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Jiang Yu dreamed of that long corridor again.
There was no light, no sound, she walked alone in the quiet darkness as if lost, bewildered, helpless. As she walks, many people's shadows appear before her, surrounding her from birth to adulthood, from age zero to thirty-eight.
Major events in her life, vivid memories, pass before her eyes like a fleeting glimpse.
She feels herself floating, like a light feather.
Floating with the wind.
She was cast aside everywhere, unwanted anywhere, floating like a wanderer, passing by many people and things, until she was exhausted. She wanted to stop and fall to the ground.
At the end of the corridor, there is a bright light.
In that beam of light, a gentle and beautiful face with a smile extends a hand towards her, two sweet dimples faintly visible, "Sister, I'm here."
She descends slowly into her palm.
Then the light fades away...
Jiang Yu opens her eyes.
Blinding white, icy white, everywhere is white, like light in a dream. She felt enveloped in warmth, slowly regaining consciousness.
There was a soft sobbing sound in her ear, she struggled to turn her neck, lowering her gaze.
Cheng Suran was crouched on the bedside, holding her hand, weeping silently.
It's her girl.
Ranran...
She wanted to shout, but her throat hurt like it was on fire, and she couldn't make a sound. She moved her fingers again, and the sobbing stopped abruptly.
Cheng Suran suddenly raises her head, looking at her with astonishment, "Sister?"
Their eyes met silently.
Jiang Yu curved her mouth and showed a weak smile, but then sharp pain shot through her stomach. She furrows her brow, her expression filled with extreme pain.
The joy didn't last long, and Cheng Suran's heart tightened. She approached nervously, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yu's hoarse voice made a faint sound: "It hurts."
"I'll call the nurse." Cheng Suran wiped her tears away, got up and went out.
It's past ten o'clock in the evening.
The nurse and the doctor on duty came to check, asking and giving instructions. Fortunately, the wound on Jiang Yu's stomach was neither deep nor shallow, it was just a little short of piercing the intestines. On her right arm, there was a long but not deep flesh wound, and almost the entire right elbow was wrapped in bandages.
During the late spring to early summer season, as long as the wound doesn't become infected, it should heal without leaving any lasting damage.
But Jiang Yu is in severe pain, and she can't drink water or take painkillers at the moment. She can only endure it. This pain keeps making her recall the scene in the parking lot, Bai Lu's crazy words, and that menacing grin…
She was afraid that Cheng Suran would worry, so she tried her best not to show it, but the tiny beads of sweat on her forehead betrayed her.
"You're sweating," Cheng Suran said with red eyes, took out a tissue, and carefully wiped the sweat off her forehead. "Is it painful?"
Jiang Yu took a light breath: "No...it's okay..."
She gritted her teeth after speaking.
Cheng Suran watched her endure the pain, as if the knife had stabbed into herself, and her heart ached in sympathy. She went to find the doctor again and had a pain pump administered to Jiang Yu.
It wasn't until the pain subsided that Jiang Yu's eyes, which had turned red from enduring, slowly faded.
She forced a smile.
"Ranran..."
"I'm here." Cheng Suran held her hand tightly.
"Don't worry... I'm living just fine..." Jiang Yu spoke intermittently, her hoarse voice making it difficult, and her lips were so dry they were peeling.
Listening to the second half of the sentence, Cheng Suran's heart felt like it was being twisted with a knife. Was she really living just fine? How could someone be fine lying in a hospital, looking the way she is now? Her eyes welled up with tears, but the thought of Jiang Yu being so weak and worrying about her made her hold them back. She managed to force a reassuring smile instead.
"Mm, I know," she leaned over and kissed her forehead, "Sister Tian Lin has already called the police, That bastard will definitely not escape, You can rest at ease, I'll be with you."
"Don't cry..."
"Okay, I won't cry, and you won't talk anymore. Get some sleep. You can drink water in a few more hours."
Jiang Yu's throat rolled, and she looked at her deeply, reluctant to close her eyes.
For so many years, she has been blinded, lost, and gone through thousands of sails. Her heart can finally land safely, no longer wandering. She has a family and a lover, and she is no longer that unwanted little girl. The past is not important anymore.
"Close your eyes." Cheng Suran stretched out her hand and gently brushed her eyelids.
Jiang Yu obediently closed her eyes.
Cheng Suran whispered in her ear, "The next time you open your eyes, it will still be me you'll see." She gently squeezed her hand to reassure her.
A faint smile appeared on her dry lips.
Hearing her breathing gradually become even, Cheng Suran turned her face away but couldn't hold back her tears. She wiped them away while getting up and filled a cup with warm water. She also asked the nurse for a few cotton swabs.
She dipped a cotton swab in water and carefully moistened Jiang Yu's lips, gradually bringing life back to her dry skin, and making them shine.
The night grew darker.
Xiao Zhou brought Cheng Suran clean clothes and daily necessities. Cheng Suran asked her to go home and come back tomorrow. She would stay in the hospital overnight. The bed next to Jiang Yu's was empty, so as long as no other patients were assigned there, she could sleep.
In just a few short hours, her emotions had run high and low. Now, as she calmed down, she contacted her assistant and Wen Ruoxian, arranging work-related matters.
It wasn't until around 1 a.m. that she lay down.
After turning off the lights, the dim light in the corridor penetrated the ward, creating a quiet atmosphere. Cheng Suran lay in bed with her eyes open, gazing at the ceiling. The deep and steady breathing of the person next to her was clearly audible.
Although her body is very tired, her brain cannot calm down. She remembered herself being hospitalized years ago due to an injury...
At that time, Jiang Yu stayed by her bed every night like she is now.
She touched her left thigh subconsciously. Although the scars seemed to have faded to the naked eye, she could still touch a little uneven bump with her fingertips. She still remembered how much Jiang Yu blamed herself and cared for her. She also remembered how scared she was waiting outside the emergency room that day.
How scared she was of losing Jiang Yu.
The words in the memo kept spinning in her mind...
Cheng Suran's body twitched. She opened her mouth, took a deep breath, and tears rolled down from the corner of her eyes. She didn't dislike eating waffles.
At that time, she thought that Jiang Yu still regarded her as a lowly canary, who would come and go when she was called. She didn't want to have too much involvement with Jiang Yu anymore. She said that people's preferences and tastes will change, but after so many years, the person she loves remained unchanged.
After reuniting, Cheng Suran had floated in a sea of contradictions. She had even considered cutting ties completely, but in the end, she succumbed to her own heart. It turned out that even when she was indecisive and conflicted, Jiang Yu had quietly changed for her.
Today she almost lost her forever.
Cheng Suran thought a lot, her mind was a mess, anxious until the early morning before she felt a little sleepy.
....
The next morning, the police came to inquire about the situation, made a simple record, and said that the case had been filed.
Jiang Yu was awake, lying weak and quiet in bed. Cheng Suran carefully fed her warm water using a small straw cup because she couldn't move easily. She was worried about choking her.
"Slow down, drink slowly..."
"Mm."
Seeing her struggling to drink water, Cheng Suran felt distressed and annoyed. She wished she could beat Bai Lu to a pulp and poke a few holes all over that beast's body, so she could experience the same suffering. Her eyes welled up with tears at the thought, but she couldn't cry in front of Jiang Yu.
After feeding her water, she comforted Jiang Yu to sleep and then welcomed back Tian Lin, who had been with the police.
"Is Sister Yu asleep?"
"Mm."
Cheng Suran brushed away a strand of hair from Jiang Yu's forehead and then glanced at Tian Lin before standing up. "Sister Tian Lin, can we talk outside for a moment?"
The two of them walked out, one after the other.
Tian Lin closed the door, looked around, and lowered her voice: "What's wrong?"
"I want to watch the parking lot surveillance." Cheng Suran said lightly.
Tian Lin frowned and said with some hesitation: "It's better not to watch it, you...
"I am Jiang Yu's family, and I have the right to know. We cannot disclose our relationship to outsiders, but you know it, and I think you can understand my feelings." Cheng Suran said seriously.
Tian Lin looked directly into her eyes, hearing those words, she felt a strange pang in her heart.
After hesitating for a moment, she took out her phone. She had already watched the footage with the police this morning and had a copy saved on her phone. She brought up the video and handed the phone to Cheng Suran.
The footage is in color, and the time displayed was yesterday at 4:35 p.m. The camera angle was positioned above Jiang Yu's car's front.
It showed Bai Lu acting suspiciously as she walked from the direction of the elevator to Jiang Yu's car. She looked around, crouched down, and even glanced at the short knife hidden by her side. Shortly after, Jiang Yu appeared in the frame, coming from the direction of the elevator.
The two met and exchanged a few words. Within five minutes, Bai Lu stabbed Jiang Yu with a knife.
Cheng Suran pressed pause, played back ten seconds, and watched it again.
She watched it three times over and over again, and finally, she was able to confirm:
Bai Lu's initial target was Jiang Yu's throat.
She wanted to kill in one hit.
She wasn't threatening, not joking, she really wanted Jiang Yu's life!
"!"
Fortunately, Jiang Yu reacted quickly and raised her hand to block it, otherwise if the knife had been stabbed in her throat, what she saw yesterday would not be Jiang Yu, but a corpse.
"How long will it take for the police to catch Bai Lu?" Cheng Suran clenched her fists and asked through gritted teeth.
"I don't know either…"
"If they catch her, can I see her? I have something to say to her."
"You don't want to talk; you want to use your fists, right?"
Tian Lin had already seen through her thoughts, sighed, and comforted her: "Calm down, don't be impulsive, I understand your feelings, and I can't wait to cut Bai Lu into pieces, but neither you nor I have the right to do so. If we act recklessly and end up getting ourselves into trouble, what will happen to Sister Yu? Right now, she needs rest and can't afford any more worries."
Cheng Suran stared straight at her eyes, and suddenly, her fists relaxed, and asked weakly, "How many years can she serve?"
"It depends on Sister Yu's injury and Bai Lu's motives. It may be less than three years, or it may be three to ten years. I can't say for sure." She is not very clear about this law, and the police did not give a clear explanation...
"Ah."
"Bai Lu is hopeless," Tian Lin patted her on the shoulder reassuringly, "She'll lose the lawsuit, and definitely have to pay that astronomical sum. Even if she doesn't pay willingly, it will be enforced. Now, with this additional charge, she'll serve time in prison, and when she gets out, she'll still have to continue repaying the money. By then, no one will remember her, and who would support someone with a criminal record? Finding other ways to make a living won't be easy either. Her later years will mostly be spent in debt, and she might even consider suicide."
"Good, she deserves it," Cheng Suran sneered. "It's better if she dies!"
Tian Lin nodded firmly. "Exactly, no need to dirty our own hands."
Cheng Suran closed her eyes and let out a breath slowly.
She can't be impulsive.
She couldn't let Jiang Yu worry about this anymore.
....
Source: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=4738582
This translation is originally posted on love4baihe.blogspot.complease read it there. and check out other stories too
The police caught Bai Lu within two days.
It is said that when Bai Lu was arrested, she was walking along the path beside the highway, trying to cross the border of two provinces on foot, carrying only a backpack, looking disheveled and miserable. The next day, the news made headlines, and the whole internet sighed.
Jiang Yu was still lying in the hospital ward.
As she gets older, her body doesn't recover as quickly as it used to.
She can eat liquid food now, Cheng Suran asked the aunt at home to cook porridge and fed it to her spoon by spoon. After several years, in the same hospital room, still feeding her, their relationship has changed, their roles have changed, and their state of mind is different.
"Are you full? Do you want to eat more?"
"I'm full."
Jiang Yu leaned softly against the bed board, her face was slightly pale, and there was a faint smile on the corner of her lips.
Cheng Suran looked at the half of the porridge left, closed the lid, and put it aside: "I'll keep this warm first. You can eat it later when you're hungry." As she spoke, she picked up a tissue, carefully wiped the corner of Jiang Yu's mouth, wiped it again with a wet tissue, and finally wiped it with a dry tissue.
Suddenly, she remembered something again, and said regretfully: "Maybe not, I'll let auntie cook fresh ones tonight."
"Ranran..." Jiang Yu shook her head helplessly, "I'm not that fragile."
"Do you believe it yourself?" Cheng Suran looked at her belly, her eyes getting a little red.
These past two days, she didn't know how many times she had quietly cried.
Jiang Yu lowered her eyes and gently held her hand: "I will be fine soon. As long as I'm alive, I will still be me."
Cheng Suran blinked quickly: "Surviving a catastrophe brings great blessings."
"You are my blessing."
