Everyone looked at one another, different emotions and thoughts running in their minds .
"I am going in to see him," Mei Zhen declared and before anyone could stop her, she had entered the room .
Tang had been gazing at the snow falling outside the window and turned to look at Mei Zhen who entered the room . He struggled to sit up . She hurried towards him to aid him .
"Thank you," he said politely before looking at her questioningly .
Chu came in then and he gave her a surprised but relieved smile .
"You also flew down from Shanghai to see me? I seem to have worried all of you . Is dad here as well?" he asked her warmly .
Mei Zhen had a stricken expression on her face as she waited for some sort of recognition to flit on his face by looking at her .
"Do you not remember me?" she asked him .
He looked at her, confusion etched on his face, "I am sorry . Do I know you?"
Chu immediately intervened and said, "you never seem to remember my friends . She is Liang Mei Zhen, a friend of mine from school . She was my senior but we were close . "
Tang smiled ruefully and said, "hi! Sorry, I can't remember when we met last but I am very pleased to meet you . And I thank you for your concern but you needn't have come to the hospital . Do you live here in New York?"
"We aren't in New York but in Moganshan . You remember Moganshan at least, right," she responded bitterly .
He looked at his sister in surprised confusion, "no wonder the view outside felt familiar yet different when I woke up . And the doctor had also looked at me strangely when I had mentioned NY . How did I reach here?"
Chu gave her sister in-law a murderous look before replying, "uh…"
"We flew you down from America after the doctor cleared you for travel . I thought coming back to your birthplace would help you heal faster," his father entered the room, and cut off Chu's response .
"Dad, you are here . I just asked Chu about you," he exclaimed .
Mr . Xie's eyes softened at hearing the warmth in his son's voice for him . He couldn't remember the last time Tang had spoken like this to him in the recent past .
"Where else would I be, if not here?" he replied with a smile .
"Are you in pain? Do you need me to get anything for you?" he asked, running his eyes over his son's body clad in a hospital gown .
Tang assured him that he was fine and didn't require anything at the moment .
"You must be hungry . I will go and see if your favourite breakfast shop has opened up yet or not," with that he left the room before anyone could see his tears .
Tang looked around, as if in confirmation and then beckoned Chu closer .
"Can you do me a favour? I don't know where my phone is . But can you call Jia Li for me and tell her what has happened . Also make sure to tell her that I am fine and that she needn't rush back here . When I spoke to her last, she was still in Beijing and wasn't planning to come back to Moganshan till Chinese new year . She must be worried sick that I haven't been in touch since so many hours . By the way, how long have I been unconscious for?" he asked .
Chu looked at him and then at Mei Zhen before replying, "uh, I will let the doctor tell you that . As for Jia Li, I will let her know right away . "
With that, she pulled Mei Zhen out of the room with her . Tang gave a small sigh of relief . His head was throbbing and he shut his eyes, hoping that he would see her sooner than later .
"Are you asleep already?" whispered Chu who had come back to the room .
She had persuaded Mei Zhen to stay out on the pretext that Tang would find it strange if she stayed in the room constantly .
He opened his eyes, "I would have been, only if someone lets me" .
She asked worriedly, "are you ok? You are not in too much pain, right? I was soooo worried when you didn't wake up right after they brought you in here . I had told you from the start itself that this was such a dangerous idea . "
He gave her a look of incomprehension, "what are you talking about? What idea?"
Her face lost all its colour .
"Are you saying that you truly don't remember anything beyond 2013?" she asked faintly .
"Wait, you mean to say this is not 2013?" he asked her in confusion .
"Oh god, oh shit…what have we done?" with that, she slid down to the floor and sat with a thump .
Chapter end
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