He stopped beside Ye Qingliu's bed, looking down at him.
There was no ripple in those bottomless eyes, only an eternal silence, as if he was examining a precision instrument that had lost its function.
He slowly raised his hand, that hand with distinct joints, cold and white as jade, as if it could freeze time and space, with an inhuman chillness, stretched out to Ye Qingliu's pale and cold forehead.
"Don't touch him!"
Bai Zhiye suddenly broke free from Hua Jinyue and rushed to the door of the ward!
Her body was shaking violently with fear and anger, her face was as pale as paper, and her lips were bleeding from her own bite.
But those eyes were burning with a crazy flame that was enough to burn everything, and they were fixed on Chao Youye's hand that was about to fall!
Like a mother animal protecting her cub, she roared with all her might, her voice trembling with tears and blood: "You are not allowed to touch him! You are not allowed to——!!!"
The air inside and outside the ward froze instantly! The temperature plummeted!
Chao Youye paused, her fingertips hovering in the icy air just a few centimeters from Ye Qingliu's forehead.
He turned his head very slowly, and his emotionless eyes, like searchlights from the abyss of the universe, fell on Bai Zhiye's beautiful face that was distorted by despair.
There was no anger or fluctuation in those eyes, only a void that could crush one's soul.
But in the deepest part of this nothingness, a very faint trace of confusion, like the ripples caused by a stone thrown into a stagnant pond... struggled to emerge with great difficulty.
Why would this tiny, fragile human variable named "Bai Zhiye" unleash such a strong will, one that could shake his very core logic, for another variable on the verge of annihilation?
Duan Shuce's heartbeat almost stopped! Ning Xiwan struggled to stand up, but was pushed back into the chair by the severe pain and dizziness!
Hua Jinyue covered her mouth in fear, tears streaming down her face. Mu Xinrong dug her nails into her palms, staring intently at Chao Youye and the bed.
Just when this suffocating silence was about to be crushed by Bai Zhiye's even more frantic outburst or Chao Youye's icy rules—
A miracle happened.
On the hospital bed, the hand resting on the pure white quilt, wrapped in glaring gauze and scorch marks from energy burns, moved ever so slightly...!
Not an illusion!
The scarred, bony finger seemed to have used up the last bit of struggling strength in its sleeping soul, and bent slightly with great difficulty, like a rusty machine.
And the bent fingertips were unconsciously and tightly hooking the bright red rope wrapped around the wrist!
Buzz——!
Time seems to be infinitely stretched at this moment!
Bai Zhiye's pupils suddenly contracted to the extreme! She covered her mouth tightly, blocking the sob that was about to burst out. Her body shook due to the huge impact and she almost couldn't stand steadily.
Like a flood bursting through a dam, scalding tears instantly blurred her vision and cascaded down onto the cold ground. That red string… he had hooked it! He was… responding to her!
“Brother——!!” Hua Jinyue couldn’t hold back any longer and let out a crying scream. She rushed to the door of the ward and clung to the door frame tightly.
Ning Xi felt like she had been struck by an electric current! She suddenly jumped up from her chair, completely ignoring the severe pain in her arm and her weakness, and staggered towards the ward door!
A light of ecstasy and fragility suddenly burst out from those red eyes that were frozen by despair, like a drowning man grasping at driftwood.
"Qingliu! Son!!" Her voice was hoarse and broken, filled with unbelievable hope.
Duan Shuce's body tensed instantly, his eyes behind the lenses fixed on the finger hooked with the red rope, his heart beating wildly in his chest!
The observer's consciousness sank... and a response appeared! This... This was beyond the records of all the supervisors' databases!
Chao Youye, who was standing beside the bed, had her cold, jade-white finger hovering in the air. The moment Ye Qingliu's finger hooked the red rope, it trembled very slightly...
For the first time, his bottomless eyes clearly reflected the bright red rope and the surging emotional torrent between the two tiny humans connected by the red rope, which was almost about to burst through the ward.
Deep in the heart defenses built by rules, it was as if a scalding meteorite called "bond" was thrown onto the ancient ice field, causing silent but violent shocks.
Time slowly flows again in the cautious and breathless waiting.
Ye Qingliu was still unconscious, his face was pale and almost transparent, and his breathing was weak and regular.
But the finger hooked with the red rope never loosened, as if it was the only anchor in his sinking consciousness, tightly grasping a corner of the real world.
Bai Zhiye was allowed into the ward. She refused everyone's help and walked step by step, like a pilgrim, to Ye Qingliu's bedside.
She moved very gently, as if afraid to disturb him.
She slowly and tremblingly stretched out her hand, but did not touch his scarred body. Instead, she carefully placed her hand, which was also tied with a red rope, gently on Ye Qingliu's hand, which was also tied with a red rope.
The moment their fingertips touched, a faint but incomparably clear warm current silently spread along the red string that connected the fate of the two people.
Bai Zhiye's body trembled violently, and tears burst out again.
She lowered her head and gently rested her forehead on the backs of their folded hands, her hot tears soaking the gauze and red rope.
She began to speak, her voice was very soft, with a heavy nasal tone and sobs, but it was extremely clear, like the most gentle stream, flowing slowly in the silent ward.
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