Chapter 1440 - I Only Want You (2/2)

Fan Shixin sunk into despair, feeling as if his soul had left his body.

He squatted down and covered his eyes with his hands while sobbing uncontrollably.

They had agreed to meet this afternoon and register their marriage the next day.

They had already come to an agreement.

However, it would never happen.

The police officers were distraught and deeply anguished. They could have saved her, yet…

Staring at the dumbstruck Mrs. Mu, Fan Shixin rebuked, “You’re the first mother I’ve ever seen who’d stop your daughter from being rescued for the sake of your own life. If you hadn’t caused any delay, both of you could very likely have been saved. Is she really your daughter? If she is, you’ve really given us an eyeopener.”

Hanging her head low, Mrs. Mu began bawling and weeping. However, no one cared about her at all.

All the members of the Mu family showed up when Mrs. Mu was sent to the hospital for emergency rescue. The senior Mr. Mu was seething with exasperation, and his anger knew no bounds.

After hearing about what happened during the rescue efforts on the expressway, Mr. Mu had stormed off to the hospital and gave Mrs. Mu a few hard slaps on her face, completely ignoring the fact that she was injured.

“Are you fit to be her mother? Are you!?! Since she could have been rescued first, why didn’t you let her be rescued!?!”

“I wanted to live too.”

“Shut up!” Mr. Mu hit her again. No one dared to stop him, and Mrs. Mu dared not retort either, for she knew that she was at fault.

The incident had made it onto the news, and the Mu family was utterly disgraced.

Mrs. Mu’s actions caused an uproar amongst netizens. There were some who castigated her for being heartless and lacking in maternal love because she should have saved her daughter first. However, there were also some who felt that it was only right for Mrs. Mu to be rescued first since it was a daughter’s duty to let her mother be saved first. There were also some who thought that Mrs. Mu had done the right thing because every man for himself!

There were all sorts of opinions online, none of which Fan Shixin bothered reading.

He seemed to have lost his soul during the explosion.

He cooped himself up in the room and drowned his sorrows in alcohol. After Fan Shixin had kept it up for a week, Jin Qingyan decided to intervene.

Jin Qingyan was flabbergasted at the sight of Fan Shixin. He was worlds apart from what he used to be.

His beard had grown out and he reeked of alcohol.

He had lost a great ton of weight too.

He was completely out of sorts.

“Are you still alive?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Your Young Madam wanted to perform a ritual for her but her mother had forgotten her birth timing. Hence, the ritual could not be performed. She may be gone now but you still have to continue living, don’t you? Rest up for a period of time, but stop chugging so much alcohol. I believe Ms. Mu wouldn’t want to see you this way. You’ve done your best. Your Young Madam said that one’s lifespan is all destined. Even if one’s fate has been altered, the scores will be settled sooner or later. If she’s destined to die, nothing can change it.”

Fan Shixin said in melancholy, “It happened all too sudden. I can’t accept it.”

Jin Qingyan patted him on the shoulder and said, “I understand how you feel right now. I’ll allow you to mourn and be sad, but I won’t allow you to give up on yourself and continue like this forever. By the way, the Mu family has returned the betrothal gifts and I’ve placed them in your apartment.”

“Okay, got it.”

——

Mu Qixing still could not accept the truth, even after a week. She could not believe that something so tragic had happened to Mu Wansheng.

Although she barely knew Mu Wansheng, she’d found her to be a nice and kind person.