The bright light outside made Xia Wenhua close her eyes involuntarily. After her eyes gradually adjusted to the light, she slowly groped her way out.
A young soldier under the truck smiled at her, flashing his bright white teeth: "Hello, sister-in-law, I'm the captain's comrade-in-arms, my name is Ma Liu. Can you still get down?"
Xia Wenhua nodded, thinking that the team leader should be Pei Songbai. After preparing her answer in her mind, she jumped off the truck with her bag and immediately asked him.
"Where is Songbai? How is he now?"
Ma Liu's smile vanished instantly. He pursed his lips and said, "Sister-in-law, didn't the person who brought you here tell you?"
Since Xia Wenhua is Pei Songbai's family member, Ma Liu assumes that Xia Wenhua already knows the situation because she came here.
When Xia Wenhua shook her head, he immediately clenched his fist.
"Sister-in-law, I... the captain..."
The words went around in Ma Liu's mouth for a while, but he never said them out loud.
Ma Liu sniffed: "Sister-in-law, the captain is not far away. Let me take you to see him."
His behavior had already worried Xia Wenhua a lot. When she finally followed Ma Liu outside the tent, Xia Wenhua's tears flowed down without warning.
The tent flap was open, and the people inside were lying motionless on the bed, their heads wrapped in bandages.
Even though she couldn't see his face, Xia Wenhua knew that the person was Pei Songbai.
"Pine and cypress, is this a pine and cypress?"
Xia Wenhua took a step to walk inside, but two people appeared out of nowhere and blocked her way.
Who is it?
Ma Liu quickly caught up from behind: "This is our captain's family member. Dr. Wang said that family members can see our captain, so let her in."
He stayed here to take care of Pei Songbai after he was injured, and the guards recognized him and made way for him.
Xia Wenhua took a deep breath, suppressed the tears welling up in her eyes, and slowly stepped into the tent.
The tent was very basic, containing only a hospital bed and a chair next to it, with some disinfection tools and bandages on it. That was all.
Pei Songbai lay alone on the bed, with all the exposed skin except for his right arm wrapped in bandages.
His breathing was so faint as to be almost nonexistent. Xia Wenhua's trembling hand lingered on Pei Songbai's nose for a long time before she could feel his breath, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Pine and cypress, pine and cypress?"
Xia Wenhua called softly, but of course there was no response.
The people outside the tent could only see Xia Wenhua's trembling back, and they tacitly turned their backs.
Crying won't solve anything; this has always been Xia Wenhua's view.
However, people's emotions are not so easy to control, and sometimes when faced with unexpected events, it is inevitable to want to indulge oneself.
"Just this once," Xia Wenhua silently told herself.
After she finished crying, she wiped away her tears, forced herself to suppress her grief, and walked out of the tent.
What is his current situation?
Xia Wenhua asked Ma Liu, who was standing at the door, and the other two caregivers. The one who answered her was the attending physician who rushed over after hearing that Xia Wenhua had arrived.
There are very few places to live here. Dr. Wang was brought in after Pei Songbai's accident. They just set up a simple tent next to him and he lived in it.
"I'm sorry to have troubled you to come all this way."
Dr. Wang was very polite, and Xia Wenhua waved her hand, saying, "As a military family member, this is what we should do."
Dr. Wang applied to the organization to have Xia Wenhua come. Now that she's here, he didn't exchange many pleasantries and went straight to the point.
"Captain Pei's condition is very bad; he has been in this unconscious coma for ten days."
Xia Wenhua's heart clenched as she recalled her recent insomnia. Could it be that there really was a premonition?
Seeing that Xia Wenhua's emotions hadn't changed much, Dr. Wang continued, "You've probably already walked the same route we took to get here, comrade. It's very difficult to bring in equipment like oxygen tubes."
We only brought some essential medications and nutritional supplements with us; we didn't bring anything else, and we couldn't bring it in anyway.
After saying this, he stood up and bowed to Xia Wenhua.
"I'm sorry, comrade, we know this is very unfair to Captain Pei, but... the facts are there, and there's nothing we can do about it."
Setting up a temporary shelter here and allowing doctors and their families to come is the biggest concession we can make right now.
If they make too much noise and the other side finds out, their mission will be in vain, and Pei Songbai's injury will be meaningless.
Xia Wenhua turned to the side. Even though she couldn't see the tent next door, she could understand Pei Songbai's feelings at that moment.
Before she arrived, she was terrified that something might happen to Pei Songbai. When she learned that Pei Songbai was in danger, she thought countless times that it would be great if Pei Songbai could give up. But now that the moment has come, she will not disrespect Pei Songbai's dream.
“I know, and I understand. Dr. Wang, you don’t need to do this. I believe Songbai will stick to this choice.”
Xia Wenhua wasn't angry, which put Dr. Wang's mind at ease.
He told Xia Wenhua about the current situation without reservation, staring intently at her face, not missing a single change in her expression.
“If Captain Pei cannot wake up within a week, the nutritional supplements will be useless to him. My primary purpose in applying to the organization for you to come here is to hope that you can try to wake Captain Pei up.”
Even after hearing Dr. Wang's notification to Pei Songbai, Xia Wenhua clenched her fingers tightly, but didn't let her emotions fluctuate too much.
The tears have all been shed along the way, and she's already here. All I can do now is try my best to help her as much as I can.
"I understand, Dr. Wang. You said the primary goal is to wake Songbai. But if... if he really can't wake up, what's the point of me coming here?"
A hint of admiration flashed in Dr. Wang's eyes. The fact that this family member could still find loopholes in Pei Songbai's words after hearing about his current situation showed that he was a smart person, and perhaps he could really achieve his goal.
He didn't answer directly, but led Xia Wenhua all the way to Pei Songbai's tent.
"Captain Pei's aura is already very weak, as you've probably noticed. Look at him now, do you notice anything strange?"
Dr. Wang's gaze lingered on a certain spot for a moment, then he stepped aside from the bedside, gesturing for Xia Wenhua to come forward.
Xia Wenhua saw Pei Songbai's miserable state as soon as she came in, and then checked Pei Songbai's condition. As for the rest, she really didn't notice anything else.
The fact that Dr. Wang brought her back again indicated that her second purpose for coming this time was also to find something from Pei Songbai, and Xia Wenhua's attitude became even more serious.
She scanned Pei Songbai's bandages inch by inch, her gaze finally settling on his only exposed right arm.
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