Half a month passed, yet An Nuan found herself feeling strange.
She had loved Shen Xizhou deeply, but now, whenever he approached her, she instinctively wanted to pull away, to have no further entanglement with the person before her.
This feeling made An Nuan wonder if she was ill.
It shouldn't be like this.
An Nuan fainted again, and Shen Xizhou called the family doctor.
The doctor left, but Shen Xizhou's expression was extremely grim.
The doctor's words had filled him with worry and fear.
The family doctor had examined her and found that the blood clot in An Nuan's head was gone due to the stimulation. If there were no complications, An Nuan would regain all her memories. Hearing this, Shen Xizhou truly panicked.
This was what he had always feared, what he had always avoided facing.
He had expected An Nuan to recover her memories. He had never imagined she would recover them so quickly.
These past few days, An Nuan's every thought and glance had been focused on him. This period had been the happiest of his life.
But today, the doctor's words struck him like a bolt from the blue.
Shen Xizhou was instantly thrown into disarray.
He didn't know how he would face her when An Nuan woke up. What would he do, what would he say, to keep An Nuan by his side?
Shen Xizhou was consumed by a splitting headache.
Half a day later, An Nuan, lying in bed, moved her fingers, finally showing signs of waking.
Seeing this, Shen Xizhou was overjoyed.
But as he calmed down, he felt a sense of dread.
An Nuan waking up was a good thing, of course. But if she truly remembered everything, she would leave him.
He couldn't bear for that to happen.
He looked at An Nuan on the bed, his eyes gleaming with an unusual light. At that moment, a cold smile touched his lips.
Yes, so what if An Nuan really remembered everything?
As long as he didn't let her leave, didn't allow her any contact with the outside world, and kept her here, wouldn't that be enough?
Thinking this, Shen Xizhou's worried frown disappeared, replaced by a smile.
Yes, it was such a simple solution.
An Nuan woke up.
When she opened her eyes and saw Shen Xizhou, she was truly terrified.
She thought she must still be dreaming, that she had a nightmare and was dreaming of Shen Xizhou.
A chill ran down her spine. The last person she wanted to see right now was Shen Xizhou.
She thought that if she closed her eyes, Shen Xizhou would disappear. She believed this was all a misunderstanding.
But after much thought, when she opened her eyes again, she found Shen Xizhou still before her. The person who had refused to accept her fate now resigned herself to it.
She didn't know why she was here, or why Shen Xizhou was by her side.
Shen Xizhou reached out to grasp An Nuan's hand, but she immediately avoided it.
An Nuan watched Shen Xizhou warily and said coldly and with disgust, "Mr. Shen, please stay away from me."
"I don't know what has happened, or why I am here. But I know this was not my will."
"I must have been forced to be here."
As Shen Xizhou's hand was about to fall on her, An Nuan cried out loudly, even waving her hands in the air as if it would make her safer.
"An Nuan, An Nuan..." Shen Xizhou stared intently at An Nuan, desperately wanting her to calm down and listen to him carefully.
He felt he had many things to explain to An Nuan. This was a rare opportunity. Whether she believed him or not was beyond his control.
"An Nuan..." Shen Xizhou fixed his gaze on An Nuan, afraid that if he was a moment slower, all would be lost.
"An Nuan..." Shen Xizhou tried to approach An Nuan, but she avoided him again.
Upon hearing Shen Xizhou's voice, An Nuan became agitated.
Shen Xizhou was being so audacious now.
She didn't know what Shen Xizhou wanted.
At this moment, she realized that she and Shen Xizhou were the only ones left in the room.
And Shen Xizhou had said he could grant her anything she desired.
He looked at An Nuan and pleaded, "Please don't leave me, okay?"
"I'm afraid, if I leave you, what about our son? And what about me? My situation isn't good right now."
"An Nuan, you've been here with me all this time."
Shen Xizhou suddenly stepped forward, grabbed An Nuan's hand, and whispered into her ear with suppressed emotion, "An Nuan, can you just forgive me this once?"
Hearing Shen Xizhou's familiar words, An Nuan felt no anticipation. She was even thinking about how to escape.
"No, I will never forgive you."
"Think about it. How could you have been so devoted to me back then?"
"Let go of me. If I truly become angry, and it leads to bad consequences, then it will be your own fault."
Shen Xizhou knew better than anyone that An Nuan would blame him when she woke up.
It's not like there was only one outcome.
Facing Shen Xizhou's persistence, An Nuan calmed down slightly. She looked at him and sighed helplessly, "An Nuan, won't you give me even one chance? You weren't like this before, I..."
"An Nuan, I..."
"Shen Xizhou, please let go of me. We have no relationship."
"This happened before. And you? Have you forgotten?"
"An Nuan, think carefully about the present situation, will you?"
"Have you never considered why you are here now?"
An Nuan was stunned for a moment. She had considered this question.
But hearing Shen Xizhou say it this time made her spirit falter.
"An Nuan, have you forgotten? You wanted to come here yourself."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Shen Xizhou's lips curved into a slight smile, and he said calmly, "If you don't believe me, I can show you the video from that day."
"An Nuan, you'll know then."
An Nuan, with a nervous heart, went to watch it.
Indeed, it was her who had wanted to come, and she had never shown him a bad expression. Even when speaking to him, her face was full of smiles. Seeing this scene, she truly questioned her own life.
She wasn't even sure what was happening before her eyes.