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Chapter 559: I promise you everything, 558
Chapter 559: I promise you everything, 558
Chapter 559: I promise you everything, 558
“No!”
Wen Ran’s eyes widened in dread, staring straight ahead as she suddenly let out a harrowing cry.
The next second, she shoved Gu Kai away, stumbling towards the two nurses.
A hint of guilt flickered in Gu Kai’s eyes, his thin lips tightly pressed together, standing tall in the same spot, his gaze deeply fixated on the scrambling Wen Ran.
“Mo Xiuchen.” Wen Ran lunged, pulling away the white cloth covering him. Just now, because of her piercing ‘no’, the nurses hesitated and hadn’t covered Mo Xiuchen’s face with the cloth.
Seeing Wen Ran rush over and tear away the white cloth, they exchanged a glance, then both turned to Gu Kai standing several steps away. Receiving a signal from him, they retreated.
Wen Ran’s tears fell one by one, like rainfall on Mo Xiuchen’s handsome, pale face. She clutched him tightly, crying out in grief, “Mo Xiuchen, wake up, you can’t just leave.”
The man she was holding was still.
Wen Ran couldn’t hear his response and she felt a pang in her heart, a pain like being twisted by a knife. She shook him excitedly, her tear-filled eyes staring at his pale, handsome face, pleadingly saying, “Mo Xiuchen, can you open your eyes and look at me, please? I beg you, don’t leave me like this.”
“Ranran, don’t be like this.”
From behind, Gu Kai took a step forward, embracing Wen Ran from the back, as if he wanted to pull her away.
Struggling with all her might, Wen Ran kept her eyes fixed on the unmoving man lying there. The pain in her heart made it hard for her to breathe. Through her sobs, every word she said sounded heart-wrenching, “Mo Xiuchen, get up. Didn’t you promise to be with me forever? Get up!”
“Ranran, consider it as Mo Xiuchen agreeing to your request, willing to let you go…”
From behind, Gu Kai held her, his voice heavy, seeming to provide some comfort.
“No!”
Wen Ran shook her head in tears. Suddenly, she found the strength to break free from Gu Kai and fell upon Mo Xiuchen. She clutched him tightly with her hands, as her tears splashed on his face, his forehead, the corners of his mouth, his neck…
Her voice filled with despair, “Mo Xiuchen, I beg you, wake up, please. I’m regretful, I don’t want to leave you, even if I can’t bear children, even if I’m sick, even if I will forget you in the end, I don’t want to leave you anymore. I want to be with you, and I want you with me too.”
“Ranran!”
Gu Kai called out her name in agony from behind, but Wen Ran didn’t seem to hear. She had only one thought, she could not let Mo Xiuchen leave. She kept repeating in a frenzied despair, “Mo Xiuchen, you love me so much, how could you bear to leave me? As long as you are safe, I’ll agree to anything. I’ll comply with anything.”
“Really?”
A faint voice, deep and hoarse, laced with a touch of heartache and helplessness, cutting through her grief, resonated in her ears.
Wen Ran’s body stiffened suddenly.
She blinked her tear-filled eyes hard, trying to see clearly. Just now, it seemed as though she heard Mo Xiuchen’s voice.
But inside her heart, she was somewhat afraid that it was just her illusion.
She cautiously called out, “Mo Xiuchen!”
The man’s eyes were still closed, his thin lips tightly pressed, showing no emotion. That suffocating feeling in her heart returned. Just as she thought that she was just hearing things earlier, her hand was gently held by a larger one.
Mo Xiuchen’s thick eyelashes fluttered slightly, his profound black eyes slowly opened in her blurred vision. Parting his tightly pressed lips, his voice came out low, yet domineering, “Ranran, you promised me, you can’t back out.”
Upon hearing this, Wen Ran’s pupils dilated in shock.
Looking at the man who had just awakened, she felt a huge wave crashing against her, attacking every nerve in her body and then transforming into joy. She lunged at him, hugging him tightly, “As long as you’re okay, I promise you, I won’t back out.”
Mo Xiuchen’s lips curled into a mischievous smile, as if out of a successful plan. He lifted his hands and tightly embraced Wen Ran who was now reduced to tears.
However, his smugness was short-lived as Wen Ran suddenly pushed him away. Raising her hand, she roughly wiped away her tears. Her eyes fixated on him; her brain slowly began to process the situation again. She looked at him, then turned to look at Gu Kai, and then back at him, the man whose face had been bathed in her tears yet remained undeniably handsome, “You were tricking me just now, weren’t you?”
Mo Xiuchen immediately blinked innocently, asking in confusion, “Ranran, what are you talking about?”
Wen Ran turned her questioning gaze towards Gu Kai.
Gu Kai hesitated, took a step forward and offered a handkerchief to Wen Ran, his voice softly flowing from his lips, “Ranran, you misunderstood. Mo Xiuchen was just unconscious due to the anesthesia after the surgery. I hadn’t had time to explain before you thought he was…”
Even though Mo Xiuchen seemed fine now, hearing the word ‘dead’, Wen Ran stiffened again. Mo Xiuchen immediately feigned confusion, “Ranran, did you really think I was dead?”
Wen Ran frowned at Gu Kai, “What’s the deal with the white cloth?”
Since Mo Xiuchen was fine, why were the nurses covering him with a white cloth? When she saw him being pushed out with a white cloth covering him and the nurses tried to cover his face as well, her mind went blank and her first thought was that he…
Seeing Wen Ran, who had now regained her composure, Gu Kai was unsure how to tie up the loose ends of his lie. He shot a glare at Mo Xiuchen and finally said, “Ranran, I have to check on all the patients. Could you take Mo Xiuchen back to his room?”
Without waiting for her response, he walked away quickly, leaving this mess for Mo Xiuchen to clean up.
Wen Ran was not a fool. She was worried about Mo Xiuchen’s safety and was misled by Gu Kai over the phone. When she came to the hospital and witnessed the nurses attempting to cover him with a white cloth, she thought that Mo Xiuchen had really passed away…
But he was quite all right now. Although he looked clueless, she was certain that she had been fooled by both Gu Kai and Mo Xiuchen together.
“Ranran!”
The nurses had disappeared at some point and Gu Kai had also left. Now, solely Mo Xiuchen and Wen Ran remained in the endless silence.
Mo Xiuchen’s voice echoed faintly. His handsome face lost its innocence, his eyes reflecting a hint of guilt, a touch of love, and a bit of desolation, “It has nothing to do with Ah Kai. I forced him to cooperate. I just wanted you to realize that life is uncertain, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow or the next moment.”
Wen Ran bit her lip, her eyes quietly staring at him.
He reached out and gently grasped her wrist. His voice faltered. His eyes lost their guilt and desolation, replaced by deep affection, “Ranran, the moment our cars crashed, I really thought I was going to die.”