Chapter 580: Awakening
Xiao Chen asked, "Can I see her for a moment?"
He couldn’t rest without seeing her.
"You can only look from outside; she needs to rest," Fei Canqing also knew that without giving him a glimpse, he wouldn’t leave.
"Okay," Xiao Chen complied.
Fei Canqing pushed up his presbyopia glasses, noting how unusually agreeable the young man was.
It’s tough to overcome the beauty, after all!
Outside the ICU.
Xiao Chen’s face was covered with stubble, only his eyes shone brightly, looking painfully at the person on the bed with an oxygen mask.
His heart was agonizingly wrenching. He supported her unconditionally in everything she needed to do because he knew she was independent and capable, and all he needed to do was support her silently from behind.
But at that moment in Lab D, when she said she was going to turn off the gas valve alone, he didn’t listen to her and rushed in.
During that near-death moment, his mind was filled with images of her.
He thought if they couldn’t be together in this lifetime, then perhaps in the next.
Just when he was about to pass out, he heard her voice; he couldn’t bear to close his eyes, fearing it would be forever.
Later, she stayed behind alone; she said she had to, mentioning one of them must stay alive...
Feng Ye and Mo Fan glanced at Yun Yue, then at Xiao Chen, and quietly left, leaving the glass window to him.
Xiao Chen gazed painfully at the person on the bed.
"Sister Yue, why are you so foolish? You’re never allowed to rush forward like that again."
"Sister Yue, once everything is settled, let’s get married, shall we? I can’t wait. I’m really scared of losing you again. Those eight hours outside the operating room were torture; every second was agony, thinking you might die made me want to destroy the world... cough, cough..."
...
Xiao Chen sat on the ground for a very long time, speaking even though he knew Yun Yue in the ward couldn’t hear him.
"Cough, cough..." He coughed a few times, covering his mouth and nose, suddenly noticing the blood on his palm; he frowned slightly.
Feng Ye hurried over, looking somewhat distressed, "Master Chen, you’re really vomiting blood!"
"It’s a reaction from inhaling the poison gas. Thankfully, I didn’t inhale much. Chairman Fei is already hastening the medical research. I wonder how Jiang Qi is holding up."
Right now, Feng Ye was most concerned about Jiang Qi.
He wasn’t as lucky as Sister Yue; although she inhaled many times more poison gas than he did, her body had anti-drugs.
Jiang Qi could only rely on himself to get through.
They just had some lung damage and would recover after some rest.
Xiao Chen’s gaze shifted from Yun Yue, his voice hoarse, "Take me to see Jiang Qi."
"Okay," Feng Ye nodded in agreement.
Jiang Qi was also at the Medical Organization base, but on the second basement floor.
A small amount of medicine had been made from Yun Yue’s blood and had been injected into Jiang Qi.
The situation had indeed greatly improved, but the recovery was much slower than Yun Yue’s.
"Elder Fei, Jiang Qi will be okay, right?" Feng Ye asked uncertainly.
"The anti-drugs extracted from Yun Yue’s blood were injected half an hour ago, and there’s improvement."
Now, Yun Yue’s blood was the antidote, but her body was still weak, so they dared not draw blood from her again.
They could only study a similar drug for the treatment of those who had inhaled poison gas.
Seeing their worried faces, Fei Canqing said, "You’ve been poisoned too, haven’t you? Go get a shot later, it will do you good."
"No need, I’m fine," Xiao Chen declined.
Fei Canqing seemed to see through his thoughts and explained, "Don’t worry, it’s not Yun Yue’s blood. It’s an anti-drug similar to the one found in her blood, but it’s not as effective as hers."
Xiao Chen’s expression softened slightly.
"That’s fine, as long as it’s not Sister Yue’s blood," Feng Ye agreed.
Sister Yue hadn’t recovered herself yet, and even if it was drawn out, he hoped it would all be used for Jiang Qi, who needed it more than anyone else.
After getting the injection, the three of them walked out of the Medical Organization’s base.
It was now three in the morning, and the streets of Beijing were quiet and peaceful.
They had ultimately defended this city.
Feng Ye turned his head to speak, "Master Chen, let’s go back and rest for a while, we can discuss everything tomorrow, you haven’t eaten or drunk anything all day, and Sister Yue definitely wouldn’t want to see you looking defeated..."
He thought that if there was anyone who could make Master Chen listen, it had to be Yun Yue.
Xiao Chen didn’t respond, but his eyes sharply scanned the surroundings.
"Further strengthen our forces and make sure the city hospital is well protected."
He Yao was captured, but there was still Qiu Jun, who might strike from behind—a consequence he could not afford.
"Yes! I will arrange it right away," Feng Ye responded quietly.
This was already half of the entire criminal police force, added to the forces from the Soldier Association Gold Net, it was as solid as a fortress.
...
A week later.
Yun Yue had escaped life-threatening danger, but she still hadn’t awakened; Xiao Chen came by every day to talk with her for an hour.
"Sister Yue, these days I’ve been planning our wedding, I’ve designed several options, you can choose when you wake up, whatever you like, we’ll do..."
"And we should have a child, preferably a daughter as beautiful as you..."
Xiao Chen held her hand tightly against his face, as if only this way could he feel her warmth.
Suddenly, her fingers twitched, and Xiao Chen immediately looked at her.
Her hand continued to twitch, weakly though visible to him.
Soon Yun Yue’s eyelids moved.
Xiao Chen bent down excitedly to look at her.
"Sister Yue? Sister Yue?"
Yun Yue slowly lifted her eyelids, squinting for quite a while before she adjusted to the light in the room.
She opened her mouth with her lips and tongue extremely dry.
She weakly said, "Water."
"Okay." Xiao Chen poured a glass of water, adjusted the hospital bed to the right angle, put a straw in the cup, and handed it to her, "Drink slowly."
Yun Yue felt incredibly thirsty and gulped down the entire glass of water quickly.
Xiao Chen set down the glass, pressed a button on the bed, and soon Fei Canqing and Cao Weiyu hurried over.
Seeing that she had awakened, both were overjoyed.
Fei Canqing teased, "You finally woke up. If not, Xiao Chen was about to tear this base apart."
Yun Yue didn’t have the energy to speak, just feeling an emptiness in her stomach, wanting to eat something.
The gloom in Xiao Chen’s eyes dissipated with her awakening, "Hungry, right? I’ll have Xiao Feng make some lean meat and vegetable porridge for you."
Fei Canqing checked her condition, which had improved significantly; she could now have some liquid food, "Your diet should be light and easy to digest, you really are fortunate to have an antidote in your system, otherwise a normal person would have died from inhaling so much poison."
"Antidote?" Yun Yue looked at him in surprise.
"You were vaccinated as a child," Fei Canqing said, noticing Xiao Chen was present, and didn’t elaborate further.
As a child?
As a child, she had received many injections, all administered by her grandfather, while other children often caught colds, she never did.
Could it be that one of those medications contained the antidote to the poison?!
Had her grandfather known this day would come, so he had vaccinated her?