Free Web NovelChapter 904: Chapter 901: Mysterious Gift 8
In fact, she had never stayed quietly by his side for so long before—up till now, it had always been him keeping her company.
She still remembered once, when he came back from a long trip, the next morning he’d asked her to spend the whole day with him. But she refused, saying she had important schoolwork. It wasn’t until much later that she realized that day had been his birthday.
At last, dawn broke.
The scheduled surgery time was ten in the morning.
In a quiet corner, Yan Xixi saw the doctors filing in one after another.
Leading them was that female doctor. Her eyes stayed straight ahead, surrounded by a group of brain specialists, yet she seemed long since accustomed to this kind of formation.
Finally, the doors of the operating room closed.
Liu Daqing walked into the lounge. She kept pacing back and forth, arms folded, her expression so grave it was frightening.
Yan Xixi’s heart was pounding wildly; she could feel the toxins of nervousness rapidly being secreted, rapidly taking over her whole body—and Empress Dowager had been terrified like this for several days already.
Yan Xixi quietly took a deep breath, her voice calm and gentle: "Empress Dowager, I’ll make you some coffee."
Empress Dowager forced a smile: "All right, I just happened to be in the mood for coffee."
A simple coffee pot, coffee grounds, milk, chocolate, sugar cubes had been specially sent over. Everything was kept simple. But when the boiling milk was poured over the coffee, a sweet chocolate scent immediately spread through the air.
Empress Dowager held the cup of coffee and took a small sip. "So coffee can be this fragrant and sweet."
She smiled softly. "Actually, this doesn’t really count as coffee anymore. Strictly speaking, it’s a milk chocolate coffee."
Liu Daqing started to laugh.
With that laugh, her mood immediately relaxed a few degrees.
She casually said, "Xixi, I’ve always been curious—how was it that when you called me that day, you just so happened to know Donglin had had an accident?"
Yan Xixi thought back and slowly said, "I was texting with him at the time. There’d been no reply for a long while, and suddenly, I don’t know why, my heart gave this fierce jolt... How should I put it... Empress Dowager, let me put it this way: it’s like you scrimp and save to buy a new phone that costs several thousand yuan, and you’ve just been playing with it for a little while, but the moment you turn around, you realize someone’s stolen it..."
That kind of anxiety and tension sends your adrenaline shooting straight up.
Anyone who has just discovered their wallet or something important has been stolen knows that feeling.
Liu Daqing couldn’t help laughing.
When she checked the time, it turned out to be practically the exact same moment as Wan Donglin’s accident.
She let out a long sigh. "In the past, when I’d see those ancient sayings about hearts being linked as one, I never believed them. Today I finally do. Xixi, I never imagined you would really fall in love with Donglin."
She smiled with narrowed eyes, yet her heart felt as if it were being sliced open. She simply acted as though nothing were wrong and added a little more hot coffee to Liu Daqing’s cup.
"I’m just like this—selfish. I need people to love me a whole, whole lot before I’ll give back even a little. Brother Donglin has been so good to me that bit by bit I got used to it, as if his goodness was inexhaustible. Even when Brother Donglin disappeared last time, I still didn’t truly reflect on myself—I just kept clinging to him, tormenting him. It wasn’t until this time that I realized without Brother Donglin, I’m nothing..."
Empress Dowager disagreed. "Donglin being able to meet you may not be a misfortune at all—it could be his blessing."
Yan Xixi laughed. "Empress Dowager, that’s because you love me."
Liu Daqing looked at her, thinking that simply knowing someone loves you is already a fortunate thing. In this world, so many people never learn how to love and even less how to be loved. That is what’s truly sad.
