Chapter 306 - A Pair of Pathetic Singles (1/2)

The four friends had left the noodle shop after enjoying their meal. They decided to take a stroll in the hospital's garden since the weather had suddenly turned a bit cloudy. With cool breeze brushing against their faces, it was beautiful weather compared to the scorching heat in the first half of the day.

Xu Mey hadn't talked to Jie since the morning and she was really missing him now but she still didn't call him. She tightened her hold on her phone but didn't dare to press the button. Seeing her conflicted look, Lin Shen suggested, "If you're so worried, why don't you just call Jie? Don't dawdle for no reason."

"Shen Ge, I want to call but... I don't want to call as well." Lin Shen gave her a stupified look.

"Now, what exactly is that supposed to mean?"

"I mean to say that... Sigh! I want to give him some space. Ah-Jie should be spending this time with his parents. They need their son." Understanding her reason, Lin Shen rubbed her head lovingly.

Behind these two, both Wu Wang and He Jian were stuck on what Yang Ziyi said in the noodle shop. "Do you think my sadness had been hurting Weiwei's spirit?" He Jian was still looking at the ground when he voiced out his question. His voice was only audible to Wu Wang and it was clear that the question was directed at him as well.

"Do you know why mom and I always talked about Weiwei with a smile?" Wu Wang didn't answer his question but instead asked his own. He Jian turned his gaze towards Wu Wang and shook his head in negation. He really had no idea.

"My sister suffered from cancer from an early age." Wu Wang started with heavy feelings. "She always used to smile before us. But I had heard her crying in pain in the dead of night... all alone." He looked heavenward as he added, "She never really cried before you because she was scared of hurting you. But I was her only brother and no matter how hard she tried, she eventually cried in my embrace."

"She stayed strong before you. But I was one whom she told that she wished her life would go easy on her now." Wu Wang placed his hand on He Jian's shoulder as he said, "Weiwei had spent her life bearing that torturing pain. Death was her only way of resting in peace. You might have ignored the look of relief on her face when she died but I didn't. Jian, you need to accept that she's in a better place now. If nothing else, at least she won't have to cry herself to sleep in pain anymore."

Unknowingly, He Jian's eyes had filled up with tears. Although Wu Wang was trying to smile, tears could be seen swimming in his own eyes as well.

"The answer to your earlier question would be... Weiwei's only happiness in life was your presence. She loved you more than her life itself. And the girl who hid her blood-stained clothes from you, do you think she'd be happy to see you sad because of her?" They both sat on a bench under the shade of a tree. Wu Wang could understand He Jian's inner turmoil. "Do you know why mom had been nagging you about getting married?"

"Why?" He Jian asked in a daze.

"Because it was my sister's last wish that your wife would be of mom's choice. Just like that point-blank doctor said, I also don't want to remember my sister with tears in my eyes. Especially when I know that she finally is free of all the pain."

Saying his piece, Wu Wang left He Jian alone to ponder over his thoughts. Xu Mey and Lin Shen had already been chatting elsewhere. Wu Wang waved both of them goodbye before making his way inside the hospital again.

Getting the information that he needed, he went to wait outside an O.R. He had to say thanks to that stupid doctor, after all, it was a very first time that someone dared to be so honest with He Jian.

Yang Ziyi pulled off her surgery cap as she walked out through the electronic doors.