Chapter 436: Chapter 436

Her mind was a tangled mess, unable to conjecture what Shi Che might have to tell her, yet when Shi Che asked her to wait for him, she unexpectedly couldn’t bring herself to step away and leave.

Perhaps, Shi Che just wanted to talk to her about sending her abroad?

Then at this moment, she should have left immediately, should have left this place right away, but Ling Chuxia found her footsteps unwillingly retreating two steps; her whole body slowly sat down on the bed. She couldn’t articulate her current feelings, yet she could feel her heart sinking, settling down, with just one thought—to wait for Shi Che’s return.

When Shi Che arrived at the hospital, Mrs. Shi had already been taken into the operating room. As soon as he appeared, Ling Yunshu immediately approached him, her eyes reddening before she even started speaking, "Shi Che... Madam, she..."

Shi Che furrowed his brow and went straight to the point, "What did the doctor say?"

Ling Yunshu hurriedly sniffed, struggling to repress the choke in her voice, and responded, "The doctor only said that the situation is critical right now. They will perform surgery first to try to stabilize Madam, and as for the rest, we’ll discuss it after the surgery is over."

Shi Che nodded indifferently, his black eyes slightly lifting to look towards the operating room’s door, his hands hanging at his sides slowly clenched tighter and tighter.

Time ticked by second by second; the atmosphere around remained continuously oppressive.

Ling Yunshu raised her eyes to look at Shi Che, who had been standing by the window all this time. The surgery had been going on for most of the day, and he had just been standing there motionless, like a statue.

On his face, there still was no superfluous expression—indifferent, aloof, as if he didn’t care a whit about Mrs. Shi’s life or death. However, she knew clearly just how passionate Shi Che’s heart was.

He appeared detached, but in reality, he was deeply affectionate. It’s just that the object of his deep affection was never her.

Ling Yunshu couldn’t help but bite her lower lip tightly, Mrs. Shi’s sudden illness indeed was beyond her expectations. She thought that Mrs. Shi could at least live for another half a year, she didn’t anticipate it to be so aggressive, catching her completely off guard.

Her current ability to approach Shi Che, to get close to him, wholly depended on Mrs. Shi. If she truly passed away, then her means of support would be gone, and Shi Che would never give her another chance to get close to him.

So, Mrs. Shi couldn’t die now, absolutely must not die—at the very least, not until her affair with Shi Che had settled!

The surgery continued into the evening. The doctors went in and out, batch by batch; everyone was tension-wrought, stretched almost to breaking point.

Finally, the red light outside the operating room went out, and the door swung open as a doctor in green scrubs stepped out.

Shi Che, whose body had nearly become stiff, moved and took steps towards the doctor. His thin lips parted slightly, and his voice was unexpectedly hoarse, "How is my mother?"

The doctor removed his mask and spoke in a measured tone, "Young Master Shi, the old Madam’s condition has stabilized for the time being."

Hearing that Mrs. Shi’s condition had stabilized for now made everyone heave a sigh of relief, especially Ling Yunshu, who let out a particularly huge breath of relief.

However, the doctor’s expression still carried a heavy gravity as he continued, "It’s just that we cannot guarantee when she might experience a second or third episode, so I suggest that you decide quickly on the several treatment options we previously proposed."

The light in Shi Che’s eyes wavered slightly, brimming with complexity. In the end, he looked at the doctor and nodded, "Okay."