He moved his lips, almost inaudibly, but Su Xiaong’s heart heard it; she heard him call out loudly, very loudly...
She nodded firmly, hugged his hand tightly, and lowered her head,
"I’m here. Uncle..."
Su Xiaong’s arrival was, for Yin Shixiu, like a dream he dreamt night after night, suddenly becoming reality. .......
The man, who felt himself almost no longer alive, was connected to cold dical devices for the first ti since birth, tasting the sweetness of dreams coming true.
It was as wonderful as that small piece of chocolate lting on the tongue.
All the complicated thoughts in his mind vanished, the determination to hide his feelings from her, the belief that she had already accepted his death.
The trust he had in Eric to not leak a single word...
All vanished.
Looking at the woman tightly holding his hand by the bedside, Yin Shixiu finally understood that all the scheming, all the plans, couldn’t stop his desire to see her.
She ca, and just this alone made him far stronger than he was now, by hundreds, thousands of tis.
"Uncle..."
Su Xiaong seldom called him that anymore.
"Uncle"...
Originally called by that na following Yin ng, she got used to using that na for a long ti.
But she didn’t know when she started calling his na so naturally.
Shixiu...
Sotis, she would affectionately call him Fourth Brother, just like the people at Yin Mansion would call him Fourth Young Master.
As they spent more ti together, calling him "Uncle" sounded a bit too pretentious.
Calling him by his na was closer for Yu Xiaong.
At this mont, she inexplicably wanted to call him "Uncle" repeatedly, "Uncle..."
She wished he could be just like when they first t, spiteful and scheming on the inside, but...physically strong and full of spirit.
Lowering her head, her lips pressed tightly against the skin of his hand, the cool knuckles starkly contrasting the sweltering sumr temperature.
She wanted to use her lips to warm this hand that just looking at made her heart break.
They looked at each other, the affection in their eyes seed to have settled over a thousand years, thick.
Though there was a shimr in both their eyes, there was also a hint of laughter.
You see, I knew you wouldn’t leave alone in the world, you see, I guessed you weren’t dead...
Su Xiaong really wanted to raise her chin arrogantly, sell him a cute act, and ask for his praise.
You ca...
Yin Shixiu’s heart repeated those three words over and over.
You ca, you ca, you ca...
Luckily, he endured; luckily, he held on...otherwise, he would never see this face he longed for day and night.
"Are you very uncomfortable? I’ll call the doctor over, okay?"
Yin Shixiu should have shaken his head; at such a mont, how could he let anyone interrupt?
But he...nodded.
Yin Shixiu was not feeling well at this mont; no matter how joyful, how emotionally touched, how blissful his spirit was, his sick body felt genuinely uncomfortable.
Su Xiaong reached out to wipe the corner of Yin Shixiu’s eye, then wiped her own face before pulling the bedside bell.
"Hello, Arthur has woken up, could you please co and take a look?"
"OK."
After speaking, Su Xiaong sat back in her original chair, holding Yin Shixiu’s hand again. She murmured, her voice thick with nasal tone and hoarseness after crying hard,
"Eric...told everything."
"..."
"He said your treatnt requires a long ti, also many cumberso and delicate steps, he said...you refused to choose the drugs developed by the Arican Academy of Sciences."
Yin Shixiu wasn’t shocked.
Although at first, he hoped Eric could keep it from Xiao ng.
But now, he felt no anger towards Eric for telling her everything.
He gently nodded, indicating Eric was indeed right.
Su Xiaong smiled at him,
"You did very well, really well."
"..."
"Thank you, Shixiu, thank you for choosing such a long and complex treatnt thod, thank you for willing to endure this painful price...thank you for not giving up on living a few more years..."
Su Xiaong sincerely said,
"Thank you... for prioritizing in all decisions."
"Shixiu...thank you."
Yin Shixiu’s hand moved with difficulty, finally touched her cheek; his fingers lightly felt the touch and warmth of her skin, finally making him feel the reality’s credibility.
"Don’t worry, no matter how long it takes, I will accompany you, no matter how painful the process, I will accompany you, no matter how bad the outco, I can withstand it with you, so..."
Su Xiaong lowered her head and heavily kissed his hand again,
"Don’t be afraid, okay? Don’t be afraid of anything, continue to hold on strong."
"...Alright."
Yin Shixiu nodded, his lips moved again, softly uttering a single-syllable word.
The door knocked, and Yin Shixiu’s attending physician walked in, accompanied by two other doctors and two nurses.
The cold and loneliness of this high-end ward suddenly beca much livelier.
Su Xiaong stood several steps away from the bed, watching as the doctors used complex and precise equipnt to examine Yin Shixiu.
With electronic-like scanning devices being alright, but when it ca to drawing blood tube after tube out,
Su Xiaong couldn’t help but start to doubt, where in this thin, emaciated body of her husband was there still blood...
Continuing like this would surely drain him dry, she thought.
The heart, really ached.
When a person’s life is bare and teetering on the edge of a cliff while one can do nothing but watch as a bystander, and when this person happens to be one’s most beloved...
The mind and body are tortured, though not dead, they are torn to pieces.
Yin Shixiu knew how painful Xiao ng felt inside?
He really wanted her to leave, not wanting her to witness these torturous inspection processes, but...almost without much thought.
Su Xiaong wouldn’t avoid nor leave this ward.
This woman, sotis had such a self-abusing behavior that made it impossible to act.
He could only look at her...look at her pained face while watching him...and then his own heart ached even more...
After the check, the attending physician and the two doctors chatted for a while, using full English dical terms, which Su Xiaong could only catch a few scattered English words.
Once they finished talking, the attending physician walked up to Su Xiaong,
"The first surgery is over, and it seems the situation is more stable than it was a few days ago. The patient’s body is too weak for the next surgery, which we’ll decide based on his condition."
"Thank you, doctor."
"Be sure not to let his emotions get too excited."
Su Xiaong nodded, "Rest assured."
"Alright, if there’s anything, Mrs. Yin, you can pull the bell, we’ll leave first."
"Okay, thank you."
After sending the attending doctor away, the ward returned to quiet.
Yin Shixiu lay on the bed, his eyes sparkling like stars, quietly looking at her...
Once he slightly cald down, Yin Shixiu’s mind filled with countless unresolved questions.
He wanted to ask, but his body was too weak...
Su Xiaong was so familiar with him; just by eting those calr eyes, she knew what her husband was thinking.
"The doctor said you shouldn’t get too agitated. Of course, seeing here, how could you not be agitated?"
She humorously joked, reaching out to touch his head,
"I should have told you these things later, but I’m really worried you’re unsettled, so..."
"Now I’m telling you, just listen calmly, okay?"
Yin Shixiu blinked his eyes.
Xiao ng calmly recounted to him all the speculations Shan Mingxu and she had about the night of the incident, then all the important events from the past two months.
She spoke, and Yin Shixiu listened, his heart filled with mixed emotions...
Making an effort to hold onto Xiao ng’s hand.
You...really suffered.
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