Sui Yan's voice was hoarse: "Okay, I want to leave this place."
She didn't want to dwell on it anymore. After she paid back what she owed them, she would leave this place forever.
Only...
"Mom, I've grown up. I can live on my own," Sui Yan said seriously.
Liu Hua was visibly taken aback: "Does Ah Yan not want to live with Mom anymore?"
Sui Yan shook her head: "Mom, I want to go out and wander for a bit. After I've finished wandering and cleared my mind, I'll come home."
Of course, that was only part of the reason. The bigger part was... she didn't want her mother to have conflicts with her brothers because of her.
After all, they were all her mother's children. Now that everyone had become like this, her mother must be feeling very distressed.
Liu Hua vaguely sensed her daughter's concern. She sighed: "Okay, the little one has grown up and won't come to Mom for everything anymore."
Sui Yan pursed her lips but suddenly saw the doctor hurrying over. She frowned: "Doctor, what's wrong?"
The doctor frowned as he looked at Shen Nian in the intensive care unit: "The patient's condition seems to be improving, and we've already requested the medication from the capital. However, those medications may not be very effective. Right now, she can only rely on herself. Hopefully, she can pull through this."
Liu Hua took the initiative to ask: "Doctor, what type of medication does she need?"
The doctor shook his head: "You can't help..." He trailed off but suddenly realized that this group of people wasn't ordinary. So he said seriously, "If you have a way... she needs medication that can strengthen her heart."
Although he told them this, the doctor didn't hold out much hope. After all, there was very little medication specifically for the heart, with only a few options available at the national research institute.
The institute had many projects specifically focused on the heart, but very few truly useful drugs had been developed.
Moreover, getting hold of experimental drugs from the research institute was almost impossibly difficult.
Sui Yan nodded solemnly: "I understand."
She lowered her head and made a call to Zhu Yue: "Teacher Zhu, are you at the research institute right now?"
Zhu Yue had a vague idea about Sui Yan's recent situation and had been quite worried. Receiving Sui Yan's call now, she felt relieved: "Ah Yan, why haven't you come to the research institute recently? I gave you a vacation, but you really didn't come to see me? I was just about to leave the research institute and go home. What's going on?"
Sui Yan didn't have time to address Zhu Yue's barrage of questions. She hurriedly said, "Teacher Zhu, can you have someone send me some of the No. 97 medication? That's the heart-related drug project we were working on before, and it was successful. I really need that medication right now."
Zhu Yue realized that something major had happened on Sui Yan's end. She frowned tightly: "Ah Yan, we sent all our medications for testing a while ago! Only a small sample was left."
Sui Yan looked through the window at Shen Nian lying unconscious in the intensive care unit. She clenched her teeth hard: "Then have someone send the component ingredients from the formula to Yuan Mo. He'll have someone deliver them."
Zhu Yue didn't dare delay: "Okay, don't rush. Don't let yourself get worn out too."
Sui Yan responded a few times before hanging up. She looked up at the stunned doctor: "Doctor, how long can you keep her stable?"
The doctor subconsciously mumbled, "Two... one and a half days!"
Sui Yan took a deep breath: "Okay."
She turned to Liu Hua: "Mom, can you help me tomorrow?"
Liu Hua stroked her daughter's head: "Silly child, let's go home. Wait for your brother to send us the ingredients."
They felt a little more at ease now, not as anxious as before.
When they returned to that examination room, Sui Yu and the others were still sitting there awkwardly.
Qiao Ze wasn't there, probably checking on Shen Nian's current condition.
Ye Anning wasn't sitting with Sui Yu either, and Sui Yan guessed part of the situation.
She felt a bit sorry for them but still said, "I can understand them breaking up, but what's going on with you two? Full from eating?"
After all, in the previous life, Qiao Ze and Shen Nian disliked her because of their relationship issues, so she could understand them not being able to be together now.
But what was the deal with these two? They were being petty!
Sui Yan silently criticized Sui Yu and Ye Anning in her heart, then found a spot to sit down.
Ye Anning and Sui Yu, on the other hand, were still basking in the joy of "my sister spoke to me." Ye Anning was a bit nervous: "Ah Yan, we... we..."
But Sui Yan turned her head away, instead speaking to Xu Mo.
The light in Ye Anning's eyes dimmed, and she pursed her lips, looking a bit pitiful sitting there.
Xu Mo glanced at Ye Anning impassively and couldn't help but ask, "Sister, have you forgiven them?"
Sui Yan took out her phone and scrolled through it: "Little kids shouldn't worry about such things."
Xu Mo felt a bit sorry looking at Ye Anning's expression, but then he remembered his sister's distraught state a few days ago, and he felt better.
He said in a low voice next to his sister's ear: "Sister, don't forgive them so quickly. Make them feel guilty!"
Sui Yan poked her brother's forehead: "Naughty kid."
Xu Mo was quite righteous: "I'm happy to be a naughty kid."
As they were talking back and forth, Qiao Ze walked in.
He looked to be in the worst state among them all. Liu Hua sighed inwardly and cleared her throat, saying, "The doctor said they can keep her stable for another day and a half. Before tomorrow, Bai Yuanmo will send the ingredients to Ah Yan... She won't be in trouble."
Liu Hua's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone present to hear.
Although she spoke vaguely, Qiao Ze understood what she meant.
Undoubtedly, this was good news.
Qiao Ze's eyes grew moist: "Auntie, thank you."
Liu Hua didn't give him any face: "No need to thank me. Shen Nian was only injured because she was trying to save Ah Yan. After she fully recovers this time, the matters between you and Ah Yan will be settled. You should understand what I mean, right?"
Sui Yan glanced at Sui Yu and the others, then lowered her head expressionlessly.
She clearly agreed with what Liu Hua said...
