His Genius Wife Is A Superstar novel Chapter 1578

Chapter 1578 Power of Time

Grandma Li flatlined two more times in a 48-hour period. Everyone was on edge, and the doctors and nurses looked increasingly grave as time passed.

Jin Liwei looked like a zombie. He barely slept.

Iris forced her husband to sleep—and he would—but she knew he would still wake up and sneak away from bed while she slept to continue worrying about his grandmother.

Watching him like this was breaking her heart. She wished that she could help ease his fear and anxiety. But all she could do was stay by his side, never letting him feel that he was alone.

All of them were unable to leave the hospital, just in case something really did happen to Grandma Li. Except for Grandpa Lu, who was too old, they all squeezed into the VIP suite.

Granted, the VIP suite was large, but with two couples and Huang Yuyan, it was still a tight squeeze with barely any privacy between them.

As for Grandpa Lu, the old man originally wanted to squeeze with all of them and watch over Grandma Li, but Lu Zihao had enough of Grandpa Lu's obstinacy, so he directly carried the old man and dragged him away to the hotel.

Grandpa Lu's complaints fell on deaf ears. He tried acting pitiful to his granddaughter-in-law, Long Jinjing, but she pretended not to hear, looking quite guilty doing so. In the end, the old man couldn't overpower his grandson.

By the third day since Grandma Li flatlined for the first time, Iris woke up from her makeshift bed on the couch. Her husband was nowhere to be seen.

Chen Fei and Jin Chonglin slept together on the other couch.

Huang Yuyan took the only proper bed besides the patient's bed. She, too, was still sleeping.

Iris was still sleepy, but not finding her husband beside her bothered her too much. She rose and tiptoed around, careful not to wake up anyone.

Finally, she saw her husband standing outside on the balcony. The sky was still mostly dark, but hints of sunrise were already starting to show on the horizon.

Jin Liwei stood, leaning against the balcony railing, and stared at the horizon.

If he were a smoker, Iris could imagine him puffing away smoke after smoke. Good thing that he wasn't a smoker. Nevertheless, seeing him like this was still quite pitiful, as if he had the weight of the entire world resting on his shoulders.

She slid open the glass balcony door and stepped outside.

He heard the sound and turned to look. His cold and hard expression visibly softened upon seeing her.

"Good morning, love," he murmured before pulling her into his embrace.

She wrapped her arms around his waist. She felt some chilly dampness on his clothes which made her frown.

"How long have you been standing here?" she asked, inspecting him. "You must have been up for a while. You've been soaked by too much dew."

He didn't reply, only smiled at her.

She sighed and decided to restrain her temper. This wasn't the time to scold him.

The poor man was already suffering. What he needed was for her to be there for him and not to nag at him.

"I'm sorry," he murmured against her ear.

Her frown deepened. She looked at his face and studied his expression. "Why are you apologizing?"

"You missed Orchidia Germany's launch because of our family matter," he said. "I know how long you've been looking forward to it. At this rate, you might also miss the launch for Orchidia Philippines and possibly the one in Singapore as well."

She shook her head. "Don't worry about it. You're my husband and I'm your wife. Your family is my family. Grandma Li is also very important to me. Even before knowing that we were dating, she already wanted me to be part of your family. I also can't rest easy knowing that her health is failing like this."

"Thank you, Evelina." He kissed her forehead, then her nose, and finally her lips.

It felt like a butterfly's touch.

She knew that he was worrying about a lot of things but was still doing his best to keep it together.

"I've seen Grandma's medical records," he said while continuing to look at the now-lightening horizon. "Her health is worse than we thought."

She sighed.

In truth, she already suspected that Grandma Li might be frailer in health than they all thought. The old lady rarely ventured outside her mountain villa. Grandma Li would only meet them on important family occasions. Despite the old lady acting lively whenever the family gathered together, the fact that she tired easily and retired in her room before anyone else should already be a clear indication that old age was already catching up with her.

Iris already accepted it deep inside. Her husband and her in-laws, however, were still in the process of denial.

Perhaps it was because Grandma Li had been the Jin family's old matriarch for the longest time. She had become a symbol of stability for the Jins ever since her husband and son's deaths.

Also, maybe Jin Liwei and the others couldn't help but associate Grandma Li's health with Grandpa Lu's vigour especially whenever the two elders bantered with one another. They must have assumed that since Grandpa Lu was still brimming with energy, then Grandma Li must also be the same.

Unfortunately, this wasn't the case at all.

Chen Fei was in the same situation. _{frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓}