Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 686 - 689 Critical Illness Notice

The next day, Gao Jiaxing and Xia Xiao went to the home of Gao Jiazhi, whose son Weihuai had become an army doctor and kept his child by his side.

With both their son and grandson not around, Gao Jiazhi and Li Xiaoting dealt more with school affairs. At this time, they somewhat regretted letting their son become an army doctor; taking over the school management would have been good as well.

And Weilin, who was doing well in the entertainment industry, certainly couldn’t take over the school management. Her granddaughter was still young and would eventually take over the gaming company, so she was even less likely to manage the school.

At that moment, the phone rang. Li Xiaoting answered, and it was her son calling back. Soon, a smile blossomed on Li Xiaoting’s face. After hanging up, she hurriedly said, "My daughter-in-law is pregnant again, and Weihuai said he’ll bring my daughter-in-law and grandson back tomorrow."

Gao Jiazhi’s face also showed a smile, and both Gao Jiaxing and Xia Xiao were happy for them. However, before Weihuai could arrive the next day, Weilin came instead.

"Auntie, uncle," greeted Weilin with a face full of joy when she saw Xia Xiao.

"Are you not busy lately?" Xia Xiao inquired.

"Busy," admitted Weilin, rubbing her forehead. She had been swamped recently and rested poorly, her headaches had become severe.

"So why are you coming back at this time?"

Upon Xia Xiao’s inquiry, Weilin responded, "My mom’s been hospitalized. The doctor issued a critical condition notice, so I came back."

Continuing, Weilin said to Xia Xiao, "Auntie, please don’t tell my dad or auntie."

Weilin didn’t want her mother’s situation to affect her father and auntie. They were living well now, which made Weilin happy.

As for her mother, although Weilin didn’t bring Yuhua to live in the Capital, she had hired a caretaker for her.

Besides, Yuhua didn’t want to leave S city. She wanted to stay, even if that meant dying there, so whenever Weilin had a chance, she often came to visit.

At a loss for words, Xia Xiao just nodded at Weilin. Since Weilin told Gao Jiazhi and Li Xiaoting she came for work, and it concerned Yuhua, Xia Xiao naturally didn’t pry further.

After all, Yuhua was already a thing of the past, and it had been Yuhua’s choice. Gao Jiazhi and Li Xiaoting were living well now; there was no need to bring up Yuhua in their presence.

"Thank you, Auntie," Weilin was very grateful to Xia Xiao. To her, Xia Xiao was more than a mother, better than Yuhua ever was.

But Yuhua was, after all, Weilin’s birth mother. Weilin wouldn’t completely neglect her well-being, especially now that the hospital had issued a critical condition notice for Yuhua. Weilin couldn’t just ignore it.

Yuhua was truly lonely now. She wasn’t close to the descendants of Yang He, and she had even severed ties with her own parents and siblings. So when she fell ill, she kept it to herself.

Had the caretaker not discreetly informed Weilin, she wouldn’t have even known Yuhua was hospitalized.

The following day, Weilin returned, her face filled with conflict as she said to Xia Xiao, "Auntie, my mother wants to see you."

Yuhua wanted to see her; Xia Xiao was a bit surprised and promptly replied, "Oh, when?"

"Whenever you’re free, Auntie, I can take you there," Weilin offered.

"Okay, let’s go in a while," Xia Xiao decided and mentioned it to Gao Jiaxing as well. Gao Jiaxing frowned slightly, but eventually said, "Let’s see her."

Yuhua was staying in a private hospital room. Upon arriving at the hospital, Xia Xiao and Weilin saw Yuhua’s gaze fixed on the doorway.

Seeing Xia Xiao appear, Sun Yuhua’s gaze remained mostly unshaken, yet the moment she looked at Weilin, a smile emerged in her eyes.

Soon, as Weilin was assisting Sun Yuhua with her meal, Xia Xiao just sat beside her, watching the now-aged Sun Yuhua with nothing but sighs in her heart, unsure of what else to say.

Indeed, Xia Xiao and Sun Yuhua had nothing left to say to each other now. She didn’t know what Sun Yuhua wanted to tell her. After Sun Yuhua finished her meal, Weilin stepped out, leaving Sun Yuhua and Xia Xiao alone in the room.

It was then that Sun Yuhua said to Xia Xiao, "I just wanted to see you one last time before I die."

Hmm, Xia Xiao looked at Sun Yuhua, whose gaze rested on Xia Xiao’s face and body, observing her still youthful and beautiful features, feeling a tremendous sense of emotion within her.

She had once been one of the two most beautiful educated youth of the Guangming Production Team, even prettier than Xia Xiao. But her prime was so brief, whereas Xia Xiao, now past seventy, still looked so young and vibrant.

"You’ve always known how to live well, and heaven has always favored you," Sun Yuhua said, her comment trailing off.

Xia Xiao slowly shook her head in response, "Yu Hua, you’re wrong. It seems that after all these years, you still haven’t understood."

Seeing Sun Yuhua look over, Xia Xiao continued, "Life is something you carve out for yourself, choosing your path, even if you have to crawl, you must complete it. If you had been wholehearted in running your family back in the Yang family days, things wouldn’t have turned out this way today."

"No, I understand, it’s just that it’s too late," regret flashed across Sun Yuhua’s eyes for a moment, thinking back on how she had foolishly aborted her child and later recklessly decided to adopt Xia Xiao’s son, which led to all that followed.

Moreover, she had been deluded into marrying Yang He. One could say that aborting the child was one thing Sun Yuhua regretted most in her life, with divorce being the second, and marrying Yang He the third.

Throughout her life, it seemed she was always making the wrong decisions, while the one right decision to marry Gao Jiazhi had seemed wrong to her at the time.

Sun Yuhua’s expressions were complex, and her heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Reaching this point, Sun Yuhua looked again at Xia Xiao and said, "But I have not said one thing, I really am a lucky person."

Xia Xiao nodded without denial but then said to Sun Yuhua, "Yu Hua, you’re also lucky. Weilin is a good child."

Tears welled up in Sun Yuhua’s eyes as she thought of the past and how she had wronged her daughter.

"Yu Hua, don’t overthink it, just focus on getting better..."

Xia Xiao hadn’t finished her sentence when Sun Yuhua interrupted, "It’s no use, I am beyond hope. I know my own body. And I don’t want to live anymore—living feels so pointless, and I’ve just been a burden to Weilin."

"Yu Hua, you are not a burden to Weilin, and she does not see you as one," said Xia Xiao.

"I know, she’s a good child, but I, her mother, have failed her, never given her the warmth of a good family," Sun Yuhua continued to blame herself.

Xia Xiao shook her head, "You’re thinking too much. Without you, there would be no Weilin."

"How about him? He must be doing well," asked Sun Yuhua.

Xia Xiao knew she was asking about Gao Jiazhi and nodded in confirmation.

Sun Yuhua’s expression grew somewhat dim, then she laughed mockingly at herself, "He really did marry the right woman. I’ve met Li Xiaoting, indeed a good woman, much better than me at least. I really didn’t treasure what I had, and I lost everything..."