"What did your brother say?" Ninag Xu asked while rubbing her eyes once she heard the door open.
Anjing was astonished by the sudden voice. She thought after making her leave the room that Niang Xu might be sleeping, but she should have known Niang Xu was a person who could sense even a slight sadness in her. So how could she be sleeping while she was this depressed?
She hastily walked towards the closet while lost in her thoughts. She replied, "He..!
"Your brother left his wife again?" Niang Xu's question made Anjing grit her teeth in disdain. She doesn't know why her brother is doing this. She stopped rummaging through the closet, which she had been doing for a while, just to distract herself as she looked painfully at Niang Xu.
"Sometimes I wonder how my brother became like this," feeble words hardly left her throat.
Ninag Xu gave an unreal look to Anjing, then sighed as she whispered, "Your sister-in-law is asleep, but still, your brother didn't hesitate to leave her in that state." Niang Xu knows Anjing has a soft spot for her sister-in-law, and she wishes her brother a happy life with her sister-in-law. But after talking with her brother, she is still crying, which only means her sister-in-law has not woken up yet.
Two days ago, the Fu family threw a grand party for the return of Linag Chen after three months. It was so grand and luxurious that all of the rich people of the town were present there. Even the food and the decorations were among the best. It was meant to be so memorable that no one could forget the sight of the luxury items used, but those luxury items were not the main event that engraved itself on the minds of people. instead of the other event that became an unforgettable memory.
Two days ago, on the day of the grand party, the one and only daughter-in-law of the Fu family fainted. What caused her to be unconscious is still unknown because her family hasn't disclosed it, but something seems off. Anjing's sister-in-law seemed fine at the party. But at midnight, they urgently admitted her to the hospital, and since then she has been unconscious.
Anjing was initially unwilling to visit that party, but she did because she couldn't deny her family gathering tradition. and that party is some sort of family gathering too. But the good thing about this time is that her stepmother was not there, so Anjing gathered some courage and went to the party with Niang Xu.
Even though the party was still a formality, thinking that seeing just one look from her family would make her stomach upset was something Anjing always expected.
Niang Xu, after seeing Anjing struggling, brought her back to the dorm before the party ended. While getting away, they did get a glimpse of Yinlan, who was busy with the guests. So at midnight, when Anjing got the call from her brother's secretary about Yinlan being unconscious, she became very panicked. She even ran to the hospital in pajamas, forgetting about rationality by breaking the rules of the dorms.
According to dorm rules, nobody can enter or leave after ten o'clock at night. After seeing Anjing's desperate face, Niang Xu helped Anjing get away from the dorm. Somehow, after distracting the guards, they reached the hospital, whose address Anjing received in the mail. but she didn't dare go inside because she found her father standing in front of the hospital. Not only that, but all of the Fu family members, including her brother, Liang Chen, were present.
If it were another day, Yinlan would not have had the luxury of having so many people concerned about her simply because she is unconscious. But the day on which Yinlan fainted was also the day on which the Fu family threw the party, so they can't sully their name by not showing their face in the hospital. such a hypocritical character. All they worried about was their fame, even on a day like that.
Without knowing Yinlan's condition that evening or seeing his face, Anjing and Niang Xu were forced to return to the dormitory.
Anjing struggled to fall asleep that night, even after returning and remained awake till dawn while tossing and turning on the bed. The following day after school, they returned to the hospital since, in Niang Xu's opinion, that was the only way to alleviate the discomfort in Anjing. Anjing, however, was more disheartened when she noticed Yinlan unmoving. She felt guilty about Yinlan's predicament as well.
She wished to stay by Yinlan's side, but she also did not wish to see the faces of the other Fu family members. so she had to leave again after her brother assured her. Even though Anjing and her brother paid a short visit to Yinlan, her worry didn't lift.
Niang Xu asks Anjing to play the game since she can't stand to watch her this dejected. They play the game until early in the morning, thinking everything might go well in the end. But in the morning, getting a call about Liang Chen's urgent departure felt somewhat like mocking the ungranted wish.
"He is really being mean to Yinlan. Niang Xu!" Anjing burst into tears as she collapsed on the ground.
Niang Xu's face darkened as she heard Anjing crying. She winced before snuggling Anjing at once after walking down the bed. Anjing's back felt soft petting after getting a warm embrace when a calm whisper rang in her ear: "Now, I believe some people are born with a cruel fate, which is nothing more than a curse. Heaven sometimes blesses someone and curses someone too. I wonder why this kind of preposition even exists. You and I can do nothing about it. We can't change someone's fate. It is beyond our reach."
"This..." Anjing's face was twisting to beep when warm hands rubbed through her face while wiping away the tears. She felt long, slender fingers on her lips, which were blocking her lips from saying another word as she heard something with a warm smile: "But we somehow ease their pain."
"How?" Anjing asked, attentively looking towards the glimmer on Ning Xu's face.
"What can I say? Sometimes a person's presence is enough to lift the pain in their hearts because one person's pain can only be eased by another."