Yu Sangwan lowered her head, looking at her palm. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

It was that antique lighter, the one Jinxuan always carried with him... He had said it was given by his fiancée! So, it was the one she gave him back then!

Jinxuan met with an accident, yet he was still clutching this lighter!

"..." Yu Sangwan bit her lower lip, trying hard not to cry out loud.

The door of the surgery room opened, and everyone rushed forward simultaneously.

Out came Lu Feixuan.

"How is my daughter?" The first to speak was Lu Yusen.

Tang Yueze clenched his fists tightly, suppressing all his emotions.

The doctor took off his mask, shaking his head, "The situation is not very good... for now, she hasn’t passed the critical stage. Also, the Third Miss’s face is severely burned, I’m afraid..."

At this point, the conversation halted, and Helian Shuang stiffened, her body leaning back slightly.

Ji Qing hurriedly supported her, "Madam!"

How important is appearance to a girl? And how helpless were the doctor’s words?

Lu Yusen turned around, glaring fiercely at his wife, "Helian Shuang, good job! What a competent mother you are! As a wife, a mother, which role have you done well?"

The doctor awkwardly interjected, "The Third Miss now needs to be transferred to the intensive care unit, we need to handle the procedures..."

"I’ll do it!" Tang Yueze clenched his jaw, eyes already red, his tightly clenched hands, veins popping on the back.

"Let me do it!" Ji Qing tried to stop him.

"No need, I’ll do it!" Tang Yueze cut in front of her, following the doctor. At this moment, the one who probably felt the most heartache for Lu Feixuan was him.

The surgery room door closed again, but the tension at the entrance persisted, Lu Jinxuan had not come out yet.

With the wait dragging on, Yu Sangwan’s body gradually couldn’t hold up.

Seeing her complexion was off, Fu Xianlin stepped forward to support her, "Taotao, go rest for a while... Jinxuan still needs some time, don’t wear yourself out."

"No..."

Yu Sangwan gritted her teeth, her gaze fixed on the surgery room door, pale-faced, yet refusing to take a step away.

"Alas..." Fu Xianlin sighed, shaking his head in helplessness, unable to do anything about his daughter.

The hallway was so silent you could hear a pin drop.

The surgery room door finally opened again...

"Doctor!" Though Yu Sangwan felt weak in the knees, she was the first to rush forward, "Jinxuan, has he come out?"

"..." The doctor’s face was hidden behind the mask, silent for a long time.

Lu Yusen and Helian Shuang both stepped forward, Lu Yusen simply introduced, "This is Jinxuan’s wife, how is my son?"

The doctor frowned deeply, sighing and shaking his head. "Alas..."

"..."

At that moment, all sounds ceased! The scene seemed frozen!

Yu Sangwan saw nothing, heard nothing; her world completely collapsed with that sigh from the doctor! Darkness enveloped her vision as her consciousness gradually faded.

"Taotao!"

The moment she collapsed, Yu Sangwan let out a whimper.

"Jinxuan..."

Fu Xianlin half-squatted, catching his falling daughter, looking back at Lu Yusen. "How could this happen? I’ll take Taotao home first..."

"Alright."

Lu Yusen turned around, glaring menacingly at his wife, "Helian Shuang, truly remarkable! My son and daughter, not one left, all destroyed by you!"

Without pausing, he declared, "We’re getting a divorce! This time, regardless of any opposition from the elders of the Lu Family and the Helian Family, I absolutely won’t have any further entanglements with you! How can a woman with ice-cold blood even be a mother?"

With that, he turned away.

"Lu Yusen! Are you serious?" Helian Shuang couldn’t believe it, her voice shrill with disbelief.

"Hmph!"

Lu Yusen sneered, "You can try to see if I mean it! Without your Helian Family, maybe our Lu Family would just be ordinary businessmen, but... we’d find peace! Helian Shuang, I will take my daughter away! From now on, there will be no further relations between us!"

His back gradually got farther away, leaving Helian Shuang feeling panicked, chasing after him, "Lu Yusen, come back!"

But this time, Lu Yusen never looked back!

...

In the ward, Yu Sangwan slowly opened her eyes.

Fu Xianlin was always by her side, "Taotao, you’re awake?"

"Dad..." Yu Sangwan rubbed her temples, smiling slightly, "I just had a dream, I dreamt something happened to Jinxuan... isn’t it absurd?"

Fu Xianlin’s face stiffened, lowering his gaze, not knowing how to face his daughter.

"Dad?"

Yu Sangwan sat up, lifting the quilt to get out of bed.

"I need to find Jinxuan... he’s waiting for me."

Her behavior was clearly off. She was avoiding reality!

"Taotao!" Fu Xianlin held her hand, struggling to speak, "Don’t be like this, I don’t know what to do?"

"Dad, what’s the matter?" Yu Sangwan smiled at her father, confused, "I just want to see Jinxuan! I need to tell him, I’m the one he’s been waiting for!"

She nervously tugged at her clothes, her eyes wide like a startled deer, "Dad, do I look good? Jinxuan will like it, right?"

"Taotao..." Fu Xianlin choked with emotion, "Jinxuan... is gone!"

"..."

Yu Sangwan’s spine stiffened, staring at her father in shock, then suddenly exploded, shouting, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don’t speak nonsense!"

"Good child!"

Fu Xianlin painfully embraced his daughter, "Calm down... face reality!"

"No... I won’t!"

Yu Sangwan struggled hard, but Fu Xianlin held her tightly. "Taotao, don’t scare your dad... it took me so long to find you, I can’t bear to see anything happen to you..."

Yu Sangwan stayed motionless, leaning against her father, tears silently streaming down her cheeks... Despite her fragile state, Yu Sangwan insisted on seeing Lu Jinxuan, spurred by Fu Xianlin’s persistence.

At the refrigeration chamber door, they encountered Lu Yusen.

"Brother Fu." Lu Yusen sighed, glancing at Yu Sangwan, "Child... I know you’re heartbroken, but take care of your health!"

"Father..."

Yu Sangwan spoke with difficulty, her voice choked with sobs.

"Alas..." Lu Yusen frowned deeply, the sadness in his eyes equally overwhelming.

"Perhaps this isn’t the right time to say this. You and Jinxuan are already married, and by rights, you should call me father... but our Jinxuan is gone, you’re still so young, and your father mentioned your condition doesn’t suit childbirth, considering everything, you should terminate the pregnancy!"

Lu Yusen paused, the grief of losing his son aging him in an instant.

"I’m sure Jinxuan would want that too... otherwise, how could he rest in peace?"

Yu Sangwan froze, her lips moving, but no words came out. Covering her lower abdomen with her hand, Lu Yusen sighed as he brushed past her.

Ahead, Mrs. Lu came out, wiping the corners of her eyes.

"Auntie."

Mrs. Lu looked up, seeing Yu Sangwan, her lips tugged slightly, "Child, your health isn’t good, listen to Auntie, better not go in."

Hearing this, Yu Sangwan’s heart sank to the bottom, resolutely shaking her head, "No, I must see Jinxuan."

"..." Mrs. Lu seemed to want to say more, but ultimately stopped, "You... never mind."

Fu Xianlin approached, supporting his daughter, "Taotao, Daddy’s here with you."

"...Mm."

...

Inside the refrigeration chamber, there was only a bed in the center, draped white cloth long and cascading down, fringed with tassels.

"..."

Yu Sangwan’s heartbeat seemed to stop as she took slow steps forward.

She held her breath, lifting her hand. Instantly, Tang Yueze standing nearby seized her wrist, "Eldest Young Madam!"

Tang Yueze’s eyes were red, bloodshot eyes filled with tears, shaking his head at Yu Sangwan, "Don’t look anymore... Eldest Young Master, he’s already unrecognizable..."

"..."

Yu Sangwan paused, shivering uncontrollably. She knew that he met his end in a fire, so... was he burned beyond recognition?

Such a handsome, poised man, how could he leave the world so tragically?

"No, I want to see... let Jinxuan see me, let him know, I’m here."

Taking a deep breath, Yu Sangwan closed her eyes and forcefully pulled down the white cloth.