The Crazy Son-In-Law

Several medical staff were in a bind. One of the middle-aged nurses advised, “Your husband is an extraordinary man. We understand your concern for him, but your presence here won’t help. Go back to the car. Your condition is terrible right now…”

Yao Cen felt as if she was in a nightmare, dreaming that she was gradually sinking to the bottom of the water, falling into the abyss of the underworld, with cold seeping into her bones.

Then, she felt a little dizzy, not sure if it was an illusion, as if countless bubbles were enveloping her, and then as if a pair of big hands were pulling her up to the surface of the water.

Am I already dead?

Only those who drown float to the surface.

She slowly opened her eyes, and Xiao Shun’s familiar but strange face appeared before her.

Thinking back to the scene she saw before her death, her heart was torn apart, still bleeding, and hurting to the core.Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

Is he dead too?

He deserved it!

“Get lost!” Yao Cen scolded coldly. Disgust, disappointment, and hatred were deep in her eyes. Then she saw the sunlight coming in through the window, and her heart moved.

Am I not dead?

Have I been saved?

Suddenly, her heart was filled with mixed feelings. She didn’t know whether to feel relieved.

Xiao Shun was taken aback, looking at Yao Cen’s pale face, his heart aching. Seeing her awake, he grabbed her hand, saying with relief, “You’re finally awake.”

“Are you disappointed that I’m alive?” Yao Cen forcefully pulled her hand free, looking at him with disgust and forcing out a cold smile.

Xiao Shun was confused. Is she still feverish? That shouldn’t be. The doctor just took her temperature and it was normal.

“Do you have a fever?” He reached out to touch Yao Cen’s forehead.

Slap!

Yao Cen slapped his hand away, with an expression of utter despair. “Don’t touch me. Don’t ever touch me again. Get out, I don’t want to see you now.”

“What happened to you?” Xiao Shun asked, his hand suspended in mid-air, confused.

Yao Cen remained silent for a moment, her eyes devoid of any emotion as she stared at him. “Since you have another woman in your heart, let’s divorce. That way, you won’t have to hide anymore.”

“What are you talking about?” Xiao Shun was still bewildered. She was awake, but why had her personality suddenly changed?

He didn’t know that Yao Cen had seen him carrying Tang Shishi to the shore.

At that time, Tang Shishi’s condition was critical. If he was even ten seconds or a minute later, she might not have been saved.

Yao Cen was protected by an amulet and her life was not in danger, so he chose to save Tang Shishi first, without thinking too much.

Even if it wasn’t Tang Shishi, if it was a stranger, he might have made the same choice.

Although he never wanted to be a hero or a savior, it was a human life at stake. When faced with two harms, he chose the lesser.

Tang Shishi was not a stranger.

Yao Cen huffed coldly, turned her head, and tears fell from the corner of her eyes onto the pillow. If you had openly admitted to having something with Tang Shishi, at least I wouldn’t have lost respect for you.

Her mood had already sunk to the bottom, and she was utterly disappointed in this man.

Xiao Shun looked helpless. He thought that she might have been frightened by what happened in the morning and was in a bad mood. He spoke softly, “Alright then, your parents will be here soon. Calm down a bit. I’ll go check on Tang Shishi, she…”

“Go away!” Yao Cen interrupted Xiao Shun.

Xiao Shun sighed silently, got up, and left for Tang Shishi’s ward. As soon as he left the ward, he felt a chill pass through his body. He quickly sealed his acupoints.

It was no big deal. He had been by Yao Cen’s side almost all the time since he arrived at the hospital and hadn’t had time to dispel the cold.

The accident site was closest to Newstrand, Song Qingshu’s territory. He arranged for Xiao Shun to stay in the best hospital and the best ward in the city as soon as he got the news.

When Xiao Shun entered Tang Shishi’s ward, she was already awake, her face had some color, and she looked much better than when she was first brought to the hospital.

Unlike Yao Cen, Tang Shishi looked at Xiao Shun with passionate eyes. When he rescued Yao Cen from the water, Tang Shishi heard cheers from outside the car, as if welcoming a hero’s return.

Yes, he was a hero. Probably no one could stay in such cold water for that long and manage to save two people.

“Feeling better?” Xiao Shun asked casually as he sat by the bed.

“I’m fine now.” Tang Shishi looked him up and down with her beautiful eyes. Although his face looked a bit pale and his spirit seemed fine, the scars on his face were a bit scary. She smiled slightly and said, “Are you made of iron? You don’t look tired at all.”

“It’s good if you’re fine. If something happened to you, your father would probably come to settle the score with me,” Xiao Shun replied with a light laugh.

“Did they find out what happened with that truck?” she asked.

“The police have reported that the driver was drunk,” Xiao Shun replied, raising an eyebrow.

Tang Shishi lowered her eyelids, pondered for a moment, and asked, “Do you believe that?”

“Whether I believe it or not, I have to accept it,” Xiao Shun shrugged helplessly. “Alright, this isn’t something for you to worry about. You should rest and recover. I’ll handle everything else.”

A warm feeling welled up in Tang Shishi’s heart. She suddenly realized that with him by her side, she felt especially secure.

“Ding brought over some porridge earlier. I can’t use my hand right now. Can you feed me a couple of mouthfuls?” Tang Shishi’s eyes sparkled, and she glanced at the bowl of white porridge next to her as she hinted.

“Where’s Ding?”

“She probably went to eat, I suppose. Feeding me some porridge won’t kill you, will it? I’m the patient here,” Tang Shishi retorted playfully.

“Alright.” After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Shun picked up the bowl and scooped a small spoonful of porridge to her mouth.

Just then, Liu Yunxiang and Yao Jianguo rushed to the door of the ward and saw this scene.

“Xiao Shun, where’s Yao Cen? Who is she?” Liu Yunxiang looked at Tang Shishi with a frosty face, then turned her sharp gaze to Xiao Shun.

Yao Jianguo next to her also looked a little strange, but he didn’t say anything.

“Yao Cen is in the adjacent room number 9. I’ll take you there.”

Xiao Shun had no choice but to put down the bowl and say to Tang Shishi, somewhat awkwardly, “When Ding comes back, let her help you.”

After saying this, he got up and led Liu Yunxiang and Yao Jianguo away from Tang Shishi’s ward.

“Who is that woman? Why didn’t you answer?” After leaving the ward, Liu Yunxiang stubbornly asked.

“She’s a friend who came back to Stillwater with us,” Xiao Shun casually replied.

“Just a friend?” Liu Yunxiang continued to ask with a cold face.

“Just a friend,” Xiao Shun firmly replied.