Chapter 179 You...don't remember things from when you were a child?
"Xiao Xia!"
Seeing her best friend tumble down the stairs, Ji Ying rushed up without thinking and intercepted her halfway down.
However, at that moment a dark shadow flew towards her.
Before Ji Ying could see who it was, she shielded Xiao Xia. At that moment, Jiang Ran leaped over their heads.
The shadowy figure nimbly returned to the second floor, and Jiang Ran quickly gave chase.
"Xiaxia!"
Only then did Ji Ying have time to see clearly that a dagger was stuck in Xiao Xia's heart.
She hugged her, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.
Xiao Xia grasped her hand and opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out.
Ji Ying burst into tears immediately.
"Don't talk, slow your breathing, and just hang in there."
Xiao Xia glanced at her hair, and finally fainted from exhaustion.
The other party escaped, but Jiang Ran did not give chase. Instead, she turned back.
After examining Xiao Xia's injuries, she said gravely, "Don't touch the dagger. Get her to the hospital immediately."
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When Xiao's parents arrived, Xiao Xia had already been taken to the emergency room.
Ji Ying had just finished giving her statement. She stood in front of them and lowered her head.
"How could you... how could you separate from her?" Xiao's mother scolded.
Mr. Xiao patted her shoulder and said sadly, "Never mind, she couldn't have predicted this would happen. Don't blame her."
Ji Ying felt even more upset because of those words.
Although the attacker targeted Xiao Xia, she always felt that it was aimed at her.
"The suspect fled very quickly after committing the crime, and the route he chose was very purposeful, suggesting he had scouted the area beforehand. Almost no clues were left at the scene, and much more needs to be investigated," the police officer said.
Xiao's mother was unsteady on her feet, so Xiao's father helped her up.
“We believe you can find the real culprit,” Xiao’s father said.
After the police left, Liang Yizhi patted Ji Ying on the shoulder.
Seeing that she didn't move, he pulled her into his arms again.
Eight hours later, Xiao Chang was the first to emerge from the surgery.
His first words to Liang Yizhi were "thank you".
Liang Yizhi nodded.
If he hadn't urgently transferred a top cardiac surgeon from Beijing, Xiao Xia wouldn't be on the operating table today.
"How is the situation now?" Xiao's father asked.
Xiao Chang didn't have the courage to look his father in the eye. "Her heart was severely damaged, and she also injured her head when she fell down the stairs. Right now, we can only save her life for the time being."
"What do you mean by 'only being able to save one's life'?" Xiao's mother asked, trembling.
At this moment, Xiao Chang's colleagues from the cardiac surgery department came out.
"The patient experienced respiratory arrest and is currently in a vegetative state. Based on the current assessment, the chances of waking up are slim. However, there are still ways to try, but we cannot guarantee that they will be effective."
"What method?" Xiao Chang asked.
"A heart transplant may increase the chances of waking up."
Seeing Xiao Chang looking at him, his colleague lowered his voice and explained, "Your sister's heart is too badly damaged. Even without a transplant, her current heart can only last for six months at most. There are successful cases in Beijing of using patients' own cells to grow artificial organs and achieve 'zero rejection' transplantation. You can contact the lab to try while you are getting a match."
In any case, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Afterwards, Xiao Xia was sent to the intensive care unit.
Ji Ying really wanted to see her, but Xiao's parents wanted to see their own daughter even more.
So Ji Ying could only stand outside the window and quietly watch her best friend, whose body was covered in tubes.
Xiao Chang looked at the elderly couple inside, their bodies hunched over, and said calmly, "When she was little, her parents were too busy to take care of two children, so she was sent to the countryside to be raised by relatives as soon as she was born. She was only brought back when she was 12. I thought she would be estranged from her family, but she grew up to be a cheerful and sensible girl who never caused her parents much worry. It was me who always caused them worry."
Ji Ying turned to look at him.
Xiao Chang's eyes were very red.
"Why isn't it me lying inside?" he asked.
Ji Ying looked at the glass window again. "That's because she's tired and wants to rest, while you have many more important things to do."
Xiao Chang looked at him, speechless.
Ji Ying continued, "It's not easy to get a heart transplant, so let's get her matched as soon as possible, and then ask around to find out which laboratory in Beijing is doing cell culture. She still has some time before her heart failure, so maybe we can try to get some opportunities through cell culture technology for hearts."
This was the first time Xiao Chang had ever seen Ji Ying speak so logically.
"You think carefully about how to save him, and leave the task of finding the murderer to me."
Ji Ying stopped provoking him and calmly turned and left after finishing her story.
Liang Yizhi followed after him, still feeling uneasy.
Just as Ji Ying stepped into the elevator, Liang Jian called.
"Has your friend come out of the operating room yet?" Liang Jian asked.
Ji Ying was in a bad mood and only gave a faint reply.
“Then why don’t you come to see me?” he asked.
"Can you understand me?" Ji Ying asked back.
Liang Jian was stunned.
Ji Ying suppressed her emotions, "My best friend is in the intensive care unit. I'm very confused right now. Can I calm down before facing you?"
"Yes...yes, that's fine."
Liang Jian wanted to offer words of comfort, but he was shocked to find himself completely at a loss; he had no idea what words could possibly console her.
"Don't be too sad. We're engaged. If you're feeling down, you can come to me anytime."
"Take good care of yourself and recover from your injury."
After Ji Ying finished speaking, she hung up the phone.
Her frustration deepened, and instead of going downstairs, she went to the rooftop.
As the wind blew, tears began to stream from her eyes.
Liang Yizhi frowned and draped his coat over her shoulders.
Ji Ying, however, wanted to avoid him.
"What, you're disgusted?" Liang Yizhi asked.
Ji Ying shook her head and wiped her face.
"Xiaxia has always been kind to people, so the other party definitely wasn't after her. I might be a cursed star; no one who's with me ends up well. You should stay away from me too."
Liang Yizhi laughed, "You were downstairs at the time. If the other party's target was you, the dagger would definitely be stuck in your chest."
"Then he must have made a mistake. Xiaxia was still harmed by me."
Ji Ying's emotions finally erupted at the breaking point.
She cried.
"Because I'm considered an unlucky star, my parents didn't want me. I finally felt a little warmth in the Lin family, but then Grandpa Lin had an accident... I guess I'm destined not to have happiness."
Liang Yizhi pulled her into his arms and hugged her.
"Your parents' choices and the changes in the Lin family are not your fault. The fact that you can withstand so many hardships proves that you are stronger than so-called 'fate.' Don't let other people's words trap you. The road ahead is long, let's take it one step at a time, okay?"
Seeing that the person in his arms did not respond, Liang Yizhi said again, "Besides, how can you be so sure that your parents don't want you?"
Speaking of this, Ji Ying bit her lip hard.
“If they hadn’t used such extreme methods to drive me away, how could I not remember what they looked like, or even know my own name? I went to get my blood drawn to find them using DNA, but there has been no match so far. Doesn’t this just prove that they deliberately abandoned me and never intended to look for me?”
Liang Yizhi's heart tightened suddenly. "You...don't remember things from your childhood? And you also had your blood drawn at the 547 Hospital?"
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