But she was still sick, feeling ill and listless every day.
The doctor said she might have a heart condition, her worries were too heavy, which was why her cold never improved.
Tang Yuchen knew what her heart condition was; she wanted to leave this place, leave him.
But he couldn’t let her go.
After having a cold for a week, An Ruo suddenly developed a high fever one evening. Her fever was severe, and she remained unconscious, deliriously talking nonsense, her mind in a haze.
Although she was resuscitated, she didn’t want to get better; her condition kept relapsing continuously.
Besides, a prolonged cold could turn into pneumonia.
Her severe illness wasn’t the outcome he wanted to see.
That day, An Ruo woke up from her nap and unexpectedly saw someone sitting by her bed.
It was not just anyone, but Xia Nuo, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time.
"Xia Nuo, how come you’re here?" An Ruo hurriedly sat up and asked in surprise.
Xia Nuo smiled and said, "What, don’t you welcome my visit?"
"It’s not that, of course I welcome you." She just couldn’t understand why Tang Yuchen would bring her here.
She thought he would keep her isolated for life, not allowing her to contact anyone.
Xia Nuo, looking at An Ruo’s emaciated appearance, felt very distressed for her. When she had vanished, Xia Nuo also searched for a long time and suffered a lot.
Now, seeing her was a joy, but An Ruo had become so thin, she must have suffered greatly.
"Did Tang Yuchen find you?" An Ruo, not having seen her for a long time, had a thousand things to say but ended up asking just this question.
Xia Nuo nodded: "Yes, he said you were sick and asked me to come see you. Your condition is worse than I imagined; it really hurts me to see you sick."
An Ruowei smiled weakly: "It’s just a cold, not that serious."
"How can it not be serious? A cold can turn into pneumonia, and pneumonia can develop into lung cancer. You need to recover quickly, don’t you dare collapse on me. Once you get better, you have to go shopping with me, travel with me. You’re my only friend; you can’t abandon me."
Xia Nuo said cheerily, every word for her own good.
An Ruo was touched and asked her, "Aren’t you going to ask what I’ve been doing over the past year?"
Xia Nuo’s smile faded, and she took An Ruo’s hand and said earnestly, "An Ruo, no matter what has happened, I Keep reading on NovelHub - where stories come alive! If you want to tell me, I’ll listen; if you don’t want to, I won’t blame you."
"Sorry, I really don’t want to talk about it right now."
"It’s okay, it’s just good that you’re back. Also, don’t disappear without a word again, you have no idea how worried we’ve been about you."
The ’we’ she referred to included herself and Tang Yuchen.
A look of confusion appeared in An Ruo’s eyes, and Xia Nuo explained:
"When you disappeared, I was so anxious, searching everywhere for you, and I was sad for a long time. But my sadness was nothing compared to one tenth of Tang Yuchen’s.
I saw it with my own eyes. He searched for you relentlessly, not missing any chance. Any lead on your whereabouts, real or fake, he would check it out, never giving up...
Even though he didn’t tell me anything, every time he came to ask if I had news of you, I could see how much he cared about you.
One time, after he asked me about you and was about to leave, he fainted. Leng Yan and I rushed him to the hospital. The doctor said he fainted because he was too tired, too distressed..."