Nie Zhao had been in the restroom for too long, and Chen Rou was walking fast, so by then she had already gone upstairs.
In Li Xia's eyes, it all felt like a dream.
The entire VIP ward area, including the operating room and ICU, is separate, occupying an entire floor, and is entirely for the use of the Nie family.
The medical team worked right across from Chen Rou's ward, led by a middle-aged woman with silver hair who looked to be in her early fifties. As soon as Chen Rou came upstairs, they surrounded her and discussed the upcoming surgery entirely in English.
Li Xia could understand, of course, since she spoke fluent English. But throughout the whole process, she just held A Yuan's hand and stood aside listening silently. Afterwards, Chen Rou went inside to change clothes, and then she was about to start shaving and have the surgery.
At this moment, Nie Zhaoren was still in the restroom, waiting to hear the unfulfilled wish of his former fiancée.
The original owner remained silent for a long time, but still only said, "Ah Zhao, I'm scared!"
When A Yuan was born last time, Nie Zhao clearly heard Chen Rou say that she was afraid.
Now he knows that those words were spoken by the original Chen Rou.
He pressed further, "What are you afraid of?"
Driven by self-interest, he still spoke of profit: "Are you afraid of karmic creditors? Do you need to perform rituals to help them pass on? Do you need a water and land ceremony?"
The original owner said, "No, no, no, it is the path of life. The path of depravity is easier to walk, but the more you walk, the more depraved you become. The path of truth, the path of upward progress, is always difficult, just like climbing a mountain. If you want to see the mountains below, you need to climb hard."
Nie Zhao finally overcame his fear and opened his eyes wide. Sure enough, he saw her. It was his former fiancée.
Jeans, a cream-colored knit sweater, a youthful face—those were the clothes she wore the night she was tied up.
She was behind him, and also reflected in the mirror. After a moment's thought, Nie Zhao asked again, "So you wouldn't have... today..."
Today his daughter is about to be born. To put it absurdly, could she become his daughter?
Nie Zhao didn't want that to happen; he instinctively resisted it.
But that's not the case. The original Chen Rou said, "Ah Zhao, every soul is different."
She paused for a moment and then said, "Once, when A Yuan was born, I briefly thought that I wanted to come back."
Nie Zhao felt increasingly terrified, but he remained calm and rational. He said, "I have also compromised and treated marriage as a transaction, but you know, Arou, to bear the weight of the crown, one needs the corresponding ability and responsibility."
Chen Rou lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly: "Yes, A-Zhao, I'm sorry, A-Zhao!"
She also wanted the crown, but she couldn't bear its weight.
Nie Zhao's inescapable tribulation in this life was also because of her.
The original body was indeed not Chen Rou, or rather, every soul is unique.
When a baby is born, each person is unique.
The original owner also has a place to belong, which is Chen Rou in another time and space, who is still working as a special police officer.
In that timeline, after meeting with Special Police Officer Chen Rou, the richest man, Nie Zhao, returned home and peacefully passed away in his wheelchair. Chen Rou's mission was to freeze funds, investigate the entire case, and unravel the mystery to reconstruct the whole incident when the Nie brothers colluded with Western finance to try to destroy the entire Hong Kong trading system.
That should have been something the original owner did.
Her mission was to show the Nie brothers how wrong they were and bring them to justice.
Then she will retire and enjoy the retirement life that should have been enjoyed by Chen Rou.
But she never went, and remained lingering in this time and space.
When Chen Rou was kicked unconscious by A Yuan and her soul left her body, she temporarily took over the body. She briefly thought that everyone should return to their place, that she would still be herself, Chen Rou, and return to her own path.
However, when A Yuan's abdomen was cut open and she let out a loud wail, and when she saw Nie Zhao facing the empty wall, promising all the gods that he was willing to give anything as long as his wife was safe, the original owner suddenly realized and became clear-headed.
She and the Nie siblings, Nie Yao, and all of them had walked relatively easy paths, but those paths only led downhill.
But the path Chen Rou and Nie Zhao took was seemingly difficult, but it would eventually lead them to a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains – an upward journey.
At that moment, she made up her mind to go back to being Chen Rou, a special police officer, to walk a difficult path and create a brand new version of herself.
She was going to handle the biggest case in Asian financial history in that time and space, and she also wanted to tell Nie Jiayu and Nie Jiajun in person how hard their uncle had worked to maintain the Nie family's No. 1 position in Hong Kong.
And when they gloat over their victory over their evil uncle, thinking how powerful they are, she needs to tell them that Nie Zhao's weakness has always been only one thing: love.
He witnessed his niece and fiancée being tortured to death in the Philippines. He poured all his guilt, love, indulgence, and pampering into his brother. Love kept him in a subordinate position, but it was also love that enabled them to overcome him.
They need to know how wrong they were and they need to repent for the mistakes they made.
After calmly recounting everything, the original Chen Rou said, "Ah Zhao, I should go now. There's no need to see me off."
...
Nie Zhao thought his eyes were open, but then he suddenly opened them wide.
Sensing someone behind him, he grabbed her arm: "Arou?"
But no, behind him was Secretary An.
Secretary An was startled: "Boss, are you alright?"
Nie Zhao's forehead was covered in sweat, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead like raindrops.
Seeing that his eyes were wide open but lifeless, Secretary An reminded him, "Madam has arrived and is making preparations for the surgery."
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