Huo Jing Shen grasped her hand and pressed it against his chest. "But my heart still beats for you!"
"Listen, it's saying..."
"Stop acting." Lin Nuan Nuan coldly withdrew her hand. "Do you know what I hate the most?"
"It's you, pretending to be deeply affectionate after hurting me."
She walked to the window, gazing at the night outside. "Do you think I don't know?"
"You checked my medical records, found my address, even came to 'rescue' me..."
"It’s just because of your damn possessiveness."
Huo Jing Shen felt a sharp pain in his chest. "It's not like that..."
"It is like that." Lin Nuan Nuan turned around. "You can't stand the thought of me dying."
"You can't stand the thought of me being with Ji Mingyu."
"You can't stand something that once belonged to you escaping your control."
Her voice grew colder. "But Huo Jing Shen, I am not your possession."
"I live for myself."
"If I die, it won't be your concern."
Huo Jing Shen stood there, feeling powerless for the first time.
He looked at Lin Nuan Nuan before him and suddenly realized she was no longer the little girl who would act spoiled around him.
Her gaze was as cold as ice, and every word she spoke felt like a knife.
"You hate me," he murmured.
Lin Nuan Nuan shook her head. "I told you, I don't hate."
"I'm just too tired."
She walked to the door and opened it. "Please leave."
"I'm not going anywhere." Huo Jing Shen stubbornly stood his ground. "Not unless you agree to have the surgery."
"On what grounds—"
Before she could finish her sentence, a wave of dizziness hit her.
Lin Nuan Nuan leaned against the door frame but still couldn't steady herself.
Huo Jing Shen rushed forward to support her, but she pushed him away.
"Don't touch me..."
Her voice grew weaker, and her vision began to blur.
In her fading consciousness, she heard Huo Jing Shen's panicked voice: "Nuan Nuan!"
And Ji Mingyu's urgent shout: "Call an ambulance!"
It's so noisy...
Lin Nuan Nuan thought.
This time, she truly didn't want to wake up again.
In the hospital corridor, Ji Mingyu and Huo Jing Shen faced off.
"Her heart is nearly failing," Ji Mingyu said. "If we don't perform the surgery soon..."
"Then arrange it immediately!" Huo Jing Shen interrupted him.
"Who do you think you are?" Ji Mingyu sneered. "Right now, I'm her guardian."
Huo Jing Shen clenched his fists. "What do you mean?"
"Just when you and Su Jin were about to get engaged, Nuan Nuan transferred custody to me."
Ji Mingyu looked him in the eye. "Because she said she didn't want to die at your hands."
Huo Jing Shen staggered back a step.
At that moment, the lights in the operating room turned on.
The lead surgeon stepped out and removed his mask. "The patient is temporarily stable, but..."
"But what?"
"But her heart function is below ten percent." The doctor sighed. "If a heart transplant isn't done soon, she may not survive this month."
Huo Jing Shen felt a chill run through him.
A month.
Not even three months left?
"I've already contacted the organ bank," Ji Mingyu said. "But matching will take time..."
"Use mine," Huo Jing Shen suddenly said.
"What?"
"I said, use my heart."
"Are you insane?" Ji Mingyu looked at him in disbelief.
Huo Jing Shen's expression was calm. "I'll have my lawyer come to draft an agreement. As long as the match is successful, my heart will be hers."
"You think this will redeem you?" Ji Mingyu sneered. "You think..."
The sharp sound of an alarm suddenly echoed through the hospital room.
The two rushed in and saw Lin Nuan Nuan curled up in pain on the bed.
"Rapid heartbeat!" the nurse shouted, "Blood pressure is continuously dropping!"
Ji Mingyu immediately stepped forward to check, "Prepare for defibrillation!"
Huo Jing Shen was pushed out of the room by the nurse, forced to watch the scene unfold through the glass.
He saw Lin Nuan Nuan's pale face.
He saw the fluctuating ECG.
He saw the medical staff in a flurry of activity.
In a daze, he recalled Lin Nuan Nuan's words:
"Do you know how exhausting it is to wait for someone to turn back?"
"My heart is about to stop beating, yet it still aches for you."
Huo Jing Shen closed his eyes.
If... if he could trade his heart for her life,
Then this time, let his heart beat forever for her.
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