175 Completely Fallen for Her 3 (1/2)

He even boasted that he was not one to falter easily, unless the person was irreplaceable to him.

Had she become that important him?

An Xiaoning's jaw trembled uncontrollably as tears continued to flow freely from her eyes like a tap.

She arrived at the hospital in no time. Just as she was about to get down from the car, Mei Yangyang grabbed her by her arm and said, ”Sis, put on some clothes before going down.”

They then quickly changed into proper clothes and got down from the car.

Not wanting to waste any time, they picked up their tracks and ran towards the emergency unit.

All of Jin Qingyan's family was present except old Mrs. Jin. Upon sight of An Xiaoning, Mrs. Jin rushed forward to give her a tight slap across her face and hollered, ”You wretched woman! What right have you got to make my son attempt to poison himself to death! What right have you!”

”What are you doing?” Mr. Jin said as he hurriedly pulled her backwards.

”What am I doing? I thought she could bring us some fortune by marrying Qingyan, but look at the mess she has created!”

An Xiaoning clutched her face and stood still, at a complete loss for words.

”I'm sorry.”

Mrs. Jin's attitude towards her had changed completely from before. She stared at An Xiaoning with eyes red from crying and hissed, ”An Xiaoning, if Qingyan fails to pull through, I want you to be buried together with him!”

”Sure, I'll do just that if he dies,” An Xiaoning answered as she turned to glare at Mrs. Jin.

”Now's not the time to talk about these things! Can you all just be quiet and wait for the results?” Long Tianze snapped in exasperation, extremely perplexed and frustrated at Jin Qingyan's decision to kill himself.

The corridor was filled with silence all of a sudden.

Throughout the entire hour in the operating theater, the doctors repeatedly conducted a gastric lavage procedure on Jin Qingyan. They were puzzled to find that he had managed to stay alive, since one would definitely die within five minutes of ingesting the poison, in usual cases. To their bewilderment, he showed no signs of abnormalities at all after the gastric lavage, and his stomach was intact, seemingly as if the poison had not infiltrated his organs at all.

Jin Qingyan was conscious when he was pushed out of the operating theater.

Having already sobered up by then, he quickly closed his eyes the instant that he saw An Xiaoning.

An Xiaoning continued to follow him into the hospital ward, nonetheless.

”Doctor, how's my son?”

”Mrs. Jin, Mr. Jin is well and fine, which puzzles us as well. We've run another checkup, and he's confirmed to be alright. He may be discharged in a few days' time.”

”Thank you, thank you so much,” said Mrs. Jin as she put her hands together, pleased and relieved to hear that her son was safe and sound.

”It's our duty.” The doctor and nurses then left the ward.

”How are you feeling, Son?” Mrs. Jin bent forward and asked worriedly.

”Great. I just overdosed on alcohol and ate something bad, nothing much to fuss about,” Jin Qingyan answered.

Mrs. Jin then turned towards An Xiaoning and said, ”You may leave now. Since you've already divorced Qingyan, don't show up in front of us again in the future, lest you become an eyesore.”

Teary-eyed, An Xiaoning stared at Jin Qingyan, who was avoiding eye contact with her and remaining silent.

She then turned around and walked towards the entrance while Mei Yangyang hurriedly chased after her.

Mrs. Jin waited 'til An Xiaoning and Mei Yangyang had left before saying, ”Qingyan, you've really infuriated me, what do you mean you ate something bad? How could you have possibly mistaken poison for food? What's going to happen to us if you die? What are your father and I supposed to do?! Are you going to allow our family business to land in the hands of an outsider!?!”