Tang Xue Mei walked out of Leia’s hospital room, An Yu following closely behind her. They found the doctor in the hallway.
"When can she leave?" Tang Xue Mei asked, her voice calm and composed.
The doctor thought for a moment. "If everything goes smoothly, I’d say she can leave tomorrow morning. We’ll need to keep an eye on her for the next 24 hours, but after that, she should be able to go home."
Tang Xue Mei nodded, her expression serene. "Okay, thank you, doctor. We’ll make sure to take good care of her."
An Yu nodded silently beside her, his eyes fixed on the doctor’s face.
With that, Tang Xue Mei and An Yu returned to Leia’s bedside, where Leia was now sitting up, looking a bit more energetic.
"Hey, Leia," Tang Xue Mei said, smiling softly. "How are you feeling?"
Leia winced, her eyes squinting in pain. "My head hurts...and my leg feels like it’s on fire."
Tang Xue Mei nodded sympathetically. "The doctor says you’re going to be okay. You just need to rest and take it easy for a while but you should be able to go home after 24 hours of observation."
Leia nodded, looking relieved. "Okay..."
Somewhere in country E
A tall man with blonde hair wearing a white suit walked into the courtroom. In front of him was a man and woman in their early fifties dressed similarly with the tall man.
"Qiangyu where the heck is Leirui?!"
The tall man bowed before speaking "Father have you forgotten you gave her a 5 years time limit? Well that limit ends in three days so if she’s not back by then. I and the rest of my brothers will go look for her.."
The man hissed as he eyed rolled, even only he was this eager to find a wife.
"What you should look for is a wife.."
"I’ve already found one, he’s very handsome.."
"..."
"..."
"Qiangyu what kind of sick joke is this, don’t mess around even if you want, you must produce a child to continue your lineage..."
Qiangyu bowed he had already taken care of that, he had given his sperm to a worthy woman, when the child was born he would give him or her to his parents.
As per their request for a grandchild.
"I already have that covered, I hope you’ll let me be with the one I love..."
The man humphed, 11 children that number was already enough to give someone high blood pressure.
"Do whatever you like when have we ever stopped you? It’s not like you listen anyways!"
His wife patted his hands gently as she sighed, these kids they just wouldn’t do right.
"I miss Ruirui, doesn’t she miss us? Doesn’t she want to come back home?"
"Sweetie it’s okay, Ruirui would definitely come home don’t worry.."
Qiangyu excused himself as he left the courtroom, he sighed and shook his head.
Leirui you better come home on time, because I’m not about to travel half way around the world to drag your runaway ass back home!
"Atchoo.."
Leia rubbed her nose,was someone saying bad things about her?
"We’re going to head home now, auntie Gu will stay her to watch you."
Leia shook her head, who would take care of things back there if auntie Gu was here.
"It’s okay I can stay on my own, I just wish I had my phone.."
Tang Xue Mei checked her pockets she remembered picking up Leia’s phone when it fell of her pockets.
"I got you covered!"
"Haha thank you.."
They bid Leia goodbye as they left the room, Leia quickly dialed a number.
Her family must have been worried sick!
It didn’t take long before the call got through.
"Where the hell have you been!!!!! Come home right now!!.."
"Low your voice, my poor ears...brother Qiangyu is this how you greet your little sister whom you haven’t seen for so long?"
Qiangyu eye rolled as he got into the car, her not being her made things worst for him.
Their parents called him 24/7 asking him about her whereabouts.
"How are you doing?"
"I’m fine, I’ll be home tomorrow or the day after. I know my time limit is about end.."
Qiangyu nodded it would be too much of an hassle if everyone came to look for her
"I’m glad you called, I’ve been running out of lies to tell the old folks.."
Leia chuckled her dad must have been worried sick, he had called her lots of times since she left home.
"Though I’m coming home, I won’t be staying for long. I still want to come back here, I like the life I’m leaving right now.."
Qiangyu sighed he knew this would happen, personally he would allow her to leave wherever she wanted but their parents would not allow it.
"You might have to speak to the old folks about this one.."
Leia sighed there was no room was escape then.
"I’ll call you once I get some and tell the rest of our brothers that I’m okay. Bye! Love you!"
Leia dropped the phone down and sighed, if she arrived home on time then there was room for negotiation.
"Even if i can’t stay here I must come back to see the twins, I don’t want to miss the twins birth.."
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"Hey old man do you have a phone ?"
Feng Shihan grabbed the crutches as he walked inside the house looking for the old man.
"Old man? Old man?"
"I told you to stop calling me that.."
Uncle Xi hissed as he sat down on the bamboo chair, he turned to Feng Shihan.
"What do you need?"
"Do you have a phone? How far is the nearest phone?"
Uncle Xi stroked his chin with those legs if his wasn’t going to get there ik the next three hours.
"Lucky for you, I do have a telephone. I keep it for emergency purposes.."
Feng Shihan’s eyes narrowed, thought he said he wanted to die alone why did he need a telephone then.
Ken’s hands stilled on the keyboard as his phone buzzed on the desk. He gazed at the screen, his eyes widening in surprise as he read the caller ID.
"Boss?" he said, his voice laced with shock, as he answered the call.
There was a pause, and then a voice spoke on the other end of the line. "Ken," Feng Shihan said, his voice firm and authoritative.
Ken’s eyes widened in shock, his mouth hanging open. "Boss?" he repeated, his voice barely above a whisper. "But...we thought you were dead!."
Feng Shihan’s voice was calm. "I managed to survive."
Ken’s face was pale, his eyes still wide with shock. "How...how is this possible?" he stuttered.
"It’s quite shocking haha now back to business. First how my wife, my babies, how big is her belly.."
"..."
Ken expression was black it must be really good to fall in love. The first thing he did was to check on his wife.
"The young madam is doing pretty great, her belly’s huge maybe because she’s carrying twins and she eats a lot as usually. She also recently designed the nursery, it had a cute bear theme. She has gained some weight but now too much. She’s traveled out of the country once don’t worry she brought An Yu along and she has also gotten a high fever don’t worry she’s fine down. I heard the young madam also baked a nice looking cake.."
Ken inhaled sharply getting his breath back, he had to get his breath back after giving Feng Shihan a report on his wife.
"That’s good, I broken my leg in the ordeal and I can’t feel where I am until two months for now. The place is a bit tricky to find and it’s not somewhere you can land a helicopter on. I’ll call you again when I find the best possible pickup spot.."
"Got it boss! It’s so nice to hear your voice again.."
"I’m glad you guys are okay, alright I have to go now, oh and don’t tell anyone I’m alive yet.."
Feng Shihan sat down after ending the call, he was glad he had memorized Ken’s number.
Uncle Xi passed a cup of ginger tea to Feng Shihan, judging by his expression he really needed a nerve calmer.
"He told me her belly has gotten so big, I wish I could touch it...if I hadn’t gone to the military I’d be by her side right now.."
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder."