Chapter 88 From now on, I will protect you

"Don't cry, tears are bad for your eyes!" Tian Xin took a tissue and wiped his eyes.

Before I could say a word, tears began to flow.

"I... am useless..." Zhang Shuai's voice trembled as he cried and shook. Tears streamed out of his eyes and Tian Xin didn't have time to wipe them away for him.

"Stop talking..." She couldn't help crying, her hands were shaking as she reached out several times but couldn't touch him, feeling so uncomfortable that she couldn't control herself.

"I...I can't protect you..."

"You've done a great job. I'm fine, right? Nothing's wrong with me!"

"But I...will be a useless person from now on! I can no longer...protect...you!"

"Don't talk nonsense! You'll be fine!" Tian Xin choked up, "I... I'm waiting for you to get better... Wait until you get better. We still have a lot of things to do. Your dad... he's been arrested. He won't harass you anymore! Things will get better and better in the future."

"He's been arrested..." Zhang Shuai turned his head away and closed his eyes. "It's good that he's been arrested... I'll just pretend... I'll just pretend that I don't have... I don't have this father... I just need... just need you... I need... my mother... that's all!"

"Brother!" Tian Xin held Zhang Shuai's hand, her eyes red and her voice trembling, "You said you wanted to be my brother, and I recognized you! From now on, you should treat me as your only one..." She was so uncomfortable that she couldn't continue.

"The only...what?" Zhang Shuai turned his head, an imperceptible glimmer in his eyes.

"My only relative! Just treat me as your only relative, okay?" Tian Xin spoke with difficulty. Her heart felt like it was blocked by a stone, making it hard for her to breathe.

The only...relative?

"Boss... I... I miss my mom..." Zhang Shuai turned his head away in disappointment, staring blankly at the ceiling, as if talking to himself, or as if saying to Tian Xin: "In this life... I don't know... if I can... see her again... I've forgotten her... what she looks like... or what she looks like!"

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"Brother!" Tian Xin wiped the tears from Zhang Shuai's eyes and said softly, "Your mother...if, I mean, if she's doing well and doesn't want others to disturb her, do you still want to...want to go find her?"

"..." Zhang Shuai closed his eyes and said nothing. He bit his lips hard, trying not to cry out loud, and tightly grasped Tian Xin's hand.

"Don't be like this... I..." Tian Xin saw that he didn't say anything, but was trying to suppress his emotions. She panicked: "When you get better, I'll take you to find her."

She leaned down and rested her head on their clasped hands. "You have to take care of yourself. Listen to the doctor and take care of yourself! In the future, you have to start a family and build a career. Even without your mother, I will help you. Life will definitely get better! Do you hear me?"

Tian Xin paused, wiped her tears, and continued: "You always call me boss, then you... just listen to me!"

"Okay... I'll listen to everything you say... I'll listen... I'll listen to you!" Zhang Shuai stopped talking and slightly pulled his hands away.

Tian Xin let go of her hand, and he raised his fingers and paused in front of her eyes, but did not make the next move.

After a few seconds, he slowly withdrew his hand.

Then he turned his head and closed his eyes.

"Get some sleep!" he said.

"Okay!" Tian Xin covered him with a quilt, and after seeing that he was sound asleep, she sat on the edge of the bed and dozed off in a daze.

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“Drip, drip, drip… drip, drip…”

The ECG monitor suddenly beeped rapidly. Tian Xin was startled and opened her eyes to glance at Zhang Shuai.

Zhang Shuai closed his eyes and was very quiet, unusually quiet.

She glanced at the ECG monitor and her breathing suddenly became rapid. She frantically reached out to feel Zhang Shuai's breath and instantly opened her eyes wide in fear: "Zhang Shuai - Zhang Shuai -"

“No… No…” She stood up, held Zhang Shuai’s head and called softly: “Zhang Shuai, Zhang Shuai, brother, brother—wake up, don’t sleep, wake up, don’t sleep!”

"Doctor—doctor—" She screamed and stumbled out, bumping into a nurse who came running in after hearing the noise, and fell to the ground.

She supported herself on the ground and struggled to get up, but her legs were so weak that she couldn't get up: "Hurry, call a doctor, save him! Hurry--" She grabbed the nurse's hand and shouted in panic.

Doctors and nurses rushed over upon hearing the noise, and a group of people surrounded Zhang Shuai in a panic to try to rescue him.

"Quick, prepare for defibrillation..."

“Dong—dong—”

"The patient's heartbeat has recovered, and the heart rate is..."

"Miss Tian, ​​Miss Tian..." The nurse tried to help her up. Before she could help her up, her whole body went limp and she collapsed. She heard the nurse's voice getting weaker and weaker, and finally disappeared...

"Boss, I'm leaving. Take care of yourself from now on!" Zhang Shuai took Tian Xin's hand and put it in Lin Zhou's palm.

"Lin Zhou, the boss is now in your hands. You must protect her well and don't let her get hurt! If you dare to bully her, I will come back to find you!" Zhang Shuai's figure gradually blurred until it disappeared completely.

"Don't go, don't go--" Tian Xin screamed and opened her eyes.

"You're awake!" Lin Zhou was sitting beside the bed, holding her hand and looking at her with a worried look on his face.

"Why are you here? Where's Zhang Shuai?" Tian Xin hurriedly got up from the bed, not noticing that there was a needle in her hand.

"Don't move, you're still receiving an IV drip! Lie down quickly!" Lin Zhouyi grabbed her and pushed her onto the bed.

"Don't touch me..." Tian Xin shouted and pushed Lin Zhouyi. The needle in her hand fell out as she struggled, and the back of her hand immediately turned red.

Lin Zhou hurriedly took some paper and pressed it against her wound to stop the bleeding: "He's fine, he's fine, don't worry! Don't move!"

Hearing "He's fine", Tian Xin felt relieved and lay down on the bed.

"Don't be afraid!" Lin Zhou held her hand and said softly: "He's fine, don't worry. Have a good rest!"

"I'll go see him!" Tian Xin regained her composure, leaning on the bed with her hands and trying to get up: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it just now, don't take it to heart!"

"It's okay!"

"It's so late and I'm still bothering you! Go back and get some rest!"

"No, don't go over there yet! Zhang Shuai needs to rest now. You too, have a good sleep." Lin Zhou looked tired, and he forced himself to sit on the edge of the bed and put a pillow under her.

She took out her cell phone and checked the time. It was already 6 o'clock and it was almost dawn.

"Have you been sitting here all night?"

“…”

"Go back quickly, you still have to go to work? Go back and rest! I'm fine!"

"What happened last night? Aren't they out of danger?" Lin Zhou changed the subject.

He picked up the kettle and poured a cup of hot water, blew on it gently, and handed it to her: "Drink some water!"

"I don't know either. He was sleeping soundly and suddenly he stopped breathing!" Tian Xin took the water, took a sip, put it on the cabinet beside her, and sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know what to do?" Tian Xin murmured, turning her head to look at Lin Zhou in a daze.

"What to do?"

"Zhang Shuai wants to see his mother!" Tian Xin rubbed her brows and said with a worried look on her face, "But you saw what happened yesterday. I can't convince myself... Zhang Shuai is like this now, I really..."

"Then go find him! Bring him back!" Lin Hai came in from the doorway and handed her a bowl of hot porridge: "Drink it while it's hot! You didn't eat much yesterday, and you threw it all up again!"

"Why are you here too?" Tian Xin took the porridge and put it on the cabinet.

"How dare you ask? I just got home and hadn't even lain down when Lin Zhou called me over. You two are so funny! You can scare people to death!" Lin Hai sat on a stool by the window: "Drink it! I just bought it!"

"you……"

"Don't worry, there's no poison!"

"No, I mean you were here last night too?" Tian Xin quickly glanced at Lin Zhou.

"Ah! He takes care of you, and I worry about Zhang Shuai!" Lin Hai looked helpless.

"How is he?"

"What else can we do? He's still in the intensive care unit! You can't see him now! Wait until he wakes up!"