Chapter 2568 - 372:

Chapter 2568: Chapter 372:

Mo Xiuchen understood his daughter; she didn’t want to drag Ye Zhan down with her.

Wen Ran stayed in the room with Momo. She was in pain, but this was only the beginning; compared to those hardest days back then, it was already much better.

Relying on her own willpower, Momo could grit her teeth and endure.

Mo Xiuchen went downstairs and did not actually arrange for Momo to leave G City. Instead, he dialed Ye Zhan’s number at once.

The call connected after only a single ring. Through the radio waves and the cold night, Ye Zhan’s worried voice came, "Dad, did Momo wake up?"

Mo Xiuchen lifted his eyes toward the second floor, thinking of how upset Momo had just been, and how desperately she had wanted to leave.

His voice was slightly heavy as he spoke, "Mm, Momo woke up early. Ah Zhan, I’m going to take her abroad."

"Dad, I’ll be home right away."

When Ye Zhan spoke again, his low voice was thick with emotion.

"You’re back?"

Mo Xiuchen was slightly stunned.

When Ye Zhan left that afternoon, he had said he’d be back before noon tomorrow.

He hadn’t expected him to rush back overnight.

"Yes, I’ll be there in a few minutes."

"All right, I’ll wait for you to come back."

Mo Xiuchen didn’t say anything more and ended the call.

Ten minutes later, Ye Zhan arrived at the Mo family home.

As soon as he came in, Mo Xiuchen stood up from the sofa, crushed out the cigarette in his hand, and asked Ye Zhan, "Have you taken care of everything in the Imperial City?"

Ye Zhan nodded, his tall, slender figure standing in the living room, his gaze anxiously fixed on the second floor. "Dad, I’ve already taken care of everything over there in the Imperial City. Since Momo wants to leave, I’ll take her away."

"And your work?"

"That’s arranged too. Dad, I’ll go up and see Momo first."

Before Mo Xiuchen could tell him to go upstairs, Ye Zhan couldn’t wait any longer and spoke up.

Before the words were even finished, his legs were already moving.

"..."

Looking at his anxious appearance, Mo Xiuchen’s heart was faintly moved, and he didn’t stop him.

Ye Zhan took the stairs two at a time and headed straight for Momo’s room.

He pushed open the door and saw Momo sitting on the bed with her arms wrapped around herself, Wen Ran sitting at the edge of the bed holding her. Ye Zhan’s heart felt as if a sharp blade had been driven hard into it, and a piercing pain shot through him in an instant.

He called out hoarsely, "Momo."

Then strode over quickly.

Momo’s face instantly went pale when her gaze collided with his. The eyes that had still been brimming with sadness just a second ago were suddenly flooded with a layer of complicated emotion as she stared blankly at him walking up to her.

When Ye Zhan walked over, Wen Ran rose to her feet and stepped aside.

That familiar masculine scent rushed to her, and Momo’s slightly trembling body fell into the man’s warm, solid embrace.

"Did my dad ask you to come?"

Momo still didn’t know that Ye Zhan had gone to the Imperial City.

She had just been thinking that in the dead of night, she could slip away quietly.

The man’s warm lips landed on the skin of her forehead, and Momo’s body stiffened as she heard him say gently, "No. I went back to the Imperial City to deal with some things. Momo, I’ll go abroad with you for treatment."

"..."

Momo looked at Ye Zhan in utter shock.

All of a sudden, she felt unbearably sad.

She tried hard to push Ye Zhan, who was holding her, away, but with just a bit more strength from his arms, she couldn’t struggle at all.

She stared at his chiseled, handsome features, and when she clearly saw the determination and resolve in his eyes, her heart couldn’t help but sink lower and lower.

Tears suddenly slipped down.

"Momo, don’t cry."

Ye Zhan’s heart gave a violent jolt. Momo’s tears were like searing molten iron branding his heart. His arms tightened around her in a sudden grip, and, distressed, he raised a hand to wipe away her tears, but the more he wiped, the faster they fell.

She cried softly in his arms.

And his heart twisted with pain along with her.

After a long while, her emotions finally calmed a little. She lifted her tear-filled eyes to look at him. "Ye Zhan, can we set a time limit?"

"No."

Ye Zhan rejected her proposal without the slightest hesitation.

He didn’t want to set any time limit with her.

"I’m scared."

Momo choked out an admission of her own cowardice. She was scared—afraid that the way she would become would make him despise her.

Even she herself despised that version of her.

"I’ll stay with you the whole time, Momo. Don’t be so cruel to me, okay?"

"..."

Was she being cruel?

Maybe.

Lowering her eyes, she thought in desolation, what was good about her? Cowardly, selfish, weak,

...and this ruined body that had been ravaged by illness, one that would take years to nurse back to health, if it could ever be done at all. She might not be able to give him a child in this lifetime.

All the issues she had selfishly been hiding in the depths of her heart for some time were mercilessly exposed at this moment.

"Momo, are you mad at me?"

Seeing Momo stare blankly without saying a word, Ye Zhan had no idea what she was thinking.

Anxiety surged in his chest again.

His long fingers brushed her cheek, forcing her to meet his gaze.

Her eyes were clouded with confusion. Meeting his eyes, she froze for a moment before saying softly, "Ye Zhan, I’m afraid it’ll be like before. I don’t want you to see me like that again."

"It won’t."

Ye Zhan held her tightly, his forehead resting against hers.

He wanted to pass on to her a strength, a warmth, a love that would make her unable to push him away.

"We’ll leave G City tomorrow and go to the city overseas where you lived before. I’ll stay there with you to nurse your body back to health. Momo, don’t scare yourself. Maybe it’ll be fine."

"..."

In the end, Momo couldn’t help but turn her hand over to clasp his. "Ye Zhan, don’t blame yourself."

Ye Zhan looked at her intently for a few seconds, then said gently, "Momo, I love you."

It wasn’t a confession; Ye Zhan was simply stating his feelings calmly.

He loved her—so much he didn’t know what to do with himself.

Momo wanted to say, Ye Zhan, don’t be like this, but when the words reached her lips, they came out differently.

After a moment of silence, she struggled lightly. "I want to go to the bathroom."