Chapter 204: Chapter 204: Can We Not Leave?

"Fu Xingzhou, what’s wrong with you?"

Ye Yan hurriedly threw the umbrella aside and crouched down to check his condition.

His face was pale, like a fragile sheet of white paper, and his body was trembling slightly.

His distinct-jointed hand was clutching the hem of her pants, while the other hand was tightly pressed against his abdomen.

Ye Yan knew he was probably suffering from a stomach attack, and it was fierce, as a dense cold sweat had already broken out on his forehead.

Ye Yan picked up the umbrella, held it completely over him, and took out her cellphone with the other hand to call Fu Xingrui.

"Fu Xingzhou, how do you feel?"

After the call, Ye Yan let Fu Xingzhou lean against her.

His face bore a frighteningly pale hue, his brows were tightly furrowed as if he was enduring immense pain.

Ye Yan was extremely anxious and could only press her hand on his stomach, repeatedly massaging it.

In the past, when he suffered from his stomach issues, this was how she would massage him continuously, which would temporarily relieve the pain.

"Yanyan."

"Hm? Feeling any better?"

"Yanyan, if I die, will you forgive me?"

"You can’t die from this stomach issue."

Ye Yan reprimanded lightly, "Stop talking."

And definitely stop talking nonsense.

"If I die, you’d forgive me, then I wish to die right now in front of Granny’s grave—it’s fitting, I could go down and accompany her..."

"Fu Xingzhou, shut up."

Fu Xingzhou rested his head in her arms, his lips curled up, "You’re scolding me."

Ye Yan was speechless.

"Do you feel any better? Fu Xingrui will be here soon, just hang on a bit longer."

This was the mountaintop, she couldn’t take him down.

Fu Xingzhou didn’t respond.

Ye Yan checked him again, and Fu Xingzhou still didn’t react.

It must have been extremely painful, he actually passed out from it.

Ye Yan couldn’t help but hold him tighter, securely covering him with the umbrella.

~

Fu Xingzhou woke up in the hospital.

Thanks to the medication, his stomach pain had lessened a lot.

He murmured in a daze, "Yanyan."

"My sister-in-law is with the doctor," spoke Fu Xingrui, close to his ear, "You might as well keep pretending to sleep, otherwise when she comes back, she’s definitely going to scold you."

Fu Xingrui wasn’t exaggerating.

Ye Yan was a doctor and had animosity towards people who didn’t cherish their health.

Not just once had she urged Fu Xingzhou to have a full medical exam at the hospital, which he had always evaded.

This sudden serious condition requiring hospitalization would definitely land him in a round of "ideological education."

"Alright, I’ll continue sleeping then. Let me know when she’s calmed down, then you can quietly wake me up."

After the brothers reached an agreement, Fu Xingzhou closed his eyes again.

He had just closed his eyes when Ye Yan came in holding various medical reports.

Seeing her livid face, Fu Xingrui silently praised his own cleverness.

"Sister, how is my second brother?"

"Atrophic gastritis, he already presents symptoms of intestinal metaplasia."

Fu Xingrui didn’t quite understand.

"Simply put, if you don’t get treatment and control it, the next step is gastric cancer." Ye Yan’s face was expressionless, but seeing the man on the sickbed, she clenched her teeth forcefully.

If only he had listened to her, the stomach disease wouldn’t have become so severe and progressed so quickly.

She had always thought this man was both shrewd and ruthless, yet he completely disregarded his own health.

"Is it that scary?" Fu Xingrui was still a child after all, and the word cancer confused him a bit, "Big brother, big brother, get up, stop pretending, sister said you’re almost getting cancer."

Fu Xingzhou: ...

Ye Yan: ???

Good lord, was he awake all this time and just pretending to be asleep?

Ye Yan annoyed, threw the paperwork onto Fu Xingzhou’s face, "If you’re so eager to die, just keep it up, rest assured, grandma walks slow, you’ll definitely catch up."

Fu Xingzhou opened his eyes and looked at his "teammate pig".

The "teammate pig" quickly retreated and disappeared in a flash.

"Why stop pretending? Keep going."

Fu Xingzhou revealed a weak smile, "Are you mad? I was wrong."

"Fu Xingzhou, I’ve never seen anyone avoid medical treatment like you do. To put it harshly, you’re just a coward, afraid to face difficulties and even more scared to confront your own health. If being a coward makes you happy, then please continue."

Fu Xingzhou was so scolded he didn’t dare to retort.

Even if her scolding was justified, even if it wasn’t, he would have to slap himself twice to make her feel better.

"Why are you not speaking now? You have a stomach problem, not laryngitis."

Fu Xingzhou suddenly smiled, "Yanyan, you’re really cute when you scold."

Ye Yan: ...

Forget it!

She picked up the lab reports one by one from the bed, "I’m leaving Fu Xingrui here, I have to go back to work."

"Are you leaving today?" Fu Xingzhou panicked, grabbing her sleeve.

Like a child, unable to bear being left alone by an adult.

"This is Hong Kong, there are plenty of people to take care of you, I’m not needed."

Ye Yan pulled away his hand, "I came to mourn grandma, and now that she’s been buried, it’s time for me to go back."

"Can you not leave?"

"I still have to work."

Fu Xingzhou’s eyes were intense, hiding many emotions—reluctance, panic, urgency, and pleading, "What I meant is, can you not go to R country?"

Ye Yan was stunned, "How did you know? Did Fu Xingrui tell you?"

"Yep." Fu Xingzhou stared intently at her face, "Can you not go?"

He knew, once she left, she probably wouldn’t come back.

Ye Zhun was her only attachment in Ao City, her taking Ye Zhun with her was her preparation to leave this place forever.

Making such a decision clearly meant she wanted to distance herself from him completely.

Worlds apart, they would likely never meet again.

"Fu Xingzhou, this is my own matter." Ye Yan turned away, not to be bewitched by his gaze.

"I know you want to avoid me, don’t worry, as long as you promise not to go to R country, I will never set foot in Ao City ever again."

Ye Yan looked back at him skeptically, his gaze was extremely serious, with not a bit of deception.

"Fu Xingzhou, you don’t have to go to such lengths."

More than half of his business was in Ao City, he even carried the title of Gambling King.

Although he could control everything without stepping into Ao City, it was still extremely inconvenient at every turn.

"Fu Xingzhou, stop being insane." Ye Yan put the documents on the table and left the sickroom without looking back.

In the corridor, Fu Xingrui was sneakily waiting there.

"Sister." He came forward and pulled Ye Yan into the stairwell, "Are you really taking Ye Zhun to R country?"

"Yes, the paperwork is already being handled."

"Sister, if you leave, my brother will surely be doomed." Fu Xingrui was close to tears, "You saw his condition, the next step is incurable. And you know his personality better than anyone, he absolutely won’t change just because of a few words from a doctor. But what doctors can’t do, sister surely can, if he’s going to listen to anyone right now, it would be you."

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