"My fault, all my fault," Liang Ming Hao said earnestly.
"Knowing that is enough, so you must not do this again."
"Never, I will always be with you."
Liang Ming Hao's awakening brought relief to the two sets of parents from the Lin and Liang families.
"You can finally see the light after suffering," Father Lin patted Father Liang's shoulder.
"Now that Ming Hao is awake, a great stone has been lifted from our hearts. From now on, there is something to look forward to in life," Father Liang's face was filled with unconcealable smiles.
On the other side, Mother Lin and Mother Liang were also discussing Liang Ming Hao's awakening.
"Ming Hao's recovery this time is truly thanks to Yan Yan's medicine, and also to Yan Yan's unwavering heart. It was she who made it possible for Ming Hao to wake up."
Mother Liang thought back to how she had advised Lin Yan. She herself had lost hope of her son waking up, yet Lin Yan still steadfastly believed that Ming Hao would wake up.
Things unfolded just as she had predicted. After the doctors declared that Ming Hao would never wake up, he regained consciousness.
"We are all family, no need to be so polite. Ming Hao's awakening is the hope of both our families. With him here, Yan Yan won't have to work so hard. Ming Hao is the one who cares about Yan Yan the most, he wouldn't force her to do anything." Mother Lin's heart ached as she recalled her daughter's dazed and lost appearance over the years.
"Who is to blame for that? It's because he never woke up," Mother Liang said, though she was immensely happy.
Lin Yan's unwavering devotion had earned her the utmost respect from the Liang family. Although Father and Mother Lin deeply pitied their daughter, they respected her choices.
Now that Liang Ming Hao had awakened, it was a perfect ending for their daughter.
"Yes, we must make him treat Yan Yan even better from now on," Mother Lin agreed.
In the hospital room, the two were now leaning against each other.
Liang Ming Hao's body was still weak and unable to exert much strength. After sleeping for so long, his muscles had atrophied. If it weren't for the low-grade gene optimization fluid Lin Yan had given him, he would have struggled even to speak.
"Would you like to have a good chat with your parents? They were also very worried about you." After a long while, Lin Yan finally managed to pull herself out of the joy of his awakening.
She realized then that she had been monopolizing Liang Ming Hao's time, preventing his parents from having a proper conversation with him.
"It's okay, there's still plenty of time. You continue telling me about your life these past few years." His parents already knew he was awake, and as a grown man, he couldn't openly weep with them. Thus, he had been very busy.
He believed Father Liang felt the same. As for his mother, there was ample time. Once she calmed down from her excitement, he would have a good talk with them.
As Liang Ming Hao asked questions and Lin Yan answered, he gradually pieced together Lin Yan's life over the past few years.
Without his presence, his little girl had grown up diligently, shouldering the responsibilities for her family.
"You've worked hard these years, my Yan Yan," Liang Ming Hao stroked Lin Yan's hair.
Lin Yan finally began to ask him why he had accepted those missions and become bound to a system.
Liang Ming Hao then explained the reason for signing the contract.
"That was my only chance back then. I really didn't want to leave you alone in this world. I believed I could complete all the missions and then come back to find you."
Liang Ming Hao was confident he could complete the missions. He just hadn't expected the system to find Lin Yan as well.
Thinking about his own binding process, Liang Ming Hao didn't ask Lin Yan why she had been bound to the system. It was all for him, who had been in a deep slumber.