She's waiting for me there.

Gu Hongfei looked at the red light in the emergency room with empty eyes. His mind was still blank and he didn't believe that all this was true.

Jiang Xianye and Li Ping ran in from outside. Seeing Jiang Li's red eyes, the old couple already knew what had happened.

Li Ping fell to the ground. She was almost 60 years old and leaned against the wall, shedding tears helplessly.

But he seemed to suddenly remember what his daughter had said, and the corners of his mouth raised upwards again.

This "crying and laughing" scene makes people feel extremely sad.

Jiang Li walked over and helped her up, whispering something to comfort her.

Jiang Xianye walked up to Gu Hongfei and asked with trembling lips, "How long have you been in there?"

"It's been more than half an hour, uncle, I..."

Jiang Xianye patted his shoulder and said, "Hongfei, there's no need to say anything. I know Miao Ke's situation better than anyone else. She...can't make it."

"No, no, I'm going to get the best doctor right now. I'm rich now, and I'm not that little thug anymore. I'm going right now."

He stood up and stumbled out, but Jiang Li pulled him back from the side.

"Let go. Don't you want your sister to heal?"

He shouted at the top of his lungs. At this moment, Gu Hongfei's heart was already filled with fear. If he didn't shout out loud like this, he was afraid...

Afraid - can't convince myself.

Fear - the fear in your heart becomes a reality.

Afraid that the short-lived love will disappear again.

Jiang Li's eyes were wet with tears. After wiping them, he smiled and said, "Brother Gu, this is the late stage of gastric cancer. The cancer cells have already spread. It can't be saved..."

His voice was not loud, but it was like a thunderclap in Gu Hongfei's mind.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it, you lied to me, you all lied to me."

He held onto the wall with his hands, and his body fell down as if it was out of control.

At that moment, Gu Hongfei's soul seemed to have returned to that rainy night. No matter what his identity was, whether he was a small gangster or a wealthy man worth tens of millions, it seemed that he could not save all this.

Chen Yun rushed in from outside and pulled Gu Hongfei up from the ground: "What's wrong?"

When he saw Chen Yun, it was like he had grabbed a life-saving straw: "Brother, please help me, brother, they all said that Miao Ke could not be saved. I know you have a wide network of contacts, please help me find a doctor, the best doctor, he must have misdiagnosed..."

He grabbed Chen Yun's arm tightly with both hands, not daring to let go.

It was the first time that Chen Yun saw Gu Hongfei like this. Helplessness, fear, expectation, and many other complex emotions burst out at this moment.

"You come with me."

Some things were not suitable to be said here, so he pulled Gu Hongfei to an empty corner.

She lit two cigarettes and put one in his mouth: "Calm down. No matter what, many things have already become a foregone conclusion. You have also seen the attitude of the Jiang family. No matter how sad they are, they always have a smile on their face. This should be what Miao Ke wants to see."

In the time it took to smoke a cigarette, the sadness in Gu Hongfei's eyes had not dissipated, but he had calmed down a lot.

Chen Yun looked out the window and said, "It seems we all misunderstood Miao Ke. Chu Xinwen got her medical records from the hospital. According to the time, she has been dead for more than three months."

"What do you mean?"

Chen Yun sighed. "It's clearly written on the medical record that Jiang Miaoke has advanced gastric cancer and could only live until June at most. But...it seems like she overdrew over three months of her life from somewhere and insisted on coming back to see you."

"That dilapidated temple?" Gu Hongfei grasped the key point: "In other words, as long as we know what happened in the dilapidated temple, Miao Ke can still be saved."

"That's the theory, but you also know that with Chu Xinwen and the others' abilities, they couldn't find anything unusual there. So you can only ask Jiang Miaoke in person about this matter."

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard in the corridor.

Ning Qinghua saw the two of them and shouted, "Jiang Miaoke is awake. She's looking for you."

Gu Hongfei ran towards the emergency room without looking back.

Ning Qinghua did not leave in a hurry. Instead, she stood beside Chen Yun and looked at the busy street outside the window with him.

"You knew all this a long time ago? This is what you call the truth coming out."

Ning Qinghua nodded. There was no need to hide it any longer.

Chen turned his head to look at her and asked calmly, "I still can't understand. Can you really empathize with her to this extent just because she's sick? Are you willing to become besties with a love rival?"

"What do you mean, am I so hard-hearted?"

"That's not what I meant. I'm thinking about this from your perspective. When you heard she was sick, you could pay for it, you could see a doctor, you could sympathize with her, but with all your experience in society over the years, would you become her best friend? I don't believe it."

Ning Qinghua didn't say anything. Her hair blocked the side of her face, so her expression couldn't be seen.

Chen Yun continued, "So, there must be something between you two that I don't know about, or you have some common bond."

"No, you're overthinking it. I just feel sorry for her."

After saying this, Ning Qinghua walked out.

Chen Yun did not continue to ask, some things still need to be figured out by himself.

A moment later, he also walked towards the ward.

At the corner, Jiang Li suddenly came over from the opposite side and the two people bumped into each other.

"Brother Chen Yun, are you okay?"

"Jiang Li? It's okay. How's your sister?"

"Hey, I probably won't be able to hold on for much longer. I'm going to go pay the medical bills."

After saying that, he turned and walked downstairs, but when they bumped into each other, a piece of paper as thick as a finger was stuffed into Chen Yun's pocket by him.

Gu Hongfei rushed into the ward and looked at Jiang Miaoke's pale little face. His fingers trembled and clenched together. As he sat on the edge of the bed, the front of his clothes was wet with tears.

"Don't cry, you know I'm most afraid of you crying."

"Why, why didn't you tell me earlier? I could have found a way."

Jiang Miaoke smiled and shook her head, then said weakly, "If I told you, would we still be able to spend so many days so happily?"

"I don't want this kind of happiness. I just want you to be alive." Gu Hongfei grabbed her hand and said with a sob.

"But I think I'm actually a very selfish person. I really shouldn't come back to disturb your life, but I still couldn't resist the temptation."

Jiang Miaoke reached out and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, then continued with a smile, "Over the past few years, I couldn't help but think of you. I miss your voice, your smile, the smell of you, and the feeling of being... held by you."

"So I came back, even though I knew it would take you a long time to forget me, I still came back. I know it's selfish, but in my worldview, this is how you should love someone. Even if I had to choose again, I would still make the same choice."

"I'm not that great, but I'd give anything to remember you so I can still call out your name when we meet again on a street corner in the next life."

Gu Hongfei was already sobbing. "That... that dilapidated temple, what is in it? Tell me, no matter what the cost, I will rescue you."

He knew that if he didn't ask, it might really be too late.

Jiang Miaoke didn't answer his question. Instead, she smiled and said, "Want to hear the story of what happened to me over the years? It might be very long."

(PS: More updates today.)