"I'm back." Song Bojian looked at her, his voice soft.
She immediately woke up and told him the whole story and Grandma Xiao's current condition. "Grandma Xiao is in the ICU. The doctor said that she would be pushed out for a checkup at eight in the morning." While talking, she suddenly saw the broad daylight outside the window and quickly reached for her phone.
"It's half past seven in the morning. Take your time." Song Bojian knew that she was afraid of being late.
They sat on the bench in silence.
"When did you come back?" she asked in a low voice.
"Just a little while ago." Song Bojian turned to look at her. Her eyes were bloodshot at the corners. "I'll ask the driver to send you back. You need some rest. I'll stay here."
She didn't want to leave him alone. Even if there were only a few other patients' family members around, each of them had at least company. So they could occasionally comfort and talk to each other. "I'm staying here with you and will go back after Grandma Xiao's checkup," she said. Anyway, she had already waited for so long, so it was not a big deal to wait for a while longer.
At around eight o'clock, Grandma Xiao was pushed out.
Song Bojian immediately got up and rushed over to her. He watched her lie weakly on the bed and reached out to hold her hand, saying in a low voice, "Grandma."
Grandma Xiao tried her best to open her eyes. However, after struggling for a long time, she still couldn't open them.
"I'm here. You can rest for a little longer. Don't open your eyes," Song Bojian immediately said.
Grandma Xiao was taken to the designated floor for examination. Qi Mei followed behind Song Bojian. When the doctor pushed the bed in, they were left outside again.
Qi Mei saw Song Bojian leaning against the wall with a look of loneliness she had never seen before. She couldn't help but coax, "Don't worry. Grandma Xiao will be fine."
He suddenly turned his head to look at her.
His penetrating gaze made her wonder if she had said something wrong.
"Do you know what I was thinking on the way back?"
"What?"
"I was thinking if something really happened to my grandma, would she leave with regrets?" His voice was especially low. "I used to think that there was still a lot of time. I can take it slow…"
How could she not understand his feelings? People got regretful at this special moment. She tried to comfort him, "Everything will be fine as long as you can give her what she wants in the future. Didn't the doctor say that Grandma Xiao was doing well? "
"Qi Mei, do you want to marry me?" he suddenly asked.
She widened her eyes in disbelief.
"Didn't you say that you wanted to go on a blind date with me?" he said in a deep voice.
She replied dryly, "I was just being hot-headed. Besides, you said it was a blind date! It's different from marriage…"
"Then, be hot-headed for me again," Song Bojian interrupted her.
…
At this moment, Qi Mei was sitting in the car, appearing cool as she looked at the pedestrians on the roadside, but her thoughts were in turmoil.
Song Bojian's words kept echoing in her mind. "Qi Mei, do you want to marry me… Then, be hot-headed for me again."
She realized that this was not the scariest thing because the really scariest thing was that she actually answered him in a daze, "Okay!"
Hence, this ridiculous conversation led to the current situation. She sat in Song Bojian's car and drove in the direction of her house to get her household register!
After Grandma Xiao's checkup, Song Bojian arranged for his assistant to stay in the hospital and then said to Qi Mei, "Let's go back first. Otherwise, it'll be too late."
"What do you mean? Late for what?" She asked in confusion.
"To apply for the marriage certificate."
So, her life was sped up eight times that morning. It happened so fast that she felt dizzy.
"Mr. Song, we've already arrived," the driver said in a low voice.
Qi Mei reflexively sat up straight. They had arrived at her house so quickly?
Song Bojian was the first to get out of the car. He went around the car and opened the door for her and said with his gaze lowered to her, "We're home."
She took a deep breath and got out of the car.
The driver didn't know where Qi Mei lived. He parked the car in front of the Song family's house.
"I'll go back first," Qi Mei said in a low voice. When she was about to turn around, her forearm was grabbed.
"I'll go with you." Song Bojian looked at her.
"No. What if my parents are at home?" Qi Mei said sheepishly.
Hearing this, Song Bojian raised his eyebrows slightly.
She bit her lip, realizing that she shouldn't have said so. Since she decided to marry him, then why was she afraid that her parents would be home?