The light in the corridor outside the intensive care unit was so pale that it was a bit dazzling, and it reflected Yu Bai's thin face, making him look even more haggard.

Seeing her stubbornly sitting on the bench in the corridor with only a thin coat on her body, Li Zhenguo couldn't help but persuade her again.

"Comrade Xiao Yu, it's no use for you to endure this. Go back. We're here to guard it. I'll notify you immediately if anything happens."

Yu Bai shook his head, his voice hoarse from staying up late, but extremely firm.

"Thank you for your kindness, but my brother is like this now, I... I can't sleep."

"I'll just stay outside and not go in to disturb them. If anything happens, I'll be the first to know."

This makes sense. No one can sleep soundly with a clear conscience when their loved ones are seriously injured and unconscious.

Li Zhenguo sighed, knowing that it was useless to persuade her any further, so he stopped talking and just reminded her to keep warm. He went to the nurse's station and asked for another blanket for her.

Yu Bai thanked him and wrapped himself tightly in the blanket.

The whole night passed in silence, with only the cold seat and the burning anxiety in her heart accompanying her.

The next morning, it was just dawn.

Sure enough, "good news" came from the intensive care unit - Yu Cheng "wore up"!

The doctor immediately conducted a detailed examination and was amazed to see that although he was weak, he was conscious and his vital signs were surprisingly stable.

"After falling from such a high altitude, his internal organs were ruptured and bleeding, and several bones were broken. And yet, after just one night, he's recovered so well!"

"Young people's physical foundation is different!"

The nurse next to him also agreed: "Yes, he looks pretty good."

Afterwards, Yu Cheng was successfully transferred from the intensive care unit to the high-end single-room ward reserved for cadres at the Military Region General Hospital.

The environment here is better and more convenient for family members to take care of the children.

After the doctors and nurses left and Li Zhenguo also left, the ward door closed with a "click", isolating everything from the outside world.

Yu Bai couldn't hold it in any longer and rushed to the bedside: "Fourth brother! What...what happened? How did you get injured like that?"

Yu Cheng lying on the hospital bed still had a pale face, but his eyes were sharp and clear, not at all like someone who had just experienced a life-and-death crisis.

He looked at his sister's anxious and worried face and spoke slowly, his voice a little dry due to his injuries and not having water for a long time.

"What Li Zhenguo said is pretty much right."

He paused, his eyes deepening.

"But there's one thing he doesn't know. Or rather, I didn't let him know."

Yu Bai's heart suddenly tightened: "What?"

"I could have stayed healthy." Yu Cheng spoke each word with a resounding voice. "At least, I wouldn't have been hurt this badly."

Yu Bai's pupils suddenly shrank: "Then why did you..."

Yu Cheng's gaze fell on his arm wrapped in gauze. His voice was calm, yet revealed an unquestionable power.

"The moment the plane lost control and the landing gear deployed as a warning, I had already taken out the spare crystal core."

"Then why don't you use it?"

If the crystal core had been used earlier, Fourth Brother wouldn't have had to walk through the gates of hell!

"I used it." Yu Cheng said calmly, "but not on myself."

He met Yu Bai's shocked and puzzled gaze and continued.

"The moment the umbrella was torn, I knew it was over. At that altitude, with no cushioning, Li Zhenguo was doomed."

"So, during the rapid descent, I transferred all the energy of the crystal core to him."

"That's why he only suffered some minor injuries and a concussion after falling from such a height, or even just a brief coma."

"When he woke up and saw that I was seriously injured and dying, he probably thought that my body had absorbed most of the impact. Little did he know that it was I who saved his life with my crystal core and repaired his damaged internal organs and broken bones."

Yu Bai was stunned and it took him a while to find his voice.

"Fourth brother...you...if you do this, what if..."

She didn't dare to think further.

Yu Cheng seemed to see through her thoughts, stretched out a hand and gently patted the back of her hand.

"There's no such thing as a one-time event. Little sister, I need a chance."

"An opportunity... that will allow me to get in front of certain people and reach a higher, more central position!"

"This mission is highly confidential, and the weapons being transported are national treasures."

"My 'serious injury in the line of duty' and even 'self-sacrifice to save others' will inevitably attract the attention of the highest levels of the military."

"Li Zhenguo's family background is not simple. He owes me his life. This favor is significant enough."

Yu Bai's heart was shocked, and she understood instantly.

Fourth brother, you are risking your own serious injury, or even your life, to get a chance to get close to the center of power!

At that moment, Yu Bai felt as if her heart was hit hard by a heavy hammer, making her almost unable to breathe.

In her impression, her fourth brother, Yu Cheng, was obsessed with weapon improvements and tactical innovations. When had he ever had such deep and even unscrupulous scheming?

"Fourth brother..." she said with difficulty, "You were... not like this before."

In the past, Yu Cheng had only two pure concepts in his mind - country and family.

Defending the country is a belief engraved in his bones.

As for political schemes and calculations, he has always disdained them and even avoided them.

Yu Cheng withdrew his gaze from the window and fell on his sister's pale little face, his eyes complicated and incomprehensible.

He sighed softly, his voice carrying a hint of maturity that did not belong to his age.

"Little sister, people always change. Especially after you have the power to change everything, and also to bring disaster."

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