The next morning light filtered through the gaps in the curtains, scattering into the ward in patches, adding a touch of unreal warmth to the quiet space.

Li Yue slowly woke up from his dream with a somewhat lazy look in his eyes.

She rubbed her eyes and yawned, as if to release all the fatigue of the night with this yawn.

Then, she got up quietly and prepared to help her mother tidy up the messy bedding. This was her daily morning habit and also a warm moment between mother and daughter without words.

However, when Li Yue's fingers gently touched her mother's wrist, a strange feeling instantly spread throughout her body - it was a cold and hard touch, completely different from the warm and soft hand of her mother in her memory.

Her heart suddenly tightened and an ominous premonition arose.

She hurriedly looked up at her mother, only to see that her mother's eyes, which were once full of love, were now wide open, and her pupils seemed to have lost focus, as if they could penetrate everything, yet they were empty and lifeless, as if all the vitality had left her.

This scene was like a bolt from the blue. Li Yue instantly lost all her strength and she couldn't help but let out a terrified scream.

The screams echoed in the empty ward and soon attracted the attention of the nurse on duty in the hospital.

The nurse rushed over and was stunned when she saw the scene.

She quickly stepped forward and conducted a series of professional examinations, but the results shocked her as well - the patient had passed away a long time ago and his body had long lost any signs of life.

How could this be possible? In such a high-end ward with advanced equipment and strict management, such an incredible accident could happen!

After hearing the nurse's confirmation, Li Yue felt as if he was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.

She couldn't believe her ears, and was even more unwilling to accept this cruel fact.

She suddenly rushed to her mother, holding her mother's hands tightly, tears rolling down like beads from a broken string. She shouted her mother's name at the top of her lungs, trying over and over again to wake up the person who once gave her infinite warmth and support.

But no matter how hard she tried, her mother just lay there quietly without any response. Only her cold body and empty eyes told everything silently.

At this moment, time seemed to freeze. The only sounds in the ward were Li Yue's sad sobbing and the occasional bird calls outside the window. They intertwined together to form a heartbreaking elegy.

Li Yue's heart was filled with endless regret and self-blame. She hated herself for not noticing her mother's abnormality earlier and hated herself for not being with her mother when she needed her most.

On the other side of the city, in an upscale community surrounded by high walls and green trees, in an exquisitely decorated villa, Li Yue's father was sitting in the spacious and bright bedroom, holding an old-fashioned telephone in his hand, his eyes flashing with complex emotions.

Outside the window, the morning light was already shining, but it seemed unable to penetrate the haze in his heart.

Just then, the phone rang suddenly, breaking the silence in the room.

He picked up the phone, and heard three short and cold words from the other end: "She's dead." These three words were like a sharp blade, instantly cutting through his long-suppressed anger and resentment.

A triumphant smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, a mixture of the pleasure of revenge and the relief of relief.

Behind this smile lie years of resentment and humiliation.

His wife, the woman who had been with him through thick and thin, was kidnapped by criminals a few years ago. This should have been the most painful memory of his life, but he did not expect that it would become an unspeakable shame in his heart.

What was even more difficult for him to accept was that instead of dying in the disaster, she spent several years with a homeless man. To him, this was tantamount to an open betrayal and an invisible cuckold on him.

Now, he has solid evidence in his hands - a series of disgusting videos that are like sharp daggers, stabbing his heart again and again.

The intimate behavior between her and the homeless man in the video, as well as the images of the two children they raised together, were like fuel to the flames, completely igniting the anger in his heart.

In his opinion, the two children were not only evidence of her betrayal, but also a mark of shame left by the tramp, and they should all pay the price for it.

He stood up, his eyes flickering with determination.

He knew that the road ahead would not be smooth, but he was ready.

He was going to the hospital, to the place that once belonged to their family of three, but now, he had to play the role of a husband who had lost his beloved wife, and act out the scene realistically and movingly.

Because what he is best at is acting. Whether in business or in life, he can play various roles with ease.

But this time, his purpose was not only to act, but also to cover up the truth and to maintain his shaky dignity.

He wanted to turn this tragedy into a perfect curtain call under his control, so that everyone would believe that he was a husband who loved his wife deeply and was in great pain.

As for the real culprits, including that damn woman and those two bastards, he will use his own way to make them get the punishment they deserve.

The lights in the hospital corridor were dim and heavy, and every ray of light seemed to carry endless sorrow.

Li Yue stood beside his father, looking at him with complicated eyes.

My father was lying beside my mother's body, crying bitterly. Every sob seemed like the pain torn out from the depths of his heart. He kept muttering to himself, expressing his regret and self-blame.

However, in Li Yue's eyes, these tears and self-blame seemed so pale and powerless that they even made her feel an indescribable anger and sadness.

She recalled everything that happened in her mother's life, those eyes that seemed to want to say something but couldn't, those sighs in the middle of the night, those resistance and escape from home... Now, everything had an answer.

It turned out that the mother had already foreseen something. She knew that once she returned to this home, endless torture and suffering might be waiting for her.

This desire for family warmth intertwined with the fear of the unknown made the mother choose to escape and spend the rest of her life with a homeless person, even though such a life was full of hardships and difficulties.

Thinking of this, Li Yue's heart was broken.

She looked at her father angrily. The man who once gave her warmth and support had now become so strange and hateful in her heart.

She couldn't understand why her father could be so cold-hearted after her mother had suffered so much, and might even have been closely related to her mother's death.

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