Chapter 738 An Ning: I accept the consequences of my actions.
When Shen Anning woke up, it was completely dark outside.
Raindrops were pattering against the windowpane.
The storm finally came.
When she opened her eyes, she saw a familiar hospital room. When she turned her head, she met Chu Yuke's concerned gaze.
"Finally awake." Chu Yuke sighed, feeling helpless and heartbroken. "You're still running around with pneumonia. Shen Anning, you really don't have any sense of being a mother!"
Shen Anning felt guilty and let Chu Yuke scold her.
Seeing her listless appearance, Chu Yuke couldn't bring herself to scold her anymore after a few words.
"Never mind, as long as you're safe."
"I didn't expect my condition to relapse. I felt much better this morning." Shen Anning paused and asked, "What time is it now?"
"Nine o'clock at night." Chu Yuke looked at her pale face and asked, "Are you hungry?"
"I'm not hungry." Shen Anning glanced at the IV drip hanging above her head, then looked at Chu Yuke. "I don't feel hungry while I'm on an IV. Have you been watching over me the whole time?"
"Otherwise what?" Chu Yuke sneered. "I haven't even had dinner yet!"
"Sorry to trouble you again, senior sister."
"Don't talk nonsense again!" Chu Yuke glared at her. "What do you want to eat? I'll order now."
Shen Anning really didn't have much of an appetite, but she also knew that she needed to eat something to recover faster when she was sick.
Her family and two sons are waiting for her to come home; she needs to recover as soon as possible.
As for Qi Yue and You Jingqiao's situation, she doesn't have any good solutions for the time being, but no matter what the final outcome is, she needs to be in good health to deal with it.
Especially in situations like this, she absolutely cannot afford to give up!
"I'll have some porridge," Shen Anning said. "Senior sister, order whatever you want to eat, I'll pay."
"No way!" Chu Yuke took out her phone: "If you want to treat me, you'll have to wait until you're better and take me to a Michelin-starred restaurant. Don't think you can just get rid of me with a takeout meal!"
Shen Anning was amused by her, "Okay, then I'll treat you to a big meal after I'm better."
"That's more like it!" Chu Yuke said, opening the app and placing an order...
...
After ordering her food, Chu Yuke put her phone back in her pocket and looked up to see Shen Anning staring blankly at the ceiling.
In just a few days, Shen Anning's face became thinner and thinner than before, making her eyes appear even larger.
His face was whiter than the hospital walls; it was truly heartbreaking to see.
Chu Yuke pursed her lips and sighed, "What are you thinking about?"
Shen Anning snapped out of her reverie, turned to meet Chu Yuke's concerned gaze, and smiled slightly, "It's nothing, just clearing my head."
“Anning, you say you treat me like your own sister, so you’re not allowed to pretend in front of me, your ‘sister’! I’ve seen you at your most vulnerable, so who are you trying to pretend to be strong with now!”
"I was just trying to figure out where to start with you," Shen Anning explained to Chu Yuke.
She was clearly heartbroken, but somehow she managed to smile. "It all happened so suddenly, I haven't fully processed it yet, I really don't know how to tell you?"
"Let's not talk about it for now." Chu Yuke patted her arm. "Anyway, I'm staying here tonight. Let's eat first, and when we're full and our minds are clearer, we can talk slowly."
"You're not going back?" Shen Anning frowned. "Don't you have a court hearing tomorrow morning? You should go back and get some rest. I'm fine here."
"Look at you, always trying to be tough!"
"I'm not trying to be brave, I'm just worried that you won't get enough rest tonight, which will affect your performance tomorrow!"
"Don't worry, the evidence in this divorce case involving a cheating scumbag is plentiful. I could win even with my eyes closed!" Chu Yuke said, then shook her head and sighed, "But to be honest, my plaintiff is a total love-struck fool. I'm really afraid she'll mess things up again at the crucial moment tomorrow!"
Shen Anning said self-deprecatingly, "It sounds like you're insulting me."
Chu Yuke: "...Don't be sensitive, nothing like that!"
Shen Anning smiled and said, "Most women have suffered because they are too soft-hearted, haven't they?"
Chu Yuke said smugly, "Except for me."
Shen Anning was taken aback, then smiled and said, "Yes, it was unexpected and admirable that you were able to make such a decisive break with Jiang Xun this time."
"That's right!" Chu Yuke clasped her hands together. "The master said, never underestimate a woman who has cultivated!"
Shen Anning looked at this rare moment of her childishness and smiled, "You're fine like this."
"Yes, I think it's fine too." Chu Yuke stood up. "Your IV drip is almost finished, I'll go call the nurse."
"good."
...
After dinner, the two quickly washed up and went to bed.
Chu Yuke's small bed was placed next to Shen Anning's hospital bed. The main lights in the ward were turned off, leaving only the night vision lamp on.
In the quiet ward, Shen Anning stared at the ceiling and said softly, "You Jingqiao is back, but she is no longer called You Jingqiao. Her name is Gong Xinyue. The Gong family claims that she is the twin sister of Miss Gong, saying that this will greatly increase the value of You Jingqiao's marriage."
Chu Yuke rolled her eyes: "Then she's really lucky! She survived a terrible ordeal and then suddenly became the young lady of the Gong family!"
"She was able to return to the Gong family because her biological father needed a kidney transplant, and she happened to meet the donation criteria. The price of becoming the second daughter of the Gong family was losing a kidney and her freedom to marry."
“For her, I think this is already very good. Think about how difficult it was for her in her stepfather’s house before. If it weren’t for your help, would she have been able to get into university? She’s like the snake in the story of the farmer and the snake!”
Shen Anning paused for a moment before continuing, "She used the things I had shared with her to make Qi Yue believe that she was the first love that Qi Yue had forgotten due to amnesia!"
"Is she crazy?!" Chu Yuke was so angry that she sat up straight in bed. "I'm going to find her right now, and I'll tear that plastic surgery face of hers to shreds!"
Shen Anning hurriedly said, "She is now Miss Gong Er, don't be impulsive."
"I'm not afraid of even the Heavenly King himself!"
Chu Yuke slipped on her shoes, stood up, and rolled up her sleeves: "You've been feeling guilty all these years because of her death. You paid for almost all the funeral expenses when her mother died! And now she's back to repay kindness with enmity and destroy your family! Damn it, Shen Anning, what kind of constitution do you have? First Lin Yun, and now You Jingqiao? You're not suited to be a philanthropist! I beg you, just turn evil! With just one word from you, your dad, your brother, your godfather, and your godmother, any one of them could easily take down ten You Jingqiaos!"
Shen Anning pursed her lips and remained silent.
Although Chu Yuke's words were hurtful, they were also true.
She is really not suited for doing good deeds, and it is indeed because she is too soft-hearted that she has been taken advantage of and framed time and time again.
Of course, she could ask her family for help, as Chu Yuke suggested, but if her family got involved, things would definitely escalate, and Qi Yue's illness...
Shen Anning closed her eyes, her heart filled with turmoil and pain, but she maintained a calm expression: "Senior sister, don't be impulsive. This is all my own doing, and I will accept whatever the outcome may be."
"You admit it? When have you ever not admitted it? You almost died from a miscarriage and severe bleeding five years ago! Now you have two sons and a uterus, and you still admit it! Shen Anning, you are such a terrible person!" Chu Yuke glared at her with exasperation.
"Don't be angry, lie down and calm down, go to sleep early. You have a lawsuit to fight tomorrow, so you can't be in a bad mood."
"You..." Chu Yuke was speechless for a long time before finally raising her hand to give Shen Anning a thumbs up: "When it comes to patience and insensitivity, you're the best!"
Shen Anning: "...I'll take that as a compliment."
Chu Yuke snorted coldly and sat back on the bed. "When Qi Yue comes, I'll definitely curse him to death when I see him!"
“He probably won’t come,” Shen Anning said calmly. “You Jingqiao knows a lot about what happened between me and Qi Yue. Before I even knew, she had already influenced Qi Yue’s judgment by claiming to be his first love. Now, in Qi Yue’s eyes, I am just a selfish woman who deceives him.”
"Qi Yue is really..." Chu Yuke wanted to curse, but suddenly remembered something and shut her mouth.
She scratched her head in frustration, a look of despair and pain on her face!
Knowing too much is really not a good thing!
Shen Anning didn't notice Chu Yuke's reaction. She closed her eyes wearily. "I've already asked my godmother to investigate You Jingqiao. Let's wait a little longer."
"Alright, right now your health is the most important thing. Focus on getting better first, and we'll talk about the rest later."
"Mmm," Shen Anning responded, and quickly fell asleep again.
Chu Yuke turned to look at her, and only after hearing her even breathing did she take out her phone, compose a message, and send it—
[She's asleep, not crying or making a fuss, but barely alive.]
...
Shen Anning is currently very weak, and with the addition of antibiotics, she is always drowsy.
Fu Siyan and Shen Qingshu had called each other, and Chu Yuke answered.
Upon learning that Shen Anning had already gone to sleep, the two did not think much of it, exchanged a few polite words with Chu Yuke, and then hung up the phone.
Shen Anning was determined to keep it a secret from her elders, and Chu Yuke had no choice but to cooperate fully.
...
The next morning, not long after the doctor finished his rounds, Qi Yue arrived.
Chu Yuke left early in the morning. She had a court hearing that morning and needed to go back to the law firm to change clothes and get some documents.
In the ward, Qi Yue slowly walked to the bedside.
He lowered his eyes, his dark gaze fixed on Shen Anning.
Shen Anning lay half-reclined on the bed, looking at him.
Both of them remained calm.
The atmosphere was oppressive.
After a long silence, Shen Anning sighed softly and spoke first: "Qi Yue, just say what you want to say."
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