Chapter 195 - Critical

Shi Lian reaches the hospital in haste. She walks fast and asks the woman at the reception about her father. The woman tells her where Mo Zheng Yuan is and Shi Lian quickly goes to the given address. 

Outside the emergency ward, she spots her mother sitting on one of the seats, her hands covering her face as she cries. 

"Mother!" Shi Lian's heart clenches. She goes to her mother and bending to her knees to match her mother's height, asks, "How is he? Has the doctor said anything?" 

Sha Sha looks at Shi Lian with her tear-filled eyes. Her body shakes as she speaks, "No....he has not out yet."

Shi Lian holds her mother's hand in hers tightly as tears start to prickle at the corner of her eyes. Only the driver is there with Sha Sha. But what must have happened to Zheng Yuan that he ends up lying in the hospital bed? 

"Mother....what happened to father?"

"I don't know. When I came...I saw him lying on the floor.....it was...oh God!" she somehow manages to say. Shi Lian thinks that it must be about the truth he got to know. She clenches her teeth hating to see her parents in a situation like this. 

Just at the moment, the red light turned green and the door open. Shi Lian gets on her feet when she sees the doctor coming out. "Doctor, how is he?" she asks, panicked and worried. 

The doctor removes his mask and with a grim face, he tells, "He is in a critical stage."

That comes as a shock for both Shi Lian and Sha Sha. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"You must be aware of his heart condition. He is specifically told not to take any stress or it will affect his health." Now there's no other guessing about how he ended up in the hospital. It is solely because of the truth. 

"Can we meet him...please?" Sha Sha begs, standing beside the doctor. 

"I am sorry, Mrs. Mo. But you cannot meet him. He is unconscious right now. If he shows signs of consciousness, we will perform surgery on him which is necessary. If it does not then...." he sighs with disappointment. 

"What are you saying?" Sha Sha yells, breaking apart. Shi Lian goes to hold her mother and to calm her down. "You have to save him, doctor. Nothing can happen to time him. Please doctor" she requests, sobbing. 

What can the doctor say? He encounters these types of situations now and then. "Please, control your emotions, Mrs. Mo. We will try our best" he assures. With that, he leaves

Shi Lian holds her mother by her shoulder and makes her sit on the seat. "He is fine, mother. Nothing will happen. You don't cry...please" her voice cracks but if she breaks down, her mother will too who is already at her low. 

Sha Sha sobs while Shi Lian goes to a corner to make a call. "I won't be able to make it to the meeting. Tell them to postpone" she tells Ruxi. 

"Again? Chairwoman! This is the fourth time I would have to say 'the meeting is postponed'. The members are already in the displeased mood, if I say it they might cancel it altogether!" Ruxi expresses her concern. 

"Then cancel it!" Shi Lian grits out. Her head will explode with all that is happening. She cannot leave her mother alone here. No matter what, her heart will not be at rest even if she somehow manages to leave. "If they want to cancel it, then they very well do it."

"Chairwoman....this—"

"Ruxi, they won't cancel it. They know how important it is to sign the contracts. You don't have to lower yourself. If they don't want the meeting, cancel it."

Ruxi takes a moment to consider. It is indeed rash from Shi Lian's side but what she said is true as well. She sighs and agrees with her. "Alright. But your absence will affect in the profit of the company so be—"

Shi Lian cuts her off midsentence. "I know. I am internal issues and that needs more attention."

"Is not about Chairman?" Ruxi asks. 

"I don't think that is anything related to work," Shi Lian says firmly making Ruxi a little uncomfortable. She apologizes and ends the call. 

She does not want to tell anyone what is going on in her family because she knows just how many eyes are on the Mo family and no one can be trusted. Who will turn their back on her cannot be predicted.

Just as she returns to her mother, her phone rings. She looks at the screen but she does not recognize the number. 

She scrutinizes but picks the call anyway. "Hello?"

"Shi Lian. Mo Shi Lian. You have changed so much, haven't you? You got bolder. Bitch! You ruined my life!" the voice bellows.

She cannot make out just who this person is. Wait, could it be her uncle? No way! He is in jail, isn't he? 

"What? Haven't you recognized me?" he sneers. "Oh my dear neice~"

Her eyes widen in horror. "H-how can you—"

He laughs loudly at her astonishment. "How I am calling you? Or how am I out of the jail?"

She was notified a few days earlier that he is sentenced to ten years of prison so how can he be released? This is not making sense. 

"Now you won't even answer? Tch..tch. You are disappointing me, Mo Shi Lian."

Something doesn't ring right. But what? 

"Tell me who got you released?" she asks, keeping her composure intact. 

"After putting me in jail by making a smart move, you are acting dumb, now? Huh, Shi Lian?" he mocks, sneering. "Why do you think I will tell you?"

Yes, why will he tell her? If he tells her, she will try to do every means to find him and put him in jail again. So why will he tell her if he very well is aware of the possibility? 

"I am calling you only to tell you that starting from now, I WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE A LIVING HELL, MO SHI LIAN."