Perfect Fiancé Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Secret (2) Won't you stay with me for the rest of your life?

"Lu Xi……"

Su Jin repeatedly called the name of the person in front of her, half her body leaning over the bed.

Su Yue stood outside the door and gave a small sigh.

It had already been five full days since the accident.

The driver who was at fault had not run away but had immediately called 120[1], and both of them were sent to a hospital right away.

[1] 120 is the number for an ambulance in China.

As soon as Su Yue received the call, he had rushed over, but at the time, both Su Jin and Lu Xi were still unconscious. They had been hit by a truck, whose driver had been drinking. Fortunately, the driver had braked at the last minute so even though the two vehicles crashed, the outcome was not as dire as it could have been.

Su Jin, who had been protected by Lu Xi in his embrace, had only suffered from shock. Yet Lu Xi who had thrown himself sideways to protect Su Jin, and fractured his tibia when his right leg got stuck in the middle. His back had been crushed by the inflated airbag, but even though the airbag had popped, it had already absorbed most of the crash. Therefore, he suffered only some minor abrasions to his back.

It was only after Su Yue had heard their diagnoses from the doctors that he let out his breath and then notified his parents who were vacationing, then Xi Yue and the Lu family.

Xi Yue, who was the closest, arrived first. By the time the Su family parents and the Lu family arrived, it was already late into the night.

This was the first time the Su family and Lu family had gathered, it was unfortunate that it was under such circ.u.mstances.

The Su family: Su Chenghai, Han Meng, Su Yue, and Lin Xiyue.

The Lu family: Lu Boan, Dong Xue, and Lu Jing.

The two main characters of the accident did not have any severe injuries. Even though Lu Xi needed a few more days to rest and recover, luckily the filming for the TV drama was already finished. All that was left was the editing, which only required the occasional checking in on, and he only needed to do the final checks and minutiae decisions.

After Su Yue had explained both of their health conditions, both families let out their own sighs of relief. Then, the three members of the Lu family accepted Su Chenghai's invitation for them to stay on in the Su residence.

At first, the Su family worried that the Lu family would have some misgivings towards Su Jin because Lu Xi had risked his life to protect her. They were especially worried about Dong Xue; after all, doesn't everyone say that daughters and mothers-in-law are mortal enemies? However, one chat with them revealed that Dong Xue viewed their little Su Jin quite favourably. In her own words: "My Xiao Tuan[2] has such a discerning eye. A girl so precious to him can do no wrong."

[2] It was mentioned that Xiao Tuan is Lu Xi's childhood nickname, with a meaning similar to "small, round dumpling". It's like calling an adult "my little pudding".

Of course, the Su family agreed wholeheartedly with this statement, except… they were a bit lukewarm on the whole Xiao Tuan nickname.

However, even those lukewarm feelings vanished completely in the face of hearing Dong Xue refer to the elegant and refined yet grave and stern young master of the Lu family as Xiao Guai[3].

[3] xiǎo guāi (小乖) – 小(xiǎo) means small, and 乖(guāi) is obedient. This might be something like his mom calling him "little lambkins".

Only Su Chenghai continued to furrow his brows for a long time. He was thinking that if they had any grandchildren in the future, the business of naming the child could not be left completely up to this in-law's family.

The Sheng Ming Corporation had many extensive business affairs, so much so that his special a.s.sistant had persistently made phone calls thrice a day to urge his return but Lu Jing still decided to wait until Lu Xi had regained consciousness before returning to work.

Who would have thought that he would have to wait five whole days.

On the second day, Su Jin had woken up.

Without a word, she sat in her hospital gown and kept watch by Lu Xi's bedside.

"Xiao Jin," Su Yue uttered loudly.

Su Jin turned her head at the sound, and her beautiful phoenix eyes blinked, and then blinked again. She had to stare at him for a while before her eyes lost their dazed look.

"Xiao Jin, come eat." Su Yue took a deep breath, gave a warm smile and said invitingly, "Today, Gege brought you some pigeon soup. Mom made it herself~~"

Okay I admit, it doesn't look as appetising, but this is the best picture I could find… It's purported to have very good and healthy benefits when you cook some squab herbal soup. Have you had some before?

He poured the soup into a bowl as he spoke, placed it on the bedside drawer beside Su Jin and then shoved a porcelain soup spoon into her hands.

The feel of the cold spoon on her fingertips made her shrink a little bit, and she looked down at the spoon and then at the steaming soup atop the drawer. In a bit of a daze, she reached over and scooped a spoonful into her mouth.

The flavorful soup danced over her taste buds, and her previously dull eyes lit up.

"Delicious."

With the soup to moisten her throat, her voice was not as dry and raspy as it had been. Rather, it had softened somewhat.

Su Yue had stared for a bit when he abruptly heard her speak, and then an excited expression came over his face.

"Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin." He reached over and pressed on her arm. "Did you just speak? What did you say?"

"Delicious." Su Jin looked at him strangely as she first repeated what she had said and then took her arm out of his grasp. Then she took another spoonful of soup.

This little girl, are you finally willing to speak? Finally willing to speak with someone other than Lu Xi who is lying on the bed? The excitement on Su Yue's face had not even faded yet when he saw Su Jin blow on the spoon in her hand and then turn it towards the lips of the person lying on the bed.

"Mom's pigeon soup is especially tasty. Here, have some." The young woman's voice was gentle and soft, with just a hint of her tamping down the raspiness.

The milky white pigeon soup trailed the curve of his lips and dribbled down onto the snow-white pillow.

Su Jin stopped her movements immediately.

It was as if a carving had been stopped mid-air. The white spoon fell onto the bed and then tumbled onto the ground, emitting a crisp, shattering sound.

"Gege." Su Jin turned her head slightly to look at Su Yue, who was next to her. "He hasn't woken up yet. Why isn't Lu Xi waking up?"

It had only been a few days, but she had already grown a bit thinner. Wearing the blue and white striped hospital gown only added to an air of frailty. Her beautiful phoenix eyes did not have a dazed look anymore. It had been exchanged for a slight look of empty despair.

That's right, why has Lu Xi not woken up yet? The doctors clearly said that his body was recovering normally and his vital signs were all normal. This person just would not awaken.

Notwithstanding Su Jin, who was suffering a major blow, even the Su family had been feeling rather gloomy these past two days.

"Xiao Jin." Feeling some distress on her behalf, Su Yue stroked her long hair with affection and said in a comforting voice, "He'll wake up. Don't worry."

"How can I not worry?" Su Jin lifted her head slightly, enduring the tears that were intent of welling up and falling from her eyes.

"The first day, I told myself that he was still under the effects of the anaesthesia, so he had to sleep for a bit. The second day, I told myself that his wounds were more severe than mine, so he had to sleep a bit more. On the third day, I told myself that lately he's been very tired and very stressed, so he has to sleep for a bit. On the fourth day, I told myself that he lost a lot of blood before, so he has to sleep more to recover. But Gege," Su Jin said as she raised her eyes at the man next to her. Her voice had a hint of a sob to it. "This is already the fifth day. I can't find any more excuses to deceive myself!"

"Tell me. Tell me the truth." She tugged at the bottom hem of Su Yue's clothes. "What's the matter with him? Is he…is he never going to wake up? Is he…going to be in a vegetative state? Or…"

"Why are you thinking like this?" Su Yue interrupted her rather helplessly. "This little girl! And to think you actually study medicine. It's just a small car accident, why would anyone turn into a vegetable?"

"The brain is the most complex organ in the human body…" Su Jin bit her lip as her eyes held a glimmer of hope. "There's really no problem?"

"Everything's fine." Su Yue patted the top of her head and said softly, "The doctors said his body is recovering nicely and his vital signs are all normal. He will definitely wake up."

"Is that true?" Su Jin blinked, and her phoenix eyes sparkled with unshed tears.

"Of course it's true. If you want to cry, cry." Su Yue gave a small smile and gently said, "Gege's right here."

Since finding out Lu Xi was unconscious, Su Jin had not had this kind of emotional reaction this whole time. The doctors said that letting these emotions out was actually a positive thing.

"I will not." Su Jin raised her head and forced back her tears. "If I cry now, he can't see. I want to wait until he's awake and let him watch me cry!"

"You want him to watch you cry. Then he'll probably be very distressed." Seeing this rare show of willfulness that this lady was showing now, Su Yue couldn't help but smile.

"I want him to be distressed." Su Jin gave a small hmph. Then she picked up a towel and gently wiped off the soup that had trailed down the corner of his lips. She resumed her position half-sprawled over the bed.

"Hurry up and wake up. Didn't you say you'd marry me? That you'd share my joys and sorrows and never be apart from me?" Her eyes swept over the pale, distinct side of his face inch by inch, and her red lips parted slightly.

"Wake up. And I'll promise to love you."

That day, he had protected her in his embrace, and her mind had gone blank. There was no time to think before she fell unconscious.

When she awoke, he was lying on this bed, wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown similar to hers and with his thigh wrapped up in a bandage.

She opened her mouth to call to him, but he would not respond.

Those beautiful peach blossom eyes that were normally so full of delight were shut. Even his eyelids had no movement.

This man who from the very first meeting flirted with and provoked her. This man who was sometimes so vexed by her that his ears would turn red. This man who promised her to stay with her for their whole lifetime. Now, he lay there on that bed and would not even open his eyes to look at her.

When it hit her that he still had not awakened after so long, she instantly panicked. All kinds of crazy thoughts sprouted in her heart and took root there, proliferating like weeds and getting more tangled and messy as time went on.

It was at that moment that she finally realized. How could she talk about protecting her heart? If emotions could really be controlled and calculated like that, would there be so many infatuations[4] in the world?

[4] The phrase used was chī nán yuàn nǚ, 痴男怨女. Literally, it's the foolish man resents the woman, and it describes people who have strong feelings for each other but are never satisfied or content in the relations.h.i.+p.

The difference, really, was just who could deceive themselves the most.

As for her, she was the kind of person to believe her lie wholeheartedly.

And in reality? Once her lie was broken through, she knew that once that heart had been moved, she had fallen.

Maybe, the reason why she was even in this world, was simply for him?

Some things you don't realize are precious until they are gone. This principle is something that everyone knows but does not always understand.

Up until now, she had refused to face herself. However, she had been worried that her own heart would easily change its mind and as she had a.s.sumed that she would be able to escape through all this unscathed someday.

And now.

Small, delicate, white hands held onto the man's large and slender hands.

Since you are willing to give your life to me, then I will take my chances and bet my life on you too. Why not?

What is at stake is my lifetime, and as for the time limit for it; that would be the rest of your life.

So……….

"Please wake up."

"Xiao Jin!" Su Yue suddenly clapped her shoulders and yelled urgently.

"Hm?" Su Jin raised her head.

"Quick, look!"

Su Jin followed his gaze and looked over.

The fine, long eyelashes of the man on the bed were moving, and then slowly, ever so slowly, his eyes opened.

Those familiar peach blossom eyes crinkled up at the corners. His inky black pupils that had been wide and unfocused gradually constricted and left a cloudy gaze. The hint of a smile pervaded his eyes, and Su Jin's reflection could clearly be seen in them.

"I'll go get the doctor," said Su Yue, and he turned around and left.

"Jin'er…….."

Lu Xi spoke softly, his voice a little dry since he had not used it for so long. "Just now, what did you say?"

Just now? Su Jin blinked. "Please wake up."

"No." He shook his head with some effort. "Before that and even before that."

Before that?

She looked at the man in front of her who was still a little pallid and thought about what she had just said. Blus.h.i.+ng slightly, she said without any hesitation,

"I love you."

She had ignored the incessant alarm bells ringing frantically in her head.

Lu Xi's mouth curved into a smile.

"I love you too."

His low voice was rough and raspy, but it seemed to carry with it the weight of a millennium-old resoluteness.

All of a sudden, the tears that Su Jin had endured for so long began to fall down.

Translated by Maripaz

Edited by Ely

TLC-ed by Irisu

The compulsory hospital bed scene and something that pops into stubborn, stubborn Su Jin's head. These two are way too cute~ ❤

Dedicated to our editor-volunteer: EastAsianLover~ Thanks for volunteering! ?

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