Chapter 1820: Chapter 147: Lofty Trees in the South

Qiao Qiao, after leaving the school, wrapped her arms around his waist, "I’m full."

Qin Shaonan, "Then let’s go back."

Qiao Qiao leaned against his back, "Okay."

————Yunqi Academy————

A week later, the Qiao Family’s grandmother’s surgery.

Qin Shaonan accompanied Qiao Qiao to send the old lady into the operating room.

Seeing the door of the operating room tightly closed, with the red light above the door turned on, Qiao Qiao stood nervously at the door, staring at the flashing red light, clutching her hands tightly, her heart in her throat.

Time ticked away, and the red light of the emergency room was still on.

Her heart felt like it was being roasted over a fire, burning...

Her tense heart trembled slightly, constantly praying sincerely: Grandma, you must be okay, you must!

She remembered the night she spent with her father.

Her father never woke up again and left her.

She felt someone hug her.

Snapping back to reality, she turned her head to see Qin Shaonan, leaning into his embrace, finally feeling a bit of reassurance.

She didn’t know how much time had passed when suddenly an opened bottle of VOSS purified water was shoved into her hand.

Qiao Qiao was just feeling thirsty, and instinctively, she drank it all in one go.

When the second bottle was placed in her hand, she finally realized and looked up, meeting Qin Shaonan’s deeply intense gaze.

More than an hour passed, and Qiao Qiao gradually lost control of her emotions, with sadness, grief, tension, and fear all surging at once, suffocating her.

But she didn’t know what to do.

Grandma, grandma, you must not leave me!

The purified water in her hand fell to the ground with a "bang," and she covered her face with her hands, suddenly her shoulders shaking violently.

Qin Shaonan looked down, feeling her body softly sliding away from him little by little.

He quickly wrapped his arms around Qiao Qiao’s waist, lifting her to the wooden bench in the hallway, prying her fingers apart, seeing her face full of tears, still crying without making a sound.

He just watched silently until she had cried enough, turned her face, and kissed her.

This is in the hospital—

Qiao Qiao was momentarily stunned, unable to push him away.

Qin Shaonan’s large hand fixed firmly behind her head, not releasing her until the tear stains on her face were kissed dry, holding her hand.

Qiao Qiao looked toward the operating room.

The flashing red light reflected in her black eyes, forming an exquisitely beautiful scene.

Watching her, Qin Shaonan thought of their first meeting, and the scenery in her eyes was the same.

He had never been a kind-hearted person, but he couldn’t stand by and do nothing whenever he saw her.

Perhaps, some people are destined to be together.

Like he and her, destined to be together, destined to be tied.

Before, he didn’t believe in fate, but after meeting her, he did.

Qin Shaonan sat there, took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a shallow puff. The delicate smoke slowly rose from his fingertips and gradually thinned, filling the entire corridor, strangely pressing down the pungent smell of disinfectant bit by bit.

Qiao Qiao coughed, snapping out of it, leaning into Qin Shaonan’s embrace, starting to count sheep.

Looking down, at the two black shadows, the sunlight like a magician, made them merge, perfectly overlapping.

Two hours, three hours...

Finally, until after eleven o’clock, the red light above the operating room turned to green.

The moment the door opened, Qiao Qiao stood up, too forcefully, and stumbled forward.

Qin Shaonan extended his long arm, grabbing her arm, pulling her whole body up before she hit the ground.