"Ah-Jiu, I want to spend some time with my brother."

An unknown amount of time pa.s.sed before Ye Wanwan spoke to Si Yehan.

"Alright." Si Yehan wanted to speak but hesitated. Any words right now were too weak, so he could only pat her hair comfortingly in the end.

After obtaining permission from the doctor, Ye Wanwan entered the hospital room by herself.

Nameless Nie was lying in bed, alone and unmoving with an oxygen mask over his nose and mouth. There wasn't a trace of pain on his face. It was as though he was merely sleeping, awfully serene.

"Brother…"

Ye Wanwan walked to the side of the bed and tightly grasped Nameless Nie's hands.

"Brother, wake up… Didn't you want to get rich? Do business? Wake up… I'll give all of the Fearless Alliance… and the Nie family's business to you. Also, I'll tell Ah-Jiu to give all of his business to you too, how about that?"

Ye Wanwan stared at the motionless Nameless Nie on the hospital bed, a mist rising over her eyes.

She gently shook Nameless Nie's arm. She couldn't lose him. That was a pain she couldn't endure in her life.

In her mind, dribs and drabs of her past with Nameless Nie faintly surfaced.

Ye Wanwan left the Nie family when she was young and lived with their Grandpa, but it was precisely that which made her every interaction with Nameless Nie extraordinarily precious and extraordinarily valuable.

"Brother, do you still remember? When I was young… I was bullied by someone… and you picked up a brick to smash that guy's head… many times…"

Inside the ward, Ye Wanwan smiled at times, cried at others.

Outside the ward, Si Yehan remained silent.

…

"Brother, do you know? This time… you were protecting me again. Even though you lost your consciousness already, you were still protecting me, your useless sister… Brother, no matter how outsiders view you, you're always the mightiest hero in my mind…"

"Brother… wake up… Didn't you once say that as long as I could fend off three moves from you, you would agree to all of my reasonable and unreasonable requests…? I can definitely take three moves from you now, perhaps even more… You can't weasel out of it. You have to wake up and fulfill your promise… I'm begging you…"

Ye Wanwan clutched Nameless Nie's hands tighter and tighter. It was though she would lose hold of her brother if she loosened her grip even slightly and he would never reappear in her life again.

Ye Wanwan stayed in the hospital room without taking a step away, accompanying Nameless Nie the whole night.

And outside the hospital room, Si Yehan also didn't take a single step away and stood guard on such a miserable night.

…

The next morning, faint rays of sunlight scattered in the hospital room through the window.

Ye Wanwan dazedly opened her eyes and subconsciously reached for Nameless Nie's hands. "Brother… Don't…"

Before Ye Wanwan finished speaking, she discovered the bed was empty.

Unease and hysteria enveloped her heart instantly.

Within seconds, Ye Wanwan shot up with panic all across her face and wanted to sprint out of the ward.

However, she had just stood up when she discovered Nameless Nie sitting by the table next to the window, dressed in his patient's gown with one leg propped over his knee. He was taking a bite from the partially-eaten apple in his hand.

Ye Wanwan stared at Nameless Nie, her mind turning blank.

Meanwhile, Nameless Nie dumbfoundedly looked back at her.

"Want some?"

Upon seeing a lack of response from her, Nameless Nie handed his apple to her.

Ye Wanwan's gaze landed on the apple he was handing to her, and she reflexively accepted it.