She made sure Qiao Ning took her medicine again, and reminded her, âQiao Ning, you have to remember to take these meds on time when you get home, and pay attention to your health. Donât let your condition get worse.â
Qiao Ning obediently nodded her head, âXiaotang, thank you, Iâve troubled you again.â
âIf you took care of yourself, I wouldnât be troubled!â Hai Xiaotang suddenly remarked with exasperation.
Qiao Ning immediately felt a surge of guilt, âIâm sorry, I always need your help.â
Hai Xiaotang sighed, âQiao Ning, I genuinely want to help you and consider you a good friend. But, I hope you can cherish yourself more, understand?â
Qiao Ning nodded with understanding, âI know, I know youâre doing it for my own good!â
âSo, do you know what to do?â Hai Xiaotang stared at her and asked.
Qiao Ning laughed, âI will take care of myself and look after my health, and I will rest well.â
âWhat else?â
âWhat else?â Qiao Ning looked confused.
Hai Xiaotang decided to give her a thorough lesson that day, she said seriously, âAlso, do not grieve over someone who doesnât love you!â
Qiao Ning was slightly taken aback, immediately understanding her meaning.
âQiao Ning, Chai Xiyang is a good person, but heâs not the right one for you. You canât keep feeling heartbroken for him, itâs not worth it.â
Qiao Ning forced a laugh, âXiaotang, I know youâre right. Actually, I donât want it this way eitherâ¦â
âThen strive to forget him.â
âItâs difficultâ¦â Qiao Ning shook her head, looking distraught. âEvery day I try to forget him, but itâs really hard. Xiaotang, heâs my entire childhood memories and warmth. Without him, thereâs no one else!â
Hai Xiaotang was slightly stunnedâ¦
Qiao Ning seemed to have found an opportunity to vent, and started crying:
âSince I was little, my mom ignored me, and I could only see her once in a long while.
My elder brother was the one who always took care of me. He protected me as if he were my real brother. When others bullied me, he stood up for me; when I was upset, he comforted me.
When people said I had no father, and my mother didnât want me, he would tell those people that Qiao Ning has a brother.
He said his home was my home too, and he would always protect me. When we grew up, he even said he wanted to marry meâ¦
Xiaotang, if my mom hadnât done what she did, he really would have been good to me forever.
I know he doesnât want to treat me this way, in fact, heâs very upset too.
Because he once told me, âQiao Ning, why have I been so good to you all this while, considering you as my family, only for you to join hands and do this to me? Youâve killed my mom, taken my dad away, and now youâre scheming against me, am I blind not to have realized earlier what ungrateful wretches you are?!â
Xiaotang, you donât know how much pain he was in then, and it was all because of usâ¦â
Hai Xiaotang asked distressedly, âSo, you can endure anything he does to you now?â
Qiao Ning nodded tearfully, âYes, I canât forget his kindness, and it truly is us who wronged him.â
âBut itâs not your fault, itâs your motherâs fault!â
âWhatâs the difference? Thatâs my mother. He canât hate just my mother and not hate me. After all, sheâs my mother!â
Well, if it were her, she too would be unable to distinguish mother-daughter.
Still, Hai Xiaotang tried to convince her, âQiao Ning, as you already know he cannot accept you, itâs best you no longer persist. You both have no future, forgetting him should be your best choice.â
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