His Genius Wife Is A Superstar novel Chapter 1576

1576 Night Vigil

The first night of vigil was excruciating.

Jin Liwei couldn't fall asleep no matter how much he tried. Lying beside him on the sofa bed, Iris couldn't sleep properly either. She could feel her husband's fear and anxiety like invisible waves emanating from him.

However, she was too exhausted. She fell into a light sleep for about a couple of hours before waking up. Her eyes opened and saw her husband tiptoeing in the darkness toward the patient room. He didn't enter the enclosed room but stood outside the glass windows to watch his unconscious grandmother.

Sighing, Iris couldn't sleep anymore. She also rose and walked towards him.

"Sorry, love," he said when he noticed her approaching him. "Did I wake you up?"

She didn't answer him but asked a question instead. "You didn't sleep at all?"

He opened his mouth to reply, but she told him before he could: "Don't you dare lie to me."

He sighed. "I can't sleep, love." He pulled her into an embrace as they watched the unconscious Grandma Li inside the patient room.

"I feel like my grandmother is slipping away from us. She's the one who has a cold personality similar to mine, so we've always had a special bond. I know that she misses my grandfather every single day and is still terribly heartbroken over having to bury her only son, my father. Maybe she thinks that it's time for her to rest, but I feel selfish. I don't want to let her go yet. I hope that she can still watch our children grow up."

Iris wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his chest.

Other people might think that her husband was a heartless, cold-blooded capitalist. Indeed, he could be extremely cold and ruthless, especially to other people, but to those he considered his family and close friends, he would do everything to protect them, even discarding his morals to do so.

She already knew him long enough to understand his real private persona was different from his public façade.

As someone who was only beginning to learn how to embrace having a beautiful family and close circle of friends in her present life, she couldn't fully relate to this kind of deep connection to any parental figure. But seeing her husband suffering this kind of anguish was enough to distress her.

"I'm sorry, darling," she said while rubbing his back.

If only she had the power to heal Grandma Li for her husband, she would have already done so. Unfortunately, despite the mystical thing of being reborn into another body, she held no other special power except for her past life's memories.

"Don't be sorry, love. Grandma Li being ill like this is not something any of us can control."

"I know. I hope that Grandma Li wakes up soon."

"Me too, love. Me, too."

The husband and wife stood watching over the old woman for hours.

When Huang Yuyan and Grandpa Lu returned the next morning, they found Iris still sleeping on the sofa bed. Jin Liwei was already awake—no, he looked like he didn't sleep at all. He had huge eye bags. The white in his eyes had also turned red.

Seeing this, Huang Yuyan felt distressed for her son.

"You didn't sleep, son?" she asked.

Jin Liwei pressed his index finger on his lips, warning his mother and the old man to be quiet so as not to disturb his sleeping wife.

"My wife and I stayed up almost all night," he said. "She only managed to fall asleep just now."

Thankfully, Huang Yuyan wasn't the typical evil mother-in-law who always went against her daughter-in-law. On the contrary, she sometimes felt closer to Iris than she did to her eldest son. Although Jin Liwei was her son, she often found him intimidating, especially after he grew up and became an adult.

Knowing that her daughter-in-law basically stayed up all night with her eldest son to watch over her mother-in-law, Huang Yuyan felt touched and very emotional.

"Okay, let Xiulan sleep more," she whispered. "You should've insisted that she sleep, son. Being a mother and a wife is not easy."

"I know I'm wrong." Jin Liwei didn't argue and readily admitted his fault.

"How's your grandmother, my boy? I want to know!" Grandpa Lu's usually loud voice didn't boom this time. He did his best to control the volume of his voice.

Jin Liwei sighed. "The doctor and nurses came several times last night to check on Grandma but there are no improvements yet. Let's hope that she wakes up soon."

This time, Iris stirred. She opened her eyes and saw her mother-in-law and Grandpa Lu.

"Mom, Grandpa, you're here," she murmured.

"Go back to sleep, my dear," Huang Yuyan said with a soft smile. "Don't mind us."

Iris shook her head. "I'm awake now."

There was a knock on the door before it opened.

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