On hearing Song Shuang's words, Xiao Rong's clenched fingers slowly loosened.

He seemed to give up and slowly raised his hands to gesture, "I was scared, so I missed the chance to seek help."

"Don't try to lie to me. I'm not very patient."

Song Shuang looked into his eyes with a cold and disgusted look.

He didn't like Xiao Rong.

Even though Xiao Rong's story was very miserable and Xiao Rong was like a beautiful stray cat to Song Shuang, Song Shuang somehow couldn't sympathize with him, let alone feel pity for him.

Whenever he saw Xiao Rong, he felt disgusted instinctively.

The disgust might come from Gu Baisheng's excessive attention to Xiao Rong.

Or it might come from a strange familiarity.

He never told anyone.

But he felt surprisingly familiar with Xiao Rong.

Sometimes, he felt familiar with Xiao Rong's behaviors and even a casual look.

It was too familiar.

The level of familiarity made Song Shuang doubtful, and he repelled it.

"She is very nice to me, but..." Xiao Rong's hands stopped in the air and then continued.

Song Shuang squinted his eyes to show his disgust.

Xiao Rong put his hands on his legs after finishing his sentence.

He held his hands together nervously.

Song Shuang looked at him coldly, "I won't stop you from going back to Beicheng."

Xiao Rong looked up.

Song Shuang stood up, "But I won't let anyone help you, either."

On hearing this, Xiao Rong couldn't help opening his mouth and trying to gesture something.

He knew that without help from Gu Baisheng or the police, he could barely return to Beicheng.

Once Xiao You knew that he would return to Beicheng, she would kill him before his arrival.

Xiao You, his half-sister, had tried to kill him before.

When he was still in Beicheng, Xiao You tried to kill him multiple times.

She would definitely kill him on his way back to Beicheng.

Song Shuang stood up to leave.

But Xiao Rong chased after him and stopped him at the doorway.

Song Shuang said disgustedly, "Get out of my way."

Xiao Rong shook his head and refused to move.

Song Shuang raised his hand and tried to push him away from the door.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Rong suddenly kneeled down as soon as Song Shuang reached out his hand.

Song Shuang was more disturbed by his sudden move.

But Xiao Rong folded his hands and begged Song Shuang to help him with tears and the shape of his mouth.

Song Shuang looked at him and said coldly, "Helpers wouldn't just come to you one by one. There'll never be a next if the previous one died. You should feel more than guilty to people who helped you."

Xiao Rong was shocked by Song Shuang's words.

While he was in a daze, Song Shuang opened the door and walked out.

...

Even if Gu Baisheng lay on her bed, she didn't feel sleepy at all, so she waited for Song Shuang to come back.

With a squeak, Gu Baisheng jumped off her bed before Song Shuang said anything. She said, "You're back."

Song Shuang was a bit tired, but when he saw Gu Baisheng get out of bed, he asked, "Why are you still awake?"

"I can't fall asleep." She added, "I'm waiting for you."

Song Shuang looked up and smiled at her. He talked to her while taking off his coat, "You're not waiting for me. You're waiting for me to tell you what Xiao Rong said to me."

Gu Baisheng became very straightforward when he knew her intention.

"What did he say?"

"He asked us not to take him back to Beicheng."

Gu Baisheng was a bit surprised, "Did he really say so?"

Why did Xiao Rong change his mind after showing his passion to return to Beicheng?

"Yes."

Song Shuang sat at the bedside.

Gu Baisheng shook his head, "No way. He wouldn't say so. I'll check with him."

Gu Baisheng got off her bed and went to Xiao Rong's room with her slippers and coat on.

Song Shuang followed her without haste.

Gu Baisheng knocked on Xiao Rong's door as soon as she arrived.

Xiao Rong answered the door after a while.

He saw both Gu Baisheng and Song Shuang as soon as he opened the door.

"Shuang said that you didn't want us to take you back to Beicheng."

Xiao Rong opened his mouth and tried to gesture something with his hands.

Song Shuang looked at Xiao Rong's hands.

He looked very cold.

Xiao Rong looked into Song Shuang's eyes and suddenly withdrew his hands as if he had got stung by needles.

"What happened?"

Gu Baisheng found Xiao Rong's reaction weird.

Xiao Rong still felt upset about Song Shuang's look.

He thought about the cause of Zhang Tiantian's death.

He was more uncertain about what Song Shuang had told Gu Baisheng.

The reason why Song Shuang didn't want to bring him back to Beicheng was that he didn't try his best to save Zhang Tiantian's life while she was dying.

And Gu Baisheng helped him.

If Song Shuang told her about him watching Zhang Tiantian die without offering any help, Gu Baisheng wouldn't bring him back to Beicheng, either.

He didn't want to be hated by Gu Baisheng for not being able to save Zhang Tiantian's life.

So, it would be better to listen to Song Shuang's words and find his own way home.

After a second thought, he turned around to get the notebook and pen.

He then held the pen and wrote a few words in the notebook.

Gu Baisheng took the notebook and saw that he decided to bury Zhang Tiantian at Gui Town and guide the graveyard of the Zhang Family, so she bit her lip, "Have you really made up your mind?"

Xiao Rong nodded to confirm.

Gu Baisheng respected his option, "As long as you decide so, it's fine to stay here temporarily. But let me know whenever you want to go back to Beicheng. I'll go back and pick you up."

Xiao Rong looked at Song Shuang who stood behind Gu Baisheng and nodded slowly.

After seeing Xiao Rong tell Gu Baisheng his option, Song Shuang said, "It's very late now. Let Xiao Rong get some sleep."

After being reminded by Song Shuang, Gu Baisheng nodded.

She then left the room with him.

When Song Shuang turned around, he looked at Xiao Rong meaningfully.

Xiao Rong was clever.

He preferred to stay at Gui Town and find his own way back to Beicheng rather than let Gu Baisheng know that he failed to save Zhang Tiantian's life.

If Gu Baisheng knew it, she would reexamine him.

Although Zhang Tiantian was so severely injured that she couldn't survive even if she got timely treatment, Xiao Rong's indifferent attitude towards her death was very problematic.

He shouldn't have treated his benefactor like that.

Even if Gu Baisheng helped him, nobody knew if he would be grateful.

Xiao Rong closed the door after Gu Baisheng left. He clenched his fists and looked down.

If he couldn't have Gu Baisheng's help, how would he be able to go back to Beicheng himself?

...

Qu Xiaobo's condition improved a lot after a restful night.

At dawn, Qu Xiaobo took another nap after she got tired from crying.

In a daze, she could hear the argument going on outside the door.

"She's sleeping. You can't go inside."

It was Mo Shaoyan's voice.

"She's my daughter-in-law who is pregnant with Kai's baby. Who do you think you are? You have no right to stop us from visiting her!"

It was the voice of Zhang Kai's mother.

Qu Xiaobo grabbed the pillow and forced herself to wake up.

She stood up and looked at the doorway.

She saw Wang Xiuzhen, Zhang Kai's mother, arguing with Mo Shaoyan.

Qu Xiaobo sighed helplessly.

What would happen would happen.

The Zhang Family really took her pregnancy seriously.

"Mr. Mo."

Qu Xiaobo called Mo Shaoyan.

Mo Shaoyan who was stopping Zhang Kai's mother looked back, "Are you awake?"

Mo Shaoyan was a bit happy and worried when he saw Qu Xiaobo wake up, "Did I talk too loud?"

Qu Xiaobo nodded and looked at Zhang Kai's mother tiredly, "Let them in."

Zhang Kai's mother didn't come here alone.

Although she was the only one who argued with Mo Shaoyan in the doorway, she just passed out due to the news of her son's death, so her husband wouldn't let her come here herself.

Expectedly, after Mo Shaoyan let them in, Zhang Kai's father was following quietly.

And Zhang Huai, Zhang Kai's sister, who was driven away yesterday, showed up, too.

Qu Xiaobo sat up.

Mo Shaoyan hurried to hold her up and put a pillow at her waist.

"Thank you." Qu Xiaobo thanked him.

Mo Shaoyan nodded.

Zhang Kai's mother saw the interaction between Qu Xiaobo and Mo Shaoyan, so she gave her husband a special look.

She signaled her husband to get Mo Shaoyan out of the room.

He got what his wife meant. After a moment of hesitation, he stood up and asked Mo Shaoyan, "Are you Xiaobo's friend?"

Actually, Mo Shaoyan was barely Qu Xiaobo's friend.

They wanted to kill each other a few days ago.

Their relationship became a little better because of Qu Xiaobo's poor situation.

And it was because Song Shuang asked him to take care of her.

But when Zhang Kai's father asked him, he nodded, "Yes."

"Let the ladies have some talks themselves. Shall we go out and enjoy a cigarette?"

Zhang Kai's father took out a box of cigarettes while speaking.

Mo Shaoyan turned down the offer smilingly, "No, thank you. Smoking is not allowed in this hospital."

"I see."

Zhang Kai's father was a bit awkward. After putting the cigarette box away, he tried to find another excuse.

But he couldn't find a good one.

Zhang Huai, who had been very quiet, suddenly spoke up, "Can I have a word with you, Mr. Mo?"

Mo Shaoyan smiled, "You can talk to me now."

Mo Shaoyan didn't leave. Zhang Huai didn't know what to do, either.

Zhang Kai's mother realized that both her husband and daughter failed to get Mo Shaoyan out, so she became very impatient.

She turned around and asked him, "Who are you, young man? If you're just a friend of my daughter-in-law, you don't have to overhear our family conversation. Get out now!"