I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping
Chapter 85: In life, eight or nine out of ten things may not go as desired.

Chapter 85: In life, eight or nine out of ten things may not go as desired.

"Ai Qian really left?"

Not long after Jiang Chen returned to the ward, Li Shuru found an excuse to pull him out.

"Hmm."

Jiang Chen said softly, "She came today to apologize for those words Wei Chuyin said to you in the classroom that day."

Li Shuru seemed thoughtful.

"What are you thinking about?"

"My mom said she came around noon, played with Ni Ni all afternoon, and didn’t say a word about the thing between you and her."

"Is that surprising?"

Li Shuru was very calm, without hiding anything, and nodded, "A little, I thought she came all the way here to make a scene, but I didn’t expect... it was my own suspicion."

Jiang Chen smiled wryly.

"Can’t blame you, given her previous temper, what you feared, nine out of ten, would have happened, maybe now she..."

The smile on Ai Qian’s face when she turned around appeared before his eyes.

Jiang Chen said softly, "Has matured, I guess."

Li Shuru was silent, then looked at Jiang Chen.

"What did you two talk about downstairs?"

"Not much."

"She didn’t blame you?"

"Blame me?"

Jiang Chen looked puzzled.

"Her close friends all think you’re unfair to her, spending so much money on me, but not a dime on her. Doesn’t she feel unbalanced in her heart?"

Jiang Chen grinned.

"I don’t know if she has thought like that, but she indeed did not ask me about this just now."

"Then what did she ask you?"

Li Shuru seemed unusually gossipy today.

Jiang Chen didn’t avoid the question, and after a moment of silence, facing Li Shuru’s gaze, he spoke frankly, "She just asked me one question, whether I had ever really liked her."

Li Shuru’s face was impassive, showing no signs of turbulence, and she said softly, "How did you answer?"

"I said yes."

Jiang Chen said candidly.

Although they were pretending to be a couple, their current relationship certainly qualified as ambiguous. Jiang Chen’s response carried a certain risk, but Li Shuru showed no signs of anger.

She didn’t even make any comment, and after a moment of silence, she just nodded.

"Let’s go back in."

The two of them returned to the room.

"Is Sister Ai Qian your classmate, Brother Jiang Chen?"

The little girl Ni Ni asked curiously from her hospital bed.

"Yes,"

Jiang Chen answered with a smile.

"Then can you ask her to come play with Ni Ni more often?"

The little girl’s eyes were filled with longing.

"Jiang Chen and the others still have to go to school; they don’t have so much time,"

The girl’s mother scolded, yet her hand tenderly stroked her daughter’s withered hair.

Seven or eight years old, an age full of joy and carefree days.

She should have been in school, with her classmates and teachers, but reality confined her to a ward reeking of disinfectant, enduring the pain of various treatments and examinations every day.

Hearing her mother’s words, the little girl slowly lowered her head.

"I’ll talk to her about it, she just promised you, didn’t she?"

Jiang Chen said with a smile.

At his words, the little girl quickly looked up, bright light shining in her eyes again.

"Thank you, Brother Jiang Chen!"

The girl’s mother couldn’t bear to scold her child and could only give Jiang Chen an apologetic smile.

"Do you like her very much?"

Jiang Chen asked.

"Yes!"

The little girl nodded vigorously.

"No one has played with Ni Ni for a long time, and Sister Ai Qian told Ni Ni lots of stories. She said when Ni Ni gets better, she will take Ni Ni to play at her school. Brother Jiang Chen, Sister Ai Qian told me your school is really beautiful, with a sky garden. Is that true?"

The little girl’s mother couldn’t hold back her emotions and hurriedly turned around, facing the windowsill to secretly wipe away her tears.

Xue Mingqin also showed a look of pity, feeling deeply touched.

Such a young child having to endure such torment, heaven is truly unfair.

"What she said is true."

Jiang Chen nodded and said warmly with a smile, "If Ni Ni wants to go, you must cooperate with the doctor, listen to your mother, and get good treatment. When you’re well, if Sister Ai Qian doesn’t have time, Brother Jiang Chen will take you."

"Yes! Ni Ni will be obedient!"

"Alright, it’s time to rest, lie down quickly."

Her mother turned back around again.

The little girl quickly lay down, and her mother tucked her in, her eyes already red-rimmed.

When going out to buy food, Jiang Chen asked, "Where is her father?"

He had come several times but had only seen the little girl’s mother,

"I heard from my mom that her dad is delivering takeout."

Li Shuru’s tone also seemed somewhat complex.

"When we arrived, she was already here. They are not from East Sea. They came here for treatment, and to take care of her, her dad quit his original job and came to East Sea with her mom. But as a foreigner in East Sea, how could he possibly find a suitable job in a short time? And with their family’s situation like this. But the pressure of the medical expenses is so great, so he can only do some odd jobs that don’t require too many qualifications."

Jiang Chen was silent.

The world is full of unsatisfactory events, in the majority of cases.

They were supposed to go to the restaurant across the street, where they had previously bought food. The taste was good, but Li Shuru walked in a different direction after leaving the hospital.

"Where are you going?"

Jiang Chen asked, puzzled.

"There’s a cake shop over there, I’m going to buy some cake for Ni Ni."

Jiang Chen was taken aback, then hesitated to speak.

As if guessing what he was thinking, Li Shuru said softly, "You don’t think Ai Qian is the only person in the world with compassion, do you?"

Jiang Chen gave a silent, wry smile.

After returning to the ward with the food, Jiang Chen finally saw the little girl’s father for the first time. He was playing games with the little girl, rather ordinary in appearance, with no trace of bitter hardships on his face. When facing his daughter, his face was filled with bright smiles, gentle and optimistic, full of vitality.

He might not be a success in the societal sense, but he was definitely a competent father.

"Xiao Yang, you haven’t had dinner yet, have you? Come eat with us."

Xue Mingqin obviously felt very sympathetic towards the family.

"No need, Sister Xue, I have eaten when I got off work," the man replied hastily.

Li Shuru and Jiang Chen quietly set the tableware.

"Don’t be so courteous, come have some food. There is too much for us to finish anyway," Xue Mingqin said, seeing right through the man’s pretense.

Even if he had eaten, he certainly only had some buns or steamed buns.

"Bring Ni Ni over, her brother and sister have brought her some cake."

"Yay! I get to eat cake!"

The little girl cheered.

"Well... thank you," the man said, seeing his daughter’s delight, not wanting to refuse any longer, and came over carrying her.

"Is this your daughter and son-in-law? Truly a couple of talent and beauty."

"Hehe, they are just in a relationship," said Xue Mingqin, "Don’t worry about Ni Ni, with me and her mom taking care of her. You should take care of your health and not overwork yourself. Come on, Ni Ni, eat the cake."

"Be sure to thank your brother and sister."

"Thank you, brother and sister!"

Against the backdrop of the cake, the little girl’s eyes shone like stars, clear and bright.