Chapter 32 Xu He gave him the Burning Stone
When Xie Liang woke up, he was still lying in the guest room of the villa.
He was receiving an IV drip. There was a stand for hanging the bottle next to the bed, and a doctor wearing a mask was taking his temperature.
When the doctor noticed that he had woken up, he pressed the collar on his chest and called his assistant in.
"Take out these pain pumps and inform the gentleman that Mr. Xie is awake." After the doctor said this, he carefully pulled out the needle from Xie Liang's hand and put on a soft band-aid.
After a while, a female medical staff came in accompanied by Xu He.
Xu He waved to the doctor next to Xie Liang, and the doctor picked up the stethoscope, closed the door and walked out.
"Get out." Xu He said to the female medical staff beside him.
"Yes, sir!"
The female medical staff quickly closed the door and left, leaving only the two of them in the room.
Xu He looked at Xie Liang deeply. For a long while, neither of them spoke.
"You..." Xie Liang just opened his mouth and found that his voice was hoarse, his throat was dry and extremely painful.
Seeing this, Xu He poured a glass of water from the kettle on the bedside table and handed it to Xie Liang. Xie Liang took it with trembling hands.
Then, Xu He stretched out a clenched fist in front of Xie Liang and opened it. In his palm lay the thumb-sized stone called "Burning Stone" that emitted red light.
"Eat it." Xu He said.
Xu He's voice sounded a little weak, and his face and hands were covered with scratches. Xie Liang guessed that he might have injuries elsewhere on his body as well.
"No——" Before Xie Liang could finish his words, Xu He took the opportunity to stuff the burning stone into his mouth.
The stone felt warm when it entered his mouth. Xie Liang wanted to spit it out, but Xu He's palm tightly covered his protesting mouth.
"Mmmm..." Xie Liang felt pain all over his body, and he could only make weak mumbling sounds to indicate that he didn't want to eat.
After a while, the burning stone melted and disappeared in his mouth. The warm feeling turned into a hot current that flowed down the esophagus into his stomach, and then spread from the stomach to his limbs and bones.
He gradually felt that the pain in his body was much relieved and his head was not so dizzy. Xie Liang couldn't help but be surprised - this burning stone was so magical, and what surprised him even more was that Xu He actually gave it to him.
Xu He pulled his hand back, "Are you feeling better?"
Xie Liang looked at him and nodded: "Hmm...I feel much better all of a sudden."
"Drink some water." Xu He said.
Xie Liang obediently drank half a cup of water that Xu He had just handed to him, "Brother He, thank you..." Xie Liang heard his voice become much clearer.
Xu He sat on the soft chair in front of his bed, looking a little unsteady.
Xie Liang knew that he was injured - during the explosion, Xu He held him tightly, shielding him from most of the flying debris.
"What happened after the explosion? I only remember you holding me and rolling a few meters away, and then I fainted." Xie Liang asked.
"After the explosion, the door opened." Xu He's voice was a little unstable.
Xie Liang didn't understand why he was so nice to him: "You are also injured, you shouldn't give me the burning stone, you should use it yourself."
Xu He shook his head: "I'm fine."
Xie Liang looked at Xu He gratefully and said, "I want to say thank you again, but it's too superficial. I don't know how to thank you..."
Xu He smiled faintly upon hearing this: "No need to thank me, it's nothing to me."
Xie Liang didn't know what to say for a moment, and just stared at him blankly.
Xu He reached out and touched his hair: "You rest for a while." After that, he stood up and walked out of Xie Liang's room, closed the door and left.
As it was almost evening, Xie Liang's cell phone rang. It was Lu Bubu calling.
"Brother, our organization is getting worse and worse." Lu Bubu's voice was filled with melancholy.
"What's wrong?" Xie Liang asked softly.
Lu Bubu said with some difficulty: "I just feel a little lonely... Do you want to join our organization?"
But before Xie Liang could respond, he continued, "Forget it, you'd better not come. By the way, I'm planning to go to your city for a few days and meet you there."
"These few days?"
"It's not possible these days. Our hometown is in the Northeast, and we have to harvest corn these days. How about next week? Do you think it's okay? If possible, we'll come to see you next week!" Lu Bubu said loudly on the other end of the phone.
"Uh, sure!" Xie Liang said.
"Well, I remember you said you were in Linjing City, right? By the way, can you invite Brother He along?"
"Yeah, okay." Xie Liang replied.
After agreeing on a time, Xie Liang hung up the phone and turned around to tell Xu He about it.
A week later, at noon.
The sun is very strong outside today. The cicadas outside the villa are probably too hot and are chirping non-stop in the trees.
Li Dong called Xie Liang and said that thanks to the copy information he sent last time, they happened to encounter a copy in the information and returned safely.
He also asked Xie Liang if he was free, as he wanted to come and play with him.
After getting Xu He's consent, Xie Liang called Li Dong and Xiao Ha to the villa and played mobile games with them for an afternoon.
It wasn't until Lu Bubu sent a message saying that he was almost in the city that Xie Liang said to them with some embarrassment: "I have something to go out with Xu He later..."
Li Dong stared at his phone screen and asked casually, "What's going on that requires you two to go out together? Isn't it related to the Vortex Gate?"
"Yeah." Xie Liang responded.
Li Dong nervously put down his phone. "What? I guessed it right! Tell me what it is?"
When Xiao Ha heard that it was related to the Vortex Gate, he also put down his phone: "Is it inconvenient to talk about it?"
Xie Liang shook his head and said, "It's not inconvenient at all!"
Xie Liang then told them about his meeting with Lu Bubu and how he encountered Lu Bubu in the dungeon.
"Can you take us with you? We don't have anything to do anyway." Xiao Ha asked.
"Uh, sure." Xie Liang said.
The sun gradually set, and Xu He drove an off-road vehicle carrying Xie Liang and others on the road leading to the city center.
The setting sun stretched the shadows of the trees on both sides of the road very long. Traffic gathered in front, and soon the SUV drove into the intersection of the city.
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