Chapter 49 Ah Shu, just cry...
Shen Qingshu stopped looking at Fu Siyan and turned to walk forward unsteadily.
"Ah Shu!"
Qiao Xingjia caught up with her and helped her into the car.
Fu Siyan's eyelashes trembled, and he had just taken a step when Qin Yancheng couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to stop him.
"Siyan, forget it. The person she needs right now isn't you."
Upon hearing this, Fu Siyan's expression turned solemn.
Seeing his expression, Qin Yancheng felt a bit exasperated. "But you're really bad at talking. You just stand there trying to get attention. It's really annoying!"
Fu Siyan glanced at him, his face dark and terrifying, and remained silent.
Qin Yancheng sighed, finding the whole thing increasingly absurd.
"I'm not trying to be mean, but you even kept your secret marriage to Shen Qingshu a secret from me! Just thinking about what I said at the hotel last time makes me feel like I'm going to faint. No wonder Dr. Qiao looked at me like that back then, Fu Siyan, you've ruined me..."
Fu Siyan wasn't in the mood to listen to Qin Yancheng's complaints. He took out his phone and dialed a number: "Call a search and rescue team for me. Cost is not a problem..."
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During the three-day search and rescue operation, Shen Qingshu was either waiting by the river or at the police station.
Qiao Xingjia simply applied for annual leave at the hospital and stayed with Shen Qingshu every day.
On New Year's Eve, the officer in charge of the case told Shen Qingshu that the search and rescue operation had been suspended and that she should take heart.
Shen Qingshu didn't say anything. After leaving the police station, she said she was going to the supermarket.
Qiao Xingjia knew that she was in a bad mood. Ever since Jiang Yuelan's accident, she had been suppressing all her emotions.
This is far more unsettling than crying and making a scene.
But Qiao Xingjia was helpless.
Shen Qingshu closed herself off, becoming as calm as a puppet without any awareness.
When shopping at the supermarket, Shen Qingshu only picked out the foods that Jiang Yuelan liked to eat.
Qiao Xingjia watched from the side, her nose stinging with tears.
After shopping and returning home, Shen Qingshu went straight into the kitchen to get busy.
Qiao Xingjia was afraid that she might have an accident due to her mental confusion, so she stayed by her side and helped her with her work.
As night falls, lights come on in every home.
Shen Qingshu finally prepared a New Year's Eve dinner.
She set out three sets of bowls and chopsticks and invited Qiao Xingjia to sit down.
Qiao Xingjia sat down and looked at the table full of festive dishes, which looked and smelled delicious, but she had no appetite at all.
Shen Qingshu picked up a few pieces of fish and put them in the empty bowl next to her, and then ladled out a bowl of soup and placed it next to her.
Qiao Xingjia felt a sharp pain in her nose and couldn't stop the tears from flowing.
She said, "Ah Shu, don't be like this, cry it out. Auntie will be heartbroken if she sees you like this..."
"How can you cry during the Lunar New Year?"
Shen Qingshu looked up at Qiao Xingjia, a slight smile curving her pale lips, and said, "I'm fine, let's eat."
She placed a piece of lion's head meatball into Qiao Xingjia's bowl. "This lion's head meatball is your favorite. I made it especially for you so you won't say that I only know how to make what my mom likes to eat."
Qiao Xingjia looked at the lion's head meatballs in the bowl, and her tears flowed even more fiercely.
Shen Qingshu frowned and glared at her, "If you cry again, I'll kick you out, you believe me?"
As she spoke, she added some of Jiang Yuelan's favorite dishes to the bowl.
Qiao Xingjia watched her movements, biting her lip hard and daring not to make a sound, but the tears just wouldn't stop.
Shen Qingshu ignored her and continued eating by herself.
The New Year's Eve dinner was eaten in a very quiet and subdued manner.
Qiao Xingjia mixed her tears with rice; she ate more tears than rice.
Shen Qingshu ate quite a lot.
But while clearing away the dishes, she covered her mouth and rushed into the bathroom, where she vomited everything.
Qiao Xingjia was extremely anxious, but Shen Qingshu smiled faintly and said that she was sleepy.
It's only nine o'clock, and there are still several hours until New Year's Eve.
Qiao Xingjia helped Shen Qingshu to her room to lie down.
During these three days, Shen Qingshu hardly slept at all.
She didn't sleep, so Qiao Xingjia naturally didn't get much rest either.
Given Shen Qingshu's condition, she definitely had to stay by her side every step of the way. She called her parents to give a brief explanation, and they expressed their understanding and told her to take good care of Shen Qingshu.
Shen Qingshu fell asleep quickly after lying down on the bed.
Qiao Xingjia lay down beside her and unknowingly fell asleep as well.
She didn't know how long she had slept, but Shen Qingshu vaguely heard someone calling her.
She woke up with a start, covered in sweat and tears, her heart feeling empty.
Bang! Bang! Bang—
Outside the window, colorful fireworks burst forth in the night sky.
The New Year is here.
The room was dimly lit, and Shen Qingshu looked down at her side.
Qiao Xingjia was sleeping soundly.
She threw back the covers and got out of bed.
He opened the door and went outside.
It's New Year's, she has to go find her mother...
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The riverside was bustling with activity, mostly families and friends, who gathered in groups to celebrate the New Year together.
Amidst the laughter and chatter of the crowd, a woman in a beige dress wobbled towards the riverbank in her cotton slippers.
Many prayer lanterns float on the river, a New Year's Eve ritual for the locals in Beicheng.
Shen Qingshu gazed at the prayer lanterns on the river, her vision gradually blurring.
"mom……"
The moment she opened her mouth, the tears that had been suppressed for three days and three nights could no longer be controlled and burst forth from her eyes like a flood breaking through a dam.
"Mom! It's New Year's Day, why aren't you home yet... Mom!"
Behind her was a bustling crowd. Chen Qingshu leaned against the railing by the river, calling out to her mother again and again.
Her choked, heart-wrenching cries blended into the laughter and chatter behind her, and no one paid any attention.
No matter how much she called out, she would never get a response from her mother.
The intense pain of losing her loved one permeated her entire being.
She no longer has a mother.
From then on, she had no home anymore...
Someone behind me was shouting out their New Year's wishes:
May your whole family be safe and happy in the new year!
"Wishing myself a healthy and happy new year, with my parents, a loving marriage, healthy children, and a blissful family!"
Shen Qingshu turned around and looked at those smiling faces filled with sweet happiness, and felt a void in her heart.
Loneliness, like a demon, trapped her.
They all have families, that's wonderful.
She curled her lips into a chilling smile.
He slowly turned around, looked at the river, and a resolute look appeared in his eyes.
Amidst the lively announcements, Shen Qingshu climbed over the fence.
"Hey! Little girl, what are you doing..."
Someone in the crowd exclaimed.
Shen Qingshu ignored him, closed her eyes, and slowly opened her arms—
"Oh no! Someone's going to jump into the river—"
At the critical moment, a tall and slender figure rushed forward and grabbed Shen Qingshu's arm!
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