The two arrived at a deserted stairwell.
Lin Qiutong glared at Song Qinian, for a moment, she wished she could push Song Qinian down the stairs.
"Song Qinian, to be honest, A'Yan has been more than kind to you. You harmed him so much back then, monopolizing his three beautiful years. When you divorced, he still gave you a house and one hundred million. Why can't you just let him go?"
Song Qinian looked at Lin Qiutong's hatred and anger with a blank expression. Facing Lin Qiutong, who had caused his father to go to prison and had framed her multiple times, she didn't even have the desire to gesture.
However, her silence and lack of response were seen as disdain by Lin Qiutong. Lin Qiutong was so angry her lungs were about to explode, "You know A'Yan likes me, yet you cling to him shamelessly. Have you no sense of decency?"
Song Qinian sneered inwardly. She thought that nothing good could come from Lin Qiutong's venomous words. As she turned to leave, Lin Qiutong blocked her path in a fit of rage.
"A'Yan was lucky to survive this time. What about next time? Do you intend to kill him before you give up?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Chi'an's dying image flashed in Song Qinian's mind, and her face immediately turned as pale as paper.
"Don't you love him very much? Then for his happiness, you should stay far away from him, not linger around him after divorcing him and bothering him!"
Just as Lin Qiutong finished speaking, Shen Keqin's voice suddenly rang out, "Fifth Brother, you're finally awake!"
Both of their expressions changed.
"A'Yan!"
Lin Qiutong's face lit up with joy, and she rushed into Shen Chi'an's ward first. However, the ward was filled with doctors examining Shen Chi'an, so she couldn't get close to him.
Shen Keqin anxiously asked, "Doctor, why did my Fifth Brother fall unconscious again after waking up for a moment? Is he alright?"
"Don't worry, President Shen's bodily functions are normal. He's just lost too much blood and is very weak. He'll definitely wake up after he rests enough."
Shen Keqin breathed a sigh of relief, his hand trembling as he touched his rapidly beating heart, "That's good, that's good."
After the doctors left, Lin Qiutong walked to the bedside and held Shen Chi'an's hand again.
Shen Keqin didn't see Song Qinian and walked out of the ward to look for her. He found Song Qinian leaning against the wall.
"Sister-in-law, why aren't you going in?"
Song Qinian smiled and gestured to Shen Keqin, "I heard the doctor. It's good that Shen Chi'an is alright."
"Hmph, my brother is fine, but Lin Qiutong looks like a usurper. She's so annoying."
Just as Song Qinian was about to say something, her phone suddenly rang.
Seeing that it was a call from her grandmother in the countryside, Song Qinian's brows furrowed tightly. Her grandmother knew she couldn't speak and only sent voice messages and texts. Why would she suddenly call?
Could it be an emergency?
Song Qinian quickly answered the phone.
"Hello... is this Niannian? Your grandmother fainted while working in the fields."
Song Qinian's face changed drastically. She immediately handed the phone to Shen Keqin and gestured for her to make a call, using sign language to ask, "Ask her how my grandmother is?"
Seeing the seriousness of the situation, Shen Keqin immediately turned on the speakerphone.
"The doctor is still examining her. We don't know the situation."
"Qinqin, ask them which hospital it is?"
The other party said it was the hospital in town. Song Qinian thanked Shen Keqin and then gestured to her, "Qinqin, I need to go see my grandmother. Regarding Shen Chi'an... if he wakes up, please let me know."
"Ah, you're not waiting for my brother to wake up? What if the first person he wants to see when he wakes up is you?"
Song Qinian smiled and shook her head. That possibility was almost zero.
"The person he wants to see first when he wakes up is already by his bedside. My grandmother is alone in the countryside. Although the neighbors can occasionally look after her, they can't stay with her in the hospital all the time. I have to go see my grandmother."
"Alright, then be careful. I'll message you when my brother wakes up."
Song Qinian smiled and nodded.
Before leaving the hospital, she glanced at Shen Chi'an's ward. Lin Qiutong held Shen Chi'an's hand against her face, gazing at him affectionately and speaking to him softly.
When Lin Qiutong had been unconscious before, Shen Chi'an had stayed by her side like this.
They were the couple who loved and needed each other.
Song Qinian bought a ticket to the countryside that day.
It was a journey of over five hours from Jinghua City to Song Qinian's hometown.
On the bus, Song Qinian was filled with anxiety.
As soon as she got off the bus, she rushed to the hospital without even drinking a sip of water. Grandma Song saw Song Qinian and was both surprised and delighted, "Niannian, what are you doing here?"
Seeing that her grandmother was safe and sound, Song Qinian finally breathed a sigh of relief and rushed to embrace her tightly.
She was so scared. On the bus, her mind had been racing with all sorts of terrible thoughts. If something had happened to her grandmother, she didn't know what she would do.
Grandma Song patted Song Qinian's back to comfort her, "Alright, alright, Grandma is fine."
Grandma Song had fainted at home due to high blood pressure. The neighbors, seeing her age and that she wouldn't wake up, worried that the elderly woman might not make it and called Song Qinian.
Although the doctor said Grandma Song was in good health, Song Qinian, thinking of Shen Yushu's grandmother, insisted on giving Grandma Song a full physical examination.
The examination report would not be available immediately, so Song Qinian took her grandmother home first.
Meanwhile, Shen Chi'an, still unconscious, seemed to be trapped in a nightmare, unwilling to wake up.
He seemed to have returned to his school days.
Before each class, the boys in the front, back, and sides would be discussing a girl.
"Hey, have you heard? The music major's prodigy confessed to our little angel, and after being rejected, he angrily composed a song about heartbreak, which then became a hit online."
"More than that, I heard the civil engineering major's top student, after failing to confess, worked hard and was chosen to participate in the design of this Olympic venue."
"Tsk, tsk, what kind of boy do you think she likes? Logically, since she's mute and can't speak, she must like boys with good singing voices, or at the very least, rich, handsome, or influential boys. But so many people pursued her, and she didn't agree to any of them."
Shen Chi'an usually wasn't very interested in others, but when people talked about it frequently, he unconsciously started paying attention.
"Look quickly, the captain of the school basketball team is confessing to Song Qinian again. A typical rich and handsome guy, he's sure to succeed."
Everyone rushed to the corridor and window to watch. Shen Chi'an's seat was positioned so he could see downstairs. He glanced over casually and saw a girl wearing a white down jacket and a red scarf.
It was snowing that day. She stood in front of the red teaching building, gesturing to the boy in front of her, her slender, beautiful fingers dancing in the air.
Even though it was far away, Shen Chi'an could see her face clearly. She was pure and flawless, and when she smiled, even the irritable winter seemed to warm up.
At that moment, his heart in his chest seemed to come alive, beating violently.
In the ward, the dynamic monitor recording Shen Chi'an's heartbeat also fluctuated greatly. His eyelids twitched slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.