Accidental Love

Zheng Shuyi, who was still immersed in shock and disappointment, felt even more indescribable when she heard Shi Yan call "sister".

She knew that the Shi Huaiman who hasn't appeared in public for a long time was here.

She didn't expect that meeting Shi Yan's sister for the first time would be in such an embarrassing situation.

That feeling of being betrayed, she knew it too well.

In addition, they've been married for so many years already. Their dreams shattered in a matter of seconds as everyone started to learn about the scandal. No one could accept such a fact in a short matter of time.

If one wasn't very mentally strong, it was possible they'll even end their lives early.

But right now to Shi Yan's sister, she was just a stranger she met for the first time, she wasn't even in a position to comfort her.

Therefore, before she turned around, she slightly adjusted her expression back to normal.

The hospital corridor was as quiet as a morgue, with waves of cool breezes blowing.

――Two seconds later, Zheng Shuyi turned her head back around and buried it back into Shi Yan's chest.

Although her eyes were open, they didn't move at all.

If it wasn't because of Shi Yan's chest's rise and fall as he breathed, she would have believed that she was dreaming.

She patted her cheeks, calmly took a deep breath, and turned her head around again.

Because she was a little shocked and even felt like everything was just an illusion, she just stood there and studied the eyes, nose, and mouth and the woman in front of her.

After studying her three times, she was sure that it was just an illusion.

The corridor turned quiet for a long time, an extra person now didn't make it lively at all.

Zheng Shuyi turned into a statue, staring at the person in front motionlessly.

Until Shi Yan held her shoulders and said calmly, "Shuyi, call sister."

Call sister.

Sister.

Zheng Shuyi finally blinked. Her toes to neck felt stiff, but her brain felt like being hit by a strike of lightning.

Shi Huaiman is Song Lelan. Song Lelan is Shi Huaiman.

In these few seconds, she tried to change her position and think from a different perspective. 

If one day, her dad brought her to Audy Lau and said to her and her mom, "My wife, in fact, Audy Lau has been the ‘brother' I've been talking about this whole time. Now that he's here, are you happy?"

How would my mom react?

She would probably faint on the spot.

Although Zheng Shuyi felt like she was also only a strand of hair away from fainting right now too.

That strand of hair could barely support her throat to make a sound.

"Sis…ter."

The dry words could make people worry if she should be the one in the ER right now.

Song Lelan nodded expressionlessly.

Because she didn't know what kind of expression she should put on after hearing the speech of her talking smack about a celebrity she used to like.

But the next second, she heard the girl in front of her say, "You really look a lot like Song Lelan."

Song Lelan still didn't know what expression to show. She could only nod again.

"Mm, that's what everyone says."

“……”

Song Lelan's words brought Zheng Shuyi's embarrassment to the top of Mount Everest.

She experienced "social death"1ocial death is a popular Internet word in China that meant embarrassing oneself in public so bad that one wishes to make herself disappear from society for the second time.

And it was the type of death that had no chance for reincarnation.

Suddenly, a nurse opened the door from the ward and signaled Song Lelan to enter.

She replied that she understood and looked back at Zheng Shuyi and Shi Yan, "Then I'll go in now."

Zheng Shuyi didn't move nor make a sound, only Shi Yan gave a quiet "Mm".

Song Lelan turned and went towards the ward.

At the same time, Zheng Shuyi looked at the empty corridor in front and said coldly, "Do you have something you want to tell me?"

After Song Lelan heard, she suddenly stopped and turned her head over, "Oh yes, I got married, but I forgot to tell my fans about that.”

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

She was asking Shi Yan.

——

When the ward door closed, Zheng Shuyi slowly turned to look at Shi Yan.

She looked at Shi Yan blankly with the same expression as if she had lost her soul.

At this time, Shi Yan, whose niece was on the hospital bed and whose sister was experiencing one of the most heartbreaking moments of her life, still wanted to laugh.

She reached out and touched Zheng Shuyi's hair. Even at the hospital, she couldn't help but reach forward and kiss by her ear.

"How can you be so cute?"

Zheng Shuyi didn't feel moved at all because of this kiss.

Her eyes seemed blank as she asked emotionlessly, "Is it funny?"

If Shi Yan knew that his answer would determine whether he would sleep in the living room or the guest room tonight, he definitely wouldn't have――continued to laugh.

——

In the ward, Qin Shiyue saw Song Lelan coming in and immediately wanted to cry.

"Mom, I saw the news."

She lowered her head and said while sobbing, "Sorry."

Song Lelan sighed.

"Silly, what do you have to be sorry about?"

In the past few years, she has spent great efforts to hide her marriage situation in order to give her family a normal life. She didn't want them to be affected by her, where everything they did would attract media attention.

But when receiving the call saying that Qin Shiyue was unconscious from a car accident, she stopped caring about hiding the secret anymore and arrived at the hospital from her show recording as soon as possible.

What she experienced in her heart during this half-hour journey was difficult for anyone who has never been a mother to empathize with.

So when she heard that Qin Shiyue was okay, Song Lelan felt like she just broke free from the depths of hell, all her energy drained out of her body.

At that moment, she didn't think of her identity as a celebrity and also forgot her behavior over the years. She couldn't help crying silently while holding her husband in the crowded hospital.

No one could be blamed for her photo being taken.

Soon, Qin Xiaoming and some others also arrived.

In less than two hours, Song Lelan's affair with him has already traveled all over the Internet.

So after making sure that Qin Shiyue was okay, he was surrounded by calls, even his assistant's and secretary's phones were exploding with calls.

At the same time, the traffic police and the driver responsible for the accident also came.

In this accident, Qin Shiyue was the victim.

She had nothing to do in the afternoon and found an excuse to ask Yu You out, but she was rejected, so she decided to drive around and relax her thoughts.

But in the end, not only didn't she get to relax, a car from the lane beside driving in the opposite direction suddenly came towards her, scaring the soul out of her. She quickly turned the wheel and ended up hitting the tree beside the road.

When she woke up, she was already at the hospital.

Fortunately, she just fainted from being scared, and there wasn't much physical harm.

But when she woke up and heard that the driver caused the accident because he had a fever and was drowsy driving after taking medicine, she almost passed out from anger.

The driver was a young man. He finally felt relieved after seeing that other than Qin Shiyue's face which was a little pale there weren't any other injuries.

But the second the traffic police mentioned "compensation", the driver remembered the price of the sports car and immediately started to tremble.

A big man like him almost started to cry as he begged. Song Lelan was a little annoyed and didn't want to see him either.

To her, as long as Qin Shiyue was fine, nothing else mattered.

So she lowered the brim of her hat and waved, "It's fine, as long as no one's hurt, I don't want to fuss about it."

The second she finished, Qin Shiyue immediately sat up from the bed.

"What no fuss?! Does he think he's lucky that he didn't kill me?!"

"How could such a person graduate from driving school?! Does he not understand what drowsy driving is?! Why the hell is he driving when he can't even open his eyes?!"

”Today I didn't die because I'm young and had a fast reaction. What if I happen to be a sick grandma?!"

"If we don't teach him a lesson he'll continue to harm others!"

Everyone in the ward, including the police and the doctor, was speechless from surprise.

Everyone looked at Qin Shiyue dumbfoundedly, listening to this wealthy lady say solemnly, "Make him pay! My car! My hospital bill! And my mental damages!"

"Everything! He must pay even if it means selling everything!"

”I! Need! Every! Single! Cent! To! Be! Paid!"

After speaking, her chest was still rising up and down from the yelling, having trouble calming down.

Until she turned her head and saw Shi Yan and Zheng Shuyi at the door.

And Yu You, who she didn't know when he appeared.

Realizing that the image of her being a dignified princess was suddenly broken, she slowly turned her head back over, closed her eyes, and decided to leave this beautiful world behind.

——

Since Qin Shiyue was okay, it wasn't very convenient for everyone to continue to stay at the hospital.

Qin Xiaoming stayed to accompany Qin Shiyue since, in comparison, Song Lelan's public relations was much more urgent.

When Shi Yan sent Song Lelan away, many reporters had already surrounded the hospital.

There were ones from TV stations, newspapers, and entertainment reporters from various companies. With all their giant cameras set up, it attracted the attention of many pedestrians passing by.

Song Lelan was very experienced in dealing with these kinds of situations. She wouldn't give them the chance to find her, so she didn't appear at the front door and parking lot at all.

But Zheng Shuyi wasn't as calm anymore.

Not too long ago, she still thought that the hurried group photo at the airport would be the only close contact between her and Song Lelan in her life.

After all, ordinary people and the famous seemed to be separated by a barrier. They were always on the screen, a place where they could see but never reach. Sometimes, it even made people think that they lived in another parallel universe.

Yet in the blink of an eye, she was informed that the big celebrity that everyone knows about was her boyfriend's sister, biological too.

After spending only an hour to accept this reality, Zheng Shuyi felt like she was already doing pretty well.

So before Song Lelan got into the car, Zheng Shuyi finally remembered the belated apology.

"I'm sorry, sis, sister… I said those today because I didn't know you were Xiao Yue's mother."

"It's okay, those who don't know aren't guilty."

She turned her head to look at Shi Yan, "But Shi Yan never told you?"

“……”

Song Lelan didn't know that this seemingly reasonable question she just asked had already pushed her own brother into the abyss of death.

——

The setting sun was the color of blood, going below the horizon like a slow-motion movie shot.

After watching Song Lelan's van leave, Shi Yan raised his hand, trying to take his girlfriend to the parking lot.

But just as he touched her fingertips, he was pushed away.

Shi Yan was caught off guard and was even pushed back a few steps.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Zheng Shuyi.

"What is it?"

You have the face to ask what is it?

This second, you turned single.

Zheng Shuyi turned her head and walked towards the front doors of the hospital. Her steps were big and her mood was angry. This made Shi Yan clearly feel that he was about to be ditched behind.

He quickly went up and said with a pleading tone, "Shuyi?"

Not only did Zheng Shuyi ignore him, her steps even grew bigger.

Shi Yan reached out his hand to pull her back, but his hand was thrown back again.

Pull again, same results.

Until she had walked out of the hospital's door, Shi Yan grabbed her hand firmly and she couldn't break free at all.

Zheng Shuyi didn't struggle meaninglessly as she stood still.

She looked at the opposite street angrily, not even giving a glance at the man beside her.

Shi Yan tilted his head and looked at her.

"Angry?"

Zheng Shuyi ignored.

With all the people on the street, with Shi Yan's knowledge of Zheng Shuyi, he was certain that she wouldn't make a commotion, so he said, "Let's talk about it after we get home."

Zheng Shuyi: "I don't have a home."

Shi Yan: "…"

He sighed lightly, walked in front of her, and bent his back slightly to comfort her.

"I didn't tell you this at first because I wanted to give you a surprise."

But the surprise turned into shock.

Didn't it? 

Zheng Shuyi sneered and looked away.

Shi Yan reached out, held her cheek, and rubbed his thumb lightly on it, "Stop being angry, please?"

Zheng Shuyi still didn't speak. She looked past him and was staring at a place on the opposite street.

She looked for a long time.

Shi Yan's eyes flashed slightly and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Zheng Shuyi blinked as if she was thinking very seriously, "I'm wondering if they accept ditched boyfriends."

Shi Yan followed her eyes and turned around too.

On the opposite street, there was a dilapidated shop with a big sign: Recycle Old Items.

And a slightly broken megaphone yelling: "Recycle ~ Your ~ Junk ~ Here!~We~pay~cash!"

• 1ocial death is a popular Internet word in China that meant embarrassing oneself in public so bad that one wishes to make herself disappear from society