Chapter 45
When she regained consciousness, Chen He heard a "beeping" sound in her ears and her eyes were so swollen that she couldn't open them.
I wanted to move, but I couldn't move a single finger. My whole body was in pain as if it had been shattered into pieces.
She heard someone talking not far away, as if someone was talking on the phone in a low voice, and the voice seemed familiar.
"She's not awake. She has a head injury, too. The doctor said she has a concussion... Don't push me. The doctors and nurses will be here soon. I don't dare... I'm here all day and night. If she dies, I'll be the first person to be suspected... I've already done it once... Maybe she won't wake up and become a vegetable... Can you do what you promised me... Okay, then I'll look for another opportunity..."
What is this? What is that person saying?
Chen He wasn't sure if this was a nightmare. A huge fear gripped her, her heart racing and her breathing becoming labored. The ECG monitor sounded an alarm, and there were frantic footsteps approaching from afar.
"The patient is in a bad condition, hurry up and save him..."
Chen He fell into coma again.
After an unknown amount of time, a faint consciousness emerged again, like a bubble gurgling out of the bottomless black pool. She struggled for a long time before finally opening her eyes a crack.
In the dim light of the fluorescent lamp, a figure flickered in her vision. Her neck was fixed in a neck brace, so she couldn't see the other person's face clearly.
The other party exclaimed: "Oh, he's awake!"
The voice sounded like it was separated by a layer of water in her confused ears. She couldn't tell whose voice it was, but she could tell that the tone revealed not surprise, but panic.
After a while, she remembered that it was the voice of her classmate Yu Aiai.
"Yu Aiai..." Her lips moved under the oxygen mask, but she could hardly make any sound and could only mouth the words.
"Chen He, are you awake? What happened to you? How did you fall off the cliff?" Yu Aiai asked, lying in front of her face.
Chen He tried hard to recall, but couldn't remember.
But I remembered the sweet breeze before my memory blacked out. It had a sweet almond scent, like perfume.
The base is full of teachers and students, and few wear perfume, but Yu Aiai is used to it. Not long ago, Yu Aiai even showed off a bottle of the brand-name "Pink Poison" that someone gave her, which has this scent.
But she wasn't sure whether she really smelled it, or it was an illusion caused by the smell of Yu Aiai beside her during her long coma.
Yu Aiai was waiting for her answer. In Chen He's blurred vision, the eyes looking down from above looked like two dark caves.
Chen He suddenly felt terrified. She thought that if she said anything, Yu Aiai would easily strangle her oxygen tube.
"I don't remember..." Her eyes were unfocused and her cracked lips were opening and closing.
She heard Yu Aiai breathe a sigh of relief.
Yu Aiai said, "The steps must have been too slippery, so you slipped and fell off the cliff. Isn't that right?"
"yes……"
Yu Aiai seemed to have unloaded a heavy burden, and her tone became relaxed: "You were too careless. If you hadn't been blocked by a tree, you would have died. It was two farmers who were digging herbs who found you and called 120. Coincidentally, I also broke my leg that day, and when I came to the hospital, I happened to see you being carried out of the ambulance..."
From Yu Ai'ai's constant chatter, Chen He learned that she had been in a coma for two days. The two farmers didn't know her identity, and the hospital was about to call the police. However, Yu Ai'ai, who happened to be there for treatment, recognized her and offered to take care of her, so the hospital didn't call the police.
"I've been guarding you for two days and two nights, you have to thank me!" Yu Aiai's voice gave her a headache.
At this time, a doctor came in and found that Chen He had woken up. He asked Yu Aiai why she didn't ring the bell in time.
Yu Aiai said nonchalantly, "I was so busy chatting with her that I forgot about it."
"You're talking to her in this state?" the doctor asked, leaning over to ask Chen He, "Little girl, you have several broken bones. You need surgery as soon as possible. You need your family's signature for the surgery. I haven't been able to contact your family yet. Can you remember your parents' phone number?"
Chen He then realized that Yu Aiai had not contacted her guardian during the two days she was unconscious. She turned her questioning gaze towards Yu Aiai.
Yu Aiai avoided his gaze and said, "I don't know your family's phone number."
The doctor couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you and her classmates? The teacher must have it. I asked you to ask the teacher for her phone number, but why can't you get it?"
Yu Aiai's eyes widened. "Doctor, don't you know about the fire at the Zangmo base? It's such a big thing! Our principal and teachers are so busy that they've lost contact. There's nothing I can do!"
When the doctor saw Chen He's lips moving, he quickly asked Yu Aiai to shut up, moved the oxygen mask away a little, and bent down to listen.
Chen He's voice was weak: "Chengzhou City Welfare Institute..."
The director of Chengzhou Social Children's Welfare Institute rushed over that night.
The director, a simple middle-aged woman in her late 50s, was also partially sighted. She held Chen He's hand with tears streaming down her face, expressing her deepest gratitude to Yu Aiai for taking care of her.
At that time, Chen He thought about calling the police and wanted them to investigate the truth behind his fall from the cliff.
But the only basis for suspicion is the scent of fragrance I smelled before falling off the cliff, which cannot be used as evidence.
According to the doctor, the two farmers who called 120 did not witness her falling off the cliff. They only heard a scream while picking herbs in the valley, followed by the sound of branches breaking, and then the dull thud of her falling to the ground.
Following the sound, I found her lying in the grass.
Didn't see anyone else.
In this case, calling the police won't reveal anything.
She looked at Yu Aiai, who was standing behind the dean, her expression like a jackal hiding in the shadows, ready to bite the throat of its prey at any moment.
The dean is old and disabled. He is not capable of handling an attempted murder case without evidence in Qi'an City, where he is unfamiliar with the place.
But her situation was too dire. She was seriously injured, with multiple fractures, and was paralyzed. She would soon go into surgery, where she would be bedridden. It was uncertain whether she would ever be able to stand up again.
Like meat on a chopping block, it would be easy for someone to murder her again if they had the chance.
So Chen He chose to remain silent. No matter who asked, he said he didn't remember how he fell off the cliff.
Soon, she discovered another thing: everything within her sight was black and white.
At first, she thought it was because the colors of the hospital were monotonous, but later she realized that it was not the case. She seemed to be unable to see colors.
She wasn't so terrified even when she found out she had seven broken bones and might become paralyzed in the future.
She screamed in panic. The director was frightened and called a doctor.
She asked herself what was wrong and why she couldn't see colors. After consulting with neurosurgeons and ophthalmologists, they concluded that a head injury had damaged her optic nerve.
"Can it be cured?" Chen He asked hopefully.
The doctor said apprehensively, "This case is very complicated. Even a craniotomy wouldn't guarantee a cure. Besides, your condition isn't good enough for a craniotomy. It's better to treat other injuries first. It's just color blindness, not a big deal."
Chen He's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. It might not be a big deal to others, but it was different for her.
She loves art as much as she loves life, and becoming color blind is like depriving her of half her life.
She begged desperately, but the doctor shut her up with one sentence: "Do you want to see color, or do you want to live?"
She was speechless. Even the dead can't see color.
The dean comforted her and said, "It's not too late to treat you after most of your injuries have healed."
The doctor quickly agreed.
She didn't know that this was a well-intentioned deception by the doctor. If the best time for treatment is missed, the damage to the optic nerve will be difficult to cure.
I felt a little relieved at that time and thought that I had to survive.
She had too many questions.
What was the real reason why Qiu Yue broke up with him? Who took Qiu Yue away?
Who instructed Ai Ai to take her own life? Why did she want her own life?
Where is Qiu Yue?
Only by surviving can you have the chance to figure everything out.
She asked the dean if her belongings were safe, including the wrapped handkerchief. The dean went to look for it and found it.
She then asked the dean to find a flowerpot and plant the seeds in the handkerchief.
The dean put the flowerpot on the bedside table and asked her what kind of flowers she was growing.
She said: "This is not a flower, this is my friend. When the flower blooms, it will be the day of our reunion."
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