Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 522 - 496: Breaking Preconceptions

"Market economy allows free pricing..."

Realizing she had upset her teacher, Qian hastily tried to smooth things over.

"I was just saying, how could I ask you for money? But if I manage to cure people, you can’t say you won’t give anything in return."

"..." This bratty kid!

"You should run laps around the track with me every morning; you’re too lazy, you know? Always busy thinking but never exercising. From now on, run in the morning, and after dinner, take a walk by the campus lake. Your health is too poor; at crucial moments, you let us down, like an old Lin Daiyu."

"Get out!!!"

Qian shrugged and walked out, thoughtfully closing the door behind her.

Mr. Liu wanted to hear how she persuaded Hu Meijing, but being separated by a wall, some things were just inaudible.

Staring at the white ceiling, Mr. Liu pondered silently whether she was truly getting old. This stage should be left to the young. Qian seemed to have such a connection with her; no wonder she always seemed pleasing to the eye. But undeniably, this child could understand her notes and apply them, indicating she had intuition and talent. Looking at her grades and usual performance, this child was truly a genius.

Rebirth is too absurd to believe; Mr. Liu only trusts what her eyes can see.

What she saw was that Qian was a genius, but didn’t know how much effort, the nights and days Qian spent in her previous life, how many times she was punished to copy books, how much criticism and teaching she endured from Mr. Liu, and how she would get head-smashed when she angered her teacher.

Thinking back to those days, Qian still felt tremendous pressure.

But all the effort paid off, and everything was used after rebirth.

When Qian pushed open the door to Hu Meijing’s room, she couldn’t help but get distracted thinking, this life her teacher shouldn’t torture her as in the previous life, her performance should leave a good impression,

and her teacher should let her copy fewer books — actually, this was Qian’s beautiful illusion.

The harsh reality was that, since Mr. Liu realized Qian chose this profession after reading her notes, she officially saw Qian as her apprentice, and to prevent wasting talent, opened up hell mode as a mentor, but that’s a story for later.

At this moment, filled with beautiful hopes for the future, Qian opened the ward door just as the crying inside abruptly stopped.

Hu Meijing turned her head, seeing a girl with a beauty mole who looked familiar, stopped crying and stared at Qian with trepidation, moving closer to the wall.

"Do I look familiar?"

"Who are you?"

"I’m Chen Xiaoqian, Meijing, do you remember me?"

"I don’t remember! Let me go, you have no right to lock me up like this, this is restricting my freedom, let me go quickly!"

Hu Meijing spoke with a strong nasal tone, her voice was hoarse too.

Her temperament indeed changed, her previous gentleness was completely gone. Hu Meijing’s original personality was indeed fiery, even her aura had changed.

"Let you go, to do what?"

"Let me go, I want to go—" Hu Meijing remembered that terrifying scene and screamed.

She recalled the terrifying sight of Lone Wolf’s body, Qian let her scream and then spoke to her.

"You can tell me your grievances, it’s okay to cry and scream if you want. When your emotions stabilize, I can take you out."

"I want to see Lone Wolf, I want to see him... Is he dead? That’s not him."

"Sorry, he’s dead."

Reality’s cruel truth was something Qian chose to tell her.

Hu Meijing’s vision blacked out again, she fainted.

Chu Xuan and Mr. Liu came in one after another, and seeing his wife’s pitiful state, Chu Xuan hurriedly questioned Qian.

"How did you make her pass out?"

"I have a serious question to ask you; do you want to save the adult, or the child?"

"What do you mean?"

"I have two treatment plans; one is conservative to keep her in her current state. If you want to save the child, go this route, but it’s risky. If she recalls during pregnancy, she might break down more than this time, and no one can stop it. Both mother and child could be lost. Even if she survives pregnancy and gives birth, she could relapse someday with the same result, and by then, she cannot be saved."

The revelation hit Chu Xuan hard; he took a step back.

"I also have an aggressive plan. Though it might cause mood swings and cannot keep the child, she has a high chance of safely passing through, and with luck, even the child may be saved. Which plan do you choose?"

"Save the adult," Chu Xuan said without hesitation.

Qian nodded and pressed a recording pen in her pocket.

"Why? You’re the only child, waited so long for this child."

"Jingjin is unique; I only want Jingjin, even if it means never having a child. As long as she’s there."

"Do you love her as a person or her gentle character? If her personality changes one day to someone other than the gentle woman she was, would you still love her and accept her?"

"Does it matter? She’s Jingjin; whatever she becomes, she’s Jingjin. She stayed with me during my manic episodes, and I won’t leave her when she’s sick now. Mr. Chen, name your price—whatever it is, even if I have to sell my house, just cure her, even if... she doesn’t know me someday."

"Oh?"

"I actually know... she has someone unforgettable in her heart. She sometimes calls his name in her dreams; I know his name is Liu Shuang, though I don’t know if he’s the Lone Wolf she mentions... But it doesn’t matter! She’s Jingjin, I want Jingjin!"

He knows? Qian didn’t expect this, and Mr. Liu probably didn’t know either.

Mr. Liu and Qian both felt Chu Xuan was a narrow-minded man prone to overthinking, hence why he suffers from manic disorder.

For this reason, no one told him about Hu Meijing’s past to prevent him from worrying unnecessarily.

Yet unexpectedly, Chu Xuan already knew!

"It doesn’t matter who she liked before; now she’s my wife. I just want you to cure her so she stops hurting herself, irrespective of the child. Even if she forgets me... it doesn’t matter."

"If she truly forgets you, what will you do?"

No one noticed, as Qian asked this, Hu Meijing on the bed slightly flitted her tightly closed eyes.

"If she forgets, I can make her remember again. If she never remembers, I’ll keep being good to her so she’ll accept me again."

This answer left Qian, who had seen countless people as a CEO, silent for a very long time.

"Alright, I understand. The rest of you can leave now. Grandfather, go and untie my teacher; it’s not good for her health to be tied up all the time, and she has something for you to do."

"She scratches..." Mr. Liu said particularly aggrievedly.