Two days later.
In the ICU ward.
Ai Xiaoya had already been moved out and transferred to a regular ward.
Shen Qiao finally lay down beside her and fell asleep.
Seeing his son like this for the first time, Shen's Father felt heartbroken. But over the past two days, Shen Qiao had been unable to eat or sleep, and though he had seen it all, there was nothing he could do.
Now that Ai Xiaoya's vital signs had stabilized, Shen Qiao finally began to rest.
Even so, the doctor said that although Ai Xiaoya was out of danger, it was basically certain that she would not wake up anytime soon.
In other words... she would be in a vegetative state.
As for when she might wake up, no one knew.
Over those short two or three days, Shen Qiao and Shen's Father had been running around everywhere. Aside from the initial seventy thousand yuan, Shen's Father had spent even more afterward.
He had earned all that money through hard work. Of course it hurt to spend it.
But seeing his son's state, he found it hard to say anything.
In any case, as people unrelated to her by blood, their family had already done everything they could.
They could not possibly bankrupt themselves to save an outsider, could they? Were they supposed to stop living their own lives afterward?
Besides, Shen Qiao and this girl seemed to have only just gotten together. There was really no need to go this far.
After Shen Qiao woke up, Shen's Father spoke to him about it.
"Son, listen to me. You two were high school classmates, and you're both young. It's normal to have feelings. Now that something like this has happened to her family, you two aren't related in any way. Our