The hospital ward was filled with a faint smell of disinfectant.
Lian Xiao fiddled with the wooden stick in his hand. Hearing this, he finally stood up straight. "Before I came to Heilongjiang Province, the old man specifically told me to take good care of Xu Xinghe."
He looked at Jiang Linchuan, showing no intention of backing down, "Therefore, I must stay."
The two locked eyes.
The air in the ward seemed to have stagnated.
Jiang Linchuan's gaze fell on his uniform. "I am your superior. I order you to leave immediately."
Lian Xiao was not buying it. He smiled arrogantly and said, "Commander Jiang, that's not very meaningful. Don't try to scare me with the old man. I'm doing this for Xu Xinghe. The old man will definitely not be angry."
As he spoke, he took half a step forward, his eyes filled with undisguised competitiveness.
He didn't know why he was so angry.
He had been harboring resentment ever since he arrived in Heilongjiang Province.
Xu Xinghe is also clueless; despite everything that has happened, she still clings to Jiang Linchuan.
What's so great about this man?
Lian Xiao suddenly remembered the sweet apple on the train, and pressed his tongue against his cheek.
He's like he's sick, always thinking about apples.
Time and time again...
So he has been looking for opportunities to go out and do missions recently, not only to achieve results to show the old man, but also to some extent to avoid getting too close to Xu Xinghe.
Unfortunately, every time he came back, something always happened to Xu Xinghe, so he had no choice but to come and check on her each time.
Just as Jiang Linchuan was about to speak, Li Xingzhou spoke up, "I am a doctor, so it is most appropriate for me to stay here. Taking care of patients is also my duty."
He took off his overcoat, revealing a white lab coat underneath, removed his glasses, and gently wiped the lenses with a cloth between his fingertips.
Without the lenses obscuring their view, the gentle warmth in those eyes vanished instantly.
The coldness hidden behind the glasses was fully revealed, and the corners of her eyes were slightly upturned, with no trace of a smile remaining.
She was completely different from her previous gentle and refined image.
But Li Xingzhou quickly put his glasses back on, and the coldness was quickly filtered out by the lenses, his eyes returning to calm, as if the sharpness just now was just an illusion.
He straightened the cuffs of his white coat and smiled. "Xinghe and I have known each other for many years. We're practically childhood sweethearts. When she's afraid of pain, only I know how to comfort her. If we're really talking about who's best suited to stay, I'm afraid no one is more suitable than me."
Jiang Linchuan's aura grew even colder, and his knuckles cracked as he clenched his fists.
He stepped forward, intending to grab Li Xingzhou by the collar and throw him out.
Compared to Lian Xiao, this person was the one he hated the most.
He appears respectable on the surface, but is actually treacherous and ruthless.
"Whoosh!"
The curtain was suddenly thrown open.
Xu Xinghe was seen lying on the hospital bed.
She lay on her back on the bed, her forehead covered in cold sweat. Her once fair face was now deathly pale, even her lips were a pale bluish-white. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly with pain; she looked utterly pitiful.
The female doctor looked at the three of them, her brows furrowed. "Don't make noise, the patient needs rest."
She picked up the medicine tray. "Comrade Xu's chest injury should only be external, the bones are fine, but the impact was severe, and he won't recover for a while. He can't speak either, so he needs to rest. One of you three can stay and take care of him. The rest of you can leave and not disturb the patient."
After saying that, she left quickly with the nurse, not caring what the three of them would choose.
Jiang Linchuan no longer held back, grabbed Li Xingzhou by the collar, and threw him out.
Seeing his attitude, Lian Xiao also lost his temper. "What, are you going to lay a hand on me too?"
"You are no match for me, now get out."
Lian Xiao rolled up his sleeves. "Then I'll give it a try!"
Three minutes later.
Lian Xiao: "..."
He leaned against the cold hospital wall, touched the corner of his mouth, and immediately gasped in pain.
This Jiang Linchuan is really quite capable...
No matter what, he is General Lian's grandson. He grew up in the military and had been through a lot since he was a child. Moreover, after arriving in Heilongjiang Province, he went out to carry out missions and believed that he had grown a lot and his strength had improved.
As a result, he couldn't even last ten moves against Jiang Linchuan, which was probably because the opponent was holding back.
Otherwise, if they really went for the kill, they could take his life in an instant!
Even if Lian Xiao was unwilling to accept it, he could only turn around and leave.
Jiang Linchuan locked the door to the ward and sat down on the bedside as he had hoped.
Xu Xinghe, having taken painkillers, had already fallen asleep.
They were already busy harvesting, physically exhausted, and then they got injured. As soon as the pain eased a little and their tense nerves relaxed, they would fall back into exhaustion.
Jiang Linchuan looked at her silently, feeling a tightness and swelling in his heart, as if something was gripping it.
He couldn't help but raise his hand and gently wipe away the tears that hadn't yet dried on Xu Xinghe's face, his movements so gentle that he was afraid of disturbing her.
Xu Xinghe slept through the entire night and didn't wake up until noon the next day.
She felt a pain in her chest as soon as she took a breath.
She hurriedly took out some external wound medicine from her spatial storage, forced herself to apply some haphazardly, and then drank some spiritual spring water, which made her feel a little better.
A cool sensation came from her chest, and Xu Xinghe's brows finally relaxed.
"Squeak—"
The door was carefully pushed open from the outside.
Jiang Linchuan walked very lightly, and only when he reached the bedside did he realize that Xu Xinghe had already woken up.
He put down his lunchbox. "How are you feeling today?"
Xu Xinghe's lips trembled, and tears streamed down her face like they were free. "It hurts!"
She hadn't felt this kind of extreme physical pain in a long time.
Even when she was hit by a car and died in her previous life, she had never felt this much pain.
At that time, she felt more powerless and that life was slipping away.
Hearing her sobbing, Jiang Linchuan was extremely anxious, but he had no idea what to do.
In the past, he would just tough it out when he got injured and didn't feel much pain.
But he knew how delicate Xu Xinghe was.
Even a small cut on my finger will make me cry out in pain for days.
Jiang Linchuan suddenly rolled up his sleeves, revealing his muscular forearms, and brought them close to Xu Xinghe's mouth, "Bite."
Xu Xinghe was crying with tears in her eyes when she saw him like this and was stunned. "What are you biting?"
"Bite me." Jiang Linchuan frowned. "If it hurts, bite me. That way it won't hurt so much."
Xu Xinghe burst into laughter through her tears, tears still clinging to her eyelashes, threatening to fall. "Silly girl, there's no such thing as pain relief like that. Just go and get me some painkillers."
She sniffed. "I'm hungry."
Jiang Linchuan immediately picked up the lunchbox and opened the lid.
It contains thick rice porridge with added sugar, and even the aroma is sweet.
"I specially had someone cook rice porridge for me, it's easy to digest."
He scooped up a spoonful, blew on it to cool it down, and then put it to Xu Xinghe's lips.
Jiang Linchuan is not good at taking care of people, and his movements are clumsy. He almost shoved the spoon into Xu Xinghe's mouth.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly after that.
Xu Xinghe finished a bowl of porridge without incident, but rice grains still inevitably got on the corners of her mouth.
Jiang Linchuan took out a handkerchief, wanting to help her wipe it clean.
"No!" Xu Xinghe turned her head away, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him. "Don't use a tissue, just kiss me, and it'll be gone, won't it?"
Jiang Linchuan's hand trembled, and the tips of his ears turned red instantly.
Xu Xinghe loved seeing him like this. "I'm so badly injured, can't I even get a kiss from you? Waaah, I'm a patient now, you can't refuse a patient's request. Hurry up, give me a kiss, and I won't feel any pain anymore. They say in the movies that love can stop the pain."
Jiang Linchuan remained silent for a long time, then suddenly leaned down and placed a fleeting kiss on the corner of her lips.
But Xu Xinghe still felt something soft sweep away the grain of rice.
After a long silence, a deep, tender voice sounded, "Does it still hurt?"
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