"It stands, of course it stands!" Tang Li raised his voice. "I, Tang Li, keep my word! If Meng Zhiyao goes to our school, and anyone dares to bully him, I'll take them back and beat them up!"
"Okay, you said it!" Meng Wan's eyes were smiling, but her expression was indifferent.
"I said it!" Poor Tang Li fell step by step into the trap set by Meng Wan, but he was still unaware.
Meng Wan looked at Qian Yixuan, raised an eyebrow, and exuded confidence and arrogance, even a little smugness.
Qian Yixuan smiled and raised his hand to pat her head, but then, for some reason, he decided to give up.
Because the movement of raising her head was very small, Meng Wan did not see it.
Just as she was about to say something, Meng Wan's phone rang. She looked at Qian Yixuan and pointed at Tang Li. Qian Yixuan nodded, and only then did Meng Wan leave the living room.
In the corner, Meng Wan answered the phone.
"Grandpa, would you like some pastries?"
"Wanwan." Chen Xiong's voice was slightly heavy.
Meng Wan's smile vanished instantly, and her tone became serious.
"What happened?"
“Jiang Yu’s condition is not good. My suggestion is that it’s time to give up, but Yan Nian…” Chen Xiong said, sighing, his voice full of helplessness and weariness. “Anyway, you should come over as soon as possible. This time it’s been stabilized, but we don’t know how much longer it can last.”
"I'm coming over now." Meng Wan didn't dare to delay, so she hung up the phone and went back to the living room.
"What's wrong?" Qian Yixuan noticed that Meng Wan's expression was off.
"Yan Nian has something to attend to, and I need to go there right now. Could you please help with the two of them?"
Qian Yixuan was taken aback. "Don't rush, how are you going to get there?"
"I called Assistant Yao to come pick me up. He'll be here in ten minutes." After saying that, Meng Wan called Tang Li and Meng Zhiyao over.
"I have to leave early because I have something urgent to attend to, so you'll stay with Brother Yixuan today. I'll come back to pick you up when I'm done. Don't run around, be good and listen to me, okay?"
"Can't I go?" Tang Li stared straight at Meng Wan. Meng Zhiyao didn't say anything, but her actions were exactly the same as Tang Li's.
Meng Wan patted their heads and said, "Sorry."
After all, she had brought the two of them here. Although they were still young, Meng Wan did not treat them casually and sincerely apologized to them.
Meng Zhiyao was obedient and well-behaved. Although Tang Li was a little unhappy, he was still clear-headed about big and small matters and did not cause any more trouble.
"Go on, be careful on the road. Call me if there's anything I can help you with." He put his hands on the two children's shoulders.
"Thank you for your trouble." Meng Wan forced a smile, turned around, and left the small building.
Qian Yixuan smiled slightly bitterly. She was even more polite to him than she was to Chen Liu and He Tong, whom he had met later.
With a slight sigh, Qian Yixuan smiled again. He crouched down and met the eyes of the two men.
"Alright, your sister has something to take care of. What should the three of us do now?"
The three of them seemed rather listless, like elderly people living alone and children left behind by their parents. Meanwhile, Yao Qinglin, who happened to be running errands nearby, arrived quickly and successfully picked up Meng Wan.
"I was supposed to sign a contract today, but Xiao Yan got a call and hurriedly asked me to take him to the secluded house."
How does he look?
"He's relatively calm, and he's even letting me handle the follow-up arrangements for the contract. But Ms. Meng, you don't need to worry. When I received the call, he said things had stabilized." Yao Qinglin glanced at the rearview mirror, his expression still indifferent.
His guiding principles as an assistant were to handle matters strictly by the book, ask few questions, and not overstep boundaries.
Meng Wan responded absentmindedly, and the car fell silent. Yao Qinglin silently accelerated, arriving about ten minutes faster than usual.
Before Yao Qinglin could even get out of the car and open the door, Meng Wan had already gotten out herself, leaving behind a "thank you for your hard work" before heading towards the villa.
The butler opened the door, and before she could speak, Chen Xiong appeared out from behind her.
"Wanwan."
"Master! How is it?" Meng Wan nodded to the housekeeper and helped Chen Xiong walk towards the living room.
Chen Xiong sat down and sighed. "I rushed over after receiving the news. The resident doctor's routine check-up this afternoon was fine, but when the housekeeper went to fetch a basin of water to clean Jiang Yu up, she almost died."
"After the doctor stabilized the situation as I suggested, he contacted me immediately. I had the acupuncture needles reinserted, but I don't know how long this will last. Before, they could last a little longer, but now the effect is getting shorter and shorter. Wanwan, you know what this means."
Meng Wan pursed her lips, avoiding Chen Xiong's gaze.
Although Chen Xiong was reluctant, he had no choice but to continue speaking.
“Jiang Yu… she herself has no will to live. You know she can hear you talking, but two years have passed, and she still only wants to die. Even if I were Bian Que reincarnated, I would be powerless to help her.”
Chen Xiong patted Meng Wan's hand, his eyes filled with heartache. Jiang Yu was also a child he had watched grow up! She was a child entrusted to him by one of his few friends before their passing, and in his heart, he treated Jiang Yu as his own daughter.
When he told Yan Nian that he could consider giving up, how could he not feel heartbroken?
He had studied medicine for many years and saved countless lives, but he couldn't save his own friend, nor could he save his friend's only daughter.
What did he do in his past life to deserve this kind of treatment from heaven?
Chen Xiong, his eyes red-rimmed, patted Meng Wan's hand repeatedly. Meng Wan clenched her teeth, her taut jawline betraying that she was also trying her best to control her emotions.
She took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.
"Master, this is a situation that no one wants to see."
“Go check on Yan Nian. He’s in his room and hasn’t come out.” Chen Xiong released her hand, pointed upstairs, and his voice was slightly choked with emotion.
“Okay.” Meng Wan couldn’t bring herself to say things like ‘Don’t be sad, don’t blame yourself,’ because she knew those words wouldn’t offer any comfort.
She got up and walked step by step toward the room where Yan Nian was.
Chen Xiong watched her retreating figure. He couldn't believe how much the two little kids had grown up. While others were out playing with friends after school, the two children had shouldered the burdens of life, supporting each other and relying on their own abilities to get to where they were today.
Two years ago, Yan Nian was only 16 years old when a car accident took his father away without leaving a single word, and left his mother in a vegetative state, where she remains unconscious to this day. Overnight, he not only had to face the pain of losing his loved ones, but also had to grit his teeth and shoulder the entire Yan Corporation.
In the past two years, if it weren't for the belief that his mother would wake up sooner or later, and if Meng Wan hadn't been there to accompany him step by step...
God is so cruel. They were such well-behaved and sensible children...
Chen Xiong wiped his face, hating himself for the second time how incompetent he was.
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