Chapter 252
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After getting done with the interview, which Jin Qingling doubted her performance at, she flagged down a cab to reach a posh coffee shop nearby to meet this anonymous caller. She had been very distracted since the call in the morning and it was the reason, she was not very focused during her interview.
Lost in her own chain of thoughts she stepped out of the car and went inside the restaurant. Greeted by a well-dressed waitress, she was escorted to a private room on the fifth floor of the building. Now that she was already here, waiting was too hard for her at this point of time. If the caller could arrive any earlier, she would have skipped her interview for sure. As time passed, her anxiousness increased and not long after, the door to the private room was opened by the same waitress who had escorted her earlier.
Hearing the sound, Jin Qingling tilted her head to see a petite woman with shoulder-length hair and square-framed glasses entering the room. The aura around her was although not very aloof, it wasn't a very friendly one either.
The woman politely thanked the waitress before getting inside the room and went straight to the table to shake hands with Jin Qingling, after which she took a seat opposite hers. "Hello Miss Jin, I am Wei Xin, Wu Zihao's friend. Thank you for agreeing to meet me here."
Jin Qingling extended her hand to shake Wei Xin's hand and then she jumped straight to the point. "How... did it happen?" Even though she had wiped her tears, her voice was slightly choked and she could not hide it.
"He was drunk beyond his senses, and we are just guessing that he probably crushed a glass in his hand. As no one was present when it happened and the number of glass shreds that were removed from his palm, we cannot think of any other explanation."
Jin Qingling's expression was nothing less than that of shock. In a voice that was barely above a whisper, she asked slowly "And how is he now?"
Before Wei Xin could reply, the waitress returned with two cups of coffee and some snacks that Wei Xin had ordered previously. She placed everything on the table and left.
"Well, if you seek an honest answer, then he is not doing really good. He has lost a lot of blood and will take some time to heal." Wei Xin noticed the flash of worry in her eyes and chuckled with a hint of mockery and bitterness. "Don't worry, he will not die."
What she said, gave her a complex feeling mixed with various emotions. It felt like a taunt and at the same time it relieved her a bit as well, knowing that he was not critical. However, she was in no position to express her concern over his health.
She was in a tight spot and Wei Xin's tone was not of much help as it just increased her awkwardness. Her attitude even though was polite, her manner of talking still felt very sharp to her as if adding an underlying meaning to her words.
She was about to leave home when she received her call. And had been very worried about Wu Zihao's health since then. Only she knew how heavy she felt in her heart when Wei Xin told her that Wu Zihao was in the hospital due to excessive blood loss. And that was the only reason she had agreed to meet Wei Xin because the latter had refused to tell anything to her over the phone call.
"So if he is doing fine then why did you call me here?" Having no comeback to Wei Xin's last statement she changed the topic yet again.
"I will be very straightforward with you Miss Jin—"
"Please, just Jin Qingling will do. Drop the formalities."
"Jin Qingling, Wu Zihao can recover physically, but his mental state isn't very good right now. He seems to be deeply affected by the news of not only your wedding but also with your child with your fiancee."
Jin Qingling's eyes snapped wide to look at Wei Xin at the mention of the child. She was shocked to know that he found out about Xiao Li, but her only relief was that he couldn't find out whose child she was. She looked at Wei Xin's face carefully to see if she was just pretending or she really didn't know the truth about Xiao Li's father. However, from the seriousness on Wei Xin's face, it didn't look like she was putting on any facade.
Wei Xin didn't miss the unexpected reaction from her and paused for a while. "I guess he found it out through his sources, maybe?"
Jin Qingling heaved a sigh of relief internally. So he really doesn't know, and this was good.
She nodded as if agreeing to what Wei Xin had said. "So, why are you telling all this to me now? What does it mean Wei Xin?"
"I am telling you all this because I want you to reconsider your wedding with your fiancee. I know you have a child with him now, but if you are sitting in front of me, after hearing about Wu Zihao's injury I take it as an affirmation that he still affects you. I won't tell you what to do, but please just for the sake of my friend and his love for you, please reconsider your decision once. Because it is going to affect lives more than just yours or his."
Seeing her quiet, Wei Xin added further. "Don't worry about your daughter, he will always treat her like his own. He loves you way too much to be unfair to your daughter." Taking a sip of her coffee, Wei Xin said further, "Jin Qingling I have known him for long enough to confidently say, that he loves you way too much to move on and he would not bother you either, because your happiness means everything to him, even if that means he will have to suffer alone."
Jin Qingling didn't have much to say throughout the conversation, but deep down she was going through a battle of her own. Wu Zihao was injured and here she was, helpless. Only she knew how much she wanted to go back to him, but her obligation towards Gen had bounded her. She could not repay his kindness with ungratefulness.
Even though Wei Xin never once accused her, she knew she was responsible for whatever had happened. She knew Wu Zihao was the kind of person who would suffer alone than to bother her and this attitude of his was weakening him even further. She was stuck between the man she was indebted towards, and the man that she deeply loved.
"That is all I wanted to tell you. I hope you make the right choice." Wei Xin said while putting her cup down. Jin Qingling was lost in her own school of thoughts and she didn't probe her for an answer either. She called for the waitress, cleared the bill and left. As soon as Jin Qingling was left alone, like a faucet that was left open, her tears started falling.
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After getting done with the interview, which Jin Qingling doubted her performance at, she flagged down a cab to reach a posh coffee shop nearby to meet this anonymous caller. She had been very distracted since the call in the morning and it was the reason, she was not very focused during her interview.
Lost in her own chain of thoughts she stepped out of the car and went inside the restaurant. Greeted by a well-dressed waitress, she was escorted to a private room on the fifth floor of the building. Now that she was already here, waiting was too hard for her at this point of time. If the caller could arrive any earlier, she would have skipped her interview for sure. As time passed, her anxiousness increased and not long after, the door to the private room was opened by the same waitress who had escorted her earlier.
Hearing the sound, Jin Qingling tilted her head to see a petite woman with shoulder-length hair and square-framed glasses entering the room. The aura around her was although not very aloof, it wasn't a very friendly one either.
The woman politely thanked the waitress before getting inside the room and went straight to the table to shake hands with Jin Qingling, after which she took a seat opposite hers. "Hello Miss Jin, I am Wei Xin, Wu Zihao's friend. Thank you for agreeing to meet me here."
Jin Qingling extended her hand to shake Wei Xin's hand and then she jumped straight to the point. "How... did it happen?" Even though she had wiped her tears, her voice was slightly choked and she could not hide it.
"He was drunk beyond his senses, and we are just guessing that he probably crushed a glass in his hand. As no one was present when it happened and the number of glass shreds that were removed from his palm, we cannot think of any other explanation."
Jin Qingling's expression was nothing less than that of shock. In a voice that was barely above a whisper, she asked slowly "And how is he now?"
Before Wei Xin could reply, the waitress returned with two cups of coffee and some snacks that Wei Xin had ordered previously. She placed everything on the table and left.
"Well, if you seek an honest answer, then he is not doing really good. He has lost a lot of blood and will take some time to heal." Wei Xin noticed the flash of worry in her eyes and chuckled with a hint of mockery and bitterness. "Don't worry, he will not die."
What she said, gave her a complex feeling mixed with various emotions. It felt like a taunt and at the same time it relieved her a bit as well, knowing that he was not critical. However, she was in no position to express her concern over his health.
She was in a tight spot and Wei Xin's tone was not of much help as it just increased her awkwardness. Her attitude even though was polite, her manner of talking still felt very sharp to her as if adding an underlying meaning to her words.
She was about to leave home when she received her call. And had been very worried about Wu Zihao's health since then. Only she knew how heavy she felt in her heart when Wei Xin told her that Wu Zihao was in the hospital due to excessive blood loss. And that was the only reason she had agreed to meet Wei Xin because the latter had refused to tell anything to her over the phone call.
"So if he is doing fine then why did you call me here?" Having no comeback to Wei Xin's last statement she changed the topic yet again.
"I will be very straightforward with you Miss Jin—"
"Please, just Jin Qingling will do. Drop the formalities."
"Jin Qingling, Wu Zihao can recover physically, but his mental state isn't very good right now. He seems to be deeply affected by the news of not only your wedding but also with your child with your fiancee."
Jin Qingling's eyes snapped wide to look at Wei Xin at the mention of the child. She was shocked to know that he found out about Xiao Li, but her only relief was that he couldn't find out whose child she was. She looked at Wei Xin's face carefully to see if she was just pretending or she really didn't know the truth about Xiao Li's father. However, from the seriousness on Wei Xin's face, it didn't look like she was putting on any facade.
Wei Xin didn't miss the unexpected reaction from her and paused for a while. "I guess he found it out through his sources, maybe?"
Jin Qingling heaved a sigh of relief internally. So he really doesn't know, and this was good.
She nodded as if agreeing to what Wei Xin had said. "So, why are you telling all this to me now? What does it mean Wei Xin?"
"I am telling you all this because I want you to reconsider your wedding with your fiancee. I know you have a child with him now, but if you are sitting in front of me, after hearing about Wu Zihao's injury I take it as an affirmation that he still affects you. I won't tell you what to do, but please just for the sake of my friend and his love for you, please reconsider your decision once. Because it is going to affect lives more than just yours or his."
Seeing her quiet, Wei Xin added further. "Don't worry about your daughter, he will always treat her like his own. He loves you way too much to be unfair to your daughter." Taking a sip of her coffee, Wei Xin said further, "Jin Qingling I have known him for long enough to confidently say, that he loves you way too much to move on and he would not bother you either, because your happiness means everything to him, even if that means he will have to suffer alone."
Jin Qingling didn't have much to say throughout the conversation, but deep down she was going through a battle of her own. Wu Zihao was injured and here she was, helpless. Only she knew how much she wanted to go back to him, but her obligation towards Gen had bounded her. She could not repay his kindness with ungratefulness.
Even though Wei Xin never once accused her, she knew she was responsible for whatever had happened. She knew Wu Zihao was the kind of person who would suffer alone than to bother her and this attitude of his was weakening him even further. She was stuck between the man she was indebted towards, and the man that she deeply loved.
"That is all I wanted to tell you. I hope you make the right choice." Wei Xin said while putting her cup down. Jin Qingling was lost in her own school of thoughts and she didn't probe her for an answer either. She called for the waitress, cleared the bill and left. As soon as Jin Qingling was left alone, like a faucet that was left open, her tears started falling.
After getting done with the interview, which Jin Qingling doubted her performance at, she flagged down a cab to reach a posh coffee shop nearby to meet this anonymous caller. She had been very distracted since the call in the morning and it was the reason, she was not very focused during her interview.Lost in her own chain of thoughts she stepped out of the car and went inside the restaurant. Greeted by a well-dressed waitress, she was escorted to a private room on the fifth floor of the building. Now that she was already here, waiting was too hard for her at this point of time. If the caller could arrive any earlier, she would have skipped her interview for sure. As time passed, her anxiousness increased and not long after, the door to the private room was opened by the same waitress who had escorted her earlier.Hearing the sound, Jin Qingling tilted her head to see a petite woman with shoulder-length hair and square-framed glasses entering the room. The aura around her was although not very aloof, it wasn't a very friendly one either.The woman politely thanked the waitress before getting inside the room and went straight to the table to shake hands with Jin Qingling, after which she took a seat opposite hers. "Hello Miss Jin, I am Wei Xin, Wu Zihao's friend. Thank you for agreeing to meet me here."Jin Qingling extended her hand to shake Wei Xin's hand and then she jumped straight to the point. "How... did it happen?"Even though she had wiped her tears, her voice was slightly choked and she could not hide it."He was drunk beyond his senses, and we are just guessing that he probably crushed a glass in his hand. As no one was present when it happened and the number of glass shreds that were removed from his palm, we cannot think of any other explanation."Jin Qingling's expression was nothing less than that of shock. In a voice that was barely above a whisper, she asked slowly "And how is he now?"Before Wei Xin could reply, the waitress returned with two cups of coffee and some snacks that Wei Xin had ordered previously. She placed everything on the table and left."Well, if you seek an honest answer, then he is not doing really good. He has lost a lot of blood and will take some time to heal." Wei Xin noticed the flash of worry in her eyes and chuckled with a hint of mockery and bitterness. "Don't worry, he will not die."What she said, gave her a complex feeling mixed with various emotions. It felt like a taunt and at the same time it relieved her a bit as well, knowing that he was not critical. However, she was in no position to express her concern over his health.She was in a tight spot and Wei Xin's tone was not of much help as it just increased her awkwardness. Her attitude even though was polite, her manner of talking still felt very sharp to her as if adding an underlying meaning to her words.She was about to leave home when she received her call. And had been very worried about Wu Zihao's health since then. Only she knew how heavy she felt in her heart when Wei Xin told her that Wu Zihao was in the hospital due to excessive blood loss. And that was the only reason she had agreed to meet Wei Xin because the latter had refused to tell anything to her over the phone call."So if he is doing fine then why did you call me here?" Having no comeback to Wei Xin's last statement she changed the topic yet again."I will be very straightforward with you Miss Jin""Please, just Jin Qingling will do. Drop the formalities.""Jin Qingling, Wu Zihao can recover physically, but his mental state isn't very good right now. He seems to be deeply affected by the news of not only your wedding but also with your child with your fiancee."Jin Qingling's eyes snapped wide to look at Wei Xin at the mention of the child. She was shocked to know that he found out about Xiao Li, but her only relief was that he couldn't find out whose child she was. She looked at Wei Xin's face carefully to see if she was just pretending or she really didn't know the truth about Xiao Li's father. However, from the seriousness on Wei Xin's face, it didn't look like she was putting on any facade.Wei Xin didn't miss the unexpected reaction from her and paused for a while. "I guess he found it out through his sources, maybe?"Jin Qingling heaved a sigh of relief internally. So he really doesn't know, and this was good.She nodded as if agreeing to what Wei Xin had said. "So, why are you telling all this to me now? What does it mean Wei Xin?""I am telling you all this because I want you to reconsider your wedding with your fiancee. I know you have a child with him now, but if you are sitting in front of me, after hearing about Wu Zihao's injury I take it as an affirmation that he still affects you. I won't tell you what to do, but please just for the sake of my friend and his love for you, please reconsider your decision once. Because it is going to affect lives more than just yours or his."Seeing her quiet, Wei Xin added further. "Don't worry about your daughter, he will always treat her like his own. He loves you way too much to be unfair to your daughter." Taking a sip of her coffee, Wei Xin said further, "Jin Qingling I have known him for long enough to confidently say, that he loves you way too much to move on and he would not bother you either, because your happiness means everything to him, even if that means he will have to suffer alone."Jin Qingling didn't have much to say throughout the conversation, but deep down she was going through a battle of her own. Wu Zihao was injured and here she was, helpless. Only she knew how much she wanted to go back to him, but her obligation towards Gen had bounded her. She could not repay his kindness with ungratefulness.Even though Wei Xin never once accused her, she knew she was responsible for whatever had happened. She knew Wu Zihao was the kind of person who would suffer alone than to bother her and this attitude of his was weakening him even further. She was stuck between the man she was indebted towards, and the man that she deeply loved."That is all I wanted to tell you. I hope you make the right choice." Wei Xin said while putting her cup down. Jin Qingling was lost in her own school of thoughts and she didn't probe her for an answer either. She called for the waitress, cleared the bill and left. As soon as Jin Qingling was left alone, like a faucet that was left open, her tears started falling.
