Feng Qing tried hard to calm her breathing and keep herself composed. Her eyes, sore from fear, were throbbing painfully.
She had no mood to sit down at all. Only when she could hardly stand did she crouch against the wall.
The windows in the corridor still let in the daylight. Feng Qing waited there in the changing light from day till night.
When it was completely dark, the light in the operating room went out.
Supported by Sheng Yan, Feng Qing managed to take two steps towards the doctor. "Doctor! How's my father?!"
She grabbed the doctor's clothes as if it were the last straw.
Please, Dad must be safe...
The previous two times, he had escaped danger. While Feng Qing was still praying that her father could turn the corner again.
The doctor took off his mask and apologized to Feng Qing with a dejected look. "Sorry, we've done our best."
Feng Qing's hands instantly lost their strength and she slumped to the ground. Her eyes widened in disbelief. Her gaze became empty and numb as tears streamed down uncontrollably.
Sheng Yan wanted to help her up, but she grabbed his arm instead. It seemed that she had lost her senses. He could feel the pain when she held on tightly, using all her strength, as if hoping that he could deny the result in front of her.
"My father is okay, right? He came out safely like the previous two times, right? The doctor was just lying to me." As she spoke, Feng Qing knelt on the ground, crying and laughing to herself. "Lying, it's all a lie. Dad is perfectly fine. He's fine."
Sheng Yan put his hand on her shoulder, hoping she could calm down. Falling into such self - hypnosis was not a good thing for Feng Qing.
Suddenly, Feng Qing pushed his hand away. When she got up from the ground, she also pushed him down and then ran away like a madwoman.
"Feng Qing!" Just as Sheng Yan was about to chase after her, he remembered that Feng Shengyang's body hadn't been taken care of yet. He didn't know who else he could ask for help, so he quickly called Qi Zhicheng.
"Hello, it's me. Come to the hospital right away. Chairman Feng has passed away."
Sheng Yan was worried about Feng Qing's situation and didn't dare to waste time talking more. After hanging up the phone, he chased in the direction Feng Qing had run.
Sheng Yan asked people along the way and finally confirmed that Feng Qing had run to the rooftop. His steps became even more urgent. He was deeply afraid that if he was a bit late, something bad would happen to Feng Qing.
The last time he came to see the chairman, the chairman had also been sent for rescue, but his condition had been improving. Why was it so sudden...
He didn't have time to think about it. The chairman was gone. He couldn't let anything happen to Feng Qing.
When he reached the rooftop, he found that Feng Qing had climbed to the edge of it.
"Feng Qing!"
Feng Qing was wearing a simple woolen overcoat. Her hair was in a mess in the wind. Hearing him call her name, she slowly turned her head to look at him.
Her eyes and nose tip were red. One could clearly see her breath disappearing with the wind when she let out a soft sigh.
"Don't do anything stupid! Chairman Feng wouldn't want you to be like this. He hoped that you would live a good life!"
Sheng Yan felt that she was like a leaf. As long as the wind blew, she would fall like a dead leaf to the ground.
Tears fell one by one onto her cuffs, seeping in and disappearing without leaving a single trace of color. Maybe people were just like this, coming into this world and then leaving.
They came and then they left.
Feng Qing slowly shook her head. "You don't understand at all. Dad is gone. I have nothing left."
Everything had left her.
"No, you still have me! At least you still have me!" Sheng Yan got closer to her step by step, urgently calculating how to get Feng Qing away from the dangerous place.
"You?" Feng Qing let out a soft sigh. "Sheng Yan, we should have stopped five years ago. It was my fault. I shouldn't have chosen you, and I shouldn't have gotten involved with you like this."
She crossed the other leg over the guardrail. As long as she let go, she would fall. Sheng Yan's heart was in his throat and almost jumped out.
"No! Even... even if there's no me, you still have your husband! You still have Cathy! Cathy is so cute and she's still so young! She can't be without a mother!"
"Feng Qing, we've both had a tough childhood. You should be able to imagine how Cathy will grow up. Do you want her to suffer the pain that she shouldn't have to bear?"
Sheng Yan said a lot. It seemed that he had convinced Feng Qing. She stopped all her movements, as if thinking about Cathy's future.
Sheng Yan quickly rushed over, grabbed Feng Qing's waist and pulled her forcefully towards the inside, bringing her to a safe place.
He fell to the ground with Feng Qing in his arms. Before he could even cry out in pain, he saw Feng Qing close her eyes.
"Feng Qing? Feng Qing!"
***
When Feng Qing woke up, it was already dawn. She clearly realized that it was a new day, but just yesterday, she had lost the only relative she had in this world.
She had never prepared for her father's departure. But somehow, it seemed that all of this was her due punishment.
She used to be selfish, only caring about herself and neglecting family affection. Now all the sins had come back to her.
But she was really heart - broken.
She stared at the blank window outside, listening to the howling north wind. Her heart felt even more desolate.
She got out of bed and walked to the window. She still had the urge to jump. If Sheng Yan hadn't stopped her yesterday, maybe she would be with her father now.
Their family of three could be reunited earlier.
The door behind her was pushed open. Feng Qing didn't turn around. It didn't matter who came at this time.
No one could save or replace what she had lost.
Qi Zhicheng picked up Sheng Yan's coat on the sofa and put it on her shoulders. "You're in a bad mood now. It's easy for you to get sick. Keep warm."
Feng Qing didn't say a word and didn't move. She still stared blankly outside.
"I know it's cruel to say this to you now, but you're Chairman Feng's only daughter. You need to take care of his funeral."
Suddenly, Feng Qing laughed, but the short laugh was quickly blown away by the cold wind, as if nothing had happened just now.
"Does Dad really need me?"
She had always been protected by her father. She once said that she would manage Fengxing well and make her father proud. But in the end, her father witnessed how Fengxing changed hands in her hands in the last few months before his death.
She was clearly an unfilial daughter.
"Of course he does." Qi Zhicheng was very firm. "Why did the chairman spit blood, go into shock and pass away when his condition was improving? No one but you can find out the answer."
After he said that, Feng Qing's mind was filled with what the nurse had told her yesterday, the news her father saw before he went into shock.
And the nurse's last words - "Actually, I think you look a bit like that woman."