Chapter 246: The Will Hidden Under the Pillow
Translator: 549690339
Mo Shuifu no longer acted on impulse. She stood quietly in front of the door, gazing at it.
Sometimes, life and death are only a thread apart.
She did not know what consequences would follow once the door opened.
She slumped back, retreating step by step.
Shen Shihan came up from behind and still grabbed her hand tightly.
“Trust the doctors, it’ll be okay,” Shen Shihan pulled her aside and seated her on a nearby chair.
He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, bringing her cold, trembling body into his embrace.
She was as cold as ice, so he took off his own clothes to drape over her.
Because she had rushed out, her hair was still damp. Now, Shen Shihan carefully wiped her head with a towel.
Wet hair could cause a migraine, he knew.
She no longer had the strength to refuse anything from Shen Shihan, her eyes were lost and empty.
The hospital was very quiet, only the nurses were running back and forth incessantly.
Shen Shihan, fearing that Mo Shuifu would be cold, poured her some hot water again.
He had never felt such heartache for someone, and he suddenly understood why Shen Chi would rather give up the powerful backing of the Bai Family to be with Xu Chaomu.
Love really does drive people mad.
Some people are willing to emerge from the maze of love, while others never wish to leave.
Shen Shihan wondered which type he would become.
A nurse hurried over, and Shen Shihan stopped her, “How long has the patient been inside?”
“It’s almost been forty-five minutes.”
“How much longer will it probably be?”
“It’s hard to say. If the fall was with the head facing downward and serious, it could require a whole night of rescue.”
Hearing the nurse’s words, Mo Shuifu suddenly burst into tears with a “wa.”
Head facing downward… the fall.
“What should I do, what can I do… I’m so useless… Why didn’t I watch over my mother, it’s all my fault…” Mo Shuifu covered her face and wept bitterly.
“Shuifu, it’s not your fault, your mother was in a coma for so long, and no one expected her to wake up tonight. It’s not your fault,” Shen Shihan embraced her.
He held her tightly in his arms, all he could offer her now was his embrace.
“No, I should not have left her, if I hadn’t left, she wouldn’t have fallen from the building. I shouldn’t have left the hospital…” Mo Shuifu was mired in deep self-blame.
“Shuifu, stop blaming yourself. If you’re at fault, then I’m also at fault, because I was the one who took you away.”
“Why didn’t I stay by her side… why…” Mo Shuifu cried uncontrollably.
She could no longer speak through her tears, biting her lip close to breaking down.
“Shuifu, let’s go to the ward and see if there’s any surveillance or clues.”
Shen Shihan was still relatively calm, he empathized with Mo Shuifu’s sorrow and tried his best to alleviate all of her grief.
He took Mo Shuifu to the ward, which was already in chaos, with some elderly women awake and buzzing with gossip.
“What a pity she suddenly jumped, it’s really too bad.”
“Yes, so many days without seeing her wake up, and the night she does, she jumps.”
“You all didn’t know she woke up?”
“I was sleeping soundly, who would know? I just heard a noise, then someone downstairs shouted ‘someone jumped off a building,’ and I woke up.”
“We were the same; it’s really scary in the middle of the night.”
“Poor girl Mo, working so hard to earn money, just to treat her mother. And now… alas…”
The elderly women chatted one after another, not realizing that Mo Shuifu and Shen Shihan had entered.
“Ah, Shuifu, you’re here,” the women shook their heads and stopped talking.
“Yes.” Mo Shuifu nodded, her eyes devoid of their former spark.
In the past, despite hard times, she was always optimistic, greeting these ladies with a smile upon entering the ward. But today, her face only bore paleness and confusion.
“Don’t worry too much, girl Mo, your mother has her luck; she definitely won’t die,” one of the elderly women consoled her.
“Thank you, I’ll wait,” said Mo Shuifu weakly, “Auntie, did no one notice when my mother awoke?”
“Everyone was asleep already; it was late at night.”
“I see,” Mo Shuifu nodded weakly.
Approaching her mother’s hospital bed, Mo Shuifu slowly sat down. She stroked the blankets, clothes, and sheets on the bed…
As she lowered her head, her damp hair fell over her ears, half-covering her face.
Under the dim light, her figure was frail and delicate.
With her pale fingers moving over everything that belonged to her mother, tears streamed down her face.
Every day, she had vigilantly hoped that one day her mother would wake up, but she never imagined waking up to this outcome…
The days before were so warm, she liked to talk and laugh with her mother, sharing her innermost feelings.
Now, all that lay before her was an empty bed.
Just as her hands moved slowly, Shen Shihan suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her hand.
His keen eyes spotted something like an envelope under the pillow.
Mo Shuifu was startled, her expression froze.
Shen Shihan picked it up; the envelope wasn’t sealed. Opening it, inside was a thin sheet of paper.
“What is it?” Mo Shuifu asked.
Shen Shihan furrowed his brow; this… seemed to be the so-called suicide note…
He unfolded the paper, reading from the top down.
Sure enough, it was addressed to Mo Shuifu.
The words were sincere, every sentence revealed a mother’s love for her daughter. Moving, and heavy on the heart.
Shen Shihan finished reading, quickly clarifying his thoughts.
From the note, it appeared that Mo Shuifu’s mother had awoken in the night and left this letter behind.
But… Shen Shihan pondered quietly, something wasn’t right. In the letter, her mother only conveyed one thought, that she could no longer be a burden to her daughter Mo Shuifu.
That meant, her mother must have awakened earlier and knew of the hardships Mo Shuifu faced for the medical and surgery expenses.
Therefore, she made the choice to jump.
Only to not drag down her own daughter.
As Shen Shihan thought this through calmly, Mo Shuifu took the note from his hand.
Sentence by sentence, she immediately burst into tears.
Covering her face, she broke into loud sobs.
“Shuifu, Shuifu, cry, it’ll be better after you’ve cried…” Shen Shihan held her in his arms, holding her tight.
He knew that at this moment, she needed to cry thoroughly; her fragile shoulders couldn’t take anymore…
The women in the ward whispered sympathetically, shaking their heads.
“Girl Mo is so pitiful…”
“Yes, she’s so filial; she definitely can’t bear such a blow.”
“Alas,” the others sighed.
Mo Shuifu clutched the letter, tears falling drop by drop.
Shen Shihan cradled her in his arms, holding her head, staying with her together.
At times like these, the one who suffered the most was still her.