Chapter 222 Qiao Anna Appeared

After 48 hours, Xia Xiaoluo woke up from a daze, feeling exhausted. Ling Tianyi was sitting beside her. She was so thirsty that she wanted to ask him to pour some water for her, but she could not make a sound.

Holding one of Xia Xiaoluo’s hands, Ling Tianyi fell asleep after taking care of Xia Xiaoluo for two days. In his dream, a lovely baby blamed him for his carelessness of forcing him to leave the world. Xia Xiaoluo tried her best to move the hand Ling Tianyi was holding, and Ling Tianyi woke up suddenly.

Ling Tianyi regained his consciousness in only one second. Seeing that Xia Xiaoluo woke up, Ling Tianyi asked excitedly, “Xiaoluo! Are you feeling better now?”

“Water…” Xia Xiaoluo said in a weak voice.

“What? OK!” Ling Tianyi stood up at once. He lost his balance and almost fell down because he has sat there for a long time. But he controlled himself and poured some water for Xia Xiaoluo at once. Then, he fed the water to her with a straw after testing the temperature.

“Xiaoluo, alas…” Ling Tianyi wanted to talk with Xia Xiaoluo, but Xia Xiaoluo fell asleep again.

Seeing that Xia Xiaoluo’s face was pale and wan, Ling Tianyi sighed, he felt guilty. Even in his dream, their baby was angry with him, because he was an irresponsible father.

If Ling Tianyi didn’t lose his temper and lock Xia Xiaoluo in the study, he would become a father in autumn. However, he lost his baby, Xia Xiaoluo was also in danger in the hospital, and she was in bad condition.

The doctor only saved Xia Xiaoluo, but they could not save the baby. Ling Tianyi felt disappointed and relieved. Xia Xiaoluo survived, but the doctor told Ling Tianyi that Xia Xiaoluo was in bad condition, she needed to have a good rest. They could not make love within one month. Xia Xiaoluo could not get pregnant within at least half a year. The doctor advised Ling Tianyi to have a baby one year later because Xia Xiaoluo could not afford it.

Ling Desheng and He Meishu also went to see Xia Xiaoluo. Ling Desheng intended to take the opportunity to let Xia Xiaoluo stay with Ling Tianyi, till he drove Cheng Yalin, the evil woman away.

As for He Meishu, she always looked forward to a grandchild, so she wasn’t able to accept that she lost her grandson that way.

He Meishu was angry this time, so she didn’t treat Xia Xiaoluo as enthusiastically as before. For one thing, she was afraid that Xia Xiaoluo could not have children anymore due to the injury; for another, she could not understand why Xia Xiaoluo did so. As a mother, Xia Xiaoluo did not know she was pregnant, she even climbed over the window only because she quarreled with her husband. Although Ling Tianyi told He Meishu that it was his fault, He Meishu still imputed to Xia Xiaoluo, she thought that her behaviors were not decent at all, Xia Xiaoluo was not qualified to be Ling Tianyi’s wife.

Ling Desheng and He Meishu left the ward when they knew that there was nothing serious about Xia Xiaoluo. Actually, compared with Xia Xiaoluo, they cared more about Ling Tianyi who accompanied Xia Xiaoluo with depression.

Although He Meishu was not so enthusiastically this time, she still ordered the servant to make some soup for Xia Xiaoluo. He Meishu would definitely look after Xia Xiaoluo on her own if the baby was still alive. But she didn’t want to spend much time or energy on Xia Xiaoluo under that circ.u.mstance.

He Meishu went to a beauty salon, she recalled that Mrs. Zhou, who always played cards with her, mentioned that her niece Qiao Anna came back from abroad. And Mrs. Zhou hoped that Ling Tianyi and Qiao Anna could be couples because they matched each other. He Meishu didn’t agree at that time, but she had to consider it again.

He Meishu kept thinking about it after doing facial care and returning home.

“Mom, what are you thinking about?” Ling Tianxue returned and asked.

Ling Tianxue went to the hospital to see Xia Xiaoluo as well.

Ling Tianxue only wanted to break up her brother’s marriage, she has never expected such a serious accident, so she was very guilty about her nephew’s death. But Cheng Yalin comforted her, telling Ling Tianxue that it was Xia Xiaoluo’s fault to climb the window.

Chu Tong was also afraid that something serious happened to Xia Xiaoluo in this accident. If Xia Xiaoluo died this time, he would lose everything.

Thinking about Qiao Anna, He Meishu glanced at Ling Tianxue without saying anything. Ling Tianxue said, “I went to the hospital just now and Xia Xiaoluo has already awoken. There is nothing serious, but my brother has to accompany her for several days. When she is better, they will leave the hospital.”

“Oh, I know.” He Meishu answered casually.

Ling Tianxue was about to go upstairs, but He Meishu said to her, “Tianxue, do you still remember Qiao Anna, one of your schoolmates in your primary school? You two were in the same grade, but not the same cla.s.s.”

“Em? Oh! I don’t remember too much! What’s the matter? Mum, why do you mention her? We haven’t contacted each other for a long time!” Ling Tianxue has already gone upstairs, but she was so curious about it, so she sat beside He Meishu, intending to ask more information about it. Like all the other girls, Ling Tianxue liked to know other people’s gossip things.

“Qiao Anna came back after obtaining her Master degree from abroad. She is good at playing the piano, she has won many prizes. Her aunt told me that Qiao Anna wanted to find a boyfriend. Mrs. Zhou wanted to match your brother and Qiao Anna! What a pity! You brother is unlucky!” He Meishu sighed.

Ling Tianxue was excited because she thought that He Meishu could help her to break up Ling Tianyi’s marriage. But Ling Tianxue didn’t expect Qiao Anna would marry Ling Tianyi. Instead, Ling Tianxue wanted to tell Xia Xiaoluo deliberately that Ling Tianyi and Qiao Anna would meet, so Xia Xiaoluo would leave Ling Tianyi with depression. Then she would help Cheng Yalin to go after Ling Tianyi. She believed that Cheng Yalin could make it because Ling Tianyi and Cheng Yalin were lovers after all.

Being very excited, Ling Tianxue dared not to do it directly, so she indicated, “I remember that Qiao Anna said that my brother was handsome when we played together. It seemed that she liked my brother very much at that time! If she could come back one or two years earlier, she would marry my brother! It’s really a pity that my brother has married my little sister-in-law!”

“Really? Did Qiao Anna say that your brother was handsome?” He Meishu seemed very interested in the words Qiao Anna said when she was young.

“Sure! We were in the same grade, and we both had the piano cla.s.s. I didn’t learn it well, but she was good at it. She often came across my brother because he was learning to play the piano at that time. She indeed fancied my brother when she was young, but maybe she doesn’t like him at all now because she has grown up and studied abroad for a long time. Of course my brother is rather handsome now! In gossip magazines, he was considered as the most excellent and the richest single man in A City.” Ling Tianxue said, observing He Meishu secretly.

He Meishu was thinking about it, but she didn’t express her att.i.tude, because she didn’t want to hurt Xia Xiaoluo who was very weak after having a miscarriage. It related to Ling Tianyi, so He Meishu had to think more about it.

“Mom, I will take a shower if there is nothing else. By the way, what shall we have for dinner tonight?” Ling Tianxue knew that He Meishu would be helpful because she was familiar with her mother. What was more, He Meishu would also help to break up Ling Tianyi’s marriage. But she dared not to express her enthusiasm, or He Meishu would suspect her.

“We will have some soup! It’s for Xiaoluo’s health, because she just had a miscarriage. But it’s also good for your health! Qiao Anna is thinking about finding a boyfriend, you are a grownup! So you should think about it as well! Don’t hang out every day, because you can’t find a good man among those fake friends! Do you understand?”

“By the way, Tianxue, what kind of man do you like? A young man working on business or on politics? A man whose families are rich or those talented who earned money by themselves?”

“I heard about a handsome young man whose father is a politician. It is said that he also studied abroad. He is wealthy and handsome. How about meeting him first? Try to make friends with him!”

“Tianxue, you should listen to me! I’m worried about you!”

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He Meishu kept nagging, which made Ling Tianxue upset. She just asked her mother what they would have for dinner, He Meishu kept nagging about her marriage. So she interrupted He Meishu, “Mom! Someone asked me to go out tonight, so I won’t have dinner at home! I will be late! I’m going now! Mom, bye!”

“Tianxue, don’t run away! I’m still talking to you! Don’t you want to take a shower? Tianxue…” Ling Tianxue ran away as quickly as a rabbit and He Meishu could not stop her.

What Ling Tianxue feared most was the things about her marriage. Chu Wei was not bad, but he always treated her with ambiguous att.i.tude. Ling Tianxue was sure that Chu Wei didn’t like her at all, so she could not take Chu Wei to see her parents as her boyfriend. However, she was reluctant to tell her parents that she was going after Chu Wei, because it was so shameful.

Facing He Meishu’s nagging about introducing her a boyfriend again and again, she had to run away, she did not know what to do.

Hanging out aimlessly in the street, Ling Tianxue didn’t want to go to the hospital or have dinner with Cheng Yalin or Chu Tong. She wanted to meet Chu Wei, so she called him. But Chu Wei told her that he has just got off a plane to P City.

She wanted to talk with Chu Wei for a while, but Chu Wei said that he was busy meeting a client. So Ling Tianxue had to hang up.

“Hi! Are you Tianxue?”

“You are…” Ling Tianxue saw a beautiful woman in fashionable and decent clothes greeting her, she was stunned, because she did not know who the woman was.

“I’m Anna! Qiao Anna! Did you forget me? I recognized you the moment I saw you!” Ling Tianxue became delighted because she met Qiao Anna right after talking about her with He Meishu.

“Hi! I know you are Qiao Anna! Certainly I remember you! We were schoolmates, we learned to play the piano together! But I didn’t learn it well!” Ling Tianxue became enthusiastic at once.

Seeing that Qiao Anna was so graceful and artistic, Ling Tianxue thought that her brother and Qiao Anna indeed matched each other. If she didn’t want to break up her brother’s marriage, she could make friends with Qiao Anna, but she wanted to make use of her now.

“If you forget me, I will be upset!” Qiao Anna smiled and said.

“I heard that you studied abroad and you are a pianist now!” Ling Tianxue said.

“I’m not a pianist! I just won some international prizes! I’m just a piano player!” Qiao Anna and Cheng Yalin were alike in nature, because they were both beautiful women with the graceful appearance and evil heart.

“What a coincidence that we meet today! We haven’t seen each other for a long time. Let me invite you to dinner and I won’t be alone tonight!” Ling Tianxue said.

“OK! I am alone as well. I’m feeling hungry now and n.o.body could accompany me either! I heard that there is an Italian restaurant, not far from here! It’s my treat tonight!” Qiao Anna said generously, because it was a piece of cake for her.