Chapter 879: Those Years, Those Stories 1
The three were talking when suddenly, on the hospital bed, President Shi Mai’er fluttered his eyelashes and let out a soft hum, as if he were about to wake up.
He seemed to be saying something.
Song Yinyin quickly leaned in, faintly hearing him whispering her name.
"..." Song Yinyin’s heart tightened, and at that moment, it felt as if something had heavily struck her.
She managed to suppress the rising emotions inside her and silently tucked in his blanket, accompanying him quietly.
Who knows how long it had been, but President Shi Mai’er finally woke up.
Upon opening his eyes, he glanced around and tried to sit up, but felt something seemingly pressing against his arm.
He looked down.
At that glance, he saw Song Yinyin.
At that moment, he thought he was hallucinating, staring at her for a long time, in disbelief that she was actually by his bedside.
Feeling the person on the bed wake up, Song Yinyin quickly opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was President Shi Mai’er’s shocked gaze.
"Yinyin?!"
With a hoarse voice, he excitedly grabbed Song Yinyin’s arm in reverse.
"Yinyin, you’ve come to see me? Have you forgiven me? You must have, must have... otherwise, why would you be willing to see me...? That’s wonderful, so wonderful..."
His lips trembled, his emotions appeared somewhat agitated.
"Yinyin, listen to me, I..." he spoke haltingly, trying to sit up.
Seeing him attempt to sit up, Song Yinyin quickly held his arm down and, as if scolding Song Dabai, said, "Don’t move! Your leg is infected and inflamed again, don’t move unless you don’t want your leg!"
President Shi Mai’er nodded and said, "Alright, I won’t move, if you don’t let me, I won’t, but please don’t leave, okay?"
To think a president of a country could be so humble in front of her, fearing to upset her...
Song Yinyin turned her face away, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, appearing somewhat bashful.
But it was clearly noticeable that her attitude had improved significantly compared to yesterday; yesterday, she didn’t even want to see his face.
Realizing this, President Shi Mai’er nodded contentedly, feeling much better.
He sighed softly and said:
"I don’t ask for your forgiveness; your willingness to see me is already satisfying enough. All the mistakes are mine, regardless of what happened, I failed you and your mother, so there’s no one else to blame..."
Bringing up the past events moved President Shi Mai’er, his eyes involuntarily moistening.
Hearing him mention her mother, Song Yinyin pursed her lips and asked, "What exactly happened back then? What connection is there between you and my mom?"
"Your mother and I... it was all over twenty years ago..."
Bringing up the past, President Shi Mai’er’s gaze wistfully looked out the window, his thoughts drifting to that day many years ago.
"When your mother and I met, we were both very young. We were just twenty-two or twenty-three. She was an outstanding student at Warsaw Music Academy and I was an exchange student sent by S Country to Imperial City University in Country Z. We met at a concert because of our shared love for music and developed mutual fondness."
No wonder her mother insisted she learn the piano from a young age; music was where she and President Shi Mai’er began.
Then she heard President Shi Mai’er continue—