Turning his head, Lin Yu glanced through the glass at Xia Yueshan in the intensive care unit.
Then, he weakly turned his head back and let out a slow sigh. As if drained of all his strength, he slumped dejectedly against the hard back of his chair.
Sigh...
Xia Yueshan, oh Xia Yueshan.
Once you wake up.
Let's just settle our own scores.
From now on, you can call me brother-in-law, and I'll call you big brother.
You really are my dear big brother!
Why is it that every time things reach a critical juncture, you have to jump out and turn the situation into a complete mess?
Are you some kind of fucking lackey planted by the heavens to mess with me?
Lin Yu really couldn't hold it in anymore.
Taking out his phone, Lin Yu looked at Tang Manman's white puppy profile picture on the screen. He wanted to open their chat window, but he didn't know what he would do next even if he did.
"Ding."
A message popped up. Looking at the red dot appearing in the top left corner, Lin Yu hesitated for a moment before gently tapping on it with his finger.
Tang KuaiKuai: Picture.
Tang Manman had only sent an animated sticker. In the image, a white puppy lay on the ground with its head tilted, looking at you with a pair of cute, bright black puppy eyes, its fluffy tail wagging eagerly behind its butt.
The word "expectant" was practically written all over its chubby little face.
Looking at this picture, Lin Yu knew that Tang Manman was getting a little anxious from waiting and wanted an answer.
After a moment of silence, Lin Yu's fingers began to tap lightly on the screen.
Long Aotian: Something happened. Xia Muzhu's younger brother was in a car accident and hospitalized. He was just wheeled out of the emergency room not long ago and isn't out of the woods yet.
After this message was sent, Tang Manman didn't reply for quite a while, obviously caught off guard by this sudden accident.
Tang KuaiKuai: Then what should we do?
It took several full minutes before Tang Manman's reply appeared on the phone screen.
Long Aotian: I don't know.
Tang KuaiKuai: Then you're not planning to confess to her?
Long Aotian: ...
Long Aotian: ...
Long Aotian: I can't bring myself to say it.
Tang KuaiKuai: Then what about me?
When Tang Manman raised this question, Lin Yu, harboring a trace of wishful thinking in his heart, sent out a proposal.
Long Aotian: Why don't you go back to school for your exams first?
Long Aotian: By the time you're on break, Xia Muzhu's brother's condition should have stabilized. How about I go confess to Xia Muzhu then?
This message sank like a stone in the ocean. For a good five or six minutes after it was sent, Tang Manman didn't give any reply.
In the prolonged silence, Lin Yu could see Tang Manman's reluctance. Moreover, this matter had indeed gotten a bit complicated and wasn't suitable to be discussed over the phone.
Long Aotian: Let's talk in person.
Long Aotian: I'm covering a shift at the hospital right now. After Xia Muzhu comes to relieve me, let's go to that cafe in the north of the city to talk.
Tang KuaiKuai: ...
Tang KuaiKuai: Okay.
Putting down his phone, Lin Yu let out a heavy breath. His body slumped backward dejectedly, gently knocking his head against the wall behind him.
Inside Lin Yu's head, two little figures were fiercely arguing.
The rational little figure was well-grounded and logical, enumerating the various reasons in his hands, speaking with righteous conviction.
Lin Yu!
Xia Muzhu is your girlfriend, you must take responsibility for her!
Besides, she's suffering such a huge blow right now; this is exactly when a boyfriend like you needs to step up!
Think about how good she usually is to you, how much she cares!
When you were in a wheelchair, she took care of you without ever leaving your side. Now that she's facing a situation like this, do you have the heart to make her sad again?
Give up on Tang Manman.
She forced you into that matter in the first place, so you don't have to take on this responsibility!
Give up on her and focus on taking care of Xia Muzhu.
Wait until Xia Yueshan's physical condition stabilizes, then pick an appropriate time to confess this matter to Xia Muzhu.
She is so gentle and considerate, she will definitely forgive you.
Then you can continue living that warm and peaceful life from before.
One couple, together for a lifetime.
Isn't this exactly what you've always dreamed of?
The rational little figure talked on and on, as if spouting all the logic in the world.
Opposite him, the emotional little figure didn't have nearly as much to say. He remained silent, but his eyes were resolute, his gaze as steady as a boulder in the mountains.
Pinching a cigarette between two fingers, he slowly exhaled a puff of white smoke.
After the rational little figure finished his lengthy tirade, he simply spat out two words coldly.
"No way!"
...
The night gradually grew deeper, and the time came for the lights in the hospital corridor to go out.
The person who had been sitting on the corridor bench for hours, who seemed to have been asleep for a long time, suddenly relaxed, as if he had only just fallen asleep...
...
At nine in the morning, Xia Muzhu stepped quickly out of the elevator, her breathing slightly hurried.
"You're here, Sister Zhuzi."
Seeing Xia Muzhu hurrying over, Lin Yu, sitting on the chair, sprinkled a light layer of a smile over his exhaustion and greeted her with a chuckle.
Xia Muzhu's brows furrowed slightly, and an unshakable sense of guilt lingered in her gentle eyes.
She hadn't meant to sleep for so long.
Ever since Xia Yueshan's accident, as his older sister, she had barely closed her eyes for a moment.
Even when her body was exhausted to the extreme, she still forced herself to hold on.
Moreover, she couldn't fall asleep even if she wanted to.
The image of Xia Yueshan covered in blood had almost become her nightmare.
Whenever her body neared its limit and she couldn't stop herself from closing her eyes, Xia Yueshan's frail, gasping figure would gradually emerge in the darkness before her, intermittently crying out in pain to his sister.
At those moments, Xia Muzhu would wake up with a start.
After parting with Lin Yu yesterday afternoon, exhausted to the bone, she had only wanted to take a short nap.
Figuring she wouldn't sleep deeply anyway, she hadn't set an alarm.
But to her surprise, in her dreams this time, there was no tragic-looking Xia Yueshan.
She felt as if she were still in Lin Yu's arms, feeling that reassuring warmth, and she ended up sleeping for over ten hours straight.
"I'm sorry, I forgot to set an alarm."
Xia Muzhu sat beside Lin Yu with an apologetic expression.
"It's fine. I'm actually happier knowing you got some good rest."
Lin Yu was indeed a bit tired, so much so that his smile looked a bit sluggish and languid.
Yet, this languid smile appeared exceptionally charming in Xia Muzhu's eyes. Driven by a dual surge of emotion and love, she finally couldn't hold back. Leaning forward, she planted a kiss on Lin Yu's lips.
"Uh..."
The sudden kiss left Lin Yu somewhat at a loss.
"What's wrong?"
Xia Muzhu caught the unnatural look in Lin Yu's expression and asked with concern:
"Are you not feeling well?"
"No."
Lin Yu shook his head, reaching out to gently press down Xia Muzhu's hand as it reached toward his forehead, and said:
"I'm fine, just a little tired."
"Then hurry back and get some rest,"
Xia Muzhu said caringly.
Lin Yu nodded and stood up. Before leaving, Lin Yu looked at Xia Muzhu, hesitated for a moment, and said softly:
"Xia Yueshan is in the intensive care unit now. With the hospital's comprehensive care and monitoring, nothing will happen to him..."
"..."
"Don't be so hard on yourself. Take a proper rest when you're tired."
Xia Muzhu's expression seemed to freeze for a split second. In the very next moment, warmth and a gentle smile flooded every subtle nuance of her features.
"Okay."
Xia Muzhu agreed with a tender smile.
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
