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It was obvious who the 'he' Song Ying was talking about was. The two exchanged a quick glance, and Qi Yu rushed forward. "Xiao Liang, take our coats and phones, and take Song Ying downstairs to wait for me. I'll go to the parking lot first!"
"good!"
The elevator's metal doors closed, leaving only the faint sound of machinery inside. Xu Liang held Song Ying in his arms, comforting her.
Song Ying's whole body was shaking as he spoke haltingly about the situation at the hospital, his voice thick with nasal intensity.
Xu Liang roughly knew that it was You Yi who woke up during the night nurse's rounds, but he pulled out the ECG monitor wire and the needle himself, saying that he did not want to be hospitalized.
The nurse's tone was also urgent when she contacted Song Ying. Song Ying only heard chaos on the other end and it seemed that they could not stop You Yi, so she replied anxiously that she would come over right away.
Song Ying's anxiety was written all over her face. The tears were still there at the corners of her eyes. Both of her eyes were swollen. She must have cried again when she was alone and calm.
The buttons on her clothes were also buttoned in the wrong place. Xu Liang hugged her and got into the car first, then helped her button her coat again while comforting her.
"Yingying, don't worry, we're just around the corner. There are doctors and nurses on duty at the hospital, as well as security. I'm sure Youyi will be fine."
Late at night on the street, the lights in the office buildings were almost all off, and the cold wind was blowing, rushing in through the gaps in the car windows and pouring in through the collars of clothes. Xu Liang became more and more awake, and the person next to him was trembling more and more violently.
Fortunately, Qi Yu drove steadily and the hospital was not far away.
Twenty minutes later, as soon as the car stopped at the entrance of the inpatient department, Song Ying rushed out of the car.
Xu Liang didn't have time to say anything and quickly chased after him.
The security guard on duty downstairs knew Song Ying and directly opened the operating ladder for them.
Song Ying stood near the elevator entrance, clenched his hands, and stared at the numbers sliding rapidly on the panel.
Xu Liang felt that she was very tense, and he couldn't even hear her breathing in the quiet elevator car.
It wasn't until the elevator reached the floor and the door opened that Xu Liang heard Song Ying let out a long breath, and then crawled out through the gap that was not fully opened.
The rumbling noise could still be heard faintly in the ward corridor.
In order to find out what was going on, several patients' family members leaned against the door and stretched most of their bodies out.
Nurse Chen rushed inside following Song Ying as if she had seen a life-saving straw.
She explained that she and another nurse on duty tried to stop the man for a long time but failed. It was only after she called the night doctor to help that they were able to contact Song Ying.
At this time, Dr. Lin and Nurse Zhou were still in the ward.
The closer they got to the ward, the clearer the sounds inside became.
Hearing the familiar voice again, Xu Liang was slightly startled and looked at Song Ying worriedly.
The next second, Song Ying's legs began to go weak and he almost fell down.
Xu Liang helped the man to steady himself in time, but Nurse Chen had already rushed in and said that Song Ying was here.
The sound inside stopped abruptly, and Song Ying stopped unconsciously.
There were only two steps left, but she felt her legs were unusually heavy.
"Yingying..." Xu Liang called her softly.
Song Ying raised her hand to wipe away her tears, stood up from Xu Liang's arms, and quickly walked the two steps.
The light from the ward shone on the person at the door, and the air stagnated for a moment.
The person sitting beside the bed stiffened violently.
Several pairs of eyes looked at each other confusedly, but in the end, no pair of eyes met successfully.
Doctor Lin and the others went out first.
She stared at the person beside the bed and took a few steps inside, getting closer and closer to that person.
Xu Liang also followed forward, his eyes also falling on him, but he obviously dodged.
You Yi was wearing a hospital gown. The gauze on his head seemed to have been pulled by him, and a few clumps of messy hair appeared. There was a large amount of blood on his hands that had not been cleaned up. The dressing pressed on the needle hole was also soaked with blood and showed signs of falling off.
He lowered his head, and seemed to want to lower it even lower so that the two people in front of him could not see his face at all.
He clenched his hands on the edge of the bed, and the pale flesh under his nail beds was made more obvious by his dark skin.
Xu Liang saw Song Ying's body trembling again.
She bit her lip, and within a few seconds, she seemed to have exhausted all her strength. Finally, she spoke lightly: "You Yi..."
The person on the bed shuddered again, but did not look up or respond.
Xu Liang thought Song Ying would get straight to the point and ask why he hadn't been in touch for the past few years, but she gritted her teeth and said to him as if he were a patient, "Do you know that you just got out of the ICU? Do you know that you just woke up? Do you know that there is still a possibility of complications?"
She uttered word after word, and even though her words were clear enough, they still couldn't cover up her heavy nasal tone and the strings of tears sliding down her cheeks.
The man still didn't speak.
Xu Liang was getting a little impatient, especially because he had made Song Ying cry so hard again. She started to urge him, "Youyi, after all this time, have you lost the ability to speak?"
Qi Yu's voice sounded a bit oppressive, and the man beside the bed's shoulders trembled slightly.
He hesitated for two seconds, finally took a deep breath, and looked up again, but his eyes still did not settle.
He pursed his lips and said, "Doctor Song, thank you for your concern, but I've made it very clear that I don't want to be hospitalized."
"Youyi, what's with this attitude of yours? You disappeared without a word back then, and now you've come back inexplicably. What do you think of us friends? And what do you think of Yingying?!"
Xu Liang already had a lot of resentment towards him. Song Ying had waited for him for five years. Even though he came back inexplicably and was admitted to the hospital, they considered his health first. The three of them even rushed over from home in the middle of the night.
This is his attitude!
But You Yi was not moved at all by her words. He lowered his eyes, making it impossible to discern his expression.
His once clear and bright voice had been covered with a layer of haze. He said solemnly, "So you don't have to worry about me. It's been so many years since we last met. It's hard for you to still consider me a friend."
As soon as he finished speaking, a crisp slap sounded quickly, and You Yi's head was slightly tilted.
Song Ying was already standing in front of him, tears still falling. She said with red eyes: "You Yi, I am neither standing from the perspective of your friend nor from the perspective of your doctor. Don't you think you should give Song Ying an explanation?"
Hot tears fell on Youyi's pants, but he still didn't look at her.
She even thought she had heard something funny and chuckled, "Song Ying, we've been apart for so long. In the adult world, not contacting someone means there's no love left. What's there to explain?"
Song Ying clenched his fist, obviously trying hard to resist the urge to slap him again.
You Yi continued, "We've had no relationship for a long time."
Xu Liang couldn't bear to listen any longer and wanted to rush over to help Song Ying block the slap.
The door of the ward suddenly opened from the outside, and Qi Yu finally came in.
He held onto Xu Liang and glanced calmly at the man beside the bed: "Who said you two have no relationship? Youyi, Song Ying is your creditor now."
Hearing this, all three of them were stunned.
Qi Yu explained: "Song Ying paid for your medical expenses."
The man finally looked up.
However, after just a glance, his eyes dropped back.
Qi Yu then added, "Your medical expenses are quite high, and the work intensity at the auto repair shop is not small. I advise you to stay in the hospital and take good care of your health, and pay back the money as soon as possible. It will be easier if you don't consider us as friends, so that Song Ying can directly ask you for the debt."
Xu Liang quietly squeezed his palm, and his arrogance instantly dissipated.
Song Ying understood what Qi Yu meant and took over the conversation: "Yes, since you are unwilling to explain and don't consider us friends, let's talk about money directly."
You Yi didn't say anything again and remained silent for a long time.
The other three people kept silent tacitly.
After a while, he said he would write a document for her.
Qi Yu suddenly said, "We can sign a receipt, but Song Ying only paid for your medical expenses because of our past friendship. Now you say you're not our friend, and we don't know your background. This receipt is also worrying."
Xu Liang quickly understood what he meant.
As expected, I have to use the cunning trick.
You Yi was speechless because of him. He stared in their direction, wanting to speak but stopping himself. After a long while, he said, "You don't need to know the details. I won't run away."
"That's hard to say. After all, there's this precedent." Xu Liang also learned Qi Yu's tricks, with ambiguity in his words.
“…”
But the man still hesitated.
After a long time without any results, Song Ying gave in first: "Since you are unwilling to tell us the details, we must at least know what happened to you before we go to the hospital."
Her words suddenly reminded him. You Yi didn't answer, but turned to look for something. The blood on his hand began to drip down again: "My phone..."
The glaring scarlet blood fell on the white floor. Xu Liang frowned and whispered to Qi Yu, "I'll go get the nurse. I'll leave this to you."
The family members who were waiting outside the corridor to watch the excitement have already gone in, and the ward has returned to peace at night.
Xu Liang knew Nurse Chen, and since such a troublesome thing had happened, she could only ask Nurse Chen to go over and give You Yi another IV infusion in a nice tone.
After returning to the ward, Xu Liang was a little surprised——
You Yi had already quietly laid down on the bed, Song Ying was sitting on the small sofa, and Qi Yu was standing in front of the bed.
This time he didn't resist and asked the nurse to clean up the blood, re-infuse him with fluids, and install an ECG monitor. Dr. Lin came over to check on him again and left only after confirming that he was not in danger.
Xu Ying only found out that You Yi accidentally discovered a photo he took a week ago when he was looking through photos. In the photo, there was an old man tied up, and there was a man next to the old man. It was hard to see what the man was doing to the old man, and his expression was unclear.
He suddenly discovered it that day and suspected it was a kidnapping case. He originally wanted to call the police, but he got too anxious and it turned out like this.
As for his old injury, he gave a vague explanation, saying only that he had fallen and did not go for a check-up.
The photo was taken on his way from home to the repair shop. The area was remote and mostly filled with abandoned houses. He only remembered that it was taken near a sweet-scented osmanthus tree.
Qi Yu said he would help him find his phone and would also check the place he mentioned.
In the end, Xu Liang and Qi Yu took Song Ying away.
Qi Yu suggested that Song Ying treat You Yi coldly, and no matter what he thought in his heart, he should just treat him as a patient and a debtor on the surface.
Since he was unwilling to say anything, they could only resort to some tricks.
"What if he really just plans to pay back the money and leave? What if he really does what he said?" Song Ying asked.
Qi Yu smiled calmly: "You've been with your boyfriend for several years, but you still don't understand him?"
After hearing this, Song Ying fell silent.
Xu Jing also understood instantly——
You Yi is the typical person who takes responsibility for any problems he encounters and never wants to make them worry.
The more anxious he was to distance himself from the matter, the more it showed that he was hiding a secret that they couldn't know, a secret that had caused him to become like this.
After a while, Song Ying responded, "I understand."
…
When Xu Liang woke up the next day, Qi Yu was gone.
She vaguely remembered Qi Yu telling her before he left that he was going out early to the car factory to look for You Yi's cell phone. She didn't have a coffee machine here, so he had already ordered the coffee she usually drank from the shop and it would be delivered before she went to work.
There was also breakfast for her and Song Ying, which he had prepared and placed in the thermal cabinet.
Xu Liang was already used to his thoughtfulness and gladly accepted it.
After she finally comforted Song Ying and had her breakfast, and then sent her to the hospital, she planned to go to Yian.
Just as she was about to leave, she received a call from Qi Yu.
"Xiaoliang, I was in Youyi's ward. The person tying up the old man in the photo was Zhang Qilin."
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