The voice was still familiar, but the words were sharper than ever, cutting into his already shattered heart, causing it to bleed profusely once more, leaving it bloodied and raw.
He remembered clearly that Qiao Mei had told him last year that they would hold an engagement ceremony in winter and then get married.
But now she's asking another man if he can marry her.
His right hand clenched involuntarily, his golden eyes filled with immense sorrow, and he had no idea how to go in and stop it.
Although the current Qiao Mei is not the Qiao Mei of the past, the body she is in is indeed the one he is familiar with...
inside the house.
Xu Heyu was surprised that Qiao Mei would suddenly ask such a question. After a moment of surprise, she pursed her lips and avoided looking at Qiao Mei's eager and longing red eyes. She replied in a hoarse voice, "Little Rose, it's too early to talk about this now."
"What do you mean 'early'? You're already twenty. I noticed all the looks directed at you in the banquet hall tonight. If we don't finalize things soon, I'm afraid someone else will snatch you away..."
Qiao Mei stepped forward, her stubbornness giving Xu Heyu a headache.
He didn't know how to tell her that he did like her, but not the one he liked now.
Torn between her thoughts, Qiao Mei took another step forward.
He instinctively continued to back away, unaware that her high heels had stepped on his skirt as she stepped forward. In the instant his body swayed, his head hit the corner of the table next to him.
Everything happened so suddenly that by the time Xu Heyu realized she needed to help her up, her head had already hit the corner of the table, blood was gushing from her forehead, and she instantly lost consciousness.
"Little Rose!!"
Xu Heyu's tense and panicked shouts reached Ao Cang's ears, instantly making him realize that something was wrong.
He pushed open the door and saw Qiao Mei lying unconscious on the ground with blood on her forehead.
Xu Heyu had already activated his smart bracelet and called for a doctor. He was about to pick her up when Ao Cang stopped him.
"Let her go!"
He entrusted Qiao Mei to him, and this is how he watches over her and protects her?!
Xu Heyu met Ao Cang's cold, sharp golden eyes and knew what he meant. She clenched her fist and took a step back, letting Ao Cang come up and pick up Qiao Mei.
After her accident, Shu Qingqing and Shang Duojin, despite their already strained relationship with her over the past year, still maintained their previous friendship and rushed from their respective homes to the interstellar hospital where Qiao Mei was staying that night.
Xu Hui, Xu Wenfeng, and Li Chonghua also arrived. A group of people waited outside, looking anxious and worried. Anyone who didn't know better would think that Qiao Mei had suffered some life-threatening injury.
In reality, she only had a large gash on her forehead.
After the doctor finished applying the medicine, he was about to say that Qiao Mei's family was making a fuss.
But when he found that she showed no signs of waking up, the speechless expression on his face instantly turned serious, and he examined Qiao Mei again.
The examination was quick, and the doctors found no cause for Qiao Mei's coma.
So he naturally assumed it was a problem with his medical skills and brought in even more skilled doctors to examine Qiao Mei one by one.
Li Chonghua, who was waiting outside, was a doctor himself. He noticed that several groups of doctors had gone in and out, and he quickly realized that something was wrong. After calming Xu Hui down, he went in to ask about the specific situation.
"Unable to wake up for unknown reasons?"
"Yes, but it doesn't pose any harm to her body at the moment. It's possible that she bumped into a nerve after hitting the corner of the table. She might wake up overnight."
Li Chonghua had encountered similar situations before when treating people. After glancing at Qiao Mei, he went out and told everyone the news.
"There are hotels nearby, let's all go and check in first, maybe Xiao Mei will wake up tomorrow."
It's already 11 p.m.
Continuing to hold out is indeed pointless.
But Ao Cang refused to leave, insisting on going in to keep him company.
As for Xu Heyu, although he had this thought, it was his responsibility that Qiao Mei had become like this. He didn't have the face to go in, so he just apologized to Xu Hui and the others again.
"I'm so sorry, it's my fault for not keeping a good eye on Little Rose!"
Xu Hui shook her head: "This is an unexpected accident that we couldn't have foreseen. Child, don't overthink it. Today was supposed to be your birthday, but with all this commotion, you couldn't even celebrate it properly. We are the ones who should apologize."
She was holding her newborn son in her arms. After comforting Xu Heyu, the baby suddenly burst into tears, and the sharp cry startled everyone.
Xu Hui could only return to the hotel with Li Chonghua first, guessing that her youngest son wanted to nurse.
Once everyone left, the once-crowded corridor outside immediately became empty.
Ao Cang pushed open the door and went in. He looked at the pale-faced girl lying on the hospital bed and reached out to tidy her messy hair.
When she closed her eyes and fell asleep without any expression, she looked a lot like the Qiao Mei he used to know.
But as soon as she opens her eyes, reality slaps her hard in the face and wakes her up.
"An'an, when will you finally come back...?"
Or is it that she will never come back?
He was actually nearing a breaking point with her current antics.
Tonight, she asked Xu Heyu if he could marry her, which crossed his biggest line.
He didn't like the soul she had now, so he came up with a good idea.
If he had kept giving her the drugs that would make her drowsy, she wouldn't be so disobedient now, constantly going to find Xu Heyu and engaging in all sorts of intimate acts with him.
He just looked at her face, held her body, and imagined that she was still the same Qiao Mei.
The premise is that the original Qiao Mei will never come back.
But is this really the right thing to do?
He was clearly attracted to her soul, not to her physical appearance or age...
The young man sat by Qiao Mei's hospital bed, his gaze fixed on her face, unable to sleep all night.
As dawn broke the next day, the morning light streamed through the window, and the quiet hospital was once again filled with the noise of people. The girl on the hospital bed still hadn't woken up.
The doctor came and examined her again, and the results were exactly the same as yesterday.
Just as he was thinking about whether to try other methods, the girl on the bed suddenly moved her fingers, as if she was about to wake up.
Ao Cang's mood was initially unaffected when he saw this scene.
Until he caught a faint scent of roses.
His golden eyes widened in shock, his breathing became rapid, and he pushed aside the bewildered doctor to stand beside Qiao Mei.
The girl's eyelashes trembled slightly, like the fluttering of butterfly wings.
The next moment, she opened her crimson eyes completely, her gaze meeting Ao Cang's burning golden eyes, and the confusion in her eyes gradually gave way to clarity.
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