As if something hit him, Ryan petrifies for a short moment.
The first thing that comes to his mind is, "Can I go in now?"
Karl nods and says, "Yes, but don't touch the patient unless necessary."
"Alright."
Ryan walks towards the ward. It has only been half an hour, but he feels different in the ward this time.
His heart is filled with joy and excitement, as if Eunice already woke up.
The nurse is still adjusting the various instruments connected to Eunice. Ryan is cooperative and waits
at the side. When the medical staffs finish their work, he walks to her bedside.
"Mr. Ryan, if anything happens, please ring the bell and let us know."
Making it clear, the staffs leave the ward. The room was packed, but now he is alone with her. Ryan
pulls a chair over and sits on it.
He glances at her face and then the brain wave monitor back and forth. Doing so, he thinks of Karl's
words about how she would probably wake up, and feels like his heart had wings and flew with joy.
Is he excited? Absolutely.
Is he happy? Yep. He’s happy from the bottom of his heart.
However, that wouldn't even come close to what he is feeling. He has longed for this day, so much so
that despair would strike him and give him the illusion that this day would never come.
Luckily, God treats him well.
From his youth to his thirties, Ryan has not felt such joy for a long time. No matter how much money he
makes or how big his business grows, he feels nothing because he is used to it. It is not that he has
reached nirvana, but his heart has gone cold.
However, his blood boils when he sits beside Eunice's hospital bed and gazes at her pale little face on
the pillow, doing nothing. Excitement flows in his blood, from his hair to his toes.
He would open the window and shout at the world if it weren't unsuitable to do so here.
It takes him half an hour to calm down from the ecstasy. Ryan feels he must be crazy. Every time he
catches a glimpse of her brain wave on the monitor, he would feel the joy again.
He has to restrain himself. She is not awake yet. It would not be late for him to be happy when she
regains her consciousness.
Ryan loses his sleep tonight. To be exact, it is impossible to have it. It is like someone pressed a button
on his brain. Not to mention sleep, he doesn't even feel like dozing off.
Lorraine and Thomas come to deliver breakfast the next morning at seven o'clock, and Ryan is still
awake.
They walk in one after the other and place two thermos on the bedside table. "Ryan, come over and
have something. I've made tonic soup for you. You can't go on like this. Your body will break down."
He has lost some weight taking care of Eunice, looking a size smaller. Lorraine cannot bear to see him
like this, so she would bring him something from home every time.
"Although it can't compare with those precious supplements, it can improve your health in some
measure. I hope you will like it." Lorraine is simple and honest. As she speaks, she pours the soup into
a bowl.
Thomas brings it over to Ryan and says, "Please drink some."
Ryan looks down at the steaming white chicken soup. Matsutake and yartsa gunbu are in it. They are
both good and expensive supplements.
After pondering for a moment, he takes it and has a sip. The temperature of the soup is just right, so he
drinks it all in one gulp.
Lorraine and Thomas are surprised, because they rarely see him eat like this, saying, "Drink slowly. Be
careful not to get burnt...."
Ryan puts the empty bowl back on the table. Standing still in front of them, he says seriously, "Lorraine,
Thomas, there's something I have to tell you."
The mother and son get nervous and ask, "What is it?"
"It's about Eunice."
Perhaps Eunice has not been improving, so Lorraine thinks it would not be good news, asking, "What
happened to Eunice? Did the doctors say something?"
"Yes, there was an emergency last night, and they treated her."
"What?" Lorraine widens her eyes and looks anxiously at the patient on the bed. "What's wrong with
her? Could it be...?"
"No." Before she can express her worst guess, Ryan interrupted her. He doesn't want to hear any bad
news about Eunice, not even an assumption.
"It's good news," Ryan says without hesitation, "The doctors said she was gaining her consciousness
as we speak, and she will wake up soon under treatment."
After digesting this news for an entire night, Ryan finally accepts it. However, the two petrified persons
remind him of how he felt last night.
They share the same expression and reaction.
As a young man, Thomas reacts faster than his mother. With a stubborn look, his tender face quickly
turns red, as if blood has rushed to the top of his head. "Mom, did you hear that? Sister is about to
wake up!"
Only then does Lorraine regain her senses. Astonished, she shakes. Thomas hastily steps forward to
support her. "Mom...."
"Great! It's great!" Lorraine says the word "great" twice. Her old face is filled with joy. She smiles and
cries, not for anything else, but because her hard and sad days are finally over. She cries for her
daughter Eunice.
"God is with me! Eunice is only in her early twenties, and her life has just begun. She can't sleep like
this forever. Fortunately, it's not too late...."
During this period of time, she shuttles between home and the hospital, just for Eunice. She rarely goes
home but stays in the hospital for almost a week straight. She wants to be at home, but her pictures
with Eunice all over the house make her cry nonstop.
After all those years of hard work, no parent would want to see his child like this.
Moreover, Eunice has always been sensible and obedient. She shouldn't suffer this way. Her life has
just been on the right track.
Lorraine even prays to God that she would trade her old life for her daughter's.
She wishes for nothing but Eunice waking up and living her life again.
Now God finally hears her and gives her what she wants most.
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