Love Me Harder, Mr. Fu - Chapter 187

Mo Zheng Yuan lies on his bed, his eyes closed and his chest rising and falling in normal motion. Over his mouth, an oxygen mask covers it, providing him oxygen which makes him easier to breathe.

He hasn’t woken up yet. He is lying on his bed for almost six hours. He is lying peacefully but around him, his wife and daughter are worried sick.

Sha Sha is crying the moment she heard Shi Lian yelling her name. Her eyes are puffy and red, and because of that, it affects her health too. Because of the constant negativity, it affects her health and even though Shi Lian tells her to take a rest, she cannot bring herself to leave her husband.

The doctor told that he is out of danger and he heavily warned the members to not give him stress anymore. One more stroke and he will have to pay for his life.

“Shi…when will he wake up?” Sha Sha whimpers, holding Zheng Yuan’s hand between her palms.

Shi Lian, her voice thick with emotions, puts her hand on her mother’s shoulder and says, “Soon, mother.”

It pains her to see both of them in this condition. The situation has turned ugly and it’s getting uglier the more she tries to dig up the truth. She feels guilty and she thinks it’s her fault that her father is in this condition. She thinks because of her yelling and saying rude things to him, made him so angry that it directly gave him a stroke.

“Eat something, mother. Please” she begs, trying to assure her mother but Sha Sha is not at all listening. She will not move from her place until Zheng opens his eyes and utter a few words.

Standing near the door, Nanny Zhang calls Shi Lian in a low tone. She goes to her, wiping the tears from her eyes.

“Young Miss, shall I bring food?” she asks, her face is twisted in worry.

Shi Lian shakes her head. “Mother isn’t going to eat. She is stubborn” she sighs, pausing as she glances at her mother. “You can cheer her up Nanny Zhang.”

Nanny Zhang is the closest to Sha Sha and probably also the one who Sha Sha trusts after Shi Lian and Zheng Yuan.

Nanny Zhang sighs, unsure if she will listen to her. “Let me bring the food first,” she says snd goes downstairs, in the kitchen.

Just as she is going back to her mother and father, her phone rings. Annoyed at the sound, she first took a look at the screen, finding Xiaoxiao name on it. She has been calling since tomorrow but Shi Lian hasn’t replied to a single one. She must be asking why she isn’t at the company? What she will say anyway? She can’t just say that her father locked her up and now his health is affected. She decides to switch off her phone, not wanting to deal with any of those right now.

Nanny Zhang brings the plate, full of delicious food but no one has the appetite. She walks up to Sha Sha whose head is down and her hands are shaking as she holds his hand tightly.

“Eat, dear” she requests, her voice soft like melody. Nanny Zhang is used to calling her that name and Sha Sha likes it to be called that way. She does not want to be addressed as a master by someone older than her. That is disrespecting the other person.

Sha Sha shakes her head sobbing asking her to leave her alone. “Master will never want to see you in a condition like this. Please, for his sake, eat” Nanny Zhang tries to persuade her but Sha Sha isn’t going to move.

“You don’t—” she pauses when she feels the brushing of his hand on hers, a slight reflex. She snaps her head to him, her eyes lighting up and she smiles while sobbing. “Yuan… Yuan!” she calls his name, her voice full of hope.

Shi Lian comes to stand beside her, not sure why her mother is acting that way. “Mother….what happened?”

“He-he just moved. His finger moved!” she says fiercely, trying to shake him up a little.

Shi Lian leans down and holds her father’s hand, believing what Sha Sha said. She also tries to observe any movement from him but he remains the same as he was hours ago.

When Zheng Yuan does not wake up, Sha Sha gets agitated. Agitated because she felt his finger brushing her lightly but now he remains still with no movements at all. “Yuan, wake up! Wake up!” she starts yelling, getting mad as her tears start to flow from her eyes.

Shi Lian holds her mother by her shoulder firmly trying to stop her. “Mother, stop. He will wake up” she comes. He is not dead nor he is in a coma but Sha Sha acts like he is.

~ An hour later ~

Shi Lian jumps from her bed hearing her mother yelling. She hurriedly wears her shoes and goes to where her mother is.

Out of breath, she asks reaching their room. “What happen, mother?”

Sha Sha beams and when Shi Lia looks up, her eyes widen to see that her father has woke up. He blinks slowly, looking at her, and all her emotions flood out. Her eyes get teary suddenly and she feels like crying. Sha Sha calls her to come and sit beside her, beside her father. Shi Lian walks, taking meek steps, the guilt she felt coming back.

“Fa-father” she stammers, unable to speak seeing her father. He slowly moves his hand, as if wanting to tell her to sit. She sits beside her mother, taking a chair nearby. He has the oxygen mask on so he cannot talk for a while.

“I am sorry, father. I am so so sorry. I shouldn’t have said those rude things to you. I am such a bad daughter” she expresses, feeling guilty. Her mother squeezes her arm to assure her that it’s okay but Shi Lian only knows she did wrong. “I have disappointed you continuously and I apologize for that” she continues sniffing, “Forgive me, father.”

She lifts her head to meet her father’s eyes and she can feel the warmth in them. She can see the love for her in his eyes and it makes her more emotional.

Minutes later, when Zheng Yuan gestures to remove the mask off his face, she hesitates. She isn’t sure if she should do that because he isn’t fully healed. He demands and then she has to remove it. He hisses, feeling pain as he tries to be in a sitting position. She helps him to sit comfortably, holding him by his shoulder.

He sighs gravely, closing his eyes, feeling tired. “For how long was I lying like this?” he asks, his tone meek, not the usual bold and loud tone.

Shi Lian offers him water and replies to his question. “For seven hours almost.”

He sips water slowly and sighs in between. “That’s the longest” he breathes.

“At least you woke up,” Sha Sha says, wiping her happy tears.

“Were you crying for seven hours?” he questions which makes both of them laugh.

Shi Lian nods her head, chuckling while she takes the glass from his meek hold after he is done drinking water.

“She has not eaten yet” Shi Lian chimes, making a pout face at her mother as she complains to her father.

“Darling, why didn’t you?” he asks, looking at her with worry in his eyes.

“You know why,” Sha Sha says, looking down at her knotted fingers.

Shi Lian smiles and for the first after so long she feels that her family is back to normal, back to being the happiest and brightest. She loves how her parents show their love for each other and while they bicker, it’s cute. It’s almost as if nothing has happened and all that she knows, is only a dream. If only it was true. If only.

She longed to see both of them smiling and when they are, it’s kind of painful because the situation is like this.

“I’ll go bring you food,” Shi Lian tells them and takes her to leave. She is elated her father has woken up but she isn’t sure what will happen next.

She does not want to be in that situation where her father demands to break things with Zichen bargaining with his life. She does not want that at all.

She descent downstairs, lost in her thought as she travels to the kitchen. When Nanny Zhang calls her, she does not seem to listen.

“Young Miss!” she calls her second time, loud enough for her to hear. Shi Lian flinches and comes back to reality.

“Yes, Nanny Zhang?”

“Is there anything you are worried about?” she asks.

“No..nothing. Father is awake” she tells her and Nanny Zhang’s face fills with delight.

“That’s wonderful,” she says smiling wide and thanking God. “Let me prepare the food. Allow me, Miss” she says, doing her work before Shi Lian can interject.

Shi Lian laughs under her breath and allows her to do her work.