Side Story 1: Previous Life, Tong and Chu
Reminder: This chapter is about their previous life.
There will absolutely be no disgusting plotlines, so read with confidence!...
April 2016, Qingming Festival.
Sunny.
Yuzhou City No. 1 People's Hospital, third floor, Neuro Intensive Care Unit.
A middle-aged woman lay in Bed No. 3. The various medical instruments worked in steady rhythms. The room smelled of disinfectant, while the leaves outside the window were lush green.
Two people stood beside the bed.
Aunt Gu was still wearing her textile factory uniform, with no time to change out of it. Weariness covered her face, and deep worry filled her eyes.
"Chuchu, go home and eat first. Auntie will stay here."
Xue Chuchu's little face was frighteningly pale. Her expression was numb, as though her soul had left her body.
"I'll wait a little longer." She forced out a faint smile, but it was terribly desolate. She had never been someone who liked to smile.
Just then, a greasy-faced man appeared at the ward entrance. Even his jacket could not hide his protruding belly.
"Little Chu, I came to see your mother." His voice was loud.
At those words, a wave of disgust rose within Xue Chuchu.
"Oh, Sister Gu is here too!" The man greeted her and set down some fruit and milk.
Aunt Gu accepted the fruit and thanked him. "Boss Li, you're too kind. You've come several times already."
Boss Li beamed. "Sister Hua is my employee. Now that she's sick and hospitalized, of course I have to come see her."
He stepped forward and examined Aunt Hua on the bed, saying gravely, "This can't keep dragging on. I pulled some strings and invited a doctor from South City to come perform the surgery. They said that patients with