Chapter 263 - If I Could Forget (1/2)

As the hours were passing by, Lin Shen's stress was increasing. For the second time in his life, he felt helpless. When he lost his mother to a brain tumor that was the first time he realized how helpless he was and that pushed him to become the world-renowned neurosurgeon. But today, even after becoming the best in his field, he was once again helpless seeing his brother like best friend losing his battle with life right before his eyes.

He didn't realize when a single teardrop escaped from his eye. "Shen, get a grip man! If Xiao Mey saw you crying like this, she'll tear everything apart." Li Qiao had to remind him. Lin Shen wiped his tear and nodded his head trying his best to get a grip over his emotions for the sake of Xu Mey.

Xu Mey had sat beside Wu Wang's bed for all night. She had a feeling that her best friends were hiding something from her and that's why she even tried asking Dr. Yang Ziyi but she didn't get any concrete answer from her either.

After 36 hours of painstaking waiting, Wu Wang opened his eyes slowly to see He Jian and Li Qiao talking in a corner while Lin Shen kept rubbing his temples on the couch. As for Xu Mey, she had her head placed beside him while she held his hand.

Feeling the movement of his fingers, Xu Mey looked up at him and without notice, jumped on him to hug him. "You used to always tell me to stop drinking. Look what you did yourself?" Hearing her complain in a choked up voice, Lin Shen ran up to Wu Wang's side. "You really don't care about me or any of us. Do you know how worried we were?"

Wu Wang listened to her laments in silence with a tender look in his eyes. "Why aren't you saying anything?" Xu Mey looked at him with a sad face that broke Wu Wang's heart. He opened his mouth to speak when Lin Shen interrupted him.

"Don't try to talk, Wang. Because of the tracheostomy tube in your windpipe, you won't be able to speak clearly. Save your breath." Listening to Lin Shen's advice, Wu Wang stayed quiet but lifted his hand slowly to caress Xu Mey's hair, silently telling her to cheer up.

Seeing the anxious faces of his friends whom he loved more than life itself, Wu Wang felt a warmth gushing in his heart. This was the family that was bonded by heart and blood wasn't of any importance. He could reckon from their lethargic looks that none of them had slept because of him and he didn't know how to say thanks to them for loving him unconditionally.

"You better stop drinking now!" He Jian glared at him as he spoke sternly. Wu Wang could only blink his eyes in response silently agreeing.

After a while, Wu Wang made a hand gesture to shoo them away. "You want us to leave?" Li Qiao asked in disbelief. Wu Wang blinked his eyes again. "We're not going." Li Qiao answered straightforwardly.

Wu Wang knew their nature. therefore, he didn't argue in this condition and closed his eyes again feeling drowsiness taking over him.

When his breathing was controlled, the doctors removed the breathing tube from his neck. While he stayed two days in the hospital, none of the others moved away from his side. So, when he could finally talk slowly, the first thing he said was, "I'm tired of seeing such ugly faces of yours. Go away and take some rest. Also, bring back some cabbage soup on your way back." The last one was directed at Xu Mey. Before they could argue, he added, "Do you want me to take discharge?"