More than ten minutes earlier, in the outer room.
Gu Jinwen, Gu Jinyi, and Zeng Yi were sitting or standing, not a single one of them in the mood to speak, and the atmosphere was so heavy it felt like it could be wrung out into water.
Until the outer door was pushed open, and Liang Qiushi walked in dragging a wheeled suitcase.
Seeing the newcomer, Zeng Yi hurried over and took the suitcase from her.
"Auntie, what is this?"
Weariness hung on Liang Qiushi's face. "I heard the doctor say yesterday that Jinzhi should be able to transfer out of the ICU around today, so I prepared some changes of clothes and daily necessities for him in advance."
She glanced around, her gaze falling on the tightly closed inner room door, and lowered her voice.
"Why are you all outside? Inside... is it Jinzhi and A Xue?"
Zeng Yi gave a dull nod, turned to pull open the door of the outer room wardrobe, and prepared to put the suitcase inside.
Yet the moment the cabinet door opened, he froze.
Another wheeled suitcase was already resting quietly inside.
He had been resting here these past few days and had never seen this suitcase, so he couldn't help letting out a confused sound of surprise.
The others looked over as well.
Gu Jinyi asked curiously, "Whose suitcase is this?"
No one could answer.
Gu Jinwen guessed, "Could it be Sister-in-law's?"
"Why would Sister-in-law put a suitcase here?" Gu Jinyi retorted offhandedly.
These words struck Zeng Yi like a lightning bolt.
He suddenly remembered Li Wei's abnormal behavior of repeatedly asking him to come cover her shifts over the past few days.
He also remembered the suspicions Gu Jinzhi had mentioned to him not long ago regarding Li Wei's true identity,