Chapter 16 Shen Zhichu is almost dead
Shen Zhichu loved Li Jingshen very much and carefully kept him in her heart for sixteen years. No one knew this secret.
Shen Zhichu raised her head and burst into tears and laughter. She suddenly reached out to Li Jingshen, but before she could touch him, the man in front of her stepped back in disgust and avoided her hand.
Shen Zhichu grabbed at the empty air, raindrops fell on her hands, and the coldness invaded her heart.
At that moment, Shen Zhichu felt that they were so far away and out of reach. Even if she spent her whole life, she would not be able to catch Li Jingshen.
Like rain in your hands...
She looked up at Li Jingshen's cold face and choked with sobs as she spoke word by word: "Li Jingshen, it hurts so much..."
Li Jingshen just frowned. He didn't believe what Shen Zhichu said. In fact, after so many years together, Li Jingshen knew Shen Zhichu very well. He knew that she was afraid of pain and suffering, but kneeling for only half an hour would not kill her.
"Stop pretending, Chen Zhichu. You look like you're dying when I ask you to kneel for half an hour. Don't worry, your dad won't die. You can stand up now."
My body felt like it was being pricked by needles all over, and it hurt everywhere, but the most painful part was my heart, as if the flesh there had rotted and died.
Shen Zhichu was still smiling, but that smile was uglier than crying.
Li Jingshen didn't understand why Shen Zhichu laughed. It was inexplicable... He hated this laugh. Shen Zhichu's laugh made him upset.
"Crazy!" Li Jingshen cursed and reached out to grab Shen Zhichu's arm. Only then did he realize that her body was as cold as ice.
Shen Zhichu's laughter suddenly stopped, and her upper body swayed. Li Jingshen was unable to catch her and watched her fall to the side and fall into the puddle like a rag doll.
Shen Zhichu stopped laughing and didn't even move. His whole body collapsed on the ground, as silent as death...
She opened her mouth and streams of blood flowed out of her mouth, staining the puddle under her face red, a glaring red.
Li Jingshen's whole body stiffened, as if he was hit by a heavy hammer. His brain was dizzy and he felt a sense of unreality when looking at the scene in front of him.
In the end, his body was quicker than his brain. He threw down the umbrella in his hand and picked up Shen Zhichu. Shen Zhichu, who was covered in rain, was not much heavier than before. His face was so pale that the tiny blood vessels could be seen inside.
"Chen Zhichu!" Li Jingshen's eyes were bloodshot, and he himself did not even realize how trembling his voice was at this moment, and how much fear was contained in it.
He didn't dare to delay at all, and carried the defeated body into the car as if he was escaping for his life.
Zhao Qian was quick-witted and as soon as he saw something was wrong, he immediately came over and offered to be the driver.
Chen Zhichu leaned loosely in Li Jingshen's arms, his long seaweed-like hair covering his entire heart, his eyebrows drooping in pain and his eyes half-closed.
She looked deeply at the man who was holding her, her eyelids becoming heavier and heavier, but she didn't dare to close them. She was afraid that if she closed her eyes, she would never wake up again. She used the remaining willpower to look at Li Jingshen, wanting to engrave his last appearance in her heart and erase it bit by bit.
"Li... Li Jingshen... do you know... sixteen years ago, Shen Zhichu... liked you very much... for sixteen years... now she... doesn't have the energy to like you anymore..." Shen Zhichu said tremblingly with tears in her eyes.
It is said that breaking up a marriage will bring retribution. She didn't believe it before, but now it has come true.
But she didn't do anything unforgivable. She just liked someone too much and had liked him for sixteen years.
She was talking nonsense again. Shen Zhichu had told him more than once that they had known each other sixteen years ago, but sixteen years ago, he had never seen her!
Shen Zhichu's vision was blurred and she was gradually sinking into darkness. She couldn't see Li Jingshen's tangled expression at the moment.
His chest suddenly twitched and he spat out a large amount of blood, staining Li Jingshen's shirt red.
"Chen Zhichu, what happened to you?!" Li Jingshen reached out to wipe the blood off her face anxiously, but the more he wiped, the more blood appeared, and his hands were stained red but he couldn't wipe it off.
His forehead was covered in sweat and his eyes were bloodshot. For the first time, he felt that human life was so fragile. Shen Zhichu, lying in his arms, looked like he was about to die.
Shen Zhichu... Shen Zhichu...
Li Jingshen repeated these three words in his mind. He did not admit that he cared about her and was panicking. It was just because she had the same blood type as Xia Mingyue.
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When Li Jingshen rushed into the hospital covered in blood and holding Shen Zhichu, everyone was shocked. The doctor at the front desk called for help with the intercom, and a nurse immediately pushed the operating cart in.
"Send him to the emergency room!" The doctor looked at the dying Shen Zhichu and made a decision immediately.
Li Jingshen was stopped outside the operating room. After watching the door close, he felt his heart pounding, and the inexplicable fear almost burst his chest.
His hands were shaking a little. He wanted to push open the door in front of him but didn't dare. He was at a loss, panic-stricken, and timid like a child who walked out of the house for the first time, with fear of the unknown.
The air conditioner was on in the hospital, and it was very cool. Li Jingshen stared at the operating light in a daze. The blood on his shirt had been dried by the air conditioner, turning into dark red blood clots that smelled of rust.
The nurse beside him had never seen such a handsome man in real life. Seeing that he looked unwell, she walked over and said in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, the patient will be fine..."
Li Jingshen seemed not to hear. He lowered his head and spread out his hands to look at the blood clots on his hands. Then he rubbed his hands together and watched the fine blood ashes flew out of his palms in a daze.
When he moved, he noticed that not only was there blood on his hands, but his shirt, pants, arms... were all stained with Shen Zhichu's blood.
Why did she vomit so much blood?
Li Jingshen suddenly felt a little cold. He looked up at the ceiling and found that the air-conditioning vent was not far away. No wonder his "body" felt so "cold"
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In the operating room.
Shen Zhichu lay on the operating table, her stomach twitching constantly, and mouthfuls of blood came out of her mouth as if there was no end, soaking the bed sheets red.
It hurts so much... Chen Zhichu stammered and cried, her mind was confused and her body was in so much pain that she lost consciousness, making her unable to tell whether this was reality or an illusion.
Many images flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern. It was the shadow of Li Jingshen, the angry Li Jingshen, the Li Jingshen who hugged her, the Li Jingshen who called her name, the Li Jingshen who slapped her, the Li Jingshen who humiliated her...
One by one, they turned into bubbles, clogging up the mind, breaking into pieces bit by bit, and finally melting into a pool of water to form the final picture.
——That was Li Jingshen sixteen years ago.
Shen Zhichu could no longer clearly remember what Li Jingshen looked like sixteen years ago. She only vaguely remembered that the boy was a head taller than her, with a clean smile on his face and thin arms. When he carried her on his back, he had a strength that did not match his age, which made her feel safe.
That spring, seven-year-old Shen Zhichu was taken to the playground by Shen Xiuli and abandoned. It was Li Jingshen who "picked" her up and carried her back.
On the way, Li Jingshen bought her a string of candied haws, and said to her with a smile, "Little crybaby, please have a string of candied haws. They are very sweet. Don't cry after you finish eating them."
She tasted one and felt deceived. It was sweet on the outside and sour on the inside, making her teeth fall out. But this taste was the best she had ever tasted in her life and she still remembers it.
After returning home, she broke out in a rash and was diagnosed with hawthorn allergy.
She never touched it again after that.
She liked Li Jingshen just like the string of candied haws that she was allergic to.
Even though she knew she couldn't touch it, she still went to touch it without hesitation.
Life is like a play. Sixteen years have passed in the blink of an eye, turning the once gentle boy into such a cold and ruthless person, as if he has become a completely different person. He is no longer the one who would comfort her little crybaby with candied haws.
She spent four years betting that Li Jingshen would love her, betting that he would remember what happened sixteen years ago, but the end result was that she lost everything and was completely defeated.
Her young and ignorant infatuation was nothing but her wishful thinking.
"Not good, the blood oxygen saturation is low, the patient is in critical condition!"
"The patient has advanced gastric cancer. The family must sign a surgical agreement and a critical illness notice. Hurry and ask Dr. Qin to come and perform emergency surgery!"
"Beep—" The instrument made a cold and harsh sound...
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