"Mom! Let's see what Chen Liang finds first. We may need to cooperate with his investigation! It shouldn't take long!"
Tan Qingru sighed.
"I don't understand your work! All I know is that Fang Fang is rotten to the core! Just don't let her get away with it! Thank goodness Ning didn't misunderstand today! Otherwise, who would you have gone crying to?"
Gu Zheng turned his gaze toward Song Ning, his eyes tender and adoring.
"She wouldn't! Song Ning is so smart! She understands me better than anyone! Besides... no drug could ever make me forget her!"
"Ugh..."
Wei Jinjun shuddered.
"Auntie! I can't stay in this room anymore! Are you coming?"
Tan Qingru covered her mouth and laughed.
"Yes, let's go! We'll all leave so we don't get in their way!"
After the door to the hospital room closed, Gu Zheng pulled Song Ning into his arms again.
He held her tight.
"Song Ning! This time... you scared me to death! I was so afraid... so afraid you wouldn't wake up!"
A gentle smile rested on Song Ning's lips as she let him hold her.
Gu Zheng buried his face in the crook of her neck, his voice slightly muffled.
"Song Ning! I... I can't help it... I can't bear to hear anything bad has happened to you!
"I... I was never afraid of anything before... I always thought that no matter how dangerous things got... the worst that could happen was death!
"But after meeting you, I... became afraid of everything!
"Afraid you'd get sick!
"Afraid you'd leave!
"Afraid you'd... go back!
"Afraid you... wouldn't want me anymore!
"During those hours you were in shock, I felt... as though my heart... was about to shatter!
"Even breathing felt like being cut with a knife!
"If you hadn't woken