Unfortunately, his calls went unanswered, and the electrocardiogram monitor next to him slowly turned into a straight line, emitting a beeping sound.
Zong Jia panicked and shouted to the doctors beside him, "What are you all standing there for? Start the rescue!"
The doctors and nurses didn't move. Aunt Yu said through tears, "Young master, Madam has signed the papers to give up resuscitation..."
Zong Jia slammed his fist heavily on the table, drawing out a trickle of bright red blood.
Jiang Xiaoli asked the nurse for some tools and walked over to him.
As she bandaged his wounds, she said, "A-Yu, have you forgotten? She said that every day now feels like it's been stolen. It's already not easy for her to have made it this far. Let's let her go."
Zong Jia kept his head down and remained silent for a long time. Soon, Li Guizhi and the Jiang family and others learned of the news and rushed over.
Qiao Xing'er sighed and advised, "Ayu, please accept my condolences. She was such a strong-willed and beauty-loving person. This is really not what she wanted."
Grandma Jiang also said, "Ayu, your mother has used up all her strength to hold on until the end of your wedding with Xiaoli. Let's let her rest in peace as soon as possible."
After a long pause, Zong Jiayu slowly spoke, "Little Pear, I want to take her to see the sea again."
Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "Okay, didn't she recommend a lot of beaches we haven't been to yet? Shall we take her to see them one by one?"
"Okay, that's settled then."
The day after the wedding, Jiang Xiaoli and Zong Jia sent off their invited relatives and friends on a chartered plane back to China. They then embarked on a journey to see the sea, carrying Chi Haiyao's ashes with them.
Dudelmen, Saint Ives, Nice, Lampedusa, Faro...
The last stop, Santorini.
Zong Jia poured the last handful of ashes into the Aegean Sea. "Little Pear, this is where she came from. Don't you think it's beautiful?"
Jiang Xiaoli looked at the blue rooftops of varying heights in the distance and said, "Beautiful. Her taste is not bad."
Zong Jia chuckled lightly, "Yes, I've never met anyone who loves beauty more than her."
He stood up and wiped his hands. "Little Pear, her journey is over, and it's time for us to go home too."
Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "Okay, let's go home."
As they boarded the plane back to China, Zong Jia held his wife's hand and said, "Little Pear, I haven't been in a good mood for the past two weeks. I'm sorry."
Jiang Xiaoli raised her hand, "We are one, your business is my business. I hope we can accompany each other through every happy and sad moment in the future."
Zong Jia smiled and nodded in agreement, "Okay."
Their return trip was so sudden that they didn't tell anyone. When Li Guizhi returned home that evening, she was startled to find the lights on in the house.
She nervously clutched her bag and took two steps forward. Jiang Xiaoli rushed out and hugged her, "Mom, we're back!"
Li Guizhi pressed her chest and slowly sat down. She frowned and said, "Why didn't you give me a heads-up before you came back? I could have come back early to prepare."
"Mom, what's wrong?" Her face was deathly pale.
Jiang Xiaoli panicked. "Did I scare you just now?"
Li Guizhi waved her hand, "No, no, I just don't know what's wrong with me lately, I always have chest pains. I was thinking of going to the hospital for a check-up this weekend when I have a break from the cooking association training."
"Chest pain?" Jiang Xiaoli froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.
In her previous life, Li Guizhi died of a sudden heart attack. In recent years, every time she has been pestered to go to the hospital for a check-up, she has made the doctor do a more comprehensive examination of her heart.
But it's only the end of 1997 now, and my mother passed away in the early 2000s in my previous life, so there are still more than two years to go.
She couldn't help but wonder if her mother had already shown symptoms at this time in her previous life, but delayed treatment because she had to earn money to support her education.
The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became. "Mom, heart problems are no small matter. Let's go to the hospital to get it checked out right now."
Li Guizhi noticed her daughter's mood and said, "I'm feeling much better now. It's a bit late and many doctors have already left work. How about we go to the hospital tomorrow?"
Jiang Xiaoli swallowed hard. "Are you really feeling better? Don't lie to me."
Li Guizhi stood up. "I'm really much better now. It's just for a little while. It shouldn't be anything serious. Didn't we just have a physical exam in the summer? I'm perfectly healthy."
She still said, "Mom, you can't be careless about your health. I'll contact someone right now to make an appointment with the best doctor, and we'll give you a thorough check-up tomorrow to see what's wrong with you."
Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Li Guizhi simply nodded, "Okay, then you can make the appointment. I was originally planning to go this weekend."
Zong Jiayu said, "Little Pear, you and Mom eat first, I'll make the arrangements."
He quickly finished his call and came back, saying, "It's arranged. It's with the head of the cardiology department at Fuwai Hospital. We can go there directly tomorrow morning."
Li Guizhi smiled and nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you!"
As she served them food, she said, "I guess I'm just a little tired from coming back for training. It's nothing serious. The people I trained with are all young people in their twenties and thirties..."
"Mom!" Jiang Xiaoli exclaimed, "You're already experiencing chest pain, so we need to take it seriously. How could you be in pain if you were healthy? Just now, you were sitting there, and your face was pale from the pain!"
Li Guizhi pursed her lips. "Don't worry, we'll go see it tomorrow."
She emphasized, "Your attitude is wrong. No matter what you want to do, your health is the most important thing. If the training is too tiring, then don't go!"
Li Guizhi also lost her temper, "What's wrong with you, child? The doctor examined you and gave me a diagnosis?"
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