Changyu used a hand to cover her eyes after helping herself sit up on the bed. Her head ached and she felt really weak.

She had just woken up after long hours of sleep. Everything that had happened the previous day flashed through her mind: her meeting with her parents, how she heard her parents' conversation and lastly, Jianjun's conversation with her.

She remembered how she could no longer hold in her curiousity last night so she had tried to force herself to go over to her parents house. How could she possibly sit calmly after hearing something like that?

She couldn't possibly do so!

She tried to think that her son was still alive somewhere. She desperately wanted to believe that. She held unto that tiny shred of hope in other to keep surviving because she was already tired of her life.

But before she could leave, her PA, Hani stopped her. She pleaded with her to watch over her health and lie back down. Hani tried to convince her that It wouldn't make any difference whether she met with her parents last night or a few hours later. But Changyu felt that the more she delayed, the more something might become wrong.

She didn't know what happened after that. She only remembered threatening to fire Hani and after that, everything blanked out.

She must have collapsed again. Damn it! Why was she so weak?

But....she suddenly remembered her dream. Why did she suddenly see brother Jun's daughter in her dream?

Sure, the girl was pretty and adorable, and looked very much like her father. Was her mind playing games with her because she had been thinking much about Jianjun lately? Or was the universe reminding her that he had a daughter he loved so much and so she shouldn't interfere with their lives?

She winced in pain. Not knowing where it was coming from exactly: Her physical body? Her heart? She simply had no idea.

She only knew she was in pain and could feel the life gradually sucking out of her.

"You're awake" Hani sighed in relief. "You collapsed last night so the doctor came over to put you to rest. He said you should take those meds as soon as you wake up" Hani said, pointing at some bottles of medicine carefully placed on the shelf beside her bed.

Changyu used a hand to smoothen her already messy hair and stood up. She looked at the clock to see it was already past 10 in the morning. "They should be here" She said in a hoarse and crooked voice. She had cried a lot and had been sick so it was normal for her voice to sound so terrible.

"They are here" Hani nodded.

Changyu could hear her heart throbbing loudly. Her eyes blinked rapidly and her hands shook uncontrollably. Even her breath became unsteady and loud.

"Are you okay Miss Changyu?" Hani moved closer to her and asked in concern. "I'll call the doctor"

"No. It's fine. I'm fine" Changyu said before heading towards the door.

"Miss Changyu. You have to freshen up" Hani reminded her.

Changyu looked down at herself and sighed. She was completely synonymous with the word 'messy'. But right now, this wasn't important to her. She ignored Hani and headed straight towards the sitting room where her parents were waiting patiently for her.

***

In another part of the city, Sara closely observed Heya who was quietly lying on the hospital bed.

Sara had been suspecting that something was wrong with Heya but she hadn't been able to place it until today.

They both had the goal of making sure Heya look fit but everything was happening too fast.

In barely a month, she had dropped from 250 lb to 240 lb!

She was able to guess that Heya had been overdoing it. She was probably skipping her meals and overexercising even after Sara left and on the days she was supposed to rest.

She wouldn't have known what was actually wrong if Heya hadn't collapsed because she was working out while wearing a steel boned corset underneath her clothes.

Was she planning to kill herself? Why was she overdoing it? Losing weight was good but did she have to do it to the point where it had to affect her health?

She shook her head against the idea of informing Muchen about it since he had just left for a business trip. She couldn't call Heya's parents also.

She was sure Heya was already going through a lot and was under a lot of pressure already.

And her parents were likely not going to help.

So she decided to just stay with her until she woke up.

Thankfully, they were people at home who organised things when Muchen wasn't around and they had helped to send Heya to Dr Long's hospital which they currently where.

After sitting there for a while waiting for Heya to wake up, she decided to take a stroll around the hospital.

Who would have thought she would suddenly bump into the last person she had expected to see there.

***

"Oh precious daughter.. Why are you looking like that?" Madam Song immediately moved to where Changyu was as soon as she entered the sitting room.. "Are you sick somewhere? You look pale" Madam Song kept truckling and fawning over her like Changyu had ever been her favourite daughter.

In annoyance, Changyu pushed her mother's hand from her arm. "What do you think you are doing?" She asked in the coldest voice they could ever imagine.

Her father looked at her without saying a word. Changyu noted he was a bit humbler than the last time because he would have yelled at her and called her names because of the way she just treated his wife.

He was smart for keeping shut!

"Cha....ngyu" Her mother called in a hurtful tone. She couldn't believe her daughter just disregarded her like that. Even though people weren't there, she was still hurt by her daughter's behavior.