Chapter 477: Drinking and Accident

"squeak--"

The screeching sound of brakes broke the silence outside the hospital emergency room.

Ji Wan rushed out of the car, her high heels making a hurried and panicked sound as they stepped on the cold floor tiles.

"Where is Chi Wenyan? The one with alcohol poisoning." She grabbed a nurse, her voice trembling without her even noticing.

The nurse was startled by her anxious look and quickly pointed in the direction of the emergency room: "It's over there. The doctor is waiting for the family."

Ji Wan almost stumbled towards the emergency room.

Pushing open the heavy door, the strong smell of alcohol and disinfectant hit me. Chi Wenyan lay pale on the hospital bed, his eyes closed, his brow knitted together in pain. His usual arrogance was gone, leaving only embarrassment and vulnerability.

A doctor in a white coat came up with a serious look on his face.

"You are the patient's wife, Ms. Ji Wan, right? The patient was already in a deep coma when he was brought here. The preliminary diagnosis is acute alcohol poisoning. His condition is very critical and he needs immediate gastric lavage. Here is the consent form, please sign it."

"Gastric lavage..." Ji Wan looked at the thin paper, and every word on it pierced her eyes like a needle. She should feel relieved, right?

This man, this man who had caused her so much injustice and humiliation, was now lying here in pain. Isn't this exactly what she wanted?

But why, her heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, making it hard for her to breathe.

"Ms. Ji, please hurry up. If we delay any longer, the patient's life will be in danger." The doctor's urging voice brought her back to reality.

Ji Wan took a deep breath, suppressing the inexplicable bitterness in her heart. She picked up the pen, the tip of the pen lingered on the paper for a few seconds, and finally signed her name neatly.

Those two words, like a heavy shackle, once again bound her to this man.

"What will happen to him?" After signing, she couldn't help but ask, her voice dry.

"We'll do our best." The doctor took the consent form and immediately turned to the nurse and instructed, "Prepare for gastric lavage."

The cold equipment was pushed into the emergency room, and Ji Wan's eyes were fixed on Chi Wenyan's pale face.

She told herself that she just didn't want to be known as someone who didn't help someone in need, that was all.

This man is not worthy of any extra emotions from her.

However, when the doctor held a long and thick tube and prepared to insert it into Chi Wenyan's stomach, her heart still tightened uncontrollably.

The arrogant man who always spoke to her in an imperative tone was now like a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Ji Wan turned his face away, unable to bear to look any longer.

But the suppressed vomiting sounds and Chi Wenyan's unconscious groans that came from her ears were like a demonic sound that penetrated her ears and made her body stiffen. She had never thought that Chi Wenyan would have such an embarrassing side.

"Ji Wan..." Chi Wenyan murmured incoherently in a coma, his voice carrying a hint of begging and fragility.

Ji Wan turned her head sharply, watching his body writhing in pain, a mixture of emotions welling up in her. This name, spoken from his lips, had once brought her so much sweetness, yet now brought her so much pain. She sneered, muttering to herself.

Chi Wenyan, you asked for this.

Do you think I will forgive you just like that? No way.

The lights in the emergency room were blindingly pale, and the air was still filled with the nauseating smell of alcohol and disinfectant.

Ji Wan stood there, watching the nurses packing up the equipment in an orderly manner. Chi Wenyan was changed into a clean hospital gown, with a needle inserted into the back of his hand, and transparent liquid was injected into his blood vessels drop by drop at a steady rate.

Her legs felt a little numb. Her nerves had been tense ever since she rushed into the hospital.

Reason told her that she should leave now that they were out of danger. There was no point in staying here. This man was not worth wasting a single minute on.

But his feet seemed to be nailed to the spot, unable to move.

The liquid in the drip bottle slowly but steadily decreased, and time passed by minute by minute.

Ji Wan leaned against the cold wall, her eyelids growing heavier. The mental torture of the past few days and the exhaustion she felt at this moment combined to finally overcome her willpower.

She leaned against the wall, slowly slid down to the ground, curled up in the corner, and fell into a deep sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Chi Wenyan struggled to open his heavy eyelids.

The hangover headache was still intense, and my throat was so dry it felt like it was on fire.

He subconsciously rolled his eyes to adapt to the surrounding light, and then he saw the figure curled up in the corner.

Ji Wan?

How come she is here?

Doesn't she wish he would die immediately?

Chi Wenyan's heart suddenly shrank, and then an indescribable ecstasy ran through his limbs like an electric current.

She was here. She was watching over him. The realization nearly made him leap from his bed.

He gazed at her sleeping face greedily. Her brows were slightly furrowed, and even in her sleep there was a trace of unrelieved sadness, and there were still traces of tears on her pale cheeks.

He had never seen Ji Wan so vulnerable.

His heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by a big hand, and it felt sore and swollen.

He moved carefully, afraid to make any noise and disturb her.

His eyes fell on her thin clothes and her exposed arms, slightly curled up due to the cold. He reached out without hesitation and wanted to pull the thin blanket over to her, but the IV tube restricted his movements.

Chi Wenyan frowned and glanced at the bedside table, where the coat he was wearing when he was delivered was placed.

He used his left hand, which was not receiving the IV, to slowly hook the coat over to him, his movements as gentle as if he were handling a rare treasure. Then, he leaned over and gently, again and again, covered Ji Wan with the coat, which carried his body temperature.

After doing all this, he breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes fixed on her peaceful sleeping face again.

Her eyelashes were very long and trembled slightly. Under her small nose were the lips that had quarreled with him countless times and had also smiled at him countless times.

At this moment, the lips were a little dry and bloodless.

An uncontrollable thought was growing wildly in his mind.

He wanted to kiss her.

Once this thought came to mind, he could no longer suppress it. Chi Wenyan's breathing became a little heavy. He slowly, slowly leaned over. The bed made a slight creaking sound due to his movement, which was particularly clear in the silent ward.

He held his breath and moved closer to the face that had been haunting him.

The faint smell of disinfectant on his body mixed with his unique scent seeped into Ji Wan's nostrils.

Just as his lips were about to touch hers, Ji Wan's eyelashes trembled violently, and then her tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.