After Lu Xinyi left the Encounter You Café, some time passed.
Only then did Liu Hao rise in a daze and stagger toward the door.
His mind was a complete mess, his eyes hollow and lifeless, like a walking corpse whose soul had been ripped away.
There was no doubt that Lu Xinyi's icy gaze and resolute words had dealt a crushing blow to his heart.
Three years? No, to be exact, two and a half years.
He and Lu Xinyi had been married for exactly two and a half years.
Could that iceberg truly have not felt even the slightest affection for him?
Though it was only a contract marriage, what man would willingly give up a stunningly beautiful, goddess-like wealthy wife?
Just as Liu Hao's thoughts spiraled and all hope drained from him, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang urgently.
His expression numb, Liu Hao mechanically answered the call. "Hello?"
"Is this Mr. Liu Hao? Your mother, Liu Xiuqin, has suddenly taken a turn for the worse. She does not have much time left. Please hurry to the hospital!"
An anxious middle-aged man's voice came from the other end. It was his mother's attending physician.
"What?! All right, Doctor, please do everything you can to stabilize her. I'll be right there!"
Like a bolt from the blue, the news instantly jolted Liu Hao out of his dazed state.
After hanging up, he did not dare waste even a second. He rushed madly to his car and sped toward the hospital in a panic.
Half an hour later, Liu Hao burst into the hospital.
In the recovery ward, Liu Xiuqin lay on the hospital bed. She was around fifty, her face haggard and gaunt, her hair already half gray. Her eyes were tightly shut, and her breathing was