Chapter 236: Chapter 231: Be Good 2
That kind of panic, that kind of helplessness, that kind of being besieged on all sides, the loneliness where no one can help her, is terrifying!
Rong Mochen stared at Jin Jumo’s tear-stained eyes, his heart aching sharply, "Momo..."
Just as Rong Mochen’s deep and hoarse voice slipped out of his throat, the doorbell of the suite rang.
He frowned slightly, looking at Jin Jumo.
Jin Jumo took a deep breath, hurriedly got off his lap, and quickly headed towards the bathroom.
Rong Mochen’s long black eyelashes fluttered, his thin lips pulled into a bitter curve, whispering, "Indeed, it’s truly terrifying."
Back then, he saw with his own eyes the car she was in explode in front of him, and it felt like his own heart exploded too, torn to shreds and scattered everywhere.
Terrifying!
Jin Jumo came out from the bathroom, her expression like her usual self.
In the living room, Hanhan was squatting on the carpet, playing with a brand-new model car.
Xixi was occupying Rong Mochen’s leg, her chubby hands holding a pile of snacks, eating them joyfully.
"Xiao Xiao."
Hanhan saw Jin Jumo and got up, holding the car, quickly walking over to her.
Jin Jumo’s lips curved gently, and as he got closer, she playfully tapped his nose with her finger.
Hanhan blushed, "Have you eaten?"
Jin Jumo nodded, "I have."
"Oh. When are we going back then?" Hanhan asked.
Jin Jumo pressed her lips, looking at the person sitting on the sofa.
Rong Mochen stood up holding Xixi, "I’ll take you home."
Jin Jumo didn’t refuse and glanced at Gu Yan.
As soon as Gu Yan caught Jin Jumo’s look, he immediately thought of the inappropriate scene from the morning, coughed twice, and slowly turned his head to the side.
Jin Jumo twitched her lips and said to Hanhan, "Say goodbye to Uncle Gu."
"We’re leaving." Hanhan looked coolly at Gu Yan and said.
Gu Yan didn’t turn his head, he just replied seriously.
Xixi also glanced at Gu Yan, her childish voice saying, "Uncle Gu, bye bye."
"Mhm mhm, bye bye Xixi." Gu Yan said to Xixi with a smiling face, "Remember to miss Uncle Gu."
Xixi nodded perfunctorily.
Rong Mochen took Jin Jumo and Xixi Hanhan to the Yu Yang Apartment downstairs but didn’t go up.
Sitting in the car, he watched Jin Jumo holding one hand with Xixi and the other with Hanhan, walking into the apartment with her slender back.
The position of his heart suddenly felt like it was inexplicably filled with sour water, both bitter and sour.
Four years ago, she was only twenty.
When she left, she carried a bloody scar on her heart.
At twenty, not yet graduated from university, taking care of two children, and bearing countless scars.
How did she manage to get through these thousand days and nights...
Throughout this period, how much grievances and hardships did she endure...
Rong Mochen lowered his head slightly, a fleeting red flashed in his dark eyes.
Returning to the apartment, after washing up Xixi and Hanhan and putting them to bed, the two little ones soon fell asleep.
Perhaps it was due to sleeping the whole day, Jin Jumo sat at the bedside of Xixi and Hanhan, unable to fall asleep at all.
She sat there for an unknown length of time, her eyelids suddenly twitched.
She quickly got up from the bed.
Walking to the living room, Jin Jumo hurriedly rummaged through her bag for her phone.
From the time she turned it on until now, there were already over forty missed calls...
Jin Jumo was startled, she opened the missed calls, all from Ying Jingyao.
Her phone is always on ringtone except during rehearsals and performances, due to worrying about Xixi and Hanhan.
But Ying Jingyao made over forty calls, yet she didn’t hear the phone ring at all...
Jin Jumo bit her lip, gently looked at the upper right corner of the phone.
Her lips twitched!
No wonder she didn’t hear the phone ring, it was on silent mode, how could it possibly ring?
Whoever did this "good deed," it’s self-evident!
Her temples throbbed on both sides, Jin Jumo took a few deep breaths before redialing the call.
"Momo."
As soon as she dialed, Ying Jingyao picked up the phone.
"Jingyao, it’s me." Upon hearing his voice, Jin Jumo’s heart tightened, she said.
"Are you okay? Nothing happened to you, right?" Ying Jingyao’s anxious voice came through the phone.
"I’m fine," Jin Jumo said softly.
"Really?" Ying Jingyao asked.
Jin Jumo gripped her phone tighter, "Mm."
On the other end, Ying Jingyao didn’t speak for a while.
Jin Jumo bit her lower lip, "Jingyao, today..."
"It’s good that you’re okay."
"..." Jin Jumo’s throat tightened, she couldn’t say a word.
"Momo." Ying Jingyao called softly.
Jin Jumo blinked, "I’m here."
"I miss you."
Ying Jingyao’s tone sounded like a normal young couple who hadn’t seen each other all day and felt melancholic and lost.
Jin Jumo couldn’t put into words how she felt at that moment.
Shame, apology, heartache, heaviness...
"I, I will go to the hospital to see you tomorrow, okay?" Jin Jumo’s eyes were slightly red as she spoke softly.
"Okay." Ying Jingyao replied, his warm voice laced with a smile, "I’ll wait for you."
Jin Jumo pinched her thigh with her other hand, her long lashes trembling, "How do you feel today? Does your hand still hurt a lot?"
"It’s okay." Ying Jingyao said softly, "It’s just that I’m not too happy since I haven’t seen you."
"...I’m sorry." Jin Jumo’s eyes stung with pain, and she pressed the corner of her eyes with her hand, only to find something dampening her fingertips.
Jin Jumo tilted her head back and said again, "Jingyao, I’m sorry." Really, I’m sorry!
Ying Jingyao’s breath was light and deep, but his voice carried a smile, "Silly. Why are you apologizing? You’re coming to see me tomorrow, not like we’ll never see each other again. Alright, rest early. Goodbye."
Jin Jumo clenched her fingers, "Okay."
Hospital.
Ying Jingyao stood lonely in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the ward, clad in a thin blue and white striped hospital gown.
The silent ward was lit only by a dim bedside lamp, casting a soft yellow glow.
"Is it worth it to put yourself in this state for a woman?" Ruan Chen walked up to him, his tone indifferent and cold.
"When you meet someone, you’ll know if it’s worth it or not." Ying Jingyao’s lips curled in self-mockery, a bitter line passing over his handsome, pale face.
Ruan Chen glanced at him, "Do you regret it?"
Ying Jingyao’s eyes flickered, his adam’s apple bobbed down, "If I were to choose again, I would do the same."
"You say you would do the same, but that doesn’t mean there’s no regret."
Ruan Chen smirked, "Jingyao, if I were you, I wouldn’t wait four years. Too many variables."
Ying Jingyao furrowed his brows, looking at Ruan Chen, "If time could be turned back, do you think I would still choose to wait this long?"
Ruan Chen squinted, "I have a solution, want to hear it?"
Ying Jingyao turned his head, looking at the bustling neon lights below the window, "Say it."
"Take her to the UK." Ruan Chen suggested.
Ying Jingyao’s eyes slightly narrowed, silently glancing at Ruan Chen.
Ruan Chen glanced ambiguously at his right hand, "Now that you have such a good opportunity, don’t waste it in vain."
Ying Jingyao’s lips pressed into a line, "She has always been unwilling to leave the country because she has attachments in Z City. If I ask her to follow me to the UK now, how can she agree?"
"Going doesn’t mean she won’t return. Besides..."
Ruan Chen squinted, "Doesn’t she also have attachments in the UK?"
He raised his right eyebrow, giving Ying Jingyao a meaningful look, "Your injury was sustained to save her. If she truly wants your right hand to recover, wouldn’t asking her to go to the UK be easy?"
"I don’t want to force her." Ying Jingyao frowned, speaking after a long silence.
Ruan Chen sneered, "Not forcing her means you’re pushing her away until you push her into Rong Mochen’s arms."
Ying Jingyao felt a stab in his heart, his jaw clenching tightly.
Ruan Chen gave him a glance, said nothing further, and left the ward.
Ying Jingyao stood by the window, his clear eyes gradually covered by layers of crimson.
He can’t!
Absolutely can’t... lose her!
The next day, Jin Jumo took Xixi and Hanhan to kindergarten.
Coming out of the apartment building, her eyes instinctively searched for something.
Not seeing a certain someone’s car, Jin Jumo pursed her lips.
Holding Xixi and Hanhan’s hands, she walked towards her car.
"Daddy didn’t come today."
Xixi’s soft whisper came from below, causing Jin Jumo to stop in her tracks.
After sending Xixi and Hanhan to kindergarten, Jin Jumo bought breakfast and some fruit, then went to the hospital.
VIP ward.
When Jin Jumo arrived, Ruan Chen was saying something to Ying Jingyao.
Seeing her, Ruan Chen stopped talking.
Jin Jumo thought they were discussing business, so she didn’t give it much thought.
She silently carried the breakfast to the table in front of the ward’s sofa, placed the breakfast on the table, and was about to leave the ward to not interrupt their business discussion.
"Xiao Xiao."
Ruan Chen called out to her.
Jin Jumo paused, stopped, and turned to look at Ruan Chen.
Ruan Chen’s face was very serious, "There’s something I’d like to discuss with you, come here."
"..." Jin Jumo’s eyes filled with suspicion, looking at Ying Jingyao.
Ying Jingyao’s brows knitted, looking at her with complicated eyes.
Jin Jumo’s heart involuntarily sank, she walked over, looking at Ruan Chen, "What is it?"
"Jingyao’s right hand can’t be treated in the country, so I’ve contacted a reputable orthopedic hospital in the UK and plan on having Jingyao go there for treatment." Ruan Chen said.
"...Go to the UK?" Jin Jumo was stunned.
Ruan Chen nodded, "I’ve already arranged everything on the UK side, just waiting for Jingyao to go over."
Jin Jumo took a breath, looking at Ying Jingyao, and said slowly, "Since there’s a good hospital in the UK, then it’s better to go to the UK."
"That’s what I think too. Although his injury is severe, and going to the UK might not necessarily heal it, we can’t not try."
"Of course, we have to try." Jin Jumo said hurriedly, "Jingyao loves medicine. If he can’t be on the operating table due to his hand, he’ll have regrets for the rest of his life."
Ying Jingyao’s eyes moved softly, warmth spreading in his heart.
"The problem is..." Ruan Chen paused here.
Jin Jumo asked anxiously, "What’s wrong? Is there a problem?"
Ruan Chen sighed lightly, "Director Ying and his wife still don’t know that Jingyao was seriously injured while saving you. Jingyao is worried about them finding out, so he has deliberately kept it from them."
"Now that Jingyao has to go back to the UK for treatment, it also can’t let them know."
Jin Jumo’s eyelashes fluttered, "Actually, actually, it’s okay to let them know. After all, someone needs to take care of Jingyao while he receives treatment in the UK..."