At this time, the Song family.
Mei Liuli was sitting in the hall, feeling uneasy. Song Weiyi hung up the phone disappointedly, and Mei Liuli immediately asked, "How is it? Did the president answer the phone?"
"…" Song Weiyi shook his head, "The secretary said he is very busy and will call us back when he is free."
"Call back?" Mei Liuli snorted coldly, "We've been on the phone since yesterday. I don't believe he's so busy that he doesn't even have time to call back."
Song Weiyi was upset, "Mom... He said in the media that our marriage would be in line with public opinion. This means... he won't marry me, right?"
Mei Liuli sighed, "From the tone of his voice, that's right. Now your father's position as the Senate Chairman is also in jeopardy. When the time comes, if Bai Yeqing wants to have his uncle rehabilitated openly, it will be easy without your father as a hindrance. I'm afraid he won't be coerced by us anymore."
When Song Weiyi heard this, he felt sad and angry. "How could Dad be so foolish! He's almost his son-in-law, why is he still eavesdropping?"
"What do you know? How can you see through political matters as clearly as you do on the surface? If Bai Yeqing was such a naive person who could be easily manipulated by you after marrying you, your father would not be in such an embarrassing situation now!"
"What should we do now? Is our Song family going to be defeated by him?" Song Weiyi was indignant. "The whole world is watching my wedding with him. Now he suddenly breaks off the engagement. How can I face people in the future?"
She thought for a moment and said angrily, "If he refuses to marry me again, don't blame me for being ruthless! I still have those shameful photos of him! If they piss me off, I'll expose them right away!"
Mei Liuli nodded, seeming to agree with her daughter's idea. "Yes, that's the only way!"
As the two were discussing, the butler's voice rang out, "Madam, a guest just brought this to you. He said that you must personally review it."
"What is it?" Mei Liuli was curious.
Song Weiyi took the brown paper bag in his hand, squeezed it, and said, "Mom, it looks like a photo."
"Photos?" Mei Liuli hadn't taken any photos recently, so she was suspicious. She took the brown paper bag, opened it and looked at it, and her face changed immediately. Song Weiyi leaned over to take a look, "Mom, what are you looking at?"
Mei Liuli seemed startled and quickly stuffed all the things into the bag.
"What's wrong? You can't even let me see it?" Song Weiyi asked. Mei Liuli shook her head and put the things behind her. Because she felt guilty, her eyes kept wandering. After a long while, she finally said, "That... Xingchen, you just mentioned exposing those photos of him. I think we have to think about it carefully."
"Mom, what's wrong? Why?" Song Weiyi was even more confused.
Mei Liuli looked unhappy. "Don't ask why. Mom said we should take a long-term view. Give me those photos and I'll keep them for you!"
… … … … …
At this moment, in the office of Baiyu Palace, Leng Fei answered the phone and walked straight towards the President who was sitting on the sofa meeting with officials.
"The nude photos of Mei Liuli and Song Guoyao's adjutant have been delivered to her accurately. Mei Liuli called me just now and said that she would burn your photos herself and would never expose them to the public."
"Burned?" Bai Yeqing glanced at Leng Fei and said calmly, "The photos are great. Help me get them back. I'll keep them as a souvenir."
In the final analysis, he just didn't trust Mei Liuli. It would be more reliable to keep it in his own hands than to let her burn it.
Leng Fei understood and turned around to convey his meaning.
… … … … …
The next day.
The family is very busy. Because the next day is Shen Min's 50th birthday, the neighbors will come to have lunch to liven up the atmosphere, so Shen Min started preparing the menu today.
Early in the morning, Xia Xingchen went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables according to the list her mother gave her. Xia Dabai kept walking beside her, looking around curiously, and said to her: "Dabao, are we really going back tomorrow?"
"Yeah. You still have to go back to school."
"But I will miss Da Mao and Er Mao, especially grandma. What should I do?" Xia Dabai's face showed some sadness. "Let's let grandma go back with us, okay? Xiaobai's house is so big anyway, we can all live in it, it will be so lively!"
Everyone lives together, it is indeed lively and warm. Just thinking about it, I feel that those scenes are beautiful and make people look forward to it.
However, reality is often different from imagination.
"If you miss your grandma in the future, I will bring you here often. But now your grandma doesn't want to go back with us." Xia Xingchen comforted the child.
Xia Dabai pursed his lips, looking quite disappointed.
Xia Xingchen picked all the vegetables according to Qingdan's instructions, and the basket was already extremely heavy. Xia Dabai didn't want her to get tired, so he insisted on sharing the burden with her, so Xia Xingchen let him carry the basket with her and walked forward together.
"Stars!"
As soon as the adult and the child came out of the vegetable market, they saw Aunt Li calling her loudly from a few meters away.
"Aunt Li, you are here to buy vegetables too!" Xia Xingchen greeted with a smile.
As a result, Aunt Li came over and grabbed her hand and walked away, "Go back quickly! Something happened!"
Xia Xingchen's heart sank, "What's the matter?"
"Your mother is having a heart attack! Go back and check on her right away!"
Xia Xingchen dropped the food in her hand, but she was in no mood to care. She hugged Xia Dabai and walked home quickly. When she arrived at the door, the town's ambulance had already arrived.
A group of people helped push the mother out. Xia Xingchen was so anxious that she handed the child to Aunt Li and asked her to help take care of it. She followed the doctor to the only hospital in the town without stopping.
Xia Xingchen was busy in the hospital all day. Shen Min was groggy and barely woke up.
The doctor told her: "Your mother's illness is an old one. She needs a heart bypass surgery. If you don't do it now, it will be too late."
"Can heart bypass surgery be done here?"
"Of course not." The doctor shook his head. "Transfer your mother to another hospital tomorrow when her condition improves. Transfer her to a hospital in Kyoto. That's where the best medical conditions are. Otherwise..."
The doctor shook his head and said nothing more. It was obvious that the situation was not optimistic.
Xia Xingchen listened and felt a chill in his heart.
She spent the whole afternoon sitting by the bed, using her phone to search for hospitals in Kyoto, trying to find out which one would be the most suitable. When it was getting dark and her phone was running out of battery, Bai Yeqing called.
"What are you busy with?" he asked at the other end.
Xia Xingchen leaned against the wall, stroking his forehead with his hand. He was silent for a while before speaking: "I'm in the hospital now..."