Chapter 165
“Lydia …” Lim Toby said with a straight face, “Go back to Shen Ron and don’t come back here.”
Cheng Lydia’s looked at him and smiled bitterly, “Don’t you know that Shen Ron’s wife has woken up and we’re divorced.”
“Really?” Lim Toby was stunned; he’d assumed she was happy since he’d last seen them happily shopping at the supermarket together, and with his poor health over the last month or two, he’d been gradually paying less attention to her.
Cheng Lydia nodded and smiled tearfully, “But it’s good, so I can go back to you without worry.”
It just so happened that Feng Ann gave birth and needed to sit for the month and Lim Toby needed her so badly.
“Don’t you come back to me.” Lim Toby refused.
Cheng Lydia, however, insisted, “Last time you could have removed me from, but not this time.”
“Lydia, I’m talking to you seriously.”
“And I’m not joking with you.”
Before Cheng Lydia came in, she had already been to the attending doctor to find out about Lim Toby’s condition, terminal stomach cancer, with no more than three months left to live.
He’d had an operation three years ago, but it hadn’t eradicated the condition. What made her feel most guilty was that three years ago was the first year of her new marriage to him, he had been sick, he had gone for surgery and she hadn’t known about it. Was there a more irresponsible wife in the world than her?
“Ann will take care of me, don’t worry.” Lim Toby patted her hand soothingly.
Cheng Lydia shook her head, “Don’t lie to me, Feng Ann has told me that you are not married at all, nor are you lovers, and that she will be staying in the house for the month from today and can’t take care of you at all.”
“By the way, you don’t know yet, do you, Feng Ann has just gone into the delivery room.” Cheng Lydia struggled to squeeze out a delighted smile, “Lim Toby, you’re going to be a father soon.”
“Really?” Lim Toby did laugh along with him.
“I think the baby should be out by this time.” No sooner had Cheng Lydia’s words left her lips than Lim Edith came rushing in from outside, a flash of displeasure on her face at the sight of Cheng Lydia, and then squeezing her away from Lim Toby’s bed, she smiled and said to Lim Toby, “Brother, my sister-in-law has given you a pair of dragon and phoenix babies, they’re beautiful, look, I’ve specially used phone to take a picture for you to see.”
Lim Edith handed the phone to Lim Toby and on the screen, a pair of cute little pink babies were sleeping with their eyes closed.
“Brother, the little baby looks super like you, right?”
“It’s too small to see.” Lim Toby stared longingly at the phone screen moo, a doting look gradually appearing on his face.
“How’s Ann she doing?” He looked up at Lim Edith.
“She’s fine, the delivery went pretty well, and Mom and her sister-in-law are taking care of her. I would have carried them over to you if I hadn’t been afraid of harming her with germs.”
Lim Toby nodded and handed the phone to Cheng Lydia with a smile that couldn’t hide his excitement, “I’m a dad.”
Cheng Lydia took the phone and looked at the cute little couple on the photo and was touched that Lim Toby was now a father and that The Lim Family had a successor. This is the reason why Lim Toby found a surrogate mother in the first place, he finally got his wish in his lifetime.
“Congratulations.” Cheng Lydia said from the bottom of her heart.
“By the way, what are you doing running to my brother’s place?” Lim Edith snatched the phone back from Cheng Lydia’s hand and stared at her without good grace, “The doctor said my brother needs to get some rest, so don’t come here to disturb him if you have nothing to do.”
“I’m sorry.” Cheng Lydia leaned over and took Lim Toby’s hand and said softly, “Lim Toby you get some rest, don’t worry, I won’t leave.”
“Lydia …”
“Don’t say anything, I’m a doctor, I’m better suited to stay with you and take care of you than anyone else.” Cheng Lydia stood up straight and turned to Lim Edith, “Edith, I want to talk to you, is that okay?”
Cheng Lydia didn’t care if Lim Edith said yes or no, she pulled her and headed for the door.
“What do you want to talk to me about?” Lim Edith said as she reached the elevator room, shaking her hand off without a word.NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.
Cheng Lydia looked at her, wiped a mist of tears from her eyes, and took a light breath, “What I’m trying to say is that whatever our past transgressions were, let bygones be bygones. What we need to do now is to unite and love each other, serve your brother well, stay with him well, and let him walk his last journey happily and happily.”
Lim Edith’s tears were also streaming down her face as Cheng Lydia took her hand, “You must already know why Lim Toby kicked me out of The Lim Family, he loved me so much, missed me so much, needed me so much. And as a doctor I was unable to keep him alive, I was so sad and heartbroken, I wanted to stay by his side …”
Cheng Lydia’s tears dripped onto the backs of both of their hands and she couldn’t say any more.
Lim Edith, however, shook off her hand and glared at her angrily, “Cheng Lydia, don’t pretend! You are now the noble young lady of The Shen Family, you and Shen Ron are so in love and so happy, you still have the heart to care about my brother’s life? Why don’t you take your hypocritical heart back? Don’t mess with my brother again!”
Cheng Lydia shook her head, “Shen Ron and I are divorced, and I’m not having as good a time as you think.”
Lim Edith was surprised, clearly not expecting this outcome.
She always thought Cheng Lydia should be happy to be married to Shen Ron.
Inside the Cardiac Surgery Department at Yahn Hospital.
When Dean Zhao and the attending doctor came out from inside the intensive care unit, the old lady immediately struggled to meet them and asked, “How is Ron? Is he still not out of life threatening condition?”
Dean Zhao scrambled to hold the old lady’s unsteady standing body with Zhang Jane, and said with a worried face, “Ron, apart from his heart being bruised, is still mainly stimulated by his grief, all of which is why he has been unconscious.”
“So when will you wake up, it’s the fourth day already.” The old woman whimpered in anxiety.
“Don’t worry, old lady, you’ll wake up today if there’s no accident.”
“Really?”
“It’s possible to wake up, but …” Dean Zhao hesitated for a long time before he cautiously said, “Ron’s illness has dragged on for too long, and if we don’t get a heart transplant, I’m afraid it could stop beating at any time.”
“What do you mean? That it’s been dragging on too long? Didn’t you say last time that Ron’s heart wasn’t too much of a problem? How is it that in the blink of an eye, you need a heart transplant?” The old lady’s heart, which she had managed to put down, hung high once again.
She hadn’t really known that Shen Ron’s body was that fragile since she had fished him out of the water and rushed him to the hospital, but he hadn’t woken up.
After some more hesitation, Dean Cho apologized, “I’m sorry old lady, it was Ron who kept me from telling anyone, so …”
“So you’re hiding it from even me?”
“Ron is also looking out for your health.”
“So what the hell is it now, huh? Is there nothing else to do but a heart transplant?” Elder Mrs. Shen yelled anxiously.
Dean Zhao bowed his head apologetically, “I’m sorry, it was our incompetence.”
“Don’t talk to me about this nonsense, I want my Ron to come alive now …” The old woman whimpered once more.
“Old Lady, you are too sad.” Zhang Jane helped her to sit in the chair next to her.
“Yes, old lady, we’ve been working hard to contact the heart donor, and I’m sure we’ll find one in the near future.”
“If it was really that easy, you would have found it already.” The old woman braced herself to get up from her chair and head inside the ICU.
On the hospital bed, a pale Shen Ron was lying in a coma, the old lady touched a handful of tears on her face with a tissue, leaned over and grabbed his palm and choked out, “Ron, there’s still grandma when June dies, you can’t leave grandma alone, right? You must get well …”
The words June died … drilled into Shen Ron s ears, and the otherwise unconscious man reacted instantly, his eyelashes fluttering lightly.