Yancheng First People's Hospital.
In the luxurious ward on the top floor, the only sound that could be heard in the empty room was the constant dripping sound of instruments.
Li Mu, lying on the sickbed, had tubes inserted all over his body and could only rely on a ventilator to maintain his life which was about to enter the countdown...
“Dad, Dad….”
In a daze, Li Mu seemed to hear his daughter calling him. He slowly opened his heavy eyelids and instinctively wanted to find the source of the voice.
When I opened my eyes, all I saw was glucose dripping into my body and an empty ceiling.
"Yeah, how could they miss me? They can't even hate me enough."
An inexplicable bitter smile appeared on Li Mu's face. He gradually stared at the ceiling in a trance, and fell into a long memory.
"Lin Wan, don't put on that face every day. It's you who insisted on getting married, not me. Do you understand?"
"You stinky girl! Stay away from me, don't touch me!"
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In her memory, Li Mu always had a ferocious face, while Lin Wan sat on the corner of the bed holding her daughter Ruoruo and sobbing.
Pictures and scenes from the past flashed through Li Mu's mind, leaving him with only painful memories.
As more and more images came to his mind, Li Mu's tears flowed like a spring, falling from the corners of his eyes. Strings of tears, like beads with broken strings, dripped uncontrollably.
Li Mu couldn't control himself and murmured in a hoarse voice: "Ruoruo... Xiaowan... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, wait for me, I'll be with you soon."
After saying this, he smiled with relief, raised his hand which had become unusually thin due to illness, as if it was just skin and bones, and used all his strength to take off the oxygen mask that was originally sustaining his life.
After taking off the oxygen mask, the feeling of lack of oxygen made him feel a strong sense of suffocation, chest tightness, difficulty breathing, and his consciousness gradually became hazy.
As the instrument began to drip, Li Mu felt his eyelids becoming heavier and heavier. He slowly closed his eyes and fell into darkness.
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"Li Mu...Li Mu..."
Hearing this voice, Li Mu came back to his senses from the feeling of suffocation, and thought to himself: "Great, I seem to hear Xiaowan calling me, is she blaming me for coming too late?"
Lin Wan looked at Li Mu, who was still lying on the bed without any response after she called him a few times. She pursed her lips, carefully reached out her hand and patted Li Mu's shoulder, and said softly:
"Li Mu, Li Mu..."
Hearing Lin Wan's voice again, Li Mu opened his eyes abruptly in disbelief, and looked at the woman in front of him, stunned.
Lin Wan's face was a little thin, and her small and delicate face had a hint of fatigue. Her thin body was wearing a slightly loose sky blue work suit, and old cloth shoes covered with dust on her feet. She looked at him with horror on her face.
His lips trembled unconsciously as he looked at Lin Wan in front of him and said, "Wan Wan..."
When Lin Wan saw that Li Mu had woken up, she subconsciously wanted to leave the room, but a sound of "Wan Wan" made Lin Wan stand there stiffly.
Li Mu quickly got up from the bed and put on his shoes.
With trembling fingers, he embraced the woman in front of him whom he had been thinking about day and night for many years. He buried his head in Lin Wan's neck, greedily inhaling the fragrance emanating from Lin Wan's body. It was the remaining soap scent after washing clothes, but Li Mu just felt particularly at ease.
The moment Li Mu hugged her, Lin Wan's whole body stiffened. Feeling the hot breath on her neck caused by Li Mu's breathing, Lin Wan suddenly pushed Li Mu away, turned around and ran away.
The defenseless Li Mu was pushed to the ground by Lin Wan. Li Mu felt a piercing pain as he fell to the ground.
Looking at Lin Wan's departing back, Li Mu ignored the pain and suddenly got up from the ground. Looking at the mottled marks on the wall, Li Mu looked at the calendar hanging on the wall tremblingly.
"April 20, 1993."
"What? April 20th? Isn't this the day when Wanwan and Ruoruo jumped into the river? No, I have to catch up with Wanwan."
Back then, Li Mu robbed Lin Wan of her only 20 yuan in order to play cards. That was the money Lin Wan had saved with great difficulty to compensate Ruoruo for her nutrition.
Not only did Li Mu lose all his money, he also vented his anger on Lin Wan when he got home. Completely heartbroken, Lin Wan made a last dinner for Li Mu and prepared to take Ruoruo back to her parents' home overnight. Unfortunately, they met a gangster on the way. In order to avoid being bullied, Lin Wan jumped off the bridge with Ruoruo in despair, ending her young life.
Li Mu rushed out of the house anxiously.
As night falls, the once bustling streets are now empty, lacking the liveliness they once should have, and only have passers-by hurrying by.
Li Mu couldn't help but shouted anxiously: "Wanwan... Wanwan..."
I thought to myself, "No way, is Wanwan in danger now?"
Li Mu ran towards the river with a nervous look on his face. He could vaguely see a few people arguing about something.
He walked forward quickly and saw Wang Tianlong, a famous gangster nearby. He stretched out his hand to touch Lin Wan's cheek, but was slapped away by Lin Wan. Wang Tianlong immediately became furious and picked up a wine bottle to smash it on Lin Wan's head.
Li Mu rushed forward, grabbed Wang Tianlong's hand that was about to hit him, and swung it hard. Wang Tianlong, who was already a little unstable due to being drunk, was thrown out by Li Mu due to inertia.
"Why am I so strong all of a sudden? Is it because I learned Muay Thai in my previous life that I became stronger in this life as well?"
Wang Tianlong fell to the ground, looked at Li Mu, and said in a dirty way: "Why are you such a loser? Your wife is so beautiful, but you don't cherish her yourself. Why don't you let me help you cherish her?"
Lin Wan was so ashamed and angry at what Wang Tianlong said that she didn't dare to look Li Mu in the eye.
Hearing what Wang Tianlong said, Li Mu walked up and punched Wang Tianlong in the face, making Wang Tianlong beg for mercy repeatedly.
Li Mu spat, looked at Wang Tianlong like this, and said gloomily: "Stay away from Wan Wan in the future, and don't let me see you harassing Wan Wan again, otherwise I will beat you every time I see you, understand?"
As he spoke, he raised his clenched fist towards Wang Tianlong.
Wang Tianlong was so scared that he stepped back repeatedly, shielding his face with his arms and said, "No, no, no, never again."
Li Mu looked at Wang Tianlong and sneered, then turned and walked towards Lin Wan.
"Wanwan, take Ruoruo and come home with me." Li Mu said softly, looking at his wife and daughter whom he had missed for a long time with burning eyes.
Lin Wan felt a little dazed when she saw that Li Mu not only helped him beat away the hooligans today, but also spoke to her so gently.
But when she thought of what Li Mu had done, her eyes turned cold instantly and her heart sank. She picked up Ruoruo without saying a word and walked towards the house.
Seeing Lin Wan like this, Li Mu felt even more guilty.
I swore to myself, "Since God has given me the chance to live my life again, I will never let the tragedy of my previous life happen again!"
"In this life, I must let them live a good life!"
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