Let's Get Married

Chapter 649: Myocardial Infarction

Rex doesn't say much. He keeps listening to their conversation silently. The elders love Adair from the bottom of hearts, their gazes always sticking on him.

It is time for dinner. The servants have cooked delicious food. There are many things that the aged couple couldn't eat, but they still prepare a big meal for them.

Providing varied flavors, the dinner is fancy and wonderful. Lily remembers all the details in her heart.

"Lily, I heard that you've restarted your flower shop. How is it going? Are you busy?" Mr. Adonis suddenly asks.

Lily honestly answers, "Now is the beginning. I want to make it a nationwide chain. The specific plans are still under negotiation. It is not tiring. Explaining the fact that I'm not tired to Rex every day is the real tiredness."

Everyone at the table laughs. Even the serious Mr. Adonis says, "I don't think it will be long before you are the one in charge of the family while Rex is the one with the child!"

"Grandpa, what are you talking about? A skinny camel is bigger than a horse." Rex pauses.

"Look at you, what are you saying?" Rex’s grandpa shakes his head helplessly. Just as he reaches out his hand to take the cup on the table, his heart aches.

He immediately puts down his arm. Unexpectedly, the ache doesn't slow down, but becomes even more intense.

The pain spreads out from his chest and rushes through the blood vessels to his limbs. His arms are too stiff to bend.

Sitting beside him, Lily is the first one noticing it. She asks repeatedly, "Great Grandpa, what happen to you?"

Before she could finish her words, Adonis falls to the side with his eyes still open. He is unable to make any sound.

Immediately, everyone stands up and runs to him.

Amelia looks at Rex with a deathly pale face, "Quickly, call an ambulance right away!"

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In less than half an hour, they arrive at Karl's Hospital. Karl has already prepared the needed operating table and surgical equipment.

According to Mr. Adonis’ condition, it is like myocardial infarction. He is pushed into the emergency room immediately. Only the red headlights above head are on.

Amelia's husband also arrives in a hurry. They are very nervous and anxious, while Rex is the only one with a cold face. Lily knows that he is truly worried and extremely scared rather pretending to be calm. He is tightly disguising himself.

She walks to his side and holds his hands. Words are useless now, but she still tries to comfort him, "It will be fine."

Rex doesn't say anything, only holding her hand more tightly.

Sitting on the bench, Amelia is wiping away her tears, "He always remains hale and hearty. Why does he...?" The sad feelings extinguish her sentences. She couldn't go on.

There are greater silence and depression.

Looking at Rex's tightly pursed lips and the slightly prominent veins on his neck, Lily could no longer say anything. At this moment, any word is pale and nerveless.

The waiting time is long and unbearable. Just as they are on the verge of breaking down, the door of the operating room is open again.

Before the attending doctor could take off his mask, Amelia and Rex rush forward and ask, "How is he?"

"He is temporarily out of danger. It's initially myocardial infarction. There are two blood vessels blocked. We have to wait for him to wake up and have a check-up." The doctor takes off his mask and explains in an orderly manner, "Please don't worry. Wait for the patient to wake up first."

Amelia hurriedly nods, "OK! Thank you very much, doctor."

"You're welcome. This is what I should do."

The doctor leaves after finishing his instructions. Not long after, Mr. Adonis is pushed out and moved to the VIP ward. His thin body under the quilt and wrinkled face make the whole family even sadder.

Having lived a long life, Mr. Adonis is already ninety years old this year. Except for several slight illnesses, he is always well and spiritual. No one expected that myocardial infarction would occur to him.

"Mom, doesn't my dad have physical examinations twice a year? Why do we never hear about such a problem before?" Amelia asks Audrey beside her.

Audrey feels grieved about her husband's suffering, too. She wipes away her tears, "I don't know anything about it. Every time I ask him, he always says that he's fine. I didn't expect that the illness would be so severe..."

No matter how capable and intelligent one is when young, he will become somewhat confused when they grow old, especially when their grown children are not around. The house is so big. The nannies and the chefs around only work for money. Few of them really care about the health of the old couple.

Rex keeps silent. He just stares at Adonis who is lying on the bed. Lily wants to say something, but he suddenly turns around and leaves in silence.

Lily is slightly shocked. Knowing his bad mood, she hurriedly follows him out.

Rex walks to the window at the safe passage. He pushes open the screen and quickly smokes a cigarette. The dust on the window dirties his elbow, but he doesn't care at all, seeming totally absent- minded.

Lily gives him the time for cigarette. After long quiet waiting, she walks over. Her throat tightening, after a long time she squeezes out three words, "Are you OK?"

"Yes." Rex's deep voice comes.

Lily knows the truth is completely not like that. Rex is not OK.

"Rex, there will definitely be some health problems for people at such an age. It's not your fault. It's not anyone's fault." NôvelDrama.Org holds text © rights.

It's not his fault?

Rex looks at the white smoke that dissipates with the wind. As he arrived at the hospital and heard the doctor announce that his grandpa had a heart attack, he has been in an indescribable mood.

He knows exactly that, living in this world, no one could resist illness or death. However, when he thinks of the indifference and alienation he has showed towards his family over the years, he feels

sorry and guilty.

It seems that he has always ignored their age. He has satisfied them materially, but has always forgot to care about them.

It never troubled him in the past ten years, but just now, it erupted and swept towards him.

"He is my grandfather." After a while, a sentence is spat out from his dry lips.

Lily can't feel more heartbreaking. She couldn't help but hug the guilty boy, "I know. I know it."

"No, you don't know." his long and narrow eyes are slightly closed, "These years I..."

He wants to say something, but finally swallows it back, as if something is stuck in his throat that makes him unable to make a sound.

He hurriedly lowers his arrogant head, but Lily still sees his slightly blushing eye sockets.

After all, Mr. Adonis is his grandfather. Deep blood ties break his calmness. He is very panicked and afraid that Mr. Adonis would never wake up. He is scared of his beloved grandpa's sudden disappearance.

Lily hugs him tightly and says those words that even herself can hardly believe, "Don't think over it. Stay by grandpa's side. It'll be fine. Everything will be fine."