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Chapter 194 I Don't Owe the Xu Family Anything

The seven-day trip ended tonight, but He Qiaoyun was still recovering and lost in memories. Even though she was very tired, she couldn't fall asleep.

I used to fall asleep by the early hours of the morning, but now I just can't fall asleep, so I got up to edit travel videos.

Looking back at these fragmented moments, beautiful memories flooded her mind, and she wanted to include every single video in her clips.

It was almost 2 a.m. when I finished editing the video. After posting it, I got hungry, got up, and cooked myself some noodles.

After finishing the noodles, it was already three in the morning. I couldn't fall asleep after eating, and it wasn't until dawn that I finally felt sleepy and drifted off to sleep.

Since I had nothing to do these past few days, I didn't set an alarm. When I woke up again, the sun was high in the sky outside the window. I looked up at the clock on the wall and realized it was already past 11:30.

Sleeping too long and staying up late left me feeling groggy and lethargic.

She got up and washed up, but had no appetite for making lunch, so she took her phone and went downstairs.

To avoid being disturbed while sleeping, she turned off all network settings and even turned on airplane mode. Now that she's turned on the network, several messages have popped up.

Feng Jiashu: [Good morning.]

Feng Jiashu: [I have to go to work now, I'm still a little disoriented, are you awake?]

Feng Jiashu: [Did you stay up late last night?]

Feng Jiashu: [I did get home very late last night. Remember to text me when you wake up.]

Liu Biao: [Good morning.]

Liu Biao: [Are you awake?]

Liu Biao: [What do you eat for breakfast? - Rice noodles]

Liu Biao: [Why aren't you replying to me?]

Liu Biao: [I can't get through on the phone.]

Liu Biao: [Are you still sleeping?]

......

He Qiaoyun replied to each of them in turn: "I had a bit of insomnia last night and just got up. I'm going downstairs for breakfast now."

The two men on the other side of the screen seemed to be constantly holding their phones, replying instantly to each other's messages.

Feng Jiashu: [I just finished a meeting. What are you planning to eat? Want to eat together?]

Liu Biao: [It's lunchtime, wanna join us?]

He Qiaoyun sighed and declined, saying, "No, let's just have a simple meal. Nothing too complicated."

The two men replied with an "okay".

She went downstairs, entered a wonton shop, and ordered a bowl of wonton noodles.

While I was eating noodles, I suddenly received a call from my former mother-in-law, Gao Hui.

I haven't called Gao Hui in ages. My daughter told me that she can't even get out of bed, yet she still managed to call me.

She answered the phone anyway, "Hello, it's me."

The old woman's indistinct voice came through the receiver, repeatedly saying, "Qiaoyun, you've never come to see me. I want to see you..."

It took He Qiaoyun a while to understand, so she replied, "It's the same to say it over the phone."

Then, a clear voice came through the phone: "He Qiaoyun, Mom wants to see you, so please come over."

It was the voice of Xu Yan, her former sister-in-law.

The next moment, Xu Hui snatched the phone and said in a heavy tone, "Come over here, Mom has been talking about you all night."

He Qiaoyun muttered softly, "No wonder I couldn't sleep last night..."

It turns out it was someone reading it aloud.

She sighed inwardly and replied, "Where are you?"

Xu Hui said, "At the hospital."

He Qiaoyun gave a perfunctory "hmm," then hung up the phone, ate a few bites hastily, and got up to take a taxi to the hospital.

On the way there, she wondered if the old lady had called her over because she was reluctant to let her children take care of her in her final days and had remembered her as her former daughter-in-law.

Upon arriving at the hospital, she went upstairs and entered a ward.

The ward was full of people. Except for Xu Hemei, everyone who was supposed to come was there. Gao Hui, who was no longer as imposing as before, lay on the bed with a pale face and two cloudy eyes staring at her.

She raised her hand and gently knocked on the door. "I'm here."

Immediately, everyone turned to look at her, and the expressions on each person's face were quite intriguing.

Gao Hui raised her withered, twig-like hand and beckoned to her, saying indistinctly, "Qiaoyun, come here..."

Xu Hui got up, wanting to offer her the chair next to the bed, but she pressed him back down.

Even though Gao Hui was like this, she still maintained her usual indifference, "No need, I can just stand here, I'll say a few words and then leave."

The eldest sister-in-law, Xu Yan, frowned and scolded, "Just sit down when I tell you to. Why are you making so many noises?"

He Qiaoyun slowly turned her head and glanced at Xu Yan indifferently: "I am no longer your daughter-in-law. I can sit if I want, and no one can force me to sit if I don't want to. You invited me to visit the old lady. Please recognize this."

Xu Yan's face flushed red and then turned pale, looking extremely unsightly.

He Qiaoyun turned her head, looked at Gao Hui, and said indifferently, "You've been nagging me all night. What do you want? To take me away too? Gao Hui, I don't owe the Xu family anything."

Upon hearing this, everyone present became anxious.

Xu Yan: "He Qiaoyun, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Xu Huan: "How could you say such things in front of an elderly person!"

The two daughters-in-law dared not utter a word, but the two sons spoke up and began to criticize.

Xu Feichi: "Mom, you're being ridiculous. Put yourself in my shoes. What if you were the one lying here today?"

Xu Xiucheng: "Yes, although you and Grandma had conflicts in the past, the old lady is like this now, you..."

He Qiaoyun glanced indifferently at her two sons who stood on the moral high ground, and couldn't help but chuckle, no longer offering any rebuttal.

Some people can't forget the grudges from their postpartum period, but she can't forget the grudges from her funeral, and she will remember them for the rest of her life, never forgiving her two sons until her death.

Therefore, she didn't care what they would say to her.

Seeing the contempt in her eyes, Xu Feichi and Xu Xiucheng couldn't help but say again, "Mom, you're too cold-hearted."

He Qiaoyun pretended not to hear and looked at Gao Hui. "You came to see me because you have something to tell me?"

Gao Hui laboriously reached out her trembling hand to her, "Qiaoyun, I'm dying, I'm dying. I'm sorry for what I did to you before, please don't hold a grudge against me, please don't hold a grudge against me..."

He Qiaoyun raised an eyebrow, thinking that the old lady had summoned her with ill intentions, but she didn't expect that she had come to repent.

Strange thing.

She dragged a chair over and sat down, her tone softening as she said, "Don't worry, I'm not that petty."

Since she apologized to her, she wouldn't hold a grudge against a dying person.

Gao Hui tried hard to smile, but her smile was awkward, though she was clearly happy. She nodded, "Okay, that's good, that's good..."

Then, she turned to Xu Hui, reached out her hand, and said with difficulty and trembling, "Hui, the factory really can't keep going, let's sell it. After selling it, buy back our old house. I want to go back to live here. It's noisy here, too noisy, my ears can't stand it..."

They came from the countryside and were among the first to buy houses in the city. They no longer go back to their village and have lost contact with many of their relatives. That old, dilapidated tenement house that was sold was their root.

She wanted to return to her roots; she didn't want to die in a hospital, much less in a rented room.