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Chapter 24: Incompetent and Useless
Kong Yiyue stood there blankly, feeling somewhat lost. Although she had anticipated this outcome on the way back to Qinglin City, she still felt a pang of sadness when Fu Jinting so ruthlessly rejected her.
She really needed that money.
Kong Yiyue's throat choked up, and her eyes welled up with tears, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
On the last two days of the winter vacation, she settled her wages and was preparing to go home, and then rush back to school.
She didn't expect that in this life, she would receive a call from Ping Lan in advance, who told her that Kong Jian had fallen ill in the middle of the night after returning home last night and was being rescued in the hospital.
Even though Ping Lan tried her best to tell her not to be nervous, not to panic, and not to cry, Kong Yiyue's tears fell as soon as she heard the bitterness in her tone.
Why did Kong Jian have an accident earlier in this life? She had already lost her father once, and even though she had mentally prepared herself to accept that her relatives would leave her a second time after being reborn, she still felt good to have a father alive in the world when she occasionally chatted with Kong Jian in the past few months.
Now, was she going to re-experience the pain of losing a loved one again?
Unable to stop feeling sorry for herself, she rushed back to Gucheng, and the first stop was the hospital. Finding Kong Jian's ward, Kong Yiyue saw Ping Lan sitting by the bed, silently shedding tears.
The words Kong Yiyue was about to say got stuck in her throat, and she couldn't utter a word of “Mom”. After a long time, when her eyes also turned red, she walked up to Ping Lan and comforted her, “Mom, don't cry.”
Ping Lan heard this, wiped her tears, “Your dad just finished the operation. The doctor said that he won't wake up for the time being. I'll go back and pack some clothes to change into. You stay with your dad.”
“Okay, good.” Kong Yiyue agreed. After Ping Lan left, she sat aside and looked at Kong Jian, whose face was thin and his bones were obvious, and only felt like it was a lifetime ago.
In her previous life, she didn't even have time to see him one last time. In this life, were they going to be separated by life and death after a hasty meeting?
Kong Yiyue found the attending doctor and inquired about the condition. The doctor said it was stomach cancer, and the patient's physical condition was not optimistic, so he was estimated to die soon.
Kong Yiyue was unwilling to believe it. In her previous life, his condition clearly didn't worsen until after her senior year of high school started, “Doctor, is there no way to save my dad?”
The doctor shook his head.
Kong Yiyue's mind went blank. Where exactly did something go wrong! Although Kong Jian also died early in her previous life, he left because of a sudden acute illness that was not rescued in time. Why did he suddenly get stomach cancer in this life?
Kong Yiyue carefully searched for the problem!
After a few days, Kong Jian's condition still didn't improve, and Kong Yiyue was worried: “Mom, when did Dad find out that he was sick?”
Ping Lan didn't answer immediately, and said after a long while: “Your father was just afraid that you would worry and affect your studies, so he didn't dare to tell you all this time. But last night he was really very... I was afraid that something would happen, so I wanted you to come back, but he resisted the pain and kept objecting until he passed out, and I notified you against his wishes. Yiyue, your dad he...” Ping Lan could only cover her face and cry as she spoke.
Kong Yiyue was shocked. Was it like this in her previous life as well? Because he was worried that she would worry blindly, he kept it from her, who was studying in another place?
Kong Yiyue suddenly felt a sense of “I'm very unfilial!” and wanted to make up for it and save him, but it seemed too late.
“The tree desires calm, but the wind will not cease; the child desires to provide, but the parent will not wait.”
Kong Jian's condition relapsed for more than two months, and he finally passed away in early May.
Kong Yiyue thought that she had already experienced his death in her previous life, so she wouldn't be so sad in this life, but she was wrong. Her tears were like they were released without any obstacles. She accompanied Ping Lan and cried from the beginning of the funeral until the end. Her eyes were red and swollen, and it took many days before the swelling subsided a little.
In mid-May, just four days after Kong Jian's funeral, people came to collect debts one after another. Looking at those overdue bills, Ping Lan repeatedly lowered her voice to apologize to them, asking for more time to raise money.
Kong Jian passed away quickly in his previous life, so not much was spent on medical expenses. However, in this life, during the months he was hospitalized, the family's savings were almost gone.
What Kong Yiyue felt powerless about was that Kong Jian only owed 150,000 in her previous life, so why was it 500,000 this time! Even if she sold the house, it wouldn't be enough to cover such a hole.
Ping Lan really did propose selling the house that night. Kong Yiyue didn't say anything. She knew in her previous life that Ping Lan was actually very reluctant to sell this house. There were too many past memories here. In her previous life, after she graduated, Ping Lan would still mention this house from time to time, nagging: “I wonder if the current owner of the house is willing to resell it?”
But because there was not much savings, this idea later came to nothing.
Kong Yiyue naturally thought of the year Ping Lan passed away again...
In this life, Kong Jian had become a regret, and she shouldn't let Ping Lan be sad again!
“Mom, don't sell it yet, wait three days, just three days, I'll raise money!”
Ping Lan was surprised that Kong Yiyue had this idea: “Where are you going to raise money! Five hundred thousand, not fifty yuan! Kong Yiyue, don't have any shameful ideas.”
Kong Yiyue knew what she was worried about, and assured her: “Mom, I won't! I know a few classmates, their families are very rich, I'll borrow from them and pay them back slowly in the future! Mom, believe me, if I still can't get the money after three days, it won't be too late for us to sell this house!”
Kong Yiyue returned to Qinglin City despite Ping Lan's obstruction, but Fu Jinting was unwilling to listen to her mention “money” at all. Was she just going to give up like this?
Kong Yiyue was not reconciled! She had clearly been reborn once, why was she still living such an incompetent and useless life!
Kong Yiyue wanted to find Fu Jinting again to discuss it, but the next day, she couldn't wait for him at all. Kong Yiyue was anxious, so she called Fu Qingrui: “Where's your brother?”
Fu Qingrui was learning to drive in the open space behind the villa. He answered the phone, and after hearing a somewhat familiar female voice, he paused for a while before confirming: “Kong Yiyue?”
“It's me.”
Fu Qingrui parked the car and turned off the engine. “You've finally shown up!”
Kong Yiyue had no intention of talking nonsense with him: “Where's your brother?”
Fu Qingrui was unhappy that every time she called, she asked about Fu Jinting! “Where my brother is, can't you ask him yourself?”
“I also want to ask him myself, but I don't have his number!”
Fu Qingrui said disdainfully: “You've been chasing my brother for so long, and you haven't even gotten a phone number. That's pretty lame!”
Kong Yiyue agreed: “I think so too. Do you want to consider helping me?”
Fu Qingrui reacted quickly: “Tell you his phone number?”
“Yes.”
“Forget it! If he knows I said it, he might beat me up!”
Kong Yiyue used reverse psychology: “I didn't expect you to be so afraid of your brother! Fu Qingrui!”
“Who said I'm afraid of him!” Fu Qingrui didn't fall for it. “Kong Yiyue, don't try to provoke me!”
“Then where's your brother? I have something important to talk to him about.”
“My brother is...” Fu Qingrui was unwilling to say: “Why should I tell you!”
Kong Yiyue was helpless: “Where are you? It's okay if I go find you.”
Fu Qingrui disagreed again, “I'm at home, what are you coming for! You wait, I'll drive to find you!” After saying that, he hung up the phone directly, regardless of Kong Yiyue's doubts about whether he could drive.
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