Cheng Jinyan finished speaking, and Ye Si was silent for a good while, clearly unable to accept this matter.
He looked at Qin Hanyue again, and then said to Cheng Jinyan and Qin Hanyue: "He is not worthy."
It was also said for Qin Hanyue himself to hear.
Cheng Jinyan knew it would be like this.
Ye Si mocked: "Qiao Ying? You don't even know who she is, do you think you deserve her liking you?"
Qin Hanyue's eyes were firm, and he quickly responded to Ye Si's words: "Of course I know."
Ye Si was so angry that his whole body was shaking, unable to believe that Qiao Ying had really told Qin Hanyue that she was Blood Shadow.
"Your wound has opened up, go back and heal first. The way you are now, are you sure you can snatch her from him?" Cheng Jinyan said.
Ye Si tore Cheng Jinyan's hand away: "I must take her away today, whoever blocks me dies!" he said viciously.
Cheng Jinyan felt a little annoyed and helpless: "Little Ying is seriously injured and can't stand the bumps along the way."
Ye Si: "I will take good care to settle her properly."
He pointed the gun at Qin Hanyue and threatened: "You have elders and children, hand her over and I guarantee they will be safe and sound. Beijing is your territory, but if it comes to blows today, bullets are blind, are you sure you can protect your whole family?"
Qin Hanyue cocked his gun: "Killing you is enough."
Ye Si said dangerously: "Let's see whose bullet..."
Before he could finish speaking, he felt a sudden pain in the back of his neck, and everything went black.
Knowing that Ye Si could not be persuaded for the time being, Cheng Jinyan directly knocked him out with a karate chop.
Before passing out, the look in Ye Si's eyes made Cheng Jinyan want to hack him into pieces and throw his corpse into a filthy sewer.
Cheng Jinyan caught the man and said to Qin Hanyue, "I've contacted several doctors and will send you their information and contacts later."
He added: "Take good care of her."
He carefully carried the unconscious Ye Si on his back and ordered Ye Si's men, "Withdraw everyone." Then he took the man to the hospital.
After Cheng Jinyan took Ye Si away, Qin Hanyue re-established control over the Qin family, and the entire Qin family was on high alert, like an iron fortress. There were guards every ten steps, and bodyguards patrolled back and forth.
It was unknown whether Cheng Jinyan had locked Ye Si up, but Ye Si did not come to snatch Qiao Ying again over the next few days.
Cheng Jinyan could not have detained Ye Si. Given Ye Si's temperament, he would not give up so easily and leave Qiao Ying with Qin Hanyue. Qin Hanyue had no choice but to guard against him.
That day,
Cheng Jinyan brought two doctors over.
While the doctors were examining Qiao Ying, Cheng Jinyan asked, "Has she woken up at all?"
Qin Hanyue answered him with silence.
Seeing Qin Hanyue looking haggard and exhausted,
Cheng Jinyan said, "Take care of yourself. If you collapse, she gets snatched away by Ye Si, you won't even have a chance to visit her."
Qin Hanyue looked at him warily, and his previously dispirited spirit revived.
Soon, the two doctors finished their diagnosis, with no surprises, shaking their heads helplessly like the doctors before them.
Cheng Jinyan waved them away.
He went to sit by the bedside and sighed deeply, his eyes full of distress. He had something to say but didn't know where to start for a moment.
Although Qiao Ying herself had never felt her experience was too tragic, Cheng Jinyan had always felt distressed for her inhuman life.
She had finally avenged herself and got rid of the dark shadow, and found someone she liked, but now she was lying in bed half dead.
After a long while, Cheng Jinyan said, "Sooner or later, Ye Si and Qin Hanyue will have to fight an uncompromising battle because of you, and if you don't wake up, I can't stop them." After all, Ye Si did things on a whim. He might go back on his word today that he agreed to yesterday.
Cheng Jinyan didn't know if Qiao Ying could retain consciousness while in a coma. If she was conscious, verbal stimulation was an effective treatment method, and doctors had advised them to do so.
But Cheng Jinyan didn't have much hope. Qiao Ying was a doctor herself, and had a strong mind. If just verbal stimulation could wake her up, she would have woken up already.
Cheng Jinyan stayed with Qiao Ying for a long time, and finally took out his phone and recorded a video of Qiao Ying.
Qin Hanyue: "What are you doing?"
Cheng Jinyan: "For Ye Si."
He saved the video, lowered his head to look at his phone, and said, "He won't come to snatch her again for the time being, but only for the time being." After all, Ye Si did things on impulse. He might go back on his word today that he agreed to yesterday.
Cheng Jinyan showed Ye Si the video he had taken.
The video wasn't long, but Ye Si didn't get to finish watching it before he threw the phone away in a fit of rage.
Even Cheng Jinyan couldn't accept Qiao Ying's current state, let alone Ye Si.
Another half month passed.
Qiao Ying's injuries had healed quite well, but still looked frightening. At least after removing the bandages, she didn't look like a porcelain doll that would shatter with the slightest touch, which made the nurses taking care of her not dare breathe loudly, especially every time they changed her dressings, with that important person standing right there staring intently.
During this time, Qin Hanyue had brought in the best neurologists in the world that he could find.
Every time he brought the doctors to Qiao Ying full of hope, he would eventually walk them out in disappointment.
And every day waiting for good news, Qin Hanyue finally had to accept this cruel reality—Qiao Ying in persistent coma was diagnosed as being in a vegetative state.
When he heard the three words “vegetative state”, Qin Hanyue was stunned. A whole week had passed, and he still hadn’t gotten over it, forced to accept this result.
Vegetative state, lying still for years, decades, even a lifetime. Just thinking that Qiao Ying might never wake up in her lifetime, Qin Hanyue’s heart panicked and his hands and feet began to spasm, he couldn’t even walk properly.
What was even more frightening was that if Qiao Ying's consciousness was awake in her comatose state, lying still for a lifetime would be worse than death.
Lying in bed every day listening to the sound of his voice, clearly feeling the humiliation of being taken care of like a doll every day, consciously counting the passage of her own life every day.
Unable to move, unable to speak, unable to do anything, just lying there, perceiving everything around her. In just a few years, her muscles would start to atrophy, her whole person becoming neither ghost nor man...
Qin Hanyue dared not think further. For the strong-willed Qiao Ying, this would be tens of millions of times more terrifying than death.
In this situation, death would be a relief.
She had said that if circumstances allowed, she would rather sleep in a coffin than in a hospital bed, but now she was trapped in bed and couldn't go anywhere.
Qin Hanyue grasped her hand and sandwiched it between his two big hands, pressed against his mouth: "...If you're tired, just rest for a while. But you must wake up after you’ve rested enough."
Qin Hanyue couldn't help his eyes reddening. He struggled to restrain the overwhelming emotions, and a helpless and terrified voice sounded softly in the room:
"No matter how long it takes, I'll be waiting for you to wake up, even if it's waiting for a lifetime. I know you're uncomfortable lying there, but I beg you to persevere for me, for those who care about you."
