[2025-3-28 Filming Record]
The screen lit up again.
At this moment, I was lying in the hospital bed, tubes inserted all over my body.
I struggled to open my mouth to speak.
"Mom... Mom..."
Tian Yao leaned close to my ear, tears dropping onto my face.
"Jiang Yuexia, are you calling for mom?"
My eyes were unfocused, but my mouth continued to repeat.
"Mom…"
Tian Yao took my phone and dialed my mother's number.
As soon as the call connected, she immediately held the phone to my ear.
"Jiang Yuexia?"
"Hello?"
"Speak to me!"
Hearing my mother's voice, tears slowly ran down my face.
The next moment, my heart stopped beating.
Tian Yao frantically pressed the call button.
The doctors surrounded me and worked desperately to save me.
Tian Yao kept calling my name in my ear.
"Jiang Yuexia, wake up, your mom's on the phone!"
"Open your eyes, please! Don't give up!"
Even after the doctor reluctantly declared me dead.
Tian Yao still held onto the doctor's hand, pleading.
"Doctor, please try again. She doesn't want to die. She really doesn't want to die."
The doctor could only shake his head.
The phone next to me had already been disconnected.
Tian Yao cried out in pain, grabbing the phone to dial again.
My mother's voice came through first.
"Jiang Yuexia, what are you doing? Are you playing with me? I've called you so many times, and you hang up every time."
"Do you still think of me as your mother? Why didn't you save your father?"
Tian Yao was about to speak.
A voice urging her came from nearby.
"Dr. Xia, patient in bed #2 is hemorrhaging, please come quickly!"
The phone was abruptly disconnected with a loud "click."
The video ended here.
"Wh-what... what is going on?"
"Is this body really my daughter, Jiang Yuexia?"
She stared at Tian Yao, unable to believe what she had just witnessed.
Tian Yao took a deep breath, her voice choked.
"Yes, the body in front of you is Jiang Yuexia's."
The microphone in my mother's hand fell to the ground, emitting a sharp, ear-piercing sound from the speakers.
The crowd below immediately covered their ears.
My mother staggered toward the demonstration platform.
"Yuexia, my daughter…"
She looked at my withered face, her fingers trembling.
At the moment she lifted the white cloth off my body, seeing the numerous needle marks and various wounds on my exposed skin, she completely lost her strength and collapsed to the ground.
Finally, with Tian Yao's help, she managed to stand back up.
She reached out to touch my face, tears falling incessantly.
"Yuexia, mommy's here, open your eyes and look at mommy, please?"
"The dumplings I made for you are still in the fridge, waiting for you to come home and eat them."
"Are you playing a joke on mommy? I know I was wrong. I misunderstood you."
"I'm not angry anymore. Come on, get up and go home with mommy, okay?"
The crowd below couldn't help but cry as they watched this scene unfold.
The host tried to step forward to comfort her, but Tian Yao raised her hand to stop him.
"Give her some time, she needs to release her emotions."
At this moment, my mother seemed to be completely isolated from the outside world, her eyes fixed only on me.
"Yuexia, you silly child…"
"How could you be so foolish? Why didn't you let mommy stay with you in your final days?"
"It's all my fault. I knew how good a child you were."
"Why didn't I ask more questions? Why didn't I take the initiative to find you? How could I be such a bad mother..."
Finally, she collapsed to the ground, covering her face and wailing.
A moment later, when Tian Yao helped my mother to rest, she handed her some tissues to wipe her tears.
After my mother's emotions had calmed, Tian Yao slowly spoke.
"Dr. Xia, the last phone call three days ago was made by me. In that moment of impulse, I wanted to tell you about Jiang Yuexia's death."
"But I promised Jiang Yuexia to keep it a secret and not tell you."
"But this was my selfishness. I didn't want her to live on after she was gone in the misunderstanding of the person she loved the most, and I didn't want to hear from others that she was a heartless person. She deserved all of our respect, so I chose to tell you the truth in this way."
My mother raised her head, her eyes red and swollen.
"Tian reporter, was Yuexia in a lot of pain when she passed away?"
Tian Yao gently shook her head.
She took my phone from my bag and handed it to my mother.
"Jiang Yuexia recorded a video for you before she died. She said if you found out the truth, I should show it to you."
My mother trembled as she took the phone and opened the video in the album.
"Mom, by the time you see this video, I will already be gone."
"When I found out you became a leukemia doctor, I knew I couldn't hide this from you anymore."
"You must continue to work hard, and I hope one day you can save many leukemia patients like me and Dad, and help them regain their health!"
"Remember to tell Jiang Xiaoxiao, I really liked her as my little sister, but it's such a pity I didn't get the chance to hear her call me 'sister'."
"And, you have to promise me not to cry anymore. You need to live happily, healthily, and with joy."
"In the next life, I'll still be your family, along with Dad."
The screen froze on my big smiling face.
My mother pressed the phone to her heart, closed her eyes, and a tear fell.
"Yuexia, I promise you."