'It's going to be okay.'
This was what Lu Qingfeng wanted to tell his wife once he saw her shocked expression after being informed that Yun Qingrong had slipped into a coma. However, even he wasn't certain that everything would return to normal soon and whether his mother-in-law would survive this ordeal or not.
It also didn't help that Bai Qingyue hadn't left yet, and Su Xiaofei threw a fit upon waking up, seeing her birth mother seated next to her bed. It took some time for Lu Qingfeng to calm her down.
She found Bai Qingyue's presence deplorable and a mockery of the situation she was currently in. What was this woman trying to prove anyway? If anything, Bai Qingyue shouldn't have wasted her time staying here and hounding her for answers she already knew.
"Make her leave." She begged her husband. "I don't want her to be here."
All Su Xiaofei wanted to do right now was fall on her knees and scream until her throat was hoarse, though she knew she wouldn't. She just couldn't bear the thought of losing her mother.
And so, Lu Qingfeng had no choice but to send Bai Qingyue off, informing her that Su Xiaofei would be fine and that there was no need for the actress to stay any further.
Bai Qingyue remained silent and left eventually, but not without casting her daughter one last look before leaving. Something with the way she looked at Su Xiaofei made Lu Qingfeng pay extra attention to her.
Seeing her expression, Lu Qingfeng wondered if Bai Qingyue held some attachment to Su Xiaofei. He surmised that the reason for Bai Qingyue's previous death could be related to his wife's demise before.
'If she held Su Xiaofei in her heart, then why did she fail to protect her when she had the chance?'
Lu Qingfeng shook his head and didn't dwell too long on these thoughts, as his wife needed him.
Yun Zhaonan phoned everyone in their family and explained the situation. Every passing minute of him not being able to do anything to change the situation made Lu Qingfeng hate himself more and more. He felt helpless seeing his wife sitting on the bed, clearly devastated from the news she received from him.
Why couldn't he find a match? What was the point of having all that money if he couldn't save his mother-in-law's life and make his wife happy again?
Seeing Su Xiaofei in such a state was tearing his blackened heart into pieces.
"I shouldn't have argued with Mama yesterday when she attempted to bid goodbye to me. I'm such a horrible daughter. I failed her." He heard Su Xiaofei say as she wept in his arms.
Yun Qingrong probably knew that she wouldn't be able to make it, Lu Qingfeng thought. But he also understood that his wife wouldn't be able to bear it if she loses her mother now.
"That's not true. Don't blame yourself, Feifei. I'm sure the last thing Mother would do is to hate you for being you." He replied, patting her head with such gentleness, as if she was a small child in need of comfort.
Su Xiaofei shook her head. Her mother wasn't able to say goodbye because she hadn't allowed her to. She wouldn't be able to forgive herself for her own stubbornness for it.
"I can't be here. Mama needs me there." Su Xiaofei said, telling him to bring her back to her mother's side, which Lu Qingfeng easily complied.
When they returned to Yun Qingrong's room, the rest of her brothers were there, looking after her. When they saw Su Xiaofei, they wordlessly engulfed her in a hug and patted her back.
"She's going to wake up, Feifei. We will find the organs she needs." Yun Yuanzhi told her reassuringly.
"Right. She's a Yun, after all. There's no way she would succumb without a fight." Yun Shao commented, but there was a hint of uncertainty in his voice that he failed to hide.
Su Xiaofei could only nod in response, her eyes shining once again with tears as she looked at her mother's state. It must have been hard for her mother in her previous life. Yun Qingrong must have been sad to die alone without the comfort of her family and her daughter, who'd turned her back on her just to end up marrying the wrong man.
The rest of the day felt too long for Su Xiaofei, but this time, she decided not to leave her mother's side again, in fear that something would happen in her absence. She didn't even realize she had dozed off as she sat next to her mother's bed, holding Yun Qingrong's hand.
Around three in the morning, someone shook her shoulder and she found her husband looking at her with saddened eyes. Fear gripped her heart and she immediately sat up straight before looking at her mother.
"Darling, it's time to wake up."
"Did something happen?" She asked, afraid that the doctors had given them an ultimatum, that this was their last chance to bid their farewell to her mother.
"Yes. The doctors just told us they found a donor. They need to prepare Mother for the surgery, hence I woke you up."
"Really?!" Her eyes widened in surprise. She wondered if she was dreaming, or if a miracle just happened, and her mother would live.
"En. I already called your uncles, and they said they would be on their way here." Lu Qingfeng replied.
"Do you know who it is? The donor, I mean."
"No. Donor information is confidential, so the doctors aren't going to disclose it to us, but they confirmed that the donor is a match with Mother. She will live, Feifei. Let's just hope she will recover well, and her body won't reject the organs."
The nurses came in a hurry and Su Xiaofei, along with her husband, had to stand aside and watch them take away Yun Qingrong and bring her to the OR.
Su Xiaofei held onto her husband's hand and prayed like she never did before.
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