"I'm going too," Eric said as he sat down lazily next to Smart. "Brian has to deal with something tomorrow and I have the press conference to attend to. So, we'll go to see Wing together on the day after tomorrow."
Smart nodded. "Hmm, that sounds like a good idea." Looking at the three young ones, she continued, "Perhaps Wing will get excited and wake up when she sees that all of you are happy and getting along with one another so well."
With a deep sigh, Shirley said, "I hope so."
"Shirley," Brian held her shoulder and said, "I'm sure Wing will be fine. She couldn't bear leaving us."
Molly took Shirley's arm in hers. Her eyes were bright with hope. She agreed with Brian.
The bright moon was covered by a dreamlike fog. Time went on at its usual pace. When the white color of the fish's belly appeared in the east, the new dawn arrived as scheduled. The first rays of the morning sun penetrated through the thick clouds and made the sea sparkle. It was a new day and the beginning of something new.
"Here is the latest news. The power holder will hold a press conference at the Royal Hotel at ten o'clock today, in order to explain the matters concerning the engagement ceremony yesterday... "
The breaking news was broadcasted by every television station in Dragon Island. The screens in public places like the train stations, malls and shopping centers also displayed the news. Everybody's attention was drawn by the scene on the television.
Two men in a food stall were watching the small television in the shop. One of them said, "What's the point in trying to explain more about what had happened yesterday? Everybody knows that it was no more than a soap opera in which the power holder tried to take his cousin's woman, right?"
"We should not jump into conclusions," the other man said, as he put a wonton into his mouth. "My daughter was one of the staff members responsible for setting up the venue yesterday. She told me that this whole thing was not as simple as it seems."
"Really? So, what's the truth?"
"I heard that..." the man started to say what he had heard from his daughter.
A girl at the table behind the two men stole a glance at them and grinned. She had a camera around her neck. She drained the soup in her bowl in one sip and said to the waiter, "I'm ready for the bill. Also, I would like to have a salty tofu pudding to go."
"I knew you would ask for it. Here you are." The stall holder handed a food container to the girl. "Are you going to the hospital to see your boyfriend again?"
"Yeah." She paid the bill and took the food container from him. Then she rode on a bicycle and headed to the hospital.
At the hospital, she hastily parked her bicycle and ran inside with the tofu pudding in her hand. When she reached the ward, she saw that the doctor was making his rounds. Seeing the white gowns, she stopped at the door. Very soon, she heard the doctor say, "A cardiac transplantation must be done as soon as possible."
She listened to their conversation quietly and her grasp on the food container tightened. Biting her lips, she tried her best to put a restraint on her uneasiness. It was not until quite a while after the doctor and nurses walked out of the ward that she took a deep breath and entered the ward. She already had a smile plastered on her face before she entered. She greeted the patient in the ward, "Liam! Has the doctor finished his rounds?"
Liam nodded. His face was a bit pale. Glancing at the package in her hand, he asked, "Tofu pudding? "
"Your nose is as sensitive as that of a dog's!" she said, wrinkling her nose. "What did the doctor say?"
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