The situation at the Sheng household was not very good.
After all the people left last night, Liang made way to his parents suite. He knocked and patiently waited for permission to enter.
Upon entering, he saw his exhausted but content mother lying on the bed. Father Sheng seated himself on the arm chair close to the bed and Jiaying sat on the bed near mother Sheng, comforting her to be mother in law.
Meili also followed in after her brother. She knew her brother was deeply in love with Jinjing and she agreed to help him explain it to their parents.
Gaining some courage, Liang spoke "ma! The engagement...." he was interrupted by his mother "thank you hun for fulfilling my wish. I knew you would never disagree with me and since you like Jiaying, I feel even more happy."
Mother Sheng looked with a gaze full of love towards Jiaying, who couldn't help blush.
Liang patted the back of mother Sheng's hand and once again took a deep breath to say what he intended to.
"Ma! I don't like Jiaying." Jiaying's face turned ashen hearing what Liang said.
Even then, He continued "I don't want to be engaged to her... I....." before he could conclude, a shocked mother Sheng clutched onto her chest and started to breath heavily.
This threw the entire sheng family into panic. Father Sheng shouted at Liang "how could you do that, you knew very well not to give your mother any stress...."
Alarmed, father Sheng pushed a stunned Liang out of his way and ordered Meili
"call the ambulance and inform her doctor that we are on our way.... hurry up"
Even at such a critical moment, Jiaying did not give up her hopes of becoming Mrs. Sheng Liang and kept rubbing mother Sheng's cold hands. She kept calling out to her "mother! Mother! Open your eyes...." looking all worried.
Mr. Sheng went back to his wife and checked her breathing, which was now shallow. He performed CPR and waited for the ambulance. He thought of taking her by himself to the hospital but followed what the doctor had instructed them incase of emergency.
Ambulance arrived shortly. Mrs. Sheng was boarded on and immediately given emergency treatment. Mr. Sheng tagged along in the ambulance whereas the frantic siblings followed in Liang's car along with Jiaying who continuously kept on hugging Liang's arm on the pretext of consoling him.
Had Meili not been stressed due to her mother's current state, she would have thrown the pretentious bitch out of the car by her hair.
The hospital staff was ready with Mrs. Sheng's doctor at the helm. As soon as the ambulance reached the hospital, she was wheeled into the emergency room.
After initial assessment she was immediately rushed in for a surgery.
The Sheng family lined the corridor of the operation theatre. A worn out Mr. Sheng sat helplessly on the bench, while Meili kept patting his shoulder trying to comfort him as well as seeking comfort for herself.
A disheveled Liang, slid down the wall and held his head between his hands silently praying for his mother's well being.
At this moment he could not think of anything but his mother.