"Are you not in Nancheng at all? Did you run off to be with her again? Do you not want to bother with us anymore? Chen Dongyang, you were the one who told me to have Dou Bao! I'm telling you, if anything happens to Dou Bao this time, I'm not done with you!"
After speaking, Zeng Hui angrily hung up the phone.
Tiantiantian glanced at Chen Dongyang's expression, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Although she was also very unhappy, now was not the time to fan the flames.
"It's normal for her to be anxious if the child is in trouble. Don't get worked up. Turn on my phone and call Director Gao, ask him to personally escort the car."
More than an hour later, the car drove into Nancheng First People's Hospital.
The ambulance that went to Tongcheng to pick up Dou Bao had not yet returned, so Chen Dongyang could only wait at the hospital.
He asked Tiantiantian to go back first, but Tiantiantian didn't want to leave.
"I won't be able to sleep if I go back, and it will be more unbearable to worry in a place where I can't see you. Let me stay here with you. At least I can see you, and I'll feel a little better."
Wushuang poked her head from behind. "If you're here, and Zeng Hui arrives later, won't she start throwing a tantrum again? You can't be scolded by her again. Tiantiantian, listen to me, you should go back first."
Tiantiantian was reluctant.
At this moment, she clearly felt that her future with Chen Dongyang was no future at all.
Dou Bao often had seizures, and not necessarily at any specific time. After experiencing such two thrilling episodes, he probably wouldn't dare to stay too far from Dou Bao in the future.
As long as Dou Bao lived for one day, he would be bound by this debt of gratitude for one day, and would inevitably be tied to Zeng Hui.
Although this was a reality she had known for a very, very long time, looking back calmly now, she realized how ridiculously wrong she had been.
As the ancients wisely said, a long pain is worse than a short one.
If she had been able to restrain herself and not be lovers with him for a week, perhaps there wouldn't be so much trouble now.
This was an infinite loop, a bottomless pit where someone was destined to be hurt.
Zeng Hui lacked the ability to resist risks, and she herself was indeed immoral. Therefore, after thinking it through, she didn't want to fight with Zeng Hui.
There was no point in dwelling on regrets.
The time before Dou Bao and Zeng Hui arrived at the hospital would be the last period of her life spent with Chen Dongyang. She just wanted to spend these few hours well.
"Sorry Wushuang, I can't drive you back. Please take a taxi and be careful. I'll find you after things are sorted out here."
But Wushuang didn't want to leave either.
When she encountered problems, Tiantiantian would go all the way to her hometown to explain things clearly.
Now, with something major about to happen, what kind of best friend would she be if she left?
So Wushuang also shook her head. "If you don't go, I won't go either. Just like you, my heart feels more at ease staying where I can see you. Lying alone back home will only make me feel worse."
"I know you two have things to say. I'll go downstairs for a while. Call me if anything comes up."
After speaking, Wushuang opened the car door and got out.
Tiantiantian and Chen Dongyang looked at each other. Although Chen Dongyang remained silent, his eyes held many complex emotions.
Attachment, reluctance, guilt, exhaustion…
Tiantiantian dared not look into his eyes for too long. Every time she made up her mind and looked at his face again, she couldn't help but waver. She couldn't make any more mistakes.
Chen Dongyang reached out his hand to Tiantiantian, and Tiantiantian handed her hand to him.
"Hold me."
Chen Dongyang pushed the seat back, and Tiantiantian crossed over from the passenger seat and lay on him.
The two held each other tightly, their faces close to each other's ears.
Tiantiantian repeated it in her heart for a long time, gathering courage again and again, and finally spoke.
"We were too willful and irresponsible before. We've had enough of the drama, it's time to return to reason."
"I won't fight you with Zeng Hui anymore. Live well with her and Dou Bao from now on. Really, I'm not kidding. Chen Dongyang, let's break up."
Chen Dongyang instinctively tried to push her away to see her face, but Tiantiantian held onto his neck tightly, refusing to let go or meet his gaze.
"Promise me, Chen Dongyang. I don't want to go on like this anymore, promise me."
Chen Dongyang didn't know how to answer her.
Whether to agree or not was a dilemma for him now.
But if he didn't agree, it would be too unfair to Tiantiantian.
He could hold her tightly, tighter and tighter, wishing he could embed her into his bones to feel at ease.
After Tiantiantian proposed the breakup, neither of them spoke, only held each other tightly.
After a very, very long time, as the sky began to brighten and the pedestrians outside became visible, Tiantiantian's phone finally rang.
It was Director Gao calling.
"Uncle Gao."
"Tiantiantian. We have returned to the hospital. I'm very sorry. Dou Bao couldn't be saved this time. Where are you? The patient's family is very emotional right now, please come up and see her."
The phone was between Tiantiantian and Chen Dongyang, and Chen Dongyang heard Director Gao's words clearly.
The two looked at each other. In that instant, she saw despair as if the sky had fallen from Chen Dongyang's eyes.
Dou Bao was gone… Zeng Hui's emotions had collapsed… He couldn't imagine what else awaited him.
He had originally wanted to beg Tiantiantian to wait for him a little longer, to give him another chance to prove himself.
But now, he couldn't utter a single word.
Everything is fate, and nothing is up to man.
In an instant, Chen Dongyang prepared for the worst, and at the same time, his soul was ripped away.
After hanging up the phone, Tiantiantian pushed open the car door and got off him. He also got out of the car with a cold and stern expression.
Tiantiantian looked at him. The time for a complete farewell had come. He knew he had to say something to put an end to this relationship, but he just couldn't say it.
He didn't want Tiantiantian to be happy with someone else, but he also didn't want Tiantiantian to be unhappy.
His heart had never been so conflicted and painful, so painful that he wanted to bang his head against the wall, to hug Tiantiantian and cry his eyes out…
"Tiantiantian…"
Tiantiantian smiled at him gently and calmly, and took a step back.
"Let's part amicably, don't be so sentimental. She needs you more than I do. Go on."
"I'm not being difficult, Chen Dongyang. Everything will pass. I'll forget you soon. Really. You can go now."
Wushuang saw them get out of the car from a distance and hurried over.
She looked at Chen Dongyang's receding back, then at Tiantiantian.
"Why did you get out? Did they arrive? How is it?"
When things were truly bad to a certain extent, Tiantiantian became very calm and told Wushuang.
Wushuang worriedly held her hand. "You really broke up? Are you sure you can bear it? Did he agree?"
Tiantiantian looked at Chen Dongyang's receding figure, and her eyes couldn't help but mist over again.
"We really broke up. I'm sure. I can bear it."
"From tomorrow onwards, let's go on blind dates together, Wushuang. I'll introduce you to some young, rich, and handsome guys. If we like them, we'll date them. If not, we'll dump them. We won't put up with this kind of humiliation anymore."