366: Chapter 364: This Affection Can Be Awaited to Turn into Reminiscence 366: Chapter 364: This Affection Can Be Awaited to Turn into Reminiscence From the extreme anxiety at the beginning to the confirmation that Yelena was now out of danger, although Yelena still had organ failure issues, what she needed now was rest.
There was no longer any life-threatening danger, and Gao Yang could finally breathe a little easier.
After hugging Natalia, Natalia cried rivers of tears, but this time they were tears of joy.
Yelena, on the other hand, was relatively calm and began comforting Natalia instead.
Gao Yang looked at Yelena.
With Glolov and Natalia there, he didn’t know what to say.
He didn’t have to say much; as long as Yelena was fine, everything was okay.
Peace and joy were all that filled his heart at that moment.
After spending almost ten minutes together, Glolov, who had finally relaxed, took Natalia by the hand and, for the first time, took the initiative to create some private space for Gao Yang and Yelena.
After Glolov and Natalia left, Gao Yang finally embraced Yelena again.
At that moment, Yelena, who had been emotionally stable, started to cry again and whispered, “I’m sorry, Gao, I must have worried you a lot, didn’t I?”
Gao Yang let out a long breath and said, “Baby, don’t talk, you’re fine now, you’re safe.
It’s me who didn’t protect you well, I’m the one who should apologize.
It won’t happen again.
I promise.”
Yelena lifted her head, her face wet with concern and worry, and asked, “How is Catherine?
Is she doing okay?”
Gao Yang shook his head and sighed, “She’s still in the operating room, but she will be alright.
Baby, you don’t need to worry too much.
Catherine will be fine.”
Yelena wiped her tears and looked straight into Gao Yang’s eyes.
“Catherine loves you, she’s deeply in love with you.
If she dies, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life.”
Gao Yang was somewhat astonished.
Then his head buzzed, unable to understand why women, these strange creatures, even when they had just escaped life-threatening danger, were thinking about love.
Gao Yang held Yelena tighter and sighed, “My dear, stop overthinking.
Catherine won’t have an issue.”
Yelena stretched out her arms, held Gao Yang tightly, and whispered, “I’m not overthinking.
When I was hit and fell into the sea, I passed out.
When I woke up, Catherine and Adele were by my side.
They tried to rescue me, but we were separated by the water jets.
I was with Catherine, and the high-pressure water cannons on the whaling ship kept the inflatable boat away from us.
I was getting colder and colder, and I could feel my body stiffening.
Then, Catherine held my waist and used her lifejacket to give me more buoyancy, allowing more of my body to be out of the water.
I told her to let go of me, but Catherine said…”
Pain flickered across Yelena’s face as she recalled the harrowing incident, prompting Gao Yang to say tenderly, “Yelena, don’t talk anymore, it’s all over now, it’s all in the past.”
Yelena shook her head and continued, “I told Catherine to put me down.
Her neck down was all underwater, and the seawater was really very cold, so very cold.
But Catherine said…”
Yelena paused for a moment and then went on, “I told Catherine she would die if she kept on like that.
Then, Catherine smiled at me.
She said we were already hypothermic, and if we both stayed in the water, then we would both die.
But this way, only she would die.
She told me to live on for her, to lead a happy life for her, to love you for her, and if we ever had a daughter, to name her Catherine.”
Gao Yang was deeply moved.
He couldn’t imagine what it felt like to be so close to rescue yet unable to be saved onto the boat, whether it was fear, anger, or despair.
Gao Yang held Yelena tightly and shouted, “Stop talking, Yelena, stop!”
Yelena began to sob and whispered softly, “My dear, let me finish, I must say it all, at the time, I was really scared, but for some reason, I said, Catherine, you’re asking me to love Gao Yang for you, so you do love him, right?
Catherine said, Yelena, you are a brave girl.
If I could have realized who I loved right away like you, and then immediately acted on it, then perhaps Gao Yang’s girlfriend might have been me.
But now, Gao Yang loves you, and he will not fall in love with anyone else.
In this world, only you can make Gao Yang live a happy life.
If you die, Gao Yang will die of heartbreak too, so you must survive, live for me, have a child for Gao Yang on my behalf.
Just, don’t tell him that I love him.”
After finishing, Yelena could not stop the tears from flowing, but she finished what she had to say through her sobs.
“When the rescue raft finally came back for us, Catherine was already unconscious, and I was completely immobile.
After people pulled me onto the raft by my hair, Catherine’s body was lifted out of the seawater.
However, the Japanese kept hosing us down, the water jets separated us again, and Catherine boarded the raft fifteen minutes after me.
Yet, she was only fifteen minutes behind me, but her core body temperature was much lower than mine because her whole body had been immersed in the seawater.
Thus, I didn’t die, but Catherine’s organs failed severely.
It happened because of me,” she said.
After Yelena spoke, Gao Yang said nothing, because he truly did not know what to say.
For a long time, Gao Yang had thought Catherine might be a lesbian, but now it seemed, he was wrong, and so was Catherine.
Which is to say, if it weren’t for Yelena, Catherine might really have become his girlfriend.
Of course, Gao Yang did not and would not regret choosing Yelena.
He truly loved Yelena very much, from the beginning until now, his affection for Yelena had never lessened by even a bit.
As for Catherine, Gao Yang could only sigh about the twists of fate.
If Catherine had understood her sexual orientation earlier and directly accepted Gao Yang’s proposal to be his girlfriend, maybe things would be different now.
But at present, Gao Yang truly regarded Catherine as just a friend, a normal friend.
After a deep sigh, Gao Yang gently stroked Yelena’s back and said softly, “Good girl, Catherine was right.
You should live well for her.
Do not think too much.
Because I’m sure Catherine will be alright.
Trust me, Catherine will be alright.”
Yelena, crying, said, “Gao, let’s never be apart again, okay?
Please don’t be a mercenary anymore.
I have never asked you to give up your profession, but every time you and dad leave, I worry about you, every day, every night.
I’m really scared, I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose you and dad.”
Gao Yang nodded and said, “Baby, remember what I told you?
When you graduate, I’ll propose to you.
Then, we’ll get married right away, and never be apart again.
As for now, I can’t retire yet, but I won’t take on too dangerous jobs anymore.
Okay, let’s not talk about this now.
You’re too worked up.
You need to rest.
There, lie down.”
Yelena obediently lay down, but she kept holding onto Gao Yang’s hand, unwilling to let go for even a moment.
Gao Yang sat by Yelena’s bedside, quietly comforting the traumatized girl.
Yelena had been deeply emotionally wounded, and to help her recover quickly, the doctor administered some sedatives.
After Yelena drifted off to sleep once more, Gao Yang slowly removed her hand at the doctor’s gesture and left the intensive care ward.
Back in the corridor, looking at the red light at the entrance to the operating room, indicating that the surgery was still ongoing, and thinking about the strong, cheerful, loving, and also very beautiful Catherine, who could very well die, Gao Yang’s already unsettled heart was quickly filled with anger after the initial worry and sadness.
Gao Yang stood at the entrance to the operating room, resting his head against the door, then muttered to himself, “Catherine, you once asked me whether I would kill for you.
At that time, I said if you were in danger, if someone hurt you, I would kill him.
No matter what our relationship is, now, I want to tell you again, yes, I will kill anyone who has hurt you, all of them.”
After speaking, Gao Yang turned and sat down in a chair in the corridor, then like Catherine’s father, he just stared blankly at the red light.
With a light ‘ding’, the red light at the door of the surgery room suddenly went out.
Gao Yang sprang to his feet, followed by everyone else who stood up and gathered around the door of the surgery room.
A doctor in a white coat came out from the operating room and under the eager gaze of a group of people, he took off his mask, and with an exhausted face said, “The patient is still in a life-threatening condition.
We’ve managed to control her pulmonary edema, but several of her organs are severely failing, and she’s been in shock multiple times.
Her heartbeat has stabilized for now, and she has momentarily been spared from the worst scenario, but it’s still very dangerous.
We’ve done our best, but whether the patient can survive depends on how her condition develops over the next seventy-two hours.
I’m sorry, everyone, I understand how you feel, but please step back now.
The patient is being taken to the ICU.
Please ensure you remain quiet and absolutely must not approach or touch the patient.
I reiterate once more, absolutely no approaching or touching the patient.”
The doctor spoke very good English, so Gao Yang and the others understood every word.
After the doctor finished speaking, everyone immediately took several steps back, and then, a few doctors wheeled Catherine out.
Gao Yang saw Catherine, pale as death with not a trace of color, on the moving bed.
He silently watched as Catherine was transferred into the intensive care unit, then stood behind Catherine’s parents and watched as a group of doctors began bustling around Catherine’s bed.
(To be continued.
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