I love you the most in the world [Entertainment circle]

Chapter 232.1

Editor: Princess

This time, he was sitting in Cheng Yu’s arms while Cheng Yu held him. The two of them were flipping through photographs together.

Lin An Lan heard himself in the dream very clearly as he looked at his mother’s photograph and sighed with emotion, “She left too early. I was only in my senior year of high school when she passed away. I was deeply saddened for a long time back then, yet I didn’t dare show it. My father was grieving for her while simultaneously worrying about my emotional state, afraid it would affect my university entrance examination. He wasn’t young to begin with, and that year, he aged instantly.”

Lin An Lan’s eyes suddenly opened, his entire being in a daze.

He sat on the bed blankly for quite a while before his consciousness finally began functioning again. How could this be? He thought to himself. Although his mother was already over sixty, according to modern life expectancy, she should be able to live at least another ten years or so. How could she be gone when he was in his senior year?

Lin An Lan seemed to realize only then that he was already a sophomore! That meant the time remaining until his mother’s death was really not much!

When exactly had she passed away? During the first semester of his senior year or the second semester?

Was it an accident or an illness?

He couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard he tried. He lay back down on the bed hurriedly, wanting to continue the dream he had just been having. However, this time, he couldn’t fall asleep no matter what. He remained fully conscious until dawn broke.

Early the next morning, Father Lin had just gotten up when he saw that his son had already prepared breakfast.

“Why did you get up so early today?” Father Lin asked him.

Lin An Lan looked at his father, who was no longer young, and his heart filled with bitterness.

His father had experienced the pain of losing a son in middle age and had almost never recovered from it. Later, after adopting him, he had slowly regained his spirits. If he had to witness his wife’s death at this time, how sorrowful would he be?

“I won a prize.” Lin An Lan tried to make his tone sound cheerful. “So I’m in a good mood and got up early.”

“What kind of prize?” Father Lin smiled. “It’s not a scam, is it?”

“Of course not. That time when my classmate asked us to help him fill out a survey questionnaire, we could enter a lottery after completing it. I won a health examination package that’s just right for three people. The three of us can go together.”

“Alright, we’ll go this weekend when we have time.”

“That won’t work.” Lin An Lan said hurriedly. “Today is the last day for this. Let’s go today. I’ll go call Mom.”

Father Lin was somewhat reluctant. “But your classes today…?”

“I already asked for leave.” Lin An Lan said. “It’s fine, Dad. Today they’re going over test papers, and I got a perfect score. Whether I listen or not makes no difference.”

Hearing this, Father Lin said nothing more. Indeed, since his son had gotten a perfect score, taking one day off wouldn’t matter.

Father Lin sat at the dining table proudly and began eating breakfast. Lin An Lan knocked on the door and entered Mother Lin’s bedroom to wake her up.

Mother Lin had always loved sleeping in when she was young. She had only gotten up early every day because of work. Now that she was retired, she didn’t want to get up unless she slept until nine or ten o’clock. Lin An Lan called her for quite a while before she sat up reluctantly and got out of bed to wash up.

The three of them took a taxi to the hospital. Lin An Lan ran back and forth to handle all the procedures and underwent various examination items with his parents with an anxious heart.

He actually didn’t want to have a health examination since his main target this time was only his mother. However, if only his mother had the examination alone, she definitely wouldn’t be willing, so he had to drag himself and Father Lin along as well.

The examination results came out quickly. Everything was normal on his and Father Lin’s side, but there was a problem on Mother Lin’s side. The doctor suggested that she go to the tumor hospital for further examination.

Lin An Lan’s heart instantly turned cold.

Mother Lin also asked in surprise, “What’s going on?”

“Please go for an examination first.” The doctor said. “We can only tell that you seem to have grown a tumor, but we don’t know whether it’s benign or malignant, so you need to go there for a detailed examination.”

Hearing this, Mother Lin was completely stunned.

Father Lin was quite composed. He immediately thanked the doctor, took Mother Lin’s hand, and left the hospital to go to the city’s best tumor hospital.

Lin An Lan followed them in a daze. He felt that he knew how his mother had passed away.

It must have been a malignant tumor, which was why she had died when he was in his senior year.

He couldn’t accept this for a moment. His eyes stung with pain, yet he desperately held back his tears. It would be alright. Since he had already detected this danger in advance through his dreams, he would definitely be able to get through this safely.

He definitely could!

He stepped forward and grasped his adoptive mother’s hand tightly, comforting her. “It’s alright, Mom. It’s definitely not serious. It’s fine.”

Mother Lin nodded, obviously frightened by this sudden situation. She gripped his hand tightly, her heart full of worry.

***

Cheng Yu looked at Lin An Lan’s seat. It had been half a day, why hadn’t he arrived yet?

Had something happened to Jiang Xu again?

Thinking of this, he asked Xu Sheng, “What is Jiang Xu doing now?”

Xu Sheng asked around and answered him, “Playing games online.”

“Did Lin An Lan go look for him?”

“No.” Xu Sheng looked at him. “After all this time, you’re beating around the bush trying to find out where Lin An Lan went?”

“What else? Do you think I actually care about Jiang Xu?” Cheng Yu raised an eyebrow. “Whether he lives or dies has nothing to do with me.”

Xu Sheng: …That was also true.

Cheng Yu waited all day but didn’t see Lin An Lan. After school ended, he went home.

When he saw Lin An Lan again, it was in the evening at the hospital.

Cheng Yu was somewhat surprised. He walked closer to take a look and vaguely felt that Lin An Lan seemed to have cried, although he wasn’t entirely certain. His voice couldn’t help but soften as he asked, “Why are you here?”

Lin An Lan was no less surprised than he was. His mood wasn’t very good today, and normally, he would have given a perfunctory response and politely left.

However, probably because he had been seeing Cheng Yu in his dreams every day recently, and in the dreams, the two of them appeared intimate, he rarely didn’t refuse someone else’s concern and replied, “My mother is ill.”

At this moment, Lin An Lan felt that those dreams he had been having at night were probably real dreams about the future. That was why he had dreamed of his mother leaving when he was in his senior year, and why his mother’s health had indeed developed problems upon examination.

Fortunately, the doctor said that the discovery wasn’t too late. She could still be treated, though it would be expensive.

Father Lin and Mother Lin had accumulated some savings over the years, and they also had a house, so they weren’t afraid of the expense. As long as spending money could cure the illness, that would be fine.

Although Cheng Yu had guessed from his appearance that someone in his family must have fallen ill, hearing him say it still made him feel sorry for him. “Is it serious?”

“Not particularly serious.”

That meant it was still somewhat serious. No wonder he hadn’t attended school all day.

“Can I go see her?” He asked tentatively.

Lin An Lan nodded and said to him, “Come with me to the cafeteria first. I’m going to buy them some food.”

Cheng Yu nodded immediately. “Right, I should also buy a fruit basket or something.”

“That’s not necessary.” Lin An Lan refused. “There’s no need for that. Just your presence is enough. You don’t need to bring anything.”

However, Cheng Yu didn’t feel comfortable about this. In the end, he still carried a fruit basket and went to Mother Lin’s hospital room.

By this time, both Father Lin and Mother Lin had calmed down. The discovery wasn’t too late, and the probability of successful surgery wasn’t too low. For them, this was the greatest comfort.