A week later, An Nuan woke up in the hospital.
The familiar smell of disinfectant.
"Yun Xiu." An Nuan woke up from a nightmare. Looking around, she had a bad feeling in her heart.
She remembered she was still talking to Xia Wanqing, then Xia Wanqing left. How did she end up here?
Just then, Ye Qingcheng, who was sitting beside her, saw An Nuan wake up. Seeing the cold sweat on his forehead, Ye Qingcheng took out a tissue to wipe it off, then gently patted her back, "Nuan Nuan, you're finally awake."
"Finally awake?" An Nuan turned to look at Ye Qingcheng, her tone filled with strong doubt. m..oΓg
"Have I been asleep for a long time?" she asked cautiously.
If she had slept for a long time, what about Yun Xiu? How was Yun Xiu?
Xia Wanqing had said that if she didn't do as she said within half an hour, Yun Xiu would be in trouble.
Thinking of Yun Xiu, she seemed to remember something and quickly grabbed Ye Qingcheng's hand, asking anxiously, "Dr. Ye, where is Yun Xiu? Have you found Yun Xiu?"
Looking at the agitated An Nuan, Ye Qingcheng's eyes flickered, as if he was hiding something and didn't want her to know.
"Dr. Ye, did something bad happen?" An Nuan said anxiously, "You can tell me directly. I can handle anything."
An Nuan hesitated for a moment, seeing Ye Qingcheng's embarrassed expression.
She lowered her head, bit her lip tightly, and asked softly, "Dr. Ye, I've been through a lot. I can handle it."
"Tell me. I've been through everything, there shouldn't be anything worse."
Ye Qingcheng hesitated. If he told her about that matter, perhaps she couldn't bear it.
The reason An Nuan had persevered until now was because An Yun Xiu was supporting her. But if he told her that her only hope was gone, would she even want to live?
His hesitant gaze fell on An Nuan.
He remained silent, which made An Nuan increasingly agitated. The more Ye Qingcheng avoided saying what was on his mind, the more she felt that the situation was becoming more serious.
Under An Nuan's gaze, Ye Qingcheng finally spoke.
He knew very well that even if he didn't say it, she would eventually find out.
If he wasn't by her side when she found out, she would only overthink. With him by her side, even if she found out, she naturally wouldn't do anything foolish.
"An Nuan, when I tell you this, you must calm down, okay? Don't overthink."
An Nuan nodded.
"Your brother is gone." Ye Qingcheng said with difficulty.
"No, that's impossible!" An Nuan screamed loudly, her eyes filled with disbelief and incredulity.
Her brother was clearly alive and well, how could he be gone?
"What exactly happened? What's going on?" She didn't believe her brother would die for no reason.
Ye Qingcheng looked at An Nuan and said softly, "Yun Xiu died in a car accident."
"No, impossible. How could this happen?" An Nuan's eyes turned red as she looked at Ye Qingcheng. This was absolutely impossible.
He knew it was impossible, but knowing it was useless.
"It must be Xu Ruowei. She must have done something." An Nuan's emotions were extremely unstable.
She looked at Ye Qingcheng and said to herself, "And Xia Wanqing, maybe she was involved. Yun Xiu was taken by her. She said she wanted to kill Yun Xiu."
"No, maybe it was Shen Xizhou. Because I held Xu Ruowei hostage, he wanted to kill me. And he knew that the person I cared about most was Yun Xiu, so he was behind it."
At this moment, An Nuan suspected everyone.
She hugged her head, shaking it constantly, muttering something under her breath.
Ye Qingcheng grabbed her hand and shouted, "An Nuan, calm down."
"Call the police, I want to call the police. Yun Xiu was definitely murdered." An Nuan frantically searched for her phone but couldn't find it. At that moment, her gaze fell on Ye Qingcheng, "Dr. Ye, can I borrow your phone? I want to call the police. Yun Xiu was murdered."
Ye Qingcheng shouted, "An Nuan, calm down. It's useless even if you call the police."
"The driver who hit your brother was caught on the spot."
An Nuan murmured softly, "Caught on the spot, so what did they find out? Was someone behind it?"
Ye Qingcheng remained silent, a hint of difficulty in his eyes.
An Nuan's attention was entirely on figuring out who had killed Yun Xiu, and she didn't notice the difficulty in Ye Qingcheng's expression.
"Was it Xu Ruowei? Was it Xia Wanqing? Or Shen Xizhou?" An Nuan asked anxiously. It had to be one of these three; she couldn't think of any other possibilities.
Ye Qingcheng shook his head, under An Nuan's gaze, "None of them." This was extremely cruel to An Nuan, but it was the truth.
"Dr. Ye, just tell me." An Nuan pleaded with Ye Qingcheng.
"If you don't tell me, eventually someone will tell me."
Ye Qingcheng looked at An Nuan and said, "The police have confirmed the scene. The car accident was just an accident. It was caused by the truck driver drunk driving."
An Nuan, who had been agitated, was completely stunned upon hearing this answer. She looked at Ye Qingcheng with doubt and disbelief in her eyes.
No, she didn't accept this answer.
"No, it can't be. Yun Xiu is such a careful person, how could he let something like this happen? I..."
Ye Qingcheng shook her shoulders and said firmly, "Although I also think it's impossible, An Nuan, this is how it is. You can't change it even if you don't want to admit it."
An Nuan looked at Ye Qingcheng and finally said nothing.
She quieted down, looking into the distance as if thinking about something.
Ye Qingcheng watched her, worried that she would do something extreme, even more afraid that she wouldn't be able to accept it and would do something she would regret for the rest of her life.
But An Nuan didn't make a scene. Instead, she said calmly, "The police confirmed it was an accident, right?"
Ye Qingcheng nodded, "Yes."
An Nuan nodded, "Okay, I understand."
"Are you alright?" Ye Qingcheng said worriedly, "If you want to cry, you can cry it out. You'll feel better after crying. It won't be so difficult."
An Nuan shook her head, "I'm fine."
"Dr. Ye, I'm not as fragile as you think." An Nuan forced a smile.
Hearing An Nuan's words, Ye Qingcheng became even more worried.
The quieter An Nuan was, the more he felt she was thinking about something.
He was afraid An Nuan would misunderstand, and even more afraid she would do something extreme. He knew better than anyone how important Yun Xi was to her.
In the following days, Ye Qingcheng stayed by An Nuan's side, fearing she would do something extreme. But An Nuan's behavior showed that she had no such intentions.