Those words only made everyone more sorrowful...
Meanwhile, Ning Hui was busy studying and dancing, focused on doing well in her exams, on dancing, to give her brother two big presents. But Zhiqian and Ruan Liuzheng insisted on bringing Ning Xiang back to Beijing because the medical conditions were better there.
Juanzi naturally supported this, and with Ning Xiang seeing that their parents were already aware, she didn't persist much longer.
Once they returned to Beijing and moved into Beiya, it became impossible to keep it a secret, so more and more people learned the truth, everyone except the twins, who were kept in the dark. Ning Hui thought her brother was still in Manzhouli and called him every few days. No matter how bad Ning Xiang felt, he would muster the strength to chat with her casually and encourage her. He always presented her with clear skies.