"Who’s taking care of him there?"
Su Xiaong asked, her voice already hoarse.
Chen Lan quickly said, "Don’t worry, Madam, there’s a caregiver."
Tears stread down Su Xiaong’s face uncontrollably as she rembered the tis when she was sick. He stayed by her side day and night, terrified that a cold might be too much for her...
But now look at him...
A caregiver...
"Madam, please don’t cry, you still have , haven’t I been taking care of him?"
"You rough old man, what use are you! If you hurt him, you wouldn’t even know it!"
Chen Lan was rendered speechless by her scolding.
"Later, send the hospital’s address..."
"Madam, you wouldn’t... you wouldn’t be coming, would you..."
"Tell Yin Shixiu, I want to divorce him!!"
After saying this, Su Xiaong hung up the phone, took a deep breath, flipped through the contacts, and finally called her grandfather.
"Grandpa, can you do a favor..."
"Girl, what’s going on, are you crying?"
"Grandpa, don’t worry about the rest for now; I need to go to the United Kingdom. Do you have a way to quickly get a UK visa? The sooner, the better..."
"Go to the UK? Did... sothing happen to Shixiu?"
Su Xiaong sniffed, "He got into a car accident, and no one’s taking care of him, just a rough old man and a bunch of white nurses, all tall and skinny and pale... sob..."
Bai Fengmao didn’t even know where to start questioning her after hearing this.
After thinking it over, he decided not to tease his granddaughter.
"Okay, okay, Grandpa will take care of it. I’ll get it done for you in a couple of days, alright? As for the Yin family—"
"I-I’ll tell them later when I’m calr. I’m afraid if I speak now, I’ll scare them..."
"Wow, Xiao ng, you’re so filial, aren’t you afraid of scaring your grandpa? Or is it that Grandpa is sturdier?"
Bai Fengmao was a bit jealous.
Su Xiaong quickly wiped her tears, "Grandpa, stop pretending; aren’t you sturdy... sob..."
Bai Fengmao was both crying and laughing, but seeing Su Xiaong could still joke around, at least he knew Yin Shixiu was not in life-threatening danger.
The little girl was just... heartbroken, at most?
"Alright, alright, girl, stop crying. Listening to you cry like this, Grandpa really feels less sturdy now."
"Ugh, Grandpa, be quick, if you need any docunts, let know..."
"Alright, alright, tell Grandpa, how did it happen? When?"
"A-A week ago, that bastard hid it from ... sob, sob, sob... I’m so angry! Grandpa, if he were to die abroad, I wouldn’t even know... sob, sob, sob..."
Bai Fengmao hadn’t expected Yin Shixiu to hide it from Su Xiaong for a week.
"Why did he hide it from you?"
"Sob... this just makes it worse... his assistant said he was worried about affecting my exam..."
"It’s that University of Bath entrance exam, that bastard... sob... Grandpa, once he’s better, I want a divorce! I definitely want a divorce!"
Bai Fengmao suddenly laughed.
Su Xiaong wiped her tears and snot, fuming, "What’s so funny! I’m serious! Seriously!!"
"Alright, alright, get a divorce. If you want a divorce, Grandpa will stand by your side, okay?"
"Ugh! Okay!"
Su Xiaong pouted and agreed emphatically.
After hanging up her grandfather’s call, Su Xiaong sat there, getting angrier and angrier, her nose flaring with each breath. Yet as angry as she was, her heart was more filled with worry.
"Mom..."
Shuangshuang murmured softly.
Su Xiaong looked at Shuangshuang and Huanghuang beside her, sighed, "Did Mommy scare you, my darlings? Alright, let’s eat, okay?"
"Eat..."
Su Xiaong washed her face, brought out the dishes, and fed Shuangshuang and Huanghuang. She couldn’t swallow a single grain of rice.
All she thought of was her husband.
When Chen Lan relayed Madam’s words to Yin Shixiu, he remained relatively calm.
"I told you, you should have told her the truth; see, now she knows anyway?"
"But Madam is impressive; how she sensed sothing was wrong when you refused to video call. She actually went online to check on you, wow... looks like you’re living cautiously too."
"You can leave now."
"Boss, you shouldn’t take it out on the innocent."
"Can’t even keep a secret, Chen Lan, you’re becoming more useless."
Chen Lan didn’t dare to continue joking. He couldn’t tell whether Yin Shixiu’s words were more of a joke or if there was hidden anger...
Silently, he walked out of the hospital room.
Yin Shixiu fumbled with his phone to call Su Xiaong, but...
Afterwards, he couldn’t reach her at all.
His wife was genuinely angry.
Over the following days, Yin Shixiu tried various ways to contact Su Xiaong—calls, texts, WeChat—all to no avail.
It seed Su Xiaong was determined to ignore him.
Unfortunately, now he couldn’t see anything, and he really had too much heart but not enough strength.
The next day, Yin Shaohui and Zhou ngqin called, also giving Yin Shixiu a good scolding.
A car accident is such a big matter; no matter what, he should have inford the family.
To be silent like this, all alone in the UK...
"At over thirty years old, with the elderly above and children below, what were you thinking?!"
What could Yin Shixiu do?
All he could do was obediently listen to his parents’ reproach.
To be honest, he doesn’t really think of himself as that pitiful.
The hospital here has the best dical equipnt and caregivers, and he has an assistant like Chen Lan who’s extrely competent.
Plus, his injuries aren’t fatal, nor are they disabling.
Although his eyes are inconvenient now, according to the doctor, his vision will gradually recover over ti.
But whenever Su Xiaong cries, his parents call, making it seem like he’s so pitiful...
"I know, this ti I was inconsiderate, there won’t be a next ti."
Yin Shixiu could only promise his parents like this.
"So... how has Xiaong been these past two days? She—"
"Ask her yourself, she doesn’t live with us. How would we know?"
Yin Shaohui said impatiently.
Yin Shixiu rubbed his head, realizing for the first ti how terrible it feels to be unwelco by your own parents.
After finishing the call with his parents, Yin Shixiu placed the phone on the bedside table.
In front of him was darkness, even he couldn’t adapt in a short ti...
If, if the glass shards were sharper, would he have... lost his eyes forever?
If he really lost his eyes...
He thought the scariest thing would be not being able to look at Su Xiaong closely again.
The third day...
Yin Shixiu still hadn’t been able to reach Su Xiaong.
Fortunately, his phone had a voice command feature, even with Chen Lan absent, he could perform simple tasks.
It seed to be noon, as the sunlight felt warr.
The door to the hospital room was pushed open.
Yin Shixiu turned his head at the sound and said, "Pour so water, I’m a bit thirsty."
Su Xiaong stood at the door, looking at the man with bandaged eyes and neck, feeling a surge of annoyance in her heart.
She took a deep breath, walked to the bedside, poured a cup of warm water from the cup on the bedside table, and handed it to him.
Yin Shixiu took it, drank two sips, and groped to place it back on the bedside table.
"Chen Lan, later you should send Madam an apology ssage, that girl is really mad this ti."
Su Xiaong felt a sting in her nose, turned her head away, kept silent, and continued to pack her luggage.
Yin Shixiu heard the noise and sensed sothing was wrong, asking, "Chen Lan, what are you doing?"
Su Xiaong remained silent.
Yin Shixiu turned his head, furrowing his brow slightly, a slightly surprised thought appearing in his mind, after a while...
Almost certain, but with a bit of hesitation, he softly called, "Xiaong..."
Su Xiaong, who was packing her luggage, stiffened slightly, feeling an unexplainable heartache.
"Su Xiaong, are you... here?"
Su Xiaong had no intention of responding.
In front of Yin Shixiu, Su Xiaong usually had little resolve, but...
This ti, she was surprisingly determined.
Just because of what Yin Shixiu did, Su Xiaong couldn’t calm down anyti soon, she couldn’t find an excuse to forgive him!
So, she wouldn’t respond!
Until her anger subsided, she wouldn’t say a word to him.
Su Xiaong hung her change of clothes in the closet next to her and put her toiletries in the bathroom.
"ng ng, I know it’s you, don’t stay silent..."
Su Xiaong roughly packed her things, again closed her suitcase, and put it aside.
"Girl, I didn’t an to hide it from you, I just feared... feared scaring you."
Su Xiaong kept a stern face, regardless of whether Yin Shixiu could see it or not, with a very serious and stiff expression.
"Coming here is useless, isn’t it? It only delays the exams."
With a loud bang, the door to the hospital room was slamd shut, and Su Xiaong left the room.
Yin Shixiu was stunned for a mont, realizing Su Xiaong was no longer in the room.
After slamming the door, Xiaong sat down on a chair in the corridor...
He had his reasons, he always had his reasons.
He asures everything he does, making the most suitable choices between pros and cons.
This is Yin Shixiu, rational to the point of making soone grind their teeth in anger.
For her own good...
Yes, he did it for her, fearing she’d worry, fearing she’d fall behind in her studies, fearing she’d not focus on her exams.
Her coming here was useless...
Yes, what help could she offer?
She’s not a doctor, can’t take a scalpel to save his life.
So Su Xiaong wanted to ask Yin Shixiu one question...
To him, is Su Xiaong just an insignificant presence?
Because she couldn’t help, there’s no need for her to know...
Because it was done for her good, she should feel grateful or even touched by his thoughtfulness...
Yin Shixiu, just go to hell!!
When Chen Lan went to the airport to pick up Su Xiaong, he took her to the hospital, then went to buy food.
When he ca up carrying the takeaway als, he saw Su Xiaong sitting on the chair, lost in thought.
"Madam, since you just got off the plane, do you want to rest first?"
Su Xiaong didn’t lift her head, just said, "I’m not tired."
"Then co in and eat, I bought so dishes at the restaurant, not sure if they’ll suit Madam’s taste."
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