Chapter 278: Chapter 278: Xie Yanchuan Wakes Up

When Xu Jinzhi got home, Tuantuan was tirelessly playing with Sui Sui, making Sui Sui laugh heartily.

Xu Jinzhi washed her hands and joined them for a while.

It was only when the maid announced that dinner was ready that she took the two children to the dining room to eat.

Even after Tuantuan and Sui Sui had gone to bed, nothing special had happened that day.

After her bath, Xu Jinzhi realized it wasn’t yet midnight, and Yanchuan’s birthday was still not over.

Hesitating for quite a while, she finally went downstairs, fetched a bottle of wine, and entered Yanchuan’s room.

After staring at Yanchuan for a long time, Xu Jinzhi finally said, “Yanchuan, happy birthday, and happy sixth anniversary.”

After saying that, Xu Jinzhi just quietly watched, but after waiting for a long, long time, no one responded to her.

Suddenly, Xu Jinzhi let out a bitter laugh and started drinking.

Such an expensive bottle of foreign liquor, Xu Jinzhi didn’t even use a glass, she just tilted her head back and drank it straight from the bottle.

She didn’t notice the man’s fingers twitch.

Before long, Xu Jinzhi’s cheeks flushed, her eyes filled with tears, but with an expressionless face, she pretended not to care and continued drinking one gulp after another.

The bottle of wine was already half empty, and although her stomach felt awful, Xu Jinzhi didn’t stop, seemingly relishing the pain.

For such a long time, she had become addicted to the numbing sensation the alcohol brought her.

As time ticked by, the drunkenness slowly set in. Initially, she was just silently shedding tears with red eyes, but now she couldn’t hold them back anymore.

Xu Jinzhi’s shoulders trembled uncontrollably, tears blurred her vision, and even Yanchuan in front of her became hazy.

She no longer knew what else to say and just kept crying and crying.

The man’s fingers moved again, but immersed in her own sorrowful emotions, Xu Jinzhi did not notice.

Unable to control her emotions, and to numb herself, she continued to drink the left-over alcohol, hoping to just get drunk and then sleep.

In her rush, Xu Jinzhi choked, unable to help coughing violently, and the wine she hadn’t managed to swallow sprayed out embarrassingly.

Her face, already flushed, became completely red due to the fierce coughing.

Moreover, Xu Jinzhi’s cough seemed unstoppable, tormenting her entire chest and throat.

During the last violent cough, Xu Jinzhi tasted a sweet metallic tang in her throat, then it felt slightly less uncomfortable.

Xu Jinzhi sighed in relief and then instinctively looked at the hand she had covered her mouth with, which now had traces of blood.

Seeing the red blood stains, Xu Jinzhi paused, but she didn’t panic, feeling vaguely aware of what it was.

Her stomach hurt terribly, most likely it was bleeding.

Her throat felt itchy again, and Xu Jinzhi couldn’t help swallowing, taking a deep breath as she prepared to leave.

She knew what she had to do now, as she couldn’t die yet.

However, just as Xu Jinzhi was about to get up, her whole body felt powerless, and she collapsed to the floor.

Xu Jinzhi couldn’t feel whether the fall hurt, as the stomach pain had taken over all her senses, leaving her unable to feel anything else.

Lying on the floor, her forehead wet with cold sweat, she clenched her teeth tightly, veins bulging on her forehead as she slowly breathed, struggling to endure the pain.

But in the end, Xu Jinzhi couldn’t help herself and curled up, hunching over.

In a daze, Xu Jinzhi heard a sharp sound next to her ear, sounding like the alarm of a monitoring device.

Xu Jinzhi frowned slightly, as if she remembered something, but her mind went blank again with nothing there.

Her eyes blinked, and then she completely passed out.

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When Xu Jinzhi opened her eyes again, what she saw was a swath of white. She stared blankly for a few seconds, feeling as though she didn’t know what year it was.

But before Xu Jinzhi could come to her senses, she first heard a familiar voice, then saw a familiar person.

“Jinzhi, you’re awake!” Xu Zhen said, his face so tired he couldn’t hide it, but seeing the awake Xu Jinzhi, his face was instantly filled with joy.

Xu Jinzhi instinctively called out, “Dad.”

But Xu Jinzhi’s voice was hoarse and she couldn’t make a sound for a moment.

“How do you feel? Are you feeling better?” Xu Zhen hurried over, concerned.

By now, Xu Jinzhi had gradually come to her senses. She remembered coughing up blood last night; it must have been a gastric bleed, and now she must be in the hospital.

Seeing the worry on Xu Zhen’s face, Xu Jinzhi moved her lips slightly, wanting to say she was fine.

But before Xu Jinzhi could speak, Xu Zhen quickly said, “I have some good news, Yanchuan has woken up.”

That statement blocked all of Xu Jinzhi’s words, as she stared blankly at Xu Zhen, unable to react for a moment.

She wondered if she was dreaming?

Or had she misheard just now?

Was it a dream?

Was she still unconscious from the gastric bleed?

Seeing the stunned Xu Jinzhi, Xu Zhen guessed what she was doubting and said again, “It’s true, you’re not dreaming or hallucinating, Yanchuan has woken up!”

Xu Jinzhi moved her lips, wanting to say something, but before she could, tears streamed out of her eyes first.

Xu Zhen said this originally to make Xu Jinzhi happy, but he briefly forgot how important this news was to her. How could she not be agitated hearing such news?

The doctor had specifically instructed not to let the patient get emotional as it could easily lead to another gastric bleed!

Seeing how agitated Xu Jinzhi was, Xu Zhen said quickly, “Jinzhi, don’t get too excited, try to calm down! Yanchuan is fine now, and you can’t afford to have more complications!”

But Xu Jinzhi’s condition wasn’t something that Xu Zhen could calm with just a few words.

In the end, Xu Zhen had to call a doctor to the room. After some chaos, Xu Jinzhi finally lay quietly on the hospital bed, her eyes still expectant as she looked at Xu Zhen.

It had already been so long; she had finally received this news.

She was now eager to know if everything was real, if Yanchuan had truly awakened!

Xu Zhen spoke again, “He just woke up, because you were bleeding from your stomach, he kept refusing to get an examination.”

“Only after your condition slightly stabilized did they persuade him to go for a physical check-up; it’s not finished yet.”

“After the check-up is done, the doctor will bring him back here.”