Chapter 289 She Can't Control It
The smell of disinfectant in the hospital corridor was so strong that it was choking.
Lin Yan followed Xing Yu to the hospital. Through the glass on the ward door, she saw Lin Zhi half-leaning on the hospital bed, his eyes wrapped in thick gauze, leaving only the lower half of his pale face exposed.
Are and the doctor were standing by the bed, seemingly talking about something. His tense expression made Lin Yan very uneasy.
She didn't dare go in.
I don’t know how to face the injured Lin Zhi.
"Ayan." Xing Yu noticed the coldness of her fingertips. He didn't push her away, but turned around and put his arm around her shoulders. "Let's wait outside for a while. The doctor is still checking."
Lin Yan was taken by Xing Yu to sit on a bench in the corridor.
She looked ahead, her voice tinged with nasal intensity, "Xing Yu... all the initial dangers were caused by me. You've suffered so many injuries, and my brother's eyes are injured now, too. It's all because of me..."
Xing Yu looked down at her, his fingertips intertwined with hers: "Ayan, objectively it's because of you, but subjectively it has nothing to do with you."
"Because we love you, we are willing to do this. I am willing to do anything for you, and Lin Zhi is willing to protect you. This kind of love is pure and does not ask for anything in return. We just hope that you can be safe and happy."
"So, don't feel guilty. Even if the sky falls, Lin Zhi and I will hold it up. If you are okay, we will be okay too."
Lin Yan tried hard to suppress the bitterness in her eyes.
In the past, she felt that her life was so hard, but now, she feels so happy.
How could she deserve to be loved and protected by two men who were not related to her by blood?
At this time, the door of the ward was pushed open, and a doctor in a white coat came out with a medical record book.
"Doctor." Lin Yan immediately stood up and stepped forward, asking, "I'm Lin Zhi's sister. How is my brother...his eyes?"
The doctor glanced at her, flipping through the medical records in his hand. With the indifference of someone accustomed to seeing life and death, he said, "His cornea is severely damaged."
At this point, the doctor frowned, his tone adding a hint of regret: "Snake venom contains proteolytic enzymes and neurotoxins. If not treated promptly or improperly, it can cause permanent damage to the retina."
"He wasted at least five or six hours getting to the hospital, completely missing the optimal time for treatment. Luckily, he flushed his eyes with water to dilute some of the venom, saving his eyeball, but his retina was already..."
The doctor didn't say anything else, just shook his head at Lin Yan: "I can only prescribe some medicine now. His eye infection is serious, so we need to eliminate the inflammation of the eyeball first. Once his condition stabilizes, you can take him out of the hospital."
"Discharged?" Lin Yan understood what the doctor said, but she refused to believe it: "Doctor, is it true that my brother's eyesight cannot be restored?"
The doctor said frankly, "At this point, yes. Unless we can find a suitable cornea for transplantation, and even if there is a suitable donor, his previous injuries were too severe, and the recovery after surgery cannot be guaranteed to be 100% successful."
"Doctor, my brother is still young, he can't go blind! Please help him again!"
The doctor didn't respond to her, but handed the prescription to Xing Yu and turned away.
Lin Yan looked at the doctor's back as he left. Every word he said made her eyes go dark. The ground under her feet seemed to suddenly turn into shaking water, and a dizzy feeling instantly enveloped her.
"Ayan, don't panic." Xing Yu supported her. "I've already contacted the best ophthalmologist in the country to treat Lin Zhi. Even if the worst comes to the worst, I will find a way to find the right cornea and I will definitely restore his sight, okay?"
Lin Yan took a long time to calm down, trying hard to swallow the sobs, adjusted her mood and pushed open the door of the ward.
The ward was very quiet. She walked towards Lin Zhi. Before she could speak, Lin Zhi's voice rang out: "Yan Yan?"
Lin Yan sat down beside his bed, her eyes fixed on the gauze covering his eyes.
A faint yellowish liquid seeped from the edge of the white gauze, like pus oozing from a wound...
Her tone was deliberately relaxed: "Brother, you are amazing, you knew it was me without me even saying a word."
Lin Zhi raised his lips: "Yan Yan, Xing Yu and I are comrades-in-arms. We are from the same special forces unit, and our environmental perception ability has been specially trained."
Lin Yan wanted to continue joking with him, but she couldn't hold it in any longer. She tried to keep her voice steady: "Brother...are your eyes...feeling better? Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt."
He said it calmly, but she was worried.
She couldn't hold back her tears, and they fell onto the white bed sheet, leaving a small stain.
She was clearly holding back her tears, but Lin Zhi noticed it instantly.
"Yan Yan, stop crying. You're just blind, but you're still alive..."
What is the difference between losing your sight and losing your life?
"Brother..." Lin Yan held his hand: "Your eyes will get better, they will definitely get better."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the ward was suddenly pushed open, and a panicked figure rushed in carrying a bag, his boots making a rapid sound on the floor.
Lin Yan looked up and saw that it was Zhou Jing.
"What's going on?" Zhou Jing rushed to the bedside and stared nervously at the gauze on Lin Zhi's eyes. She wanted to touch it in a panic, but was afraid of hurting him, so she could only ask anxiously.
"Son, what happened to your eye? Why is it swollen like this? Where's the doctor? What did he say?"
Lin Zhi said in a calm voice: "It's okay."
Zhou Jing obviously didn't believe it. She turned to look at Lin Yan and asked with a stern face, "Tell me, is it because of you again this time?"
Lin Yan was embarrassed and just opened her mouth when Lin Zhi took over.
"It has nothing to do with Yanyan. If you came to see me, just stay quietly. If you come here to blame anyone, you can leave now."
Zhou Jing was choked by his words, feeling angry and anxious, and could only sigh heavily.
She knew how much Lin Zhi had cherished his non-blood-related sister since childhood.
She didn't understand, but she could do nothing about it.
This time, she didn't argue with Lin Zhi anymore. She just turned to look at Lin Yan and said in a softer tone, "Lin Yan, come out with me. I have something to ask you."
"Yan Yan." Lin Zhi said immediately: "Don't go, you have nothing to say to her."
"Brother, it's okay. I'll be back soon."
After saying that, she followed Zhou Jing out of the ward.
People were coming and going in the corridor. Lin Yan and Zhou Jing sat on the bench where she and Xing Yu had just sat.
She watched Zhou Jing take out a tissue from her bag and wipe the sweat from her forehead, only to find that Zhou Jing's face was not in good condition, and fatigue was clearly visible in her eyes.
Lin Yan didn't know how to address her. After a moment's hesitation, she skipped the subject and asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhou Jing crumpled the tissue into a ball and looked at Lin Yan anxiously: "I want to ask you, has Luoluo come to see you recently?"
Lin Yan was stunned for a moment. She thought Zhou Jing would continue to question her about Lin Zhi's eyes, but she didn't expect her to suddenly mention Qu Qingluo.
"I met her last week. What happened?"
"She's missing." Zhou Jing's voice suddenly dropped, as if all the strength had been drained from her. "I can't get through on the phone, and she's not replying to my WeChat messages. Her father and I have been searching everywhere for her, but there's still no trace of her."
"Missing?" Lin Yan's heart tightened, and she sat up straight. "How could she be missing? I met her last week, and she said she had applied for an overseas assignment from the company and would be working out of town for a long time."
Zhou Jing: "She lied to you. I went to her company and asked, and she resigned half a month ago. There was no business trip at all."
Lin Yan didn't know what to say for a moment.
Suddenly she remembered their previous meeting, the time when she had dinner with Lin Zhi. Qu Qingluo's demeanor was indeed a little strange. She was always distracted when talking, and there was a sense of loneliness in her eyes that she couldn't understand.
"Did Luoluo leave you any letter? Or did she behave in any unusual way before she disappeared?"
"No." Zhou Jing frowned, vaguely recalling, "There was something unusual... a little bit. The night before she disappeared, she suddenly ran into my room and said she wanted to hold me and sleep with me. She was so old, and she hadn't slept with me in so many years. I still found it strange."
"That night she talked to me a lot, saying that she had made us worry too much in the past and that she had been relying on them all these years. She wanted to go out on her own and try her luck, to have a different way of life..."
"She also said...she also told us to persuade Lin Zhi to come home...from now on...she will treat him as her own brother..."
Having said this, Zhou Jing stopped, her eyes slightly red, and she closed her eyes in annoyance.
"Why didn't I notice something was wrong with her back then... Luoluo has been very well behaved since she was little, with a good personality and good academics. The only time she rebelled...was for Lin Zhi..."
"When we discovered she had these thoughts, her father was so angry that he slapped her twice. It was the first time she had been beaten in her life, but she didn't cry or make a fuss. She just lowered her head and told us calmly..."
"She can't help it...she just likes her brother..."
"Later, Lin Zhi left Jingbei and didn't come home for years... Luoluo blamed everything on herself. On the one hand, she didn't want to make us angry, but on the other hand, she couldn't control her emotions. She suppressed her emotions for a long time and developed depression..."
"Look at this child. She has never left our side since she was little. She's not in good health. Where can she go alone?"
Zhou Jing took a deep breath, raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and looked at Lin Yan again.
"Lin Yan, if Luo Luo contacts you, please tell me right away. She told me she likes you as a sister very much..."
"Also, don't tell Lin Zhi about this. His eyes are injured now, don't add fuel to the fire..."
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