Xia Xi and Su Jinru rushed to the hospital and ran into Chen Songbai, who looked haggard. His eyes were bloodshot, his hair was a mess, and his complexion was pale. He looked like he hadn't rested all night. He was standing outside the emergency room, talking on his phone.
As you get closer, you can guess who is on the other end of the phone.
"You don't need to bring food. She can't eat yet. Bring some daily necessities. They will be needed when she is transferred to the general ward. I don't want to eat. Don't worry about me. I have no appetite..."
As Chen Songbai was speaking, he saw two people walking towards him. He hurriedly said "hang up" to the person on the phone, put away his phone and put it in his pocket.
"Mom, sister, you are here."
Chen Songbai walked down the stairs and wanted to help Xia Xi carry her things, but she avoided him.
Xia Xi moved aside and walked in holding Su Jinru's arm.
More than half an hour later, Miao Cuixia also came over. She couldn't bear to see her son's depressed look, so she forced him to go out to eat. "Look at you, you're half dead, are you going to make it? You're not eating or drinking, are you going to become an immortal? They're here to take care of us, and there are a lot of doctors and nurses, so nothing will go wrong. I told you last night that it's useless for you to stay here! You just wouldn't listen to me."
Shortly after the mother and son left, the nurse came to inform Xia Xi that the ICU visiting time was approaching and the family members could go and make preparations first.
Su Jinru and Xia Xi followed the instructions, carried out the disinfection work step by step, put on protective clothing, masks, hats, and gloves, and followed other patients' families in.
There were curtains around Xia Xuan's bed. Su Jinru lifted a corner of the curtain and saw her daughter lying lifeless on the bed. Tears suddenly rolled down her face and her lips trembled behind the mask.
Before coming in, she told herself countless times not to cry in front of her daughter, so as not to affect her mood and be detrimental to her recovery, but she... really couldn't help it.
Xia Xi took a deep breath, turned her head away and wiped the corners of her eyes, her eyes were very red.
Xia Xuan, already thinner than most girls due to her heart disease, looked like a paper figure after undergoing a major open-heart surgery. She wore a Holter monitor, monitoring her heart rate 24/7. Her injured foot lay outside the blanket, bandaged in layers of gauze, the wound invisible.
She lay there quietly, as if she would break at the slightest touch.
Perhaps sensing something, Xia Xuan slowly opened her eyes and saw Xia Xi grinning foolishly: "Sister..."
Xia Xi stepped forward and gently took her sister's hand in her gloved hand: "How do you feel?"
"Much better, no pain at all."
"Silly girl, that's a pain pump. Once the effect of the medicine wears off, you'll feel the pain." Xia Xi felt so distressed that she wanted to scold her for getting herself into this state. However, seeing her frail appearance, she couldn't bring herself to say anything harsh. "Tell me, how did it happen?"
Xia Xuan looked at her, sniffed aggrievedly, and was speechless for a long time, with a dim look in her eyes.
"Did Chen Songbai's mother bully you?" Although Xia Xi asked, his tone was very certain.
Xia Xuan rolled her eyes, trying hard to hold back the tears welling up in her eyes: "Where's Song Bai?"
"His mother dragged him out to eat." Su Jinru squeezed over, her eyes filled with sadness and resentment. "Tell me, is it true what your sister said? That old woman tortured you at home and caused your heart disease to relapse."
Xia Xuan knew she couldn't hide it from them, and she didn't even think about hiding it. She pursed her lips and said in a hoarse voice, "His mother arrived yesterday afternoon to deliver some local specialties. I was going to take her out to a restaurant after Song Bai got off work, but she said the food outside wasn't clean and she wanted to eat at home, so I went to cook..."
She was preparing food in the kitchen when Miao Cuixia wandered in, eating some fruit. She craved shrimp, then fish. She couldn't cook much, and since her mother-in-law had made such a fuss, she didn't want to disappoint her, so she suggested ordering takeout. She promised Miao Cuixia she'd find a clean restaurant and have them deliver the food, and she'd cook a few more dishes.
Miao Cuixia began to find fault with her, saying that she was opportunistic and unfilial, and that she respected her on the surface but actually did not take her words to heart. She had even said that she didn't want to eat outside food, but she still made such a decision, obviously to deliberately piss her off.
Xia Xuan felt extremely wronged and explained to her that she didn't mean that. She really wasn't good at cooking fish and shrimp, and she was afraid that it wouldn't taste good, which would waste food and make her unhappy.
Miao Cuixia became even more excited, pointing at her nose and scolding her for being unvirtuous and unfit to be anyone's wife, saying that she couldn't even cook the basics. Did her son always cook for them when they lived together?
Xia Xuan said in a gentle voice that they took turns cooking and occasionally went out to eat.
Miao Cuixia didn't believe it and kept going off topic. She accused her of being unable to give birth to a child and being worse than a hen. She also had a heart disease and didn't know when she would die. Her words were filled with obscenities that were unbearable to hear.
Xia Xuan couldn't argue with her, and she was upset and felt uncomfortable in her heart. She leaned on the sink and didn't argue with her.
Miao Cuixia thought she was pretending, and when she saw she was speechless for a long time, she felt she had the upper hand and intensified her insults: "I asked someone to go to your hometown to inquire. Except for your second sister who is promising, the rest of your family are just scumbags! Your father was caught and ran the car, and was sent to prison, where he died suddenly. Your eldest sister is also a murderer and is still in prison. Your family must have murder genes! Oh, no, your rich second sister is not a good thing either. She got pregnant before marriage. She looks glamorous in front of outsiders, but in private, she is probably a slut who opens her legs and allows others to play with her. Otherwise, how could she get pregnant before finishing college? Tsk tsk tsk, look at that charming face..."
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