As soon as Shen Yu'an finished speaking, a smile immediately spread across Lu Wenxuan's face. "Probably by the end of the year. Her relationship with her father is still a bit tense. I'll figure something out. Once I can get them to sit down and have a good meal together, it'll be about time for us to tie the knot."
When it came to marriage, the joy on Lu Wenxuan's face was simply irresistible.
Shen Yu'an looked at him and for a moment, he felt a bit dazed.
The expression on his face gradually darkened.
Just then, Lu Wenxuan's phone rang.
Shen Yu'an could see that the name "Lanlan" was displayed on the screen.
Ten minutes later, Lu Wenxuan hung up the phone and turned to look at Shen Yu'an excitedly. "I gotta go. Lanlan's waiting for me in the parking lot!"
"Okay." Shen Yu'an nodded without saying anything else.
Lu Wenxuan jogged all the way to the underground parking lot.
The elevator would take a long time, so instead of waiting, he took the emergency exit.
When he reached the lobby, his eyes suddenly caught a familiar figure in the garden. Before he could take a closer look, his phone rang again.
It was Wen Xi calling, informing him to go home for dinner in the afternoon.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Wenxuan looked up in the same direction again, but the spot was now empty. There was no sign of anyone.
Lu Wenxuan didn't think much of it and headed straight for the underground parking lot.
Just as his car drove out of the parking lot, an urgent emergency bell rang inside the hospital.
Then came the anxious voice of a nurse.
"Xiang Xiaozhong in the cardiology department is in an abnormal condition. Immediately contact the family members and prepare for surgery!"
"Head nurse, we haven't been able to reach the old man's family members. A large sum of medical fees was paid all at once, and there's no contact information for any family members."
"Wasn't there someone who came to visit him before? Where is that person?!"
As the patient's condition was critical, the head nurse's voice rose a few notches.
"The contact information the person left... is an invalid number..." the young nurse said in a low voice.
Hearing this, the nurse looked utterly helpless. "Report this situation to the dean."
The old man was already old and had undergone an operation before. This time, without the family's signature, they didn't dare to decide on the surgery on their own. They had no choice but to report it upwards.
Meanwhile, in a corner of the first - floor lobby, a woman wrapped tightly in a headscarf was standing still. Her eyes scanned the surroundings warily, and then she fixed her gaze on the nurses talking not far away.
She tightly clutched her headscarf, and her eyes were so fierce that it seemed as if she was about to kill someone. She stared menacingly at the medical staff in the distance.
This woman was none other than Xiang Yun, who had been missing for a long time.
She stood there, looking in the direction of Xiang Xiaozhong's ward, and murmured, "Grandpa..."
Xiang Yun lifted her foot. Several times, she wanted to rush over and loudly declare that she was the family member, that she was Xiang Xiaozhong's granddaughter. But the next second, she timidly retracted the foot she was about to step forward with.
She still didn't dare to step forward. She was afraid of exposing herself.
Now, not only Chi Yu's people were looking for her, but also Kai's people.
During this period, she had been hiding and living in a state of high - stress. It seemed as if she would break down at any moment.
But she didn't dare to relax her vigilance. She was afraid that if she let her guard down for a moment, she would end up being thrown into the trash heap the next second.
Xiang Yun stood there all the time, watching as Xiang Xiaozhong was wheeled out of the ward, into the elevator, and finally, it seemed, he was taken to the operating room on the upper floor.
She didn't dare to leave. It seemed that only by seeing her grandpa being wheeled into this ward with her own eyes could she feel at ease.
Xiang Yun waited from morning until night.
There were many people coming and going in the hospital, but her gaze had been fixed on that closed ward door from beginning to end.
It wasn't until the number of people in the lobby gradually decreased and her presence became more obvious that she had no choice but to leave.
Even when she left, the ward where Xiang Xiaozhong had originally stayed still hadn't been opened.
...
...
Early the next morning, Xiang Yun came to the hospital very early.
She wore a mask and sunglasses, and on her head was a wide - brimmed hat. She pulled the brim of the hat very low.
Xiang Yun walked straight towards the information desk.
"Hello. How can I help you?" The nurse at the information desk immediately greeted her warmly when she saw someone approaching.
Xiang Yun was like a startled bird. Her eyes constantly observed the surrounding situation. She lowered her voice and said to the nurse at the information desk, "That ward." She pointed to the ward where Xiang Xiaozhong had stayed before.
"How was that old man's surgery? Was it successful?"
Hearing Xiang Yun's words, the nurse at the information desk immediately started looking up the information. The record showed that Xiang Xiaozhong's previous surgery had taken place three years ago.
Other than that, there was no more detailed information in the record.
The nurse subconsciously thought that Xiang Yun was asking about Xiang Xiaozhong's previous surgery.
Then, she glanced at Xiang Yun in front of her and politely replied, "Hello. The patient's surgery was very successful."
Just as Xiang Yun was about to breathe a sigh of relief, another nurse suddenly spoke up.
"Xiang Xiaozhong? Isn't he the patient who had a sudden heart attack last night and didn't make it?"
As soon as the words were out, Xiang Yun's mind went blank with a loud buzz.
She instinctively asked in a daze, "Didn't make it... What does that mean?"
The nurse frowned slightly when she saw Xiang Yun's strange behavior. Her look towards Xiang Yun was also a bit odd. "Didn't make it means he passed away."
"By the way, are you his family member? We've been unable to reach his family."
"Now, we need a family member to sign so that the patient can go through the subsequent procedures, like cremation."
The nurse's words drilled into Xiang Yun's ears one by one.
She only felt a buzzing in her ears. The nurse's mouth opened and closed, but she couldn't hear anything. To be more precise, she deliberately didn't want to listen.
"Come with me and sign." The nurse suddenly grabbed Xiang Yun's hand.
Xiang Yun suddenly came back to her senses. She glared menacingly at the nurse in front of her and flung the nurse's hand away. "I'm not a family member!"
Then she quickly left the hospital.
The two nurses at the information desk recalled Xiang Yun's appearance and her fierce eyes just now. They couldn't help but shiver. "That person just now must be crazy! We should report this to the dean. We don't know what's going on with the security recently. They even let in such crazy people. What if there's a medical disturbance in the future..."
"It was really scary just now..."
...
Xiang Yun walked aimlessly on the street after leaving the hospital. For a moment, she felt completely lost.
Grandpa's gone...
Grandpa's gone...
Gone...
The only family member she had was just gone...
Xiang Yun stopped in her tracks and looked up at the sky.
She stared like this for a long time. The Imperial City was a prosperous city.
It was different from her hometown. In her hometown, when you looked up, you could only see the blue sky. But in the Imperial City, all she could see from the corner of her eye were tall buildings.
Suddenly, Xiang Yun retracted her gaze, and her eyes became fierce again.