57: Chapter 57 Each with their own ambitions

"Besides, even if you throw this money away, your daughter won't come to see you. Why make things difficult for yourself over it?"

The old man's eyes widened, finding Shen Yan's words too harsh.

"What do you mean she won't come to see me even if I throw the money away?"

"She'll come to see me; she's just too busy right now!"

Shen Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Alright, alright, I misspoke. In any case, keep this money safe."

The old man fell silent, appearing to have accepted it.

Seeing that he had nothing more to say, Shen Yan stood up to leave.

"Wait!"

The old man called out to them.

"Could you help me call my daughter?"

"Just say... say that my condition is critical and ask her to come see me?"

Hearing the old man's plea, Liu Hui replied without hesitation,

"Alright, I'll go make the call right now!"

After saying that, she gave Shen Yan a look, signaling him to follow her out.

Stepping out of the ward, Liu Hui shook her head and said,

"This old man is truly pitiful. He's sick, and yet there's no one to take care of him."

Shen Yan, however, held a different opinion.

He had just looked around the ward.

Aside from the old man's belongings, there was nothing else in the room.

It was clear that hardly anyone had come to visit him since he fell ill.

If there wasn't more to the story, how could it be that not a single person was willing to visit him?

"Why don't you call the daughter and find out what's really going on?"

Liu Hui had intended to do that anyway.

She asked the nurse's station for the contact information of the old man's relatives and then made the call.

"Hello? Is this Pang Tian's daughter?"

"I'm a doctor. I have something I'd like to discuss with you. Are you free right now? Could you come to the hospital?"

The old man's daughter agreed very readily.

This took Liu Hui by surprise.

After hanging up, she shrugged at Shen Yan and said,

"I really didn't expect her to agree so quickly. I thought she'd say she was busy with work."

Shen Yan smiled. "As long as she agreed."

Half an hour later, the old man's daughter appeared in the hospital lobby.

"Are you the ones who contacted me?"

Liu Hui nodded and said, "Let's talk in my office."

...

"So, you want to ask me why I don't come to take care of my father, is that it?"

Shen Yan replied, "Yes. Your father's current health isn't very good. If there's no one by his side to care for him..."

Before he could finish, the daughter interrupted him.

"Then I'll hire a caregiver for him. Regardless, there's no way I'm coming to take care of him myself."

Hearing this, Shen Yan and Liu Hui looked at each other.

"May I ask why?"

"Heh... because from the time I was little, he never once took care of me."

As she spoke, the daughter's eyes grew a bit red.

"I'll be blunt with you. Growing up, I could count the number of times I saw him on one hand."

"He not only never raised me but also beat my mother. He committed too many sins in the past. Now that he's old and sick, who can he blame?"

Liu Hui opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

The atmosphere fell silent.

Shen Yan spoke up to break the deadlock.

"Actually, I think you should go see him."

"If you truly had no feelings for him, you wouldn't have gone out of your way to send him money. So, I think you should see him."

"Of course, I'm not asking you to take care of him. I just feel that some things need to be said so they don't remain a knot in your heart."

The daughter fell silent.

After a moment, she said to Shen Yan,

"Alright, I'll take your suggestion into consideration."

"Is there anything else? If not, I'll be going."

Shen Yan and Liu Hui both nodded.

Once only Shen Yan and Liu Hui were left in the office, Liu Hui finally spoke.

"I'm glad you were here. If you hadn't been, I wouldn't have known how to even begin comforting her."

Shen Yan found it strange.

Logically, having been a doctor for so many years, Liu Hui should be quite used to this kind of thing.

Why wouldn't she know how to handle it?

He voiced his confusion.

"My strength is surgery. I'm the kind of doctor who's good at operations but not much else."

Shen Yan didn't believe Liu Hui was the kind of doctor who was "not much else" as she claimed.

"Don't put yourself down like that. If you're 'not much else,' then what does that make me?"

Liu Hui knew Shen Yan was comforting her. Her heart warmed, and she said,

"Thank you for being willing to comfort me."

The atmosphere became a bit ambiguous again.

Shen Yan scratched his neck and said,

"Since this matter is settled, I'll be going now."

This time, Liu Hui didn't try to make him stay.

"Alright, see you the night after tomorrow."

Shen Yan nodded and left Liu Hui's office.

Elsewhere, Chen Ling was choosing an evening gown.

There was a business banquet the day after tomorrow.

The banquet would be full of big shots from various industries.

She wanted to use this opportunity to build connections with those influential figures.

"Look, does this gown look good?"

Behind Chen Ling, a middle-aged man was typing on a keyboard.

"It looks good."

Hearing such a perfunctory response, Chen Ling was somewhat dissatisfied.

She walked over and took the laptop right out of the man's hands.

"You didn't even look. How do you know I look good?"

Forced to look up, the man said with full sincerity,

"Because you look good in anything."

Chen Ling felt a small surge of joy. She handed the laptop back to him and continued,

"Slick-tongued!"

"By the way, who will be at the banquet the day after tomorrow?"

"Tell me in advance so I can prepare to introduce myself."

Taking the laptop back, the man typed as he spoke,

"It's just an ordinary banquet. We don't even know if many big shots will show up."

"If there really are big shots there, I'll take you over to toast with them."

Chen Ling turned around, satisfied.

Ever since Shen Yan left the company, their business had stopped growing.

She wanted to use this chance to network with influential people and take the company to the next level!

In the blink of an eye, the day of the banquet arrived.

"Are you ready? I'm downstairs at your place."

Dressed in a suit, Shen Yan arrived at the bottom of Liu Hui's apartment building in his car.

"Ready! Wait for me a moment, I'm coming down now!"

Five seconds later.

Liu Hui came running down from upstairs.

"How is it?"

"Do I look okay?"

Her question received no answer from Shen Yan.

Because Shen Yan was dazed.

He knew Liu Hui was beautiful, but he hadn't realized she could be so stunning in an evening gown.

"Shen Yan?"

Liu Hui waved her hand in front of Shen Yan's eyes.

"Why aren't you answering? Do I not look good today?"

Shen Yan lowered his gaze and answered from the bottom of his heart,

"You look beautiful."

"I can guarantee that you will be the most beautiful person there tonight."