Chapter 49. Song Huai's First Love
On the way there, Bai Xiao experienced the feeling of being acupunctured for the first time in his life, wishing he could just take a rocket and fly to Song Huai's side.
Even though he rushed to the location where Song Huai had been kidnapped at near-maximum speed, when he stepped into the warehouse and saw the scene inside, he realized that he was ultimately too late.
That was the scene Bai Xiao least wanted to recall in her life, yet it was also the image that Bai Xiao couldn't shake off in countless midnight dreams.
The Bai family's men split into two groups: one group dealt with Bai Zhang's men, while the other group went with Bai Xiao to rescue Song Huai.
The moment Bai Xiao stepped into the warehouse, the blood-red stains on the floor stung his eyes.
Song Huai lay in a pool of blood, his eyes closed, barely breathing, while Bai Zhang stood beside him, raising his blood-stained dagger high, about to stab Song Huai.
In an instant, Bai Xiao was overcome with anger and rushed forward, kicking Bai Zhang in the back.
The next moment, Bai Xiao's legs went weak, her knees hit the ground, and she knelt down next to Song Huai.
At this moment, he was still deceiving himself into believing that all the blood on the ground belonged to Bai Zhang.
Until he saw the blood still seeping from the knife wounds on Song Huai's chest and palms.
Bai Xiao stared blankly at Song Huai, who was almost lifeless on the ground, and stammered, "Song Huai... don't scare me... please don't scare me..."
"Doctor! Doctor!" Bai Xiao roared, his eyes wide with fury.
The medical staff rushed forward to examine her. He did some initial work to stop the bleeding from Song Huai's two cuts. Due to limited resources, he could only give the wounds a simple bandage. After doing all this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking that his wife was probably in grave danger this time.
Bai Xiao then carried Song Huai to the car without stopping and rushed to the hospital.
The Bai family's men were left looking at each other in bewilderment. This was the first time they had encountered such a situation. Before they arrived, the kidnappers and the kidnapped person had already fought to the death. Now, the kidnappers had died from their injuries, and the kidnapped person was seriously injured and sent to the hospital. In a daze, they ended their fastest operation in history.
Amidst the bumpy ride, Song Huai slightly opened his eyes. As soon as he opened them, he saw the person he had been missing for so long, and he thought it was a hallucination caused by excessive blood loss.
"Bai... Bai Xiao, am I going to die..." Song Huai's breath was so weak that it was almost inaudible.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Bai Xiao's eyes were red, and she tried her best to suppress the trembling in her voice, trying to appear calm. "Don't be afraid, we'll be at the hospital soon, and you will definitely live a good life."
"Bai Xiao, Song Boyu... he was killed by Bai Zhang..." Song Huai could no longer hide the grief in his eyes and shed tears of despair.
As soon as he finished speaking, he began to cough violently, coughing up specks of blood. At the same time, the knife wound on his chest split open as he coughed, quickly staining the bandage red.
Before Bai Xiao could process Song Huai's words, the blood Song Huai coughed up made him forget everything else. He kept stroking Song Huai's back and choked out, "Please, stop talking, stop talking. Your health is the most important thing right now."
With tears in his eyes, Song Huai smiled faintly, "However, I killed Bai Zhang, I... I avenged Song Boyu."
"You..." Bai Xiao's throat was so choked that she couldn't speak.
Not long after, Song Huai's remaining energy was exhausted, and he was about to close his eyes without realizing it.
Bai Xiao patted Song Huai's cheek and said anxiously, "Song Huai, don't sleep!"
Song Huai's lips were pale and his teeth were chattering. "Bai Xiao, I'm so cold. Hold me tight."
"Okay...okay." Bai Xiao tightened his grip on Song Huai's arm and then covered Song Huai with another coat. "But you have to be a good boy and not sleep, okay?"
"But I'm so sleepy..." As he was speaking, Song Huai could no longer hold on and closed his eyes.
"Song Huai! Song Huai! Wake up!" Bai Xiao was extremely anxious and kept calling out to Song Huai. He was really afraid that if Song Huai fell asleep, he would never wake up again.
After a while, Song Huai seemed to hear Bai Xiao calling him and groggily opened his eyes again.
"Bai Xiao, if I die, remember... bury my ashes together with Song Boyu's..." Song Huai had a premonition that he wouldn't be able to hold on this time, and he wanted to make sure his affairs were settled before he passed away.
"Shut up!" Bai Xiao gritted her teeth and said viciously, "If you really die, I'll flush your ashes down the toilet, so you and Song Boyu will never see each other again, in life or in death!"
Song Huai said helplessly, "How could you do this?"
Bai Xiao lowered her head and gently kissed Song Huai's forehead. "So, you have to live well for me, do you hear me?"
Song Huai's smile was bitter, and he said in an almost inaudible breath, "I... will try my best."
The car finally arrived at the hospital, where a group of people were already waiting at the entrance. They had learned about the patient's condition from Bai Xiao's people. After picking up Song Huai, they had no time to say much, lifted him onto a stretcher, and sped towards the operating room.
Bai Xiao followed them all the way to the operating room door. If the doctor hadn't stopped him, he would have almost blindly rushed into the operating room.
The operating room sign lit up, and Bai Xiao seemed to have all her energy drained away, collapsing into a chair.
He felt weak all over, his temples throbbed, and his hands and feet were ice cold. His gaze was fixed on the operating room door, filled with longing.
Even now, Bai Xiao still doubts whether all of this is real. This... should just be a nightmare, right?
His Song Huai was so radiant. Although he didn't talk much usually, he shouldn't have looked like that, covered in blood and lifeless.
Yes, this must be just a nightmare he can't escape.
Outside the operating room, doctors from different departments hurried in and out, all with solemn expressions.
Bai Xiao could no longer deceive herself. Song Huai was currently undergoing emergency treatment in the operating room, where numerous doctors were gathered, racing against time to save his life.
And the one who brought Song Huai to this state was none other than Bai Xiao.
If he had sent more people to protect Song Huai, or if he had been a little faster, this tragedy would not have happened.
In the brief moment between a nurse's hurried walk by, Bai Xiao tried to approach Song Huai to inquire about his condition, but the nurse didn't even glance at him, only leaving behind the words, "The patient's family members, please wait patiently," before hastily departing.
Bai Xiao slumped back onto the bench, his mind unsettled. He vaguely remembered that not long ago, he had sat alone on the bench outside the operating room, anxiously waiting for the person inside. The only difference was that his panic was even greater than before.
He had actually hurt Song Huai twice, twice in total.
Bai Xiao clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her flesh, and dark red drops of blood seeped out.
Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps sounded, and two people came running towards them. "Song Huai! Song Huai!"
Upon receiving the news of Song Huai's accident, Liu Weitian and Qiu Wuyi immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed to the hospital.
They stopped in their tracks when they saw the operating room with its lights on.
Then they saw Bai Xiao sitting blankly on the bench.
Liu Weitian was already seething with anger, and seeing Bai Xiao only fueled his rage. He strode up to Bai Xiao and punched him in the face.
Bai Xiao was caught off guard by a punch, and his face immediately stung. However, he only glanced at Liu Weitian before looking back at the operating room.
Liu Weitian persisted and wanted to give Bai Xiao another round, but Qiu Wu stopped him. Her expression was full of worry as she stopped Liu Weitian's hand and whispered, "That's enough, this is a hospital."
Liu Weitian had no choice but to swallow his anger. He pointed at Bai Xiao's nose and growled, "You bastard! Song Huai has only been married to you for a short time, and you've already ruined him like this!"
His fingertips trembled. "If you ask me, you two should get a divorce as soon as possible, otherwise Song Huai might lose his life one day because of you and your family!"
The incident happened suddenly. Liu Weitian and Qiu Wu only knew that Song Huai had been kidnapped by Bai Xiao's uncle. After rescuing him, Song Huai was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, and his life was hanging in the balance.
"I will not divorce Song Huai." Bai Xiao finally looked Liu Weitian in the eye and said seriously, "This situation will never happen again, I promise."
"I really don't know how Song Huai could have been so blind to like you for so many years," he sneered. "You think you're worthy?!" He had been harboring resentment towards Bai Xiao for a long time, and in his anger, he blurted out all his thoughts.
These words were like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. Bai Xiao froze on the spot, unable to believe her ears. "What do you mean... You, say it again!"
Liu Weitian then realized that he had accidentally let slip Song Huai's secret of many years, but since he was already at this point, he decided to go all out. "Don't you know? Song Huai has liked you for many years. I tried to persuade him when he wanted to marry you, but he just wouldn't listen." As he spoke, his throat tightened. "And now look what happened, he's in the hospital being treated because of you."
Bai Xiao still didn't understand. "But Song Huai... he already had someone he liked, but that person didn't like him," Bai Xiao said, becoming more and more flustered. "That song he wrote back then was for that person..."
“Yeah, right.” Liu Weitian retorted irritably, “Then guess who Song Huai likes? And who wrote that song for?”
"It's me, it's actually me, the person he likes is actually me..." Bai Xiao murmured to herself repeatedly, as if this would force her to accept reality.
For a moment, Bai Xiao couldn't hear any sounds from the outside world; all he could hear was a buzzing sound that made his head throb with pain.
“But… how is that possible?” Bai Xiao suddenly looked at Liu Weitian. “When Song Huai wrote that piece, I didn’t know him at all.”
Liu Weitian said impatiently, "How should I know? I didn't know him back then."
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