Chapter 30: A Temperature I've Never Had

Song Li was not in a coma, but her condition was very bad. She didn't know how she got to the hospital. She felt like she was shaking and dizzy all the way.

She was lying on the bed in the emergency center. There was a lot of noise around her. Waves of injured people were sent in. Her head was buzzing. She didn't dare to close her eyes. As soon as she closed her eyes, the scene of the car accident she had just experienced seemed to happen again!

He Qian sent Yu Qingqing to the examination room. He asked Yang Xiao to call her agent to deal with it. He now only wanted to see Song Li and make sure she was safe!

When she returned to the accident scene, there were no injured people. They had been sent to several nearby hospitals. Her cell phone might have been broken, as she couldn't get through!

He Qian ordered several groups of people to go to the nearby hospitals one by one to confirm Song Li's whereabouts... He himself did not stop, not even bothering to change his soaking wet clothes. Seeing no one at the scene, he rushed to the hospital again...

Song Li lay in bed for a long time until the panic symptoms of wanting to vomit eased, and then she got up.

She is not a pretentious person. She forces herself to be strong every moment. She could be alone when the car accident happened, but now, she can't.

After getting out of bed, the stabbing pain in her knees made her more alert!

"Hey!" A nurse rushed over to help her, "You just got the injection, lie down for a while!"

Song Li looked at the back of her right hand and saw that there was indeed white tape on it. Why didn't she feel anything?

"I'm fine now, thank you."

"You looked very poorly when you were brought in. You must have been frightened, weren't you?" the nurse said softly. "We couldn't even register your identity information. The doctor ordered tests for you, and the results came back positive. You can leave, right?"

"Yes." Song Li buttoned his coat.

"Then you have to pay the bill first. Here's the bill. Pick up the medicine before going home. Got it? Get more rest!"

"Thank you." Song Li dragged his injured leg and walked towards the exit step by step.

The sky outside the window was gray and rainy, making it seem unusually depressing. I glanced at the clock: it was seven in the evening. The car accident happened at three o'clock, so it turned out only four hours had passed...

When she was paying, she realized she didn't have her wallet or cell phone, so she left the queue after waiting for a long time.

Afraid that people around her would notice her embarrassment, Song Li hid in the corner of the fire escape and sat on the steps, just wanting to calm herself down because her mind was filled with the sounds of vehicles crashing and rubbing against each other... She looked out the window at the dark sky in frustration, not even wanting to think about what to do now...

Ling Puyan was waiting in line behind her to pay and get medicine, and he saw every move she made in her daze.

After seeing Song Li and his own name displayed on the screen, he went to the window to get the medicine, and then walked in the direction where Song Li had just disappeared.

I pushed open the door to the fire escape, and the sensor light came on. I saw a tiny figure squatting on the stairs, with his legs folded and his head buried in his…

Fortunately she didn't leave.

"Here." Ling Puyan stood on the next step to her and touched her with the bag.

Song Li raised his head, and his hazy pupils took several seconds to see clearly that it was Ling Puyan's face, but he forgot to open his mouth to say hello.

Ling Puyan thought she was crying!

Song Li tilted her neck and found that he was reaching out to hand her a small bag.

"Your medicine." Ling Puyan reminded her again, and sat next to her with his trouser legs pulled up.

"My what?" Song Li took the bag, which contained several boxes of western medicine, with the words "3 times a day" written on the outer packaging.

She looked at her hand. Where was the receipt she was holding? Did he take it? When did he take it? Why didn't he notice? Did she lose not only her sense of taste, but also her sense of feeling?

Did he know that she had no money to pay? Did he think she had run away without paying?

Ling Puyan couldn't figure out how she could have more than a dozen expressions in one minute, but her messy hair and haggard little face really caught his eye.

The more Song Li thought about it, the more embarrassed he felt. He quickly tried to find a way to divert his attention. Seeing that he was also holding a bag of medicine, he pointed at it and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Recheck."

"Are you sick?"

"Yeah." Ling Puyan responded to her for some unknown reason. Normally, he would never tell others about his own affairs, let alone his injury.

"Is it serious? Where are you injured?" Song Li suddenly exclaimed: "Were you also at the scene of the car accident?"

The next second, Song Li quickly reacted: "Oh no, I just came out of the company, and you were still in the office... Review? Why review?"

"Did the doctor examine your head?" Ling Puyan teased her about her chaotic mood.

Facing this question, Song Li tried hard to recall, "I don't know, it should be, but it seems not."

Ling Puyan stretched one leg down two more steps. His legs were too long, making it a bit uncomfortable to sit. He unlocked his phone and handed it to her. "Do you need to call home? Ask your parents to come pick you up."

After all, in the adult world, parents are more likely to report good news than bad news.

Mom and Dad...the wall that Song Li had worked so hard to disguise collapsed in an instant!

Ling Puyan realized that he had said something wrong, which had triggered her choking expression...

There was no movement for a long time, the sensor light in the stairwell went out, and darkness suddenly fell!

Ling Puyan clearly heard a startled sound from the throat of the person next to her. She was afraid of the dark, so she quickly raised her right hand and snapped her fingers.

The lights came on again, and Ling Puyan was about to say something when he saw tears welling up in her eyes...

In a trance, his burly figure suddenly stopped, and his heart began to be disturbed.

Ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds... The room was so quiet that the only sounds could be heard: the sound of rain hitting the glass and the sound of traffic on the street outside the window.

The sensor light went out again. This time, Ling Puyan did not hear her trembling in fear. Instead, he heard her sobbing, sniffling, sobbing and trembling slightly.

She only dared to cry in the dark...

Taking advantage of the light coming in from the window, Ling Puyan saw her silhouette shaking from crying. He suddenly found it difficult to organize his words...

Song Li bit his fingers, thinking of the death of his father and Linlin, and Youran's illness, all the sadness could not be contained!

Ling Puyan no longer worried and reached out to pull her into his arms, gently, tenderly, and distressedly...

Song Li plunged into the warm current, which was a warmth she had never experienced before. Her already shattered faith grew and spread wildly at this moment!

Having just survived a near-death car accident, her mind was already in a state of panic, and she had completely lost her composure! The constant torture from He Qian, and the endless recurring nightmares, layer upon layer, crushed her hopes!

A tender hug was the last straw that broke her heart...

Ling Puyan hugged her body as if she were a treasure.

Song Li couldn't bear it anymore. The grief that he had forced himself to suppress for a long time finally broke out at this moment!

Ling Puyan felt mixed emotions as he listened to the person in his arms crying heart-wrenchingly and her body twitching constantly.

She must have been frightened by the car accident...

Song Li burst into tears, her low sobs were her last act of endurance. She felt so uncomfortable and depressed. She had obviously done nothing wrong, so why did she have to experience all the punishments alive!

Ling Puyan was like a statue. He didn't dare to speak or move except to hold her tighter and tighter. The strength of his arms seemed to want to knead her into his bones and blood...

Her crying at this moment was like a gust of wind, a landslide, and a tsunami... It struck deep into his soul.

Ling Puyan had come through the hail of bullets and had always disregarded life and death. He was not afraid of any fierce battle, but when he heard her crying like this, he found that his heart was also broken...

He knew that from now on he would never be able to succumb to Song Li again.

Song Li cried for a long, long time. This unbridled outburst made her feel more relaxed than ever before, because there was someone who quietly accompanied her without asking any questions, witnessing her pain, and giving her a hug without saying a word was the best comfort...

Ling Puyan felt the crying of the person in his arms gradually subside. She sat up straight, and he let go of his arms.

Song Li lowered his head, poking his eyes and nose, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ling, I didn't control myself just now."

"I thought you didn't know who I am!" Ling Puyan joked. Seeing that she was obviously in a much better mood after venting her anger.

The sensor light came on and they looked at each other.

Her eyes were moist and red, and his eyes were full of pity and reluctance.

"I'm sorry to let you see my miserable state..." Song Li just noticed that there was a large wet spot on his black coat. "Ah! I'm sorry for dirtying your clothes!"

Ling Puyan didn't care. She felt that being able to cry in front of him was a kind of release, which was good for her emotions. "Then should I reciprocate?"

"Huh?" Song Li thought that he was also going to lie on her and cry, getting her clothes wet and dirty?

Ling Puyan wanted to laugh when he saw her surprised expression due to misunderstanding. He took her hand and pulled it towards his lower back. His big hand covered her small hand and placed it on his lumbar spine. "Here, between the fifth lumbar vertebra and the coccyx, there is half a bullet stuck."

Song Li was shocked!

"If other people find out about you crying, don't blame me for telling them. I have something on you, too."

"Is this...this injury serious?" Song Li's right hand was still on his waist.

"It's okay. No one will die. The worst that can happen is paralysis of both legs."

Song Li was so surprised that he opened his mouth. "So you came here for a follow-up check today? What did the doctor say? Can't you have surgery to remove it?"

"It's stuck inside. As long as I don't do anything drastic, it can last for a few years. If I take it out now, I'll be in a wheelchair."

But he didn't say it out loud to ease the pain.

The excruciating pain that spread from the joints between his bones to his internal organs happened every day and night. Just like now, after sitting on the stairs with her for so long, the pain he had endured was almost reaching the limit of his endurance.

Song Li finally understood that this was what he meant by "reciprocity." He was analyzing his own pain to highlight her sadness, using this method to comfort her, and he said it so nonchalantly...

"Don't look so depressed. I don't care. I'm lucky to be alive." Ling Puyan said as he supported his knees and was about to stand up. "Let's go. I'll call you a taxi back."

Song Li stood up, and the next second Ling Puyan's body tilted and he was about to fall to the ground!

"Mr. Ling!" Song Li moved closer, stepped onto the next step first, and tried to support him!

Ling Puyan also reacted very quickly. Her small body could not stop him. She grabbed the railing and managed to stand firm.

Song Li put his hand on his waist and asked, "Is your waist hurting because you got up so suddenly?"

His waist had been aching intensely, and Ling Puyan's legs had just lost strength temporarily. This feeling would probably become more frequent in the future...