After the divorce, the aloof female CEO was filled with regret.

Finally, the divorce is happening. I've been trapped in this life and the next for so many years, and I'm finally going to be free. I was just about to pick up my phone to ask Jiang Yuwei why she hadn't arrived yet when my phone rang.

"Hello."

"Is this Mr. Ye Qiu?" an anxious voice came from the other end. "It's like this, the patient in bed number thirteen's condition has suddenly deteriorated, and he's being resuscitated in the operating room. Please come to the hospital as soon as possible."

My heart suddenly tightened, and the world spun around me. "Good, good!"

I rushed to the hospital in a panic, my mind a complete blank on the way, and couldn't help but send a message to Xu Yikang.

When I arrived at the hospital, the operating room light was still on, and my uncle was just one door away from me.

Soon, Xu Yikang arrived and patted me on the shoulder.

"Ye Qiu, don't think too badly of things. Heart disease isn't that scary. Modern medical technology is very advanced."

"Yikang, he is the last kind of relative who is good to me in this world. I have just begun to feel the warmth of family, and I don't want to lose my uncle." I tried hard to hold back my tears, but what came to mind was my uncle's current situation in my previous life.

I don't know how he died, but it was shortly after our wedding anniversary.

"No, he won't." Xu Yikang shook his head. "Now that you've appeared in front of him, he'll definitely get better. God can't bear to see us kind people suffer."

No, God has been particularly cruel to me.

In my past life, everyone who was kind to me died one after another.

I don't know any medicine, so I can't save my uncle at all.

A profound sense of helplessness enveloped me; I felt as if I were trapped in a small black box, about to suffocate.

Suddenly, my phone rang. I took it out and saw it was Jiang Yuwei.

I got up and went to the stairwell, answered the phone, and heard her voice on the other end, her voice barely containing her anger, her tone chillingly cold.

"Ye Qiu, are you kidding me?"

Even over the phone, I could imagine her furrowed brows, on the verge of exploding with rage.

"You're at the Civil Affairs Bureau? I have something urgent to attend to, I'm sorry, you..."

Before I could finish speaking, Jiang Yuwei interrupted me impatiently.

"What urgent matter could you possibly have? You were the one who brought up divorce, and I agreed. Now you're saying you have an urgent matter. I can't think of any other trick you're playing, except for playing hard to get."

I opened my mouth, but in the end I didn't tell anyone about my uncle. Jiang Yuwei had never trusted me, and even if I told her, she would think I was just making excuses.

Besides, before I married her, I had lost contact with my maternal grandfather's family, and she had no idea that I had an uncle.

My voice was hoarse. "Let's reschedule. I really don't have time today. I'm sorry."

She scoffed and hung up the phone decisively, without saying whether she agreed to reschedule.

I forced myself to return to the operating room and sat blankly in a chair. Xu Yikang had just texted me to buy me some food, but I refused.

After turning off my phone, I stared blankly at the red light of the operating room, my inner defenses crumbling little by little.

Soon a doctor came out of the operating room. "The patient's condition is not very optimistic right now. The patient's family should be prepared and sign the critical condition notice first. But don't worry, no matter what happens, we will do our best to save him."

Critical Illness Notice?

My heart skipped a beat. Looking at the notice in my hand, I signed it with trembling hands.

"Okay, I'll go pay the fee. Please, you must save him."

The doctor kindly advised, "The surgery is quite expensive. You'd better raise 100,000 yuan first and be prepared. We will definitely do our best to save the patient."

"Okay, thank you."

I regret not divorcing Jiang Yuwei sooner. If I had, I could have had the money to pay my uncle's bills.

I have 100,000 yuan. All the money I have on hand is 20,000 yuan, so I'm short 80,000 yuan. I called Xu Yikang first, and he transferred 50,000 yuan to me without saying a word.

We're still short 30,000.

I opened my phone's contact list and scrolled through it again and again.

There weren't many people to begin with. After removing those you haven't contacted in a long time and those with only superficial relationships, you're left with only two choices.

My dad and Jiang Yuwei are the two people I least want to get entangled with in this life.

I leaned against the wall, head tilted back, and began to weigh the pros and cons. Calling my dad would definitely get me a scolding, and I'd most likely not get a single penny.

And Jiang Yuwei is even more unacceptable. She was just making a scene about divorce, but then she didn't actually go through with it. She's bound to make sarcastic remarks about me, which will make it even harder to get a divorce in the future.

I decisively chose my dad.

I quickly got through to my dad, but it took him a while to answer. His extremely impatient voice came through: "What is it?"

I hurriedly said, "Dad, lend me some money to save my life, 30,000 yuan will be enough."

"No, I've hung up."

"Dad!" I quickly stopped him. "That money is really for saving lives. I'm not asking you for it, I'm just begging you to lend it to me. I'll pay you back later."

"Stop talking nonsense. You've already married into the Jiang family. If you need money, ask your wife. Do I owe you anything? Every time you call, it's just asking for money. What can you do? You're a complete waste."

After saying that, he hung up immediately.

As I listened to the busy tone on the phone, my heart sank to the bottom.

He refused so decisively, without even asking who the money was for to save a life. Even if it were really me who died, he could still hang up the phone so coldly and heartlessly.

That's true. In my past life, I didn't even have anyone to take care of my funeral arrangements. What am I hoping for? Just based on blood ties?

I had expected it, but despair struck me suddenly, engulfing me completely. I gritted my teeth and lowered my head to call Jiang Yuwei.

Suddenly, someone grabbed my arm, and a warm feeling spread from my side. I turned my head, and in that instant, the sounds around me seemed to disappear. I just stood there, stunned.

The girl in front of me was wearing a simple dress, with delicate features and fair skin.

She stood there gently, her beautiful eyes seemingly filled with shimmering autumn water.

From the moment I saw her, she looked at me with a gentle smile in her eyes, "Long time no see, Ye Qiu."

I hadn't recovered from the shock yet. I stared blankly at her, then blankly at her, and called out, "Mengmeng..."

"Yes, I'm back." Gu Mengmeng pulled me to the payment counter and paid all the fees for my uncle's surgery.

She smiled brightly and enthusiastically, saying, "Anything involving money is a small matter."

My throat felt like it was being choked, and I stared blankly at the receipt in my hand—a full 500,000 yuan.

It's way more money than I wanted.

My tears instantly rolled down my cheeks. I clenched the receipts in my hand, then looked up at her and asked, "Why did you suddenly come back?"

As always, Gu Mengmeng descended from the sky to save me from dire straits.

"I came back when I wanted to," Gu Mengmeng shrugged. "If I hadn't come back, how would I have known you were so short of money? Besides, don't you welcome me?"

Welcome, of course I welcome her back to China, but I don't want to have any further entanglement with her.

Unlike Jiang Yuwei, she is the person I owe the most.