Tang Yanqi looked at the ti, there was still a while before the lunch break ended, so she nodded, and Li Lani helped her walk to the safety passage outside.
Tang Yanqi smiled at her, "Sister i, just say what’s on your mind."
Li Lani rubbed her hands together again and cautiously began, "Mr. Sheng ca to , ntioned the past incident, Young Madam, actually that matter has been bottled up in my heart for a long ti. I didn’t feel anything at the ti, but the more I thought about it later, the more sothing felt off."
"What felt off?"
"Young Madam, you know, the Sheng Family treats us well, pays us well, especially those of us who take care of Mr. Sheng. We’re all professionally trained nurses, and Mr. Sheng treats us well. We do our best, but during that ti, I always felt a bit off physically. I was often tired, and sotis I could fall asleep even while standing. I always thought perhaps I was just too tired, but..."
Li Lani rubbed her hands together again as she continued, "But later I recalled that during that ti, not just , but all three of us who were taking care of Mr. Sheng were like that. Later, I went back to my hotown, got married, and after I got pregnant, I lost the child. I’ve always felt it was karma because I was negligent and caused Mr. Sheng to fall, so heaven didn’t want to have my own child."
Tang Yanqi listened quietly, noticing the pain on Li Lani’s face. Tang Yanqi reached out and patted her, no wonder when she saw her belly the other day, she had that envious look.
"After losing the child, during that period, I often couldn’t sleep, my health got worse and worse. Later, I went to the hospital and got so sleeping pills, only then could I sleep. Young Madam, the feeling from the sleeping pills was just like when I used to feel drowsy back then."
Li Lani grew more excited as she spoke, unconsciously tightening her grip on Tang Yanqi’s arm.
Tang Yanqi froze, her brows furrowing.
Sleeping pills?
"During that ti, did you take sleeping pills?"
Li Lani shook her head rapidly, "How could we take those things? At that ti, the lady gifted each of us servants a big box of bird’s nest, saying it was good stuff but had a short shelf life, so she told us not to waste it and to eat it every day."
Tang Yanqi tensed, her pupils involuntarily narrowing.
How could she not understand the implication of these words?
Tang Yanqi pursed her lips, steadied herself, and the thoughts that had once flashed through her mind began to resurface.
She rembered that day at the hospital entrance, being stopped by soone who thanked her and said a lot. At the ti, she felt sothing was off but didn’t think deeply about it.
Thinking back now, the reason it felt off was probably because, given that they were all well-trained caregivers, how could they be dozing off like that? It’s normal to feel sleepy, but to be so drowsy that they could fall asleep while pushing a wheelchair—that’s not normal at all?
Back then, her attention was on Mr. Sheng and Sheng Jianan, so Tang Yanqi didn’t think deeply. Now, with such a large amount of information suddenly coming to light, she felt an inexplicable panic.
"Have you ever told Mr. Sheng about these things?"
Li Lani shook her head, "Young Madam, if Mr. Sheng hadn’t brought up the past, I intended to let these things rot in my heart. Young Madam, you know, if the lady ever found out about these things, even if it’s just a misunderstanding, I wouldn’t be able to live on. Young Madam, you are a good person, I trust you, if these things are just a misunderstanding, just pretend I never said anything."
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