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In Zheng City, inside a hospital room.
Yao Mingyue, who had been in a coma for two days, finally fluttered her eyelashes lightly.
Her complexion was pale, showing no hint of health, and within just two days, her figure had visibly weakened—a rapid decline of vitality and spirit.
It seemed she had a very long dream.
It was a dream Yao Mingyue knew well, as if it were memories of her past life replaying over and over in her mind.
But these memories seemed to be blocked by herself, like she was unwilling to recall them. They only loosened slightly when she faced life and death. Now those memories seemed to freeze at this moment.
The memories were already blurred, yet they pierced like ice picks, choking her heart with pain at the mere thought.
"Beep beep beep..."
The heart monitor emitted sounds indicating fluctuating readings.
Liu Rushuang, who was about to bring warm water to cleanse her daughter's body, immediately rushed over upon hearing the noise.
She instantly saw her daughter's eyelashes quivering and the corners of her eyes brimming with tears.
"Ming Yue!"
Liu Rushuang rushed to the bedside and pressed the call button, holding her daughter's cold hand and anxiously awaiting her awakening.
The fragments of memory ceased.
Yao Mingyue slowly came to consciousness. She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling above... for a moment, unable to distinguish dream from reality.
Is this death? Or...
"Ming Yue, Ming Yue!"
Liu Rushuang called out with tear-filled eyes, seeing her daughter open her eyes after three days of unconsciousness, she was so moved that she sobbed uncontrollably.
"Mom..."
Yao Mingyue's vision gradually cleared, recognizing the person before her, her consciousness also became clear.
"Thank goodness, you're finally awake. Mom was so worried about you. Don't move, the doctor will come to see you soon!"
Liu Rushuang wiped her tears excitedly; soon the doctors and nurses arrived, all starting to check on Yao Mingyue's condition.
"The patient is temporarily out of danger now, but we still recommend choosing a treatment plan as soon as possible. If this situation happens again, it could really be unpredictable," the doctor explained to Liu Rushuang.
Yao Mingyue sat quietly in a daze, as if she hadn't yet returned from the dream she just had.
"Ming Yue, how are you feeling? Is there any discomfort?"
After the doctor left, Liu Rushuang looked at her daughter still in a trance, asking with concern.
Yao Mingyue snapped back to reality, looked at her mother's haggard cheeks and swollen, red eyes, and shook her head: "Mom, I'm fine. I just had a very long dream... It seemed like I was really leaving..."
"Silly child, dreams are not real, don't say such things. You will be fine," Liu Rushuang replied with a heartache, wiping the tears from her daughter's eyes.
Yao Mingyue was staring at the ceiling, the familiar hospital room... and memories that had surfaced were also lingering in her mind.
So, were these the memories from her past life she had been unwilling to recall?
But, what did that final vague phrase mean? Memories seemed to surge up but were then stuck. Could it be... that she did not die in her past life?
"Not eligible for a heart transplant..."
If she didn't die, then what about Xu Musen... Yao Mingyue did not know if these words were true memories or just hallucinations.
But if they were true, didn't that mean she had lost even the chance to save him in the end?
Yao Mingyue felt sharp pains in her head, clutching it in agony.
"Ming Yue, what's wrong?"
Liu Rushuang grew anxious again, about to call for the doctor.
"Mom, I'm fine..."
Yao Mingyue took hold of her mother's hand. Unable to recall, she exhaled slowly... Perhaps only An Nuannuan knew what happened in the end.
However... Yao Mingyue breathed in and felt her heart laboring. It was indeed time to decide on a treatment. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝔬𝔪
In her past life, she had chosen conservative treatment... although it preserved her life.
Yet her heart had grown fragile to a critical point.
Perhaps, in the previous life, Xu Musen still did not receive her heart in time to be saved.
A mixture of self-reproach and sourness welled up in Yao Mingyue's heart. Was she really so useless... that she couldn't even serve this purpose?
She bit her lip, resolute in her decision.
"Mom, I've decided... I want to undergo surgery."
Liu Rushuang's heart trembled. Although this wasn't her daughter's first time making such a choice, she was still heartbroken: "Ming Yue, the risk is too great. You could..."
"Mom, I've made my decision."
Yao Mingyue shook her head, showing a faint yet firm smile: "My heart has long been riddled with holes; patching it up is just deceiving myself."
Yao Mingyue's heart, just like her inner world.
Patching it was the same as living with constant cracks. Such a heart was fundamentally diseased, fragile to the touch, let alone capable of fully embracing and loving someone else.
The words of An Nuannuan echoed in her mind as she took a deep breath.
"So, if I want a future with him... I must allow myself to shatter completely and regrow a whole new heart.
Otherwise, if we are denied a lifetime together twice, wouldn't that be too pitiful?"
Yao Mingyue smiled, her phoenix eyes shining through tears, now exceptionally radiant as if she were a phoenix about to rise from the ashes.
Liu Rushuang didn't understand what her daughter meant by 'two lifetimes,' but seeing the light in her daughter's eyes, she finally just gently embraced her.
"No matter what, mom will always be by your side..."
Yao Mingyue leaned into her mother's warm embrace, her gaze passing through the bright sky outside the window, piercing the clouds to see the sun.
However, they didn't notice at that moment.
At the entrance of the hospital room, a figure with wheat-colored skin also quietly left...
