Lu Qingfeng pressed the end call button on his phone. Yun Zhaonan had just called him to inform him that Su Xiaofei had a panic attack and that Yun Qingrong had slipped into a coma. This wasn't a good sign at all.
'Come back as soon as you can. Feifei needs you to be here.' Yun Zhaonan told him, but how could Lu Qingfeng face her this time? He failed again today.
This also reminded him that he couldn't control and change anything. Not even his vast wealth was enough to find the organs his mother-in-law needed. A part of him wanted all of these to be over, but knew very well that he wouldn't be able to watch as his wife turned into a person he couldn't recognize if Yun Qingrong dies.
If Yun Qingrong dies, then there is no coming back for Su Xiaofei and him. This would surely ruin his wife beyond repair. He knew how devastated she was in their previous life when Yun Qingrong died, and he wasn't by her side through the ordeal.
Lu Qingfeng swerved the steering wheel to the left and forced his car to a stop. He knew his wife needed him right now, more than ever, but he was so upset with himself that he started beating the steering wheel hard.
Was this a kind of test for him and Feifei or a divine punishment for the sins they committed in their past lives? Was he being punished for loving Su Xiaofei then?
Yun Qingrong might have beaten cancer, but that wasn't enough to save her life. She was a person with high importance in both of his and Feifei's lives, and it pained Lu Qingfeng to know that he couldn't do anything to save her.
They tried so hard to find a suitable donor that could match and when they thought they had finally found one, the organs would end up in other younger patients that needed it more. It was frustrating for Lu Qingfeng to go through it over and over again.
However, right now, he didn't feel like he could go back to the hospital where his wife was waiting, only to tell her that he had failed once again. He couldn't bear to see the disappointment in her eyes as she held her mother's hand.
He sat there at the driver seat, watching people walk and laugh on the siewalk. Sometimes, he wished that he and Su Xiaofei could lead a normal and happy life like any other couple.
Lu Qingfeng shut his eyes and took calming breaths. He knew he needed to return to Su Xiaofei's side, regardless if he had found a donor or not.
When he arrived at the hospital, he immediately went to see his wife, only to be surprised when he found Bai Qingyue seated on a chair next to the bed where Su Xiaofei was lying.
Bai Qingyue stood up once she saw him and gave him a curt nod.
"Mr. Lu." She had recognized him as Su Xiaofei's friend, courtesy of the pictures in the articles being spread about her lately.
"Miss Bai. What are you doing here?" He asked with a straight face. She was the last person he expected to see near his wife.
He briefly remembered that after Su Xiaofei's divorce with Mo Yuchen in his previous life, Bai Qingyue spiraled into depression and eventually left stardom a few years later. It didn't take long before news broke out that she had died from a drug overdose when her manager found her lifeless body in her apartment.
His wife had never mentioned anything about her birth mother, but Lu Qingfeng knew that Su Xiaofei didn't want to have anything to do with Bai Qingyue.
"Xiao Feng, she's the one who found Feifei unconscious." Yan Mei, who accompanied him inside the room, explained.
Lu Qingfeng furrowed his brows together, thinking that there was more to it and Bai Qingyue being the one who found his wife was not a coincidence at all.
"I see. Then thank you for helping my wife, Miss Bai."
"I see. So Mo Yuchen wasn't lying when he said that Su Xiaofei has gotten married."
"Yes. I'm Su Xiaofei's husband." Lu Qingfeng confirmed, as he walked over to his wife's side and brushed her hair away from her face. A pained expression flashed on his face, seeing Su Xiaofei like this.
"She hasn't woken up yet, and we haven't told her that Sister Qing has fallen into a coma." Yan Mei told Lu Qingfeng. "Would it be alright if you're the one to tell her the news?"
Lu Qingfeng nodded his assent. If Su Xiaofei broke down again, he knew she would rather be in his presence. His wife was a strong woman, he had no doubt about it, but it didn't mean she would be fine on her own, especially given how serious the situation was.
Meanwhile, Bai Qingyue remained standing and silent, her eyes never leaving her daughter's face. Su Xiaofei's complexion was pale and there were obvious darkening circles below her eyes, clearly indicating that she hadn't been getting any sleep these days.
Su Xiaofei had a breakdown earlier, and she wasn't a bit surprised that her daughter took it out on her. She could understand where Su Xiaofei was coming from, and Bai Qingyue didn't blame her for acting like that.
She lowered her gaze as her daughter's words replayed in her mind. It hadn't surprised her that Su Xiaofei held such hatred towards her after what she'd done.
"Haven't you already gotten your wish? You have thrown me away like an unwanted kitten, you should have pretended I was dead! You've made it perfectly clear that I was nothing to you, so please continue to do so."
She would if she could, but for the past twenty-four years, she had never been able to forget about that small baby she held in her arms for the very first time. It was like a curse that had haunted her since then.
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