Chapter 43

Shen Zhao slept in a daze until more than ten o'clock. She sat up and felt a slightly uncomfortable feeling in her lower abdomen. She looked at the familiar room, empty, and suddenly a trace of loneliness rose from the bottom of her heart.

She didn't know what time Song Ling left in the morning.

I picked up the mobile phone on the table and glanced at the screen, except for a bunch of advertisements, there was no information.

Turning off the phone, Shen Zhao struggled to get out of bed, changed clothes, washed, and went downstairs.

There was a sticky note on the kitchen refrigerator, and she reached out and tore it off.

- The incubator has porridge and dim sum eggs.

The whole building was silent, not a single sound.

Suddenly realized that she is now on winter vacation.

After breakfast, she was about to go upstairs when the doorbell rang suddenly.

Shen Zhao was stunned for a moment, thinking that Song Ling was back, she turned and walked to the door to open the door.

"Hello." A woman stood at the door, dressed in luxurious clothes, looking about fifty or sixty years old.

Shen Zhao was confused, not knowing who she was, and fox asked: "Hello, may I ask you who are..."

The man pursed his lips and said in a light voice, "I am Song Ling's mother."

Shen Zhao was immediately stunned, and after a while, let her come in quickly, "Hello Auntie, please come in."

Mother Song came in, changed her shoes at the entrance, and walked towards the living room.

Shen Zhao was a little uneasy. She didn't know why Song Ling's mother came over suddenly, and she didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Do you want to give Song Ling a call?

Mother Song sat on the sofa and looked up at the people who were still standing there. She smiled lightly and said, "Sit down."

She was kind and polite, and Shen Zhao hesitated before saying, "Auntie, Song Ling has gone to work, I'll give her a call..."

Mother Song didn't wait for Shen Zhao to finish speaking, and said directly, "No, I didn't come to see her."

Shen Zhao was stunned.

I didn't come to find Song Ling, that is—

to find her.

Shen Zhao pursed her lips and didn't speak. Mother Song looked at her and said, "Sit down."

Shen Zhao clenched his palms and sat on the sofa next to him with a hum.

Her mind was chaotic, and she had no clue, let alone why Song Ling's mother came to her?

Shen Zhao vaguely remembered that when she was in the hospital before, she seemed to have heard Meng Yunan talk about it once. When Song Ling was very young, her mother died and her father remarried later.

So the person in front of her should be Song Ling's stepmother.

I just don't know why didn't look for Song Ling, but came to see her alone.

Shen Zhao didn't speak, just waited for the other party to speak first. Mother Song didn't embarrass her, she looked very kind and polite, she said lightly, "Are you Song Ling's friend?"

Shen Zhao lowered her eyes, suddenly raised her head and glanced at the person in front of her, feeling a little uneasy, but seeing that non-aggressive face, she finally said, "Yes."

Mother Song didn't say much, and Shen Zhao didn't know how Mother Song understood this "friend".

But if she really didn't know anything, she probably wouldn't be here today.

Mother Song continued, "I'm not Song Ling's biological mother, you should know this, right?"

Shen Zhao didn't understand why, so he pursed his lips and continued to listen to her: "Song Ling, this child, has not been close to people since he was a child, and the same is true for me. When her father was still there, she would go home, but since her father I haven't seen her a few times a year. I've never heard of her having any friends over the years, and you're probably the first, so I came here suddenly today, just to see you, I hope it won't be abrupt."

The identity of the stepmother is always an embarrassing existence.

Shen Zhao didn't know Song Ling's family background, but when he heard Song's mother's words, he could probably guess that the relationship between Song Ling and her was not good. Between the two, Mother Song should be very afraid of Song Ling.

Since she knew Song Ling's residence, she said that they didn't see each other very often, but now she came to see Song Ling when she was away.

Shen Zhao lowered her eyes lightly and guessed her intentions.

Mother Song wanted to ease the mother-son relationship between her and Song Ling by herself.

Shen Zhao pursed her lips and said, "Song Ling seems to be very busy with work, and I often don't see her. If she comes back, I will convey it for you."

She made her words ambiguous, this was Song Ling's family affairs, and it was inconvenient for her to participate in it.

Mother Song expressed some ingratitude, she smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Song Ling also has a younger sister, did you know?"

Shen Zhao was stunned, Song Ling had a younger sister... She really didn't know.

Mother Song: "Song Ling treats Ah Jin very well, but she has been abroad all these years, and she doesn't know when she will be back." She looked at Shen Zhao, and suddenly said, "You and Ah Jin have a lot of points. resemblance."

Shen Zhao heard that the "Ajin" she was talking about should be Song Ling's younger sister.

Shen Zhao didn't care, only when she suddenly started chatting. Mother Song is a kind person, she speaks softly, and her demeanor is also very temperamental.

Before she left, she finally broke through the topic and told Shen Zhao that she wanted her to help persuade Song Ling to go home and visit her often.

Shen Zhao couldn't refuse, so he could only accept it as Song Ling's friend.

After Mother Song left, Shen Zhao suddenly received another call for an interview.

It was her resume submitted online before the final exam. The winter vacation was nearly two months. She wanted to find an internship in advance. Next year, she will be a junior, and she should enter the society early.

Her father's serious illness made her grow up in an instant, and it also made her understand that she needs to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of her father and supporting her.

In the past, she had always been the child in her father's palm, but she forgot that her father would suddenly need her to be in the palm of her hand to care for him one day.

The interview is an outsourced translation company that needs to go out to do on-site translation often, but the location is a bit remote, outside the Fifth Ring Road of Jiangcheng.

It is difficult to find internships in non-graduating classes. Shen Zhao has looked for a lot. Most companies are reluctant to hire students who have not graduated, because they are unstable and troublesome.

This family took the initiative to contact Shen Zhao.

Jiang University's English department is still ranked among the best in the country, so the other party agreed on an interview time and asked her to try it first.

Shen Zhao was happy and quickly agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Zhao searched the Internet for relevant information about this company. This is a company that has been registered for several years, but it is not large in scale, and it is still formal.

After confirming that there was no problem, Shen Zhao checked the route and made preparations.

After going down, went to the hospital again, and accompanied father to do a bone piercing. The test was still done by Meng Yunan himself. The test result came out and said that there was a slight residue, less than 0.5.

Shen Zhao was a little worried and asked Meng Yunan, "Will there be a problem?"

Meng Yunan said truthfully: "It's hard to say for the time being, but the residual ratio is okay. Wait for a while to do an inspection. If the residual index becomes larger, you need to do chemotherapy."

Shen Zhao's heart was circling, she was afraid of any fluctuations in her father's body, and she didn't want the success of the operation to be just empty joy.

Meng Yunan caught a glimpse of her sad face and calmed her down: "Don't worry too much, your father's condition is already very good. Compared with most people, he has no rejection at all, which means that he is recovering well."

Shen Zhao pursed his lips, looked up at her, took a deep breath, and said solemnly, "Thank you, Dr. Meng, I trust you."

Meng Yunan smiled, "I will do my best. By the way, I'm going to get married next month. You and Ling have to come."

Shen Zhao was stunned, then asked with a smile, "You're getting married? Congratulations!"

Meng Yunan pursed her lips, nodded and said, "Thank you, it's a lost and found first love. We used to be separated because of some things, but now she's back, and this time, we won't let each other go." She raised her eyebrows at her, "Zhaozhao , Love is a very wonderful thing. When I was young, I was like you. I didn't want to believe that there was any fate between people, but now I believe that love is really fate. Some people are tied , no matter what happens in the middle, we will be together in the end."

Shen Zhao stared at Meng Yunan's eyes, she could see that the eyes of the people in front of her were flickering, and when she talked about love, she was happy and happy.

She envied Meng Yunan who had the radiance of happiness at the moment.

This kind of light made her suddenly think of Song Ling's eyes last night, as well as the words she said.

She was slightly stunned, and her thoughts suddenly became trance.

Meng Yunan saw that she was suddenly dazed, and called her several times, before Shen Zhao reacted, he raised his eyes and asked, "What?"

Meng Yunan chuckled, "I said, I haven't told A Ling about the marriage yet. You tell her for me that you must come together and give me your blessings."

Shen Zhao agreed, nodding and saying yes.

After leaving the hospital at night, she took a taxi back to the villa.

Song Ling didn't call her all day today. Usually, she would go to the hospital to pick her up after get off work, but Song Ling didn't come until eight o'clock in the evening.

The people who appeared every day suddenly disappeared one day. This feeling made Shen Zhao feel a little dazed.

She didn't think about it deliberately, but it always lingered in her mind.

Back at the villa, Shen Zhao took a shower, and Song Ling didn't come back until midnight.

She usually works overtime, but it has never been so late.

Shen Zhao was used to sleeping after Song Ling came back, because she was afraid that if she fell asleep, Song Ling would suddenly appear beside her. Such a feeling would make her feel insecure.

But today, Shen Zhao didn't wait for Song Ling until the middle of the night.

In the end, she couldn't hold back the eyelids of the fight, and she fell asleep while waiting.

I woke up in the middle of the night, still empty.

The next day after dawn, Song Ling still did not come back.

The interview was scheduled for ten o'clock in the morning. Because it was far away, Shen Zhao went out at eight o'clock.

The interview went very smoothly and lasted until twelve o'clock. The company requested that you can go there the next day and get familiar with the business first.

Shen Zhao was very happy and excitedly preparing for the arrival of the new internship.

Returning to the city by car from the suburbs, after a busy day, she glanced at the screen of her mobile phone in the evening, but there was still no phone call or information from Song Ling.

In the end, Shen Zhao couldn't help it, and Shen Zhao called Ji Mingshu.

"Miss Shen, what's the matter?" Ji Mingshu asked respectfully when the call was quickly connected.

Shen Zhao pursed his lips: "I'll find Song Ling."

Ji Mingshu was stunned, and quickly said, "The boss went to Tingcheng on a business trip this morning. Didn't she tell you?"

This time it was Shen Zhao's turn to be stunned, she paused, "Tingcheng?"

Ji Mingshu said, "Yes."

Hanging up the phone in a daze, Shen Zhao sat beside the bed, looking down at the phone number on the phone screen, looking dazed.

Song Ling went to Tingcheng...

In the middle of the night, Shen Zhao finally called Song Ling.

After the bell rang for a long time, Song Ling hung up her phone and did not connect.

Shen Zhao called again, but was still hung up.

After several calls, the phone was finally connected.

"Hey, Song Ling!" Seeing that the call was connected, Shen Zhao quickly shouted first.

Song Ling was living in the hotel at the moment and was looking at the materials for tomorrow's meeting. She deliberately didn't answer Shen Zhao's call, but she seemed to be reluctant. She finally got through, and she seemed anxious when she heard the voice on the phone.

She laughed at herself and said directly: "If you don't say that you miss me or something, don't open your mouth."

Shen Zhao was stunned for a while, she lowered her eyes and pinched her palm, and said lightly, "I heard Ming Shu say, you went to Tingcheng?"

Hearing her words, Song Ling seemed to be able to guess that there was no silver in her place. She sneered suddenly: "Yes, I'm on a business trip, is there a problem?"

Shen Zhao pursed her lips and suddenly didn't know what to say. She had no reason to question her, nor was she qualified to ask her anything.

"It's nothing, I'm hanging up..." She said somewhat lonely with her long eyelashes hanging down.

Song Ling suddenly became sullen, she knew her intentions, but she couldn't restrain her anger.

She always thought that even a piece of ice should melt by now.

But what is it now, she is simply a clown jumping on the beam, what she sees is all ridiculous and shameful.

She is so nice to her!

Song Ling hurriedly interrupted her words and raised her voice unconsciously: "Shen Zhao, what do you think you are, why are you questioning me, do you think I will deliberately come to Tingcheng for you to take revenge on Rui Sier? You take yourself too seriously! To deal with her, I don't have to do it myself! I can destroy her, and I can destroy you!"

Her sudden anger made Shen Zhao's heart hang. She seemed to be humiliated and questioned by someone, and every sentence reminded her what relationship she had with Song Ling. Her contradictions and struggles are all jokes.

Her eyes filled with moisture, she bit her lip tightly, and remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "I have never felt that I am important, and I don't want to ask anything. I promised you that I would never meet her again. She has no results. I gave up as early as the last time I went back to Tingcheng. Whether you believe it or not, I just don't want to disturb her anymore. In that relationship, I was the one who was sorry for her. She is a very good person. I don't want to ruin her career because of me, I owe her enough."

After saying that, Shen Zhao couldn't hold it anymore, tears welled up from her eyes, and she quickly hung up the phone.

Tears blurred his vision, fell drop by drop on the phone screen, and then flowed to the palm of his hand.

It was like a knife twisted in her heart, she didn't know whether her sadness at the moment was because of Si Er or Song Ling's words.

She understood that everything was caused by that dream.

Maybe she misunderstood Song Ling, or maybe Song Ling misunderstood her.