"Miss Shang, you didn't get enough rest last night. Go to bed early tonight." It was already late when the nurse came over and patted her shoulder. "The Fourth Master won't wake up for a while."
Only then did she come back to her senses, tucked the quilt for him, then stood up and moved to the small bed next to her.
She curled up beside him and fell asleep.
The lights dimmed, and the entire hospital fell into endless silence. She turned sideways, facing him on the other side. Shang Shiyu fell asleep while watching him.
When I woke up, it was still dark outside. The silence made me feel uneasy.
The moonlight came in from the window, covering the slender figure on the other bed. He looked particularly lonely and weak. It seemed that even his breathing could not be heard.
Shang Shiyu felt a pain in his chest and suddenly became scared.
She couldn't help but think of the dream she once had - he was lying motionless under a white sheet, without breathing, and was pushed mercilessly into the sea of fire!
No! She doesn't want it!
She was truly frightened and trembling all over.
She was afraid that this dream would become reality; she was even more afraid that he would really fall asleep like this. From then on, they would be separated by heaven and earth, and she couldn't even touch him.
Unable to hold back any longer, she threw back the covers, put on her slippers, and crawled into his covers.
His bed was very big, and it was no problem for them to fit in it.
Feeling the warmth of his body, Shang Shiyu was still worried. She put one arm around his waist and the other on his chest, holding her breath and feeling his heartbeat.
The 'thump thump' sound of the heartbeat was not as strong as before, but at least it was still fresh.
He is still alive!
Her tense heart finally relaxed a little. She buried her face deep in his neck and sniffed his scent. Even though it smelled like medicine, she still thought it smelled good.
"Shang Shang?" Tang Wei had woken up. He was not sure whether it was real or a dream, so he asked tentatively.
"...Did I wake you up?" Shang Shiyu calmed down before speaking. She tried very hard to control herself so as not to let tears come out of her voice, but because she buried her head in his shoulder, her voice sounded a little muffled.
"I didn't wake you up." Tang Wei confirmed the reality, and the corners of his lips curved. His long arms, which were somewhat stiff, moved, and he raised his hands to hug her thin body. Shang Shiyu half-crouched up worriedly, carefully held his hand, and lowered his voice, "Don't move, you have a tube in your hand."
"It's okay, I'll pay attention." Tang Wei raised his arm and put it on the pillow. Shang Shiyu looked at him in the moonlight, afraid of pressing him, and was reluctant to put his head down.
Tang Wei stared at her and pleaded, "Shang Shang, lie down and let me hug you."
I don’t know how many more opportunities like this there will be in the future.
Shang Shiyu's nose was sour, and finally, she lay in his arms. He bent one arm tightly, hugged her tightly, and pressed his lips against the top of her head.
"Why did you suddenly fall asleep?"
"Tang Wei..." She didn't answer, but called him in a muffled voice and put her arm around his neck.
"Um?"
"I missed you so much." She whispered against his cold skin. If you listened carefully, you could hear her unsteady breathing.
She didn't know what to do, what could she do. Even if she slept in the same room with him, he was within her sight, but she couldn't resist the longing. Only by hugging him like this, letting him hug her back, did she feel that all her longing finally had a place to go, and that she truly owned him.
Tang Wei's lips trembled and his breathing was a little unstable.
How could he not be the same? She was right beside him, but he missed her so much that his heart ached. Because he didn't know when he would suddenly lose her, forever.
"... I regret it a little bit." Tang Wei suddenly sighed, his voice hoarse, and stroked her soft long hair with his big hand.
"What do you regret?" Shang Shiyu raised his head from his neck and looked at him.
His lips pressed against hers, his eyes filled with deep regret, "I regret wasting these three years..."
He inserted his long fingers into her soft hair and lifted her little face. His eyes sparkled with sadness in the night. "Back then, I should have been more selfish and kept you by my side no matter what."
Shang Shiyu felt a sharp pain in his chest.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply. There was a bitter taste between his lips and teeth, the bitterness of medicine. However, she just kissed him deeper and harder, as if she wanted to keep his taste forever in her world. Tang Wei hummed, opened his lips, and couldn't help but deepen the kiss.
Finally, she kissed until tears flowed from her eyes.
"If you regret it, you must make it up to me in the future." After a long while, she choked and stepped away from his lips, her eyelashes fluttering with crystal tears, "In the future, you must make it up to me for three years, ten years, countless years! You are not allowed to waste even a single day!"
Tang Wei stared at her with a painful heart. He also hoped that there would be countless more decades between them...
She seemed to want a guarantee very much. When she didn't hear the answer, she urged anxiously, "Hurry up and say 'yes'. Promise me."
Tang Wei's heart tightened and he kissed away the tears on her face. "Okay, I promise you, I will try my best to stay alive."
Under the quilt, Shang Shiyu suddenly unbuttoned her pajamas. Tang Wei was slightly surprised, but before she could figure out what was going on, she grabbed his hand and pressed it against her chest.
"Did you feel anything?" she asked.
Tang Wei shook his head. Shang Shiyu reached for his cell phone and lit up his chest.
On the chest, there was a tattoo on the snow-white skin. It was a fancy-looking "Wei" character. It was obviously newly tattooed and still a little red and swollen.
"Shang Shang..." Tang Wei's heart was in turmoil, his fingers lingering on her skin, "Aren't you afraid of pain?"
"But, without you, it will hurt me even more." Shang Shiyu looked at him with tears in her eyes, "For me, you don't have to try hard to live, you have to live. Because..."
She paused for a moment before continuing, "I won't live alone without you!"
Those few words were spoken with such force and impact that they were definitely not a joke.
Tang Wei was shocked.
His eyes darkened and his expression became more serious than ever before.
"Shang Shang, I don't allow you to talk nonsense!" I hid it from her at the beginning because I was afraid of implicating her, and I was even more afraid that she would do something stupid.
"I'm not talking nonsense!" Shang Shiyu hugged his neck and stared at him stubbornly and persistently: "Tang Wei, I want you to survive with my life!"
Tang Wei's face remained tense, without any sign of relaxation. "Shang Shang, I can let you do whatever you want, no matter how you act. But I don't want to hear you say this a second time!"
He took off her hands that were wrapped around his neck and said, "If I knew you were so willful, I wouldn't have agreed to let you stay in the hospital to take care of me!"