Chapter 12 Awakened

Lu Ming was constantly on his phone in the hospital room, chatting with someone unknown.

Qiao Yi probably knew who he was talking to, but since she no longer had any relationship with Lu Ming, she let him do as he pleased.

Seeing that Qiao Yi truly did not want to leave, Lu Yanchuan had Ma Yu transfer Qiao Xin to the VIP ward, which had a resting area.

At night, only Qiao Yi and Qiao Xin were left in the room. Qiao Yi lay on the narrow, hard bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

She should hate Qiao Xin, but when it really came to returning tit for tat, Qiao Yi couldn't bring herself to do it.

It wasn't that she had a martyr complex, but she simply could not believe that the person who had stepped on her face that night could be her own sister.

Her mind was a mess, Qiao Yi couldn't figure it out and didn't want to think further, turning her back on Qiao Xin.

When dawn broke, Qiao Yi woke up; Qiao Xin was still asleep on the bed, since things like concussions are fine once you wake up.

Propping her chin, Qiao Yi sat up; the sunlight gradually became plentiful, just as Qiao Yi was about to fall asleep again, Qiao Xin finally let out some weak moans.

"Are you awake?"

Qiao Yi pressed the bedside bell, and soon, a group of doctors and nurses rushed in.

Qiao Xin, just awake, was still confused, vaguely hearing Qiao Yi's voice and thinking she had heard wrong.

Qiao Yi must utterly hate her by now, she would rather wish her dead, how could she possibly be by her bedside.

It didn't take long after they arrived in America for Qiao Benqing and Zhao Wenjing to reach the hospital. Qiao Yi had messaged them that Qiao Xin had awoken, and they immediately came over.

Doctors were still performing basic checks on Qiao Xin in the room as Qiao Yi and her parents sat down on the chairs waiting.

"As long as the person is awake, there shouldn't be any major problems. The rest is just resting and recuperating."

"You had a tough night last night. There are caretakers during the day, you should go back and rest."

Zhao Wenjing saw the redness in Qiao Yi's eyes and felt both distressed and relieved.

"I do nothing all day. You and dad should rest more, you definitely didn't sleep well last night. Now that sister is fine, you no longer need to worry."

As Qiao Yi spoke, she couldn't help but yawn, making Zhao Wenjing even more distressed.

"Family of the patient, please come in."

The hospital room was opened, and a young nurse stepped out and called the three of them in.

"The patient had only a minor concussion, requiring hospital observation for three days. During these three days, some post-concussion symptoms like headaches and nausea may appear, which are normal."

After giving some precautions, the doctor left, leaving the Qiao family of four in the room, where the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Qiao Xin watched from her bed as Qiao Yi and Zhao Wenjing held hands, with Qiao Benqing standing right behind them, looking happy and united—a sight that seemed very glaring to her.

It was always like this!

When she was young, she thought her parents were just too busy, which was why they were colder to her, but only after her sister spoke up did Qiao Xin realize it wasn't that her parents were too busy, they simply didn't like her because she almost caused her mother's death!

"Xinxin, how do you feel? Is there anything specific you want to eat? I'll go buy it for you."

"Yes, Xinxin, the person who hit you, Yanchuan has already sent people to handle it; just focus on recovering."

Qiao Benqing spoke and glanced at Qiao Yi. He was surprised that Lu Yanchuan could come last night!

I never expected Lu Yanchuan to care so much about Qiao Yi.

Qiao Benqing was preoccupied, Zhao Wenjing was persuading Qiao Yi to go back and rest, and no one in the hospital room seemed to care about Qiao Xin lying on the bed.

Qiao Xin had had enough of their pretense, acting as though they cared about her. Who were they trying to fool!

"Enough! All of you, go back. There's a caretaker here to look after me!"

Qiao Xin's sudden outburst left everyone stunned. Zhao Wenjing's face darkened, and she looked displeased at Qiao Xin.

"Why are you losing your temper? Last night you had an emergency and hurriedly called us to the hospital, your sister came all the way here while her leg injury hadn't healed to take care of you all night, and now you are making us deal with your mood!"

"Mom, my sister must be feeling unwell due to complications, you and dad go back first, I'm enough here."

Qiao Yi pushed Zhao Wenjing out, Qiao Benqing looked at his pale eldest daughter on the bed, said to rest well and left with her.

Everyone in the room went out, and Qiao Xin suddenly, like a madwoman, swept all the items from the bedside table onto the floor.

Qiao Yi had sent Qiao Benqing and Zhao Wenjing away and just reached the door when she heard the noises of Qiao Xin smashing things inside, she frowned and pushed the door open.

"What are you doing back here! Are you here to mock me!"

"I'm not in the mood to mock you, if you weren't my sister, you should be in jail by now."

Qiao Yi went back to her bed, called the caretaker to clean up the mess in the room.

"Who needs your false goodwill! If you dare, go ahead and report me! You, a slut that everyone has used, who would believe you..."

"Slap!"

Qiao Xin looked dazedly at Qiao Yi, seemingly unable to believe that Qiao Yi had actually hit her.

Qiao Yi's hand felt numb, she clenched it lightly, and slapped Qiao Xin on the other cheek.

"Since childhood, mom and dad have favored me a bit more, I cared about you so I always treated you nicely, gave you everything you liked, all the best, yet what I got in return was your ruthless sabotage!"

"Qiao Xin, do you have a heart, are you even human!"

Qiao Xin looked at the red-eyed Qiao Yi, even somewhat afraid to meet her gaze.

"It was clearly you who..."

"Qiao Xin, I want you to remember, whether our parents were biased or not, I never owed you anything, I told dad I didn't want to join the company just to ensure your smooth entry, I declined dad's idea of transferring his shares to me just so that you could have more assets."

"Qiao Xin, if you have even a little bit of conscience, you should reflect on how I've treated you over the years and how you've treated me!"

After Qiao Yi finished speaking, she turned around and left, afraid that if she stayed she would end up fighting with Qiao Xin.

"You, why are you here?"

As Qiao Yi opened the door, she saw Lu Yanchuan standing there and quickly wiped the tears from her face.

"I came to bring you food, I'm also here to take you home."

Lu Yanchuan was holding a pink rabbit lunch box, which clearly didn't suit his demeanor, from his expression, he probably didn't like the lunch box much either.

Qiao Yi's mood immediately brightened, she took the lunch box from Lu Yanchuan's hands and hugged it to her chest.

"Mr. Lu, please take me back to my house. I'll keep the lunch box."