To be precise, it was a middle-aged man followed by a group of ten or so young women—each of them looking fresh-faced and college-aged.
Some of them smelled heavily of alcohol, stumbling slightly as they walked, not paying attention to where they were going. One of them almost collided with Gu Zi, but fortunately, Su Shen reacted quickly and shielded her, gently guiding her aside.
"Watch where you’re going," a girl joked, her voice teasing as she added, "This isn’t a bar, you know. You can’t just wander around and bump into people like that."
The group erupted in laughter, the sound echoing through the hallway as they continued on, clearly not bothered by the incident.
Gu Zi turned her head to glance back and noticed someone quickly duck out of sight—Tang Xue. What was she doing here? And why was she mingling with these people?
Gu Zi’s mind raced as she walked out of the hospital with Su Shen.
Inside, Tang Xue, now breathing a sigh of relief, saw that Gu Zi hadn’t noticed her. She should have been more careful. If Gu Zi hadn’t greeted her, it meant she hadn’t seen her. That was a good thing. Tang Xue couldn’t let anyone from the school know she worked at a bar.
Back at the Su family’s house, the older two children had barely slept, too worried about their mother to rest. They were both up early, and Su Bing was busy preparing breakfast while Su Li went to wake up his sister.
Su Li, chewing on the breakfast his older brother had prepared, looked troubled.
"How could Mom be okay one minute and then suddenly have stomach pain the next? I hope she’s doing better now," he said, worry lacing his voice.
Su Bing, just as concerned, responded thoughtfully, "Mom’s going to be fine. What we need to do is take care of ourselves so she doesn’t have to worry about us."
At that moment, Su Le, still half-asleep and rubbing her eyes, heard them talking about their mother. She instinctively turned toward the door and, just as she spotted Gu Zi returning, she jumped up and ran to greet her.
"Mom! Mom’s back!" she cried.
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