Since childhood, she had never heard Xiao Cheng speak to her in that tone. Slowly, she turned her head toward him. He was pale and frail on the hospital bed, and his usually gentle, deer-like eyes now held a distinct anger toward her, causing her heart to seize with pain. "You..." She closed her eyes briefly. After a long moment, she said, her expression blank, "Unless you mean you no longer acknowledge me as your sister...
otherwise, the surgery must proceed today!" "Xia Mo—" Zhen En gasped, staring at the suddenly cold Xia Mo in shock. "Even at the cost of your happiness..." Yin Cheng's voice was barely a whisper. "Sister... tell me... why was I ever born..." The pale sunlight illuminated the hospital room.
Yin Cheng gazed blankly at Yin Xia Mo. "I exist in this world only to drag you down, don't I..." "...Since I was very little... you never had time to play with the other children because you were taking care of me... at the orphanage... to protect me...
you were beaten by those bad kids so many times..." "To protect me... you hurt someone and were locked up... you came out covered in wounds... yet you refused to say what happened inside..." "You cared for me... paid for my medical treatments...
paid for my schooling... you worked yourself to the bone every day, sleeping only three or four hours... to earn more money... you entered that complicated entertainment industry..." "Sister... I know...
you love me..." "But... now, for my sake, you are willing to sacrifice your entire lifetime of happiness too... What am I... am I a leech that has sucked away all your life and joy..." "If I am the kind of brother who must constantly hurt you..." Yin Cheng murmured distractedly, "Then... then...
I would rather..." "It's not because of you!" Struggling as if caught between an ice cavern and a furnace, Yin Xia Mo's head throbbed so fiercely it felt like it would split open, dizziness swept her vision, and her reason began to dissipate. Controlling the agony gripping her body, she approached the sickbed, her face bloodless, and slowly offered Yin Cheng a faint smile, whispering, "I am not marrying Ou Chen because of that kidney... I am marrying him because I like him... Even without the surgery, I would still marry him..." "You like Luo Xi Gege!" Yin Cheng said sorrowfully. Connecting all the events and timelines, the truth was starkly, cruelly clear.
"You broke up with Luo Xi Gege for me... Ou Chen coerced you, he used that kidney to force you to marry him!" "No... I like Ou Chen..." Yin Xia Mo stubbornly shook her head, yet the image of Luo Xi lying lifeless on a hospital bed constantly flashed in her mind. No, that was a phantom; Luo Xi didn't commit suicide; she had just suffered a nightmare. She couldn't confuse reality with dreams!
"Please... Xiao Cheng... your sister is begging you... believe me just this once, alright... It's not because of you...
truly not because of you..." Staring blankly at the silent Xiao Cheng, the feeling that she could never convince him again sent a wave of panic through her. Xiao Cheng... didn't believe her anymore... "Xiao Cheng... please...
accept the surgery... just for your sister's sake, okay... Sister wants to be with Xiao Cheng forever... I can't lose you..." Tears fell silently from her eyes. Drip.
Drip. Landing upon the snow-white sheet. Summer'sⅢ