The other party said, "He's the owner of a loan company, so he shouldn't have any connection with you. Could it be that your sister and brother-in-law have a debt dispute with them?"
"Impossible," Meng Qi said with certainty. "They wouldn't borrow money from a loan shark like that."
"Alright, we'll investigate. When would you be available to come to the police station? We need your assistance with some matters."
"Can tomorrow?"
"No problem, see you tomorrow." The other party hung up.
Meng Qi glanced into the ward. She decided to tell Meng Yao after Song Jiaping woke up.
She planned to wait until Song Jiaping woke up before leaving, to feel at ease. She sat on a chair outside the ward.
Feeling drowsy, Meng Qi leaned against the wall, closed her eyes, and soon fell asleep.
As she drifted in and out of sleep, she heard Meng Yao's voice, choked with tears of joy. Startled, she stood up and looked into the ward. Song Jiaping had opened his eyes and was looking at Meng Yao.
Meng Qi's eyes also welled up with emotion. She quickly went to call the doctor.
"You're awake, you're finally awake." Seeing his eyes open, Meng Yao's relief and lingering fear filled her eyes with tenderness and heartache as she leaned towards him and hugged him tightly. "Thank goodness, you're alright, finally alright."
Song Jiaping asked with a dazed expression, "Why am I in the hospital? How long have I been asleep? What happened?"
"You slept for a very, very long time," Meng Yao said with a smile, tears glistening in her eyes. She leaned closer and hugged him tightly. "Thank goodness, you're okay, finally okay."
Song Jiaping felt as if he had slept for a long time. He could always hear Meng Yao speaking to him, urging him to wake up.
He wanted to open his eyes and wake up, but he couldn't.
He had been trying all along, and now he had finally opened his eyes. Indeed, he saw Meng Yao by his side.
Song Jiaping weakly raised his hands, wanting to hug Meng Yao back, but he lacked the strength.
At that moment, Meng Qi arrived with the doctor. The doctor immediately checked the instruments nearby and said, "Family members, please step aside. We need to examine the patient."
Meng Yao released Song Jiaping and wiped away her tears.
Meng Qi put an arm around her and said, "He's finally awake, he's fine, you'll both be fine from now on."
Meng Yao hummed, feeling an indescribable joy and excitement.
Song Jiaping was her sky, her earth, her everything. Thank goodness he hadn't left her.
She would cherish every moment they spent together from now on, dedicating her remaining life to loving him.
...
It was past nine in the evening. Qin Yuxing was the only one still studying in the self-study room.
A girl with black hair and fair skin entered the self-study room and approached Qin Yuxing with a smile. "Qin Yuxing, there's a little girl at the school gate looking for you. She says she's your sister."
"My sister?" Qin Yuxing looked up at the girl, frowning. It seemed impossible. Tian Tian and Tang Tang were only five or six years old; how could they have come looking for him on their own?
The girl sat on a chair at the desk in front of him and said with a smile, "I thought it was strange too. We're all students from the East, but the girl who claims to be your sister has blonde hair and blue eyes. Is she your biological sister?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yuxing immediately gathered his books from the desk and quickly got up, leaving the classroom in a hurry.
"Hey, Qin Yuxing! Do you have to be so excited..." The girl tried to follow him, but he had already disappeared. She muttered, "How strange. That girl is definitely not his sister. Could he have found a girlfriend outside so quickly?"
Then she thought it was unlikely. She paid close attention to Qin Yuxing at school and had never seen him go outside. He was just a top student and a bookworm.
Qin Yuxing was either in class, in the library, or in the self-study room.
No, she had to go to the gate again. Was that Barbie-like girl really Qin Yuxing's sister?
Qin Yuxing ran to the school gate. Through the iron gate, he saw Xiaoxiao standing under the lamppost. He couldn't believe his eyes. "Xiaoxiao, how did you get here? How did you get out of the castle?"
Xiaoxiao smiled excitedly when she saw him and ran to the iron gate. "Brother Xingxing, I finally found you."
"It's great that you could come," Qin Yuxing said, his eyes shining.
Xiaoxiao said aggrievedly, "But the gatekeeper won't let me in."
"Wait a moment." Qin Yuxing knew the school rules; outsiders were not allowed in.
He knocked on the inner door of the gatekeeper's booth and said he needed to go out.
The gatekeeper looked at him and asked, "Are you going out so late? Do you have a note from your teacher?"
"Someone is looking for me outside, I'll be out for a bit." If he ran out now, he definitely wouldn't have a note from his teacher.
"No, go back to your dormitory. Lights out is soon." The gatekeeper slammed the door shut.
Qin Yuxing, furious, knocked on the door again. "Can't you make an exception?"
But the gatekeeper inside shouted, "Knock again and I'll call your teacher to take you away!"
At this moment, Xiaoxiao also called out to him, "Brother Xingxing, I'll just take a look at you and leave. You don't need to come out."
Qin Yuxing quickly ran to the iron gate and asked, "Where will you go if you leave? It's dark now, please don't wander around."
"I'll find a hotel to stay in for the night. Don't worry, I can manage on my own," Xiaoxiao said.
"But you're still a child..."
"I'm grown up now, I'm not a child anymore," Xiaoxiao interrupted him, pouting in protest.
Qin Yuxing was still worried. "Don't go, wait here. I'll go find a teacher to get a pass."
"No need, Brother Xingxing, go back to your dormitory..."
"Brother Xingxing, are you really siblings?" a girl walked towards them.
Xiaoxiao saw that the girl had long black hair, wore a white dress, and had a Lolita-style appearance. Her eyes curved into crescents when she smiled. Xiaoxiao froze slightly and asked, "Brother Xingxing, who is she?"
"A classmate," Qin Yuxing said coldly to the girl. "What are you doing here?"
The girl winked at him. "I have a way to let her in. She can stay in my dorm tonight."
"What way?" Qin Yuxing asked.
"Tell your sister to walk to the right of the main gate. I know there's a section of the wall that's lower and has no surveillance. We usually climb over it when we want to go out and play."
Qin Yuxing asked suspiciously, "There's such a place? How come I don't know about it?"
The girl said with a laugh, "You're a top student; you never sneak out to play, so of course you wouldn't know. If you want your sister to stay out overnight, it's up to you to trust me. Hmph, ungrateful."
After saying that, she turned to leave.
"Wait." Qin Yuxing relented. "I trust you."
He turned to Xiaoxiao and said, "Did you hear that? Walk to the right from here. We'll be waiting inside the wall to receive you."
"Brother Xingxing, will this really work?" Xiaoxiao looked at the girl, realizing she was interested in Qin Yuxing, and felt a little uncomfortable. She didn't want to accept her help.
But given the situation, if she didn't listen to the girl and climb over the wall, she would have nowhere to go that night.