Yu Zhiyuan burst into laughter, unable to stop for a moment, "Haha..."
Tears streamed down, "No longer Brother Sen?"
Gong Hongming’s face turned gray, he frowned and asked, "I won’t dwell on these old matters with you, I’m concerned for my wife, she’s been missing Taotao all these years!"
"Haha..." Yu Zhiyuan couldn’t stop laughing, "Is that so? Such deep maternal love, I’m truly moved!"
"You..."
Gong Hongming was rendered speechless with anger, Mrs. Gong faced away from them, already in tears.
In fact, compared to Gong Hongming, Yu Zhiyuan despised Mrs. Gong the most! No matter how you see it, Gong Hongming was an outsider... But Mrs. Gong? She was Mr. Fu’s most cherished woman, Taotao’s biological mother!
"Get lost!" Yu Zhiyuan glared at Mrs. Gong, shouting with all his might. His whole body tensed with agitation from the past, "You shameless, heartless woman, don’t ever appear before me again! Or with my last ounce of strength, I won’t let you go!"
Yu Zhiyuan’s body was already frail, having skirted death multiple times, how could he bear such turmoil?
"Cough... Ah..."
The alarm sounded, Yu Zhiyuan’s complexion suddenly turned pale.
The room door swung open, and doctors and nurses rushed in.
"Everyone step aside! The patient is in bad shape and needs emergency care!"
"Leave quickly!"
Helplessly, Gong Hongming left the room with Mrs. Gong.
Watching the chaos inside, Gong Hongming sighed, "Let’s go! We couldn’t get answers today... We’ll try next time."
He thought for a moment and added, "Today I was unprepared, didn’t expect he’d be so agitated upon seeing you, I shouldn’t have brought you along. Next time, I’ll come alone, maybe I can get something out of him."
Mrs. Gong was finally alert to something.
"Why are you so insistent on finding out Taotao’s whereabouts?"
"..." Gong Hongming couldn’t hide his momentary panic, Mrs. Gong noticed it. But he laughed and shook his head, "You suspect me now? I’m genuinely thinking of you... Don’t you miss your daughter?"
Mrs. Gong fell silent, things definitely weren’t as he said, he clearly panicked just now... He wants to find Taotao, could he have some malicious intent? If so, she couldn’t let him know that Yu Sangwan is Taotao!
No matter what, she truly loved Fu Xianlin back then, just couldn’t withstand the drastic changes of the Fu family, ultimately choosing betrayal... But Taotao is their daughter, how could she watch her be harmed?
She parted ways with Gong Hongming at the hospital entrance, saying, "I need to go to the studio, you go ahead with your work!"
Gong Hongming nodded, got into the car, "Perfect, I have some old friends to catch up with, don’t get too busy and come back early."
"Alright..." Mrs. Gong absent-mindedly agreed, got in the car.
Nearly reaching the studio, Mrs. Gong estimated Gong Hongming was far away, immediately instructed the driver, "Back to the previous spot!"
"Huh? Alright."
The driver paused, taking her back to the hospital.
At the hospital, Yu Zhiyuan’s emergency treatment had ended. The nurse recognized her somewhat, "Madam, you’re here."
"Yes." Mrs. Gong always said she was Yu Zhiyuan’s good friend, "Is my friend alright?"
"He’s fine now, just still weak... Do you want to see him?"
Mrs. Gong cautiously asked, "Is that okay?"
The nurse nodded, "Just have a look, but don’t say anything."
"Alright." Mrs. Gong nodded, entering the hospital room.
Indeed, Yu Zhiyuan looked much worse than before. Mrs. Gong observed him covered with tubes, a thought flashed through her mind, her heart racing uncontrollably... What to do? She couldn’t let Yu Zhiyuan reveal the truth!
Yu Zhiyuan hated her, next time when Gong Hongming comes alone, would he speak out to ruin her life by exposing Taotao?
For herself and for Taotao, she couldn’t let this happen.
Mrs. Gong tremulously raised her hand towards Yu Zhiyuan, whispering, "Brother Sen, I’m sorry... I didn’t mean it..."
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