Worried about her father, Lin Wanyi tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.
Wang Hao also spent the whole night smoking; both of them were preoccupied with their own heavy thoughts.
At the break of dawn, Lin Wanyi dragged her luggage, ready to leave. Wang Hao followed her:
"Do you really not want me to go back with you?"
Lin Wanyi shook her head. Wang Hao grabbed the suitcase from her hand:
"Then let me drop you off at the airport."
It took two hours to get from the village to the airport. A taxi would cost hundreds, and there were no suitable bus schedules.
Since Lin Wanyi didn't have much money right now, she could only nod and agree to let Wang Hao drive them.
Before getting into the car, Liu Chunlan surprisingly didn't try to stop them, nor did she say an extra word.
She even enthusiastically gave Keke a steamed bun to eat:
"It's a journey of several hours. Don't go hungry, Keke. This is a bun Grandma went out to the street early this morning specifically to buy for you."
Along the way, Lin Wanyi felt a sense of unease. She kept feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out exactly what it was.
Her younger brother kept sending her messages:
[Sis, you need to hurry up. Dad's condition is very bad.]
[I feel like he's just waiting for you. His eyes keep staring at the ward door.]
[Sis, is Dad really going to leave us?]
Lin Wanyi tried with all her might to hold back her tears, while Wang Hao drove faster and faster.
However, right after they entered the airport lobby, before they even had time to check in their luggage...
Keke suddenly started struggling to breathe. She grabbed Lin Wanyi's hand:
"Mommy, I don't feel well, I..."
Lin Wanyi hurriedly held her. In the next second, Keke began to gasp for air with her mouth wide open, white foam bubbling at the corners of her lips.
Oh no.
These were the symptoms of a peanut allergy.
Keke had eaten peanuts once when she was little and had these exact symptoms. The doctor said she was allergic to peanuts, and eating too much could cause her to go into shock or even endanger her life.
Since that time, she had never given Keke a single peanut. Why was this happening today?
She couldn't worry about anything else and quickly called Wang Hao, who had just left.
But Keke was already having severe breathing difficulties; they couldn't wait for Wang Hao.
Airport staff helped call for an ambulance.
The ambulance wailed as it sped toward the hospital.
Thinking back to that time a few years ago when Keke almost left her, Lin Wanyi's heart leaped into her throat.
She kept screaming in her heart:
"She can't be in danger. My daughter absolutely cannot be in danger."
Fortunately, the treatment was timely. The doctor said that if they had been a moment later, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
After the doctor finished speaking, Lin Wanyi slumped to the ground in a cold sweat.
When Wang Hao rushed over, Lin Wanyi forcefully slapped him across the face:
"Wang Hao, did you give Keke peanuts to eat?
"You know perfectly well she's allergic to peanuts, and you still gave them to her?
"She is your daughter! Even if you don't like her, she's still your daughter. How could you be so cruel?"
Wang Hao desperately defended himself, "I didn't, it wasn't me! I know she's allergic to peanuts, how could I intentionally give her peanuts?
"Wife, calm down, calm down. Think back carefully. I woke up with you this morning, and I didn't give Keke anything to eat.
"I really didn't give her anything. It was..."
He suddenly shut his mouth because he remembered the bun Liu Chunlan had given Keke.
Lin Wanyi naturally thought of it too, her fingers clenching tightly into fists.
"It was your mother, Wang Hao. All morning, the only thing Keke ate was the bun your mother gave her.
"Only her. I was wondering why she was suddenly so kind! She never wants to spend a single cent on Keke all year round, so why would she suddenly buy her a bun today?
"Why didn't I think of this? Why didn't I think of this?"
Lin Wanyi pounded her own head, furious at herself for not stopping it at the time.
Furious at herself for being so careless.
Wang Hao couldn't believe it. "Wife, you must be overthinking it. Why would my mom do that?
"Keke is her own granddaughter. Why would she want to harm Keke?
"It's impossible. Please don't let your imagination run wild."
"How am I letting my imagination run wild?"
Lin Wanyi punched Wang Hao in the chest:
"She did it on purpose to stop me from visiting my family! How can I go back when Keke is in the hospital?
"Tell me, can I still go back now?"
"I want to call the police. I'm calling the police right now!
"She dared to harm my daughter, and I will definitely make her pay the price."
Lin Wanyi took out her phone, about to call the police, but Wang Hao hurriedly held her hand down:
"Don't be impulsive, wife. Keke has been saved. Don't call the police. Wait for me to call and ask her first. Wait for me to ask."
Wang Hao took his phone to the balcony. As soon as the call connected, Liu Chunlan's smug laughter came through:
"Hahaha, son, those two little wretches didn't manage to leave, did they?"
Wang Hao turned pale with shock and asked her:
"Mom, what do you mean? How did you know they didn't leave?"
"Hehe!"
Liu Chunlan sounded like she had everything under control:
"You don't need to worry about it. As long as they didn't get on the plane, it's fine.
"Son, can we get a refund if they didn't take the flight? It's a thousand or two."
Wang Hao hung up the phone and turned his head, only to see Lin Wanyi's face full of fury.
He hurriedly tried to grab Lin Wanyi's hand:
"Wife, listen to me, listen to me."
Lin Wanyi slapped him across the face again:
"There's nothing left to say, Wang Hao. Let your mother talk to the police."
Wang Keke remained unconscious. Lin Jiajun sent another message:
[Sis, are you about to board the plane? I'm heading to the airport to pick you up now.]
[Is brother-in-law not coming back with you?]
Lin Wanyi gripped her phone tightly, trembling.
She didn't know how to tell her brother that she couldn't go back now.
It would be at least two days later; she couldn't leave Keke behind.
If Liu Chunlan dared to feed her peanuts, what else was she capable of doing?
Having not received a reply from her, her mother called.
Lin Wanyi finally couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into loud sobs:
"Mom, Keke suddenly got sick. I really can't leave right now.
"I can't make it today, I..."
There was silence on her mother's end for a long time. She only heard her father's weak voice:
"We never should have agreed to let her marry so far away, we never should have agreed!"
Her brother took the phone from their mother:
"Sis, take care of Keke first. Come back when she's better.
"I'm here for Dad, don't worry."
How could she not worry?
But on one side was her daughter, and on the other was her father.
Separated by over a thousand kilometers, what could she do?
She lay over Keke's hospital bed, weeping softly. She was afraid of waking Keke up, but she really couldn't hold it back anymore.
Watching her trembling shoulders, Wang Hao also felt a bitter taste in his heart.
He tried to reach out to hug her, to comfort her.
But Lin Wanyi wouldn't let him come near her at all.
He could only try to comfort her with words:
"Wife, don't panic. Keke is fine now, and Dad will be fine too.
"As soon as Keke wakes up, you can hurry and leave. I'll take care of her, okay?"
Lin Wanyi kept her head buried and continued to cry.
How could she still trust Wang Hao or anyone from the Wang family?
She could only trust herself.
After crying for who knows how long, Keke softly called out, "Mommy!"
Her own mother's phone call also came at this exact moment:
"Wanyi, your father...
"He... he's gone!"
The taut string of her nerves finally snapped. Lin Wanyi hugged Wang Keke and wailed in agony.
Wang Hao was also thrown into a panic.
He kept saying, "No, that's impossible.
"How could it be so fast?"
