The atmosphere in the CEO's office instantly froze, as if there was the sound of ice breaking.
"Come in, sit!" Andy rubbed his hands together, pretending as if nothing had happened.
"I think I will go look for Sister Wanbai. She wasn't here just now, so I think she went back to her office." Su Xiaomi retreated a few steps, wanting to turn around and leave.
"My mother has liver cancer!" Andy's expression suddenly became serious.
He had kept this matter in his heart for several days. He had always wanted to find someone to talk to about it, but he had never found a chance to do so. Originally, she wanted to tell her sister Su Wanbai, but she had just been discharged from the hospital, she was really afraid that she would not be able to bear the pain and fall ill. The only person she could pour out her heart to was Su Xiaomi.
Auntie's health was not as good as it used to be, and she coughed a lot every night. Su Xiaomi seemed to have sensed something, but she didn't dare to say it out loud. In fact, she thought it was at most lung disease, but she didn't expect it to be this serious. She slowly moved to the sofa and sat down. Tears rolled down her face as she smashed the back of her hand. Her little heart felt as if it had been grabbed by an inexplicable hand. It hurt!
Ever since they had arrived at Ottawa, Su Xiaomi had always stayed at Andy's and her family's house. She was so elegant and kind. Why was God so cruel that she suffered from such incurable illness? Unfair, too unfair!
"I didn't tell my sister about this, nor did I dare tell my mother. The doctor said that the mental state of the patient was very important, and that if the patient knew about the condition, it might worsen even faster! I suddenly felt that I was very incompetent. Why didn't I find out earlier? Why didn't I take her to the hospital for an examination earlier?! I'm useless, I'm really useless! " Andy slumped onto the chair, pulling down and hitting his own head.
Su Xiaomi quietly walked over to Andy's side and held his head tightly.
Andy cried. Since he was young, this was the first time he cried without restraint. His father had left, and now his mother was also leaving. The only things left in this world were him and his sister; loneliness, loneliness, and a sadness that he had never felt before engulfing the depths of his heart. All of his grievances, were now in Su Xiaomi's arms, and he finally found a reason to release her.
At seven in the evening, when Su Wanbai returned home, she saw Su Xiaomi pouring water. But the cup was clearly full, and she was still pouring it. Water flowed down the table, converging into a thin stream that flowed onto the floor.
"What's wrong? Is there something on your mind? " Su Wanbai moved closer and patted Su Xiaomi's shoulders.
Only then did Su Xiaomi seem to wake up from her dream, she frantically picked up a cloth and started to clean up.
"I heard from a colleague that you were looking for me in the afternoon at the office of the company. What's the matter?" Su Wanbai asked.
"No problem, the school is on holiday, let's go take a look at your company." Since you're not here, I went to sit at Brother Andy's place for a while. " Su Xiaomi sat on the sofa with an absent-minded look on her face.
Su Wanbai could not help but smile, she had personally seen Xia Lan's enchanting outfit before. Could it be that Su Xiaomi misunderstood something because she saw Xia Lan at Andy's place? However, it was a good thing that she misunderstood. Looking at her current soulless appearance, she must be jealous. But this was also good, at least it proved that Su Xiaomi was interested in him, so it was only a matter of time before they get together. If Su Xiaomi one day became her sister-in-law, she would gladly accept it. Su Xiaomi was a good girl, Andy could be considered to have earned something from her.
"Did you see anything in the CEO's office?" Su Wanbai walked over and smiled.
"I... "I …" In Su Xiaomi's mind, the intimate scene of Andy and a girl sticking close together appeared, causing her to immediately blush and stutter.
Su Wanbai smiled, poured a cup of water and sat beside Su Xiaomi.
"That girl is called Xia Lan, she's my colleague and good friend. She really likes Andy, and she chose to take the initiative. As long as one party is willing to take the initiative, it will be very easy to achieve love! " The reason why Su Wanbai said all these was to provoke Su Xiaomi, but unexpectedly, she did not seem to be interested in this matter, and her thoughts were not here at all.
"What are you thinking?" Su Wanbai frowned.
"No …." "No …" Su Xiaomi was slightly taken aback. She thought that Su Wanbai had seen something, and forced a smile.
"If you don't want to say it, then forget it. I'd better not get involved in things between the two of you!" After Su Wanbai finished speaking, she hummed a small tune and went upstairs.
Seeing Su Wanbai's relaxed appearance, Su Xiaomi felt even more unwilling to tell her his aunt's condition. But hiding it all the time was not the same thing. What kind of opportunity would she be looking for? It would be hard for her if Andy gave her this mission. It was hard to say it out loud, but it was the same for Andy and her.
As the days passed, the more Su Xiaomi was anxious to tell her that she couldn't find the right opportunity, the more she was about to go crazy!
One day, when Mo Xinran was training in the morning, she suddenly fainted on the roadside.
Outside the emergency room, Andy's eyes were red as he told the truth about his mother's condition.
"Impossible, impossible …" Su Wanbai mumbled to herself as tears fell like rain.
She had just recovered from the pain of losing her father. Was her mother going to leave her again? She didn't want to accept this cruel reality. Her mother had been fine all this time, and had only fallen once. How did she fall to the late stage of lung cancer?
Andy held onto his sister's shivering shoulders, and the two siblings instantly cried together. The muffled cries echoed in the empty corridor. The tree wants peace but the wind does not stop, the child wants to be raised but the child does not want to be loved. His mother was only in her fifties, but she was already approaching death.
"Mommy doesn't have much time left. We have to follow her and not be discovered by her. It may be hard, but it's going to be hard for us all to make it through. We are not actors, but in front of Mom, we are going to be the best actors in the world, just like how it was before everything happened and before Mom's illness! " Andy's tone was calm and deep.
"But, I'm afraid I can't do it! "I can't do it!" Su Wanbai whimpered in a low voice.
"We have to do it!" We have to do it! Andy stared with his scarlet eyes as he tightly held onto his sister's wrist.
Traces of pain came attacking, causing Su Wanbai to gasp and nod her head with tears in her eyes.
Mo Xinran woke up, and a few human figures appeared in her blurry vision, slowly focusing. The figures became clearer, and only then did she realize that she was still in the human world. However, when he clearly saw Su Huali just now, he had sat beside her smiling and told her that the Heavens was not far away. She seemed to feel something light as a thread float out of her body, free to fly like a bird, and the joy and comfort she had never felt made her smile.
"I thought I was going to die!" Mo Xinran's voice was dry and hoarse.
Andy and Su Wanbai stood on the two sides of the sickbed, each holding one of her hands, and said almost in unison: "Mother, you will live to be a hundred years old!"
Looking at the children's forced smiles, Mo Xinran felt really upset.
The doctor did not reveal the illness to Mo Xinran, he only reminded her to rest. Mo Xinran didn't seem to care too much about the reason behind her sudden fainting. She was lying on the sickbed obediently, not making a fuss to leave the hospital.
In order to spend more time with her mother, Su Wanbai asked for a long vacation. In a situation where there was no one else on Design A Team, Vice Chairman could only suggest to the CEO to use Rebecca as his temporary leader. Su Wanbai who was in charge of the inner design finals had temporarily withdrawn from the competition. Berrica had automatically become the champion, and Rebecca, whose momentum had been gone for the last time, was now full of vitality once again. Once again, Design A Team entered Rebecca's predicament of covering the sky with one hand. Among them, the one who suffered the most was Su Wanbai's good friend, Xia Lan.
She was thin to begin with, but in less than a month, she had become a paper man. After working endless overtime, reprimanding and scolding for no reason, in addition to his colleagues deliberately distancing themselves from him due to the wind, Xia Lan already had the idea of quitting her job more than once. She didn't want to tell these things to Su Wanbai at first, but other than Su Wanbai, she really didn't have any other friends to talk to. After a hangover, she still called Su Wanbai.
"Wanbai, I don't want to work anymore. I will resign tomorrow!" Xia Lan said indifferently.
"What's wrong? What happened? " Su Wanbai frowned slightly.
In this period of time, she had been busy taking care of her mother. She only called Xia Lan once, but at that time, she said that she was busy, and hung up after a few words. She had always thought that Xia Lan had done well. Although she had already guessed the reason behind Xia Lan's resignation, she still asked subconsciously. What is a good friend for? The person who can lean on your shoulder to listen to all your grievances when you feel hurt and sad. Since she was young, other than Su Xiaomi, Xia Lan was truly a good friend of hers. From the bottom of her heart, she wanted to care for her and give her all the warmth.
"Are you listening? Where are you now? " Su Wanbai asked anxiously when she heard no activity from Xia Lan's side.
"I'm in front of the hospital." After a long while, Xia Lan finally replied, choked with emotions.
Su Wanbai ran out of the hospital like the wind and cried while squatting by the roadside.
"Why isn't he at work at this time of the day?" Su Wanbai pulled Xia Lan's hand and pulled her up.
"Yesterday, Rebecca said that if I don't catch up with the three drafts she requested at night, I wouldn't be allowed to step foot into the company. I just finished it, but Rebecca is not satisfied. She tore it apart right in front of me and told me to scram back to the main street. " Xia Lan rubbed her dark circles and said dejectedly.
"You've suffered a lot these past few days!" Su Wanbai held Xia Lan's shoulders and gently wiped her tears.
"I want to resign, but I can't bear to part with Andy!" Xia Lan pouted, her eyes filled with sorrow.
Seeing Xia Lan's pitiful look, Su Wanbai was about to cry, but hearing what Xia Lan said made her laugh again. She thought that this fellow who valued women more than friends would say that she couldn't bear to part with her good friend, but she didn't expect that the most important person in her heart would still be Andy. However, since Andy was the one who wanted her brother, she didn't mind. Once a woman falls in love, a man is all she has, deep into every aspect of her life, everything in his importance, poor and lovely!