Chapter 127: Progress
This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com please read it there. and check out other stories too.
Xi Mo glanced at Ruan Yesheng and just said, “I’m recovering very well. Even if I leave the hospital tomorrow, it’s no problem.”
“Normal allergies may be quickly controlled, but still need some rest,” Yan Tinghuan couldn’t see Xi Mo’s real condition and sounded confused on the phone. “Your allergy was so serious this time, you even went into shock. You should be resting longer. Why did you recover so fast?”
This was also something Xi Mo felt strange about.
Ruan Yesheng was happy about how fast her body recovered this time, but she also had doubts.
“I don’t know either,” Xi Mo frowned. “I think after I passed out, some doctor gave me special treatment. Normal treatment shouldn’t work this fast.”
“That doctor Zhao Yinchu?” Yan Tinghuan said, “I already said she’s suspicious. We must find her and question her soon. And what about that box? What’s with it? Why was it in the ambulance? It even moved!”
Xi Mo thought of the nurse they met before named Chen Congcong. At the end, they talked with her a little. They asked what the silver box in the car was used for, and Chen Congcong gave the same answer as Zhao Yinchu said it was full of medical tools.
But Chen Congcong also said that this box was brought onto the car by Doctor Zhao Yinchu.
So the idea that the box had medical tools inside was something Zhao Yinchu told Chen Congcong. Zhao Yinchu helped her believe that. And Chen Congcong never opened the box to check, so it can’t really prove there were medical tools inside.
Only Zhao Yinchu knows the truth.
Ruan Yesheng’s face looked a little serious. “We’ll go find Doctor Zhao tomorrow afternoon. It’s late now. Tinghuan, you go rest first. See you in Shanghai. If anything new happens here, I’ll tell you right away.”
“Alright. You two be careful,” Yan Tinghuan reminded them, then hung up the phone.
Now only Ruan Yesheng and Xi Mo were left, looking at each other.
Maybe it felt lively just now because of Yan Tinghuan’s voice, but now the hospital room became quiet again.
After a while, Xi Mo said, “...I’m going back too.”
Ruan Yesheng didn’t want her to go, but she didn’t want to disturb her rest either. She walked her to the room door and smiled, asking, “Since we already said goodnight, you’re really not coming back again tonight, right?”
Xi Mo could feel she was teasing a little. Her face didn’t show much, she only said, “I’ll come again tomorrow.”
Ruan Yesheng answered softly, “See you tomorrow.”
“See you tomorrow.”
Xi Mo left.
Ruan Yesheng felt more hope for tomorrow. Just to be careful, she locked the door, turned off the light, and lay on the hospital bed.
….
Other people might not be able to stand Shen Qingbie’s chattering little mouth all the time, but Yu An was used to it. Even though she always told Shen Qingbie to talk less, she still listened very carefully.
After talking for so long, Shen Qingbie finally felt sleepy. This time, without being reminded, she glanced at the time on her phone and got a fright. “It’s already this late?!”
“What else?” Yu An looked at her helplessly.
Didn’t she notice how long they’d been chatting? During that time, Yu An even poured her water because she was afraid Shen Qingbie’s mouth would go dry.
“No no no, I have to sleep now. I need to wake up early for work tomorrow.” Shen Qingbie never felt pressured in front of Yu An. She didn’t need to act all proper like she did on camera. She just lifted the blanket, stretched out her arms and legs, and laid on the bed in a big star shape.
When Yu An came over to cover her with the blanket, she finally changed her pose. She curled up in a way she felt comfortable, rested one hand under her head, laid on her side, and looked at Yu An. “A’Yu, how about not going back to your room tonight and sleeping here instead?”
Yu An: “…”
Shen Qingbie looked at her with puppy eyes. “Last time you said you’d sleep over at my place, but you ran away. Make it up this time. We’re the closest good sisters, but we’ve never even had a sleepover. That’s just wrong.”
Yu An: “…”
…Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about the term “good sisters”?
“No.” Yu An lowered her head and said, “My room is not far from yours anyway. Just a few steps away. There’s no need to sleep here.”
Shen Qingbie felt a bit wronged inside when Yu An turned her down, but she couldn’t force her. So she said, “Your room’s hot water was broken, so you came here to shower. Will it take your bed breaking next time for you to finally sleep with me?”
Yu An’s heart tightened: “…”
She stood up and looked away from the bed where Shen Qingbie was lying: "Hot water breaks easily. Beds don’t break that easily."
Shen Qingbie actually believed it: "That’s true."
"Go to sleep. I’m going back to my room." Yu An turned her back to her.
"When are you going back this time?" Shen Qingbie opened her mouth again.
She was worried that Yu An would leave again soon after coming. After all, the company was now promoting that guy who delivers packages, no, ugh, the one with the name that sounds like a courier, Lin Shunfeng. A’Yu was Lin Shunfeng’s manager, so later she would definitely spend a lot of time on him.
Thinking about this made Shen Qingbie super annoyed.
"I’ve got work. I have to leave tomorrow afternoon," Yu An said.
"What work?"
"There’s an important resource at the company. They’re planning to give it to Lin Shunfeng. I have to go talk about it. He’s doing really well right now. The company told me to pay more attention."
Shen Qingbie heard this and got so mad she didn’t even want to talk. So it really was like that.
A’Yu couldn’t seriously be falling for that pretty boy, right? What’s so great about that pretty boy? It’s just a face. She has a face too.
Yu An noticed Shen Qingbie didn’t say anything. That wasn’t like her, so she turned around to look at her.
Shen Qingbie pulled the blanket over her head and said in a muffled voice: "I’m sleeping."
Yu An felt like laughing, went back over, lifted part of the blanket so she could breathe well, and said, "Oh right, for the trip in a few days, I already asked the crew for leave for you. But that place is remote, the living conditions aren’t very good, no hotel, we’ll have to stay in a homestay they cleared out."
"It’s okay." Shen Qingbie finally looked like she had something to look forward to and got happy: "It will definitely be fun when the time comes. But Ruanruan just got hospitalized. Will she make it in time?"
"I already knew you would worry about her. Before I came over to shower, I helped you ask. She just fainted, and now she’s recovering really well. After watching her for a while, if nothing goes wrong, she can actually be discharged very soon. Zhang Zhiyin said the original schedule won’t be affected. You just go on time. Someone will be there to meet you."
Shen Qingbie’s emotions came fast and went fast. Before, she was unhappy because of Lin Shunfeng. But now that she thought about going to Zhang Zhiyin’s side to film, she suddenly became bright and cheerful again.
Yu An’s mood was really complicated for a while. She told Shen Qingbie a few things, then left.
Shen Qingbie didn’t think much, and since she was very sleepy, she curled up under the blanket and fell asleep quickly.
But Xi Mo kept tossing and turning, unable to sleep. The scene in the ambulance and that doctor Zhao Yinchu kept popping up in her head. She couldn’t sleep, so she leaned on the bedhead and looked at her phone. Today a bunch of people messaged her asking how she was, but not one message from her dad.
She almost forgot when the last time was that she texted Xi Ji.
She felt her dad definitely wasn’t the type to read entertainment industry hot searches, but Lu Qingming was someone her dad trained by hand. Lu Qingming listened to her, but really, that meant he was listening to her dad.
Now that she was in the hospital, Lu Qingming must’ve already told Xi Ji the news.
But Xi Ji still didn’t say anything.
Xi Mo hesitated for a long time. She typed in the message box: “Dad, I’m fine. I’ll be out of the hospital soon. Don’t worry about me.”
She didn’t send it right away.
Xi Mo stared at the message for a long time. Then she deleted the last part: “Don’t worry about me.” Xi Ji had always been a quiet person. Even last time, when she went through the hotel fire, he didn’t show any clear reaction. So she wasn’t sure if he’d be worried now that she got hospitalized from an allergic reaction.
If it wasn’t for Ruan Yesheng helping her realize a little bit that her dad might actually care about her, she might not even have dared to send a message this time.
She looked at the screen for a while, then hit send.
She felt nervous in her heart and already prepared for Xi Ji not to reply. Since she was young, she had a habit not to hope too much from her dad. The more she hoped, the more she’d get disappointed. It was better to not expect anything from the start.
But Xi Ji replied fast this time: “Understood. It’s so late. Still not sleeping?”
Xi Mo sat up straight all of a sudden, like she was facing Xi Ji in person right now. She had to show her best manners, and replied: “Going to sleep now. Dad, you should sleep early too. Don’t stay up too late.”
Xi Ji replied: “Mm.”
Xi Mo stared at those few short messages for a long time, like she had turned into a little girl again. She even felt a bit happy.
She couldn't remember if her dad had ever given her candy when she was little. After all, the house had everything ready. If she wanted candy, she could just go take it. Xi Ji wouldn’t bother with small stuff like that. But right now, Xi Mo felt like she had just received candy from her dad.
There was a pattering sound outside. It had already started to rain cold. The stuffy feeling in Xi Mo’s heart became lighter. She turned off her phone and went to sleep.
The night was dark. The lights outside the hospital were soaked by the rain and fog. They reflected blurry and cold halos.
Because of the rain, the air became even colder. A man wearing a black custom-made trench coat was standing downstairs at the inpatient building. Even though he looked a bit older, his face was still handsome. Lu Qingming was holding a black umbrella to cover the man from the rain.
The man was holding a phone in his hand. He looked at it for a while, then put it away.
“President Xi,” Lu Qingming said respectfully, “you’ve been standing here for a long time. You may catch a cold. You should return to the car.”
“We’ll go back later.” Xi Ji didn’t move.
Lu Qingming knew his temper, so he didn’t say anything more.
Xi Ji stood there beside him. He looked up at a certain floor of the inpatient building and didn’t move at all. Lu Qingming looked at him and couldn’t help but think about the last time there was a hotel fire. He told Xi Ji right away. A person like Xi Ji was busy every day in ways normal people couldn’t imagine. At that time, he was abroad handling an important business deal. He couldn’t make it back in time.
But that time, Xi Ji did something he never did before. During a meeting, he sent Lu Qingming a message to ask about Xi Mo’s condition. Before, he always followed meeting rules closely. He never got distracted.
When Xi Ji came back, Xi Mo had already left the hospital. Xi Ji didn’t say anything about it.
And this time, he was in Shanghai. Once he got the call from Lu Qingming, he came over.
After waiting a while, Xi Ji answered a phone call. He asked in a deep voice, “Did you find it?”
There was a man’s voice on the other end of the call. He said, “We’ve already found out. Every sample of food that Mr. Lu left behind has been checked carefully. Every single one had seafood in it. No matter which one Miss Xi tasted, it would have caused an allergic reaction. This wasn’t a kitchen mistake. Someone planned this ahead of time.”
Xi Ji’s brows twisted right away.
Lu Qingming was very good at his job. That’s why Xi Ji trusted him to stay by Xi Mo’s side. Back then, Xi Ji had rushed to give Xi Mo her allergy medicine. But after running for a while, he realized something. So he called his assistant and told him to take a small sample of every dish from Xi Mo’s table. Each one had to be labeled and sent for testing as fast as possible.
“Get a copy of all the security footage from the wrap party,” Xi Ji said. “Focus on the kitchen. Search carefully.” His face twitched a little, and his eyes were colder than the freezing rain around him. “Find them.”
“Yes, don’t worry,” the man said. “I’ll let you know right away if I find anything.”
After the call ended, Xi Ji kept standing there.
“Do you want to go up and see her?” Lu Qingming asked in a low voice.
“No.”
The rain came down harder, hitting the umbrella with loud pops. Xi Ji stood there for a while. Then, with Lu Qingming by his side, he turned and walked away into the fog and rain.
The next morning, Ruan Yesheng and Xi Mo both had their checkups again. The results showed no problems.
Ruan Yesheng had been fine from the start. She just passed out. But Xi Mo’s main doctor was surprised when he came to check on her. He said that allergic reactions this bad usually don’t get better this fast. He didn’t know the reason either. From her test results, she could be discharged today. But the doctor still suggested staying another day to watch her closely.
Xi Mo had a lot of questions in her heart. She just wanted it to be afternoon already so she could go talk to Dr. Zhao Yinchu.
After lunch, the two of them each took a nap. Later, Ruan Yesheng woke up and came to see Xi Mo. They agreed to go check out the 11th floor soon.
“Don’t you think the doctors and nurses seem a little weird today?” Ruan Yesheng said, thinking about what she saw earlier in the hallway. “They were all rushing around. I didn’t even see my main doctor. They said he went to an emergency meeting. And the nurses didn’t look too good either.”
“I felt it too,” Xi Mo said.
This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com please read it there. and check out other stories too.
She had gone out for a short walk earlier and saw Chen Congcong talking with a few other nurses from a distance. They all looked panicked.
“I asked one of the nurses about it,” Ruan Yesheng said. “But she just told me nothing was wrong and to rest well.” The more she thought about it, the weirder it felt.
While they were still talking in the room, someone knocked on the door.
Ruan Yesheng walked over to open it. A woman who looked a little over forty stood outside. She said to them, “Hello, I’m the caretaker Miss Lin Tingyu hired. Miss Lin said she wants you both to come to the hospital room on the 11th floor. She has something important to tell you.”
Last night, Lin Tingyu had told them that if Dr. Zhao Yinchu went to her sister’s room to check on her, she would send someone to let them know. Ruan Yesheng and Xi Mo looked at each other, feeling a little nervous for some reason. They thanked the caretaker and followed her out the door.
On the way, Ruan Yesheng asked, “Is Dr. Zhao in Miss Lin Tingshuang’s room now?”
“She hasn’t come yet,” the caretaker replied.
The two of them hesitated but kept going. When they reached the 11th floor, they saw that the nurses at the nurse station there looked even worse than the ones on their own floor. One nurse was even whispering on the phone nonstop, but they couldn’t hear what she was saying.
When they reached the door of Lin Tingshuang’s room, the caretaker left without saying anything. The door was open, and they could see Lin Tingshuang sitting in a wheelchair. Lin Tingyu was wearing a tight-fitting pantsuit that showed off her figure. She was kneeling on one knee in front of her sister, speaking gently to her.
Unlike last night, when her face looked blank, Lin Tingshuang had recovered a bit today and was showing some response.
When Lin Tingyu talked to her, her lips moved a little. She was able to reply.
“Miss Lin, sorry to bother you,” Ruan Yesheng said at the door and knocked.
Lin Tingshuang looked up at them. Her face looked a little lost. She didn’t have much awareness yesterday, so she didn’t know she had met Ruan Yesheng and Xi Mo. But Lin Tingyu quickly stood up and walked over to the door.
Lin Tingyu had a gentle and elegant face. When she stood at the door, she looked graceful and warm like the wind.
But right now, there was a bit of sadness in her bright eyes, and her face looked serious.
“Miss Lin, may I ask what important thing you wanted to tell us?” Xi Mo asked. “Did Dr. Zhao come to work? Is she in her office now?”
“Dr. Zhao is not in her office,” Lin Tingyu’s voice started to shake a little.
Ruan Yesheng saw her expression and felt that something was wrong. Thinking back to how off the doctors and nurses were acting today, she asked, “Did something happen?”
Lin Tingyu was quiet for a moment. Then she said, “Dr. Zhao… she’s dead.”
Xi Mo: “…”
Ruan Yesheng: “…”
Author's Note:
There will be another update tomorrow~
