"Qingxun, it's not that mom wants to bring this up, but it's been so long, and you're not a child anymore. Your elder brother has already started a family, and I'm worried about you now. What are you thinking? Are you planning to discuss marriage, or do you want to continue waiting for Xixi?"

Mrs. Shi frowned worriedly, looking at her youngest son, feeling both distressed and helpless.

"wait."

Hearing this, Shi Qingxun put down the chopsticks in his hand and looked at Madam Shi. The gentle tone that came out of his thin lips seemed particularly tough.

"I came back today to tell you this." He paused for a moment and said, "I'm getting married."

"Get married?" Mrs. Shi was stunned when she heard it.

Just now you said you wanted to wait for Rong Xi, and now you are talking about getting married.

After hearing this, Shi Qingheng and Jian Shu were also stunned for a few seconds and looked at Shi Qingxun.

After Mrs. Shi regained consciousness, she vaguely understood what Shi Qingxun meant by "getting married". She opened her eyes wide in surprise and looked at him in disbelief: "You...you don't want to...get married to Rong Xi, do you? She...she hasn't woken up yet?"

"Wait a minute...are you trying to imitate Rong Zhan's wedding?" Madam Shi felt her head was buzzing.

The grand wedding of the Rong family without the groom present became the topic of after-dinner talk for many families. Even today, one can still occasionally hear those unpleasant discussions.

If their Shi family also held a wedding like this, the consequences can be imagined. They would become the target of public criticism.

"Son, listen to me. I know you like Xixi, and I like Xixi too, but...she hasn't woken up yet. Isn't it too hasty for you to hold the wedding? And...you haven't proposed to her, what if...Xixi doesn't want to marry you after she wakes up? What should we do?"

"If you want to wait for Xixi, mom won't stop you, but marriage is a big deal and can't be treated lightly. Rong Zhan made that exception as a last resort. Besides, Xixi is in a coma now and no one else knows about it. If you hold this wedding, won't it tell the world that both Rong brothers and sisters got married in a coma?"

"This not only concerns our family's reputation, but also the Rong family's reputation. Especially since Rong Xi is still a girl, things like marriage must be done in order: dating, proposal, engagement, and marriage."

"Xixi is in a coma now. Let's not talk about other things for now, but you should at least confess your feelings to her first and get her consent before you can get married, right?"

"Mom is right. You can't be too reckless about this matter." Shi Qingheng said calmly, agreeing with her point of view: "Have you discussed this matter with the Rong family?"

"I mentioned it to the old lady and Aunt Yun at noon."

"What's the attitude of the old lady and Hatsune?"

"I didn't say anything. Let me think it over carefully..." Shi Qingxun lowered his eyes, his voice low and light.

"So, even if I'm telling you in a tactful way, you have to think about this matter over a long period of time. No matter what, you still need to wait for Xixi to wake up before you can get married. You've always been steady and calm, but why are you so impatient about this?" Madam Shi sighed faintly, "I know Xixi has been in a coma for three years, and you must be sad and anxious, but... this kind of thing can't be rushed. Since you want to give Xixi happiness, then the wedding is such an important moment. For a girl, it only comes once in a lifetime. Are you going to let her miss it?"

After being comforted by Mrs. Shi, the inexplicable obsession that had been oppressing Shi Qingxun's heart seemed to be dissipating little by little.

Indeed, this is not the best time to get married.

The reason for this obsession is the regret, self-blame, and deep emotions accumulated over the past three years.

Shi Qingxun was silent for a long time. Seeing that he hadn't spoken, Madam Shi was worried about him. "Don't worry, Mom won't urge you anymore. Just keep waiting for Xixi. We all believe that Xixi will wake up. Didn't you say that she has liked you for many years? Then what are these three short years?"

Yes, compared with the years she had secretly loved him, these three years were nothing.

So, he was willing to wait and just wanted to keep waiting.

The people who had originally entered a dead end suddenly saw the blue sky after listening to Madam Shi's advice, and the dead end suddenly disappeared.

But after leaving the Shi family after dinner, Shi Qingxun still went to a high-end jewelry store on the way back and specially customized a unique diamond ring with sunflower as the element.

It took three months to make the ring, and Shi Qingxun also made full preparations for the wedding. As long as Rong Xi woke up, he would propose to her immediately.

At the end of autumn, the temperature in the imperial capital dropped sharply. Shi Qingxun was still the same as usual, traveling between the hospital, his home and his villa in the suburbs.

Among the new nurses who came to the hospital, several of them had a secret crush on him. Every day they either brought him drinks or midnight snacks and breakfast, but Shi Qingxun never accepted anything from any of them.

One of them who was a little bolder simply confessed to him. During those few seconds when Shi Qingxun was stunned, his mind suddenly flashed back to the scene where Rong Xi, with a slightly drunken and flushed face, confessed to him in a wronged manner.

No matter how many times I think about it, I find it cute, but at the same time, the self-blame and guilt in my heart deepen.

Seeing him suddenly smile, the nurse's heartbeat suddenly quickened. She felt that this matter was suddenly certain, and the uneasiness in her eyes turned into confidence.

Not to mention the entire department, even in the entire hospital, she is not inferior to anyone in terms of appearance.

"Um... Director Shi, if you are free tonight, let's have dinner together. A new movie was released yesterday and it seems to be quite good. We can go watch it together after dinner."

The nurse calmed herself down, a bright and confident smile spread across her face, and she suggested in a sweet voice.

Shi Qingxun was brought back to his senses by her words. The smile on his face faded, and his originally warm and gentle eyes gradually became calm. Although his voice was very calm, there was an inexplicable sense of strangeness and indifference.

"Thank you. I'll invite everyone in the department to have dinner together next time I'm free. As for watching a movie, there's no need." He nodded slightly to the nurse: "Thank you for your favor, but sorry, I have someone I like."

The nurse was stunned for a few seconds after being suddenly rejected. Her originally excited and happy mood instantly fell to the bottom. She stood there in a daze, watching the handsome figure in the white coat walking farther and farther away until he disappeared from her sight.

When he returned to the office, he happened to meet a doctor who worked in the same class as him. He walked over and bumped his arm with a smile: "Did An Nian confess to you? Did you agree? When can we single guys have a meal together?"

Shi Qingxun paused and looked at him with a frown: "How do you know that An Nian confessed to me?"

"Well, everyone in the department knows about it, and they're even making a bet between you and her, wondering whether An Nian can get you."

Shi Qingxun's face turned cold, and he shook the arm that was on his shoulder off: "Which side did you choose?"

"Hey, she can beat you if I bet on her." The doctor scratched his head embarrassedly, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did I bet correctly?"

"I'm sorry to disappoint you. She can't take me down. In this world, except for one person, no one else can be counted on." Shi Qingxun glanced at him coldly: "I'll say it again, if you make fun of me again in the department, I will deduct your bonus every time I find out."

"Hey, stop it. We are just joking here. We are under a lot of work pressure and we are just looking for something interesting to kill time." Seeing him going in, the doctor chased after him and said, "Just now I said that there is only one person who can take you down. Who is it? Tell me, is he from our hospital? Do I know him?"

But the answer he received was just a rejection.

Shi Qingxun leaned back in the chair tiredly and took out a box from the drawer. Inside the box lay a delicate royal blue fountain pen.

This was bought by Rongxi when she went shopping with her brother and sister-in-law in Yaerlan that year. When they were leaving Yaerlan, he saw the fallen pen under the chair where Rongxi was sitting.

There is also a letter engraved on it.

X.

He had always wanted to return it to her, but he never found the opportunity. In addition, during that time in Yaerlan, she had said harsh words to him and said they would never see each other again.

Later, after she fell into a coma, there was no chance to return the pen to her.

He has kept this pen for three whole years.

His drifting thoughts were interrupted by a rapid ring of the phone. Shi Qingxun's eyes shifted slightly and fell on the screen of the mobile phone on the desktop. He found that it was Yun Chuxian calling. His heart inexplicably skipped a beat and his breathing became rapid.

His hands were shaking as he picked up the phone, fearing that Yun Chuxian would tell him some bad news as soon as he picked up the phone.

But even though I was unsure, I still had to answer the call.

"Hello, Aunt Yun..."

"Qingxun, you...you come quickly..." Yun Chuxian's trembling crying voice came from the other end of the phone, and her tone was very urgent.

Shi Qingxun's heart tightened, and he immediately took off his white coat, picked up the car keys and rushed out of the office: "Aunt Yun, don't worry, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with Xixi? Tell me what happened to Xixi, I'm on my way now."

"Xixi...Xixi just woke up." Yun Chuxian sniffed and cried with joy: "You...you come and check her body to see if there is anything wrong."

Shi Qingxun's hurried pace suddenly stopped, his pupils trembled and shrank, his originally nervous heart suddenly calmed down, and his mind was blank, with only Yun Chuxian's words "Xixi is awake".

"Qing Xun, are you listening?" Yun Chuxian on the other end of the phone asked anxiously when he didn't hear any echo.

"I... am listening." Shi Qingxun replied very lightly, and asked in a daze, "Aunt Yun... you just said... Xixi... she woke up, is that true?"

(End of this chapter)