Chapter 243: Three for ten dollars
Chapter 243 Three dollars for ten dollars
Xia Ling woke up and felt pain all over her body. She moved slightly and found that her body was covered with gauze. The hospital's unique smell of disinfectant filled her ears and nose. A hanging bottle hung on a high metal stand beside the bed, and glucose solution flowed into her body drop by drop along the transparent hose.
She turned her head with difficulty.
Seeing a man lying beside the bed, his extremely handsome eyebrows were quietly closed, the bridge of his nose was straight, and the corners of his beautiful lips were pursed into a soft arc. It was Li Lei, who looked very gentle, as if he had been waiting by her side for thousands of years.
Xia Ling's heart moved slightly, remembering the light and warmth in her dream, the very close feeling, just like him at this moment.
How long has he been here?
As soon as this thought came up, I saw him moving and opening his eyes.
Only then did she see his face clearly. His eyes were blue, there was a faint stubble on his chin, and he looked even more haggard than ever before.
Seeing her wake up, Li Lei felt a flash of joy in his eyes, and immediately reached out to ring the bell to call the doctor. They were the VVIP of the special care unit, and soon an expert doctor came to check her, confirmed that her vital signs were stable, and prescribed new medicine before leaving.
After a lot of tossing when she woke up, she was groggy and a little tired, so she asked Li Lei in a hoarse voice: "What's wrong with me?" As soon as she said the words, she felt a fishy sweetness in her throat, and the blood could not stop rising.
Li Lei's eyes were complicated: "Your right shoulder was comminutedly fractured, and one of your ribs was broken. The fracture penetrated into your lung, and you must stay in bed. Be careful. If emphysema and pleural effusion develop, it may be fatal." "
Xia Ling lost strength and closed her eyes again in a daze.
In her sleep, she only felt that her hand was held by a dry and warm palm, and she never let go.
She slept and woke up like this. After half a month, she was mentally recovered. She was able to shake the flap of the hospital bed and sit up, and use her good hand to eat something. On the contrary, Li Lei lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye. His originally bright, handsome and flawless appearance was no longer replaced by a dull look.
He didn't go home at night, so he slept in Xia Ling's ward and stayed with her at all times.
There was a small bed beside the hospital bed. Although the assistants tried their best to make it as comfortable as possible for him, it was still far inferior to the bed at home. What's more, he often wakes up when she coughs, checks her complexion, removes the remaining volume in the bottle, takes her temperature, and adjusts the water at a suitable temperature for her to drink.
Tan Ying couldn't stand it - since Su Tang was demoted, the person who became his special assistant was Tan Ying. Tan Ying was Li Lei's brother through life and death a long time ago. Later, he was seriously injured and had a family, so he retired to the second line. Manage the Tianyi training camp for him. Now returning to him is just returning to the old business.
He was familiar with Li Lei's taste and asked the nanny to prepare nutritious meals in different ways every day and deliver them to Li Lei. It's still a bit cold in early spring. Sometimes, the food is already cold when it arrives, and whether it's eaten or heated, it's not as delicious as before.
Although Li Lei is fastidious on weekdays, he is a mercenary after all, so he can make do with it when he can't be fastidious. He made do with half-hearted meals every day and stayed by Xia Ling's side.
Tan Ying couldn't help but persuade: "Boss, while Miss Ye is asleep, you can go out and eat something hot. How can your body bear this?"
Li Lei said: "I have a sense of propriety."
Tan Ying was anxious: "The last time you made an amulet for Miss Ye, you lost too much blood. Your blood type is so special. We can't find a suitable blood source in the blood bank, so we can only nurse it back to health slowly. But it hasn't been raised yet. Well, spending time in the ward every day is very debilitating - at least eating out for three meals will make your mouth feel hot."
Li Lei frowned and glanced at Xia Ling who was sleeping. Fortunately, she didn't wake up.
"You are not allowed to mention the amulet in front of her in the future." The sacrifices he made were not to make her grateful, nor did he want her to feel any psychological pressure.
Tan Ying hesitated to speak, but finally closed her mouth in dismay under his stern eyes.
However, Tan Ying felt aggrieved in her heart. BOSS's blood type is very rare, MNSSU, and he cannot accept blood transfusions from any conventional blood type. Every drop of his blood is extremely precious - because of this, the old man of the Li family allowed him to return to China to develop the Baidao business. Otherwise, a small injury during a gang fight might kill him.
Such precious blood, he spared a small part of her body, crawled back from the gate of hell, and gave her an amulet. However, she was not wearing the amulet when the accident occurred.
A few days ago, under Li Lei's instruction, Tan Ying went to the press conference to look for the amulet, and found that it had been discarded in the corner of the dressing table, mixed with a bunch of cheap rhinestones, sequins, used tissues and styling glue. .
Tan Ying was so angry that he wanted to tear the woman alive.
But after Li Lei got the amulet back, he still carefully put it on her neck and tied a tight knot.
There are so many women in the world, why can’t we find another love?
Tan Ying didn't know what Li Lei was thinking, but Li Lei cared deeply about the people he took care of. They, the subordinates, could only try their best to serve, deliver meals, order flowers, contact experts for consultation... Tan Ying was so busy Almost broke his leg.
Xia Ling’s bones are gradually growing.
Li Lei then suppressed his anger and asked her, "Why don't you wear the amulet I gave you?"
She has been weak these days, and he has always spoken softly. Xia Ling did not expect that one day he would suddenly question her about this matter. She couldn't help but be startled, and then replied: "It doesn't match the dress."
“If you put it on, nothing will happen to you.”
"Do you believe this?" Xia Ling looked at him and felt a little funny, "BOSS, this kind of amulet can be sold at any tourist attraction for five yuan each, or three for ten yuan, and you can get a discount. If it is really effective, what kind of amulet will it be in this world? Where did all these disasters come from?”
“This is different.” Li Lei said stubbornly.
"What's different?" Xia Ling was not very interested and asked lazily, her eyes scanning his haggard face, "Thank you for taking care of me during this period, BOSS, your health is important, and I will continue to do so in the future. Go home and rest, you don’t have to hang around me 24 hours a day.”
She felt sad because her own affairs had hindered his care. He had paid a lot during this period.
She was groggy some time ago and had no strength to persuade him. Now that she has some energy, the first thing she wants to do is to let him go back and have a good rest and leave her alone. However, they had broken up, and the pride in her bones prevented her from saying anything too intimate.
A polite thank you was the best word she could think of.
Her indifferent tone pierced his heart like a needle.
Li Lei felt that he was the one who committed the offense, so he gave his sincerity to her to be trampled on. He never told her Mr. Li's assertion, not wanting her to know that he was actually destined to be sentenced to death as a widower, for fear of scaring her.
Let alone the origin of the amulet.
Now, he could understand that she thought it was just a cheap souvenir and didn't take it seriously.
However, if after telling her the truth, she still threw the amulet away casually, Li Lei was afraid that he wouldn't be able to bear such heartbreak and despair.
He did not dare to try.
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(End of this chapter)