Rumble.
The piercing sound of thunder seemed particularly sinister in the quiet hospital corridor. As the thunder faded, the sound of wind mixed with rain furiously roared in.
Munni sat on the bench in the hallway outside the emergency room, her delicate features enveloped by heartbreaking helplessness and fear. She repeatedly dialed a number ingrained in her mind.
Yet, all she received was the cold, mechanical voice of a woman—"Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently switched off. Please try again later."
But she seemed not to understand the meaning of that mechanical voice, mechanically continuing to dial again and again, as if by doing so, the other party would turn on the phone and answer her call.
At this moment, the door of the emergency room opened, and a doctor and nurse walked out.
Munni quickly stood up and hurriedly asked, "Doctor Zhang, how is my father's condition?"
Doctor Zhang took off the mask from his face, a trace of heaviness and helplessness showing through, "Munni, I did my best."
Snap.
The sudden bad news left Munni in shock, causing her phone to accidentally tumble to the ground, and the tears that had been lingering in her eyes finally flowed uncontrollably.
Choking up, she asked in disarray, "How could this happen?"
"Actually, your father's heart disease has been acting up frequently lately, but he always refused to let me tell you. Munni, I'm very sorry."
As Doctor Zhang finished speaking, a rush of hurried footsteps suddenly echoed in the hallway.
"Munni."
Munni turned woodenly towards Bai Wan Yun, who called her name — her mother-in-law, and standing beside Bai Wan Yun, her father-in-law, Xu Haotian.
"Dad, Mom."
Her expression clearly indicated the result of the surgery, and Bai Wan Yun hugged her with heartache, comforting her softly.
Meanwhile, Xu Haotian walked to the side with Doctor Zhang, quietly asking about Munni's father's condition.
The phone that had just fallen from Munni's hand buzzed on the ground, and Bai Wan Yun gently released Munni, bent down, and picked up the phone for her.
The phone screen had already developed cracks due to the sudden fall.
Munni, her hands trembling, received the phone from Bai Wan Yun and looked at the newly received message displayed on the screen.
She unlocked the phone and opened the message, only to be shocked by the picture in the message —
Even though the phone screen was cracked, she could still clearly see her husband Xu Yisen in the photo, tenderly holding an elegant woman, dancing gracefully in the ballroom, a handsome couple drawing envy from others.
Tenderness... that was the expression Xu Yisen wore only when looking at that woman.
She once tried to see this gentle affection on Xu Yisen's face, but, three years into marriage, she couldn't find any emotion other than coldness on his face.
Xu Yisen didn't love her; she should have known this long ago, from the moment he proposed. How did it take her three years to wake up to this fact?
Munni closed her eyes powerlessly, feeling as if a cold gust had opened a slit in her heart, making her feel numb and lost.
Standing beside Munni, Bai Wan Yun, noticing something amiss, subconsciously glanced at the phone in Munni's hand.
The photo on the phone screen genuinely stunned Bai Wan Yun, and this usually gentle and elegant woman couldn't help but curse, "That bastard!"
By the time Xu Yisen arrived at the hospital, it was already an hour later. Munni had composed herself, behaving as if she hadn't received that message at all, and talked with him normally about how to arrange her father's funeral.