Chapter 966: Chapter 963: Laughing Heartily 1
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the whole street was already filled with the atmosphere of the New Year.
Xu Xiaoya had just arrived at the store when the manager came to ask: "Sister Xu, are we really going to have a seven-day break for the New Year? There’s still business during the New Year. As far as I know, the other two stores in the big mall in the city don’t take a break. Maybe you should consider..."
Xu Xiaoya shook her head with a smile: "We must take a break. It would be unreasonable not to have a break after working hard for a whole year. Besides, you can’t make all the money in the world, so why not let everyone enjoy the New Year happily."
The staff listening by the side immediately cheered.
CINDY took the opportunity when no one was paying attention and quietly walked up to Xu Xiaoya: "Sister Xu, will Sister Yan come back for the New Year?"
"No. Her holiday time is different from ours. By the time we’re off, they must have started school."
"Are you planning to visit her?"
"I was just thinking of taking a trip there..."
At that moment, the phone rang, and Xu Xiaoya laughed out loud: "Speak of the devil, and he doth appear. Look, here’s the call... Xixi, we were just talking about you..."
"Ha, Xiaoya, isn’t it almost New Year? Time for a break, isn’t it? Have you thought about coming over?"
"Coincidentally, I’ve already got my passport ready. I want to come along with a tour group."
"That’s great. Come on, I’ll pick you up at the airport."
"I’ll notify you once I decide on the time. I’ll try to confirm it in the next few days."
The two chatted for a while. Just as Xu Xiaoya hung up the phone, it rang again, and she saw it was a call from the hospital. She hesitated a bit but answered, and it was her mother’s voice, choked with tears: "Xiaoya... Xiaoya, come quick, your dad’s not going to make it..."
Then, someone grabbed the phone and shouted loudly: "Xu Xiaoya, you heartless beast, get over here now..."
She hung up the phone and then decided to drive to the hospital.
In the ward, Xu’s mother, Xu’s brother, and the doctor were gathered around, and Xu’s father was already unconscious. The doctor, seeing that the family had arrived, was extremely indifferent: "Prepare yourselves, there’s basically no hope for the patient."
Xu’s mother was crying her heart out.
Xu’s brother, seeing Xu Xiaoya, rushed up and grabbed her by the collar: "You ungrateful beast... it’s because you wouldn’t pay... you killed dad..."
Xu Xiaoya pushed him away and stood aside.
She was neither sad nor regretful, just quietly watching the old man on the bed at the end of his life.
This man was her biological father.
He had personally written a will, leaving both his apartments entirely to his son, and then instructing his children to each bear half the cost of the surgery. Because Xu Xiaoya refused, naturally, Xu’s brother also refused to sell the half he would obtain from the property — this apartment also belonged to the old man.
Xu’s brother saved ten thousand.
Previously, Xu’s mother had urged him many times to pay, but he always made excuses that if Xu Xiaoya didn’t give, neither could he, as he didn’t want Xu Xiaoya to benefit easily.
The surgery was thus delayed by a month.
Ultimately, Xu Xiaoya had no choice and, unable to resist her mother’s pleas, sent fifteen thousand.
But three days after the surgery, Xu’s father died.
She didn’t know what the old man felt on his deathbed.
"Xu Xiaoya, you beast... it’s all your fault... you heartless creature, even as a ghost, dad won’t let you go, you’ll see, one day you’ll be struck by lightning... in this life, you won’t have a good end... it’s all your fault... you dragged dad to death..."
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