Nanzhi laughed, a hearty laugh.

Mu Zi looked at her gently and smiled for a while.

After a long while, Nanzhi stopped smiling and looked at Muzi seriously, "Dad, why don't you and Mom have another baby brother?"

Mu Zi's face stiffened. Seeing his silence, Nan Zhi continued, "My sister is also very good."

Mu Zi remained silent for a while before suddenly smiling and saying, "Your mom and dad only have you as their child. As long as you're doing well, we'll feel very happy."

Looking at her father, Nan Zhi's eyes were full of light. She didn't hide it anymore. She didn't want to see the Mu couple unwilling to have any more children just to accommodate her feelings.

"Dad, I know everything."

Mu Zi's heart skipped a beat. "What do you know?"

"My illness is incurable, Dad, but actually I'm okay."

Nanzhi still had a smile on her face, but in Muzi's eyes, this was the most heartbreaking thing about her daughter.

His face was stiff. "Nonsense, Xixi's illness will get better soon, so you need to eat well and cooperate with the doctor's treatment so that you can be discharged from the hospital sooner."

Nanzhi reached out and took Muzi's hand, smiling gently. "Dad, it's too late. I only have three months left. My only wish now is to see Mom get pregnant with a little brother or sister, okay?"

In that way, when she dies, the couple will have a new source of comfort.

Mu Zi, a grown man, suddenly had tears in his eyes. He looked at his daughter for a long time, then nodded. "Daddy knows. When we have younger brothers and sisters, you can play with them, right?"

Nanzhi smiled and nodded, "Yes, I want to play with my younger brother and sister."

Mu Zi bent down and hugged his daughter, his voice choked with emotion as he said, "Okay, Daddy promises you."

Shen Xingmian, standing outside the door, still couldn't believe what she had just heard: Mu Xiyue only had three months to live? How could that be?

He wished he had misheard. At this moment, even standing was a luxury for Shen Xingmian. He leaned against the wall, then gradually slid to the ground, buried his head in his knees, curled up in the corner, and hugged himself. Why did he feel so cold?

For a long time, the boy's body trembled, and in the empty stairwell, his low, almost inaudible sobs sounded as if he had been abandoned by the whole world, which was heartbreaking.

Shen Xingmian ultimately did not enter the ward. After staying at the hospital for more than an hour, he saw that Nan Zhi had fallen asleep again, so he left.

Back home, Shen Xingmian didn't sleep a wink all night. He thought about it all night. The next morning, when Gu Ying got up and saw Shen Xingmian sitting on the sofa, he was startled. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked, "Brother Xingmian, why are you up so early?"

Shen Xingmian looked up at him; his complexion was terrible, and the dark circles under his eyes were clearly visible.

"You didn't sleep all night, did you?"

At this moment, Gu Ying was only paying attention to Shen Xingmian and didn't think much about himself. His eyes were also swollen like walnuts.

Shen Xingmian looked at Gu Ying quietly for a long time before speaking:

"Aying, I regret it."

Gu Ying: "..." Regret? What does that mean?

"We shouldn't have moved out of the Mu family's house; we shouldn't have left her."

Shen Xingmian reached out and rubbed her hair, clearly in pain.

Gu Ying came to her senses and realized that this was the source of her regret.

"Brother Xingmian, but we've already left. Are you saying this because you want to go back?"

Shen Xingmian shook her head, "We're not going back to the Mu family, but Xixi is in the hospital, and I'll go down to take care of her every day from now on."

This was the result of his thinking all night. If he had known that Nanzhi would only have such a short time, he wouldn't have been so cold and always made her angry.

Fortunately, he could still be with her. No matter what she said, Shen Xingmian decided to quit his job at the hot pot restaurant starting today and go to the hospital to accompany Nanzhi after school every day.

Only at this moment did he finally dare to admit his feelings. After learning that she only had three months left, the suffocating feeling, the regret, the wish that he were the one lying in bed, and the urge to rush in and hold her pale body in his arms only reminded him how deep his love for her was.

Upon hearing Shen Xingmian's words, Gu Ying's eyes lit up. Without even putting on her shoes, she rushed over, "Brother Xingmian, really? In that case, I'll go and keep Sister Xixi company too."

Shen Xingmian nodded, "Okay, let's go together. But after you're done, come back first. I'll be there. You can spend the whole weekend with Xixi."

Gu Ying had originally thought she could stay by Xi Xi's side, but then she thought that perhaps they needed some time alone together, which would be fine too, at least she could see Sister Xi Xi every day.

"Okay, sure."

Shen Xingmian nodded in agreement, looking at Gu Ying. She couldn't tell him about this. Right now, only she and Xi Xi's parents probably knew about her situation. If A Ying knew, he definitely wouldn't be able to hide his feelings.

So after school that day, Shen Xingmian and Gu Ying went to the hospital together.

When someone knocked on the door and came in, Nanzhi never expected it to be the two of them.

The smile faded from her lips, and she asked calmly, "What brings you here?"

The ward was empty at the moment. Shen Xingmian and Gu Ying walked in one after the other. Gu Ying closed the door and quickly ran to the bedside. "Sister Xixi, I've come to see you."

Upon seeing Gu Ying, Nan Zhi's expression softened slightly, but when facing Shen Xingmian, her face turned cold again. "You have already left the Mu family and have nothing to do with our family anymore. What are you doing here?"

Shen Xingmian stood there, motionless, her lips moving slightly, "I'll take care of you from now on."

Upon hearing this, a sarcasm flashed in Nan Zhi's eyes. "Take care of me? Shen Xingmian, I remember you said you'd take care of me before, but what happened in the end? You just coughed and coughed without saying a word..."

Midway through the conversation, Nanzhi suddenly couldn't help but cough. She covered her mouth and coughed violently.

Gu Ying was extremely worried, but she didn't know what to do.

Shen Xingmian strode forward, bent down, and gently patted her back. "How are you?"

"Cough cough... cough..."

After coughing for a while, Nanzhi clutched her chest, which ached from coughing.

Her face grew paler and paler. She glanced at Shen Xingmian, then reached out and slapped his arm away. "I don't need your fake kindness. We have nothing to do with each other anymore. You don't owe me anything. You can leave."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ying's face turned pale. He frowned and said, "Sister Xixi, we owe you so much, how can you say we don't owe you anything? I know you don't want us to worry, please don't send us away, okay?"

Looking at Gu Ying, Nan Zhi's heart softened, but she couldn't let them stay any longer. She didn't have long to live, and she didn't want Shen Xingmian to watch her die from the torment of her illness.