The runaway Cinderella of the billionaire president

The night is still as dark as before, the cold wind is still as fierce as before, light and shadow are intertwined, time is passing, day and night are changing, the morning of early winter is chilly, and there are only a few pedestrians and early-rising sanitation workers on the road.

When the sanitation worker was sweeping in a small alley, he found what seemed to be a person lying under the dim street light. He thought he was seeing things because of his old eyesight, but when he got closer and took a look, he was so scared that he trembled and sat down on the ground.

There was a woman lying on the ground, her face facing upwards. There was a large pool of blood on the back of her head. The bright red blood was flowing all over the ground in winding ways, which was very scary.

Due to excessive shock, his voice became trembling, and he kept repeating to himself: "Someone is dead, someone is dead."

After a long pause, the sanitation worker stood up tremblingly, moved forward a few steps, put his hand under her nose to check her breath, and found that she was still breathing weakly.

"Ouch, still breathing." After saying that, he looked around and shouted loudly: "Help, hurry up, someone fell and hit his head, and he's bleeding."

Several passers-by gathered around after hearing her cry for help, talking in various words. No one dared to move her forward. A kind-hearted person took off his thick coat and covered her with it. Someone called 120 and the ambulance arrived at the scene soon. After a simple bandage to stop the bleeding, the ambulance lifted her up and drove away.

Zhou Yian, who was still sleeping, was awakened by a shrill cell phone ring. She was so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes and groped for the phone with her hands.

"Hello, yes. I'm Zhou Yian." The voice was weak, hoarse and vague.

"What?" Zhou Yian suddenly opened his eyes and sat up in shock, regaining consciousness.

"Okay, okay, I'll be there right away." Her face turned pale, and the hand holding the phone couldn't stop shaking slightly. Her voice trembled as if she was frightened by something.

"Yi'an, what's wrong with you?" Li Li was also woken up by the phone call. With sleepy eyes, she saw Zhou Yi'an got up in panic. He was so anxious that he even put on his shoes the wrong way. She had never seen Zhou Yi'an like this.

Zhou Yian said anxiously with tears in his eyes: "My mom, my mom fell down and is now in the hospital."

"Oh, no, it's not serious."

"I don't know, I don't know. I'll go over and take a look." Zhou Yian hurriedly packed his things and prepared to go to the hospital.

"Don't panic, don't panic. I, I will go with you." Li Li saw that Zhou Yi'an looked absent-minded and was very worried that she might have an accident.

Sitting in the taxi, Zhou Yian was so nervous that her hands kept shaking. Li Li kept comforting her and holding her hands tightly to calm her down, but she couldn't control her shaking. She murmured to herself, "Li Li, my mom will be fine, right?"

"It's okay, Auntie. There won't be any serious problems. Yi'an, don't scare yourself. It's okay."

Zhou Yian's tears suddenly flowed out, and she couldn't help sobbing softly, "Li Li, I'm so scared. That person just said that my mom fell a bit seriously. I'm really scared."

Li Li felt like a thorn in her throat when she saw Zhou Yian crying. She didn't dare to think about how Zhou Yian, who depended on her for support, would survive if something really happened to Zhou's mother.

The two people rushed to the People's Hospital, and after learning the situation from the front desk, they found the attending physician who was treating Zhou's mother.

"Are you the patient's family member?" The doctor in a white coat asked as a matter of routine, flipping through the medical records with an expressionless face.

"Yes, I am the patient's daughter. How is my mother now?" Even the voice trembled as she asked the question.

"Family members of bed number 2, you need to be mentally prepared. The patient is still in the emergency room. She must have slipped on something icy or something and hit the back of her head. She was found a little late and lost too much blood, so she is still in a coma."

"Is her life in danger?" Zhou Yian mustered up her courage and fearfully asked the question that she didn't want to face but had to face.

"It's still uncertain now. The patient was already in a coma when she came. If it was just an external injury, it would be fine. We just took a CT scan, but we can't tell whether she has intracranial damage yet, so we can't say if the film is out yet. It will be very troublesome if she wakes up with symptoms of impaired consciousness and slurred speech." After the doctor finished speaking, he wrote a bunch of bills and handed them to Zhou Yian, asking her to go to the window to pay the medical expenses first.

Zhou Yian took the list with a pale face, his eyes red but he bit his lip to hold back his tears, and looked around in a daze, his strength was so strong that it made people feel distressed.

Fortunately, Li Li was there to accompany Zhou Yian. She kept comforting her and accompanied her to pay the bills. When they paid the bills and returned to the ward, the doctor came again.

"Ms. Zhou, the results of the X-ray just taken are out. The situation is a bit serious. The patient has intracranial hemorrhage and needs surgery urgently. I need you to sign the surgery notice." The doctor handed her a page of surgery notice with a heavy expression and asked her to choose whether to have the surgery.

Zhou Yian's breathing stagnated when she heard the news. At that moment, she thought of the worst outcome in her mind. She felt a chill on her back and took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down so as not to faint.

She took the surgery notice and looked at the clauses and conditions listed on it. Every line in the risk assessment said that it could endanger her life. She felt extremely depressed and uncomfortable. She couldn't imagine how she would face it if the surgery failed.

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath and exhaled, struggled internally, and finally opened her eyes, pretending to be calm and signed the operation form.

After receiving the surgery notice, the doctor immediately arranged for personnel to perform emergency surgery.

From the time the incident happened until now, Zhou Yian hasn't even seen her mother. She sat slumped at the door of the operating room with her head in her hands, her face buried deeply between her knees, sobbing silently, her shoulders shaking constantly, which was heartbreaking to see.

Li Li squatted beside her and looked at Zhou Yian with a distressed face. She kept stroking her back. She had not drunk a drop of water from morning till now. The operation had been going on for four hours. Zhou Yian's head was hidden in her knees the whole time. She occasionally looked up with bloodshot eyes. She stared at the indicator light on the operating room with a dull look and said nothing.

"Yi'an, I bought some water and bread. You should eat something first. Don't just go without food or drink. Auntie will need your care when she wakes up." Li Li said softly, unscrewing the bottle cap and putting the water in her hand.

Zhou Yian slowly raised her head, looked at the water in her hand with lifeless eyes, and took a sip slowly and silently. Seeing that she was willing to eat, Li Li quickly opened the bread in the bag and stuffed it into her hand. She mechanically took the bread and put it into her mouth bite by bite, and tears streamed down her face as she ate.

"Li Li, she will wake up, right?" The voice was weak and helpless.

"Of course I will. Auntie knows you are waiting for her."

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the light in the operating room finally turned from red to green. Zhou Yian was startled and stood up quickly. The door of the operating room slowly opened, and Zhou's mother, who was lying on the transfer bed, was pushed out by the nurse.

Zhou Yian stumbled forward, and when she saw Zhou's mother lying on the hospital bed, her heart ached. She wanted to hug her tightly and cry bitterly, but at this moment, she was like a fragile doll that could not withstand the slightest touch.

Mother Zhou's face was pale and her eyes were closed. Her head was wrapped in layers of gauze, she had an oxygen mask on her face, and there were infusion needles inserted on the backs of her hands. She slept quietly and peacefully on the hospital bed.

She withdrew her outstretched hand before it touched Mother Zhou. She wanted to gently stroke her cheek and tell her not to be afraid, but she was afraid that she would hurt her.

Seeing Zhou Yian cautiously extending his hand and then retracting it, looking pitiful and at a loss, Li Li felt mixed emotions and felt distressed.

"Doctor, how is my mother now?"

"The operation was successful, but the critical period has not passed yet. He needs to be sent to the ICU for observation for a few more days." The doctor took off his mask and said with a tired look on his face.

"So when will she wake up?"

"It depends on the patient's luck. Some may survive three to five days, some three to five years, and some... may never wake up in their entire lives." The doctor's words pulled Zhou Yian out of the valley and pushed her into the abyss. The unbearable heartache was tearing her heart apart, making her feel as if it were being cut by a knife.