If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 723: Chapter 723: Really Spoiled by Shen Chi
 

She glanced at the date; it was from shortly before the explosion occurred.

She quickly flipped through the pages because she saw Uncle Mo mention her mother.

The diary read: “Today, I took Mengxi to the hospital. She’s having some health issues, but she doesn’t want to seek treatment. I can tell she’s worried about wasting money…”

There was more written after that. As she continued reading, she concluded that during the time leading up to the explosion, her mother had been ill!

And at that time, she was only ten years old and utterly unaware.

Even to this day, she thought her mother was very healthy and never showed any signs of illness.

Xu Chaomu hurriedly flipped through a few more pages and found another entry related to her mother.

“Continued to bring Mengxi to the hospital for a follow-up today. Coincidentally, she bumped into an old friend. They talked for a long time, and it’s rare to see Mengxi so relaxed and happy.”

An old friend? Who?

Her mother had lived with her in a remote place for ten years, yet she still encountered an old friend?

Then who was this old friend?!

Xu Chaomu wanted to find clues, but the diary abruptly ended at that part. She didn’t even know if this old friend was male or female.

As she continued to flip further, she reached the part about the explosion at her house.

Uncle Mo had written extensively about that incident in his diary and mentioned a lot.

But what he wrote about the most was, “Little Chaomu is so pitiable.”

When she read this, Xu Chaomu cried, her tears streaming down…

At first, she only sobbed softly, but gradually her crying grew louder and more heart-wrenching.

Shen Chi wasn’t home, so she allowed herself to cry unrestrainedly.

She let go of the diary, buried her head in the blanket, and cried bitterly.

“Mommy…” she whispered for her mother quietly.

She missed her so much, missed her terribly, longed for her…

Especially now, in the quiet of the night, as she read Uncle Mo’s diary, images of her mother kept appearing in front of her.

Her mother was the gentlest woman in the world, and she loved her dearly.

The night was very quiet, and the vast Shen Family home was soundless; Xu Chaomu could clearly hear her own crying.

Crying turned to exhaustion, and she buried her head in the covers and fell asleep.

She didn’t know how long she had slept when she drowsily opened her eyes.

To her surprise, daylight had broken!

She had been so upset the night before that she fell asleep without changing her clothes, and today she noticed her clothes were stained with tears.

Remembering the happenings of the previous night, she quickly jumped out of bed and hastily washed up.

She called her supervisor and asked for a day off, skipping work that morning and heading straight for the Luo Family Medical Group!

At the entrance of the Luo Family’s establishment, she happened to run into Wen Zhiyuan.

Wen Zhiyuan was slowly driving his Mercedes into the parking lot when he saw Xu Chaomu and narrowed his eyes slightly.

He rolled down the window and called out to her, “Chaomu!”

“Doctor Wen,” Xu Chaomu replied with a greeting.

But because she was anxious, she didn’t talk much with Wen Zhiyuan and planned to look for Shen Cexian.

“Chaomu, why are you at the hospital alone?”

“My fourth brother is on a business trip.”@@novelbin@@

“Oh, are you here for a check-up for the baby?” Wen Zhiyuan asked with a smile.

“Something like that,” Xu Chaomu replied with a smile.

“Would you like me to speak with the doctor for you?”

Xu Chaomu waved her hand off, “No need, really, I don’t like to use privileges.”

Wen Zhiyuan smiled, “Then call me if you need anything.”

Xu Chaomu nodded, waved goodbye to him, and quickly ran off.

Wen Zhiyuan didn’t sense anything amiss and smiled, continuing to drive toward the parking lot. He simply thought the girl was unusually early and diligent.

Xu Chaomu knew where Shen Cexian’s ward was because when Shen Chi was hospitalized, she learned that Shen Cexian’s room wasn’t far away.

Even so, she hadn’t visited Shen Cexian at the time.

This time, as she reached the outside of Shen Cexian’s ward and prepared to knock.

Several bodyguards were standing outside the ward, dressed in black suits, all with icy expressions, saying nothing, just scanning the surroundings with their sharp eyes.

Seeing Xu Chaomu approaching, they instinctively stopped her.

“I want to see Mr. Shen,” Xu Chaomu said.

“Sorry, please wait a moment.”

The bodyguard held Xu Chaomu back while one of them quickly went inside to inform.

Shortly after, he came back out and told Xu Chaomu, “You may go in.”

Without a word, Xu Chaomu pushed open the door and entered.

“Cough cough cough…”

As soon as she stepped in, she heard Shen Cexian coughing. His ward was so spacious that the sound of his coughs seemed very loud.

There was only Shen Cexian in the room; it appeared he had just awakened not long ago and was sitting up in his sickbed drinking tea.

Xu Chaomu walked up to his bed and extended her hand directly, “The identification report, where is it?”

There was no expression on Xu Chaomu’s face; when she spoke to Shen Cexian, it was as if she was speaking to a stranger.

“You’re really not polite,” Shen Cexian scoffed.

That girl, truly spoiled by Shen Chi, was reckless and arrogant.

“Uncle Shen, you can hardly blame me for that,” Xu Chaomu said with her big eyes wide, innocent.

It seemed it was he and Zhou Ran that had even less courtesy.

“See for yourself!”

Shen Cexian slammed a report from the bedside onto the floor, his actions fierce, his face filled with resentment.

Xu Chaomu’s attitude certainly didn’t please him!

The report fluttered to the floor, rolled, and came to a crisp stop.

Xu Chaomu walked over, bent down to pick it up.

Being pregnant, bending over wasn’t easy, but Shen Cexian still threw the report to the ground for her to pick up.

She struggled to pick it up and then supported herself back up.

In the Shen Family, Shen Chi would never allow her to suffer any injustice.

But Shen Cexian was not Shen Chi, he never liked her.

Xu Chaomu opened the report, her fingers trembling, her heart pounding uncontrollably.

Yet, upon opening the report, her entire being was stunned, her mind went blank, almost fainting on the spot!

The 99.99% on the report stabbed her eyes; the result indicated that she and Shen Cexian shared a father-daughter relationship!

How could it be, impossible!

The hand holding the report was shaking; her eyes fixated on the lines, impossible, the report must have been tampered with by Shen Cexian, it must have been!

Xu Chaomu’s face turned pale as a sheet; every move she made was observed by Shen Cexian.

“What do you want to say?” Shen Cexian asked indifferently.

He sipped his tea, in stark contrast to Xu Chaomu’s shock, he was much more composed.

“Shen Cexian, how could I be your daughter? Are you insane?!” Xu Chaomu threw the report on the ground, glaring at him through gritted teeth.

The report hit the floor with a loud noise, and Xu Chaomu’s voice echoed throughout the ward.

“Heh,” Shen Cexian snorted coldly, “You think I, Shen Cexian, would want to acknowledge you as my daughter?”

“This report must be fake, it has to be,” Xu Chaomu bit her lip.