Chapter 491: Chapter 491

Liu Zhizhong nodded, "There's nothing wrong with being optimistic, Secretary Ma, don't be too heartbroken. Judging by the buzz online, the message will definitely spread far and wide, and we will surely find Qingqing."

"This child has been stubborn since she was young, quite headstrong. Once she decides on something, it's really too difficult to turn back. As a father, I have been very negligent, not teaching her properly. Now that she's so ill, I am even more negligent... I can't help her anymore..."

Ma Xudong was aware of the content of the missing person announcement played by Liu Zhizhong, and he also knew the state of his own health; he definitely could not do a bone marrow transplant for Ma Qingqing.

Moreover, Ma Qingqing's state was one of determinedly waiting for death in some corner of the world, completely giving up on hope for life. Millions of samples from the Quanhua Bone Marrow Bank weren't a match, her heart must be truly in despair!

Ma Xudong shook his head, his face a picture of desolation, "Maybe, this is just my daughter's fate... a beauty cursed by the heavens?"

Liu Zhizhong took a deep breath and handed over another cigarette.

Of course, this premium cigarette was one of the reasons why Ma Xudong was happy for Liu Zhizhong because ordinary big shots couldn't get their hands on such stuff.

"Secretary Ma, actually, there might still be hope for Qingqing," Liu Zhizhong said as he lit the lighter and ignited Ma Xudong's cigarette.

"How can she be saved?" Ma Xule's hands trembled as he held the cigarette, eyes brimming with a longing light.

Liu Zhizhong said seriously, "First, we need to find her, and find her quickly; second, we need to find her biological father, also as soon as possible, so..."

Ma Xudong's whole body trembled, his eyes widened, staring at Liu Zhizhong, his lips quivering for a long time before he managed to squeak out a voice.

"You're saying Qingqing isn't my daughter? Why would you say that? Why... Why..."

Tears streamed down Ma Xudong's face uncontrollably, the man looking so pitiful, so helpless.

A mayor with a terminal illness, at such a time, hearing such a truth, how could he bear it, how could he be optimistic?

It truly hurt more than if he had been killed!

Liu Zhizhong could only quickly hand Ma Xudong a tissue and present the recordings of his communications with the Tiandu hospitals, as he had recorded them.

Upon hearing this, Ma Xudong understood everything clearly. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽

Unable to smoke, his hands covered his face, whimpering from deep in his throat, it was unclear what he was muttering. His shaking head and stomping feet depicted the height of misery.

Liu Zhizhong felt he had perhaps been overly dramatic, yet what he had done was still so cruel.

But what else could he do for Ma Qingqing?

He had done all that he could.

He could only use a gentle voice to comfort Ma Xudong, "Secretary Ma, I know, I have done something very cruel. This has deeply hurt you, and I am very sorry. But it seems I can't think of any other way. Qingqing is a very talented woman, she has changed, she has become pure, become kind..."

After a while, Ma Xudong finally calmed down.

Liu Zhizhong's voice was magnetic, with the tone of a psychologist, indeed having an effect on both men and women.

Ma Xudong, with swollen red eyes, clenched his teeth, straightened his back, and said, "Zhizhong, thank you for letting me know the truth at such a time in my life. But I really can't believe that Qingqing's mother would cheat, really, I just can't believe it. You don't know, Qingqing's mother and I actually had a good relationship. Back then..."

Speaking of this, Ma Xudong truly reminisced about the past, time seemed hazy, and he was taken back over twenty years.

Back then, Ma Xudong, in a prefecture-level city of Yangbei, in a remote town, became the young Vice Mayor.

The Old Town Mayor's daughter took a liking to him, but he fell for a girl who had been through an earthquake. When the earthquake struck the village, he saved her, and the girl lost all her family.

The girl, who was then only in her senior year of high school and had no one to rely on, was someone Ma Xudong deeply cared for, even harboring feelings for her, though he kept them hidden deep down, she was still a student after all.

After the girl finished her college entrance exams, the two of them could no longer resist and experimented with the forbidden fruit of love for the first time in their lives.

That summer, she became pregnant, and she was Ma Qingqing's mother.

On her way to university, she tore up her admission letter, then did not actually attend, instead renting a room outside the school, until she gave birth to Ma Qingqing.

At that time, she knew that Ma Xudong had caught the Old Town Mayor's daughter's eye. She also knew she couldn't be with him, but that child, she wanted to give birth to her, she had to, as she was the crystallization of their love.

Ma Qingqing's mother was truly incredible, she did not tell Ma Xudong about the pregnancy. Having experienced death, the girl matured a lot since she knew this would affect her beloved man's future.

After Ma Qingqing was born, she moved to a distant city, raising her alone, working in a garment factory to support herself and her daughter, severing contact with Ma Xudong.

Vice Mayor Ma kept caring for this girl, his unforgettable love. After losing contact, the following spring, he made a trip to the distant city and only then did he learn the truth...