Chapter 48 Chapter 48

◎Twenty-four hours of caring for Hao Touzi◎

Mu'an Jiaxi lay on the hospital bed, looking out the window with his head tilted to the side, at the occasional birds flying by and the blue sky and white clouds. His eyes were blank, and he didn't watch the TV even though it was on. He just stared out the window quietly.

After a moment, she turned her head and sighed, then looked outside the ward door and sighed again. Then she turned her eyes to the TV and stared at it with lifeless eyes.

I don’t know where my thoughts have flown.

In the past week, she could count the number of times she'd left the ward on her fingers. Spending the entire day in this ward was driving her crazy. She'd previously avoided going out whenever possible, wishing she could stay home every day. Now that she had the chance, she couldn't stay any longer, desperately wanting to get out.

For the first few days, because her wounds hadn't healed, she was confined to her bed like a paralyzed patient. She struggled to even turn over, needed someone to feed her, and even needed someone to give her water. She didn't even have to go to the bathroom herself, she had a urine bag.

She once doubted whether she was really paralyzed, but the severe pain in the wound told her that she was not yet paralyzed.

But that's not a problem. The most annoying thing is Shi Tou. He stays in her ward almost 24 hours a day whenever he has nothing to do, serving her tea and water and taking care of her attentively. He is more considerate than her boyfriend. Every time the doctor or nurse comes to check on her, he can't help but tease her.

Mu'an Jiaxi was completely ashamed. They didn't know how many times she had advised him privately to go back. There was really no need to do this.

He really didn't need to feel guilty about her being injured. It was her own fault. It wasn't because he didn't insist on persuading her to leave quickly and let her act recklessly that she almost died.

Mu'an Jiaxi really thought so. Amuro Toru had been taking care of her here for so many days just because he felt guilty, but this had nothing to do with him. She had said all the good and bad things she could to make him not worry about her.

There are nurses and doctors here, so there's really no need to take care of her personally. And because this incident is related to the organization, her injury is kept secret. No one around her knows about it except Public Security Conan and, at most, Subaru Ooshishi.

So her ward usually looks very deserted and no one comes to visit her, which is probably why Toru Amuro comes to take care of her personally.

Until the fourth day, her wound seemed to recover faster than others. On the fourth day, she was able to get out of bed and walk. Although the wound was still painful, it was within her tolerance.

At this point, she suggested that Amuro Toru return home, as he must have a lot of work to do in his position. The workload would likely pile up like a mountain over the next four days. Furthermore, her left arm was injured and she was past the point of general weakness. She could eat and walk without any problems, so he wouldn't need 24/7 care.

After her repeated persuasion, Amuro Toru finally left, but he would still come over at night. Fortunately, she was the only one staying in the ward of Muan Jiaxi, and there were two beds inside, so he didn't have to worry about having no place to sleep. She thought that if he could do more, he would feel better, so she let him do it.

Mu'an Jiaxi came back to his senses after the TV commercial ended and saw the content on the TV. It happened to be the video of the mayor's press conference half a month ago, which was also about land. Mu'an Jiaxi didn't care and turned it off.

Then he threw back the quilt and got out of bed. He picked up the washed apple on the bedside table, took a bite, and walked to the door. As soon as he walked out of the ward, he was stopped by someone.

The one who stopped him was Yuya Kazami. Meian Jiaxi looked at his actions in confusion, only to hear him say in a serious tone, "Mr. Jyouya said you need to rest and you can't go out."

Mu An Jia Xi rolled his eyes and said, "I won't go out. Can I just walk around in this corridor?"

"This..." Feng Jianyu hesitated.

She continued, "I'm right here so you can see me. I won't run around."

"Okay then."

Mu'an Jiaxi was delighted and walked towards the window at the end of the corridor with the apple. She soon came to the window. She pushed open the window while biting the apple. A cool breeze blew in, blowing her hair. She closed her eyes and felt and breathed the air outside the window.

I really miss this air without the smell of disinfectant.

After a moment, she opened her eyes and took another bite of her apple. From her position, she could see the hospital gate, where many people were coming in and out. At this moment, she saw Amuro Toru walking towards the inpatient building with a thermos bucket. Thinking that it was almost noon, he was probably here to deliver lunch.

After taking the last bite of the apple, he threw the apple shell into the trash can and walked slowly back to the ward. He walked a little slowly because he was afraid of disturbing the wound.

Before she even reached the ward door, Amuro Toru came out of the elevator carrying a thermos. He happened to see her outside the ward and hurried over. He put his hand on her shoulder and carefully helped her back to the room.

He kept saying, "Why did you come out? Didn't the doctor tell you to rest and try not to move, or the wound will easily split open."

Mu An Jiaxi felt a lot more relaxed because of him, and replied with a smile: "I was just bored staying in the ward and wanted to come out and take a look."

Then he looked at him puzzledly and said, "Why did you come here at noon today?"

Amuro Toru helped her onto the bed and covered her with the quilt. Then he walked to the end of the bed and raised it so that she could sit up halfway. Hearing this, he said softly, "I thought you've been eating food from outside or in the hospital these days, and it's definitely not as nutritious as what you cook yourself, so I specially made some food and brought it to you today."

He took the thermos from the bedside table, moved the movable table in front of her, put the thermos on the table, and opened it one by one. There were fish and vegetables, which was very rich and the colors of the food looked delicious.

Mu'an Jiaxi, who was not very hungry to begin with, couldn't help swallowing his saliva, took the spoon he handed over, and said thank you, "Thank you." Then he started eating without any hesitation.

After staying in the hospital for another week, Muan Jiaxi finally couldn't stand it anymore and told Amuro Toru more than once that she wanted to be discharged, but he kept delaying it on the grounds that his wound had not healed yet.

Seeing this, Mu'an Jiaxi ran to tell the doctor that she wanted to be discharged from the hospital, but the doctor said that she had no right to decide whether to be discharged or not.

As soon as these words came out, Mu'an Jiaxi laughed, knowing who was behind it.

Seeing that the doctor's advice didn't work, she ran back to the ward and started thinking. Her eyes were moving around and you could tell at a glance that she was up to some bad idea.

She put on her slippers and quietly walked to the door of the ward, looking out through a small piece of glass in the middle. The corridor was filled with nurses, patients or their families. Nothing seemed unusual, but Muan Jiaxi knew that Feng Jianyu was hiding nearby, watching her.

She opened the door of the ward and walked out tentatively. Although no one stopped her as soon as she left the ward like at the beginning, there was still someone stopping her as soon as she left the inpatient department.

It's just that the scope of activities has become larger.

Mu'an Jiaxi walked forward calmly, glancing back to see if anyone was following him.

She knew that Amuro Toru arranged these people just to protect her and to keep an eye on her to prevent her from being disobedient and running around, so Muan Jiaxi did not have any resistance and just went along with his arrangements.

After walking around up and down the stairs, she finally confirmed that there was only one person. She returned to the ward and began to think.

Over the next few days, she kept observing their movements and finally found some patterns and loopholes.

Mu'an Jiaxi sat on a chair by the window, eating a banana and looking downstairs. Downstairs happened to be the backyard of the inpatient department. At noon, most of the patients would come out to stroll around, chat, or bask in the sun.

She took a bite of her banana, thinking about how to escape. After observing for so many days, Mu An Jia Xi found many loopholes. There was only one person guarding her, and he had to drink water and eat. It was impossible for him to watch her 24 hours a day, so she could find the right time to quickly escape from the hospital.

Even if Toru Amuro knew about it afterwards, her injuries had almost healed. We couldn't force her to go back to the hospital. It would just waste resources and be unnecessary.

So she also bet that as long as she left the hospital, Amuro Toru would probably let her go and not force her to come back.

In fact, she couldn't guarantee it, but she had to try it because she was really tired of the smell of disinfectant.

Seeing that it was almost noon, she immediately got up, sat on the edge of the bed, pretending to watch TV while glancing at the door, because she could see the corridor from this position.

Sure enough, around 11:30, a man in his 30s came over from the other side of the corridor. She had seen this face yesterday; he was the one who followed her.

Seeing him leave, Mu Anjiaxi quickly stood up and walked to the door, watching his whereabouts through the glass. He walked to the elevator entrance in the corridor and followed the crowd into the elevator. She guessed that he was probably going to have lunch, so since there was no one around now, she took advantage of this moment to open the door and walk out.

She hadn't worn a hospital gown since she regained her mobility. Since her clothes had long since become unfittable, the clothes she was wearing were bought by Toru Amuro. He had good taste, and she loved them; they were both beautiful and comfortable.

She took the elevator downstairs, walked out of the hospital smoothly, hailed a taxi at the door, told the address, and went straight home.

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It was half an hour later when the police discovered that Mu'an Jiaxi was missing. The man who had just left for dinner saw this scene and looked panicked. He quickly took out his phone and called Feng Jianyuya, "Mu'an Jiaxi is missing. I asked the nurse, and she said she took the elevator downstairs half an hour ago, but she hasn't come back yet."

"How do you see people?"

The man said, "I just went to have lunch, and when I came back, she was gone."

Then Kazami Yuya hung up the phone and called a number, "Mr. Furuya, Miss Muan is missing. The people guarding her said that she took the elevator downstairs half an hour ago and never came back."

There was no change on Amuro Toru's face. He just said, "I understand." Then he hung up the phone in a calm tone.

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