The CEO's wife, suffering from terminal cancer, is filled with regret!

The nurse clearly hadn't expected me to ask that question so suddenly. After regaining her composure, she immediately gave a professional smile and said, "That depends on how well your wound is healing."

I took a deep breath and didn't say anything more.

I clenched my fists even tighter by my sides, and that bloodthirsty urge surged up again, making me want to cut myself, to see the bright red blood, and to feel my heart pounding.

The next second, the wound on my left wrist burst open again, and bright red blood stained the freshly bandaged gauze. I stared intently at that bright red spot.

This color is so beautiful.

It's so beautiful that I can't help but want to see more of these colors.

As the nurse turned her head, she met the strange light flashing in my dark eyes. She was startled and immediately said, "Mr. Ji, please don't move. I'll re-bandage your wound right away."

I didn't answer her, but stared intently at the scars on my wrist.

The nurse was quick and soon re-bandaged me. Before she left the ward, she poured me a glass of water. "Mr. Ji, please have some water."

The water was cold, and after I drank it, I immediately felt that my previously confused thoughts had dissipated considerably.

When the nurse saw that my eyes had cleared, she sighed softly and comforted me gently, "Mr. Ji, the hardships will pass, and the future will be better and better."

"Ah."

I gave a soft reply and put the water glass back on the bedside table.

My room is a deluxe single room, and it's very spacious, so Shen Zhixia slept in my room at night.

I wanted to tell her to go back, but I knew she wouldn't agree, so I decided to skip the argument.

Shen Zhixia lay on the cot, looking at me from the side. "Ji Nanchen, you seem to have lost a lot of weight."

She's right. I've lost over ten kilograms since I was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

She never cared about me, so it's not surprising that I'm only realizing it now.

Shen Zhixia didn't hear my reply and didn't care. She continued, "Ji Nanchen, do you regret liking me back then?"

My fingers twitched slightly at my side as I stared at her expressionlessly, my dark eyes still as wary as they had been during the day.

Regret?

Actually, I don't regret liking her in the first place. After all, who can resist the light of their childhood?

But I regret marrying Shen Zhixia. If I hadn't been so persistent, none of this would have happened.

If I could do it all over again, I would never like Shen Zhixia again.

Shen Zhixia pursed her lips and sighed softly.

"I've asked Xu Jin to move out of the villa. Ji Nanchen, you need to get better soon and move back in."

I don't want to go back.

From the moment I fell ill, all I wanted was to divorce Shen Zhixia, but she wouldn't let me go.

I slowly closed my eyes, ignoring what Shen Zhixia said afterward.

Later, I fell asleep without realizing it.

Before I fell asleep, I vaguely heard Shen Zhixia ask me, "Ji Nanchen, are you in pain?"

When I heard this, I felt incredibly mocked.

I'm not a robot, how could I not feel pain?

It's just that Shen Zhixia doesn't care about me, so she never cared whether I was in pain before.

Upon hearing my long, even breathing, Shen Zhixia's shoulders, which had been stiff all day, instantly relaxed. She no longer concealed the complex and helpless emotions she felt as she stared at me.

At that moment, my face was deathly pale, and my left wrist was wrapped in gauze. She couldn't see the wound under the gauze, but she remembered the resolute look on my face when I cut my wrist that day.

I bled a lot that day. The blood stained the blankets, the floor, and the doctor's clothes. All I could see was scarlet blood.

Ji Nanchen hit so hard, isn't he afraid of getting hurt?

At this moment, Shen Zhixia's face revealed a heartache she had never noticed before.

She lay on her side looking at me, and I don't know how long she looked, but because she hadn't slept all night, she finally couldn't help but fall into a deep sleep.

In the early hours of the morning, Shen Zhixia vaguely heard faint, rustling sounds, as if someone was getting out of bed.

Her delicate brows furrowed slightly as she suddenly woke up from her sleep, looking at the person on the hospital bed next to her with lingering fear.

I, who had been resting in the hospital bed, was now standing by the window, gazing unsteadily at the night outside.

Shen Zhixia was startled and immediately got out of bed, walking quickly towards me and grabbing my arm. "Ji Nanchen, what are you doing?"

At first, she thought I was sleepwalking because my eyes were empty and lifeless. When she realized that sleepwalkers should not be woken up, she secretly regretted that she shouldn't have spoken to me so impulsively.

Just when she thought I was about to have a strong emotional reaction, I pointed in the direction of the hospital downstairs and answered her question blankly.

"My parents are calling me."

After I finished speaking, I braced my hands on the windowsill, trying to climb up, but Shen Zhixia grabbed me.

She looked at me in shock. "What are you talking about?"

I turned to look at her with some confusion and pointed in the direction of the hospital downstairs. "I heard my parents calling me there. They told me to come downstairs quickly and go home together."

Shen Zhixia looked in the direction I was pointing. There was no one downstairs in the hospital. A breeze blew by, and she immediately felt a chill run down her spine, a coldness spreading from the soles of her feet all the way up.

Before she could react, I reached out and pulled Shen Zhixia's hand away, then tried to climb up using my hands as support.

Shen Zhixia felt as if a sharp blade had been plunged into her heart, making it hard for her to breathe.

She was silent for a few seconds, then reached out and hugged my waist tightly. "Ji Nanchen, you...you must have misheard. They weren't calling you."

I stared blankly down at her for a moment, then shook my head firmly.

“You’re wrong. I clearly heard my parents calling my name just now. They were standing under that tree. They said it was late and told me not to play around and to go home quickly.”

Shen Zhixia opened her mouth, as if to tell me that her parents had died long ago and could not possibly be downstairs.

But she was afraid that saying it so bluntly would scare me, so she chose to remain silent.

I didn't hear her speak, so I forcefully broke free from her embrace and looked at her unhappily. "It's getting late, let's go home and find our own mothers."

"Ji Nanchen, you're mistaken. Your parents are sleeping peacefully at home; they're not standing downstairs at the hospital."

"impossible!"

I retorted unhappily, and turned to take another look at my parents waiting downstairs, but Shen Zhixia grabbed my arm and pulled me toward the hospital bed.

She spoke again in a soft, gentle tone, as if she were coaxing me.

"Ji Nanchen, I won't lie to you. Your parents really aren't out there. You have to believe me, I won't lie to you."

I stared at her blankly for a long time before asking a question full of doubt and confusion.

"Then why don't you believe me?"