Chapter 104 She's awake! The Fu family won't let you get away with this! Are you afraid?

The doctor hadn't expected his plan to backfire, and quickly tried to explain.

Xia Mian needs to be sent to the ICU for observation for 24 hours. Everyone can leave now and come to the hospital to visit or accompany her after 24 hours.

The ICU nurses will take care of Xia Mian, who is still unconscious.

Xia Mian's body only needs rest and she will be fine; her life is not in great danger.

Master Yang was most concerned about Xia Mian's health and voice. "Will she still be able to sing opera in the future? Will it affect her pronunciation?"

The doctor quickly explained, "Don't worry, Master, her throat is not injured, so once the wound heals, it won't affect her voice."

"That's good, that's good. He just needs to rest and recover... That's wonderful. It really puts my mind at ease." Master Yang is quite old after all, and he stayed up half the night as well.

Some couldn't hold on any longer and left.

After she left, Mr. and Mrs. Shen exchanged a few pleasantries and then departed.

After all, people their age can't stay up all night.

The reason they were able to stay in the hospital was entirely due to their lingering concern.

In the end, only Fu Yanshen and the Zhao family of three, including the twins, remained.

He couldn't sleep when he got home, so he sent them all home to rest.

Fu Yubai didn't force him, and knowing that he wanted to stay with Xia Mian, he left without saying anything and took the children away.

The man stayed outside the ICU, and the guard went back to the military apartment to get him a change of clothes.

He changed out of his blood-stained clothes in a lounge, and after a quick wash, he looked much more refreshed.

Just as dawn broke, the guards brought breakfast over.

Overnight, the handsome and tall man looked somewhat haggard and pale. After eating some breakfast, he checked the time again.

The patient was under 24-hour observation. She was wheeled out of the operating room at 11 p.m. last night, which means she won't be out of the ICU until 11 p.m. tonight.

He calculated the time and felt that he simply couldn't bear this separation from Xia Mian.

He seemed to have separation anxiety, pacing anxiously back and forth outside the ICU.

Zhao Baoqi arrived at eight o'clock in the morning. She had been frightened the day before and developed a high fever in the middle of the night. She was still feeling weak when she woke up in the morning.

But she still forced herself to come to the hospital. She didn't know why, but she just couldn't bear the thought of Xia Mian lying in the ICU while she was perfectly fine at home lying in bed.

Madam Fu was surprised to find early in the morning that Xia Mian was not at home, nor was Fu Yanshen.

She looked at the twins who appeared at the restaurant at the same time with suspicion. "Don't you two always come out for breakfast one after the other? Why are you all so close together today?"

Fu Yanhao forced a smile. "We made plans to play basketball with our classmates, so we can't be late."

Fu Yanchen nodded vigorously.

"Really? Where is Mianmian? I didn't see her last night, and she's still not here this morning?" Old Madam Fu said in confusion. "That's strange! She's not the type to sleep in late."

"She went to a neighboring city for study and exchange with Master Yang these past two days," Fu Yanhao said, revealing the excuse they had previously discussed with Master Yang.

"Honestly, Bi Lian took my granddaughter-in-law out without even saying hello to me? Humph! I'm not happy." Old Madam Fu said unhappily, "That's not right, Mianmian always tells me herself when something happens! Why didn't she come to tell me herself this time?"

Fu Yanhao and Fu Yanchen were surprised to find that their grandmother had a rather strong thinking ability.

Fu Yanhao lowered his head, trying to figure out how to cover this up. As he pondered, he heard Fu Yanchen stammer, "In a hurry, in a hurry, she left in a hurry... Mianmian told us to turn... turn, turn... to tell Grandma, Grandma... she, she left in a hurry..."

Fu Yanchen spoke incoherently, struggling to express himself, his face turning red from holding it in.

Seeing this, Old Madam Fu felt extremely distressed. "Oh dear, Yan Chen! Speak slowly, speak slowly..."

"So that's how it is! Really! It must have been Bibian who kept urging me that made Mianmian leave in such a hurry, without even having time to tell me."

Master Yang, who had just woken up and was practicing his singing in the courtyard, was speechless.

I've been given the scapegoat.

...

When Xia Mian woke up, she felt a burning pain in her neck, so intense that she almost cried.

It hurts so much!

Her throat felt dry, as if it were filled with sand. She tried to speak, but found that her neck was tightly wrapped, and any movement caused her severe pain and stiffness.

I can't even make a sound.

I was breathing through an oxygen mask through my nose, and the instruments around me were beeping intermittently.

She twitched her fingers and rolled her eyes, then heard the nurse's voice beside her, "Miss Xia, you're awake?"

"This is the ICU, you are still under observation."

"Don't worry, your life is not in danger. Chief Fu has been keeping watch outside!"

"He's so handsome and devoted! He stayed up all night watching over you and hasn't left yet!"

The nurse spoke with envy as she gently removed her oxygen mask, took a damp cotton swab, and wiped Xia Mian's chapped lips.

"You can't eat right now, so you're receiving intravenous nutrition."

"Miss Xia, you are so brave!" the nurse said admiringly. "We can't believe that a girl like you dared to face such a vicious criminal!"

She's a very talkative nurse, and you can tell she genuinely loves the medical profession.

Xia Mian lay on the hospital bed, her thoughts wandering uncontrollably, wondering how Fu Yanshen was doing.

What about those thugs?

How was it handled?

Does Grandma Fu know what happened to her? Will it frighten her?

Xia Mian was filled with mixed emotions. She thought she wouldn't be able to see Fu Yanshen until she was discharged from the ICU.

Just as she was about to close her eyes and rest again, she suddenly heard familiar footsteps. She opened her eyes again in surprise and saw a man wearing a sterile protective suit coming to her bedside.

His deep, dark eyes were filled with tenderness. He gently held her hand in his large, blue, sterile hand and pressed his masked cheek against Xia Mian's palm.

He wanted to speak, but suddenly became speechless, not knowing what to say.

Only endless self-loathing and endless regret accompanied him.

Xia Mian couldn't speak, she could only look at him silently. She had many questions she wanted to ask, but because of her physical condition, she couldn't say a single word.

She was exhausted and weak, and soon she closed her eyes again and fell asleep with the man by her side.

Fu Yanshen looked at her one last time, reluctant to let go, before releasing her hand and leaving the ICU.

He knew in his heart that he shouldn't disturb her recovery too much.

Reason told him that staying in the ICU would not help and would only prevent her from getting rest.

Emotionally, he wanted to stay by Xia Mian's side every minute and every second, never to be separated from her!

...

Song Tianxue had nightmares all night. When she woke up in the morning, she was in a daze for a while before dragging her listless body to wash up and go downstairs for breakfast.

Song Weiwei looked at her with schadenfreude, "Oh! You've finally decided to come downstairs?"

Song Tianxue wasn't in the mood to argue with her, so she silently lowered her head and ate her breakfast.

"Look at me, I became an arts troupe member, and you gave up a perfectly good future to go to university and also ran off to be an arts troupe member in the army. Are you crazy?" Song Weiwei wasn't about to let her off the hook. "Now look what's happened! You've ruined Xia Mian, Fu Yanshen won't let you get away with this!"