She couldn't help but sigh at the twists and turns of fate. Earlier, she had heard from Tianyi that Doctor Song and Mengyao had returned to Lancheng for Mengyao's divorce from Hong Jiaxi.
Once this matter was settled, Mengyao and Doctor Song planned to get married abroad and be together forever.
Susu had been happy for them, only to have Doctor Song meet with an accident just two days after their return. She hoped that heaven would spare Doctor Song and Mengyao from suffering and allow them to be truly together soon.
After covering Mengyao with a blanket, she quietly left the room.
Susu left the hotel, bought some food, and rushed to the hospital.
Outside the intensive care unit, she saw Tianyi resting with his eyes closed, looking more like he was asleep.
She walked over quietly and sat beside him, placing the bag in her hand down.
Susu didn't wake him, sitting quietly by his side to rest.
Doctor Song had few relatives. Now that he had met with an accident, besides Mengyao, only they could help take care of him.
Given the situation between the Huangfu family and Doctor Song, it wouldn't be easy for Mengyao to contact Mengqi.
She saw a nurse come out of the intensive care unit and quickly went forward to inquire about Song Jiaping's condition.
The nurse told her that Song Jiaping had not yet woken up and remained in a coma.
Susu couldn't help but feel worried. Mengyao had previously mentioned that Song Jiaping had been shot in the head while abroad. Could he wake up? What if he never did?
"You took Mengyao to the hotel. Is she alright?" Tianyi woke up, sensing the sound of voices, and saw Susu at the entrance of the intensive care unit.
Susu turned to see he was awake, sat back beside him, and said, "She went back to the hotel, showered, and fell asleep. Are you hungry? I bought some food and coffee, let's eat something together."
Tianyi put his arm around her and leaned his head on her shoulder, saying, "Okay, you eat too."
Susu smiled, opened the bag, handed him the coffee first, and then arranged the eggs, steamed buns, and fried dough sticks she had bought on the chairs.
Tianyi elegantly picked up a steamed bun and took a bite, saying, "I'll stay here. You should go back and rest."
Susu ate with him and said, "I want to stay here with you."
"Be good and go back to rest. Spend time with the children. Come back to relieve me after you've rested," Tianyi said, glancing at the intensive care unit. "Doctor Song won't wake up anytime soon. Why don't we take turns coming to the hospital to help Mengyao?"
Susu took a bite of an egg and said, "That's fine too. I'll listen to you."
"That's my good girl," Tianyi said in a tone used to coax a child.
"You're annoying! You're treating me like Tiantian," Susu glared at him.
Tianyi couldn't help but smile and fed her a steamed bun.
...
Mengyao woke up after not sleeping for long.
She immediately checked her phone. There were no calls from the hospital. She felt that no news was the best news.
Mengyao rubbed her slightly aching head and found that Susu was no longer in the room. She was alone.
She sat up, hugged her head, and recalled the scene before Song Jiaping's accident. She was still regretting not discovering he was going to buy balloons sooner.
If she had, she wouldn't have waited for him to cross the road but would have gone to find him directly.
If only she hadn't been busy buying movie tickets on her phone... The more Mengyao thought about it, the more she felt that this accident could have been avoided by a second or two, yet it still happened.
Her head began to ache more as she thought about it, so she got out of bed, intending to get dressed and go to the hospital.
She felt restless staying alone in the hotel room instead of waiting at the hospital.
As Mengyao got dressed and was about to rush to the hospital, she noticed Song Jiaping's room key card on the cabinet by her room door.
It must have been deliberately left there by Song Jiaping when he came to her room, but she hadn't noticed it before.
She picked up the room key card. After leaving her room, she couldn't resist walking to the door of Song Jiaping's adjacent room and opening his door.
As Mengyao walked in, she found his suitcase and personal belongings neatly arranged.
In his room, she felt as if she could smell his scent, as if he were still living in this room and had never left.
She sat on the sofa in his room and saw some colorful brochures on the coffee table, featuring pictures and introductions to the most beautiful landscapes abroad.
Song Jiaping had put a checkmark on the page about the Aegean Sea and written the words "proposal" below the page number.
Mengyao gazed at the two words he had written by hand and couldn't help but burst into tears. It turned out he had already started planning where to take her and how to propose to her.
She hugged the brochure to her chest and silently thought, Jiaping, you must get better and take me to the Aegean Sea...
...
Ever since Xiao Xingxing was expelled from the castle by Xiaoxiao's father, Alva, he still roamed around the castle every day, hoping to find an opportunity to re-enter the castle and rescue Xiaoxiao.
However, the bodyguards guarding the castle knew Xiao Xingxing and wouldn't let him get close at all.
He was at his wit's end, but thinking of Xiaoxiao's desperate cries for help before her father locked her up, he couldn't give up.
Xiao Xingxing had also considered telling Uncle An Jing, but then he realized it would take at least a few days for Uncle An Jing to rush over after receiving the news.
Moreover, Uncle An Jing might be able to persuade Xiaoxiao's father when he arrived, but he wouldn't be able to take her away.
After much thought, he felt that Xiaoxiao's matter still depended on himself.
Unable to get close to the castle, he could only wander around the small town. In a clothing store, he saw wigs for sale.
So, he bought a wig and some trendy clothes. After changing completely, he looked like a different person, like a local youth. The bodyguards probably wouldn't recognize him.
Xiao Xingxing went near the castle again. Instead of approaching the main gate directly, he wandered around and made inquiries.
With his disguise, he learned from a nearby employment agency that the castle was hiring kitchen helpers. He applied for the job.
The agency asked him to fill out a form and submit his documents. He lied, saying his documents were lost and he was in the process of getting replacements.
The person in charge told him to submit the complete information once he got the replacements, but he could start a trial in the castle's kitchen first.
It seemed the castle's kitchen was in urgent need of helpers, so he entered the castle again as a kitchen helper.
For the first two days, Xiao Xingxing only worked diligently in the kitchen. The maid in charge of the kitchen had a good impression of him and officially hired him, arranging for him to live in the servants' quarters within the castle.
After settling in, Xiao Xingxing took advantage of the time before lights out each night to quietly familiarize himself with the castle's environment, trying to find the attic where Xiaoxiao was locked up.
After wandering around the castle for several nights, he realized that his living quarters were separated from the main building where Xiaoxiao and her father lived by more than half the garden.
A kitchen helper had no valid reason to go to the main building, and the castle's security guards patrolled every hour.
If he made any moves beyond his work scope, he would likely be discovered by the castle's security guards.
One night, he used the excuse of being unable to sleep and wandered on the lawn outside the servants' quarters, hoping to sneak into Xiaoxiao's main building directly through the garden.
As he was about to leave the lawn, he heard the sound of a piano playing in the distance. He wondered curiously who was playing the piano.