Old Friend

Li Rongrong was still absent-minded when she got home. She remembered that Lu Qinian never contacted strangers. Lu Qinian didn't even have her social media account. He only had a phone number. As soon as she put down her bag and looked up, she saw Lu Qinian coming downstairs.

"Why do you still look so unwell? Are you not feeling better? Why don't you rest for a few more days?" Lu Qinian frowned and reached out to touch her forehead.

Li Rongrong instinctively avoided his touch.

"What's wrong?" Lu Qinian's eyes narrowed.

"It's nothing." Li Rongrong replied casually, then suddenly asked, "Uncle Lu, my phone is broken. Can I borrow your phone to make a call?"

Lu Qinian directly took out his phone, unlocked it, and handed it to her.

Li Rongrong took it and walked towards the balcony. However, when she saw Lu Qinian's phone screensaver, her gaze froze. It was a photo of her from a long time ago, when she was young and innocent, smiling naively.

"When did he take this photo? Why couldn't I remember? Besides, I didn't believe I ever smiled so foolishly. It looked more like a foolish." Li Rongrong thought.

Li Rongrong pursed her lips, and then she noticed the WeChat icon on the simple screen. She quickly opened it and saw his nickname, "L"!

Li Rongrong felt a heavy weight in her heart. She didn't continue looking and turned around to return the phone to Lu Qinian.

As Lu Qinian watched Li Rongrong's figure going upstairs, Lu Qinian's dark eyes sank. He called for Mary, "Has she been like this all day?"

"Miss hasn't been in a good mood since last night. I don't know what happened. She went to school today but still seemed unhappy. She was even anxious to go to school before. Could something have happened at school?" Mary speculated.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qinian's expression turned cold. He immediately instructed Butler Bai to contact the school authorities.

...

Li Rongrong didn't want her mood to be disturbed by other matters, whether it was the campus network or something else. So, she continued going to school as usual, unaffected by the rumors.

However, when she came to school the next day, she was surprised to not see Yu Xiaoyi. Seeing that it was almost time, she was puzzled. Just as she was about to make a call to ask, the school bell rang.

After enduring until the end of the school day, she was about to leave when Ji Hang caught up with her. "Wait a moment, Li Rongrong, are you going to watch the basketball match today?"

"No, I'm going home." Li Rongrong smiled. In fact, it was Yu Xiaoyi who always dragged her to watch these things, and she wasn't interested. With that, she walked away.

Ji Hang watched her figure with dim eyes.

After leaving school, Li Rongrong tried calling Yu Xiaoyi several times, but strangely, no one answered. The messages she sent received no response, it was as if those messages had disappeared into thin air. It was truly strange. Just then, the car abruptly braked, and Li Rongrong narrowly avoided colliding with the seat in front.

"Miss, are you alright?" the driver asked anxiously.

"I'm fine. What's going on?" Li Rongrong shook her head.

"It seems like we hit someone!" The driver hastily got out of the car.

Li Rongrong rolled down the car window to take a look and saw a woman lying unconscious on the ground with blood on her forehead. However, when she saw the woman's face clearly, she was stunned!

How could it be Li Yun'er?

At the hospital, Li Rongrong anxiously watched as the unconscious Li Yun'er was taken into the operating room. Her face turned pale with worry. Ever since she moved out of the Li family, she hadn't seen Li Yun'er again and didn't know how she had been doing all these years. During the days when she was mocked and mistreated by the Li family, Li Yun'er was the only one who showed her warmth.

Li Yun'er was Li Miao'er's older sister, but unlike Li Miao'er, she would secretly bring food when Li Rongrong was being punished and starved, plead for her when she was beaten, and even arrange for a doctor to treat her mother in secret... Li Rongrong was grateful to her!

"The patient doesn't have any major issues. She fainted because she had been malnourished for a long time. She should wake up after receiving a few bottles of nutrient fluids."

Li Rongrong heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this. However, the mention of long-term malnutrition made her furrow her brow. Even if the Li family went bankrupt, it shouldn't be like this, right? However, she looked at Li Yun 'er who was lying on the hospital bed. She was only twenty-five years old, but she looked haggard. Her face was so thin that there was not a single bit of flesh on it. She looked like she was more than thirty-five years old. What was wrong with her?

Li Rongrong's eyes turned red, and after staying in the ward for a while, she decided to go to the restroom to wash her face. Suddenly, she overheard a conversation among a few nurses.

"The girl who was just brought in, I wonder what happened to her. She's covered in blood. Can she survive?"

"It depends on her willpower. Hard to say. She seems to be around seventeen or eighteen years old. Such a pity..."

At that moment, Li Rongrong inexplicably thought of Yu Xiaoyi, whom she couldn't reach. She hurriedly went to inquire about the girl's ward.