Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife-Chapter 925 An Zhiyan Woke Up (2)

Duan Tang paused, his eyes on Gu Yelin as he whispered, "General Gu, I know you have the strength to protect the young lady and the An Family adequately. But as a friend who has been through life and death with her, I feel a duty to help share some of her burdens. Moreover, even if I didn’t want to, my old man at home wouldn’t agree. He’s been pacing around like an ant on a hot pan, and if it weren’t for my holding him back, he would have come here himself."

Duan Tang’s reasoning was irrefutable. Bai Yiming raised an eyelid and rolled his eyes fiercely, no longer speaking.

For a moment, the gazes of three equally handsome and outstanding men quietly rested on An Yiqing’s sleeping face, peaceful and serene.

At that moment, a faint and slow sound of footsteps came from the corridor outside, one sounding somewhat unsteady—probably from a person in poor health; the other’s footsteps sounded heavy and steady, likely from someone a bit overweight.

Gradually, the footsteps grew closer until they stopped at An Yiqing’s hospital room door.

Knock, knock, knock!

Gently at three knocks, under the watchful eyes of Gu Yelin and the others, the door was slowly pushed open.

"Aunt An?" Gu Yelin and the others were somewhat surprised upon seeing the visitor and quickly stood up.

"Hey, all you kids are here?"

Supported by Aunt Li, Kong Shi entered the hospital room, holding a bag and looking frail. Her face was very pale. Ever since An Yiqing had cured her condition, Kong Shi had not had this weak feeling for a long time.

She vividly remembered waking up from a coma a few days ago. The news she received was that her eldest and second sons had both passed the critical period, but her most beloved youngest daughter might never wake up in her lifetime!

The despair Kong Shi felt then was as fresh as ever, comparable to the pain she felt twenty years ago when she lost her daughter.

The immense shock almost suffocated her, and Kong Shi fainted again.

Later, under the strong demand of An Zisheng, the family brought the comatose Kong Shi back home from the hospital and took meticulous care of her. The hospital, filled with its blindingly white surroundings, was not a good place and greatly affected her mood.

But even after returning home, Kong Shi, consumed with thoughts of her daughter, fell seriously ill, and so did Old Lady An, who loved her granddaughter immensely.

It was only today that Kong Shi could barely manage to get out of bed. She immediately instructed Aunt Li to prepare some delicious food and drove to the hospital.

"Niuniu, mommy is here to see you."

Kong Shi staggered to the bedside and, with Aunt Li’s help, sat down. Her trembling right hand tightly grasped An Yiqing’s cold little hand, and Kong Shi’s tears streamed down.

"My darling daughter, wake up quickly. Grandma and I made a lot of delicious food for you, which won’t taste good once it’s cold."

The more Kong Shi spoke, the more distressed she became. Looking at her daughter lying on the bed, breathing faintly, she for the first time resented fate somewhat. Why, after nearly twenty years, when she had just managed to find her daughter, was she facing such a predicament today?

If there had to be hardships, why couldn’t she, the mother, endure them? Her daughter was only twenty. How painful would it be if she never woke up for the rest of her life?!

She was already nearing fifty! Even if it left her crippled, deaf, and blind, as long as it could bring back her precious Niuniu, Kong Shi would have no regrets!

Kong Shi’s deep sorrow infected everyone in the room with a touch of sadness. Zhang Yufeng, who had been responsible for protecting An Yiqing, glanced at Kong Shi’s sad silhouette, his eyes rimmed red again, and he turned his head away, shedding tears.