Two days had passed.
Since Su Yu had fainted backstage, the news had not spread.
Inside the hospital room.
Lin Zhaoyang and his wife, along with Zhang Guizhi and her husband, all looked haggard.
Lin Yanyu sat by the hospital bed, her eyes red and swollen, staring blankly at Su Yu lying on the bed.
All sorts of examinations had been conducted, and the doctors' verdict was that everything was normal. Su Yu's body was even healthier than most people's, with all indicators near perfect.
Yet, he remained unconscious, showing no signs of waking up.
Conditions with identifiable causes could be treated symptomatically, but without identifying the cause, even specialists from various fields were at a loss.
"Yanyu, you haven't slept for two days. Go and rest. You won't be able to hold on if you continue like this," Zhang Guizhi said, her heart aching for her daughter-in-law, as she gently held Lin Yanyu's hand and persuaded her.
"Mom... when will Su Su wake up?" Lin Yanyu's voice was hoarse, and tears welled up in her eyes again.
"Don't worry, didn't the doctor say Xiao Yu's body is very healthy?" Zhang Guizhi patted her back and comforted her softly.
"Yanyu, go and rest for a bit. We'll watch over him. If Xiao Yu wakes up and you've collapsed from exhaustion, he'll be heartbroken. Perhaps he'll wake up after you've had a good sleep?" Chen Rong also stepped forward to persuade her.
Lin Yanyu turned her head, glanced at Su Yu on the bed, and then pursed her lips and nodded.
She hadn't slept for two days and two nights, and she was indeed reaching her limit.
"Then, if Su Su wakes up, you must call me," her beautiful eyes were already bloodshot.
"Mhm, mhm," Chen Rong affectionately touched her daughter's cheek, wiping away her tears.
Su Yu was staying in a private hospital run by a friend of Lin Zhaoyang's. The room was of the highest standard, with several accompanying rooms for rest and dedicated staff for cleaning and other services.
Lin Yanyu went to the adjacent room to rest.
Silence fell over the ward once more.
"In-laws, you should go and rest too," Zhang Guizhi said to Chen Rong. "You've been busy arranging for specialists for the past two days, and you must be exhausted. Go and rest. Zheng Guo and I will stay here."
She and Su Zheng Guo had already rested, and Su Yu was not a critical patient, so there was no need for so many people to stay.
"Then we'll go and rest for a while, and we'll come back to relieve you later."
Chen Rong did not refuse and went to the adjacent room with Lin Zhaoyang.
After everyone had left, Zhang Guizhi looked at Su Yu on the bed and sighed.
Su Zheng Guo also came to the bedside. Zhang Guizhi held her husband's arm, her gaze never leaving Su Yu on the bed.
"Zheng Guo, the last time Su Yu fainted was after his college entrance examination, wasn't it?"
"That time was different from this time. That was because his condition was too severe."
"I'm not talking about that..."
Zhang Guizhi spoke as she sat down beside the bed, caressing Su Yu's face.
"I don't believe you haven't felt it."
She suddenly spoke.
Su Zheng Guo was taken aback and a bitter smile appeared on his lips. "So you've felt it too..."
"I am his mother. How could I not feel it when my own son suddenly became someone else?"
As she spoke, tears silently slid from the corners of Zhang Guizhi's eyes.
"Yes... how could I not feel it."
Su Zheng Guo gritted his teeth, his cheeks trembling uncontrollably, forcibly holding back the tears that were about to fall.
Pity the hearts of parents. As the closest people to their son, even the slightest change could not escape a parent's perception.
The couple had long suspected that after that serious illness, their son was no longer there.
However, both of them had kept it to themselves, never speaking of it.
"If he wakes up again, who do you hope it will be?"
Su Zheng Guo suddenly asked.
He didn't know why he asked, it just blurted out.
"What about you?" Zhang Guizhi looked up at her husband.
They looked at each other, seeing the complex emotions in each other's eyes.
"The Xiao Yu from before and the Xiao Yu from now are both my sons!" Zhang Guizhi suddenly smiled, her smile filled with tears.
Su Zheng Guo could no longer hold back, and tears flowed down the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes!
Yes.
What was the difference?
The companionship over the past few years, Su Yu's presence, and his filial piety towards them, they had all witnessed.
They could feel that Su Yu truly regarded them as parents, his biological parents.
Affection was mutual.
That sense of kinship, the affection in his eyes towards his parents, was genuinely felt and could not be faked.
The Su Zheng Guo couple was the same. They didn't know when they had forgotten about the change in their son, treating this Su Yu as their own son.
However, the Su Yu they had spent over a decade with was almost everything to them. If they had to choose back then, they would have definitely chosen the former Su Yu. But now...
When faced with the choice, the couple realized it was not something they could decide.
"Leave it to fate."
After an unknown amount of time.
Su Zheng Guo suddenly spoke.
There was only this body, and only one Su Yu could exist in it.
Other than leaving it to fate.
There was nothing else they could do.
Because this choice.
Was too difficult.
...
Online.
The news of Ting Yu's concert continued to dominate the trending topics.
At the same time, the donation issue was also causing a stir.
This led to a strange polarization online, with some furiously praising Ting Yu, while others furiously cursed her.
Although netizens couldn't discern much, many industry insiders had already grasped the essence of the situation.
Mo Yan posted: "Su Yu is a legend. His contributions to the domestic entertainment industry and society cannot be measured in money. Even if he didn't donate a single cent, no one would have the right to curse him, because he is Su Yu, he is a god in the domestic entertainment and film circles!"
As soon as Mo Yan's Weibo was posted, it was swarmed by trolls.
Countless comments attacked Mo Yan.
The singer's group.
Gong Ju Ren posted a long article of one hundred thousand characters!
He listed Su Yu's achievements and contributions to the music and film industries since his debut!
Soon after.
Gong Ju Ren's Weibo was also overrun by trolls!
Artists like Jiang Xiao'e, Zhang Wei, Shen Qingfeng, and Zhang Yang, who had been propelled to fame by Su Yu, all reposted Mo Yan and Gong Ju Ren's Weibo. Subsequently, their Weibo accounts were also flooded with paid trolls who launched fierce attacks!
Surprisingly, in addition to these artists who were related to Su Yu.
There were also artists from within the industry who, fearing no attack from the trolls and not afraid of being embroiled in this public opinion storm, actively spoke up for Su Yu online!
Ting Yu's fan group.
The situation had descended into chaos!
"Brothers, it's time to show our strength!"
"I thought becoming a fan of Ting Yu meant I could live a peaceful life, chat about fishing, talk about life and dreams, and wait for Ting Yu's new songs. I never expected that even Ting Yu would be slandered. I declare that I, Keyboard God, shall return to the arena!"
"We fans are just tired of online troublemaking, not dead!"
"Brothers, my keyboard has been thirsty for a long time. Let's charge at these trolls!"
"My passion has been reignited. After ten years in Zu'an, my family tree is still intact, and I return today with my keyboard!"
"Protect our Ting Yu!"
"Keyboard, come!"