Lu Qingfeng and Su Xiaofei were to spend their weekend alone with each other. However, on the second day of their rest day, Su Xiaofei received a phone call from home informing her that her mother had been rushed to the hospital due to severe abdominal pain she experienced that afternoon. Lu Qingfeng didn't waste any time and drove them back to Qiying City and went straight to the hospital where Yun Qingrong was brought to.
Su Xiaofei didn't waste time and alighted from the car as soon as her husband pulled the car over, rushing towards the emergency room, panic-stricken. This was one of the things she kept worrying about whenever she wasn't at home and working in Guangshang. She didn't think that this would happen as soon as she and Lu Qingfeng left after their wedding.
She looked around and found her mother with Aunty Liu. Yun Qingrong didn't seem to be in pain anymore and was sleeping on the hospital bed. Su Xiaofei was thankful that Aunty Liu had volunteered to accompany her mother while she and Lu Qingfeng were on a short break.
"Aunty, how's my mother?" Su Xiaofei asked, wondering if the attending doctor in the ER would be back soon to explain her mother's current situation.
"She's fine for now, but the doctor has been looking for you. They want to remove the tumors and do a hysterectomy on your mother." Aunty Liu paused and looked at Su Xiaofei and to Lu Qingfeng, who just arrived with a worried expression on her face. "They want to remove it as soon as possible."
Su Xiaofei shivered at that. Her mother's doctors had already said the same thing a week ago and while Yun Qingrong had agreed easily to their request, Su Xiaofei was having some reservations about it. Not only did the doctors want to remove her mother's uterus, but they also wanted to get rid of her two ovaries and fallopian tubes.
After surgery, her mother may either receive combination chemotherapy, possibly followed by additional surgery to find and remove any remaining cancerous tissues. Su Xiaofei had no doubt that her mother's health would continue deteriorating after that, and there was no assurance that she would recover one hundred percent after the surgeries and chemotherapy.
"It's alright, Feifei. Do what the doctors ask. I'm ready."
Su Xiaofei was startled, hearing her mother's voice, as she didn't even notice that her mother had woken up during her conversation with Aunty Liu. She stared at her mother, understanding what Yun Qingrong truly meant by her words. She was ready to depart the world of the living if all avenues to treat her were to fail.
Su Xiaofei's eyes shone with tears and nodded to her mother. She also knew that she needed to come to terms with her mother's condition and expect the worst that could happen.
She was able to reunite and be with Lu Qingfeng in this lifetime. Xi Qian was also still alive and well, now starting a new beginning in her life as she met Li Xiran. However, why couldn't Su Xiaofei change her mother's end?
Perhaps being reborn wasn't only to rectify the mistakes she had done in her past life, but also to mend her relationship she had with her mother. It seemed that Yun Qingrong was destined to die in both her lives, and she didn't have any ability to prevent it. She could only make the best out of the situation they were in.
"I'll inform the doctors of our decision then." Lu Qingfeng said before whispering next to his wife's ear, giving her hand a squeeze. "Stay here with Mother, Feifei. Let me handle all of it."
Su Xiaofei remained silent and took a seat next to her mother's bed, while her husband and Aunty Liu left to talk with the doctors. Thankfully, she and her mother won't be facing this on their own as they have people around them they can rely on.
"I'm sorry, Feifei. You and Xiao Feng have to come back earlier than expected." Yun Qingrong said as she held her daughter's hand.
"That's no problem, Mama." Su Xiaofei replied. "We can't really enjoy our rest days knowing that you aren't in your best condition."
Yun Qingrong gave her daughter a weak smile and stared at the blank ceiling above her. Oddly, she didn't feel any fear or nervousness from the surgery she was about to undergo. Now that her precious daughter had someone next to her, she was assured that whatever happens, even if all the treatments failed, her Feifei won't grieve over her death for too long.
"Can you promise me something then? I won't ask you for anything in the future again." She heard Su Xiaofei ask.
Yun Qingrong turned to look at her daughter, seeing despair and fear in Su Xiaofei's eyes. This was the first time she had seen her daughter like this, and she didn't like that she was the reason behind it. If possible, she only wanted to see her daughter happy.
"If it's something I can do, then why not." She replied.
Ever since Su Xiaofei was younger, she had made sure to provide everything that she needed. Yun Qingrong was also aware that because of this, her daughter developed a selfish trait while growing up, but today, she knew that her Feifei wasn't asking her for any material thing to possess.
"Then, Mama. Can you promise not to give up?" Su Xiaofei asked. "Can you promise that you would return to us?"
Yun Qingrong was washed with the extreme urge to cry right then and there. If she could, she would like to live a few more years and see her daughter start a family with Lu Qingfeng. She still wanted to be there in every important milestone of her daughter's life.
"Mama will do her best." She said with teary eyes. She couldn't promise that she would come back alive, as her life wasn't in her own hands now.
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