Chapter 446 - 446 Not Accepting Apologies
Chapter 446: Chapter 446 Not Accepting Apologies
The arrival of Ding Yinuo made everyone present unhappy.
Collective silence ensued.
After a long while, it was Wenya who spoke up.
“Fuck! Who invited him here? For a patient to come over in the dead of night, it’s so inauspicious.”
Wenya harbored resentment against Ding Yinuo and couldn’t say anything nice.
Jian Jing said,
“Certainly nobody invited him!”
Shen Yishu raised his hands,
“Definitely not me, I am really annoyed with the Dings right now.”
Wenya suddenly turned her gaze to Su Peisheng,
“Was it you!?”
Su Peisheng’s chopsticks fell onto the table…
Wenya stood up abruptly,
“I knew it, you spy, you traitor!”
Su Peisheng quickly raised his hands,
“Don’t hit the face, I confess, I confess, I had good intentions, I just wanted to seek a way to cure Ayun’s eyes from him. He just asked where we were, then he came over. I really didn’t betray you, you have to believe me!”
Amidst their playful argument, Ding Yinuo took steps towards me, pulled out a chair, and sat down.
The waiter quickly added a set of utensils for him, placing them in front of Ding Yinuo.
Wenya reached over and took away the tableware in front of him,
“You don’t deserve this meal, Mr. Ding, please leave! We are here to send off Ayun today, and your presence is really putting a damper on it. I won’t force you out, just be sensible and leave on your own.”
Ding Yinuo said indifferently,
“You’re right, I don’t deserve this meal. Don’t worry, I won’t have a single bite, I came today to find her.”
Ding Yinuo coughed lightly twice, and finally turned his gaze to me.
“Ayun! I was wrong about the past, and I apologize to you!”
I laughed softly twice, without saying a word.
Wenya, with her hands on her hips, blocked his way,
“Apology not accepted, you’ve caused so much harm to Ayun, and then you just casually apologize like it’s nothing, what’s the use of that?”
“Before, um, I had my reasons…”
“Enough, shut up, I won’t accept your excuses!”
Ding Yinuo fell silent again, and after a while, he looked at me again,
“I want to talk to Ayun, please step aside!”
Wenya glanced at him,
“Ayun doesn’t want to talk to you, just go!”
“I want to talk about her eyes.”
“What’s there to talk about! She doesn’t need you anymore, she’s going to the United States for treatment. She now has a very rich father who is willing to spend a billion to treat her eyes, we don’t need your pretense anymore, just leave!”
Wenya impatiently urged him to leave.
Instead of showing any urgency, Ding Yinuo replied calmly,
“It’s useless! Even the surgery in the United States won’t cure it, going there is in vain, and it could even endanger her life.”
This remark by Ding Yinuo instantly blew up the previously calm dinner.
The first to stand up was Shen Yishu, who went up and grabbed Ding Yinuo by the collar,
“Dude, that’s really low of you. How could you bully someone like this? What did Ayun ever do in her last life to deserve running into a piece of trash like you in this life?”
I stopped Shen Yishu,
“Yishu, stop it, let him go.”
Ding Yinuo did not fight back, nor did he offer any rebuttal, just staring at me blankly.
Wenya was also cursing and swearing.
Only Su Peisheng remained relatively calm.
“Alright, everyone, don’t get agitated, let’s hear what Yinuo has to say. After all, he performed the surgery, and only he knows how to resolve it.”
Jian Jing finished calling for peace,
“Yes, yes, let’s all calm down and wait to see what Doctor Ding has to say before anyone starts throwing punches.”
Shen Yishu finally released Ding Yinuo,
“Listen, if you dare to play any tricks, I’ll kill you! I’m willing to put my life on the line for Ayun’s sake.”
Wenya chimed in,
“If it’s a fight, count me in!”
Everyone gradually calmed down.
But I stood up, glancing at my phone,
“It’s getting late, and I need to catch a flight early tomorrow morning. I’m going now.”
Behind me, Ding Yinuo called out,
“Ayun, you can’t go to the United States!”
I gave him a look,
“That’s my business, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Ding anymore.”
“Ayun, won’t you even listen to a word of advice from me?”
“Mr. Ding, I don’t want any entanglement with you in this lifetime!”
“Are you angry with me?”
“Hah… why would I be angry at someone who’s of no consequence to me? Alright, my time is precious. I don’t want to waste it on someone who’s of no consequence. I’m leaving.”
I didn’t want to hear any more of Ding Yinuo’s persuasion.
Yes, I didn’t want to say another word to him.
Even the deepest feelings can be gradually worn down to nothing.
Ding Yinuo watched me, his eyes filled with pain. He stood up as if to say something, but a bout of violent coughing made him bend over and slowly fall to a sitting position.
I resolutely left.
The next morning, at 8:30, I took a car to the airport.
It wasn’t until I had changed my boarding pass that Lin Nansheng finally hurried over from outside,
“Xiaoyun!”
“Uncle Lin! Why are you here? We agreed that you didn’t need to accompany me; I can go on my own. After all, I’m an adult and it’s just a doctor’s visit. If I really need you guys, I’ll call.”
Lin Nansheng said breathlessly,
“Xiaoyun! I’m not here to go with you; I’m here because… a friend of mine wants to meet you. He’s a very famous ophthalmologist. He said he can cure your eyes. Since there’s a flight tomorrow as well, why not see the doctor first?”
“A very famous ophthalmologist! You’ll know when you see him.”
He grabbed my suitcase and hurried me out of the departure hall.
The car was already waiting outside.
After putting my suitcase in the trunk, he pulled me into the car.
On the way, I kept wondering who this ophthalmologist could be.
“Uncle Lin, are you sure he’s really an authority in ophthalmology?”
“Yes, I asked a friend to introduce us. He’s the most authoritative doctor in the country. People who had surgery done by him had to wait for years for their turn. So, just getting to see him means you definitely have hope. I thought that if you could be treated in the country, there’d be no need to go abroad.”
Lin Nansheng said this with a hint of pride, as if securing this doctor was a great coup.
It was clear that he was deeply concerned about my eyes.
“Oh, alright then!”
The car drove through the city center and finally stopped in front of a small western-style house.
“That’s my old friend Wang’s house… Come on, the doctor is in there right now.”
I was a bit puzzled; I had never been to this place,
“Uncle Lin, shouldn’t we be going to a hospital for a consultation?”
“Right, we should go to a hospital. But registering at a hospital is quite troublesome, while coming to my old friend’s place, the doctor can see you right away. It’s a private consultation, more convenient.”
Lin Nansheng’s words made sense to me, and without giving it much thought, I followed him inside.
“Hey, Old Wang, this is my daughter!”
As Lin Nansheng introduced me, I immediately saw the man sitting on the sofa—it was him.