Reborn as His Intellectually Disabled Wife-Chapter 756 - 757: Laying Down the Law (5)

Yuejie’s consciousness was fading, her intervals of wakefulness growing infrequent and brief, only long enough to open her eyes and look around before closing them again, slipping back into unconsciousness.

It seemed that even the act of opening her eyes to view the world had become an exhausting feat for her.

Bai Zhengyuan couldn’t bring himself to visit the hospital, couldn’t bear to see his daughter.

Day and night, he was consumed by anxiousness; he immersed himself in work, busying himself with charity and recording public service videos, all to keep himself occupied.

He feared that if he ever took a break, he wouldn’t be able to control the urge to visit the hospital, to watch Yuejie slip away just as he had watched Yun Wenwan leave him years ago.

He couldn’t endure such a parting even once.

He couldn’t bear a second time.

Uncle Liu had already been sitting in the chair outside the hospital room for over 24 hours.

The passing doctors and nurses, seeing Uncle Liu sitting there like a statue, couldn’t help but worry.

"When will he get up from there?"

"He hasn’t eaten or drunk anything for so long, not even slept; what should we do?"

"Hey, we should hurry and persuade him. We don’t want the patient to get better only to find he’s collapsed."

"Such words... I can’t say them; I fear that the patient might..."

"Ah..."

...

He gazed through the transparent door of the isolation ward at Bai Yuejie, her face tinged with a bluish pallor and covered by an oxygen mask, her feeble appearance all too reminiscent of Yun Wenwan in her last days.

That day, he had stood at the door the entire night, holding her favorite wildflowers.

When the heart monitor emitted its piercing flatline, he finally couldn’t hold back the flood of tears.

From that moment on, he had decided he would ensure Yuejie grew up into adulthood.

He wanted to take her place, to watch Yuejie get married, have children, and live a happily ever after. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Now, he hadn’t completed his task, so how could Yuejie die?

She couldn’t die.

He wouldn’t allow it!

Uncle Liu didn’t know how long he had been sitting there when his phone rang.

His gaze suddenly focused, he quickly picked it up and answered, "Hello, what’s the news? Is it good?"

The voice on the other end was not joyful as he had hoped, but choked with sobs, "No... there’s no good news. Qiangzi and the others, the ten we sent to Imperial City, they’ve all been arrested."

Uncle Liu’s face changed, and he stood up abruptly.

But the sudden movement was too much, and Uncle Liu stumbled and fell heavily to the floor.

Having gone without rest for so long, he fainted on the spot.

The commotion attracted many onlookers, and doctors and nurses quickly gathered to administer aid.

No one paid any attention to the phone lying on the ground.

"Hello, hello? Boss, what’s wrong with you?"

As Uncle Liu was carried away, a tall, middle-aged man picked up the phone from the floor, imitating Uncle Liu’s weak tone, "Hello..."

The person on the line didn’t notice anything amiss and asked, "What’s wrong with you?"

"I fell, it’s nothing."

The person on the other end’s crying intensified, "What do we do now, boss? Some of our brothers are new, I’m afraid they won’t be able to hold out and might confess..."

"What’s the rush?" The tone was commanding, and even the voice was imitated to a striking resemblance.

Meng Guan held the phone, glancing around before slipping into the safety corridor.

"How could we not be in a hurry? If they all get locked up, what about the lady’s heart? Are we supposed to just watch the lady die?"