Chapter 37p2: The Young Miss in the Wheelchair 37
As the day of the surgery approached, Xi Hanran’s visits to the hospital became more frequent. She was so nervous that it was as if she were the one going under the knife.
She was naturally missing a meticulous bone in her body, and the places where she could be meticulous were not here at all. But the atmosphere was so obvious that even the most thick-skinned person should be a little concerned.
She endured and endured, but couldn’t hold back. “Why aren’t you nervous at all? You’re going into the operating room in three days. You…”
Xi Hanran didn’t know what else to say.
Xi Congshuang rested one hand on the table. “I’ve been on it too many times. I don’t feel anything anymore.”
“Don’t talk about the operating table as if it’s a podium, okay?” Xi Hanran learned from the caregiver and peeled an apple. The apple in her hand became smaller and smaller, until only the core was left.
Not only was it incredibly ugly, it was also ridiculously small. She was too embarrassed to give this thing to the patient and ate it herself.
When the nurse came in to check on her, she gave her a rather speechless look, thinking to herself that this person must have a grudge against Miss Xi. How could she eat fruit herself and let the patient watch on the side?
Xi Hanran was still crunching on the apple, listening to the nurse patiently ask Xi Congshuang questions.
On the day of the surgery, Xi Hanran was so nervous that her soul almost left her body, and she spoke without thinking.
She said to Xi Congshuang, “You, you, you, you have to be okay, or I’ll send your cat to a cat cafe to work for the rest of its life, and I won’t let anyone redeem it!”
Everyone present: “!”
What a terrible threat!
Xi Congshuang glanced at her. Just as Xi Hanran thought her threat had worked, she heard her ask, “Executive Xi, how old are you?”
“Pfft…”
Someone snickered.
Xi Hanran’s face was serious. “Your moral blackmail is useless. You have to be okay, or I’ll really send the cat to a cat cafe.”
Xi Congshuang closed her eyes and lay on the transfer bed, unable to look.
Xi Hanran chased after her for a few steps. “Even if you come back and give me a football team of hang gliding coaches, it’s fine. My salary can afford it now!”
Behind her, Ni An rushed over to pull Xi Hanran. “Boss, don’t worry. I will definitely stop Executive Xi’s terrible act of sending Nao Nao to a cat cafe to work for the rest of its life!”
Little Liu, who had belatedly understood what was happening, expressed her strong condemnation. “How can you be so cruel as to make things difficult for a little kitten? It’s only a little over a year old!”
“…”
Xi Congshuang closed her eyes tightly, not wanting to see this group of embarrassing people.
The transfer gurney was pushed all the way to the operating room. The few people who had been arguing incessantly stopped and became quiet, beginning the silent wait.
Not long after, Chairman Xi arrived late. She had been stuck in traffic on the way and had not been able to personally send her in.
A few minutes later, she also sat down and waited quietly.
On the other side of the time difference and the ocean, a gaunt woman was sent into the operating room, and her family was forced to stop.
Flora couldn’t sit still at all. Even though the doctor had repeatedly assured her, she was still very worried about the person inside.
Her chaotic thoughts paused for a moment. Flora slowly turned her gaze to the other side, where a person was sitting, her head bowed in silence.
She was staying in M country for university. This was not difficult for the Wen family to arrange. And Wen Lingwang, who had finally found her child, only wanted to give her the best, wishing she could pluck the stars from the sky and give them to her.
Besides, Cheng Zhishu was not the type to be looked down upon. She had forced herself to adapt to the environment and integrate into the school atmosphere, and was now quite appreciated.
A few days ago, she had taken a leave of absence from school to visit her mother in the hospital.
Unexpectedly, Wen Lingwang was flattered by Cheng Zhishu’s initiative to come.
She had thought that the other party was unwilling to come and was prepared not to see her child by her side when she woke up. She had not expected her to come, and she was very happy.
Regarding the past, Wen Lingwang felt deeply sorry and had apologized to Cheng Zhishu more than once, saying that it was her fault for not protecting her back then.
Cheng Zhishu did not know how to react and repeated “it’s okay” over and over again, trying to put this sickly woman at ease.
As she comforted her, Cheng Zhishu thought to herself, If I hadn’t come, what would have happened to her?
Would she have never woken up again, as Flora had feared the most?
In the silence, someone broke the silence.
Flora: “Actually, yesterday, the family head called the lawyer and witnesses and changed her will. Once she has an accident, everything she owns will be inherited by you.”
Cheng Zhishu: “…”
She knew she should react. After a long struggle, Cheng Zhishu said in a low voice, “Yes, thank you for telling me.”
After that, there were no more words.
Time became exceptionally long. The smell of disinfectant in the hospital brutally invaded one’s senses. Occasionally, a nurse speaking a foreign language would hurry by, and the corridor would return to calm.
In the face of life and death, everyone is equal.
Even Wen Lingwang, who had countless assets, was no exception. Finding her biological child had rekindled Wen Lingwang’s vitality, but it had also made her let out a sigh of relief.
The knot in her heart that had been there for many years had been untied in one day. For a seriously ill patient, this was not necessarily a good thing. Flora’s worries had not diminished in the slightest.
Yesterday, Wen Lingwang had suddenly asked her to find a lawyer and a witness, which had made her even more alarmed. The other party’s face was rosy, and her eyes were bright, as if time had turned back ten years for her.
But she was helpless and had found the people Wen Lingwang wanted.
Suddenly, Cheng Zhishu grabbed her other arm and let out a sob that was hard to suppress.
Flora was startled. She heard the sound of tears dripping.
Cheng Zhishu’s vision was blurry. The knuckles of the hand grabbing her arm were white from the force. For some reason, a suffocating heartache spread in her heart.
It was as if something was happening without her knowledge, and the heartache was unbearable.
Before she could react, she was already in tears.
Flora asked, “Are you sad? Because of the family head? She’ll be fine.”
Originally, she had been worried, but now that Cheng Zhishu was here, she knew that the family head would definitely pull through.
Cheng Zhishu couldn’t stop crying. She wiped her face with both hands and shook her head.
“I don’t know, I don’t know. I really don’t know, but I’m so sad…”
“…”
Flora was at a loss. Since she had known Cheng Zhishu, she had only seen her eyes red when she was boarding the plane. She had never seen her cry.
She had wanted to take out the tissues she had brought and hand them to her, but who knew that she would take out a handkerchief from her pocket with a sob, cover her eyes with it, and let her tears soak it.
Flora silently put away the tissues and stood on the side in silence.
Cheng Zhishu cried silently, occasionally letting out a suppressed sob.
The washed handkerchief, she really had no chance to return it.
She had thought that when she walked out of the Xi family’s gate with nothing, she had a neatly folded handkerchief in her pocket.
This was one of the only two things she had brought out from there. The other was the necklace she wore around her neck.
Even after a long time, every time Cheng Zhishu thought back, she would feel a heartache for the look in her eyes that night.
If I got any closer, it would only annoy her. It’s better this way.
The surgery lasted for an exceptionally long time. From dawn to dusk, and when it was almost late at night, the door to the operating room finally opened.
A pale-faced Doctor Xu walked out of the door. A long surgery was also a difficult thing for a doctor. If you gave her a recliner, she could fall asleep at any time.
However, she couldn’t sleep yet. She had to deal with the questions from the patient’s family.
Faced with pairs of eager eyes, Doctor Xu took off her mask and answered, “The surgery was successful. The next diagnosis will have to wait until Miss Xi wakes up to be made.”
With that, everyone let out a sigh of relief and did not force the doctor to continue asking questions.
Xi Congshuang was transferred back to her hospital room. She had just had surgery and was not allowed to have visitors for the time being.
Everyone could only look at the sleeping figure through the observation window. Her chest rose and fell weakly. She was still weak after the surgery and needed rest.
At first, everyone had thought that they would be able to see Xi Congshuang wake up the next day and then get the examination results.
Whether she could stand up or not, as long as she was alive, it was fine.
However, three days passed, and Xi Congshuang showed no signs of waking up.
She slept soundly like Sleeping Beauty, and any waking magic was ineffective on her.
The warrior with the courage to part the thorns was on the other side of the ocean, with no news, unable to wake her with a kiss.
The waiting time was really unbearable. Even the red apple, which had been so angry that it refused to go online, appeared and slowly landed on the bedside.
It could not control Xi Congshuang’s consciousness or behavior, but monitoring her vital signs was as easy as pie. As everyone could see, her vital signs were weak.
There was a risk of death at any time.
There was no shortage of patients in the world who had survived the surgery but not the recovery period. This was a gamble with life at stake.
What if the host died in the mission world?
The red apple really didn’t know how to solve this problem. The main god had not told it. It was really a worry.
Suddenly, the red apple’s drooping wings perked up, and it stared intently at a certain spot.
In its eyes, the low vital signs suddenly had a significant change.
Then they gradually rose. At this time, the red apple was no longer looking at the virtual panel but at the profile on the pillow. It saw the long eyelashes tremble, and the sleeping person finally opened her eyes.
Her smoky-gray eyes stared blankly into the void. Xi Congshuang was still in a state of being unaware of the outside world. The hospital room was very quiet, and there was no one to stimulate her senses in time.
Seeing that she was about to close her eyes again, the red apple couldn’t bear it any longer. “Don’t sleep, don’t sleep! Xi Congshuang, don’t sleep!”
It flapped its wings and flew up, almost wanting to slap Xi Congshuang’s face with its wings to wake her up and drain the water from her brain.
The host I finally signed, although she’s a bit disobedient, please don’t die, ahhhhhh!