Chapter 1054 - Please Bring Her Back (1/2)

Helian Wei Wei was standing next to Chen Zhendong. Then, she stepped forward and cast her gaze down upon him. “May I know how remorseful are you, Mr. Chen? Given the chance, are you willing to give up your life in exchange for Lan Ya’s recovery?”

“I am!” Chen Zhendong’s head shot up, with his ebony hair plastered to his face. “Is there a way to do so? I’m willing to try anything! I beg you, if she can return safely, I don’t care what happens to me. I would do anything to bring her back.”

Helian Wei Wei smiled. “As long as you’re willing, Mr. Chen. As I’ve told you, I’m a Taobao shop owner, and I do business for the living and the dead. Though there was one thing that I lied to you about, Mr. Chen. Actually, Lan Ya is not dead. Without your consent, she will live for no longer than three days. Currently, her body lies in the hospital that I brought you to earlier. She’s in a deep coma with all sorts of tubes connected to her body, and requires immediate care frequently. Her life has been salvaged by the doctors twice, but the third time would be her demise. If Mr. Chen is willing to share your life span with her, she will be able to survive this crisis.”

“Fine.” Chen Zhendong did not even ask how much of his lifespan would be sacrificed nor how it would be done. He merely looked at Helian Wei Wei with a sullen gaze.

Helian Wei Wei looked at him and asked, “Are you sure, even if she doesn’t love you anymore? You should know well that no one could remain unfaltering after seeing you with another woman. Besides, you didn’t look for her for the past five days. The Lan family are not fools – they clearly know the reason why Lan Ya was near the hospital that day and your relations.h.i.+p with Xiao Ziqiu. Even if the rumors aren’t true, the Lan family will surely not allow Lan Ya to fall in love with you again. Perhaps, they will even warn her to stay away from you once she regains consciousness.”

She further elaborated, “Moreover, her older brother has always cherished her and she has many outstanding suitors waiting for her. It shouldn’t take long for her to find someone new. I’ve told you long ago that the best way to recover from an old relations.h.i.+p is to begin a new one. Even if you bring her back at the expense of your own life, she won’t appreciate you either. On the contrary, she might gradually forget you as you become absent in her life. With that said, are you still willing to cut your own life span for her?”

Chen Zhendong tightened his fingers gradually and released them again, one by one. His throat hurt badly as if he was forced to swallow a blade, as he muttered, “I’m willing to.”

Even if she would end up forgetting me.

Even if I have long become a piece of trash to her.

I still want her to come back to life.

In the past, the thing that he feared most was that she would realize her feelings toward him were not love.

Now, he finally realized that the thing he feared most was her leaving him alone in this world.

They had shared too many beautiful memories together.

He could still remember when he was still a child, she had fallen off the bed in her sleep once due to poor sleeping habits. At that time, he was playing with building blocks when he saw blood trickling down her face. Before she had even cried, he had already begun wailing.

Are all humans always like this?

We would only be honest and express our feelings when we’re young.

Once we grow up, we would become too spoiled and lose sight of those that are most precious to us…

“If that’s the case, come after me,” Helian Wei Wei said. Then, she brought Chen Zhendong to another location.

It was not the intensive care hospital that they went to previously. The destination was at the turning of a road, where a tree had fallen at the intersection. As it was now late at night, the surrounding atmosphere seemed drearier than usual.

“Do you know why people burn paper money when they mourn for the dead?” Helian Wei Wei asked as she stared at Chen Zhendong. “It’s so that the dead know where to return on the seventh day after their death.”

Chen Zhendong could not comprehend the reason behind all these rituals. He was a doctor, after all, so he did not believe in the existence of spirits.

Now, he truly believed it.