Helian Hao leaned against the wall with her, waiting. Uncle Wang sat beside them, praying continuously.
When Mu Yichen called Qin Mu, she answered the phone with remarkable calmness, though her voice was hoarse.
"I’m at the hospital, it’s not me who’s in trouble, it’s him, he’s had an accident!"
Qin Mu didn’t mention a name, but Mu Yichen suddenly had a bad premonition.
Mu Yichen told her, and then immediately found his car keys.
Qin Mu responded, then slowly hung up the phone.
Helian Hao asked her, "Mu Yichen?"
Qin Mu sniffled, then nodded vigorously.
"Xiaohao, if he dares to have any misfortune, I will never forgive him in my life."
Uncle won’t give you that chance."
Helian Hao raised her hand to embrace her shoulder.
Qin Mu leaned into her embrace, feeling as if her throat was clogged and painful.
After Mu Yichen arrived at the hospital, he almost ran inside the moment he parked the car, hastening towards her as soon as the elevator door opened.
Qin Mu and Helian Hao, hearing footsteps, looked in that direction. Mu Yichen, with anxious eyes, finally stopped before her.
Seeing him like that, Qin Mu couldn’t help but clench her heart, knowing he must be worried about her. Without care for the presence of Helian Hao and Uncle Wang, she ran up to him and hugged him tightly, clinging to his neck.
Mu Yichen uttered softly, his tense gaze lowering to look at the woman in his arms.
Qin Mu’s eyes were already swollen from crying. He lifted her face and looked at her tenderly.
With Mu Yichen there, Qin Mu became completely calm, no longer as distraught as before, even stopping her tears.
Mu Yichen pressed her head into his chest and glanced at Helian Hao standing beside them, who also looked at him and slightly shook her head.
Uncle Wang, standing by their side, happened to see Helian Hao’s expression and his legs went soft.
"I’m to blame for all this. Why didn’t it happen to me? I might as well die."
Uncle Wang smacked his own thigh with guilt and could no longer lift his head.
When Qin Haiming was wheeled out, it was already dark.
The dean personally oversaw the emergency surgery but felt very ashamed looking at Mu Yichen and Qin Mu afterward.
"Keep this matter under wraps for now, until my father-in-law awakens."
Mu Yichen gave this single instruction to the dean.
The hospital dared not commit any blunders.
The dean nodded: "I understand. However, the mayor has suffered a severe impact to the head. In any case, we will do our utmost."
There are some things the hospital leader cannot say carelessly, especially when it involves someone like Qin Haiming.
Mu Yichen understood the helplessness in the dean’s eyes. The dean was probably telling them to prepare for the worst.
He turned to look at Qin Mu, who had been quietly listening to their conversation, then reached out to embrace her, offering no verbal comfort.
After the dean and his staff left, Helian Hao had no choice but to leave too. Uncle Wang followed them to the intensive care unit, and when Qin Mu and Mu Yichen approached, they saw him standing woefully to the side.
"Uncle Wang has been blaming himself."
Looking at Uncle Wang like that, Qin Mu felt quite helpless too.
"As a driver, he should feel responsible. But once your father wakes up, things will get better," Mu Yichen explained to Qin Mu.
Mu Yichen and Qin Mu later stood across from the ICU, leaning against the hard, cold wall.
Qin Mu’s eyes brimmed with tears several times, but she only shed a couple dry tears and didn’t cry again.
Her eyes were hot; she suddenly remembered scenes from her childhood, things she had once forgotten, now coming back to her.
She thought, he must wake up; otherwise, she couldn’t afford such luxuries of hope.
Mu Yichen saw Qin Mu’s red and swollen eyes, knowing she was extremely anxious inside, yet her face was so calm at the moment.
At this moment, Mu Yichen also didn’t know how to comfort her. He had imagined endless ways to soothe her when he was a child, but none .
Right now, he was just quietly by her side.
The two of them leaned against the wall, shoulders touching.
Later on, Qin Mu gently leaned on his shoulder: "I never really wanted him to have a car accident, even when I hated him so much back then."
Her voice was somewhat weak and still hoarse.
"This is an accident," Mu Yichen told her, but as soon as he finished speaking, he felt something was amiss, and his dark eyes suddenly grew intense.