Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 151 Reason

Chapter 151: Chapter 151 Reason

The child was frightened, and his words were incoherent. Tu Hengsha and Su Ronggui caught several key phrases like donations, mom was sick, reporters, etc., and thought of the Peipei incident. So they asked the child what his mom’s name was.

In the news report, Su Rongxing used a pseudonym, but they had heard the real name. So when the child said the name, they realized this was the person both Su Rongxing and the media were looking for.

"You say a lot of people are chasing you. Where are they? Why aren’t your mom and dad with you?" Su Ronggui asked.

"At the hospital entrance," the child pointed in the direction of the gate. "Lots of reporters. My mom and dad don’t want to see them. Mom cries every day... There are many reporters at the house too... At Grandma’s house and Auntie’s house, they are all there. Why are they looking for us? Is it because we owe people money? Why does mom say that everyone wants us to pay them back?"

Tu Hengsha also didn’t know how to answer the child’s question.

So, are all major media outlets, including many self-media, cornering them everywhere now?

"Auntie, mom is sick and has no money for treatment. Can we borrow money from others first, and I’ll pay them back when I grow up and make money?" The child asked with sniffles.

No matter what, children were always innocent.

Tu Hengsha patted his head, unable to answer.

Maybe she was young and not yet good at communicating with children. Or perhaps there were always some questions in the world that couldn’t be answered.

"Xiao Bo!" A woman’s shout came at this moment.

"Mom!" The child replied loudly, "I’m here!"

"Xiao Bo!" The woman stumbled over.

Tu Hengsha handed the child over to Su Ronggui and went to support the sick woman.

The woman looked sickly, out of breath even while walking, and yet she was wary of Tu Hengsha, not wanting her support, even glaring at her with vigilant eyes before reaching out to the child, "Xiao Bo, come to mommy."

Xiao Bo hurried to support his mom, looked at Tu Hengsha and the others, and hesitantly asked, "Mom, are they... good people?" They had given him candy just now and comforted him.

Tu Hengsha couldn’t seem to look the woman in the eye and said honestly, "We... are also reporters."

The woman suddenly collapsed to the ground, crying in despair, "Why do you haunt us endlessly? Why won’t you leave us alone? We’ve returned all the money! All of it, can’t you just let me go quietly?"

Tu Hengsha tried to help her up, but the woman slapped her hand away, "Get away from me! You reporters... I hate you reporters..."

"But... you can’t just sit here, can you? You’re a sick person, and the child is still young." Su Ronggui pulled Tu Hengsha behind him, crouched, and said, "If you don’t want to see us, we’ll take you to the ward and leave."

"No! I’m not going to the ward! I’m not getting treated anymore!" The woman reacted dramatically.

"Then can you tell me where the child’s father is, and we’ll bring him to be with you?" he continued.

The woman’s eyes were filled with resentment, "Where is he? Do you want to trick him here? If you can’t ambush, you’ll deceive?"

"No!" Tu Hengsha crouched down too, "We won’t ask you anything, we’re just worried about your safety. If you really don’t want to see us, we’ll help you to that seat and leave without staying a second longer."

The woman just cried. She was so weak that even her crying was shaky.

Seeing her like that, neither of them dared to leave. Silently, Tu Hengsha handed a tissue to the child, motioning for him to wipe his mom’s tears.

"Mom..." The child took the tissue and, while wiping, began to cry too.

When the child cried, the woman calmed down a bit and held the child tightly in her embrace, "Alright then, it’s okay, I should talk to someone, since you’re here, I have to say it anyway, let’s find a place to talk. I don’t want to see those reporters, especially the one who reported about us!"

Su Rongxing...

Tu Hengsha glanced at Mr. Su beside her, and Mr. Su pretended not to see her gaze...

Together, they took the woman and child to a hotel, a place they couldn’t return to. They needed somewhere to stay at night.

"Can I borrow your phone to send a message to my husband? He’s still at the hospital entrance dealing with those reporters. He worked hard to cover for me so I could leave first."

Su Ronggui silently handed her the phone.

After sending the message, the woman lay half-reclined on the bed with her son in her arms, her lips pale and trembling as she began to tell the story from the beginning, "I went to the hospital today to find a nurse. She taught us how to raise funds online. I know my illness is incurable, and there’s no money for treatment. Since I got sick, my husband and child haven’t added a single piece of clothing, and Xiao Bo’s pants are much shorter. The nurse said we could raise money online, and my husband was tempted, so he learned from her and raised a significant amount of money. It was a lot for us, but I calculated that my illness is a bottomless pit. The surgery could use up this money, and afterward, there are medicines, treatments, and chances of recurrence. Having this illness means no good days anymore... My family was dragged down, the in-laws don’t want to see me, and my husband ended up arguing with his parents because of the money... I understand my mother-in-law, she has another son who needs to get married. We can’t let a single sick me ruin the lives of two large families. Those who said we bought a house with the donations, have they seen it? If not, why say so? Why have such malice towards someone they don’t know?"

The woman wiped her tears, "I indeed planned to stop treatment, and I did think about leaving that money for my husband and son, so their lives would be a bit easier after I’m gone. But my husband disagreed. They all cursed my husband, calling him heartless, a bad man. They don’t know us, so how could they know what kind of person my husband is? It was me, I used suicide to threaten him, and he took me out of the hospital. That day, that day, the Chenjiang Daily reporter came to the hospital... and then made up a bunch of stuff..."

The woman was so angry she gasped, "Yes, we left the hospital. I sent a WeChat to go out and play. I’m a terminally ill patient who doesn’t want to live anymore. My husband took me out to see the world, fulfill my last wishes. Is that wrong? Why does everyone across the country scold us..."

As she spoke, the woman broke down in tears.

It wasn’t that going out and playing was wrong—it was the issue with that donated fund...

Tu Hengsha sighed inwardly, but she couldn’t voice these thoughts.

"I know..." the woman continued, "because I accepted everyone’s donations, so people are watching where that money goes... I..." She shed tears again, "I know it’s for my treatment, all from good-hearted people, but how many of those scolding me actually donated money? Aren’t they just following the crowd, cursing because others are... How did I become a fraud? I’m dying—how did I swindle everyone’s money... I just didn’t know... I was just a bit selfish... wanted to leave more for my son... It’s all my fault... nothing to do with them... Why do even kids get cursed... Those who curse my child to have terminal illness... How vicious..."

The woman cried until she was out of breath for a long while. After drinking a cup of water that Tu Hengsha handed her, she continued, "Actually, I can only blame myself. Blame myself for not earning money, for being poor for over thirty years, having no money to get treatment after getting sick, and now my child will still have to live a poor life in the future... But what can be done? It’s fate, isn’t it... I should just accept it... Why did I even apply for donations... I went to the hospital today... to find that nurse, to ask her how to return the money to everyone... Now I understand that this money was for my treatment, and if I stop treatment, I can’t touch it... I think it’s better to return it to them..."