Chapter 64
Ji Chuyao also knew a little about Shen Yuqing's family situation in high school.
He knew that he had no relatives, and he also knew that his few friends were Xia Ruirui, Gu Zijin and Shen Qingli from Class 18.
Xia Ruirui was like a walking corpse again, so he contacted Gu Zijin directly.
As a result, less than three hours after he made that call, the two of them arrived at Beiyi Central Hospital from Xijing.
As soon as they entered the hospital, they went straight to the inpatient department. As soon as Shen Qingli saw Xia Ruirui, she hugged her and called her with obvious crying in her voice.
"Xia Ruirui, how was Shen Yuqing's surgery? How about you? Did that beast Zhang Ye hurt you?"
Shen Qingli was very excited, while Xia Ruirui seemed extremely calm in comparison.
She told them the truth calmly without shedding a single tear.
Gu Zijin frowned, thinking that Xia Ruirui's reaction was too abnormal, but the big brother from Northeast China pulled him over.
"Brother, she's not in the right state. She looks like she's in the early stages of a major collapse after suffering a major blow."
After all, he is a doctor's family member. Over the years, he has come to the hospital to bring meals to his wife and has met many patients' families.
Some people cried loudly, but there were also a very small number of family members who remained calm, yet some of them committed suicide within two days.
This is why he stayed in the hospital.
He was originally going to go back after delivering the meal to his wife, but he was worried that the girl would be upset.
Now that he saw their friends coming, he left with peace of mind.
Gu Zijin also felt that something was wrong with Xia Ruirui, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. It was not until his elder brother finished speaking that he understood what was wrong.
He thanked his elder brother, escorted the patient out of the ward, and then returned to the ward.
Shen Qingli and Xia Ruirui were in the doctor's office, discussing the treatment plan with the attending physician, while Ji Chuyao went to the first floor to handle Shen Yuqing's hospitalization procedures.
Gu Zijin was alone in the ward, feeling complicated as he looked at his friend who was wrapped in gauze.
He went outside the ward and called his medical friends one by one to ask if there were any new treatments suitable for Shen Yuqing's condition.
He happened to know a professor in the hospital here, who was the mentor of his roommate in college.
On the way here, Gu Zijin got Shen Yuqing's medical records from the hospital.
His eye was scratched by a sharp object and he needs to wait for a retina donor.
The reply he got was that there was no corresponding treatment plan in China. Gu Zijin did not give up and called his childhood friend who settled abroad.
My childhood friend agreed to ask for him and just called him. He replied that the only option abroad was transplantation.
By night, Shen Yuqing still hadn't woken up.
Xia Ruirui wanted to stay by the bedside, but Gu Zijin persuaded her and Shen Qingli to go home and rest, and he would stay by the bedside tonight.
Shen Qingli also agreed with what he said and insisted on going back with her.
Just now in the stairwell, Gu Zijin reminded her that Xia Ruirui was not in a good condition and asked her to keep an eye on her when she went to bed at night.
Shen Qingli suddenly realized after hearing this that she was only concerned about Shen Yuqing and completely ignored Xia Ruirui's condition.
That's why she had to follow her home.
In addition to the reason of worrying that she would do something stupid, the beast Zhang Ye has not been caught yet, and Shen Qingli is worried that it will be dangerous for Xia Ruirui to live alone.
*
At night, in the apartment.
Shen Qingli had already fallen asleep, and the two of them slept in the same bed.
Xia Ruirui knew that her friend was staring at her, so she pretended to sleep until Shen Qingli fell asleep, then she tiptoed out of the room.
She closed the door gently and walked out of the living room alone.
She originally felt that her emotions were difficult to deal with and wanted to suppress them with the help of medication.
But when she saw the neatly folded quilt on the sofa, she couldn't help but tear up.
She never had the habit of folding the quilt, so this quilt must have been folded by him.
Because she was worried about waking up Shen Qingli, Xia Ruirui just turned on a small aisle light.
Under the dim light and shadow, the living room is filled with traces of another person's life.
This apartment was renovated by Xia Ruirui three years ago. She has long been accustomed to everything here and rarely observes the changes in the apartment carefully.
But it was not until this moment, when she stood barefoot on the carpet, that she discovered many details that she had never noticed in the past.
In a corner that Xia Ruirui didn't notice, the mark left by Shen Yuqing, like a vine, filled this space that originally belonged to her.
He thought it was not good for her to always walk barefoot, so he laid carpets in the places where she would pass.
There was also a couple's toothbrush cup he bought on the sink, and next to it was the electric toothbrush he bought for her.
His traces were everywhere, but he was in the hospital.
During the day, Xia Ruirui also felt very strange. Why was she so calm? She couldn't even shed a tear.
She thought it was because she had cried too many times over the years and perhaps she had become numb.
It was not until she returned to the house and saw the traces of Shen Yuqing's existence that she truly felt the sadness that she had suppressed in her heart.
Emotions were like a belated rainstorm, soaking Xia Ruirui completely in an instant.
She was trapped in the place where Shen Yuqing lived and cried uncontrollably.
She slumped on the sofa, buried her face in the quilt covered by Shen Yuqing, and cried silently.
She couldn't control the surging emotions deep in her heart and could only release her repression in the most primitive way.
The nails dug into the flesh, leaving bloody scratches...
Xia Ruirui was still crying, but the bedroom door behind her was opened again and then closed silently.
Shen Qingli didn't feel relieved until she saw her friend crying.
The night was long, but the two people in the apartment didn't fall asleep until dawn.
*
The next day, Xia Ruirui said she wanted to make soup, so Shen Qingli went to the hospital alone.
When they arrived at the hospital, Gu Zijin told her that Shen Yuqing woke up for a short while yesterday, but fell into a coma again.
Ji Chuyao was taking care of his aunt upstairs and would come down from time to time to check on her.
The three of them took turns sitting in front of the bed and guarding him. They thought that Shen Yuqing would not wake up today, but at noon, his fingers moved.
He woke up not long after.
Shen Yuqing woke up and found that he could not see, so he reached out to remove the gauze on his head: "What happened to me?"
"You're in the hospital." Gu Zijin said as she stopped his hand, rarely refusing to mock him, "The gauze can't be removed yet."
Hearing Gu Zijin's voice, Shen Yuqing was a little surprised: "Why are you here too?"
He had been unconscious for too long, and his memory still remained on the day when he and Xia Ruirui were preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.
After a long time, he finally remembered everything and asked with a frown, "Is she okay?"
The three of them knew exactly who she was referring to.
Gu Zijin remained silent.
Shen Qingli saw that Shen Yuqing's first reaction after waking up was to care about Xia Ruirui. She inexplicably thought of Xia Ruirui who was crying silently in the living room last night.
Emotions surged up in her, and she couldn't help but feel sad for both of them.
She remained silent, so Gu Zijin, who was standing beside her, had to answer.
"She's fine, just suffered some minor injuries." Gu Zijin deliberately avoided letting himself look at him while speaking.
Shen Yuqing nodded, feeling a little strange. Apart from the smell of disinfectant in the ward, he didn't smell any scent from Xia Ruirui.
"She's not here?" Although it was a rhetorical question, it was just a confirmation.
"She went to make you some soup."
"Um."
Shen Yuqing didn't say anything after he finished speaking. He touched the gauze on his eyes and had a vague guess in his heart.
Although his eyes were wrapped in gauze, he could hear the cry in Shen Qingli's voice.
Even Gu Zijin was unusually gentle. Having known these two people for so many years, their reactions would not have been so exaggerated if they had only been unconscious for two days.
Shen Yuqing roughly judged Gu Zijin's location based on the sound and turned his face towards him: "Will my eyes never see again?"
Gu Zijin remained silent upon hearing this, but the faint sound of Shen Qingli crying told him the answer.
Even though no one answered him, he nodded into the air and tried to remain calm: "Is there any possibility of recovery?"
"We can only wait for a donor." Gu Zijin's voice was a little hoarse and dull. "We've asked both domestically and internationally. If there are no donated corneas..."
He couldn't bear to say the following words, thinking it was too cruel for him.
But Shen Yuqing continued: "You can only keep not seeing it."
Half of his face was covered by gauze, so they couldn't see his expression. They could only see the stiff corners of his lips.
Outside the ward, Xia Ruirui held the door handle and looked at Shen Yuqing, whose lips were pressed into a line, and she couldn't stop feeling sad.
She held the soup she had prepared for him, squatted down and hugged herself tightly.
She cried so hard that her whole body trembled, but she didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that Shen Yuqing in the ward would hear it.
That was the expression he only had when he felt lost and at a loss.
Although half of Shen Yuqing's face was covered with gauze, Xia Ruirui could still see his confusion.
He was clearly fine a few days ago, but suddenly he was living in darkness. How scared should Shen Yuqing be?
Xia Ruirui understood his pain and struggle, but she could do nothing. She didn't even have the courage to go in and see him...
*
After knowing that he was blind, Shen Yuqing did not cry or make a fuss, nor did he seek death.
But let them all go out.
His voice was calm: "I want to be alone today."
Shen Qingli wanted to persuade them again, but was stopped by Gu Zijin, who signaled them to leave first with his eyes.
The ward returned to its initial quietness, which was more like dead silence than silence.
Shen Yuqing sat on the hospital bed, doing nothing but staring blankly.
Simply, staring blankly without any purpose.
He stroked the gauze, feeling a little dazed at the thought that he might have to face darkness like this for the rest of his life.
The whole person doesn't feel real.
Until he wanted to drink water, he fumbled to get up and tried to get himself a glass of warm water.
However, because he couldn't see, he tripped over a coat that fell beside the bed and fell to the ground.
Because when he fell, he subconsciously used his hands to support himself, so he didn't feel much pain.
But after falling, he hesitated for a long time before standing up.
It was not until this moment that Shen Yuqing truly understood how cruel the reality he would face in the future was.
He was a little desperate, but he still didn't accept the fact that he was blind and was still subconsciously avoiding it.
Shen Yuqing stretched out his hands and groped forward, trying to find the thermos by relying on his sense of touch.
When the nurse came in just now, he heard her put down the thermos.
Gu Zijin also used it to get a glass of water.
Although Shen Yuqing lost his sight, his hearing became much more sensitive.
He found the thermos on his own, which gave him some comfort.
The next second he opened the lid and wanted to pour water into the cup.
Because the water that Gu Zijin handed him just now was warm, he thought that the water in the thermos was warm, but he didn't expect it to be hot water.
The scalding hot water overflowed from the cup, burning his fingers as he tried to check if it was full.
Shen Yuqing frowned and wanted to put the thermos on the table, but because he put it too close to the edge, the thermos fell to the ground.
The splashing hot water scalded him all over. Although he was scalded by the hot water, his body felt cold from the inside out.
Not only because he felt his own incompetence, but also because he smelled the scent of Xia Ruirui's shower gel in the air...
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