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A thick night enveloped the cold winter in Fengcheng.

Under this sky, there was an accident.

Bang!

Two vehicles collided, a huge crash tearing through the darkness.

Broken glass flew everywhere.

One car was crushed and maimed.

Shao Cixin lay dying in the driver’s seat, bleeding profusely.

The outside world was noisy, but she only felt empty and alone.

With her blurred consciousness, she looked out the window and saw the vague figure of a drunk man staggering out of a large truck. She couldn’t see the man’s face clearly, and her eyelids felt so heavy that she could no longer hold on and fell into darkness.

Everything seemed to end here.

—God must not like me very much.

These were the last words Shao Cixin thought before her eyes closed.

Her breath stopped and her body became light, like a ball of air.

Shao Cixin felt like her soul was about to be pulled out of her body, but then it pressed against a shoving force and fell right back into her comatose shell, with only a trace of consciousness struggling in the drowsiness.

She couldn’t control her body. Her strength had been completely shattered.

With each shallow breath, her chest ached, the air barely filling her lungs. All she could do was lie there, waiting for someone to save her, as the image of her parents flickered in her mind.

Mother…Father…

I don’t feel good…

It hurts so much…

Wen Zhihan burst onto the scene of the incident, her heart racing as she caught sight of Shao Cixin, motionless, loaded onto a mobile stretcher. The police were detaining the drunk driver, but Wen Zhihan’s focus was only on Shao Cixin.

Snowflakes drifted down, creating a silent border between life and death, as if the world had been split into two distinct realms right before her eyes.

Wen Zhihan walked towards the ambulance and looked down at the person lying on the stretcher in disbelief.

Those usually bright and moving peach blossom eyes were now lightly closed, and the bright star-like light inside them was nowhere to be seen.

Her face, which had always been clean and beautiful, was now covered in blood.

Anyone could imagine the suffering that she had just experienced.

Wen Zihan’s mind shattered, spasming in blitzes of white.

She hesitantly took Shao Cixin’s hand.

It was too cold—shockingly cold—there was no warmth at all.

Wen Zhihan still couldn’t believe it, so she leaned down and called carefully, “Cixin…”

There was no response.

Wen Zhihan began to feel fearful and uneasy. Hopeless.

She held Shao Cixin’s hand, which was covered with blood, but she couldn’t feel any life. It was as if the coldest winds in the depths of winter had wrapped around Shao Cixin’s entire body, trying to swallow every ounce of warmth in her frame, deprive her of her life, and let her fall into an eternal sleep.

“Cixin, can you hear me?”

“Cixin, can you answer me?”

There was still no response.

Reality hit her and tears stained her eyes. A single anguish-filled droplet slid down her face and fell onto Shao Cixin’s hand.

Shao Cixin couldn’t hear very clearly.

But in her daze and confusion, she seemed to become aware of someone calling her.

This voice sounded familiar, but she couldn’t place it.

Her head hurt, and her whole body ached…

She didn’t want to respond, but the voice sounded so sad and desperate that it made her want to reach out and comfort the source.

Wen Zhihan never expected that such a thing would happen to Shao Cixin.

It was because she came too late. It was because she couldn’t protect her…

Just as she fell into bottomless despair, the hand in her palm moved slowly and gently, then gripped her fingers with difficulty. As if responding—

—Don’t be sad. I’m here.

“The patient is still conscious!”

The medical staff was surprised and rushed to push Shao Cixin into the ambulance for rescue operations at the hospital.

Seeing that Wen Zhihan knew the patient, they quickly verified her identity and let her get into the ambulance with them.

“Talk to her more. Don’t let her fall asleep.”

Wen Zhihan responded with an affirmative, but it was the first time she was at such a loss.

Here lay her sister’s wife, whom she loved deeply, but there were very few deep memories between them.

All the sweetness in Shao Cixin belonged to Wen Yu. None of it belonged to her.

But she still wanted to say something. It didn’t matter what it was, she would say it. She only wanted to keep Shao Cixin alive—to keep her alive forever.

After her mind spun quickly, she decided to talk about high school.

Those moments when Shao Cixin was caught by the Discipline Inspection Committee must also be extremely profound to the person in question.

Wen Zhihan held Shao Cixin’s hand with great care, for fear of hurting or breaking her.

She was very reluctant to harm Shao Cixin, but others…

Her eyes moistened, and tears welled up in her vision.

Wen Zhihan endured her grief. She slowly regained her composure, wanting to make sure her voice was clear enough for Shao Cixin to hear.

Then she lowered her eyes and gently began describing the past.

After she talked for a long time, the hand she was holding moved again.

Wen Zhihan saw Shao Cixin’s fingers slowly pull away, as if she was trying to break away from her. Seeing this, Wen Zhihan quickly loosened her grip.

Shao Cixin removed her hand without any effort, then slowly raised one finger and poked Wen Zhihan’s palm, gently pressing down.

It was a pushing action.

Shao Cixin really didn’t expect that even after such a tragedy, she could still hear someone reminisce about her youth.

She was embarrassed. So embarrassed.

Embarrassed all the way to her grandma’s house.

She didn’t want to die at all anymore.

She swore that when she got up, she would find out which little bastard was sitting there and exposing her dark history…

—You just wait for your mother^[1]!

Wen Zhihan vaguely understood Shao Cixin’s intention.

Seeing that Shao Cixin didn’t want to hear about high school, she quickly corrected herself and began discussing Shao Cixin’s acting career.

“Cixin, don’t you like acting the most?

“Don’t fall asleep. When you wake up, you can go back to filming, acting in movies, and working with people you like, okay?

“And you haven’t won the award for Best Actress yet—you haven’t realized your dream yet. So don’t go to sleep. Don’t go to sleep, okay?”

After Wen Zhihan finished speaking, her fingers were gently grasped again.

—Don’t stop. I like hearing this. I don’t feel sleepy anymore when you talk about this.

These were Shao Cixin’s most tangible thoughts in her current weakened consciousness.

A gleam of surprise bloomed in Wen Zhihan’s eyes as she looked at Shao Cixin. She immediately began narrating a star-studded and dazzling future for Shao Cixin with renewed vigor.

The future…

In her hazy consciousness, Shao Cixin really seemed to see the future.

A star-studded, dazzling future.

That’s right…she really, really liked acting…

Then darkness struck again.

Shao Cixin entered the operating room.

The hospital began running emergency rescue operations. They were racing against time.

Wen Zhihan stood outside, a shocking amount of blood staining her hands and sleeves. Her fear and unease warped the passing of time.

The doctor said that they would try their best, but she also told Wen Zhihan to mentally prepare herself for the worst.

Both sides of the family were on their way.

Wen Yu arrived first.

In the spacious and lonely hallway, she saw Wen Zhihan standing in front of the restricted glass door, her back cutting a bleak figure.

She was so engrossed in looking at the world behind the glass door that she didn’t even notice Wen Yu’s arrival.

Wen Yu had no idea why her sister was the first person to arrive.

But at this moment, she was more concerned about Shao Cixin, who was the one being rescued.

Shao Cixin was obviously fine when she left, so why did she suddenly get into a car accident? How could this happen…

After Wen Zhihan realized that Wen Yu had arrived, she merely glanced at her coldly.

She was in no mood to pay attention to Wen Yu.

She was completely focused on what was happening inside the room, praying that Shao Cixin would survive.

Neither person spoke.

The corridor was silent.

Time ticked forward.

All the sounds in the world seemed to disappear at this moment, lost to the torrent of the ticking clock, leaving behind only the desolate air whispering into their ears.

The atmosphere gradually climbed to a tense and suffocating peak.

Shao Heng and Lu Lan arrived and rushed over with anxious expressions on their faces.

As the backs of Wen Zhihan and Wen Yu appeared in her vision, Lu Lan hurriedly blurted, “Xiao Yu, Zhihan.”

When she walked up to the two of them, she was so anxious her words came out in an incoherent jumble, “Cixin, how’s Cixin?”

Wen Yu’s mouth opened and closed.

When she arrived, Shao Cixin was already on the operating table, and Wen Zhihan wasn’t in the mood to converse. As for the situation, Wen Yu could only comprehend its “danger,” and she failed to respond to anything else.

She was an unqualified wife.

In the end, it was Wen Zhihan who supported Lu Lan and reassured the couple.

No matter what happened, she couldn’t panic. She needed to help Shao Cixin comfort her parents.

They shouldn’t be too optimistic or too pessimistic. They could only be mentally prepared.

“Aunt Lu, the doctor said that they will do their best to rescue Cixin, and we need to be ready for the results. But don’t worry, I believe she’ll definitely be able to survive this.

“On the way to the hospital just now, Cixin was still conscious, and she could even respond to what I said.”

When Lu Lan heard this, she fell into despair and lost all her spirit for a moment, tears sliding down her face.

She looked at her husband helplessly, with disbelief written on her face.

Her daughter, her Cixin, was just chatting with her at home two days ago. How could she be lying in the hospital now? How could something like this happen…

Shao Heng did not dare to be too hopeful and was engulfed in grief.

But at this moment, he couldn’t fall over, so he braced himself, held his wife’s hand tightly, and reassured her repeatedly, “It’s okay, our daughter is blessed with great fortune, everything will be fine.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry…”

He was convincing others, but he was also convincing himself.

He only had one daughter, his precious daughter…

Lu Lan lowered her head, her tears falling uncontrollably.

Shao Heng helped her wipe her face, embraced her, and comforted her with a gentle voice, “Don’t cry, it’s okay. If you cry, Shao Cixin will feel even more uncomfortable when she wakes up…”

Hearing this, Lu Lan hurriedly wiped away her tears. “That’s right. She’ll be upset, so I can’t cry.”

Soon after this, Wen Xingyun and his wife also arrived at the hospital.

Two hours later, the glass door opened, and the attending physician walked out from behind, taking off her mask as she strolled forward.

“Which of you are considered the patient’s family?”

Shao Heng stepped forward, solemn and anxious. “I’m her father. Doctor, how is my daughter?”

The doctor comforted him, “You can relax, Mrs. Shao. Your daughter’s life is out of danger.”

—It was great news.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The stone that was hanging in Wen Zhihan’s heart finally fell to the ground.

The doctor said, “Frankly, it’s a miracle that she survived such a serious car accident.

“But she is still in a coma, and we don’t know when she will wake up. We’re planning on transferring her to the intensive care unit and continuing our observation and treatment. When she wakes up, she will be allowed to transfer over to the general ward.”

After saying this, she put back on her mask and returned to the room to continue fulfilling her duty to save the sick and treat the wounded.

All parties present knew what it meant to enter the intensive care unit.

Lu Lan breathed a sigh of relief knowing that her daughter’s life was out of danger, but a part of her felt that she had held onto her pain in vain.

She couldn’t bear it anymore. She finally turned and cried loudly in her husband’s arms.

Shao Heng couldn’t compose himself either, small tears slipping from his eyes.

Wen Zhihan stood rooted in place. She wanted to comfort Shao Cixin’s parents, but she couldn’t say anything.

She lowered her gaze. Her eyes were as heavy as ink.

They had run out of their brilliance.

The intensive care unit had strict visiting regulations, and no guests were allowed to accompany the patients. Every day, there were only thirty minutes set aside for visitors, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Only one person was allowed in at a time.

Lu Lan and Shao Heng loved their daughter very much, and they visited the hospital every day to inquire about her condition.

Wen Xingyun and his wife also occasionally visited, and Joanna would sometimes accompany Lu Lan, trying to prevent her from becoming too upset and exhausted.

Wen Yu was Shao Cixin’s wife, and so she had to visit her.

Only Wen Zhihan was different.

When it came to the people who were close to Shao Cixin, Wen Zhihan always appeared to rank near the bottom, and even her opportunities to visit did not come up as organically as they did for others.

Yet the little sister she hated could openly monopolize Shao Cixin’s love.

Even though Wen Yu was not good to Shao Cixin, and Shao Cixin was not happy by her side…

Standing in the intensive care unit, Wen Zhihan silently looked at the person lying on the bed.

She hadn’t seen Shao Cixin open her eyes for a long time.

She was looking forward to Shao Cixin waking up more than anyone else.

She wanted to hear Shao Cixin greet her.

Shao Cixin didn’t even need to be so enthusiastic. She could just greet Wen Zhihan with her normal smile and say to her, “Good morning, jiejie.”

…This would be enough.

This was already very selfish.

All Wen Zhihan wanted for Shao Cixin was a smooth life and eternal happiness.

Why was God not willing to grant even this simple wish for her Cixin?

Her Cixin clearly did nothing wrong…

Wen Zhihan decided that she could no longer let this marriage continue.

When Shao Cixin woke up, she would persuade her to divorce, forget Wen Yu, and leave their torturous relationship behind!

…But when will their beautiful Cixin wake up?

Looking down, Wen Zhihan gazed at Shao Cixin’s hand.

It lay at her side under her hospital gown, covered in bandages.

This was the same hand that had responded to Wen Zhihan time and time again in the ambulance, giving her an unlimited source of hope and keeping her calm enough to arrive at the hospital without collapsing.

Wen Zhihan gently took it in her palms.

She prayed that her hopes would be answered again, but her miracle remained asleep.

“Cixin,” Wen Zhihan whispered in a low voice, speaking to the person she secretly held in her heart. “Your favorite brand has released a new line of clothes, including a very beautiful dress. I’ve already bought it for you. You can try it on when you wake up.

“Our Cixin is so beautiful, so it will definitely look good on her.

“There are also many, many pieces of jewelry, all for you alone…”

A lump formed in her throat, her gentle voice slightly choked.

Wen Zhihan lowered her eyes to hide the fragility in her eyes as she gently held onto Shao Cixin’s hand. The beautiful memories of the past came surging up like a wave.

She remembered that Shao Cixin liked beautiful things the most.

Whether it was a jeweled dress or even a cheap and small glass marble, as long as she found it pretty, it would become her favorite thing and make her happy for a long time.

Whenever Wen Zhihan saw Shao Cixin light up for every beautiful gift, she felt like she was coaxing a child. Even her happiness was so pure.

So Wen Zhihan bought many beautiful things. She put them away where they could wait for Shao Cixin to wake up and accept them. Then continue her life as the happy and carefree eldest daughter of the Shao family.

All she needed to do was wake up…

Wen Zhihan raised her gaze, her eyes slightly red.

Shao Cixin’s eyelids were still shut tightly, and she was in a deep sleep, unable to respond.

Outside the door, the medical staff gently knocked, a reminder that her visiting time was dwindling. Wen Zhihan made a sound of acknowledgment, then turned to look back at Shao Cixin.

She twitched the corners of her lips and said softly, “Cixin, please wake up quickly. The directors are still waiting for you to star in their movies. Our heroine can’t sleep forever.

“Next time we meet, you have to be good and get out of bed.”

“Okay, we’ve agreed. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

The words softly fell, and Wen Zhihan reluctantly stood up. Even her feet unconsciously dragged along the ground as she moved.

She wished she could be by Shao Cixin’s side forever. Right until she woke up.

Unfortunately, that was impossible.

Wen Zhihan didn’t have the qualifications, and her responsibilities kept her from being so willful.

Besides, Shao Cixin definitely didn’t want to see a Wen Zhihan who was so reckless anyway…

Looking away, Wen Zhihan turned around and walked out of the intensive care unit.

Wen Zhihan noticed that Wen Yu had been very absent-minded recently.

But Shao Cixin was still in a coma, so she wasn’t in a mood to pay attention to her little sister.

Regardless of whether it was big or small, as long as it was Wen Yu’s issue, it could be dealt with after Shao Cixin.

When Shao Cixin woke up, Wen Zhihan planned on resolving her and Wen Yu’s messy marriage. It had been her ingenious idea in the first place, and she needed to give Shao Cixin an explanation.

The next day, Wen Zhihan went to see Shao Cixin with high hopes, but Shao Cixin still didn’t wake up. She didn’t wake up on the third day, or the fourth day, or the fifth…

Just like that, another week passed.

Lu Lan couldn’t see her daughter wake up for another week, and as the days passed, she felt increasingly haggard and responsible.

She cried in front of Shao Cixin’s hospital bed, blaming herself.

“It’s your mother who didn’t take good care of you.

“It’s your mother’s fault. She made you suffer so much as soon as you were born.

“Cixin, my daughter, why am I not the one lying here…”

Her child was still so young, with such a bright future, so why did God do this to her?

At this moment, Lu Lan, who had always been kind, subconsciously hated the driver responsible for the accident.

Why was he driving under the influence?

Why did he care so little about life?

Why did he have to hurt her child!

“Cixin, my child…”

The more she thought about it, the more upset she became. Tears fell quietly onto Shao Cixin’s bandages.

“Why am I not the one lying here…”

Then she suppressed her voice, wiped her tears, and raised her head again.

The doctor said that Shao Cixin could hear sounds from the outside world, and she didn’t want Shao Cixin to hear her mother crying.

But when she raised her eyes to look at Shao Cixin, she was stunned.

She saw tears silently falling from the corners of Shao Cixin’s eyes, as if she was in pain for her mother.

“Cixin…”

Lu Lan shot up in surprise, excited but at a loss.

“Cixin, can you hear what your mom is saying…

“Nurse, nurse—”

Lu Lan hurriedly turned around and went to find a doctor.

It was the third week since Shao Cixin went into a coma.

On Friday afternoon, Wen Zhihan left work early to go to the hospital to see her.

Since the last time she shed tears in front of her mother, Shao Cixin hadn’t responded.

But the doctor said that this was a good sign. It proved that she could wake up at any time.

Wen Zhihan once again felt hope. She put on a mask, her shoe covers, and a hat, and stepped into the intensive care unit.

Once again, she arrived at Shao Cixin’s side, who was surrounded by cold instruments.

Sitting next to the hospital bed, Wen Zhihan spoke softly and informed Shao Cixin about how her parents were doing.

She knew that Shao Cixin must be very concerned about her mother and father’s conditions, or else she wouldn’t have cried for her mother.

She must have wanted to wake up. She could still be trying to wake up.

Wen Zhihan spent her thirty-minute visit discussing what she thought Shao Cixin wanted to hear. She talked about Shao Cixin’s parents for fifteen minutes, then about the entertainment industry for another ten minutes.

Only the last five minutes were left for what she herself wanted to discuss—her own life.

Wen Zhihan was afraid that Shao Cixin didn’t want to hear too much about her. After all, when it came to Shao Cixin’s dearest people, she was ranked dead last.

“Today’s work was also boring.

“I still prefer to sit beside you, drink tea with you, and chat casually with you.

“…” Wen Zhihan hesitated. “Cixin, actually, I…”

She looked down at the person lying there with closed eyes, forcefully suppressing her thoughts. She couldn’t say it.

She smiled and pivoted warmly, “I’m waiting for you to wake up so we can continue to drink tea together. But it looks like you still want to sleep today, so let’s leave it to next time. Cixin, I hope you’re already awake by the next time we meet.”

Her thirty minutes were up.

Wen Zhihan didn’t need to be reminded by the staff. She stood up voluntarily, took another long look at Shao Cixin, and leaned over slightly to take her hand.

“Our Cixin needs to wake up quickly.”

After saying this, she turned around to leave.

But just then, something caught her finger again—

Wen Zhihan froze in place, then slowly turned around.

Her appearance was once again reflected in a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, with light flashing behind them.

“I’m up,” Shao Cixin said with a hoarse voice.

She twitched the corners of her lips into a smile.

“Good morning, jiejie…”

Joy leaped into Wen Zhihan’s brows. At this moment, she received a surprise better than anything else in the world. She was suddenly at a loss for how to respond. Right now, she was more excited than anyone else living on the planet.

“Good morning.”

After a while, she only said this one phrase.

She smiled unconsciously, her eyes turning red.

“Welcome back.”

Shao Cixin finally left the intensive care unit.

Shao Heng transferred her to the VIP ward of the hospital. This way, he and Lu Lan could come over at any time to accompany Shao Cixin and take good care of their daughter.

After her incident, Shao Cixin was covered in injuries. With the exception of her arms, she could not move any parts of her body and needed to be slowly nursed back to health.

She was expected to spend a long time in the hospital.

In addition, the doctors warned that, because Shao Cixin had just woken up from a coma, her mood couldn’t fluctuate too much. No matter what it was, everyone should try their best to avoid upsetting her.

As a result, Wen Yu was kicked out the first day she tried to step into the VIP ward.

Shao Cixin became angry as soon as she saw Wen Yu. She was so overwhelmed with outrage that she didn’t want to see Wen Yu at all.

She just woke up, so why did she have to lay eyes on such an unlucky person!!!

As soon as Shao Cixin’s gaze fell upon Wen Yu, she relived how much pain she felt on the day of her accident. She immediately turned around and cried at Shao Heng, saying that she didn’t want to see Wen Yu.

The more she cried, the angrier she became, and the harder her tears fell. She couldn’t stop herself at all.

She cried so much that Lu Lan and Shao Heng were left completely empty-handed. They had no idea why Shao Cixin suddenly hated her wife so much, and Lu Lan could only let Wen Yu leave the ward first.

In the end, it was Wen Zhihan who managed to calm Shao Cixin down.

She said she bought Shao Cixin many beautiful clothes and took out her phone to show her the photos.

Shao Cixin was halfway through crying when she opened her eyes to look at the photos on Wen Zhihan’s phone. Her tears stopped for a moment—those clothes were indeed quite beautiful.

“For me?” Shao Cixin asked through red eyes.

Wen Zhihan sat beside her hospital bed and looked at her gently. “Each and every one is for our Cixin.”

When Shao Cixin heard that all these beautiful little dresses were for her, her eyebrows immediately relaxed, and she gestured for Wen Zhihan to come closer to her. “Please turn your phone slowly. I can’t see them clearly if you turn it too fast…”

Wen Zhihan patiently coaxed Shao Cixin, helping her calm down, “Okay, I’ll turn it over slowly, and we’ll take our time looking.”

She cleaned Shao Cixin’s face. “Let me wipe your tears. Otherwise, you won’t be able to see clearly.”

Shao Cixin nodded slightly and didn’t resist.

During the period of time when she was asleep, she could indeed hear the sounds from the outside world like the doctors said.

She heard all of the words Wen Zhihan said to her, along with all of her concern for her.

This was the first time she realized that Wen Zhihan truly wished her well and even regarded her as her own sister…

She couldn’t let down Wen Zhihan’s feelings.

Wasn’t this just like having one more sister? No one could reject an older sister like Wen Zhihan—Shao Cixin was just blinded by Wen Yu at first!

In the evening, Wen Zhihan didn’t leave. She stayed to share a meal with Shao Cixin and asked Lu Lan to go home and rest first.

One of them drank porridge while the other ate delicious food.

Shao Cixin moved slowly, casting an envious eye at Wen Zhihan’s dinner.

She was extremely greedy.

She must get better soon so that she can eat whatever she wants!

Wen Zhihan rolled up her sleeves. Seeing Shao Cixin staring at her porridge in a daze, she asked, “What’s wrong? Does your hand hurt?”

As she spoke, she stood up and sat down on the hospital bed. “Come here. I’ll feed you.”

Shao Cixin originally wanted to refuse, but Wen Zhihan had already taken the spoon and brought the porridge to her lips.

When Shao Cixin saw Wen Zhihan’s expression full of tenderness and concern…

She couldn’t refuse at all.

“Thank you.”

After she said her thanks, Shao Cixin opened her mouth and accepted the porridge.

Wen Zhihan took care of Shao Cixin very carefully, which made Shao Cixin feel a little embarrassed.

She carefully avoided the countless spoonful of porridge. “Jiejie, don’t just feed me. You also have to eat.”

Hearing this, Wen Zhihan chuckled and said, “Okay, I’ll go eat after this spoon.”

Wen Zhihan was true to her word and went back to eat some of her own meal after the last spoon. But then she came back to feed her again.

Shao Cixin saw that it was troublesome for Wen Zhihan to go back and forth, so she simply asked her to bring the meal to her table.

Wen Zhihan didn’t dodge this request and brought her plate up so she could sit face-to-face with Shao Cixin.

Shao Cixin suddenly remembered what Wen Zhihan said about taking care of her parents when she was in a coma, so she said softly, “Thank you, jiejie. You’ve helped me a lot.”

Wen Zhihan didn’t like how polite Shao Cixin was to her.

The more polite she was, the more alienated they felt from each other.

“Cixin, you don’t have to be so polite with me.”

Shao Cixin pursed her lips.

She was used to being this polite to Wen Zhihan in the past, so she could only take it one step at a time.

Then, Shao Cixin thought of something crucial and asked, “Do you know who accompanied me to the hospital?”

The person in question raised her eyes: “?

“Why?”

Shao Cixin immediately appeared heartbroken and said, “It’s cruel, really too cruel.

“You don’t know, but that person really began talking about my high school affairs and exposing my dark history after I got in a car accident and lost consciousness!

“On my god, I’m in a freaking coma, and this person actually starts talking about these unbearable things! You tell me, isn’t that especially cruel and ruthless?

“I was in so much pain that I wanted to die. I vowed that when I got better, I would go and find out which little bastard dared to talk about my dark history in front of so many people!

“So I must find her, thank her first, and then—”

“It was me,” Wen Zhihan admitted honestly.

Shao Cixin: “?”

Wen Zhihan said, “I was the one who accompanied you to the hospital, and I was the one who told you all those things about high school.”

Shao Cixin: “???”

Wen Zhihan looked at her with a smile. “And then—what were you going to do with me?”

Shao Cixin: “…”

The atmosphere went quiet.

The air between them became awkward.

After a while, Shao Cixin silently picked up her spoon.

“Let’s not talk while we’re eating,” she said seriously.

^[1] Here, Shao Cixin refers to herself as “老娘” (lǎo niáng) or “old mother,” which is a form of self-address usually used by conceited middle-aged or elderly women.

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