Wang Wenbin felt extremely puzzled. He had never seen this little girl before, so how could she be calling him 'Dad'? Wang Wenbin turned his head to look at the BMW woman beside him. The BMW woman was standing there with tears filling her eyes. "Little girl, you must have mistaken me. I am not your…" Wang Wenbin tried to explain to the little girl, but his words were suddenly interrupted by the BMW woman beside him. "Annie, Daddy rushed back just to see you. How could Daddy ever abandon you? Daddy loves Annie the most. Um… Daddy just got back, and Mommy has something to discuss with Daddy. Annie, be good and rest for a while, okay? Daddy and Mommy will step outside for a bit," the BMW woman said, interrupting Wang Wenbin, as she secretly wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled at the little girl. "Okay, Annie will be the best. Annie will wait here for Daddy to come back. Daddy, I love you," the little girl obediently nodded and finally said to Wang Wenbin.
"Mm, Annie is the sweetest. Annie will wait here for Daddy to come back. Daddy, I love you." The little girl nodded obediently and finally said this to Wang Wenbin. "I… you… this…" Wang Wenbin was completely disoriented. Looking at the little girl, he felt puzzled. Looking at the BMW woman beside him, he felt even more bewildered."Come out for a moment, I need to talk to you." The BMW woman whispered to Wang Wenbin, then walked out of the hospital room with him. After coming out, the BMW woman also closed the hospital room door behind them and walked with Wang Wenbin to the emergency exit at the end of the corridor. "Sorry for embarrassing you just now." The BMW woman apologized to Wang Wenbin after entering, then went on to explain: "She is my daughter. Six months after I gave birth to her, her father died in a car accident, so she has practically never seen her dad, at least since she can remember. The child is very young, and I was afraid of upsetting her, so I never told her that her father had passed away. I always lied to her that her father was working abroad and couldn't come back. She has always longed to see her father. Last night, she fell ill and had surgery, and to make her brave, I told her that her father would come see her right after the operation. That's why just now she mistook you, appearing suddenly, as her father. She is sick, and I don't want to upset her, so… that's why just now… I hope you don't mind."Wang Wenbin was stunned for a moment and finally understood what had happened. He felt a bit sorry for the very beautiful little girl. "What illness does the child have? Nothing serious, right?" Wang Wenbin asked casually. Upon asking, Wang Wenbin keenly noticed a change in the BMW woman's expression, especially her eyes; he felt as if her tears were about to fall. "Not serious, just a common cold and fever. A few days in the hospital and she'll be fine." The BMW woman suddenly smiled at Wang Wenbin, then smilingly asked, "What about the ring? Sorry, I bumped into you and made you come here yourself. It must have been troublesome."As she spoke, the woman opened her bag, took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills, and began counting them, clearly intending to give money to Wang Wenbin.
Wang Wenbin suddenly became very awkward and remained silent for a while. "This is 500 yuan, this is compensation for the items you damaged, this is 200 yuan for your travel expenses for coming here today, and this is 300 yuan for the wages you lost by taking a day off to come here. In total, it's 1,000 yuan. Please take it." The BMW woman handed Wang Wenbin the 1,000 yuan, bit by bit."Money… let's… not rush with it," Wang Wenbin said hesitantly."What's wrong?" The BMW woman looked at Wang Wenbin in surprise, then asked again, "Do you think it's too little? Then you tell me a number, as long as it's reasonable, I will accept. After all, it was my fault that caused your loss, and I even made you go out of your way today.""No, it's enough. The money is really enough," Wang Wenbin quickly said."Then what is it?" the BMW woman asked curiously."I… I… I lost your ring," Wang Wenbin looked at the BMW woman, hesitated for a long time, stuttered for a while, but finally mustered the courage to say it. He knew that some things must always be faced. He had made the mistake, and there was no way to avoid it.The BMW woman widened her eyes, her face turning deathly pale, and coldly said to Wang Wenbin, "I didn't hear you clearly. Say it again.""I'm sorry, I accidentally lost your ring," Wang Wenbin said again.The BMW woman stared at Wang Wenbin, then sneered coldly, "Do you think I would believe that? Is there such a coincidence in the world? Just say you wanted to keep the ring for yourself; there's no need to use excuses to test my intelligence.""You misunderstood me. I absolutely did not want to keep your ring for myself, never thought of it. Otherwise, why would I still come today? If I wanted to take your ring, I wouldn't have even called you. You wouldn't have been able to find me at all," Wang Wenbin said angrily."Fine, then tell me now, where is my ring?" the BMW woman asked with a cold sneer.
"I… if I told you I lost the ring because I went to fight a fire and rescue people last night, would you believe me?" Wang Wenbin asked the woman. "If it were you, do you think you would believe it?" the BMW woman retorted coldly with a sneer. "I… I wouldn't." Wang Wenbin said somewhat dejectedly. "Give me my ring. This ring means a lot to me. If the problem is money, fine. But as I said before, I hit you, you caused some damage and also fell yourself. I can give you five thousand, even eight thousand or ten thousand—I can do that—but you must return my ring. Otherwise, I have no choice but to call the police." The BMW woman spoke coldly, very determined. "I really lost the ring. I've already searched everywhere I could, but I really can't find it. How much is this ring worth? I'll compensate you." Wang Wenbin said somewhat helplessly. "Compensate? With what?" the woman said coldly, then added, "That is my wedding ring with my husband. It is a testament to our love, and now it is the only memento he left me. Can you really compensate for that?" Tears streamed down the BMW woman's face as she said this. Wang Wenbin was stunned; he really hadn't thought about this. "I didn't realize this ring was so important to you, but I really didn't do it on purpose. Losing the ring doesn't benefit me in any way." Wang Wenbin said with guilt. "The ring is really lost, it's impossible to find now. That entire building has turned to rubble. I… I can only compensate you the value of the ring." Wang Wenbin continued.