Chapter 1074: Perfunctory (9)

Hao Lianlian didn’t see Huang Yongqi until the third day.

"You... what’s wrong?" Huang Yongqi looked somewhat unwell and quite haggard.

"My mom is sick." Huang Yongqi pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "They couldn’t treat her back home, so they sent her to the Capital City."

His foster mother?

It’s said that she was the one who took Huang Yongqi in and raised him back then.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Hao Lianlian asked.

Even though she had never met Mrs. Huang, Hao Lianlian had a lot of good feelings for the person who raised Huang Yongqi.

"Both my sisters are taking care of her at the hospital." Huang Yongqi said, "You don’t need to worry."

She just needs surgery.

But they can’t make an appointment with the doctor who can perform the surgery.

Huang Yongqi closed his eyes wearily, not speaking further to Hao Lianlian.

His foster mother had suffered so much for them throughout her life, especially when she had a fallout with his grandma’s family over adopting him back then.

Even his university education was something Mrs. Huang fought for, to the point of selling a cow from back home, which gave him the money for university.

Now finally, when he’s about to graduate and she could start to enjoy life, she fell ill.

Huang Yongqi consulted the people there and was told that the surgery for Mrs. Huang carries quite high risks and dangers.

But there is one exception.

That’s Doctor Su in surgery.

It’s said that he’s a genius surgeon in the Capital City, with a 0% failure rate in his surgeries, and he has already performed two cases like his mother’s with good recovery.

But the problem now is that Doctor Su’s appointments are too difficult to get, and if they follow the normal procedure, they’ll have to wait until next year.

Next year?

His mother can’t wait until then.

"No matter what, I should go and see your mom." Hao Lianlian said, "Don’t worry too much, your mom is so kind, good things will definitely happen to her."

"Okay." Huang Yongqi nodded, giving her a smile, "Some other day, I’ll take you to see her."

Now he needs to quickly find someone to help get an appointment with Doctor Su.

Hao Lianlian felt a fleeting disappointment, but she quickly brushed it away.

Actually, she thought that as his girlfriend, since his mom came to the Capital City for treatment, she should go and see her as well.

But looking at how Huang Yongqi is, it seems like he wasn’t planning on that.

Hao Lianlian shook her head, telling herself that maybe she was just overthinking.

"I’ll head back first." Huang Yongqi said, "I didn’t sleep at all last night, I’ll go take a rest."

He said wearily.

"Okay, go ahead and get some rest." Hao Lianlian said, "I’ll bring lunch to you at noon, and let that uncle bring it up to you, so you don’t have to come down."

"Okay, thank you." Huang Yongqi smiled and squeezed Hao Lianlian’s hand.

"If you need any help, just let me know." Hao Lianlian reminded him.

"Okay." Huang Yongqi nodded perfunctorily and then went inside.

Help?

Just like him, she’s also from out of town, what help could she provide?

Or is it those few friends of hers?

It’s not that Huang Yongqi didn’t want to attend her gatherings.

It’s just that a few people get together to eat and drink, celebrate over some matters.

But all of that costs money.

He doesn’t have that much spare money to treat others to meals.

If he had that money, he’d rather buy a gift for his teacher, hoping for a good job assignment after graduation.

So he rarely attends gatherings with her friends.

Because if you go to eat, you always have to return the favor, you can’t just keep going to eat at others’ expense, eventually they won’t welcome you anymore.

Rather than that, it’s better not to get too familiar from the start.