Chapter 303 - 304 Believe (13)
Lou Xi walked out of the classroom, looked around, and saw Lou Nan standing at the end of the corridor.
Wasn’t it because of the conflict with Lou Jian Country and Yang Lihua that Qin Mobai took Lou Xi away? At that time, she was indeed sad, and many things happened afterwards, which made Lou Xi forget about Lou Nan.
So now, when she saw Lou Nan, Lou Xi did feel some guilt in her heart.
After all, Lou Jian Country and the others raised her for so many years; if it weren’t for them, she might have starved or frozen to death long ago.
When Lou Nan saw Lou Xi, she quickly ran over, her face lacked the usual domineering tone, replaced by a more exhausted and vulnerable expression.
"Sis," she called out once, then lowered her head, "I know coming to find you now must make you find me ridiculous and shameless."
Lou Xi didn’t understand why Lou Nan started talking like this, but the corridor was indeed not a good place to chat.
"Let’s go outside to talk; there are people having class here." Lou Xi led Lou Nan to the balcony on the third floor. Since it was class time, no one was there.
After they went outside, Lou Xi saw Lou Nan’s eyes were red, indicating she had been crying.
"Lou Nan, tell me what happened? Is it... something at home?"
"Dad fell ill. After you left that day, Mom and Dad had a fight, and Dad got so angry he had a stroke and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. You know the hospitals in our area have no good medical equipment, so the rescue failed." Lou Nan explained while tears flowed down her face.
Lou Xi frowned; how come she didn’t know anything about this?
"Why didn’t you call me?" Lou Xi was very worried. "How is Dad now?"
"Dad is still in the hospital; the doctors say he’s paralyzed." Lou Nan continued crying as she spoke, "That day, brother-in-law went to the hospital and gave Mom and Dad money. I originally wanted Mom to use the money for Dad’s treatment, but..."
"But what?" Lou Xi was really anxious. Lou Nan spoke in broken sentences and always seemed to avoid the main point.
"Mom took the money and ran away..." After saying this, Lou Nan burst into tears.
"What?" Lou Xi completely couldn’t believe what had happened during the time she was away! "Young Master Qin gave Mom and Dad money, and Mom ran away with it? Why..."
Why didn’t Qin Mobai tell her? In the end, he still gave them money. Why did Qin Mobai still want to use money to buy her freedom?
"I don’t know. I really don’t know anything." Lou Nan was honestly anxious, "That day the hospital urged me to pay, and when I went home to find Mom, I found that her clothes and everything were there, but she was gone, and her ID and everything were missing. I just thought she must have run away with the money Brother-in-law gave, and I didn’t know what to do, so I came to Nancheng to find you."
After hearing Lou Nan’s account, Lou Xi’s brows were tightly furrowed.
Finally, she hugged Lou Nan, comforting her: "It’s okay, don’t worry about it. Here, you still have me. I’ll take leave first, then go back with you. Dad will get better, and Mom will definitely come back."
"Sis, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have treated you like that before, I’m really sorry. I know I was wrong; will you forgive me?" Lou Nan, after all, was still a child. Facing these circumstances, she couldn’t help but admit her mistakes.
"It’s okay. I don’t blame you."