"I can’t live without him..."
Su Xiaong hugged her mother tightly in distress, "Dad will be fine, he will be fine, I promise you, Mom, don’t scare yourself, sob sob..."
Yin Shixiu stood aside, still uncertain about the situation, but vaguely felt... a bad premonition.
He had already sent people to investigate who were the ones causing trouble at the flower shop, under whose orders, and for what reason.
The police had identified the suspects involved in the incident through surveillance and started their pursuit.
To the Su Family, it was like a disaster from the heavens.
Soon, the doctor ca out, his hands covered in blood and his head soaked in sweat, and told them.
Su Chengji not only had his thigh artery severed but also had an abdominal injury with so organ damage. The patient had already experienced shock twice, so they needed to be ntally prepared...
The doctor sighed and was about to turn back inside when Su’s mother stood up and approached him, "Let in."
"Madam Su, outsiders are not allowed in the operating room."
Bai Sixian gazed at him, "I won’t disturb you, let in. I am his life. He needs to hear my voice. Believe , Doctor, if he hears my voice, he won’t die."
Su Xiaong quickly covered her mouth, trying not to cry out loud...
But her heart was aching, scared, and helpless...
Yin Shixiu took her hand and pulled her into his embrace, softly comforting, "It’s okay, it’s okay, ng ng, it’s okay..."
"Sob sob... Shixiu... Will I be without a dad? Sob sob sob..."
Yin Shixiu felt a sharp pain in his heart at her cries.
"Please, please let in, okay?"
Su’s mother also couldn’t hold on and pleaded desperately with the doctor.
"Let her in."
Yin Shaohui, leaning on a cane, said to the doctor.
"Old sir—"
"Let her in."
The one who spoke was the approaching hospital director.
The surgeon, seeing the director himself co over and hearing his words, felt it was against the rules, but still allowed Bai Sixian to enter the operating room with them.
The director, with white hair and wearing a white coat, walked up to Yin Shaohui and the two elderly n embraced.
"Commander, it’s been so long. I thought I might never see you again in this lifeti."
Yin Shaohui sighed, "I truly wish I never have to see you again."
The director understood his implication and could only comfort him, "That Doctor Chen is the top in our hospital for surgical abilities, Commander, you can rest assured."
Yin Shaohui nodded.
The comfort in those words was too heavy, even the director himself felt unsure and lacked confidence.
"Shall we go sit in the waiting room for a while? It’s no use worrying here."
The director said, and Yin Shaohui turned to Yin Shixiu, "Then stay here with Xiao ng, and I’ll go with the director to the waiting room."
Yin Shixiu nodded, taking the opportunity to greet the director, calling him uncle.
The director patted Yin Shixiu on the shoulder, "In the blink of an eye, the little fourth has grown so much. Doctor Chen is skilled, a good result is expected. You, young daughter-in-law, be strong."
Su Xiaong nodded and thanked him.
The director and Yin Shaohui entered the waiting room, while Yin Shixiu held Su Xiaong on the bench outside, continuing to endure the agonizing wait.
Su Xiaong closed her eyes as if she could hear the ticking of ti, each second passing like a year.
In this long tornt, countless images of her father flooded Xiao ng’s mind.
His handso and honest figure was deep yet carefree.
His heart was so big that no matter how difficult things were, they seed trivial with just a wave of his hand to him.
The love and dedication he showed her, she could never repay in her lifeti.
She couldn’t hear the noisy hospital sounds, or the wailing from the neighboring corridor. The only thing she could hear was...
Her dad’s voice calling, "ng ng... Little ng girl... daughter... baby..."
And her dad’s ill-tid laughter, those words he said, those things he did...
She didn’t want these images to pass through her mind, as if her dad would really leave.
Her hand tightly gripped Yin Shixiu’s clothes, her face buried in his chest.
He was her rock-solid support, in her eyes, capable of anything...
But at this mont, she couldn’t say, "Shixiu, can you let dad live..."
She knew that in the face of life and death, everyone was powerless.
Yin Shixiu lowered his head, closed his eyes, and pressed his lips against her hair.
He had no faith, wasn’t a believer in any gods, he only believed in himself, but now, he wanted to rely on those elusive deities.
Would they listen to the request of a re mortal who never had devoutness...
Don’t let his beloved suffer so much.
Perhaps Doctor Chen was truly excellent at his craft, perhaps the gods heard their plea, or perhaps... Su Chengji heard Bai Sixian’s voice.
Over an hour later, when the sky outside was cloaked in darkness, and the city embraced night...
The operating room door opened once again. Dr. Chen removed his mask, his tired eyes behind glasses revealing a faint smile.
This faint smile, laden with exhaustion, to Su Xiaong and Yin Shixiu, was like the light at the end of darkness, bright and warm.
Daddy was back.
He lay on the hospital bed, being transported to the intensive care unit.
Su’s mother held his cold hand, not letting it go for a second.
Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaong stood outside the intensive care unit, looking through the glass at their parents inside.
She looked at Yin Shixiu, tears still hung on her lashes, but there was so much gratitude and relief in her eyes—thank goodness you are with .
Yin Shixiu pulled her into his arms, he couldn’t bear to see her upset, couldn’t bear for her to be hard by anyone or anything, couldn’t bear for her to feel helpless and despairing.
But equally grateful, in such a difficult ti, he stayed by her side.
Looking at the couple in the intensive care unit, they were enduring suffering and tornt, he sympathized and admired them.
He hoped that in his and Xiao ng’s future, in that long yet short life, no matter what happens, they can rely on each other and support each other like this...
Su Chengji was still in a critical period, Su’s mother insisted on staying by his side, not leaving at all.
Yin Shixiu bought dinner for Su’s mother and persuaded her to eat sothing.
Su’s mother thanked him and just said, "Put it aside, I’ll eat it later."
Yin Shixiu knew the food probably wouldn’t make it into Su’s mother’s stomach, but he really didn’t have much else to say to persuade her.
Old Lin Housekeeper booked two rooms at a hotel near the hospital, and after Su Chengji ca out of the operating room, he went to the hotel with Old Master Yin.
Yin Shixiu arranged for caregivers and nurses properly, then he and Xiao ng also returned to the hotel.
After arriving at the hotel, Yin Shixiu started a video call, Mrs. Yin was online, asking about Su Chengji’s current situation.
After Yin Shixiu explained everything truthfully, Zhou ngqin sighed with relief.
"Tell Xiao ng not to be too sad. Saving a life is the greatest fortune among misfortunes."
Xiao ng sat aside, nodding, "Mom, you’re still not asleep..."
"How can I sleep when we don’t even know if our in-law is dead or alive?"
Zhou ngqin sighed.
Su Xiaong sniffed her nose, apologizing, "Sorry to worry you, Mom."
"Alright, look at those swollen eyes from crying."
Zhou ngqin looked at the poor little girl with great sympathy.
Having been through it all, she has experienced various partings of life and death, she could sowhat imagine how Su Xiaong felt with her parents’ lives hanging by a thread.
"It’s okay, put a warm egg on it later, it’ll be fine tomorrow."
Zhou ngqin nodded, then said, "How about I ask Ah Su to bring the two little ones over?"
"No—"
"Let them co over."
Su Xiaong was about to refuse, but Yin Shixiu nodded.
Who knew the old madam had already asked Ah Su to bring Shuangshuang and Huang Huang over, fearing that even if both Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaong refused, they would still have the two children join the video call.
"Shuangshuang, Huang Huang, look quickly, who’s this..."
The old madam had Shuangshuang on her lap, and Ah Su sat with Huang Huang beside her.
Shuangshuang looked at the screen, her eyes lit up and she pointed at Xiao ng, saying, "Mommy!"
"Who else?"
"Daddy!"
"Good girl."
Beside them, Prince Huang had a sullen face, but he recognized them imdiately, just didn’t say anything.
He probably wanted so praise from grandma too.
But grandma only praised Shuangshuang, so he looked a bit gloomy.
"Hehe! Mommy... kiss kiss..."
With that, Shuangshuang pouted her little mouth towards the screen.
Grandma deed the electronic screen dirty, stopped Shuangshuang from kissing it, and said to her, "Mommy went to grandpa’s house."
"Guampa..."
The little one couldn’t pronounce "wai" properly, so kept repeating "guampa, guampa."
Shuangshuang was quite the chatterbox, seeing her parents made her even more excited, babbling a bunch of unintelligible words.
Su Xiaong could sowhat make out that...
Today she had a little cake at grandma’s house, brother finished his and tried to take hers.
For dinner, she ate a lot, and just now drank milk too, much more than her brother.
Brother kissed her a lot today, he likes her a lot...
Anyway, Prince Huang just kept a gloomy face, occasionally refuting weakly...
"Liar..."
But his words would often be drowned out by Shuangshuang’s loud voice.
Finally, Prince Huang just quietly leaned on Ah Su, silently watching the screen where his parents were.
Missing them dearly.
So...
"Mommy... crying..."
Prince Huang pointed at the screen, noticing the tear traces on Su Xiaong’s face.
Su Xiaong paused for a mont, then quickly wiped her face, smiling, "Mommy wasn’t crying..."
"Mommy... cry... cry..."
Prince Huang’s little face fell, as he spoke, he tugged at his hair, seemingly not understanding why mommy was crying...
Seeing her son asking, Su Xiaong felt her nose sour again, unable to hold her emotions, "Mommy... mommy almost lost daddy..."
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