After leaving my father and keeping my son, I built my own wealthy family, and my ex-husband's

In the private room of the restaurant, Tianheng and Li Huihui ate and chatted, occasionally letting out pleasant laughter.

Neither of the two little ones paid attention to what the adults were talking about.

After hearing Mingyun's words, Li Xi was stunned for several seconds.

His eyes shone brightly, but then quickly dimmed.

He said softly, "From the time my daughter was born until now, five years, two months and six days, I can't even count the number of surgeries she's had on one hand... She's suffered too much pain, and I don't want... I don't want her to suffer any more for things that are impossible."

Mingyun thought for a moment, "Let the children continue eating here, and we can talk somewhere else?"

Li Xi sighed, "Miss Ming, I... well, alright."

The two of them gave the children some instructions.

Then we left the private room and came to the alley next to the restaurant.

"Can I have a smoke?" Li Xi asked.

"Do as you please."

Thank you.

After asking, Li Xi pulled out a crumpled pack of cheap cigarettes from his pocket.

Take one out and bite it in your mouth.

I pressed and shook the lighter repeatedly before it finally lit.

"hiss--"

He took a deep breath.

The cigarette lit up with a flame, then slowly dimmed.

As he exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, avoiding Mingyun, he seemed to gain a brief moment of peace.

"Sorry," he said with a smile, "I'm a bit of a smoker."

There was embarrassment hidden behind the smile.

Mingyun said, "Besides not wanting your daughter to suffer anymore and not believing I can restore her appearance, there's another reason you're having financial difficulties, isn't it..."

It's almost impossible for a man who owns his own securities company and has tens of millions in assets to smoke a cigarette that costs only a few dollars.

It's even more impossible that they don't even have a high-end lighter.

Li Xi smiled wryly and nodded. "I actually went bankrupt a year ago. I'm just pretending to be respectable now because I want to maintain some dignity."

Mingyun knew that he was doing this not for himself, but for his daughter.

Even though he himself was broken, he was trying his best to build the strongest possible shield for his daughter.

"Have you heard of Dr. Catherine?" Mingyun asked.

Li Xi smoked a cigarette, watching the smoke slowly drift away. "Hmm, I heard a doctor who did Huihui's plastic surgery mention him before. Apparently, he's a very powerful and mysterious figure among plastic surgeons. But... I'm really broke. I can't even afford the cheapest plastic surgeon."

Mingyun said, word by word, "If you're willing, I can guarantee that Dr. Catherine can perform plastic surgery on your daughter, free of charge."

Li Xi's hand suddenly trembled.

The cigarette between her fingers fell to the ground.

He quickly picked it up.

"Miss Ming, you...you're not joking, are you?"

No, I'm serious.

Mingyun's expression was very sincere.

Li Xi's hands were still trembling. He took another deep drag of his cigarette, shook his head, and said, "Let's forget about it."

"You don't believe me?" Mingyun frowned. "For your daughter's sake, you won't even give it a try?"

Li Xi took several deep drags on the cigarette until the mouthpiece was half burned before extinguishing it and throwing it into the trash can next to him.

"Miss Ming," his cheeks trembled, "Huihui has a terminal illness...she won't live more than three months..."

"What!" Mingyun's pupils contracted.

Li Xi's throat tightened, as if she were swallowing sharp pebbles. "Many times I just can't understand why God is so cruel, making a child suffer from illness from birth. She did nothing wrong! Why?!"

"If I was guilty in my past life, then punish me. Why... why are you doing this to my daughter..."

As he spoke, he squatted down against the wall, buried his head in his hands, and collapsed silently.

Mingyun's heart remained unsettled for a long time.

She once asked God the same question.

From the moment Tianheng was born, it was almost like a death sentence, with an extremely low chance of recovery.

For five whole years, during which he was nearly taken away by death countless times.

Fortunately... it wasn't a terminal illness, and it's finally cured.

But this man in front of me, who had also struggled for five years, did not receive a single act of mercy from God.

shuh...

The sky had turned overcast at some point, and then it started to rain.

Dense raindrops pattered against the leaves of trees in the alley, making a rustling sound.

Mingyun looked up and gazed at the sky. "Perhaps, even God has times when he is powerless."

wow——

The rain got heavier.

Mingyun pulled Li Xi up, and the two of them took shelter from the rain under the eaves.

Li Xi was already in tears, her expression a mixture of crying and laughing, filled with guilt and despair.

"Miss Ming, do you know that I have tried everything I could to extend my daughter's life as much as possible?"

"Seeking medical treatment, praying to gods and Buddhas... even if it can just let her live a few more years, that would be good."

"Last year, I even joined a church abroad that claimed to be able to help me. I sold one of my kidneys, raised enough money to donate to that church, and received a divine medicine from them."

Upon hearing this, Mingyun had an even worse premonition.

Li Xi's eyes were vacant as she continued, "They told me that if I gave it to my daughter for a month straight, she would definitely get better. I thought a miracle had finally happened, so I gave it to my daughter, but then..."

"result……"

"It turned out that those medications caused my daughter's condition to suddenly worsen, even though she could have lived for another year or two! She only had three months left."

"It's my fault!"

The roars were swallowed up by the increasingly loud rain.

So powerless, so desperate.

Mingyun dared not think about how much pain this father had endured.

Any words of comfort would seem pale and powerless.

"Brother Xi, you also hope that your daughter can live a normal life, right? Even if... there are only three months left, it's still time for her to experience it."

"I...I am actually Dr. Catherine." Mingyun directly revealed her identity to him.

"Although I can't cure your daughter's terminal illness, I can do my best to restore her face to normal. Let me help the child, okay?"

Li Xi was stunned.

He looked into Mingyun's eyes for a long time.

Then he took two steps back, and in the pouring rain, he held his knees and slowly knelt down.

"Brother Xi, what are you doing!" Mingyun hurriedly helped him up.

Li Xi refused to get up and insisted on kowtowing to her. He didn't say anything more, only two words: "Thank you."

The rain came quickly and went quickly.

When the two returned to the hotel, the sky had cleared up.

The two sides exchanged contact information.

The two children also added each other as friends using the children's watch.

In the sunshine after the rain, Li Xi held his daughter, and the two of them waved to Mingyun and Tianheng before turning and leaving.

"How was it? Did you have a good chat with Huihui?" Mingyun asked her son.

Tianheng said, "She's such a nice person, I hope to be her friend for life."

Mingyun felt a pang of pain in her heart, but managed a forced smile.

"Yes, you two... will always be good friends. Come on, Mom will take you rock climbing."

It took more than an hour to drive there.

Mingyun brought Tianheng to a rock climbing training center called Zhufeng.

While Shangguan Rong was helping him choose a location, Tianheng had already registered and paid the fee here. He ran towards the entrance of the training hall as soon as he got off the car.

"Mom, I'm waiting for you inside the training facility! Find a parking spot and come over quickly!"

"good!"

Mingyun drove the car to the parking lot.

Tianheng dashed into the training hall and bumped into a tall figure with a thud.

The other person's body was as hard as a steel plate.

Tianheng cried out in pain, rubbing his head and taking two steps back. "I'm sorry, Uncle!"

Mino glanced back at the child who had bumped into her, ignored him, and continued walking forward.

"Wow, Uncle, you're so tall! Your legs are so long!" Tianheng followed behind him. "Uncle, are you a rock climbing instructor here? Can you teach me?"