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In the hospital room, Lin Nuan Nuan leaned against the headboard, gazing out at the moonlight.
The door creaked open, and Huo Jing Shen walked in.
"Why are you still here?" Lin Nuan Nuan asked without turning her head. "Won't Su Jin be angry?"
Huo Jing Shen remained silent, walking to the bedside and placing a folder in front of her.
Lin Nuan Nuan glanced at it. "What is this?"
"The surgery consent form."
Lin Nuan Nuan chuckled softly. "President Huo, what are you doing? Afraid that if I die, no one will drink for you?"
"Lin Nuan Nuan!" Huo Jing Shen suddenly shouted, "Why didn't you tell me you were sick?"
"Telling you?" Lin Nuan Nuan finally turned her head. "What should I tell you?"
"Tell me that I'm dying, so you shouldn't get engaged to Su Jin?"
"Or should I tell you that my heart is failing, just like our relationship, which has long been in tatters?"
Huo Jing Shen clenched his fists. "I'm sorry..."
"You don't have to say sorry." Lin Nuan Nuan interrupted him. "We were always in a transactional relationship, weren't we?"
"I..."
With a soft tick, Lin Nuan Nuan looked down and noticed her tears had fallen onto the surgery consent form.
"Huo Jing Shen, do you know?" she said softly, "I've actually been waiting all along."
"Wait until you find out I'm sick, wait until you ask me why I didn't say anything..."
"But you never asked."
"You only believe Su Jin's words, believe that I'm trying to seduce others, believe all the rumors that are against me."
"And now you say you're sorry..."
Lin Nuan Nuan looked up, tears blurring her vision. "Is it too late?"
Huo Jing Shen reached out to wipe her tears, but Lin Nuan Nuan turned her head away to avoid him.
"Nuan Nuan..." His voice carried an unprecedented plea. "Will you have the surgery?"
Lin Nuan Nuan shook her head. "No need."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm tired." She said softly, "Huo Jing Shen, do you know how exhausting it is to wait for someone to turn back?"
"I won't get engaged to Su Jin again." Huo Jing Shen said urgently, "Let's start over..."
"No need." Lin Nuan Nuan interrupted him. "Do you think that just because of this, I will forgive you?"
She pulled off the IV drip and lifted the blanket to get out of bed.
"What are you doing?" Huo Jing Shen tried to stop her.
"I'm going to discharge myself."
"No!"
"Huo Jing Shen." Lin Nuan Nuan stood her ground, "What do you think your identity is right now?"
"I am your fiancé!"
"Is that so?" Lin Nuan Nuan scoffed, "Then why didn't you admit it at the engagement banquet?"
Huo Jing Shen was at a loss for words.
"Step aside." Lin Nuan Nuan said, "I need to go find Doctor Ji to handle my discharge paperwork."
"Do you really like him that much?" Huo Jing Shen suddenly asked.
Lin Nuan Nuan was taken aback, then laughed, "What gives you the right to dictate who I like?"
"I..."
"Huo Jing Shen, do you know what’s the most ironic thing?"
"My heart is about to stop beating, yet it still aches for you."
Lin Nuan Nuan's words pierced Huo Jing Shen's heart like a knife.
He watched her frail silhouette, feeling powerless for the first time.
"Nuan Nuan..." he called out to her, "Do you hate me?"
Lin Nuan Nuan stopped in her tracks but did not turn around. "I don't hate you."
"I just find it ridiculous."
"Do you know what you were doing on the day I found out I had heart disease last year?"
Huo Jing Shen recalled, but that memory had already become hazy.
"You were having dinner with Su Jin," Lin Nuan Nuan said softly. "And I was alone in the hospital, listening to the doctor pronounce my death sentence."
"When you came back that night, I wanted to tell you..."
"But you said Su Jin was unhappy today and told me not to bother you."
Huo Jing Shen felt a sharp pain in his chest. "I'm sorry..."
"You always say you're sorry." Lin Nuan Nuan finally turned around. "But Huo Jing Shen, some wounds can't be healed with an apology."
"Just like my heart; the parts that are already dead will never recover."
She looked directly into his eyes. "So, please let me go, okay?"
"Let me use my remaining time to truly feel what life is like without you."
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