As Li Yalin’s plane was about to land in Melbourne, the cargo ship that Xiao Churan was on had already sailed out of the Yellow Sea and entered the East China Sea.
Nearly twenty-four hours after boarding, Xiao Churan had hardly rested. She had been constantly recalling in her mind the bits and pieces of her life with Ye Chen over these years.
Ma Lan and Xiao Changkun had been in a deep sleep all along. Only now were there signs of them waking up.
Sun Mengmeng came to the door of Xiao Churan’s room, knocked gently, and said respectfully, “Ms. Xiao, your parents are about to wake up.”
Xiao Churan came back to her senses, wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes that were almost dry, hurriedly opened the door, and asked her, “Can I go see them?”
“Of course you can.” Sun Mengmeng said, “After they wake up, they might have many questions. Later, it will be up to you to explain to them.”
Xiao Churan nodded. “That’s natural. I will explain everything to them clearly.”
Sun Mengmeng then said very respectfully, “Ms. Xiao, please follow me.”
In the medical room, Xiao Churan saw her parents still in a sleeping state.
In the past twenty-four hours, Xiao Churan had come several times. Each time, seeing her parents sleeping soundly through the window, with all vital signs displayed normally on the machines, she could feel slightly relieved.
This time, Sun Mengmeng directly brought her into the medical room, allowing her to sit directly between Xiao Changkun’s and Ma Lan’s beds.
Only then did Xiao Churan notice that although her parents had not yet woken up, they had begun to show some movements like turning over and scratching itches. It seemed they had already left the deep sleep state.
When Ma Lan’s consciousness gradually returned, she felt that she had never slept so soundly in her life. It was so comfortable, as if every cell in her body had been thoroughly relaxed, as comfortable as could be.
She could not help but stretch lazily. When she opened her eyes, she vaguely saw a figure sitting by her bed.
She was startled. Opening her eyes wide to look closely, she discovered it was actually her daughter Xiao Churan.
At this moment, Xiao Churan’s big eyes were red and slightly swollen. It was obvious she had been crying. So she quickly asked, “Churan, what’s wrong with you? Why are you crying?”
After saying that, she suddenly noticed that her finger was still connected to a blood oxygen monitor, and her arm had a blood pressure detector. Her heart was greatly alarmed. In her panic, she also saw Xiao Changkun still lying quietly beside her. This was not some bedroom. It seemed both of them were lying on hospital beds.
The tense Ma Lan quickly asked, “Churan, I… what’s wrong with me? Why am I in the hospital?! We didn’t have a car accident, did we?!”
Xiao Churan quickly wiped away her tears, forced a smile, and said, “Mum, we didn’t have a car accident. It’s just that you and Dad slept for too long, so the cruise staff arranged special monitoring for you.”
Only then did Ma Lan breathe a sigh of relief. At this moment, Xiao Changkun beside her also woke up, similarly startled by the scene before him.
Ma Lan was much calmer. She said to him, “See, this luxury cruise is different. This ward is no different from the high-end wards in those premium private hospitals, right?”
After saying that, she suddenly thought of something and quickly asked Xiao Churan, “Churan, this… this place must charge quite a bit, right? I heard that those private hospitals charge five figures for one night!”
Xiao Churan could only smile and say, “This… doesn’t cost money.”
Ma Lan’s tension instantly vanished. She smiled cheerfully and said, “No charge? That’s great.”
At this time, Xiao Churan was somewhat distracted. She thought that when her parents woke up, she would explain the ins and outs to them. She had also conceived various ways to say it in her mind, but she always felt that no matter how she said it, it was somewhat hard to start.
At this moment, Xiao Changkun suddenly asked, “Churan, why do I have no impression of boarding the ship at all? Did we fall asleep as soon as we left home? Were we not awake when boarding?”
Xiao Churan stammered, “Yes… seeing you sleeping so soundly, we didn’t disturb you.”
Xiao Changkun said in surprise, “This is too strange. Such a big commotion boarding the ship, and neither of us woke up?”
After saying that, he asked again, “By the way, Churan, how long have we been on board?”
Xiao Churan answered unnaturally, “About twenty-four hours, I think.”
“Damn.” Xiao Changkun rubbed his temples, his face full of disbelief, and said, “We slept as soon as we got in the car, slept until boarding, and even after boarding, we slept for twenty-four hours. I’ve never slept for such a long time in my life. Could there be something wrong with my body…”
As he spoke, he subconsciously looked for his phone, muttering, “I need to ask my friend at the hospital. Is this situation not quite right? No, when we go back, I’ll go to the hospital for a thorough check-up.”
Xiao Changkun felt that now was the best time in his life, so he became particularly cherishing of his life, valuing his health more than ever before.
While speaking, he could not find his phone anywhere, so he asked Xiao Churan, “Churan, have you seen my phone? It couldn’t have been lost, could it?”
Upon hearing this, Ma Lan also began to search around, similarly not seeing her own phone. She blurted out, “My phone is gone too. Could it be that the staff stole it from me?”
