After Divorce, Hidden Marriage Husband Became Addicted to Me
Chapter 272 - 200: The Past

Chapter 272: Chapter 200: The Past

Many people around were gossiping.

A few doctors and nurses were also whispering among themselves.

"So, it turns out Jianlin really is an illegitimate child."

"His mother was a prostitute, tsk tsk tsk... Maybe she drugged and crawled into Gao Chengxiong’s bed to conceive him, quite shameless. Isn’t she just a homewrecker, and one who sells herself at that?"

"I actually thought he was the second young master of the Gao Family. Turns out he is nothing... I heard that back at the Department of Neurology, the goddess Su Yiqian pursued him and was rejected... I thought he was really something... Turns out he’s just a bastard, and in the end, he won’t get a dime from the Gao Family."

Gao Youhan listened to the discussions around her and kept adding fuel to the fire.

She clearly wanted to disgrace Jianlin; a bastard son dreaming to be her brother, in his dreams!

Tang Xi raised her hand, covering Jianlin’s ears.

Not letting him listen to those words.

Jianlin’s face was pale, and he looked at Tang Xi like a puppet.

Tang Xi held his hand and led him out without looking back.

Gao Youhan didn’t expect them to just walk away, and she went crazy yelling at their retreating figures.

-

Tang Xi took Jianlin outside the hospital.

She scanned a code at the vending machine, paid, and bought two bottles of cola, handing one to Jianlin.

The man did not take it, as if still immersed in the gossip he just heard. Tang Xi opened a bottle and brought it to his lips, "Cola, it’s really tasty. My daughter likes it a lot, but I rarely let her have it, just once a month, and she finishes a bottle in a short while."

"My daughter says when you’re unhappy, drink this, and you’ll forget the sad things because it’s called ’happiness drink’ (’kele’ in Chinese), after you drink this carbonated beverage you’ll feel happy."

Every time she thinks of Tangtang’s innocent and clear words, Tang Xi can’t help but laugh.

This daughter of hers, she doesn’t know where she got such ideas, a bunch of theories.

Jianlin’s pupils gradually showed gentleness. He looked at Tang Xi and the cola she handed over. He took it, took a sip, the carbonated drink tasted sweet, her words lingering in his ears, as if a breeze of spring brushed against his face.

Those terrible things, many were forgotten.

The man’s mood gradually calmed down, he forced a smile and said solemnly, "Thank you."

He looked at Tang Xi’s delicate and fair side profile, standing right beside him, within his reach. Yet, he dared not reach out his hand, but he could smell her refreshing and soft fragrance, and he repeated softly, "Tang Xi, thank you."

"You’re welcome." Tang Xi smiled, "As people, we live to impress ourselves, not others. In the past, I too was swayed by gossip, but as long as you firmly move forward, those things will eventually pass. Doctor Gao, you are outstanding, just let those people be jealous of you! As long as you don’t take to heart the slander they speak, they can only rage powerlessly. In the end, they lose, not you."

"You’re right, the loss is hers, the powerless rage is hers." Jianlin lifted his head and drained the cola in one go.

Tang Xi narrowed her eyes and smiled, "That’s the right way to think."

"Here, I’ll drink with you." Saying this she also tilted her head back and finished the cola in the can.

The chilled cola seems to momentarily take away all displeasure.

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The North Island is sunny and warm like spring all year round.

Jianlin and Tang Xi sat on a bench in the hospital’s small garden, and he opened up about his issues for the first time.

Tang Xi seriously played the role of a silent listener.

She sat beside him, watching his emotions fall, his voice slightly choked, his back trembling. She watched him close his eyes in pain and gently patted his arm.

Jianlin grabbed her hand, "So, I am a bastard, my mother is a person who shouldn’t be seen in public. She is a prostitute! I am a prostitute’s son!"

He clenched his teeth hard, "But, I didn’t choose this. Ever since I was little, I never knew who my father was, my mother raised me alone, I watched her frail body, even watched her entertain those clients every night, those filthy, lecherous men! Even when my mother was feverishly ill, she had to entertain those clients... Year after year, her health worsened..."