Chapter 334 I Can't Lose You
Lin Xuesha stood there in shock, watching as Fu Shenyuan fell into the sea, his blood staining the area red.
With her hands and feet still bound, Jiang Ranxing could only cry helplessly as she tried to pull Fu Shenyuan out of the sea.
Immediately afterwards, Fu Hongkai ordered his dark-skinned subordinate to push Jiang Ranxing into the sea as well, and the seawater instantly submerged the two of them.
Everything became so quiet and eerily still; seawater seeped into my nostrils, and all the oxygen in my chest was squeezed out.
Fu Shenyuan's chest bled more and more, and he lost all movement, gradually sinking down with the waves.
Jiang Ranxing reached out his hand again, and in a daze, the outstretched hand seemed to overlap with his former childish hand.
Time flows through the boundless river of time; in an instant, the Milky Way reverses, the clock turns back, and all things and scenes rush past.
More than ten years ago.
Xiao Shenyuan was kicked out by his second uncle, Fu Hongkai, who disliked him, and was locked in a villa that looked magnificent but was actually cold and eerie.
Little Burning Star peeked out from the villa entrance, looking at Little Shen Yuan on the first floor steps.
"Brother, you look lonely. Let me keep you company. Will that make you happy?"
Little Shen Yuan didn't speak or respond, but in his young heart he knew he was very happy to see this little girl who was much younger than him.
Later, Xiao Shenyuan was able to sneak out of the villa. He would often go to the nearby wild seaside, sit alone on the rocks, and stare into the distance with an incredibly sad look in his eyes.
Little Ranxing noticed this and would always bring him lots of little trinkets to coax him. Sometimes it was cheap cream cakes bought with the money she saved from doing odd jobs, and sometimes it was handmade dolls made from scraps of fabric. One day, Little Ranxing took a bunch of white wildflowers picked from the roadside, tied them with vines to make the shape of the bouquet used by the male and female protagonists when they confessed their love on TV, and put on the only clean white dress without any holes that she had kept for a long time and couldn't bear to wear. She went to the beach to find Little Shenyuan.
"Brother Xiaochuan, this is for you. Don't be sad. I will shine on you forever, like the stars that shine over the mountains and rivers."
Little Star made a promise: "I will always be with you."
At this moment, the glacier in Xiao Shenyuan's heart shattered into pieces, and the sunlight finally dispelled the cold gloom.
Little Shen Yuan smiled at Little Ran Xing.
Xiao Shenyuan stopped facing everything negatively. He started to live well and eat well. Even when he was alone, he began to try his best to live each day to the fullest.
But when this good news reached Fu Hongkai's ears, he didn't want Xiao Shenyuan to get better, so he sent someone to put hallucinogens in Xiao Shenyuan's food. As a result, Xiao Shenyuan, who had finally recovered, was unable to distinguish between reality and illusion again because of the drugs, and he was pushed into that dark and terrifying dream again.
Xiao Shenyuan arrived at the seaside at night.
The weather that day was actually terrible, with dark clouds, lightning, and thunder, and a heavy downpour could happen at any moment.
Xiao Ranxing was worried about him, so she came over to tell him not to go out. However, she found that the villa gate was already open. She was worried that something might have happened to Xiao Shenyuan, so she quickly followed him out.
When they found Xiao Shenyuan, Xiao Ranxing was so scared he almost lost his soul.
At that moment, Xiao Shenyuan was walking blankly into the rising black water.
"Brother Xiaochuan! Don't go any further into the sea! It's dangerous there! Come back quickly!"
But Xiao Shenyuan couldn't listen to any of it. His brain was being controlled by hallucinogens, and he was experiencing many hallucinogenic and false scenarios.
"Brother Xiaochuan! Come back quickly!"
Little Shen Yuan seemed unable to hear anything and continued walking into the sea as always.
The sea mercilessly swept Xiao Shenyuan into the water, and Xiao Ranxing, seeing this, jumped into the sea without hesitation.
Little Star was a skilled swimmer, but the waves were too big tonight, especially since he had to rescue someone who was even bigger than himself. Little Star struggled in the water with difficulty, sank into the sea, and pulled Little Shen Yuan tightly from below the surface, dragging him upwards.
"I will definitely save you, Brother Xiaochuan, don't be afraid!"
All Xiao Ranxing could think about was how to save Xiao Shenyuan no matter what, because his life was far more important than hers.
In the final moment when two small, tender hands clasped, their lives became intertwined.
The waves swept in the truths and memories of the past. The two hands that were joined together had grown into adulthood. Beneath the cold seawater, two hearts that were still beating hotly were hidden.
Their body temperature was rapidly decreasing, their vital signs were leaving their bodies, and in their final moments, they opened their eyes and looked at each other.
Finally, they held each other's hands tightly, their lips curving into unreal smiles. In the end, they could only give up completely and let the seawater engulf and swallow them from the seabed.
Dream.
The vast white space was filled with fragments of dreams.
At six, she encountered a stray cat on the roadside waving its paws but dared not approach. At ten, she owned a new lace dress. At twelve, she met her mentor and was recognized as a girl with design talent. At eighteen, after becoming an adult, she still followed behind Fu Shenyuan, waiting for him to turn around. At twenty-one, she married the love of her life. At twenty-six, she was heartbroken and cried, followed by divorce and various disputes. At twenty-seven, her marriage came to a complete end, and a car accident almost took her life.
The dream that had been eluding me for so long seemed to have come to an end.
After encountering many bad people, she met many good people in the year she was almost twenty-eight. After forgetting everything, she started a new life. Even the unbroken love was reconnected. She was surrounded by many people and a lot of love. She slowly felt happiness, and that lost love reappeared...
"Burning Star! Wake up! Please wake up! Don't scare me anymore, please..."
"Xiaoxing, it's your brother. Wake up, the Jiang family needs you."
"Sister Ranxing, you can't sleep anymore, you have to wake up!"
"Ember, hang in there, we're all waiting for you."
After hearing these calls, Jiang Ranxing moved her fingers, and then the readings on the monitor accelerated. She slowly opened her eyes.
"He's awake! Ranxing is awake! Doctor! Quick, call a doctor!"
Jiang Ranxing opened her eyes and looked at the people in front of her. They were the people around her, all looking at her with concern.
But among these people, there was no one familiar who had left too many marks on her heart.
Doctors and nurses quickly surrounded her, forming a circle around her to examine her.
"Miss Jiang's condition is recovering well; let her continue to rest and be observed."
"Okay, thank you, doctor."
After seeing the doctor off, Jiang Yan sat down by her bedside, looking at her younger sister with undisguised heartache in her eyes.
"Xiaoxing, I'm sorry, I'm late. If I had noticed you sooner, this wouldn't have happened."
Jiang Ranxing shook his head: "This isn't your fault, brother. Don't blame yourself. But I want to know what happened after that day. Did you find me?"
Jiang Yan nodded: "Yes, our people found out that it was Fu Hongkai who sent people to do it. They finally located you and rescued you from the sea. I have already had those thugs apprehended. We are still interrogating them and will definitely find out who is behind them. I will never let you suffer their persecution again."
"Thank you, brother."
"We're family, no need for thanks."
"Then you don't need to apologize to me anymore. None of this is your fault, and you don't need to feel sorry for me."
"...Okay, I'll do whatever you say, bro."
Jiang Ranxing smiled, then she froze. A flood of memories, those memories buried deep in the shadows, instantly flooded her mind.
"Brother... have you found Fu Shenyuan? He... he was with me. He was stabbed. The knife was meant for me, but he blocked it for me. Where is he now? How is he?"
Jiang Yan did not answer her immediately, but instead looked away.
The evasiveness and avoidance were so obvious that even Jiang Ranxing could see it.
"Brother, tell me the truth, could it be that he... he's already..." The knife stuck in his heart was piercing through, the consequences of which were unimaginable. "How is he? Brother, please tell me."
"Xiaoxing, you need to rest. Don't worry about these things for now. Take good care of yourself."
"Brother! I beg you, brother, tell me, whatever the outcome, tell me that his injury was caused by me. I can't just ignore it. Brother, please tell me!"
Jiang Yan still refused to talk about it.
Jiang Ranxing was also getting anxious, so she decided to go and check on Fu Shenyuan's situation herself.
"Xiao Xing! Don't move, don't move anymore!" Seeing that Jiang Ranxing was about to go find someone even though she didn't care about her own body, Jiang Yan had no choice but to tell her the truth, "Fu Shenyuan is in the intensive care unit! You can't see him now!"
Intensive Care Unit!
Jiang Ranxing asked anxiously, "What exactly happened?"
Unable to keep it a secret any longer, he decided to tell everyone everything.
“When I rescued you, Fu Shenyuan had already lost too much blood. When he was taken to the hospital, they said there was nothing they could do to save him.”
All the expressions on Jiang Ranxing's face froze in an instant.
“I’ve brought in the world’s top medical team. They’re trying to see if they can save him, but the chances aren’t great.”
Jiang Ranxing stammered, "About what percentage?"
"There's less than a 10% chance."
Jiang Ranxing closed his eyes.
She never imagined Fu Shenyuan would die, but it really seemed like he was going to die, dying to save her.
What could possibly motivate Fu Shenyuan to go to such lengths?
There is only one answer—he loves her, truly loves her, and is willing to give his life for her.
Fate seemed to have played a joke on them, or perhaps it was a test designed for them.
Two people who should have been together had to go through so many hardships before they could finally meet their true love.
When she was young, she gave him a life; when she grew up, he gave her another chance to live.
All the trivial matters that stood between them were less important than two lives.
"Take me to see him, okay, brother?" Knowing that Jiang Yan might not agree, she said, "If he really doesn't have much time left, I hope he can see me in his last moments, so that we won't both have any regrets. Please, brother."
Jiang Ranxing's eyes were glistening with tears, and Jiang Yan really couldn't refuse such a request.
"Okay, I'll take you there."
Outside the intensive care unit.
Jiang Ranxing had also been lying there after a car accident, and Fu Shenyuan had been watching over her outside the intensive care unit.
Now, Fu Shenyuan is lying inside, and Jiang Ranxing is standing outside.
"Doctor, what's wrong with him?" Jiang Yan asked as he pushed Jiang Ranxing's wheelchair to the door of the intensive care unit.
The foreign doctor shook his head: "This is bad. If he still can't regain consciousness within three days, even if he's lucky enough to survive, he'll only be in a vegetative state, which is worse than death."
"Do everything you can to save them, thank you for your hard work."
The foreign doctor nodded and went back into the intensive care unit.
"Xiaoxing, don't blame yourself. This is not your fault. It was Fu Shenyuan's choice. He wouldn't want you to blame yourself."
Jiang Ranxing was exhausted and could not muster any strength while leaning against the wheelchair.
The person lying on the bed, covered in tubes, was he really that chosen one? Shouldn't he always be someone who looked down from the top? How could he be so pitiful, his face deathly pale, without a trace of blood? If it weren't for the fact that his chest was still vibrating, she would really doubt that the person lying there was even alive.
Why would I be so stupid?
Jiang Ranxing felt so heartbroken she wanted to cry, and at the same time, she felt even more distressed.
Since arriving outside the intensive care unit, Jiang Ranxing has refused to go back.
The three days the doctor gave them slipped away like quicksand, but Fu Shenyuan showed no sign of waking up.
On the third-to-last day, Fu Shenyuan remained motionless, unresponsive to any amount of medication administered.
Jiang Ranxing sat outside, watching his pale face on the screen.
On the second-to-last day, Fu Shenyuan was still the same. Even when medication was administered, he would have a strong rejection reaction. The doctor said this was not a good sign, as Fu Shenyuan's body was not accepting external medications.
Jiang Ranxing, as if sensing something, neither ate nor drank outside, and could only maintain his vital signs by receiving intravenous fluids.
Many people tried to persuade her, but no matter who tried, it was no use. She was so guilty that she couldn't eat anything, and her heart was filled with remorse.
Wen Qingrang stood at a distance watching Jiang Ranxing guard Fu Shenyuan. His eyes were full of loneliness. In the end, he could only turn around and walk further away, trying to save Jiang Ranxing some energy so that she could get through the next two days.
On the last day, Fu Shenyuan's condition worsened. Simply put, his heart, having suffered a severe blow, was beyond repair and was on its last legs.
Jiang Ranxing watched from outside, and as she listened to the death sentence, tears streamed down her face.
When will a miracle happen? Is there any chance for them to regain some happiness?
The doctor came out of the intensive care unit and looked at Jiang Ranxing.
“Miss Jiang, if you would like to go in and see Mr. Fu, you may go in now.”
Jiang Ranxing didn't react for a while.
"...Isn't this a place where people aren't allowed to go?"
The doctor said, "Yes, there's only one situation where that's possible, and that's when the patient is about to die."
Out of humanitarian considerations, they will allow relatives, friends, and patients to say their final goodbyes.
Jiang Ranxing remained silent, yet she could hear the sound of her heart shattering.
Is Fu Shenyuan really going to die...?
Jiang Ranxing walked into the intensive care unit. To make it look less distressing, many of the tubes on Fu Shenyuan's body had been removed, leaving only a ventilator and an IV drip on the back of his hand.
He seemed to be perfectly fine, just a minor illness, perhaps a small cold, and he would wake up the next day after a good night's sleep.
Jiang Ranxing could still recall the last time she visited Fu Shenyuan in the ward; he had also looked very weak at the time.
What was the reason he was hospitalized last time? Oh right, it was also because of a heart problem.
It turns out that fate had already laid the groundwork; his heart had been tormented for so many years, and in the end, it also ended tragically.
Sitting next to Fu Shenyuan, she reached out and touched his hand, which was wet with sweat.
It was frighteningly cold.
Trying to warm his hands with my own was futile, like candlelight sinking into a cold ocean, it could only warm a little, but not all of them.
“Fu Shenyuan, I… I remember now, I remember everything.”
Everything between them—the good, the bad, the painful, the sweet—came back to him.
"But you'll never wake up again, won't you?"
No one answered her, and Jiang Ranxing silently swallowed her bitterness.
“I never thought you would have such a day. Do you know what you’ve lost? Everything you just got your hands on, the Fu family’s supreme power and status—if you don’t wake up, you’ll have nothing left. You don’t want anything that your grandfather protected for you?”
Fu Shenyuan did not react to this at all, as if he did not care at all.
Jiang Ranxing closed his eyes, his forehead resting on his clasped hands, his heart filled with despair.
Footsteps sounded behind her and stopped behind Jiang Ranxing. A piece of clothing was draped over her shoulders.
"Burning Star, take care of yourself. No matter what, make yourself feel better."
Wen Qingrang's words are like a clear spring in the mountains, or a warm stove in the cold, making people feel comfortable.
Jiang Ranxing looked up, saw him, and smiled faintly: "Thank you. But I think I don't need it for now."
Wen Qingrang seemed to have already understood something in his heart.
"Burning Star, I'm willing to be with you, and I'm willing to wait for you."
Jiang Ranxing smiled and said nothing more.
"Then I'll go out first and wait for you outside. Call me anytime if you need anything."
Jiang Ranxing looked at Fu Shenyuan again. His breath was still weak, as if he might say goodbye to this world at any moment.
The intensive care unit was so quiet, so quiet you could almost hear the dust settling on the floor. Every second stretched out endlessly, until the very end of life.
Only the readings on the ventilator continued to fluctuate. Suddenly, the machine malfunctioned, and we were on the verge of disaster, on the verge of utter collapse.
"Fu Shenyuan! Shenyuan! No, don't go... Can you hear me? Don't go..."
After the value jumps to the peak, it plummets straight down, like a shooting star in the sky, leaving the universe without a second thought and falling to the ground.
Jiang Ranxing cried silently, tears streaming down her face, "Don't go... You'd be so stupid to die for me..."
Jiang Ranxing leaned down onto the bed, and then she felt the large hand in her hand move.
She tilted her head in disbelief.
A hoarse voice suddenly rang out, each word uttered clearly and slowly.
He said, "Without you, I would have died long ago."
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