Chapter 73: Embrace

As soon as the money was available, the hospital was in place and Qiao Yuan's surgery was quickly scheduled.

Uncle Chan handed Tan Mo his newly issued ID card and his account number, "You can give it to LanLan when she comes home this weekend."

Tan Mo opened her family book and stared at Qiao Lan's name for a long time.

A clean page.

He really wanted to add another name to this little book.

His name.

Tan Mo re-closed his account book, looked up at Uncle Chan and said, "Go to school."

Uncle Chan smiled, "So impatient to surprise LanLan."

"Not really", Tan Mo said as she brushed her fingertips over the name on the bridge railing, "she's been in a bad mood lately because of things at home and can't sleep at night."

That's what Bai Yu and Tan Mo said.

Bai Yu found a special book one day and accidentally missed the brakes and went to bed a little late at night, only to find that Qiao Lan hadn't slept very well at night and turned to Tan Mo to tell him about it.

Tan Mo's heart aches when she sees the girl she has been pampering for so long, and how tired she has become in recent days.

Apart from that, of course, he was a bit anxious to tell Qiao Lan the good news and, to put it bluntly, Tan Mo wanted to take the credit.

Even if they pretend to be calm, sometimes they are just like children.

When we arrived at the school, it was after 10pm and Tan Mo was standing under the dormitory building, but hesitated.

Would Qiao Lan have gone to bed already, was he too late, and would he let Qiao Lan see anything with such an obvious attitude.

There is no evening study during the tutorial period, no need for through students to go, and no hard and fast rules for resident students to go if they want to.

Qiao Lan and Bai Yu studied in the classroom until 9:30 pm and then returned to the dormitory.

There are not too many students in the dormitory, and there are only senior students, so the large dormitory looks empty. The street lights under the dormitory building are dimly lit, reflecting the appearance of each snowflake as it falls.

Qiao Lan was a little drowsy after reading in the dormitory, so she got out of bed and went out to the small balcony to try to wake up a little by blowing in the cool breeze. She looked down at the snowflakes that were falling, spreading a light layer of snow on the ground.

Someone was standing under a street lamp, silent, seemingly thinking about something.

Qiao Lan only scanned it for a moment, but frowned and looked over again.

The figure in the streetlight was so familiar that she didn't even need to recognise it at a glance.

That's Tan Mo.

Tan Mo Why is it here?

Qiao Lan quickly went back to his room and ran downstairs, Bai Yu shouted after him in confusion, "What are you doing? It's snowing outside!"

"Bai Yu wondered out onto the balcony to see what Qiao Lan was up to.

The street lights were dim and the teenager who shouldn't have been here stood in the dim light, doing nothing but standing there for who knows how long finally turning around and walking in the direction of the outside of the school gates.

Bai Yu subconsciously and anxiously tries to call out to Tan Mo to wait, and the girl who has just rushed down the stairs appears in the same light.

Bai Yu was somehow relieved.

The girl was running very fast and quickly caught up with the teenager who was walking unusually hesitantly and slowly, probably because she shouted at him.

From Bai Yu's point of view, the two people are very close to each other, and the combination of light, snowflakes, a young boy and a young girl makes Bai Yu's heart flutter a little.

Some want to fall in love heartily.

Tan Mo is completely unaware of Bai Yu's confused thoughts. He didn't expect Qiao Lan to see him, and for a moment he is a little startled, yet full of indescribable satisfaction.

"Qiao Lan said, "Why are you suddenly coming here at this late hour? Are you alone? Where's Uncle Chan? Why didn't you call when you came over? I saw you just now."

Tan Mo watched the young girl ramble on, the corners of her lips rising uncontrollably as she laughed softly.

I came to see you so late and so cold because I missed you.

I came over and didn't call to let you know because I was afraid you would find out what I was thinking.

There was so much he wanted to say to Qiao Lan, but he couldn't say anything.

He wanted to take the girl, who had run so fast that she didn't even have her coat on, in his arms at this moment, to hold her hand and test the warmth of her hand, but he couldn't do that either.

It was snowing, and even though Tan Mo wanted to continue talking to Qiao Lan, he felt sorry for her because she was so underdressed.

He looked at Qiao Lan and smiled, "I just took care of something with Uncle Chan and I had a surprise for you, but I thought it was a bit late, so I thought I'd give it to you tomorrow."

He has learnt the art of deception, how to conceal real emotions, so seamlessly that Qiao Lan cannot find the slightest trace of ambiguity.

Qiao Lan also laughed, "What surprise needs such a rush."

But when he received the object in Tan Mo's hand, Qiao Lan was completely stunned.

During the days when Qiao's mother was pestering her, Qiao Lan looked up countless documents and asked everyone she could, knowing how difficult it was to split the family, especially with Qiao's father and Qiao's mother.

But Tan Mo took care of it all.

He didn't say anything, making light of the situation as if everything was really easy.

Qiao Lan's fingers rubbed the small, dark red book, her voice tinged with a choked sob without her realising it.

"What did you give her", Qiao Lan said, her voice shaking a little.

"The court has taken away their custody rights and they will never pester you again. "Tan Mo's calm and relaxed attitude suddenly went haywire and the teenager became frazzled for a moment.

Subconsciously, I wanted to take her in my arms, but in the end I didn't dare, so I could only crouch down a little and wipe her face, forgetting all the words I had learnt in my usual imitation.

"It's really nothing. I think it's worth the money for one operation to give you peace and stability in the future.

But the sound was abrupt, and the young girl who had flung herself into his arms buried her tear-wet cheek in the place of his collarbone, and the hot Tan Mo lost all words for an instant.

Qiao Lan hugged Tan Mo and could not stop the tears.

She didn't want to cry, but she couldn't help but shed tears all the time.

For ordinary people, even if they don't have someone who loves you to the core, they still have parents who love you all the way, but Qiao Lan has nothing, not in his last life and not in this one.

She always tried her best to run forward alone, having walked alone for so long that she had no idea what it was like to have someone to lean on.

No one knew how strong Qiao Lan's will would be to continue to attend classes every day, and no one knew that one more minor setback and she might not be able to hold on any longer.

She thought she would be alone, but instead there was another person who was protecting her and saving her when she didn't even know it.

He paved all the wreckage of her soon-to-be one-footed path to a new flower for her life.

It is said that there are cracks in everything, and Tan Mo is the place where light shines in the darkness of Qiao Lan's world.