Chapter 107: She Had It Coming

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Liu Mu, Wen Ruping, sat beside Liu Ziqing and gently stroked her head, her eyes full of tenderness.

Only when disaster strikes, when something is lost, does one truly cherish what remains.

After a moment of contemplation, gathering her thoughts, Wen Ruping finally spoke, “Tongtong had a car accident in City B. The Chen family has been there keeping vigil. Tongtong is still in the observation period, and the hospital advises against frequent visits to avoid disturbing the patient’s rest. Your father plans to wait a few days until Tongtong is more conscious and physically better before going to see her. Do you want to go?”

It was well known that Xie Xitong and Liu Ziqing did not get along.

A clear image of Chen Zimo’s handsome face flashed through Liu Ziqing’s mind. After some thought, she nodded. “After all, it’s a friendship spanning over a decade. It’s only right and proper that I go visit. Besides, my daughter is a bit worried about Zimo and wants to check on him.”

A mother knows her daughter best; Wen Ruping could easily guess her little daughter’s thoughts.

Zimo had practically grown up under her watchful eye. Setting aside his family background and looks, the bond of growing up together made them a good match.

Yet, the children were still too young; no one knew what the future held. They would just have to wait and see.

“Alright, we’ll all go together as a family, and on the way, we can visit your young uncle in City B.”

Mentioning her younger uncle Wen Ruyan brought a smile to Liu Ziqing’s usually impassive face. She had a close relationship with her uncle, who doted on his niece.

Because of Xie Xitong’s accident, Wen Ruping looked at her own healthy daughter and felt that she was the greatest gift from heaven. As Liu Ziqing grew day by day, the unique shyness and little thoughts typical of girls, coupled with the busyness of her studies, had distanced the mother and daughter somewhat—they were no longer as inseparable as when she was a child.

Xie Xitong’s incident deeply affected them both.

Wen Ruping embraced her daughter, and as they talked, the warmth between them returned, reminiscent of their closeness in childhood.

Outside the door, Liu’s father looked on with satisfaction. Sons were meant to carry on the family line and required strict discipline. Daughters, however, were like past loves of a father’s previous life—meant to be cherished. Thinking of the Chen family’s young girl and then imagining if something happened to his own daughter, Liu’s father frowned, vowing to have Ziqing’s brother watch over her carefully these days, following her wherever she went.

The Liu family of Rongcheng had grown even closer because of the Chen family’s crisis. In City B, as Xie Xitong’s condition stabilized, family members were allowed to visit.

Although Zhao Xin had only been inside once, she frequently ran errands and secretly mixed water from the space into the water used to clean Xitong’s body and even poured it into the vase in the room.

Though not as effective as drinking it directly, the recovery speed, slow as it was in Zhao Xin’s eyes, astonished the doctors.

Such cases were rare. Young people generally recovered faster than middle-aged or elderly patients, but to see visible improvement day by day was truly exceptional.

The hospital even held a special meeting to discuss this phenomenon. After various tests, the conclusion was that it was due to her extraordinarily unique constitution.

That day, Zhao Xin entered the ward carrying an insulated food container. Xie Fanghua was asleep, her head resting on the edge of Xitong’s bed. Watching Fanghua’s increasingly thin and pale face, Zhao Xin sighed inwardly.

Though she had added water from the space into the meals and picked many vegetables from the space to prepare three different meals daily for them, the food tasted far better than ordinary dishes outside. Even Chen Zimo, an excellent cook, had taken extra servings.

Yet, Fanghua’s mind was entirely on her daughter; no delicacy could tempt her appetite.

Zhao Xin observed this quietly but was moved by such pure maternal love.

Xie Xitong’s current situation was a harsh karma, a consequence of her own actions. The Chen family’s overindulgence had spoiled the young girl to the point of arrogance, which had provoked someone as malicious as Xu Yichen.

It was much like those stories popular on the internet before her rebirth—where the protagonist was harmed by a vicious female antagonist, and upon reincarnation, the first thing was to seek revenge.

But this time, Xitong had done nothing wrong, yet the innocent girl now had to pay the price.

Ah, what a messy debt.

For Xu Yichen, these were real events that caused him pain and heartbreak. His desire for revenge was understandable.

People were inherently selfish.

But for Xie Xitong lying on the bed, it was all a nightmare.

At just fifteen years old, her entire future was shattered.

As Zhao Xin gently placed the food container on the bedside table, she suddenly sensed a slight movement of the bed.

This was another benefit granted by the space—a heightened sensitivity to those around her. She could feel Chen Zimo’s closeness, Xie Xitong’s lack of dislike, and Liu Ziqing’s faint hostility.

But that girl...

Zhao Xin’s mind flashed to Lin Xia’s face, which was only ordinary, and yet she could not sense the slightest trace of emotion from her.

Who exactly was this girl?

She vaguely sensed everyone’s feelings except for Lin Xia’s.

Was it that Lin Xia’s mind was too deep, or did she originally feel nothing toward her?

No, even the most scheming girl, when facing a beauty like herself, would have some emotional response. Yet, with Lin Xia, she felt nothing at all.

This puzzled Zhao Xin, but with everyone busy over Xie Xitong’s matter, she had no time to ponder further.

Xie Xitong, lying on the bed, moved her hand slightly. Her long eyelashes fluttered beneath her eyelids before she slowly opened her eyes.

Zhao Xin’s heart leapt with joy as she leaned closer and gently said, “Tongtong, you’re finally awake!”

Though deeply asleep, Xie Fanghua was truly consumed by thoughts of her daughter and was especially sensitive to the name “Tongtong.”

Hearing Zhao Xin’s gentle voice, she was startled awake. She quickly lifted her head and, seeing Xitong’s open eyes on the bed, tears of joy streamed down her cheeks. “My Tongtong is finally awake; I was so worried!”

Seeing her awake, Zhao Xin was naturally overjoyed but steadied her emotions and comforted Fanghua, “Auntie, Tongtong waking up is good news. If you cry like this, Tongtong will feel guilty.”

Fanghua, half laughing through her tears, said, “Yes, yes, it’s good news. I won’t cry, I won’t cry.”

Though she said this, the tears flowed uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Zhao Xin didn’t linger but said, “Tongtong just woke up. Auntie, please talk to her a bit while I call Zimo.”

Fanghua had no mind to listen, only nodding vaguely with eyes fixed on her beloved daughter.

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P.S. Haha, the excitement is coming! What will happen to Xie Xitong? Gah, no spoilers! Although it seems I might have slipped a few in the group chat, oops!

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