"Guiying, calm down. Listen to me."
Xian Guiying shook her head. "Qianqian wants her father, but I … Would her condition be better as long as I bring Qin Gengxin here?"
"Guiying, be more rational. You've been very calm these days."
"Alright, I'm going to look for Qin Gengxin. I'm begging him to come, I'm begging him to take care of my daughter!" Xian Guiying was like a crazy person right now. She suddenly pushed Wei Shanyuan's hand away and immediately took out her phone.
"Guying." Seeing that she was shaking while holding the phone, Wei Shanyuan quickly walked over, but she dodged his hand and ran out of the ward.
Xian Guiying squatted down next to the wall and dialed the number on the phone with trembling hands.
Wei Shanyuan couldn't take it anymore. As he walked towards her, she was already holding her phone close to her ear. Her eyes were widened as she stared at the unknown area in front of her and bit her lip tightly.
There were steady beeps and not long after that, a cold woman's voice could be heard.
'The number you dialed could not be reached.'
Xian Guiying redialing the number and the same woman's voice was heard again. She sniffed, put down her cell phone, and dialed Qin Gengxin's office number.
There was a beep and after so long, no one answered.
Xian Guiying lowered her head and looked at the cell phone screen. Her fingers pressed the numbers and dialed it again.
"Guiying, I just advised the father to come. At least it's to comfort Qianqian. You don't have to do this, the child's father can't save her life. Guiying, listen to me." Wei Shanyuan bent down and hugged her. He could feel her body trembling.
He lowered his head and whispered into her ear. "I know you're a good mother, calm down first. Despite everything, I still won't give up on her, so don't be like this."
"No matter what, I really can't let my daughter face injustice anymore. No matter how sad, how hateful, or how uncomfortable it is, it's okay. Qianqian wants a father, alright, I'll give her a father. I will return her father to her. I will let her father come, and my daughter will live for sure." As she spoke, she called Qin Gengxin's other apartment in the United States.
He didn't have much real estate in the United States other than villas, and he only owns two apartments in Boston. There was one apartment that no one answered, so she called the others.
The phone rang for a long time. Just when Xian Guiying thought no one was answering, the call was finally connected.
"Hello."
Hearing the other party's voice, Xian Guiying's whole body tensed. She held her phone tightly with both hands as the soft and sweet woman's voice came from the line again.
"Hello? Who is this?"
Her heart fell into the dark abyss in the blink of an eye. Xian Guiying put down one hand and held her phone with one hand. After a moment, she finally found her voice. "Why is it you?"
Wei Shanyuan looked at her pale face and frowned. Although he didn't know what had happened, he didn't say anything to bother her.
Bai Nuiying was sitting on the couch in the empty apartment, which Qin Gengxin had arranged for her. Qin Gengxin told her that he owns an apartment here that had been renovated and also not too far from the company, so she stayed there all the time.
Bai Nuying was surprised when she received a call from Xian Guiying.
Hearing Xian Guiying's rather dry voice, she suddenly remembered the scene of her being humiliated in front of Xian's door. Also, didn't Xian Guiying say that she was going to divorce? Then why did she call Qin Gengxin?
When Bai Nuying heard her voice, she was shocked.
In the end, Xian Guiying was still a lying woman!
Bai Nuying raised her eyebrow and leaned back on the couch with a smile on her face. She took a plate of fruit from the table, put a piece of fruit in her mouth, and said with a smile, "What do you think? If not, who is it?"
Xian Guiying took a deep breath and resisted the urge to hang up the phone. Qin Wenqian was still in the ward, so she had to bear it!
"Where is Qin Gengxin? Has he returned to America? If he's in your place, I would bother Miss Bai to let him answer the phone." Xian Guiying tried her best to calm her down, not letting the other party hear the trembling hidden in her voice.
Bai Nuying pause. Her gaze went to the window and looked at the Qin Corporation's office building not too far away.
Since she caused trouble in Xian Enterprise, even though Qin Gengxin did not show up, he still asked Huang Jingguo to arrange a break for her. Bai Nuying remembered Huang Jingguo's words at the time, and it was clear that he told her to be quiet and not create a mess again.
Since then, she had never seen Qin Gengxin again. When she called him, eight out of ten times, she couldn't get through it. When she finally succeeds, he will just use the word "busy" to send her off.
At first, Bai Nuying would have thought that Qin Gengxin had no feelings for Xian Guiying. Otherwise, the two of them will not divorce.
"Is he with you?" Seeing that Bai Nuying didn't answer, Xian Guiying clenched her fists and gritted her teeth as she immediately asked, "I have something urgent to discuss with him!"
When Bai Nuying remembered Xian Guiying had married Qin Gengxin at some point in time, her heart immediately turned sour. Listening to Xian Guiying's urgent question, the truth that she had originally wanted to blurt out was forcefully choked back in her throat.
Bai Nuying looked at the empty bathroom and smiled sweetly. "He's taking a shower, so it's not convenient for him to answer the phone. Oh, it's better if you call him another time, Sister Guiying."
Wei Shanyuan couldn't hear what the other party was saying. He could only watch Xian Guiying laugh. It was a strange laugh.
Then, she slowly put down her cell phone and stood up bit by bit, as if she had forgotten he was beside her. She turned around and walked towards the ICU where Qin Wenqian was.
"Guiying?"
Her expression was so cold that it made people shudder. Wei Shanyuan seemed to realize that she might have suffered some kind of blow and wanted to call her. However, the moment his voice sounded, he saw the woman, who tried her best to stay strong, suddenly fell down like a broken string.
"Guiying!" Wei Shanyuan cried out in shock and quickly grabbed her soft body. Her face was deathly pale, and her eyes were closed.
"Guiying… Guiying!" Wei Shanyuan looked at her anxiously, then lifted her by her waist and quickly carried her to an empty ward for a checkup.
• • • •
Wei Shanyuan stood beside the sickbed, signed a book handed to him by the nurse, and then gestured for the nurse to leave.
Pulling up a chair, he sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the woman who had fainted forty minutes ago. He looked at her for a long time before sighing faintly and slowly played with the hand that was pierced by the needle before slowly flipping it over.
As soon as he flipped her hand, he saw the trace of nail cruelly piercing the flesh.
He was so busy checking the state of her brain and body, that he didn't notice when a drop of blood fell on his clothes. Only then did he realize the wound on her hand.
Xian Guiying had just called that number. What had happened?
"Dr. Wei, there is a phone call from the United States. The person said he's your cousin." A nurse knocked on the door and entered, whispering.
Wei Shanyuan covered Xian Guiying with a blanket and got up. As he walked out and closed the door, he said to the nurse, "Don't wake her up. She hasn't slept much in a few days. Let her sleep."
The nurse nodded. "Understood."
The phone call was from Wei Zhengsheng. Recently, Xian Enterprise was a bit busy and there were a lot of business deals he needed to handle. Wei Zhengsheng was busy day and night, and no one told him what was going on here.
Coincidentally he had some free time, so he took advantage of his free time to call Xian Guiying, but she did not answer the call.
Wei Shanyuan also did not tell him about the events that took place a few days ago in too much detail. He only said that Qin Wenqian was in critical condition and would not be able to survive until tomorrow afternoon.
Wei Zhengsheng told him that he would return tonight. Wei Shanyuan did not stop him and just hung up the phone. Before he ended the call, he suddenly said, "I have never seen a woman like her. Even though she was on the verge of destruction, she refused to shed tears. I even hugged her, but she didn't even need it. Cousin, how did you find and fall in love with such a woman?"
Wei Zhengsheng was stunned for a moment. After a long silence, he finally said, "Don't tell me …"
