The snow had stopped.
Su Cui rushed to the Fourth People's Hospital in City A.
Su Baixue came to meet her, helping Su Cui brush the remaining fine snow off her hat and taking the bag from her back. Xiao Qin obediently called out from the side: "Grandma Su."
Su Baixue introduced him to Su Cui: "Grandma, this is Master Qin's son, Qin Yang."
Su Cui looked the young man over carefully from head to toe, then smiled at him. "Good child, you've worked hard tonight."
He was an ordinary-looking youth. Sallow skin, a shiny forehead, and acne made up the most common features of a boy his age.
This was what an ordinary, normal person looked like. In the harmonious book world, Su Cui feared people like Xiao Qin the least. What she feared most were men with exceptionally good looks—those were usually characters designed specifically for the female lead, each one a scumbag in his own unique way, each perversion with its own distinct flair.
When she heard that the person they had saved resembled Wei Yun, her teeth started to ache even more.
It must be Wei Yun himself. Except... Wei Yun had appeared too early. Including Tapana, whom she had encountered today, they had all shown up too early.
In the normal timeline, Su Baixue would meet Wei Yun and bring him home in her second year of high school, encounter He Li in university, and then meet the perverted twins after graduating. Now Su Baixue was only a freshman in high school. Without Zhao Pengfei's interference, she had gotten into the best high school in City A and met He Li ahead of time. Wei Yun had also made an early appearance. As for the older perverted twin Tapana, although he had yet to meet Su Baixue, he had already clashed with Su Cui in their first round.
"Where's Granny Li?" Su Cui asked.
"Granny Li paid the medical bills and is now at the security office assisting the police with the investigation," Su Baixue replied.
"The person you saved—is his surgery not finished yet?" Su Cui said flatly.
Su Baixue shook her head. "Not yet."
Su Cui asked for more details about how Su Baixue and Xiao Qin had saved Wei Yun.
As they were talking, a group of people suddenly rushed into the hospital. At the front was a beautiful woman in a business suit and high heels despite the cold. After asking for directions at the reception desk, she headed straight for Su Cuihua and the others.
Su Baixue looked confused. But Su Cuihua knew who this woman was: Wei Yun's agent, Jiang Juan.
After learning about Wei Yun, Su Cui had immediately investigated some matters related to him and knew some of the people around him. When Jiang Juan stopped in front of them, Su Cui said to Su Baixue, "Bai Xue, you and Xiao Qin go over to Granny Li's place for now. I need to talk to this lady."
"?" Su Baixue was puzzled. "Grandma..."
"It's fine. The security office is right there. You two go ahead." Su Cui looked at Xiao Qin. "Didn't you say Xiao Qin's phone is dead? Grandma brought a universal charging cable. You can borrow an outlet at the security office."
Xiao Qin's eyes lit up. "Great! Grandma, where did you put the charging cable?"
"It's in the bag Bai Xue is carrying. I also brought some snacks and a bottle of hot water, and paper cups. You can find them yourselves and pour some water. You've been busy all night—I think you must be hungry. Take everything to the security office and have something to eat with Granny Li. Grandma will handle things here," Su Cui said.
Su Baixue looked at Su Cui with a complicated expression. Her grandmother, who had only finished elementary school...
Su Cui understood what Su Baixue's look meant. Too many things had happened recently. She had long stopped explaining. The two of them knew it in their hearts, but they tacitly maintained this close grandmother-granddaughter relationship.
Unless Su Baixue brought it up herself, Su Cui would speak. But obviously, Su Baixue was still convincing herself. She took out a thermos, and the warmth smoothed the slight furrow between her brows. Softly, she said to Su Cui, "Okay, Grandma. We'll wait for you at the security office."
Su Cui sighed inwardly.
Once the children had left, Su Cui turned to Jiang Juan and spoke first: "We'll keep quiet about Wei Yun's matter. But we paid the medical bills and have been busy all night. As for compensation for keeping silent..."
Rather than ending up with nothing like in the original story, Su Cui was happy to demand for Su Baixue the compensation she should have received long ago.
Money, money.
Among all these scumbags, only Wei Yun's money was something Su Cui absolutely had to take.
*
By the time Xiao Qin and Su Baixue arrived at the security office, the police had already left. Apart from the large screen showing surveillance footage, the only people in the office were an old, bald security guard in a wool sweater and Li Guizhi.
Li Guizhi told them that a group of people had just come and said something to the police. She had been answering questions when she was interrupted, and then the police left.
"Was it a woman in high heels and a uniform?" Xiao Qin asked as he plugged in the universal charger to an outlet in the security office. He turned on his phone and said to Granny Li, "That woman just went to the surgery waiting area and is talking to Su Baixue's grandma."
Granny Li was exhausted from the long night and nodded wearily.
Su Baixue said softly, "Granny Li, Grandma told us to come keep you company first. Are you hungry? Grandma brought snacks and water."
"I'm not hungry. I'm glad Cuihua is here." Granny Li rubbed her forehead, and Su Baixue sat down behind her to massage it.
Li Guizhi smiled. "Our Bai Xue is so filial. Cuihua is blessed."
Xiao Qin turned around. "Bai Xue, what's there to eat? I'm starving!" He rubbed his stomach and groaned.
Su Baixue continued massaging without stopping. "Xiao Qin, the food is in the bag. Just take whatever you want."
"Alright, I won't stand on ceremony." Xiao Qin pulled out a pack of crackers and started munching away.
"Uncle, it's warm in here. You've got the heater on, right?" Xiao Qin said after devouring a few crackers.
The old security guard poured two cups of tea for Su Baixue and Qin Yang and nodded. "It's cold out—gotta have the heater on," he said curtly.
He glanced at Li Guizhi and the young man and woman, then sat back in his chair and yawned slowly. "It's warm here. You can sit for a while. There's a free hospital shuttle at seven."
"Thank you," Xiao Qin said warmly.
The old guard waved his hand and spread out a newspaper on the table to read.
A little while later, Su Cui arrived at the security office. Li Guizhi had fallen asleep on the small sofa, snoring softly. Xiao Qin had taken off his down jacket and covered Granny Li with it. He was playing games. Only Su Baixue was awake.
Su Cui waved Su Baixue over.
Su Baixue put on her down jacket, quietly picked up the thermos, and walked out of the security office. She asked Su Cui, "Grandma, is everything handled?"
Su Cui: "Mm."