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Chapter 41
◎ Tonight, she will be sleepless with Yu Ran. ◎
A young woman assaults her elderly mother in the hospitals due to being unable to afford her family’s medical bills.
Raising Children without preventing old age.
A real scene in the hospital.
A nearly sixty-year-old middle-aged woman is knocked down by her daughter in the hospital.
It was already past 6 p.m. when Yu Ran finished her surgery. The procedure had taken half an hour longer than expected. The first thing she did after the surgery was to contact Shen Suhui. Just as she grabbed her phone, a nurse who liked to check trending topics on the internet shouted:
“Our hospital is trending on Weibo!!!”
Yu Ran wasn’t interested in trending topics, since most of them were about celebrities occupying public resources.
The content was usually trivial, about what celebrities wore to red carpets, their makeup, and their favorite foods, dominating the trending list.
When the nurse mentioned their hospital, Yu Ran became slightly curious, but it was still not as important as contacting Shen Suhui. However, the nurse shouted again:
“The protagonist of the video seems to be Dr. Yu’s friend!!!”
This time, Yu Ran couldn’t stay calm. She opened Weibo and casually clicked on a trending entry. The first post was a surveillance video.
In the video, a woman was gripping her mother’s collar, her face filled with anger. After a moment of rage, she violently shoved her mother to the ground and walked away.
From a third-party perspective, Wang Lanzhi’s acting was convincing; she acted pitifully.
She cried out in pain on the floor, but Shen Suhui didn’t even give her a single glance.
The comments from netizens exploded.
——
Hateful comments flooded in, with netizens holding their righteous keyboards and writing the ugliest words.
Yu Ran’s hand holding the phone was shaking. The words on the screen nearly made her dizzy. Though it was Shen Suhui being criticized, she also indirectly felt the sting of being despised by thousands.
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Yu Ran closed the browser. She didn’t know how she ended up in the hematology department’s ward, only remembering that she had called Shen Suhui’s phone many times without getting through.
The ward was quiet. Yu Ran peeked through the glass door and saw that Shen Dong Ting had woken up. Wang Lanzhi was peeling an apple for him, and Shen Suhui was standing next to them, smiling and ready to attend to them.
What a harmonious and loving family, except for Shen Suhui, who was nowhere to be seen.
Yu Ran felt a surge of anger. She no longer cared about politeness and directly pushed the door open. The three of them were startled.
“Doctor?” Wang Lanzhi’s sharp eyes saw Yu Ran’s name tag and then called out, “Dr. Yu?”
“Where is Shen Suhui?”
She got straight to the point, her tone not pleasant. Wang Lanzhi’s face immediately turned dark.
She sat back down and mocked, “How would I know? She’s an adult, she won’t get lost. It’s her fault; her brother is so ill, but she’s not taking care of him in the ward. How dare she does not show up?”
“Mom!”
Shen Dongting glared at Wang Lanzhi and then looked at Yu Ran. “My sister left after I woke up. She said she was too tired these days and needed some rest.”
“Where did she go?”
“…” Shen Dong Ting scratched his head. “I didn’t ask. She looked really exhausted, and her face was frightening. I didn’t want to say much and just let her rest.”
“…” Yu Ran was anxious and was about to ask again when Wang Lanzhi couldn’t stand it anymore.
“I don’t think you’re even a hematology doctor! Where did you come from? Since the first day we came to the hospital, you’ve been looking for Shen Suhui. Who exactly are you to her? That bitch isn’t here, so if you want to find her, go somewhere else. Don’t waste my son’s time resting.”
“You…”
“Mom! How much longer are you going to cause a scene!!!”
Just as Yu Ran was about to curse her, Shen Dong Ting spoke up first.
“Are you trying to make me die in peace? I don’t even ask for you to treat my sister any better, but can you stop insulting her and pressuring her? What has she ever done to displease you? If you hate her so much, why did you give birth to her in the first place…”
“I…”
“Alright, alright, stop arguing…” Shen Suhui played the peacemaker, “Right now, the priority is to get Dongting better, isn’t it? Let’s not talk about family discord anymore, and I have good news to tell you…”
Wang Lanzhi reluctantly asked, “What good news?”
“…”
Yu Ran sneered at this family, turning to leave, but Shen Suhui’s words pierced her eardrums and heart.
“Xiao Hui has agreed to marry Xiao Jiang.”
“Really?!” Wang Lanzhi immediately brightened up.
“Why would I lie to you? She said she would wait until tomorrow after Dongting’s first chemotherapy. If it works well…”
Yu Ran couldn’t listen to the rest. She couldn’t describe how she felt at that moment—just a sudden lurch in her heart, as if it had stopped for a moment. She wasn’t angry or resentful, she just felt sorry for Shen Suhui and deeply saddened for her.
She knew Shen Suhui had compromised, but right now, more than that, Yu Ran was worried about the storm brewing online.
She went back to the hotel where they were staying, swiped the card to open the door. The room was very dark, with the curtains tightly drawn. The hotel didn’t have great lighting, and once the door was shut, it was pitch black. Shen Suhui was lying on the bed, holding Lucky in her arms, sleeping peacefully with the cat.
The feeling was hard to describe. It seemed peaceful, but it felt surreal, like a dream.
Yu Ran felt it was all so unreal.
There was an open bottle of sleeping pills by the bedside, and Yu Ran was immediately scared, but when she heard Shen Suhui’s steady breathing, she slowly relaxed.
It was clear that Shen Suhui must have taken several more pills.
After confirming that Shen Suhui was fine, Yu Ran quietly sat on the side of the bed, waiting for her to wake up.
As time passed, Yu Ran, too, became sleepy. She had hardly slept peacefully, just like Shen Suhui, so she lay down on the bed, inhaling the comforting scent of Shen Suhui and the cat, falling into a deep sleep.
When she woke up, the surroundings had changed. Yu Ran’s heart skipped a beat as she sat up and looked around. The curtains were open, the lights on, Lucky was eating cat food in the corner, and Shen Suhui was in the bathroom taking a shower.
It was already 9 PM, and she had slept for three hours. Yu Ran felt more relaxed than she had in a long time.
Shen Suhui came out of the bathroom, paused when she saw Yu Ran, and casually said, “You’re awake?”
“Mm.”
“I ordered takeout,” Shen Suhui walked over to Yu Ran and stood in front of her. “Dumplings, want some?”
Yu Ran wasn’t very hungry. She wrapped her arms around Shen Suhui’s waist and looked up at her face. This was almost the first time she had looked up at Shen Suhui like this. When she looked at her, her expression softened, as if in the next second, she would submit to the person she loved.
It almost looked like… a poor little dog begging its owner to be happy.
This was the first time Shen Suhui had seen Yu Ran like this.
It made her heart flutter, but it also made her heart ache. Yu Ran’s love for her was almost drowning her from the gaze in her eyes, threatening to overwhelm her.
At the same time, Shen Suhui also felt that the Yu Ran before her was false.
Yu Ran wasn’t real.
The real Yu Ran would never live in this world with her. She would be living beautifully, without worries, with a smooth future ahead.
Shen Suhui straddled Yu Ran’s legs, her hand gently caressing Yu Ran’s cheek. She furrowed her brows slightly, her expression tender, as if cherishing her deeply, even though it was fake, she would keep it in her heart forever.
“Yu Ran…”
“I’m here.”
One looked up, one looked down, their foreheads pressed together, their eyelashes entwining. Yu Ran lifted her head at the right moment and kissed Shen Suhui on the lips.
“Shen Suhui…”
Lost in the kiss, Yu Ran kept calling out Shen Suhui’s name.
“Baby…”
The hot kiss traveled down from her soft lips, landing on Shen Suhui’s chin, neck, and collarbone…
Shen Suhui tilted her head back, her hand stroking the back of Yu Ran’s head, her fingers tangling in Yu Ran’s black hair, wrapping around the soft, smooth strands.
Shen Suhui loved Yu Ran, loved every strand of her hair.
“I want you; I want you…”
Shen Suhui was kissed to the point of almost losing breath. She stared with hazy eyes, holding onto Yu Ran’s shoulders.
Yu Ran dragged her leg, stood up, and pressed her down onto the bed. The movements, almost seamless for Yu Ran who had trained for years, came naturally.
Shen Suhui lay on the bed, gazing lovingly at Yu Ran’s face. Their eyes met, and in Yu Ran’s pupils, there was love, tenderness, and reluctance…
Yu Ran knew Shen Suhui was exhausted. She didn’t immediately respond to her request but slowly kissed her way down.
Shen Suhui couldn’t reach Yu Ran’s hair. Eventually, she raised her hand and grabbed the bedsheet. The hotel’s bed linens were of poor quality, and the friction was painful, even when she clenched her fingers.
Yu Ran kissed the spot where Shen Suhui had a naval piercing, and in her mind, she recalled the time when they first started dating, when Shen Suhui stood before her with that piercing.
Even though they were still in love, she started to miss the past.
Next to the piercing was a tattoo of a hammer.
It was beautiful, unexpectedly pure, wild, and seductive.
“Mm… Yu Ran…”
Shen Suhui gasped, a muffled sound escaping from her nose. She could only call out Yu Ran’s name, as if saying her lover’s name was her antidote.
Suddenly, she arched her back, her toes curling tightly together. Her arms bore all the weight, and her body slid on the rough bedsheets, her skin rubbing red. Shen Suhui felt as if she had become a water snake.
She wanted to grab Yu Ran’s hair, but she was just too far away…
“Yu Ran…”
Shen Suhui cried, “Please don’t do this, let me go…”
“…”
This time, Yu Ran didn’t torment her for long, but instead, she clung to Shen Suhui and kissed her lips.
A strange taste passed between them, and Shen Suhui, instead of feeling disgusted, became even more frantic, clinging to her.
If only they could stay like this forever…
Since they couldn’t have forever, then let it be tonight.
Tonight, she would be with Yu Ran, sleepless and relentless.