Chapter 164 Paper Boat
After completely coming off the ventilator, Su Xia was transferred from the emergency room to the general neurology ward.
The sleepiness during detoxification treatment is different from usual sleepiness.
After daily hyperbaric oxygen treatment, she regains consciousness for a while.
She could see the sunlight streaming in through the window, the attending physician who came in for rounds with a large team, and He Miao who came to see her for the last time before her parents returned to Jiangcheng.
But I just feel weak all over.
My throat feels weak and I can't even take a long breath from my dantian. It's very difficult to speak.
Early in the morning on the eleventh day of the lunar year, the girl came with gifts.
Su Xia had been talking about the Summer Palace for so long, but no one expected that she would not be able to go there due to an accident.
He Miao specially went to the scenic spot to buy a refrigerator magnet for her. It was a little girl skating on a mat with a rosy face. The wind whizzed behind her on the bench as she skated across the lake.
"I picked for a long time and I think this one looks the most like you." She held it in her palm and showed it to Su Xia.
Since his friend was not in a position to talk right now, He Miao said everything they both said, without stopping for a moment.
After introducing the refrigerator magnets, she took out a string of candied haws furry pendants from her bag and rubbed them against her hand. "This is for you too. When you get better, we can eat the real thing."
"We had exams a couple of days ago, so my parents went to the Forbidden City for a long stroll. Coffee shops in Beijing are terrible. They can't come up with anything innovative, but they insist on forcing it, with things like candied haws American coffee, bean juice American coffee, and even giving away fried dough sticks when you order two."
"I originally thought only silly foreigners would buy it, but my mom drank it with relish and even took pictures to show off to me."
The emergency room is crowded and seems more lively.
When they arrived at the single ward, there was only the sound of various instruments beeping every once in a while. The head of the bed was half raised. Su Xia leaned on the pillow, breathing oxygen while listening to her. Her little face was as white as paper.
He Miao couldn't stand it anymore after looking at her for a while. He couldn't chat any more. His eyes were filled with tears. "How do you feel now? Do you have a headache?"
"Oh, it's my fault, it's my fault, don't move!"
Seeing Su Xia wanted to shake her head, she sat up straight and pushed her shoulders back. "Don't move your head. Just raise your fingers. One move means yes, two moves means no."
The girl's nose turned red.
Su Xia tilted her head, smiled lightly, and took the hand that was not receiving the IV out of the quilt.
He Miao thought she had listened to her suggestion, and held her breath waiting to count how many times she moved. As a result, the hand rose a few inches higher and made a heart shape under her nose.
She is fine.
The doctor said that I will be able to be discharged from the hospital in a while.
So don't worry about her.
A sour feeling rushed up, and He Miao's nose was about to burst. "You really are..."
This ward is in very good condition.
The light is soft, bright and warm.
Su Xiaojuan sat on a chair in the corner to rest, occasionally looking over at them.
Su Xia glanced sideways at her mother, then raised her eyes to look at He Miao, her expression showing unconcealable anxiety.
She mouthed the question silently, "How is he?"
Ever since Su Xiaojuan came to Beijing, she has tacitly entered a state of surveillance.
My cell phone was taken away. Every day, apart from receiving intravenous drips, taking medicine, and doing hyperbaric oxygen, I just sleep and have no idea what is happening in the outside world.
Xu Jiqing was still there in the emergency building.
Before she could talk to him, Su Xiaojuan came. Two days passed and she never saw him again.
The experience of twenty-seven years in her previous life seemed to be truly resurrected in her from this moment on.
She just has an inexplicable confidence.
Xu Jiqing will not give up on her.
The lover that only death could take away from her would not let go of her hand so easily.
She was more worried about himself than these.
Today is the tenth day of the first lunar month. The final winter camp will close in the afternoon, when the roster of this year's 60-member national training team will be officially announced.
Did he do well in the exam?
Su Xiaojuan must have talked to him the day before yesterday.
What did they say? Given Su Xiaojuan's temper, did he get beaten?
At this point, wherever Su Xiaojuan is, the name Xu Jiqing is a banned word.
But who else could it be that "he" that Su Xia still misses even after this?
He Miao's mind raced. He made an OK sign beside her bed and changed the subject, "Everything is fine with me. I did well in the exams. I participated in all the activities. I'm just waiting for the results."
Su Xia breathed a sigh of relief.
I still can't help but ask one more question, [Where is he? ]
Or perhaps that's what she subconsciously wanted to ask.
Did he come to see her again?
The girl's throat choked slightly, as if she understood what she hadn't said. She bent down, hugged her, and spoke the truth in her ear, "...I don't know."
Until He Miao left the ward and Su Xia fell asleep again, she was still thinking about this last sentence.
She has a bit of a left-brain struggle.
Firm and lost at the same time.
There was still a little bit of trepidation in her heart, worried that he would really leave without saying goodbye and leaving her without a single word.
When she woke up at night, the electronic clock on the bedside table had already passed nine o'clock and the light in the ward was very dim.
Su Xia moved her upper body, causing the bedding to rustle.
Su Xiaojuan was reading emails by her bed. When she heard the sound, she looked up and touched her hand. "Are you hungry? Do you want to continue sleeping?"
Su Xia squeezed her, felt better, and shook her head slightly.
"Mom, I want to go out for a walk."
"What are you going out for?"
Su Xiaojuan looked at her and said, "I booked a single room for you for your convenience. The bathroom is right in the room, so you don't have to go out in the cold."
"The doctor told me to walk for rehabilitation." Su Xia lowered her head.
She could probably guess what Su Xiaojuan was thinking, so she gave up and pretended not to know.
He lifted the quilt and stood up, fumbling his feet into his slippers. "I'll just walk from one end to the other."
Su Xia's large down jacket was pressed against the quilt. Seeing that she was about to reach out for it, Su Xiaojuan accepted it, sighed, and grabbed the jacket, zipping it up from her calves to her chin. She also wrapped it tightly with a cashmere scarf and hat. "I'll hold you, don't run around."
It was past visiting hours and there was no one outside.
Several ceiling lights were turned off, the light was dim, and the window at the end of the corridor was open, letting in a cool breeze.
As soon as she walked out of the ward, Su Xia couldn't help but shiver all over.
Su Xiaojuan asked, "Are we going back?"
Su Xia shook her head again and slowly moved forward, holding on to the railing by the wall.
When passing by the nurses' station, Su Xia took a closer look and saw someone folding a paper boat from the plastic chair against the wall to the table.
There were both big and small ones, and they looked like they were made of some advertising paper. They were gathered together and piled there quite abruptly, and would probably be thrown away by the cleaning staff soon.
Is it a pastime for someone while they are waiting for someone?
There are more than a dozen paper boats, and I don’t know how long the other party has been waiting, and whether he has seen the person he wants to see.
The pediatric ward is not on this floor.
For many years, Su Xia has never seen anyone around her folding paper when they have nothing to do. It seems like a trick to coax children before the millennium.
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