"I will give you a sum of money as your allowance. From now on, do not do anything, and follow my arrangements. Ruoxin is still in the hospital because of you. You will take care of her every day and atone for your mistakes."
"Mhm," Lin Xinlan responded softly, not refusing.
She didn't refuse his money because she needed it. She didn't refuse to take care of Du Ruoxin because she should have been the one to do so.
Even if he hadn't said anything, she would have gone to the hospital to take care of her.
After having breakfast, Lin Xinlan hurried to the hospital. It was her first time visiting Du Ruoxin, and it took her a long time to find her ward.
She was in the best VIP ward, a very large room of over a hundred square meters, fully equipped and with several rooms for resting.
Perhaps they had received some instructions, but the two caretakers taking care of Du Ruoxin didn't show Lin Xinlan a good face when they saw her.
They dumped all the work on her, and Lin Xinlan quietly accepted everything without saying a word.
All of this was the punishment she deserved.
Taking care of someone in a vegetative state is an extremely arduous task. Lin Xinlan had to not only bathe Du Ruoxin but also take care of her bowel movements and urine.
All the dirty work was done by her. Although sometimes she felt nauseated to the point of vomiting, she endured it with gritted teeth.
She told herself that Du Ruoxin was in this state because of her. If it weren't for her, she wouldn't be lying here lifelessly, exposing her most vulnerable side for all to see.
After several days of devoted care, Lin Xinlan never had a single complaint.
That day, just after she had turned Du Ruoxin over and moved her limbs, a man and a woman entered, crying and throwing themselves onto Du Ruoxin.
"My daughter, how could you have become like this? Wake up, please, I'm your mother. Open your eyes and look at Mom. Ruoxin, how could you bear to do this to us? With you like this, how are we supposed to go on living..."
"Ruoxin, please wake up, I'm your father. When we heard about your accident, we immediately arranged our immigration to come back. My poor child, you were about to get married, how could such a thing happen so suddenly?"
Lin Xinlan was pushed to the side and could tell that they were Du Ruoxin's parents.
Seeing their grief, her heart felt extremely uneasy.
It was all her fault; she was the one who brought disaster upon Du Ruoxin and her family!
Du Ruoxin's mother and father were exhausted from crying, and they wiped away their tears and stood up.
Du Ruoxin's mother, seeing Lin Xinlan, asked indifferently, "Are you a caregiver?"
Lin Xinlan nodded. "Something like that."
After all, the work she was doing was that of a caregiver's.
"What do you mean, 'something like that'? Oh, I understand now, you must be a maid sent by the Rong Family, right?"
Lin Xinlan was about to answer when a caregiver walked in and interjected, "She's not a maid. She is the Rong Family's Young Madam."
Lin Xinlan swore she could hear a hint of schadenfreude in the caregiver's tone.
Du Ruoxin's mother and father widened their eyes in shock. Du Ruoxin's mother scrutinized her from head to toe, her eyes showing contempt, her expression very unsightly.
She scoffed and said mockingly, "Oh, I have no idea what tricks you used to seduce Shaoze. My daughter is still lying here, how can you have the nerve to marry her fiancé? Are you here now to pretend to care about my daughter? Get out! You stole her man and still have the nerve to come here, you shameless vixen, get out of here right now!"
A sting pierced Lin Xinlan's heart, causing her immense discomfort.
The caregiver was probably on Du Ruoxin's side, looking at Lin Xinlan with disdain, and she continued indifferently, "Madam Du, she's not here to visit Miss Du. She was ordered by Young Master Rong to specifically take care of Miss Du."