Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 687 - 684: He Disappeared

Chapter 687: Chapter 684: He Disappeared

In just a few days, Yanxi had become much thinner.

He could no longer see, and when he opened his eyes, they looked particularly lifeless.

One leg was still in a cast, while the other was emptily hanging.

Standing outside the hospital room, Xia Yiwan saw Yanxi like this, and a sharp pain spread across her chest.

She hated him, yet she didn’t wish to see him end up in this state.

He had always been proud; the exploitation and hurt by the fake Shi Ying must have caused him indelible pain.

But now—

Xia Yiwan raised her hand, wiping away the tears at the corner of her eyes; she walked to the side and called Mother Yan.

After Mother Yan arrived, Xia Yiwan left the hospital.

Zhou Hengnian was waiting for her at the hospital entrance, and he led her towards the parking lot when she emerged.

On the way back to the Xia family home, Xia Yiwan was unusually silent.

Inside the car, a deathly stillness permeated the air.

When the car stopped at the Xia family’s doorstep, Xia Yiwan turned to Zhou Hengnian.

Her voice hoarse, she tried to speak but hesitated.

Zhou Hengnian, looking at Xia Yiwan, who had been at the hospital for several days without much rest and whose complexion was somewhat pale, said in a hoarse voice, "Wanwan, whatever you want to say, just say it!"

Xia Yiwan bit her lip, then she said, "Brother Hengnian, you know about Yanxi’s condition too, right?"

Zhou Hengnian nodded.

"He only has about half a year to live, and I want to spend that time with him."

Xia Yiwan looked guiltily at Zhou Hengnian, "I thought I only had hatred for him, but seeing him like this now, my heart still hurts."

She didn’t want to lie to herself or anyone else anymore.

Yanxi was her first man and had brought her pain that was etched in her bones.

She indeed hated him, and at the peak of her hatred, she wanted him to die immediately!

But now that he was really facing death, she still felt reluctant in her heart.

To Zhou Hengnian, she considered him a lifesaver, her best friend, and family.

However, facing him, it was very difficult for her to feel the same kind of thrill she had felt for Yanxi back then.

"Brother Hengnian, I’m sorry, you’ve given so much for me, and yet I can’t give you the feelings you desire. I don’t want to drag this out anymore; you will definitely find someone better without me!"

Zhou Hengnian stretched out his hand and gripped Xia Yiwan’s hand tightly in his palm.

"Wanwan, you can spend the last few months with him, and I can wait for you."

Afterward, they would still have decades of time together.

Xia Yiwan withdrew her hand from Zhou Hengnian’s large palm.

She shook her head, "Brother Hengnian, let’s call off the engagement, I don’t deserve someone as good as you, nor can I give you the affection you’re looking for. I don’t want to hold you back anymore; you will surely find someone better without me!"

Zhou Hengnian pursed his lips tightly, his facial contours tensing, "Wanwan, I know you’re emotionally unstable right now, Yanxi has had such a terrible accident, and you’re very disturbed. You have to look after him for half a year; I can wait. Don’t so swiftly dismiss our relationship!"

"The engagement still stands, and I will always protect and accompany you by your side."

The better he treated her, the more guilt and weight she felt in her heart.

"Brother Hengnian..."

"Don’t think too much right now, and don’t feel guilty; everything I do is willingly given!"

After dropping Xia Yiwan off at the Xia family villa, Zhou Hengnian left.

At dinner time, Father Xia and Mother Xia saw Xia Yiwan’s absentmindedness and exchanged a glance, then silently sighed.

Father Xia walked up to Xia Yiwan and gently patted her shoulder.

"Wanwan, whatever decision you make, your mom and dad will support you."

Although Yanxi had once placed his trust in the fake Shi Ying rather than Yiwan, committing many excessive actions against Father Xia,

he had now received his punishment and retribution.

At the end of his life, Father and Mother Xia chose to forgive.

Xia Yiwan pressed her face into Father Xia’s chest, her tears uncontrollably sliding down from the corners of her eyes.

"Dad, I’m sorry, I’m really sorry..."

She very much wanted to draw a clear line between herself and Yanxi, but seeing him so broken and lying on the hospital bed, she couldn’t bear it.

Sometimes, she really hated him, but what she hated even more was herself!

Mother Xia came over, also taking Xia Yiwan into her embrace.

Gently patting Xia Yiwan’s back, she said softly, "Child, do whatever you think is right, your mom and dad support you, we are your strong backing."

"Thank you, Mom and Dad."

After Yanxi’s accident, he became unusually silent.

His eyes could see the light again, just by having a corneal transplant, but he refused the surgery.

Mother Yan, Gu Siting, and Fu Yunshen took turns trying to persuade him, but he still insisted on his own opinion.

Xia Yiwan visited Yanxi in the hospital every day, trying to talk to him, but he had become unusually quiet.

The accident was a huge blow to him.

He had almost spent a month in the hospital.

A few days before his discharge, Xia Yiwan had to go on a business trip to the neighboring city.

The day before Yanxi was discharged, she rushed back to the capital.

Early the next morning, she arrived at the hospital.

Just as she reached Yanxi’s ward and was about to knock, the door suddenly opened.

Mother Yan ran out of the ward.

"Aunt Yan, what happened?"

Mother Yan was like a headless fly; upon seeing Xia Yiwan, she clutched her shoulders tightly.

"Wanwan, Yanxi has disappeared, he can’t see, and he can’t walk, but he’s somehow gone!"

Mother Yan had just gone to handle the discharge procedures and when she returned, Yanxi was nowhere to be seen.

Xia Yiwan’s eyelashes trembled sharply.

"Aunt Yan, don’t panic. I’ll go ask someone."

It didn’t take long for Xia Yiwan to find out that Yanxi had been pushed out on a wheelchair ten minutes earlier.

The nurse handed a voice recorder to Mother Yan, "Madam Yan, this is what Young Master Yan asked me to give you when he left."

In the voice recorder, Yanxi said he was going to a deserted place to spend the last few months, asking Mother Yan not to search for him everywhere, as he wanted to leave quietly.

Mother Yan almost passed out upon hearing his message.

Xia Yiwan’s body also swayed unsteadily.

Immediately after, a lawyer came.

The lawyer presented several documents outlining the arrangements for Yanxi’s assets, informing both Mother Yan and Xia Yiwan.

He left Xia Yiwan a substantial sum of money, more than she could spend in several lifetimes.

Anticipating that Xia Yiwan might not accept it, the lawyer added, "Young Master Yan instructed that if Miss Xia doesn’t want it, it can be donated to charity."

Xia Yiwan felt an overwhelming and uncomfortable weight in her heart.

With Yanxi’s body in such a broken state and only a few months left to live, she and Mother Yan couldn’t just let him be out there uncared for.

The two of them began searching for his whereabouts.

Xia Yiwan even sought help from Ming Yao; with Ming Yao’s connection to Gu Siting, finding Yanxi shouldn’t be too difficult.

But Yanxi was too familiar with the capital; if he truly wanted to hide, indeed he would never show his face on surveillance.

Airports, train stations, bus stations – there was no trace of him leaving.

Perhaps, he was still in the capital.

Yet, even as nearly everyone turned the capital upside down, they couldn’t find a trace of him.

He was determined to stay hidden.