Chapter 119 My brother's car accident is inescapably related to him.
Yan Yu was in complete confusion. He felt like he was in a dream, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. He was in a daze, and the world seemed distorted.
Having grown up as an orphan, she has worked hard to live a simple life, and now she has a younger sister to support. She has to work hard to earn money to support her family and to pay for her medical treatment.
But such a person... he could have had a better life, and had another unknown identity. Is that normal?
No matter how he thought about it, Yan Yu felt that this was very abnormal. He felt like he was in a dream. He thought that if he opened his eyes, he might wake up and see that he was still in City A, and that Shen Jin was still living in the eastern end, where the sunlight was just right and was falling in a beautiful, gentle way.
Nothing has changed, and nothing has happened.
He and Shen Jin wouldn't have ended up in this irreversible situation. Shen Jin wouldn't have suffered so much harm, so many wounds, and wouldn't have injured his head and still be recovering. He certainly wouldn't have left his hometown and come to such a faraway place...
He has a new... but one that people are unwilling to believe.
But now, no matter what he thinks, it's too late.
"If only time could turn back, and we could do it all over again..." Yan Yu propped his forehead up, took a deep breath, closed his tired eyes, and thought to himself, "How wonderful that would be..."
In that case, things might not have turned out this way between them. He would have tried his best to be the best he could have been then, and cherished him... so that he wouldn't have suffered any more grievances.
“But if I could do it all over again, I guess…” Yan Yu chuckled self-deprecatingly, his voice hoarse, his eyes fixed on the floor with a forlorn look, and said in a voice only he could hear, “I guess I still wouldn’t be able to do much better…”
After all, he had done so many hurtful things to Shen Jin back in City A. Even after he realized his own feelings and came to the capital, he still couldn't treat Shen Jin well, cherish him, or love him...
Instead, they rubbed salt into his wounds, hurting him blatantly time and time again.
Now that things have come to this, Yan Yu is at his wit's end and doesn't know what to do next.
"President Yan?" someone called out from the side, pulling Yan Yu back from his wandering thoughts.
Yan Yu felt a gentle pat on the shoulder. He lifted his heavy head, glanced to the side, and saw that it was Rong Lan. He handed him a takeout dinner and said, "You look terrible. You should eat something and get some rest. It's late now."
It was already evening, and the night sky was clear and bright, dotted with countless stars, creating a gentle and beautiful scene that starkly contrasted with Yan Yu's current state of mind.
"I'm fine, thank you." Yan Yu rubbed his face, took the dinner from Rong Lan's hands, glanced at the still-lit operating room, his heart skipped a beat again, and said in a deep voice, "I...I'll wait here."
Shen Jin still hadn't made it back from the brink of death and was still lying in that cold operating room, so Yan Yu didn't dare to leave. He wanted to stay outside and wait for the result, otherwise he wouldn't feel at ease.
This also reminded Yan Yu of the times Shen Jin had spent time in the hospital, when he was also in critical condition, lying in the operating room being resuscitated, and Yan Yu was unable to stay by his side, abandoning him...
What must Shen Jin have been feeling at that time...?
He must have been terrified lying in the operating room, on the brink of life and death...
“He was…” Rong Lan sighed softly, glanced at Yan Yu’s terrible expression, and hesitated. He originally wanted to ask about Shen Jin’s time in City A, but now he felt something was wrong.
"What?" Yan Yu heard his words, glanced at him, and on the surface he showed nothing, still looking dejected, but his heart skipped a beat.
He had too many worries and didn't want to hear Rong Lan ask any more questions. But he also knew that he had to get through this. Now that Shen Jin was their family, they couldn't just ignore him like this.
"How was he doing in City A?" Rong Lan sat down beside him, let out a soft sigh, and looked out at the night sky, a hint of melancholy in her eyes.
Yan Yu closed his eyes, remained silent for a while, and then said softly, "You all know about Xu Duo, right? He's always lived a very simple life... constantly on the go, and he also has a seriously ill younger sister..."
Yan Yu didn't say anything more. He was afraid that if he spoke out, his relationship with Shen Jin would drift further apart, and the Rong family's impression of him would become even worse, which was something Yan Yu didn't want to do.
Madam Rong and her father were originally waiting here, but Madam Rong was too weak. After experiencing great sorrow and joy, she lost control of her emotions and fainted. She is currently in another ward.
Rong's father wanted to see her over there, and he was also worried about her here. He would come over to check on her every now and then, his face full of sadness and his eyes full of loneliness, a complex mix of emotions.
It seems that he hadn't figured out how to face his son, who had disappeared for over ten years and whom he thought was no longer alive, now that he had reappeared.
Rong's father came out of Rong's mother's ward again and came to the front of Chen Jin's operating room. He sighed with a look of melancholy and said to Rong Lan beside him, "Are you tired? If you are, go and rest. I will take care of things here. I will let you know if anything happens."
After speaking, Rong's father glanced at Yan Yu beside him, his gaze complex and somewhat unfathomable. He had heard some things about Yan Yu and Shen Jin in City A, but not all of them, and he didn't know if they were true or not.
After all, how could he have known back then that Shen Jin would actually be involved with Rong Jin and would be his son? Even now, he feels somewhat dazed, as if it were all a dream.
He was simultaneously afraid it was all a dream, and that his son would be gone again when he woke up. At the same time, he hoped it was all a dream; if it were, he probably wouldn't have had so many problems, and he wouldn't be lying in the operating room like this now…
"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm fine," Rong Lan patted her father's back a few times to comfort him, and said gently, "Your eyes are bloodshot. Why don't you go and rest with Mom first? I... I'll be fine with President Yan here."
Rong's father remained silent, then glanced at Yan Yu, who was also silent beside him. The latter sensed his gaze but deliberately ignored it, avoiding eye contact.
In the past, Yan Yu would never have thought anything of it, but things are different now. Just thinking about how Shen Jin is related to this person, that he is his son...
Yan Yu couldn't help but feel nervous and guilty. The things he had done in the past seemed to be still vivid in his mind in the blink of an eye, making Yan Yu feel ashamed and afraid to face him.
Fortunately, Rong's father didn't understand many things, so he didn't say anything. He just glanced at him briefly, then looked away and said to Rong Lan, "Don't overwork yourself. I'm going to sit with your mother for a while. She hasn't woken up yet."
"Okay." Rong Lan nodded, watching his retreating figure until he was escorted away, then turned her gaze away and sighed softly.
"How did a car accident happen?" Rong Lan turned to look at Yan Yu beside her, her eyes very clear, and said, word by word, "When he was first brought to the hospital, he was soaking wet, and you are near the sea... How come?"
Rong Lan had always felt that something was going on. Although the driver had been detained by the police and had admitted his mistakes and taken notes, since Shen Jin was still unconscious in the hospital, the Rong family's attention was naturally not on the driver.
"We were at the beach before... and then..." Yan Yu couldn't finish the sentence, and when he closed his eyes, all he could see in his mind was the image of Shen Jin being chased and knocked away by him...
He couldn't bring himself to say it, nor did he dare to face it.
The two fell silent again, and Rong Lan, perhaps knowing he didn't want to say more, didn't ask any further questions.
Just then, a cell phone rang, breaking the silence between the two.
"I'll take this call." Rong Lan glanced down and, upon seeing Luo Zheng's call, stood up from her chair, walked to the empty window, and answered the phone.
Luo Zheng hadn't been in this city recently; she had gone out of town on business. Now, after hearing these shocking news from Rong Lan, she almost had to catch a flight back overnight.
"How is he now? Is he out of danger? What did the doctor say? Will there be any aftereffects? Will he recover?" Luo Zheng took a deep breath; the weather here was a bit cold, and her voice trembled slightly.
"Not yet. I'm outside the operating room right now, and the situation isn't looking good," Rong Lan rubbed her temples. "I know you're abroad right now, but don't worry, it's no use. I'll let you know if there's any news."
Luo Zheng took a deep breath. He was near the Arctic Circle, so the climate was naturally extremely cold. He tried to calm himself down and asked, "Where is Yan Yu?"
“He was there too,” Rong Lan said. “I think the two of them have a terrible relationship. It’s possible that Shen Jin… my brother’s car accident is related to him.”
Rong Lan felt a little unfamiliar with the title "Brother," and for a moment he couldn't bring himself to say it. After all, it had been more than ten years, and he had known Shen Jin for a while now, always calling him by his name. It felt a bit awkward to have to change it now.
Luo Zheng understood his meaning and paused slightly. Even though he knew Yan Yu could be like a psychopath at times, Rong Lan's words surprised him even more: "What do you mean by a car accident... that he can't escape responsibility?"
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