Chapter 99 Chapter 99 "Sister is still the same as before."...
When Sister Zhao returned to the hospital, everything was normal in the ward. She filled a lunch box with food and fruit and handed it to Xiao An: "This is a little gift from me, please accept it."
Xiao An did not refuse. He thanked the doctor and left the hospital.
Sister Zhao turned on the TV, turned the volume down, and continued to watch the Spring Festival Gala. When the countdown ended, she looked sideways at the woman on the hospital bed and said, "Ms. Xu, Happy New Year."
Something flashed in the corner of Xu Nian's eyes. Sister Zhao thought it was something accidentally rubbed on her. When she took a closer look, she found that it was a tear.
The beginning of the new year did not bring any new changes. Xu Nian's health was getting worse and worse. Even though the hospital deliberately concealed it from Yao Yingxia, she still realized in despair that her mother was probably going to leave her.
Xu Nian's heart rate began to become persistently abnormal, and her blood pressure was alarmingly low. Every time she held her mother's hand, she was almost frostbitten by the freezing temperature, and no matter how much she tried to keep her warm, it was of no use.
Countless nights, Shen Xingchuan woke up to her suppressed crying, and when he touched the pillow, it was wet.
When people are at their most vulnerable, it seems that any comfort can be a temporary salvation. When she was held in a large and warm embrace, she finally burst into tears of grievance.
She has tried her best, so why can't she keep her mother?
This is an unsolvable problem, just like Shen Xingchuan's inner demon. Everyone who comes to this world has his own destiny to go through.
Having vented enough emotions at night, Yao Yingxia never cried in front of Xu Nian during the day. It seemed that as long as she cried, the nightmares she tried to avoid would come true immediately, and there would be no room for maneuver.
After the Lantern Festival, Yao Yingxia asked for a long vacation from school. One day, she received a call from a school teacher and learned that the results of the postgraduate entrance examination were out and she had entered the re-examination.
The day when I told my mother the news happened to be the beginning of spring. It was a sunny day and Xu Nian's various indicators were rarely back to normal. Even his fingers felt a little warm.
Infinite hope rose in her heart again, and she thought her mother could survive this.
Shen Xingchuan received a call from the hospital late at night. When he saw that the caller ID showed that it was the head of Xu Nian's medical team and the time was three o'clock in the morning, his chaotic consciousness almost immediately became clear.
There is a high probability that Xu Nian is no longer able to make it.
The moment this thought came to his mind, Shen Xingchuan glanced beside him. In the darkness, Yao Yingxia was curled up in a small ball, looking helpless and pitiful.
With her mother around, she can still be a child for a while, but without her mother, she will have to grow up completely.
Shen Xingchuan walked out of the bedroom, closed the door, and then answered the phone.
The voice on the other end was very heavy: “Mr. Shen, I’m sorry to bother you so late. Miss Xu’s condition has suddenly worsened, and multiple organs are failing. She is still being rescued, but it’s not very meaningful.”
He listened carefully, and in the end, he just asked: "Exhausting all methods, regardless of any cost, how long can you persist?"
The other party hesitated and said, "Two or three days, or three or five days, both are possible, but the patient will suffer a lot."
There is no way to save the situation.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Xingchuan sat on the sofa for a long time. His heavy mood and the darkness complemented each other. He finally decided to give the choice to Yao Yingxia.
After returning to the bedroom, Shen Xingchuan found that she had woken up and was sitting quietly on the bed, hugging her knees in a daze.
He has always been eloquent and silver-tongued, but now he seemed to be speechless and didn't know how to convey the bad news.
In the end, it was Yao Yingxia who broke the silence first: "I dreamed about my mother."
When she said this, her tone was still calm, but then her throat seemed to be blocked by something. She breathed rapidly and her eyes quickly turned red, as if they would burst if she even blinked her eyelashes.
But she was too stubborn to cry. She just kept her eyes wide open. It took a long time for her to continue speaking: "Mom said that she can't waste any more time here. The only way is to go to heaven as soon as possible to queue up and become my child."
After saying this, Yao Yingxia finally broke down and burst into tears.
He originally thought that there would never be a sadder moment than discovering that Yao Yingxia was deeply in love with someone else, but watching her grief-stricken, his heart actually hurt more than ever before.
Yao Yingxia was crying so hard that she didn't see the shooting star that flashed across the corner of his eyes.
At the final farewell moment, Yao Yingxia turned off the ventilator with her own hands. She kissed Xu Nian's forehead and cheeks and hugged her like she did when she was a child: "Mom, goodbye."
Please, please, please be my child.
Three minutes later, all the data on the monitor turned into a horizontal line.
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The funeral was simple yet grand, and most of those who came to mourn were Xu Nian's former colleagues and friends of Shen Xingchuan.
It was not surprising that Xiao An would appear in such an occasion. Shen Xingchuan certainly would not do anything extra. He just watched coldly as he acted like an older brother and bustled around.
At a moment that few people noticed, Shen Xingchuan even realized that he was in a good mood. Xiao An's eyes always fell on his wife inadvertently, tender and affectionate, ready to burst out.
He understood, but didn't care. In spring, when the weather is warm and everything revives, there will always be some people who go into estrus at inappropriate times. However, in the animal world, the competition for mates has always been cruel, and the strong always win.
Xiao An is too weak. Apart from Yao Yingxia's love, he has almost nothing.
After the funeral, Yao Yingxia's mood was more stable than he had imagined. She returned to Tinglan Mansion, packed up and sealed Xu Nian's belongings, and then flew to S City.
From then on, Yao Yingxia never returned to City A on any weekend or statutory holiday. Shen Xingchuan would come over occasionally, and she didn't refuse.
In any case, they are still a legal couple, and when to end this relationship and how to get out of it safely has become a new problem.
There were only a few courses left in the second semester of her senior year, but there were still some unavoidable lectures that she had to attend. Yao Yingxia entered the lecture hall at the appointed time, but since the entire college had to attend, there were only a few seats left.
Yao Yingxia chose a seat by the window in the back row, so the two female bodyguards who had been following her had to move to the front row temporarily.
Before the lecture started, the boy next to Yao Yingxia had been sleeping on the table. He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt that covered his entire head. He slept openly for half an hour before sitting up straight as if waking up from a dream.
Yao Yingxia didn't pay much attention to this boy at first until he handed her a note. Similar things had happened countless times in the four years of college. Yao Yingxia was so annoyed that she pretended not to see it.
Until she heard the boy chuckle and say, "Sister is still the same as before, she likes to keep people at a distance."
The familiar voice finally awakened a forgotten memory, but the young man Yu Guangzhong knew was completely different from the Shen Qingyuan she knew before.
Yao Yingxia turned around and looked at him in surprise.
After not seeing each other for three years, Shen Qingyuan seemed to have grown taller. When the two of them sat together to study in the past, the top of Yao Yingxia's head could reach his nose, but now it only reaches his chin.
Shen Qingyuan, who originally had a thin figure, has now become much stronger. In the time when she was not involved, the boy seemed to have grown into a man rapidly. Even though his tone was relaxed, his aura was somewhat intimidating.
What is even more disturbing is that Shen Qingyuan, whether before or after losing her memory, was far from being as at ease as she is now. It seems that time has never separated them, and she has always been his "good sister".
But Yao Yingxia could not forget the deep hatred in Shen Qingyuan's eyes on the day they parted three years ago.
Even though she hadn't committed any serious mistake, Yao Yingxia still felt a chill, but compared to the fear Shen Xingchuan brought her, it was nothing.
After the shock subsided, Yao Yingxia asked calmly, "What are you doing here?"
Shen Qingyuan propped up his chin and looked at her blatantly: "Come to see my sister to reminisce about the past."
If she still had some past memories with Shen Qingyuan before he lost his memory, now this person who kept calling her sister only made her feel distressed.
In particular, there were two bodyguards employed by Shen Xingchuan sitting in the third row from the left and the fifth row from the right. Even though the distance was not too close, they would occasionally look back to confirm that the people they were protecting were safe.
The gazes that might be cast at any time were really unsettling. Yao Yingxia was also very clear that they would report everything that happened around her to Shen Xingchuan in detail.
If they were discovered to be in private contact, Shen Qingyuan would not be the only one in trouble. Although she had not yet figured out how to handle her relationship with Shen Xingchuan, she did not want to involve more people.
Yao Yingxia took out her cell phone and prepared to send a message to Shen Qingyuan, urging him to leave as soon as possible and never contact her again.
But just after pressing two letters, I heard a voice from beside me say, "Sister, don't you know that your phone has been monitored by my uncle for a long time?"
It had been a long time since she heard this name. Yao Yingxia was stunned for two seconds before she realized what he had said.
She glanced at the phone screen in disbelief, and then her whole face turned pale.
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