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"Peking University Hospital."

Clove lowered her head and used a towel to cover her face, not wanting to let others see her tears. She whispered, waiting for the tears to stop flowing from her eyes. She covered her face with a towel all the way, unwilling to look up at the man beside her.

"Here we are. Please get off."

The man opened the door and got out. He took her suitcase out of the trunk and put it on the ground.

"Thank you. Please thank Mister Ren for me. If I have the chance in the future, I will thank Mister Ren in person again."

The man didn't say anything. He didn't seem to want to spare Clove another glance as he got into the car.

Clove didn't say much. She dragged her suitcase into the hospital. She didn't go home, but went straight to the hospital to visit her father.

"A Xiang, you …"

When Wei Qing saw Clove, who was drenched all over, enter while dragging her luggage in, she couldn't help but to open her eyes wide in shock as she stood there dumbly.

"How is Daddy?"

"A Xiang, why are you back?"

Ding Zhiyuan asked weakly. His face was pale, and he was wearing some apparatus and a tiny dot on his body. The monitor beside him was flashing and changing constantly. Clearly, it was still monitoring the situation.

"Dad, I came back when I heard you were hospitalized. The boss gave me a leave of absence."

"Why are you drenched? "Qing, hurry and find two sets of clothes for A Xiang to change into."

"No, I have clothes in my suitcase."

Clove answered weakly, crouching down to open her suitcase and find some clothes.

"Go get some boiling water. Go quickly."

Only after Ding Zhiyuan had told Wei Qing to turn on the water did Wei Qing react. She hurriedly picked up the thermos bottle to turn on the water.

"Ah Xiang, are you alright?"

"Dad, I'm fine. It's raining outside, I just got a bit wet."

Seeing Ding Zhiyuan's reaction, Ding Lingdang did not want to worry Ding Zhiyuan. Without saying anything, she found the clothes and put the luggage away.

Wei Qing brought back some water, "Go to the bathroom and wash yourself with hot water. Hurry up and change your clothes. Don't catch a cold."

Clove didn't want to say much. She didn't look at Wei Qing, but went into the bathroom and closed the door. Looking at herself in the mirror, she saw her wet hair sticking to her body, eyes red and swollen, face pale, lips so white they were almost bloodless.

"What did you say to A Xiang?" Didn't I tell you not to tell A Xiang? "

Ding Zhiyuan's reproachful voice came from outside. Although the voice was filled with dissatisfaction and anger, it was weak and powerless, causing Lilac's heart to ache.

"It was A Xiang who called back to ask about it. He still hasn't paid the fees owed by the hospital …"

Wei Qing lowered her head. She didn't dare tell Ding Xiao to Ding Zhiyuan at this time. Ding Zhiyuan's condition was very unstable, so she had to save him for two days and two nights before he woke up.

"A Xiang is very busy, it costs a lot of money to fly back and forth. Sigh, it's all my illness that has dragged her down."

Clove took off her clothes, hastily wiped her body with warm water and changed into dry clothes. Then she washed her hair with warm water and washed it clean of the rain. She didn't want to go out of the bathroom and didn't know how to face her parents, especially her mother.

"A-Xiang, what's wrong with you?"

Wei Qing asked with a guilty conscience. She didn't dare to tell Ding Zhiyuan about what she had said to Ding Zhiyuan on the phone, as she didn't want to provoke Ding Zhiyuan's illness.

"Nothing."

Clove replied indifferently. Wei Qing looked at the bathroom door hesitantly. She lowered her head in shame, not knowing what to say.

"Plop …"

The sound of falling came from the bathroom. Wei Qing hastily ran over, pushed open the bathroom door and saw Clove on the floor.

"A-Xiang, how are you?"

Blood oozed from the top of Clove's head and her knees. She had been dizzy, and fell as soon as she slipped, the pain sobering her.

"Nothing, I slipped."

She got up from the ground, her knees broken and bleeding profusely. Her body was swaying and she could not stand properly.

Clove did not use Wei Qing to support her. Instead, she used her hand to support herself against the wall and steadied herself. Her body leaned against the wall, and her face was as pale as paper.

Wei Qing's hand awkwardly stretched out halfway. She didn't know if she should take another step forward to support Lilac.

Lilac walked out from Wei Qing's side, holding onto the wall, not willing to look at her mother any longer. The words her mother had said to her on the phone yesterday had always echoed in her mind and were engraved in her heart. What was most unbearable to her was that the words were clearly heard by Yuan Zhanghua.

"A-Xiang, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I slipped a bit."

"Quick, quick, let the doctor see.

Clove knew she had a fever again, worse than ever, a series of heavy blows and the result of the shower, and once again she was magnificently ill.

"Let me help you to the doctor."

"No need, you take care of dad, I can go by myself."

She had to walk out of the room before she could support herself against the wall. She stood by the door, looking at Clove with a complicated expression on her face.

Clove suddenly waved her hand, then walked into the elevator without looking back. She never looked back. Her back was to Wei Qing.

Wei Qing was stunned on the spot as she watched the elevator close down behind Clove. Her body stiffened for a long time as tears welled up in her eyes.

She understood that her daughter had drifted away because of what she had said on the phone the day before. Looking at her daughter's pale and delicate face, her body that had lost a lot of weight, her stubborn expression, she didn't know how to comfort her daughter or explain what she had said.

Her daughter's attitude and expression made her understand how serious her mistake was.

She knew how tired her daughter was. She had spent so much for her family, for that disappointing Ding Xiao. How could she force her daughter to do that kind of thing and say that kind of thing?

"Qing, you should follow her and take a look. A Xiang seems to be quite sick, so you shouldn't have told her …"

Ding Zhiyuan sighed. He couldn't wait to die as he didn't want to implicate his family and his daughter.

Wei Qing didn't feel reassured and quickly walked down the stairs. Clove first went to find a doctor to examine and bandage her wounds. When Wei Qing arrived, the doctor was helping her disinfect and bandage her wounds.

Seeing Wei Qing coming over, Clove turned her head slightly.

"You need further examination."

"Cough, cough …"

Lilac coughed and looked even worse.

"Here's the checklist."

The doctor gave Clove an examination form, and Clove bandaged her wound before walking out the door, passing Wei Qing. She hadn't spoken to her and didn't want to go see her.

"Ah Xiang …"

Lilac didn't look back. She went to the queue to check the results, waiting for them to come out. She knew that at least she had a fever.

After checking up on her, she went to the inpatient department and paid the medical fees. Wei Qing lowered her head and followed behind Clove. She wanted to say something but eventually didn't.

When the results of the examination came out, Clove could not help but smile wryly. It was pneumonia, which was really turning into pneumonia. Fortunately, it was discovered early and wasn't too serious, so he needed to be hospitalized.