As Chen Mu spoke, he glanced at Qiu Hua, though he was not entirely certain of himself. After all, one had to repay the debt of gratitude to one's parents. In a place like Shanghai, human connections did not matter quite as much; what truly counted was one's own capability. Yet Zhang Quanquan did not care about that at all; he simply believed that as long as Qiu Hua's parents needed his help, that was all that mattered.
Qiu Hua bit her lip, watching Chen Mu on the phone, as if an idea was already forming in her mind. Although she did not want to return to her hometown, the thought of how hard her parents had worked to raise her—along with two other siblings—and how they had practically scraped together every last penny to put her through school so she could achieve what she had today, made it impossible for her just to abandon them.
Just as Qiu Hua was about to tell Zhang Quanquan that she was willing to go back home, Chen Mu finished his call, walked over, and immediately stopped her. "Don't rush to make a decision yet. Your dad has already been admitted to a high-end ward, so you can rest easy." With that, Chen Mu wore a calm expression. He absolutely could not let his target return to her hometown; otherwise, if Qiu Hua went back and settled down there, it would be much too difficult and time-consuming to win her over later. Time was what he valued most right now—he wished he could stretch a single day into two—so how could he let Qiu Hua slip away to that place just bec…
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