She heard the phone ring, turned around, fumbled for her phone on the bed, and imdiately saw it was a call from her great-grandfather’s house. Ling Momo answered promptly, her voice sweet and obedient, "Great-Grandfather!"
However, the familiar stern yet loving male voice didn’t co through. Instead, it was her great-grandmother’s anxious tone, "Momo, you’ve finally answered the phone. Co quickly, your great-grandfather... he’s not doing well..."
At those words, Ling Momo’s mind went blank.
Her great-grandfather wasn’t doing well—what did that an?
"Great-Grandmother, what are you saying?"
"Momo, your great-grandfather suddenly collapsed. He’s in the hospital now, being resuscitated... The doctor said, he might not make it and he’s insisted on seeing you one last ti..."
Upon hearing this, Ling Momo’s mind exploded.
Having lost her parents at a young age, she had always relied on her great-grandfather. Even though she was naughty and he was strict with her, he doted on her imnsely.
They had lived through tough tis, but he had never let her suffer the slightest hardship.
When Lu Niange and Jian Chenxi betrayed her, she felt as if her life had been hollowed out, and the pain was unbearable. But that didn’t compare to the suffocating feeling that threatened to overwhelm her in this instant.
Her great-grandfather was the only family she had left in this world. If he passed away, she’d be truly alone.
In that mont, Ling Momo felt a buzzing in her head, her fingers trembling violently as she threw on her clothes, grabbed so money, and rushed downstairs.
By the ti she got into the taxi, she was still in a complete daze. An inadvertent touch to her face revealed it was wet with tears.
What did her great-grandfather an to her?
He was ho, a support, a warm haven, a mory, a sky... If he were really to leave like this, Ling Momo thought, her sky would collapse.
Sitting in the cab, she urged the driver to go faster, faster, yet faster. Eventually, she just bowed her head and began to cry with a loud, heartbreaking sob. The taxi driver, alard by her state, sped to the hospital regardless of the speed limit.
As soon as the car arrived at the hospital entrance, Ling Momo flung open the door, hastily handed a few bills to the driver, and stumbled into the hospital.
Reaching the door of the ward her great-grandmother had told her about, she saw her and, like a blaless child, her eyes filled with a plea, "Great-Grandmother, is my great-grandfather alright?"
Her great-grandmother, with eyes red and tearful, and upon seeing Ling Momo like this, filled her eyes with tears, turned away, unable to bear looking at her, and in a choked voice said, "Momo, go inside. Your great-grandfather has been calling your na."
Ling Momo nodded stiffly and walked into the ward. The floor was flat, but her legs inexplicably weakened, almost causing her to collapse several tis. As she approached her great-grandfather’s bedside and saw him with his eyes closed, drifting in and out of consciousness, her tears fell once more.
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