SIX YEARS BACK…. TWO MONTHS AFTER ALICE"S EYE SURGERY
"Crash...."
Alice pushed the gla.s.s of water away from her mouth, making it fall down from the hands of the nurse who was trying to force feed the medicine.
"I told you I don"t want to eat any medicine until I meet Meiying. Call her. After my surgery, she never came to meet me. Why? Where is she? If not as my friend than being my psychiatrist ask her to meet me once" Feeling irritated by the constant excuses from everyone, and being confined to this hospital bed since months, unknowingly her temper rose and she yelled.
Xion enters the VIP room of the research centre and came along his cold and scary aura. With his one look, the poor nurse scurried away from there, closing the door behind her.
Alice just glanced at the man and averted her eyes from his face the very next moment. In the past one year, they have hardly spoken to each other. Her maximum interaction was with Mr. Zeng and Meiying. For an unknown reason, Xiu Mei felt Xion"s temperament as the exact replica of the man (Feng Jianyu) with whom she had spent one month in the resort.
And neither Xion had any interested in talking to this little girl. He only took an interest in her treatment for the sake of Mr. Zeng s.h.i.+hong.
Expressionlessly, he walked to the table and picked the gla.s.s of water.
"CRASH…." He purposely dropped it on the floor.
Then another gla.s.s, "CRASH….."
Alice frowned looking at his strange behaviour.
"CRASH….."
"CRASH….."
"CRASH…." After breaking all the gla.s.ses, the jug came down, breaking into a million pieces.
She gave him a perplexed look as if asking for the explanation, but he didn"t bother to spare her a look and continued breaking things. Before she could speak anything the beautiful flower vase kept on the table came down cras.h.i.+ng. "CRASH…."
Her patience gave off and she snapped at the man…..
"What are you doing? Why are you breaking things? I"ll tell Meiying that you did all this. If she sees the havoc you have created in my room, only G.o.d can save you from her wrath" With arms crossed over her body Alice mocked Xion, "Aren"t you afraid of your fiancée? Oh! Sorry! I forgot you both got married two months back. Aren"t you afraid of your wife?"
On getting a response from her he sat down on the couch with his leg crossing on the other. "She is already watching the havoc I have created…. LIVE…"
With the surprised expression, she looked here and there. "How? Where is she? Is there a camera with which she"s watching me live? Is this another therapy?"
"No camera…. No therapy…. She is watching this with her own eyes!!" Without breaking his cold demeanor for even a second he answered her.
"What do you mean?" she hissed.
"THROUGH YOUR BODY BUT HER EYES…"
The poisonous silence engulfed around the room. In the void of the sound, the actual meaning of his statement was laid bare. Everything came to stand still, the ocean moved and the birds chirped, but to her everything was stopped.
Her throat rolled as she looked at him in disbelief and asked with a trembling voice, "What do you mean? Be clear!"
He looked straight into her eyes and leaned forward, "My statement is crystal clear! You are able to see this world again because of my Meiying"s eyes. Before dying, she expressed her last wish to donate her eyes to you. So you have it now…." His cold and nonchalant demeanor didn"t break for even a single second as he spoke to her. It was as though he was unaffected by Meiying"s death but the reality is always different than what it seems to be.
"YOU JERK! CRASH….." In her rage, she picked the medicine bottle kept on the side table and threw it on him which he dodged easily.
As tears rolled down her eyes she slumped on the bed, hiding her face in the pillow she sobbed. Her voice m.u.f.fled by the pillow…
"Cry… Cry more… A weak girl like you can do nothing but cry in her bed every time. Such a useless creature you are for damaging my Mei"s eyes, for not cheris.h.i.+ng the opportunity she gave you before leaving this world and for making the tears fall from my beloved eyes again. I truly regret her decision that she chose someone like you to donate her eyes; a pathetic, thankless and weak girl."
His cruel words p.r.i.c.ked her heart mercilessly, she felt as though someone has poked a thousand needles inside her heart. Looking up from the pillow she asked, "If I"m so bad then why are you still here? Am I not even allowed to cry for Meiying? Do you think everyone is as cold-hearted as you? You might not be affected by her death but that doesn"t mean no one is! If you are here to mock me at my pitiable state, then congratulations, you succeeded!"
Xion scoffed at her statement, "Pitiable? Don"t call yourself pitiable! Unlike my Mei at least you are alive and can live your life again. With a little determination, you can be back on your feet, but perhaps you"re too weak to make efforts for that. Tsk… tsk… WEAKLING…." He got up to leave but left a command for her, "Your eyes are the only link between me and my Mei and if you dare to make her cry, I won"t be easy on you. I"m sending the nurse again; you better take those d.a.m.n medicines. Otherwise, I will have to order someone to shove it down your throat."
As soon as Xion went outside, the same nurse who was with Alice before came running inside and gave medicine to Alice. This time she took the medicine without any demands and drama.
BACK TO PRESENT
Xiu Mei continued, "After that day Xion came to see me daily at the research centre"